VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 1.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
KING GEORGE HONORS
5(3 SUBJECTS IN NEW
MR'S PROGLNMNTION
LONDON, Jan. 3, —His Majesty, J
George 5th, published his New
Year honor list containing 563
names and creating six peers, two
privy councillors, six baronets and
55 knights.
Of the knighthoods bestowed by
the King 27 went to the Domin
ions, India and the Colonies and
protectorates.
It is noteworthy that only 38
women appear on the list and
they are accorded only minor hon
ors. In many quarters surprise
greeted the fact that Amy John
son Mollison, famous woman flier,
was omitted. Likewise some were
surprised that a dukedom was not
conferred on Prince George.
NEW BOARD MAY
TAKE ACTION IN CASE
OF WINNIE BOTH JUDD
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 3, —Hope 1
for immediate commutation of'
the death sentence of Winnie Ruth
Judd faded when the retiring
board of pardons indicated it
would not act.
The present board members left
office midnight, Saturday, and will
be succeeded this week by those of
Gov.-Elect B. B. Moore’s adminis
tration.
“It is possible the new board
will take action,’’ he said. The
board of pardons and paroles was
■•equested by the Maricopa county
grand jury in its final act before
adjourning to immediately com
mute Mrs. Judd’s sentence to life
imprisonment.
JAPANESE ATTACK
GENEVA. Jan. 3, —Occupation
of Shan Haikwan on the Chinese
Manchurian border evoked little
surprise in Chinese quarters here
since for weeks China has been
warning the League of Nations
that Japan has been seeking some
pretext to advance on the Prov
ince of Jehol.
A Chinese delegation declared
the Japanese have purchased
large stocks of provisions in the
neighborhood of Fushin, simulta
neously concentrating 3.000 sol
diers.
RIDING MASTER NOT
“INTERESTED" CHILD
TAPPAN, N. Y., Jan. 3, —Robert
Gibson, father of Charlotte Gib
: , was grief-stricken Saturday
:oLowing the death of her 12-day
o i'1 baby.
friends let it be known that the
;oar who allowed his daughter to
testay against Sidney Homewood,
''or riding-master seducer, had
learned to love the infant.
Homewood, in jail awaiting the
outcome of his appeal from a
prison sentence for betraying the
32 year-old daughter under pro
mise of marriage, sent word by
his jailor that he was “not inter
ested.” The baby died Friday.
ANOTHER BRIEF III
PLANNED B! ROOSEVELT
HYDE PARK. N. Y., Jan. 3, —
President-Elect Franklin D. Roos
■. 'velt will have another Washing
'cn conference before inaugura
* .ion ’'larch 4, to advance his pro
'ai. or a new deal in govern
t , he has revealed.
- will spend 24 hours in the
ai January 19 to confer with
era tic Congressional leaders.
g vf;rs said, however, he would
e President Hoover.
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OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
BERLIN, Jan. 3, —The beginning
of the new year has a better eco
mic outlook that appears fairly
hopeful. An improvement in the
capital market has been noted as
a result of increased industrial
expansion and there has been a
slight improvement in labor con
ditions. Savings bank deposits also
; have shown an increase.
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HI COUPS STRIKE
I MS IN HUH
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 3, —
The State department officially
announced the ending of the
American Marine occupation of
Nicaragua and predicted peace
and stability in the little Central
: American country.
Nearly 1,500 “leathernecks” are
enroute home or already have
i reached here after an exciting and
' sometimes hazardous adventure in
- Nicaragua chasing Sandino’s men
and training the native Guardia
Nacional now depended on to keep
the peace
BELIEF, PREVENTION
OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN
0. S, CHIEF SUBJECT
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Jan. 3,
—The relief and prevention of un
employment throughout America
was one of the chief subjects of
discussion at the convention of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Leading economists who have
been considering this field report
ed their findings. More than 4,000
) scientists and laboratory workers
and teachers of scientific studies
have gaherted here for the 91st
annual meeting of the association
i and its affiliated societies.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 3, —Presi
dent-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
left office as Governor of the most
populous state in the union, Sat
urday night to become a private
citizen, free to devote all his time
to the problems of the nation he
will guide after March 4.
The office which he took over
i from his illustrious predecessor, A1
G Smith, passed to Col. Herbert
! E. Lehman at the stroke of 12.
For the first time in four years
j Mr. Roosevelt is shorn temporarily
i of authority that goes with high
j office; he possesses no authority
: as President-Elect.
RETURN mi MILITARY
GLORY, GENERAL THEME
BERLIN, Jan. 3, —In an atmos
phere reminiscent of prewar days,
President Paul von Hindenburg
and other government leaders ob
served the arrival of 1933 in the
festive hall of the Chancellory.
; Return of a past military glory
j was the theme which ran beneath
j the outward manifestations of the
celebration. Both Von Hinden
i burg and Chancellor Kurt von
| Schleicher in their speeches ex
i pressed a biding satisfaction that
the principle of Germany’s arms
equality has at last been recog
nized.
BITTER BATTLE
TOKIO, Jan. 3, —Chinese and
Japanese soldiers at 11:10 this
! morning were still engaged in a
bitter battle for control of Shan
haikwan, important garrison city
at the Great Wall of China.
SPENT DAY QUIETLY
FONTAINBLEU, France, Jan. 3.
—The exiled Spanish royal family
spent New Year’s day quietly here,
the princesses giving their broth
ers gifts of their own knitting.
GEENRAL TURN FOR !
THE BETTER IS SEEN IN !
BUSINESS SITUATION i
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, —A general
advance in stock market prices
last week gave rise to the hope in
Wall Street that 1933 will see a
turn for the better in the general
business situation.
Bonds also reflected an under
current of confidence in the fin
ancial community advancing
I steadily as demand came into the
market from all classes of inves
| tors.
Although commodity prices did
not show any change over closing
levels, there was a feeling in the
’ Chicago wheat pit and around the
: New York cotton ring, that the
: new year would bring some stab
ilization to prices for raw mater
1 ials.
POLITIOflL BUDDIES
SMILE AT EACH OTHER
ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. 3, — Pres- ]
ident-Elect Roosvelt and Alfred E. i
Smith became Frank and A1 again!
to join in the glittering inaugural
; ceremonies for Governor Herbert
H. Lehman, the man credited with
restoring their friendship.
The two political buddies sat
side by side on the inaugural
j platform and heaped praises upon
one another in brief addresses in
! which they wished Lehman a suc
j cessful administration.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, —The
1 long standing quarrel between
. Paramount Publix Studios and
I Marlene Dietrich, glamorous Ger
j man screen star, was climaxed by
the filing of a suit by the studio
seeking to force her to complete
the fast expiring contract.
The studio asked for an injunc
tion to restrain Miss Dietrich from
working in any other studio un
til she has completed the ‘'Song
| of Songs,” an unfinished picture
I for Paramount.
COASTAL GALES USHER
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3, —
Winds which reached gale propor- i
tions of 70 miles an hour at times
lashed the Pacific Northwest thru
out the day bringing rain to West
ern Oregon and Washington, and
snow to the Eastern portions.
Streams in Oregon coast coun
ties were out of their banks but
little damage has been reported.
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LORD BAGOT CALLED
LONDON, Jan. 3, —Lord Bagot,
aged 74, died at his home in Blith
field, Staffordshire. He had been
in failing health for some time.
CALIFORNIA SOLONS
GATHER ‘ROUND TABLE'
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 3, —
The California State Legislature
convened shortly after noon for
its biennial session.
With the galleries of both Hous
es filled to capacity, Lieut. Gov.
Frank F. Merriam in the Senate,
and Chief Clerk Arthur A. Ohni
mus in the Assembly, pounded
their gavels simultaneously to set
the legislative machinery in mo
I tion.
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FAIRYLAND
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 3, —For
44 years the gardens of Pasadena
and sister cities have turned the
countryside into a veritable fairy
I land with billions of blooms. Yes
terday the annual Rose festival
began with a three mile line of
gorgeous floats; 62 in all.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH
NOME, Jan. 3, —J. Hewer and '
L. Wiliams were burned to death ;
Xmas day in a cabin near Deer
ing. Particulars are lacking.
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TOO MUCH BOOZE
SEATTLE, Jan. 3, —Mrs. Destaf
ney, wife of the former Alaskan >
fur buyer, was in a serious condi- i
tion Saturday the result of over- j
indulgence in poor liquor.
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3, — j
Janet Gaynor left Saturday for j
Honolulu and, they say, Charles;
Farrell is aboard the same liner, j
The movie queen separated from |
her husband about 10 days ago- j
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WON TENNIS TITLE
NEW YORK, Jan., 3, —Alfred L.
Jarvis of Tenafly, N. J., won the
national boys indoor tennis cham- j
pionship by defeating William V.
Winslow of Rochester, N. Y.
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PREWAR PRICE LEVEL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3. —
The House agricultural committee
approved tentatively a farm relief
program designed to restore im
portant commodities to their pre
wrar price level..
BEER ARGUMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3, — j
A decision to allow six hours of
argument in open session on the j
constitutionality . of the Collier j
three and two-tenths per cent
beer bill, was reached yesterday by
the Senate judiciary committee.
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CARRIED LIQUID “FISH”
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Jan. 3, —
The Coast Guard Cutter No. 257
brought the 60-foot purse seiner
TF into port with 300 cases of fine
liquors from the Ensenada rum
fleet and turned its 70 year-old
master and two sailors over to
Federal authorities who charged
them with smuggling.
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DEMPSEY PREDICTS
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, — Jack!
Dempsey, wearing the blue Xmas!
pajamas given him by Estelle Tay- j
lor. pronounced benediction on ]
the new year by predicting 1933 j
would boost the fight game out
i of the doldrums.
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WON GOLF CROWN
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 3, —Johnny
Revolta, youthful professional
i from Menominee, Mich., wron the
i ninth annual Miami open golf
championship with a record card
of 278 for the 72 holes. Revolta
took the crown wron last year by
! Tommy Armour who was not on
i hand tc defend his laurels.
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COAST GUARD PLANE DOWN
i NEW YORK, Jan. 3, —A tri
1 motored coast guard plane, the
i Arctulus, was reported down off
i the Florida coast and radio mes
sages intercepted here by the Mac
kal radio told of efforts to mobi
lize searching vessels.
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; BLACK MARK FOR CALIF.
POMONA, Calif., Jan. 3, —Death
by freezing was the coroner’s re
port after the body of Samuel Mil
ler, 24 year-old Los Angeles youth,
was found here.
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GENEROUS DOCTOR
COUER d’ ALENE, Idaho, Jan. 3,
—Every account on his books re
maining unpaid yesterday, was
erased and marked ‘‘Paid in full”
by Dr. Alexander Barclay, local
physician.
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WON ANNUAL SWIM
PARIS, Jan. 3, —Jacque Cartet
of France battled through fog,
rain and icy waters of the Seine
river to win the 23rd annual New
Year’s cup swim. Annette Keller
man, erstwhile American bathing
beauty and mermaid de luxo, was
the starter for the 22 French,
Hungarian, Belgian and Polax con
testants in the cross-rivre event.
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POPE CELEBRATED
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 3, —Pope
Pius celebrated three masses at
midnight in the private chapel
here. Theye were attended by his
sister, Camilla, and nieces Ni Lui
sa and a few civil and ecclesiasti
; cal members of the household.
ENLISTING FLIERS
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3, —Ronnie |
Hay, former British war-time!
aviator but more recently employ- 1
ed by moving picture studios as a
stunt flier, is enlisting fliers to
join in the fighting at Gran Cha
co, between the Bolivians and |
Paraguay. He did not say which
side he was planning to join.
DR. JUAN B. SACASA
INAUGURATION PRESIDENT
OE NICARAGUA, MONDAY
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 3, |
—Dr. Juan Bautista Sacasa. 59
year-old physician and former re
volutionist, became president of
Nicaragua yesterday in a colorful
ceremony on the slopes of the old
fortress La Loma.
Simultaneously with the inaug
uration it was announced all the
officers and men of the United
States Marines Corps including
even instructors in the Marine
trained national guard and mem
bers of the legation guard, would
return immediately to their own
country.
NO CELEBRATION
MARKED THE END OF
THE FIVE-TEAR PLAN
MOSCOW, Jan. 3, —The Soviet
government’s five-year plan has
reached an end with the Kremlin
| claiming that, in the main, it has
| been fulfilled in four years and
three months.
- No celebration marked the oc
casion, observation on the close of
I the plan being limited mainly to
editorials and economic articles
in the press, summarizing the na
tion’s accomplishments.
The exceptionally difficult liv
ing condition under which the
| population finds itself clearlv put
; the damper on the plans end. The
, population is greatly concerned
j over the fact that the standard of
I living has decreased during the
| past five years.
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BUILT FOR SENSTOfiS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3, —
For Senators only, reads the sign
above the $817,000 underground
garage recently completed here, a
part of the new group of buildings j
which will cost taxpayers untold;
billions of dollars; such a large
figure that no member of Congress
has had the nerve to make the
figure public.
Five employees are on the pay
roll, Department of the Interior;
the garage covers two acres and
contains terraces, fountains, stat
ues, lounging rooms and elaborate
rest rooms.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 3, —
Leslie M. Miller was inaugurated
as Governor of Wyoming span
ning the gap from railroad brake
man to the governorship.
Perhaps it was because Miller
was more interested in railroad
ing than clerking in a store that
he spanned the gap.
He was born in Denver, Colo.,
where his father ran a clothing
store.
A HAPPY HOLIDAY
BUCHAREST, Jan. 3, —Michael,
the young prince of Rumania,
passed one of his happiest holidays
in reecnt years with his father,
King Carol.
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OFFICIAL PASSED
BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 3, —J.
J. Carty, former vice president of
the American Telephone and Tel
egraph Company, died at John
Hopkins hospital.
FRANCE m ITALY
COMPETE BUILDING
GREAT BATTLESHIPS
FARIS, Jan. 3, —The 10-year
battleship holiday since Great
Britain laid down the Rodney and
the Nelson came to an end with
out ceremony when the Minister
of Marine announced work had
started on the new 26,500 ton
supercruiser Dunkerque which will
cost $24,000,000.
It is also understood that the
Italian government was hastening
completion of a supercruiser of
even greater size which will have
a tonnage of at least 27,500 and
still be capable of speeding 33
knots.
DUBLIN, Jan. 3, — President
Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free
State broke with William Norton,
leader of the Labor party over
the government’s decision to cut
the bonus of civil employes.
Norton, who wields the balance
of power over the government, has
been trying to dissuade de Valera
from making the reduction. The
matter came to a climax at a final
conference when de Valera told
Norton and other members of the
Labor party that he could not
“hold hope that the government’s
decision would be modified.”
Norton then pledged his follow
ers to fight the bonus cuts. Unless
Norton is placated before the Dail
reconvenes, it will mean that de
Valera probably will be over
thrown.
The reductions mean a cut ef
one-thirteenth in civil service in
comes.
WONDERFUL GIFT
firaiED TG MOTHER
EATON. N. H., Jan. 3. —Mrs.
Bessie Shackford. mother of four
children, who was condemned to
life imprisonment for the murder
of her husband 19 years ago. re
turned today to her childhood
home to be welcomed by her fam
ily and old neighbors.
Her pardon had been a New
Year gift from Gov. John G. Win
ant, Her three sons, who grew to
manhood while she wTas behind
prison walls at Concord, and her
married daughter, welcomed her.
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PORTLAND, Ore., .Tan. 3, —The
muddy waters of the Columbia
| river still were being dragged
; Monday by weary harbor patrol
! men in the hope that it would
give up the body of Lee Schlesin
ger, missing Portland and San
Francsico businessman, who dis
i appeared last Thursday night.
Dragging operations continued
! in the spot where his heavy tour
j ing car was found upside down in
! 18 feet of water.
FARM RELIEF STURTS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 3, —
j A concerted drive for farm relief
! in Congress, now that the holidays
| are over, will inaugurate the Roos
! evelt economic program which his
! supporters here believe con.tem
j plates vital and basic changes in
the philosophy of government as
practiced by the Republicans.
Translation of the new deal,
they say, will mean a revamping
of the system of the last decade
which has placed economic power
in the hands of a few.