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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 49.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
11 KILLED WHEN
PLMIE FORCED TO LIND
DUE MOTOR TROUBLE
M. “Mickey” Goldstein, fur buy
er, and his pilot, “Ted" Morris
were killed yesterday morning in
a forced landing at Lake Min
chumina, about 150 miles from
Fail-banks.
The wreck was discovered by
Pilot Harry Blunt, of the P. A. A.,
wrho reported the tragedy to Fair
banks authorities.
Goldstein and Morris took off
yesterday morning at 9:45 enroute
to the lower river country on a fur
buying and trading expedition.
Residents of the district inform
ed Blunt they had heard the plane
passing at a low altitude and from
the tone of the engine, they were
experiencing motor trouble.
Blunt reported the plane was
so badly wrecked that it seemed
to have ploughed along the snow
and into one large ball-like mass
Pacific Alaska Airways planes
wfere dispatched to the scene early
today.
Goldstein and Morris arrived at
Valdez two weeks ago from Seattle
flying to Fairbanks, their base,
from which point they had intend
ed to work.
Later details no doubt may be
learned this evening by listening
in to KFQD at 10 p. m.. from w-hich
source this information was ob
tained.
HYDE PARK. N. Y„ March 1. —
President-Elect Rosevelt yesterday
named two more members of his
cabinet Senator Thomas J. Walsh
of Montana as Attorney General,
and Miss Frances Perkins, of New
York, as Secretary of Labor.
The official anouncement of the
selection of these two leaves but
one pest yet to be formally an
nounced, that of Secretary of Com
merce. which post will go to Dan
iel C. Roper, of South Carolina, ac
cording to previous unofficial re
ports.
GHISF SHUSH
TOKIO, March 1. —The Chin
ese front line. extending from
Kailu through Peipiao to Chao
yang, has been completely smash
ed, dispatches from the front said.
Chinese forces defending the
line were scattered and demoral
ized and the Japanese army is en
gaged in mopping up the last
points of resistance, the reports
added.
HE SHOULD WORRY
CHICAGO, March 1, -Samuel In
sull, Sr., at his hideout in Athens,
Greece, where he has successfully
defeated attempts so far to extra
dite him on indictments growing
out of the collapse of his utilities
empire, was promised $12,000 an
nual pension from two of his for
mer companies for at least anoth
er year.
RELIEF BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Marh 1,—
A far-reaching program for relief
of cotton farmers through the
medium of a government pool,
coupled with reduced acreage was
passed by the House. The measure
already passed the Senate without
a record vote and was pushed thru
by the narrow margin of 198-183.
TAKES ANOTHER CHANCE
EL PASO, Tex., March 1, —Bus
ter Keaton, solemn-faced come
dian, smiled broadly as he confess
ed that he and Miss Mary Scrib
bens, of Bevereley, Calif., were
married January 8 in Ensenada
Lower California. The bride is i
young, attractive brunette.
LABORS SOLID SUPPORT
SHANGHAI, March 1, —Eight
! hundred thousand Shanghai lab
j orers, through their 60 local labor
! unions, pledged dissatisfaction in
j the Japan defense boycott and
greater material support for the
Chinese troops in Jehol.
IMPORTANT PISS III
M9I1T1S OSPTUREG
IN TIM-DIY BUTTLE
SAN FRANCISCO, March I. —
A reinforced Japanese army, assist
! ed by bombing planes, captured
j Shamuoshan. important pass into
j Jehol province from the south -
j east, after a terrific two-day bat
! tie. The Japanese were heading for
i Ling Yuan, another pass on the
I main line of the Chinese defense.
Meanwhile, Chinese were jubi
i lant, claiming another Japanese
i offensive which had swept thru
| Peipiao and Chao Yang, failed in
j an attack on Ling Yuan and was
! turned northward, away from its
j objective. Once Ling Yuan falls,
; the Japanese have command of a
| 75-mile highway leading straight
J to Jehol city, the capital.
1 Another Japanese force sweep
ing down from the far north ex
pected to occupy Chinfeng, com
munication and transportation
center of Jehol, today. This is the
northern pass to Jehol city, 92
miles distant. Japanese reports
said their column was 26 miles
northeast of Chinfeng. Tuesday
morning.
CEASE INJECTIONS
MIAMI, Fla-, March 1. —Mayor
Antcn J. Cc~mak of Chicago made
sufficient progress during the day
to warrant cessation of oxygen
and intravenous injections of glu
cose.
PEIPING, March 1, —The Japan
ese army carried its attack to the
mountain peaks overhanging Chi
: na's second line of defense, in the
! Jehol province, swarming up moun
' tains like goats to hammer and
I harras the intrenched enemy.
The battling occured along icy
mountain trails in numbing tem
peratures as low as 30 degrees be
low zero. One report was to the
effect the Japanese had broken
through the second line of defense.
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TEST PILOT KILLED
WILMINGTON, Del., March 1. —•
Stuart Chadwick, chief test pilot
for the Bellanca Aircraft Corpora
tion at Newcastle, plunged 1,500
feet to his death when his para
chute failed to open during a leap
from a newr mystery plane.
ALWAYS A FIRST TEVIE
NEW ORLEANS, March 1, —
! For the first time in this century
| old celebration of Mardi Gras, Rex,
ruler of the revel, bowed to adverse
weather and cancelled the sched
uled street pageant, the climax of
the fete.
COMMODORE WON
HONOLULU, March 1. —The
I sailing schoner Commodore won
| race across the Pacific with the
. a race across the Pacific with the
! days. The Vigilante is reported
| to be 912 miles west of Honolulu,
I having been caught in an offshore
i gale.
GERMANY, MARTIAL LAW
i BERLIN, March 1, —President
j von Hindenburg Tuesday placed
I the German republic under virtual
! martial law by signing an emer
i gency decree giving the police ex
| traordinary powers to enforce or
i der.
DECISION REVERSED
MONTREAL, March 1, —Revers
ing a decision of the lower courts,
the appeal court upheld the valid
ity of the Quebec workmen’s com
rensation act in particular the
1 -ght of the province to appoint
commissioners to the compensa
tion commission.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 1,—
A civil suit asking that Ambassa
dor Andrew W. Mellon and two oi
his former Treasury aides be re
quired to pay the government
$220,000,000 was on file yesterday
in the District of Columbia Sup
reme court.
The suit charges that Mellon.
David H. Blair, former interstate
revenue commissioner, and Alex
ander W. Gregg, former Treasury
counsel, abetted tax settlements
which permitted steamship and
other companies to escape payment
of $110,000,000 in income taxes.
David A. Olson, who refeigned a
few weeks ago as counsel for the
Senate stock market investigating
committee, brought the suit. He
based 'his action on statutes mak
ing federal officials liable for dou
ble the amount of damages the
government might suffer if they
conceal facts or make false rep
resentations.
EASILY SOLVED BY WIFE
OF PREStMT-ELECT
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1, —
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be
the only President-Elect’s wife in
history who has not a brand new
gown designed especially for the
auspicious occasion of assuming
her place as First Lady.
But there is sentiment and glam
our galore in the costume which
she plans to wear when she makes
her bow as mistress of the White
House.
It is made of exquisite white
satin brocade woven in Japan
nearly a century ago, part of a bolt
that was a royal gift to Mrs, Dora
Forbes, an aunt of Mrs- Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, March 1, —Ralph
Metcalfe, giant Negro sprinter of
Marquette University, captured the
A. A. U. 60-meter sprint champion
ship at Madison Square Garden,
covering the distance in .06.7,
equalling the world’s record estab
lished by Emmett Toppino of New
Orleans, in the first semi-final.
Percy Heard of Alabama won
the 65 meter high hurdles in 8.6
which will be claimed as a world
record since none is listed for the
event.
SCHOOL FUND LOST
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Feb. 28.
(JP)—Atlantic City high school has
been forced to cancel all athletic
events scheduled with out-of-town
opponents since the closing of the
bank in which its athletic fund
was deposited.
MAY BE A PRELUDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1,—
Britain's surprise embargo on
arms shipments either to China or
Japan, it is believed, may be the
prelude to a world embargo against
munitions shipments to Japan
alone, should she persist in her
present course.
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SPECIAL MESSAGE
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 1,
—Gov. James Rolph Jr., submitted
a special message to the legislature
requesting setting up legal mach
inery for selection of a 'convention
which will determine if Cal
i ifornia shall vote to repeal the
! 18th amendment.
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SUBMIT LOW BID
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1,—
The N. P. Sevenin Co., of Chicago
' submitted to the Treasury a low
' bid of $2,548,000 for constructor
| of the San Francisco courthouse
iand office building, to be locatec
in the civic center.
CONTRACTORS MUST
PUT UP GASH BOND OF
MilLION ID ft HALF
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 1,
—When bids are opened here this
afternoon for construction of the
59,000,000 superstructure of the
Golden Gate bridge, several offers
are expected to be made.
Conditions imposed by bonding
companies, will be necessary be
cause of the nature of the work.
Companies bidding are required *to
put up $1,500,000 cash, and only
two big companies are reported
able to meet such conditions.
The cash must remain posted
until the job is completed.
Ceremonies will mark the open
ing of bids on the first of six maj
or units of the $78,000,000 span.
Bids on the other five units will
be opened by March 8. in order
that work may start simultaneous
ly this spring on six principal
“fronts.”
GOING TO TAKE A REST
LOS ANGELES, March 1, —Ells
worth Vines. national tennis
champion, is going to quit tennis
completely for awhile becouse he is
tired cut from a strenuous net
campaign during which he played
55 matches in three months in
Australia and New Zealand. The
young Pasadena star arrived home
yesterday on the SS Monterey.
FUGITIVE IS SOUGHT
_
DENVER, Colo., March 1, —Tom
my Coleman, fugitive bank robber
was being hunted as a suspect in
the kidnapping of Charles Boett
j cher, 2nd., young Denver million
| aire.
Coleman was convicted of hold
' ing up a bank here in which C.
Boettcher, the father of the kid
1 napped man, was heavily interest
! ed. The elder Boettcher helped
bring about his conviction.
Coleman since has escaped from
the Colorado penitentiary at Can
! yon city.
DEER ROAM TOWN
NEVADA CITY. March 1. —Deer
; are plentiful around this city; a
j dog chased a doe through the
business section of the town.
FOUR MORE TOWNS
TOKIO. March 1, —Despite stif
fened Chinese resistance, the Jap
anese war machine captured foui
more towns in Jehol province as
the drive toward Jehol city pro
gressed. '
Paishekoupienmen and Kolu
yentsi fell. A detachment led by
Major General Mogi occupied
Fangshen, bringing the Japanese
force even closer to Chihfeng.
Another battalion captured -the
| Shamashan area, Many Chinese
! were killed, reports said.
GREECE HONORS AMERICAN
ATHENS, March 1, (P)—Stephen
Deltas, Greek philanthropist, has
i founded at Athens an annual prize
[ for student essays in honor of the
late Charles P. Howland, a distin
guished American lawyer, who
served with Deltas on the refugees
settlement commission.
POLAND LIMITS CUPID’S RANGE
WARSAW, March 1, CP)—Bache
lors in the Polish diplomatic serv
i ice have been advised that mar
riage with foreigners would be a
bar to certain coveted posts. The
foreign office has not definitely
banned such unions, but its word
is to the wise
6,000,000 MARKS DAMAGE
BERLIN, March 1, —The dam
age from fire and water to the
Reichstag building is unofficiallj
estimated at more than 6,000,00(
marks.
EMERGENCY STATUS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. —
Three states, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Arkansas, authorized emer
gency banking status during the
night by hurriedly passing legis
lation enabling banks to limit
withdrawals by depositors.
AGAINST INFLATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1,—
Alfred E. Smith, more dignified
and serious than in recent con
ferences, warned the Senate fin
ance committee that currency in
flation was only “a shot in the
arm” which would injure rather,
than help the country.
Mr. Smith favored recognition
of the Soviet government of Rus
sia saying “there is no use trading
with them under cover.”
He urged enactment of a one per
cent manufacturers’ sales tax to
help balance the budget so that
“the government would be able to
throw in a white chip whenever it
needed it.”
CHINESE CONTINUE TO
CLING TO POSITIONS
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PEIPING, March 1, —Chinese
troops defending the pass of Pai
shihtsuimen still clung to that
gap in the mountains half way
between Chaoyan and Chihfeng
despite the pounding they were
taking from Japanese artillery.
Time after time the Japanese
sent waves of infantry charging
up the pass and the Chinese com
mand would withhold the order to
fire until the enemy was almost
at point blank, then the defenders
cut loose with machine guns and
mowed the Japanese down.
DROP ANCHORS TODAY
SAN PEDRO. Calif.. March 1, —
| The United States fleet was ex
j pccted to drop their mud hooks
I off the breakwater today.
OMAHA. Neb., March 1. —Three
hundred voters here, mostly pro
fessional men. unknowingly signed
a petition to place Guiseppi Zan
gara, attempted assassin of Pres
ident-Elect Roosevelt, in nomina
tion for mayor.
One lawyer wagered another he
could obtain that many signatures
for the candidacy of any man his
colleague chose.
The petition was circulated and
the names obtained.
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FROM NORTH, OF COURSE
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1, —
The fringe of a storm, coming
down from the north, was expected
to reach this city today bringing
temporary end to bright skies.
BANK HAS PLENTY MONEY
i SAN FRANCISCO. March 1, —
| Assuring the financing of con
j struction on the Golden Gate
bridge throughout 1933, the Bank
of America purchased a second
$3,000,000 block of bridge bonds
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SOUNDS LIKE A SNEEZE
EL PACO, Tex., March 1, (/P)—
Practically every other nationality
has had a try at the wrestling
game, so why not the clever Chi
nese? Walter Achiu, performing
in this section, is said to be the
first catch-as-catch-can grappler
of his race.
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TO FOIL COUNTERFEITERS
CANBERRA, March 1, f/P)—Er
nest C. Biddle, Governor of the
Commonwealth Bank of Austra
lia, announces that his experts af
ter two years’ effort, have evolved
a fraud-proof banknote. The bills
will be placed in circulation this
year but whatever cunning is in
i their manufacture will be kept se
cret.
HOPE FOR GERMAK
RESTS ENTIRELY UPON
OXYGEN APPARATUS
MIAMI, Fla., March 1, —Hope
for success in Mayor Anton J.
Cermak’s battle t-o live, rests heav
ily on. special oxygen apparatus,
ordered from New York and Chi
cago.
The special device which permits
use of a nasal tube for administer
ing oxygen, arrived by plane.
A special oxygen room v/as or
dered by plane from New York.
“Mr. Cermak is holding his own
in his strugle to live,” said Dr. E
S. Nichols, who added that the
Mayor should live “at least another
24 hours; that period will add to
his chances for ultimate recovery,
because the strength he should
gain, will help him.”
OFFICERS PERPLEXED
IT FINDING OF BOOT
iii iora GUBIN
PORT ARTHUR. Tex., March 1,
—A “stranger than fiction” mys
tery perplexed officers who found
the body of John Antrobus, a res
ident of Pennsylvania, first mate
of the tanker “Harvester,” in the
mate’s locked cabin.
There was a bullet hole in the
head but no weapon in the room
Crew members reported hearing
no shot and said they saw no
strangers aboard the vessel. The
cabin porthole was only partially
open. A .32 calibre shell was found
on the floor and the cabin kev was
missing.
fill CONNECTED WITH
PLOT HE ARRESTED
BERLIN. March 1. —The Hitler
government ordered the arrest of
every Communist connected with
the government for alleged com
plicity in a terrorist plot which be
gan with the attempted destruc
tion by fire of the Reichstag build
ings.
It will require several months to
repair the damage, it was said.
Chancellor Hitler said the oppos
ing political forces had planned a
nation-wide kidnapping of nota
bles. along with their attempt to
create a reign of terror.
TUCSON, Ariz., March 1. —Gen.
! John J. Pershing, war-time com
l mander of the American army,
! announced definitely yesterday
i he would not attend the inaueura
S tion ceremonies Saturday.
He had been scheduled to act as
j Grand Marshal in the inaugural
' parade. He was quoted as saying
• he did not believe his health would
| permit him to leave here for sev
I eral weeks.
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NAVY BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1
The Senate passed the $308,000,000
Navy appropriation bill for 1934
The total appropriation was iden
: tical with that recommended for
: the next fiscal year by President
Hoover.
IMPEACHMENT NOTICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1,—
The Senate received official notice
of the House vote to impeach Har
old Louderback, California district
judge, for “misdemeanors in office’’
as members of the House judiciary
committe learned of his intention
to continue on the bench.
BELGIUM TO HONOR WAR DOGS
BRUSSELS, March 1, (JP)—A lo
cal paper is making a census of
surviving war dogs and asks read
ers to supply stories of canine he
roism. A monument is planned to
commemorate their deeds.