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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 38.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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SCAHEREDiSHELLS
FALLING 1 MIDST
BLOODSHED APPEARS TO BE
CERTAIN AS JAPANESE
PREPARE OFFENSE
SHANGHAI. Feb- 15. {IP)—A num
ber of Japanese shelLs flopped into
the midst of a detachment of Unit
, d States Marines and other Amer- j
can and British members of
Shanghai volunteers during a
bombardment which is believed will!
be a prelude to one of the fiercest
of battles in the city of Shanghai
c uring the present strife there.
The volunteers withdrew at once
when the shells began coming their
way but emerged immediately after
*ne shelling was over. It is said
’hat about a dozen of the shells,
mostly “duds.” fell in the area oc
cupied by the Marines.
The Japanese forces continued to
shell the Chinese in their defen
sive positions throughout yester- j
day and additional Japanese sol- j
biers streamed ashore from the
ransports. The Nipponese forces.!
ashore in the city of Shanghai, are
now said to be swelled to about 25,
000 soldiers and marines, with
thousands more waiting on trans
ports. looking forward to the prom
ised fierce battle.
That there would be a great deal
of bloodshed by both sides, appear
ed more certain as the Chinese mil
itary staff announced that they
had 20.000 soldiers on the defense
to ward off the impending drive of
the Japanese.
Efforts of neutral ministers to
bring about conditions which would
avert the impending battle all ap
pear to have failed.
JAPAN THINKS CHINESE
TOKYO, Feb. 15. oP)—Ambassa
.or Cameron Forbes, of the United
States; Linrile of Great Britain,
nd DeMartel oi France called upon
:he officers of the Japanese for- i
t ign office and it is understood
hat Minister Kenkishi Yoshizawa
explained the reasons for which
Japan deems it necessary to send
thousands of troops into Shanghai, j
According to Yoshizawa’s explan-1
t.tion, Japan thinks that her move
ment of soldiers is necessary be
cause they have to drive the Chin
ese soldiers away from Shanghai
for safety.
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GHGRNIZED AS ONE UNIT
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DETROIT. Feb. 15. (JP)—Organ- \
tzation of the American Immigra
tion Border Patrol along the entire
Canadian border into a single unit
with headquarters here was being
perfected by Frank W. Berkshire,
newly appointed patrol director.
Berkshire has been assistant di
rector of immigration for three
years in Seattle. He said there
would be six assistant superintend
ents, each in charge of a district.
DOLLAR DROPS IN PARIS
PARIS, Feb. 15. (£>)—The Amer
ican dollar dropped on the Paris
Exchange from yesterday’s quota
tion of 25 40 to 25-35. American
bankers said the drop was not con
nected with the banking bill pend
ing in Washington but was due to
a new minting charge by the
French.
The snowplow and the freight
-,rain from the Interior will prob
ably arrive in Seward at a late
hour tonight, according to the local
agent of the Alaska Railroad.
MEET TODAY
GENEVA. Switzerland. Feb. 15.
</Pi—The League of Nations Coun
cil is to meet in secret session to
day to make a decision on China’s
insistent demand that the League
do something about the Japanese
and Chinese situation.
KRESS RUSHING BILL
FOR RID BUSINESS AND
BINES FUST POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 15.
(TP)—As an aid to business and hard
pressed banks. Congress undertook
to show a burst of speed to pass
the credit extension bill bearing
the names of Democratic sponsors
and which was fathered by Presi
dent Hoover.
The bill is being supported by;
nearly everyone regardless of their.*
party and it was expected to pass;
in the House today and to be com- )
pleted and enacted this week.
Chairman Steagall, of the House
banking committee, prepared to
ask for a suspension of rules so;
that the bill may be rushed thru. |
The Senate expects to get the bill,
through tomorrow after it has I
cleared away all the unemployment;
relief measures which are being!
voted on today.
REFOREST VERDUN ZONE
VERDUN, Feb. 15. (TP)-—The “red
zone” of Verdun, blasted in the
World War because French soldiers J
declared the Germans “shall notj
pass.” is being reforested at the!
rate of 7.400 acres a year. The
region covers 17,300 acres.
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IMPED DDT SE FLOODS
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NOME. Feb. 15. (/Pi—Tragic de-.
tails of a disastrous flood which !
drowned seven Eskimo families on j
an island east of Nelson’s Island :
last December have just been made |
known here by arrivals from that j
secluded place.
It is the belief that the Eskimo j
families were trapped between the i
floodwaters from a river and the ;
incoming tide. The frozen bodies,
of the families were all that all re-;
mained of the village inhabitants, i
WII SHOULD DEI IN
LEGION'S PROGRAM
SEATTLE, Feb. 15. (/P)—'The Am
1 erican Legion national defense
committee approved of a program
for the strengthening of defenses
i on the Pacific Northwest rim be
| cause of the serious condition of
jthe present defenses and defense
! structures.
The resolution said that the Pa
cific fleet should be in the north
west oftener with patrol boats
| along the entire coast.
FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. (/Pi—The
Swedish freighter Hallaren sent
out an SOS call and gave her po
sition as about 425 miles east of
Halifax. The call said that the
vessel had a fire in her hold in
which she was carrying a perish
able cargo from Sweden and Fin- j
land. The vessel left New York
February 10. The British steamer
Beaverford is but 35 miles away
I from the Swedish freighter and
I will probably :go immediately to
the latter’s assistance.
FOUR NEW VESSELS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. (/P)—
With the installation of propulsion
machinery in the four new Panama
Mail liners, now building, sched
uled for the near future, Merrill
C. Johnson, port superintendent of
the company here, left for New
Jersey to supervise the work.
JOHN D. HICKORY DIED I
SUNDRY III FIRE WHICH
DESTROYED HIS HOME!
Fire of unknown origin Sunday
morning at about 5:20 o'clock,
snuffed out the life of John D. j
Vickory while in his sleep and then
tragically cremated the body as it
destroyed the oldtimer’s home.
Mr. Vickory, a miner, who came
to Hope, Alaska, in 1896, was born
in Penobscot ‘County, Maine, on
April 8, 1849, and on his next birth -
date would have been 83 years of
age. He came to Seward in 1905
and has been a continuous resident
of this city since that date. He
was a member of the local Igloo of
the Pioneers of Alaska and it is
under their auspices that the re
mains will be buried.
The fire from the deceased old
timer’s home lighted up the sur
rounding area almost as bright as
daylight and could be seen from
one end of the town to the other.
An incoming boat out at Caine’s
head reported that the fire was
even visible at that distance. When
the fire was discovered, it had a
good start and an alarm was imme
diately sent in. The Fire Depart
ment arrived on the scene imme
diately and in a very short while
had the fire under control. When
the home, which at one time was
a blazing inferno, was entered, the
body, charred beyond recognition,
was lying near the building’s en
trance
The unusually strong wind which
prevailed earlier in the evening,
had given away to a decided calm
and it was probably this quiet wea
ther that saved the many adjacent
homes and an apartment house
from catching fire.
Two of the oldtimcr’s pets, two
cats, perished as their master did
and their charred remains attest
ed to the fury of the blaze.
OBSERVERS SHY WOOSIMG
FIT BE im BT IPS
SHANGHAI. Feb. 15. i/Pi—Despite
the continued heavy bombardment
cf the Japanese, the Chinese Woo
sung fort still remained intact Sun
day night and the Chinese infan
try’s line had net been budged in
the least by the Japanese offen
sive.
Observers predicted, however,
that because of renewed and to ore
intensive Japanese activities, that
the fort would probably fall in a
day or so. Many casualties on both
sides are expected before the fort
falls.
DAUGHTER WEDS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15. (^—Car
men Pantages, daughter of Alexan
der Pantages, millionaire theatre
magnate, Sunday became the bride
of John Constantine, Jr., at a wed
ding ceremony performed in the
Ambassador Hotel here. The new
lyweds immediately left on their
honeymoon by taking a steamer for
Cuba. From Cuba they intend to
fly to Florida.
PENSION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 15.
(JP)—The first old-age pension bill
to reach the calendar of either
branch of Congress was before the
House and seemed assured of a
; vote. The labor committee has re
! ported favorably a measure intro
j duced by its chairman, Representa
tive Wm. P. Connery. Democrat of
! Massachusetts.
GARNER CLUB FORMED
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15. (/PI—A
Los Angeles “Garner for President’
club was organized. Officers were
chosen and an aggressive program
outlined which the leaders declared
would result within 10 days in £
membership of 10,000 adherents oi
the sturdy unassuming speaker a:
the House
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MUCH ENTERTAINMENT
PROVIDED BY THEATRE ,
CLUB THREE-ACT PLftY j
The premiere opening of “Noth- j
ing But the Truth” last Saturday j
evening, February 13, was excep- j
tionally well attended despite the
bad weather and heavy snow pre
vailing.
When the curtain rose shortly j
after 8 o’clock on the first scene 1
of the Little Theatre Club play, al- '
most every seat in the entire as-!
sembly of the high school building,
where the play was given, was '
filled. The first scene, laid in a
brokerage office in an uptown New :
York hotel, introduced the three
partners, E. M. Rallston, Dick Don-1
nelly, and the leading man, Bob
Bennett: Mrs. Rallston and daugh
ter Gwen, who is Mr. Bennett’s
fiancee: Miss Ethel, a young friend!
of the Rallstons; Bishop Doran, j
who is conducting a subscription
campaign for a new church with .
! the help of Miss Gwen; Clarence j
[Van Dusen, a business friend and
; customer: and Mabel and Sabel,*
j two of Mr. Donnelly’s young lady j
| friends. ;
The theme of the play is also j
j divulged in this act, when the au- j
| dience finds that a bet of $10,000
! has been made among the three
! partners and Mr. Van Duse! that
!Bob Bennett cannot tell the ruth,
the whole truth, and noth’r but j
the truth, for 24 hours.
Throughou the second at and :
i as a result of Bob’s forced truth- j
j fulness, all manner of questions!
j and difficult situations beset him,:
some important business deals of!
the firm fail to mature and great
i sums of money are lost, and even
' Bob’s fiancee Miss Gwen, fails to
; understand the predicament of the
| harassed young man.
J Mr. Rallston finds his troubles
’ multiplying rapidly as the out
come of his promise to his daugh
: ter to double the amount of money
she raises in the Bishop’s cam- j
jpaign, and which money she has!
; given to Bob to double again for ;
her so that her father will give:
{a larger amount: even Mrs. Rall
ston distrusts her husband because !
of stories told by Mabel and Sabel,
| to whom she has given $200 for “the j
truth” which was fabricated by the j
S girls simply to win the money, and !
thus the family is estranged.
; in the third and final act, even
Bishop Doran becomes involved in
| some intricate stock transactions,
to the detriment of his bank ac
j count, and because he promised to ■
j tell the truth for 24 hours, thej
(Bishop learns from Bob that he j
j must demand h i s money back, i
[which he does in a highly amus
• ing and successful manner.
At last, however, when the zero
, hour of Bob's wearisome day of
truthfulness arrives, his original
$10,000 which belonged to Gwen is
supplemented by an extra $10,000
and he is able to speak the things
he would have spoken had he not
been under compulsion to speak
the truth, and all the complicated
situations are cleared up by his
i explanations.
! Suffice it to say that the entire
j evening’s entertainment was one
spent in utmost acme of enjoyment
J and laughter. The play was well
chosen and well presented, and
| each of the characters enacted
! their parts splendidly. Miss Dor
othy Hill directed the presentation
of “Nothing But the Truth;” stage
and properties were arranged by
; Reed White, and Miss Hope Hen
nessey was business and advertis
ing manager. Local business houses
and townsfolk cooperated also and
gave their support.
Sewardites who did not see this
j play at its first presentation should
j not miss the opportunity to do so
i this next Wednesday, February 17,
i which will be the last time it will
be given before the public. It was
one of the best plays ever given by
any thespian organization irt Sew
’ ard and will provide a carefree and
! happy evening for all who see it
for the last time.
MORE “WETS” EACH YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.
JP)—The Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment claims that
it has a membership of more than
a half million and in its annual
report also claims that it had a
gain of 11,451 members during the
last year.
AMERICANS ADVISED TO
EVACUATE YANGTZE
IMPENDING BATTLE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 15. (/P)—As the
Japanese forces prepared to make
a drive against the Chinese, all the
Americans in the lower Yangtze;
valley were advised that it would !
be best that they evacuate from
that area immediately.
While the Japanese were land
ing more troops, the Chinese de- !
fensive soldiers, said to number
20,000, were strengthening their.
positions and digging in. They said j
that they would die before they i
would give in to the Japanese in
vaders.
Foreign troops were standing by
ready to defend the International:
Settlement against any encroach
ment on the part of either the
Chinese or Japanese soldiers. The
French have 3,000 defenders, Brit
ish. 3,400; Americans. 3.100. and'
Italy 300.
Aerial weather service appropria- i
tions for Alaska were reduced'
$8,000 below the estimates as sub- j
mitted to Congress by the Bureau
of Budget, according to the Ju
neau Empire.
HIM ACCEDES 10
DEMANDS OF PEOPLE
BERLIN, Feb. 15. (A*)—President
Paul von Hindenburg acceded to
the requests of millions of German
people when he became a candidate
to succeed himself at the coming
elections.
Hindenburg is understood to be
planning to issue a statement in
which it is expected he will indi
cate he will campaign for the sup
port of the middle and moderate
right parties and probably the so
cial democrats.
HEITMM
BEEN SIDETDACAED
MOSCOW, Feb. 15. (/P)—Efforts
to start a world revolution against
capitalism have bedn sidetracked
in the Soviet Union by the task of
creating a successful Socialist state
within Soviet frontiers.
The Communist party’s energies
will be devoted exclusively to the
problem at home, at least until the
end of the second Five Year Plan,
according to opinion expressed by
leaders addressing the Congress of
the Communist party here.
MANY KILLED
NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 15. (#)
—Twenty-one persons were killed
and many wounded when Kashmir
police fired into a crowd at the
town of Ketli, in Jammu province,
to break up communal rioting.
GOOD RECOVERY
LONDON, Feb. 15. (4P) — Prime
Minister MacDonald continued to
recuperate from an operation on
an eye. A bulletin announced that
“the state of his eye is very satis
factory.”
BIG FIGHT SCHEDULED
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. (JP)—King Le
vinsky, the idol of Chicago’s west
side, will meet Jack Dempsey in a
four-round bout here February 15,
promoters announced. Levinsky will
receive $7,500 for his 12-minute ap
pointment with the former cham
(pion
JAPAN DENIES RUMORS THAT
SHE WILL WITHDRAW IF
ASSEMBLY MEETS
GENEVA, Feb. 15. (&)—China Is
prepared to call upon the League
of Nations for a boycott against the
Japanese unless redress is obtained
through a special meeting of the
assembly. This is the most drastic
action provided in the League’s
covenants to be used against an
“aggressor nation.”
The decision of W. W. Yen. Chin
ese delegate to the league, coin
cided with the report received by
the League from its investigating
commission in Shanghai, which
said that “open war exists and an
offensive is being carried out by
the Japanese whose declared ob
ject is to capture the Woosung
forts and drive all the Chinese to
a considerable distance from the
city.”
Delegate Yen said that he would
wait to see if the assembly would
be called as requested before plead -
ing for the boycott.
Reports were again circulated
that the Japanese would withdraw
if the assembly was summoned,
but the Japanese denied this report
emphatically.
IRISH GOLD IN CORNWALL
TOWEDNACK. Cornwall. Eng
land, Feb. 15. (/P) — Two bracelets
and two necklaces of old Irish gold,
made at least 1,500 years ago, were
dug up on a farm near here. They
probably were traded by the Irish
for Cornish tin.
SECURE E11U.IL RIGHTS
PARIS. Feb. 15. </P>—A 30-year
battle for woman suffrage in the
Republic of France advanced last
week when a majority in the
French Chamber of Deputies adopt -
ed a sweeping electoral reform bill
which franchises women and gives
them the right ito serve in the
Chamber on the same basis as the
men.
The measure must still come be
fore the Senate which in past years
has always defeated similar ef
forts.
REGAINS SOME POWER
MOSCOW. Feb. 15. (/P)—Stripped
of power two years ago for his
“right wing” leadership, Nickolai
Bucharin. once know’n as the fore
most Soviet theoretician, took part
in the Soviet party conclave for the
first time since his demotion.
sin jumpine'eveht
won w HUS
; LAKE PLACID, N. Y.. Feb. 15. </P)
—Girger Ruud, 19-year-old Nor
wegian youth won the international
| ski jumping contest in the Olym
i pic competitions last Friday with
I two jumps. One of the jumps to
! taled 218 feet and the other 226
| feet.
Hans Beck, also of Norway, took
j second place, making jumps of 208
feet and 232 feet. Third place also
: went to Norway, Kaabe Walberg
| making jumps of 204 and 210 feet.
LIGHT DIET
CHICAGO, HI., Feb. 15. (/P)—-The
; fashionable suburb of Wilmette is
going on a light diet. It’s citizens
will have to carry flashlights to
grope their way home, if they stay
out after 2 a. m. As an economy
move, the village board decided to
turn the lights off at that hour.
Attend the Inter city Games: Cordova Hi vs. Seward