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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 255.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FINAL preparations being
MADE BEFORE CONGRESS
OPENS ON MONDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (/P)T
_With an eye on a fast start in ■
the forming of party group blocs in j
Congress, the final preparations for .
Monday’s opening of the Housej
•vas somewhat speeded up.
The Democrats are confident of
seizing control which has been held
ay the Republicans since 1918 and
gathered to nominate Representa
tive John N. Garner, of the 15th
Texas District, for speaker.
k Representative Henry T. Rainey,
of Illinois, has begun to formulate
plans for the Democratic party’s
procedure on issues which by rea
son of their leadership has been j
thrust upon them.
Democratic leaders have also ;
started to work with their Senate
colleagues on a broad legislative j
program by which they hope to
reach an agreement as to a pre
convention platform and laying be- j
fore the people of the country thej
party’s ideas for economic better- j
ment.
The more immediate purpose of j
the Democratic discussions, how
ever, was to head off a disorganized j
f chase after legislation which can-j
not pass the Senate.
The Republicans are confident of ;
controlling the Senate by reason
of their majority in this chamber j
and despite the internal friction
over the President pro tern and,
Senator Moses. Advocates for a
vote on the prohibition question
threw their weight behind and gen
erally pledge a support of the
party’s loosening rule while a group
of Independents also pledged their
support of a most liberal program
i offered by the Republicans.
NOT SUFFICIENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (A3) {
—Local aid will not prove adequate
to prevent suffering among unem
*■ ployed, Governor Pinchot of Penn
sylvania declared. He urged Fed- ;
eral aid be extended by Congress
and demanded increase in surtax
rates in higher brackets and levy
apon inheritances as a means of
meeting the government’s deficit.
UNVEIL STATUE
PARIS, Dec. 5. (/P)—Citizens of
Rives Altes unveiled a gigantic
equestrian statue in memory of
Marshal Joffre of World War fame.
Joffre was born at Rives Altes.
BE PREPARED
On Wednesday a committee from
the Seward Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, consisting of Earl Mount and
Charles Sheldon, will call on the;
business men of the city soliciting
prizes for the Annual New Year’s
Eve Masquerade Ball in Dreamland
Hall. The committee will appre-;
riate their anticipated arrival Wed- i
nesday so that all prizes may be |
.‘•ecured on that day.
CARTOONIST DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. (/P)—
Jack Lustig, well known sports car
toonist, died in Cleveland, Ohio,:
iifter five weeks of illness, accord-!
?ng to word received here.
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GETS OUT QUICK
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (JP) — Abe
Spielberg, 13 years old, jumped out
of bed so fast and furiously when
awakened by his mother that he i
went out the window and landed in j
the yard with comparative gentle- :
ness. He suffered only minor j
abrasions.
C1DNI m FROM
ENGLAND TO PIS
FOLKESTONE, England, Dec. 5. '
(/Pj—Mahatma Gandhi, leader of
India’s millions, sailed for Boulogne 1
enroute to Paris.
The Indian leader was physical
ly exhausted and metally weary
but he refused to call the trip a
failure.
Gandhi has been in London for j
some time in attendance at the j
British Round Table Conference at,
discussions at which he has plead- i
ed for the liberty of India.
0, S. AIRPLANES FL! I
HUH ILFS DAILY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (JP)
—Airplanes in the United States
fly 140,314 miles on schedule ev
ery 24 hours, Secretary Lamont re
vealed in his annual report.
In 1930 the total mileage flown
on schedule in the United States,
to Canada, the West Indies and
Latin America, was 37,000,000 miles.
More than 415,000 passengers were
carried.
LIMITATION BE FIXED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (A5)
—Limitations of government pro
hibition* agents making raids will
be fixed by the Supreme Court
when it reviews the case involving
the raid upon a liquor mail order
place in New York City during
which papers were seized and car
ried aw'ay as evidence.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
COSTLY FIRE
MANILA, Dec. 5. (JP)—Fire of un
determined origin destroyed the of
fices, rope factory, ship chandlery
and hardware store of Ynchausti!
and Company, importers and ex
porters. Company officials esti
mated the loss at $1,000,000
•K- * * *
LASSEN ERUPTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. <£>)—
Disgorging steam like a garguan
tuan, Mt. Lassen, California’s only
active volcano, was in eruption for
four hours Tuesday. The unusual
sight attracted thousands of spec
tators. i
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LINCOLN’S LETTER
ROME, Dec. 5. (JP)— A letter writ
ten supposedly by Abraham Lincoln
from Springfield, 111., in 1853, to
Macedonio Melloni, has appeared in
the magazine “Rashgna Stora del
Resorgimento,” serious historical
review. In the letter, Lincoln pre
dicted Rome would become the cap
ital of an European United States.
Owing to the almost official posi
tion held by the magazine the let
ter is regarded as probably authen
tic.
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ERMANY WILL lllfl
TO S«OW WORLD HER
BASIL, Switzerland, Dec. 5. (IP)—I
\rmed with bundles of figures and
statistics, German y’s financial
statesmen prepared to begin an
>ther exhaustive attempt to show
he world that her war reparations
ire more than she can pay.
The attempt is to be made at ses
sions of the Young Plan advisory
committee meeting which begins
m Monday.
FFLTES AND IM1
HI IT TIOTI
:
Word received in Seward this
morning said that Brothers George j
Peltes and Martial La Peyre, S. J.. j
have reached Takotna after being
brought from their plane which
They were forced to land at Crater
mountain near the head of Ganes
Creek November 22. They were;
brought in by the dog teams which
were sent to their rescue after the
marooned churchmen had been
sighted from the air.
The message received in Seward
this morning said that the church-1
tnen weie forced to land because ’
their motor was beginning to lose j
revolutions, and they landed in a
large open space at the base of the
mountain. It was their intention
to take off again as soon as they
aad looked the engine over. How- j
ever, the place where they landed, j
the snow was too deep and they,
found it impossible to take off. The I
fliers said that they were unable
to find the parcels of food dropped
oy Pilot Harry Blunt when he flew
ever them.
During the 11 days that the \
churchmen were marooned with
their plane they used up all the!
fuel they had in cooking what pro-!
visions they brought with them.
The present plans of Brothers,
Peltes and LePeyre is to fly back j
to the location of the plane and to:
take off for Holy Cross if the wea- j
ther permits.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5. (.P)—Wil
lie Hoppe regained the world’s bil
liard championship from Walter
Cochran 3,600 to 3,037 in their
challenge match which ended here.
An early lead assumed by Hoppe
was cut down considerably in the
final two blocks of play. In the
eleventh 300 points played Satur
day, Cochran shot 367 to 300 for
Hoppe and in the final it wfas Coch
ron 504, and Hoppe 300.
Cochran took the title from
Hoppe last year.
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 5. (IP)—
Mr. Harris, great grandson of Ten
nessee’s Civil War governor, was
arrested on charges of participating
in the kidnapping and murder of
J. D. Smith, farmer, and E. Sheri
dan, Negro, both of whom were
found in the woods near here, their
bodies riddled with bullets. Harris
confessed to his part in the crime
but denied firing the shots, author
ities said.
BIRTH CONTROL
LONDON, Dec. 5. (TP)—A plea for
wide extension of birth control, es
pecially among poor, was made by
Judge McCardie in binding over!
two married women, liable to im- j
prisonment for wilfully submitting
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (TP).— Now
that the football season is about;
over, the time has apparently come : *
again for the nation to consider the ;1
most serious sports problem of the
winter. The big problem is that of
Babe Ruth and his expired contract
with the New York Yankees.
Babe, however, does not think it
is such a big problem and as he,'
said today, “that’s no problem. I’ll j
see Colonel Ruppert some time in,
January and will talk it over. We
never have had any real trouble,1
before in reaching agreement; why ]
should we now?”
HITY OF BANKS ME i
OPPOSED HOOVER PUN:
j
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (TP) i
—A majority of 12 Federal Reserve
Banks are opposed to extension of
their authority to permit redLs- j
counting of paper now eligible for
such action, according to informa
tion made public by the Senate;
sub-committee on banking, headed
by Senator C. Glass.
President Hoover had suggested;
the extension. The President’s pro-;
posal, laid before a bi-partisan con- !
ference of Congressional leaders'
about two months ago, aimed at
releasing credits now frozen in pa-|
per supposedly sound, but not dis
countable by Federal Reserve
Banks under present regulations, j
The sub-committee on banking is
meeting to draft bills for the fur-'
therance of Mr. Hoover’s economic
program and for ending specula
tion on the stock market. :
SANDLNO ACTIVE AGAIN
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5. (TP)-£an
dinista insurgents under General
Pedro Salgada captured the im
portant town of Chichigalpa, State
of Chinadago, Nicaragua, driving
out government troops commanded j
by American Marine officers, ac-j
cording to Dr. Pedro Zepeda, Gen-,
eral Sandino’s foreign represents- \
tive.
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WORKERS ACQUITTED
MT. STERLING, Ky., Dec. 5. (TP)!
—The first attempt of Kentucky to
prosecute Harlan County miners
for killings there last spring re
sulted in a victory for the workers1
when W. Burnett was acquitted off
the charge of murdering Sheriff J.
Pace. The jury sat for seven andj
one-half hours before returning the i
verdict.
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BOY HERO DIES
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 5. (TP)
—Stanley Smith, Jr., 13, is dead. |
He proved himself a real hero dur
ing a fire by rescuing his mother
and two children but lost his own
life when endeavored to save his
pet dog.
CHINESE CONCENTRATING IN
AREAS IN EASY STRIKING
DISTANCE RAILROAD
TOKYO, Dec. 5. (A*)—New devel
opments in the Manchurian affair
oetween the Chinese and Japanese
report that a new military drive
ro the southwestward and toward
Etsin Mintun begins soon, it is an
nounced. The drive will be made
oy Japanese soldiers against all
elements in Manchuria.
The decision that followed the
withdrawal of the Japanese offen
sive last week toward Chin ^how
md after the war office ne: -j had
•eceived reports which indicate that
aandits are active along the Peip-*
ing and Mukden railroad and that
Chinese troops are continuing con
centration in the region of Tahu
3han and other places which are
well within easy striking distance
of the South Manchurian railway.
A dispatch from Paris says that
it is understood that the objections
3f Japan to intervention by a third
party in the settlement of the Man
churian dispute remains unchang -
ed and the deadlock over the con
trol of the proposed neutral zone
in Chin Chow. 4
MACHINES BLAMED
BERLIN, Dec. 5. (A3)—The belief
that the machine is to blame for
the worldwide unemployment is de -
nied by the noted German indus
trial expert and scientist, Prof. Os
car von Millen, who declared in a
lecture at the University of Essen
that the active part women are
playing in industry and business
is largely responsible for the pres
ent economic situation.
STRANGE TRIANGLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (A5) — A
strange marital triangle, in which
May Gledhill, Canadian girl, and
her “love child” lived happily with
E. M. Conner, father of her child,
and his wife, was disclosed wThen
Immigration authorities threaten
ed to bring deportation proceed
ings against Miss Gledhill for moral
turpitude. Miss Gledhill is in a
hospital, but her son, now two
years old, is staying with Conners.
SHOULD CHECK INFLATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (A5)
—Checking of the inflation flour
ishing during the period of pros
perity might have lessened the im
pact of economic depression which
followed, according to C. E. Mit
chell, chairman of the National City
Bank of New York, in a statement
issued informing the LaFollette
sub-committee of the Senate com
mittee on manufacture.
NEW YORK TEMPERATURES
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (A*)— The
temperature report of this city
showed that the thermometer reg
istered a maximum of 41 and a
minimum of 35.
BLIND PIANO TUNER
OBERLIN, Ohio, Dec. 5. (A5)—Paul
Gutman, who is blind, keeps 240
pianos of the Oberlin College Con
servatory of Music in tune.