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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 46. SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
“IMPS OF HELL"
SEWARD HAS OPPORTUNITY TO
BE NUMBERED AMONG
“IMPS OF HELL”
All literature necessary for or
ganizing a pit has been 1 eceived
and the doors are open for all
those who guage up to Dr- H. True
Wilson’s version of any man who
takes a drink of liquor may don
his horns and step out as a lun
lier-up to his Satanic Majesty.
“The Imps of Hell” is an organ
ization perfected by a group of
newspapermen and kindred spiiits
following the American Legion
Convention at Detroit. It is alleged
that someone had a bottle of gen
uine Canadian liquor at the con
vention. Whether it was the drink
ing of the liquor or failing to in
vite the leader of the crucifixion
movement to share it, deponent
^ayeth not.
However, adding another to his
long list of fanatical utterances,
Dr Wilson raised his voice in blas
phemy in castigating the men who
served the flag on the battlefields
of France as members in good
standing in Satanic society.
t Accepting the guage, Brown Tur
ner, a member of the staff of the
Nashville, Tennessean, suggested
that the name “Imps of Hell” of
fered a title for an organized
movement looking toward a gener
al expression of public sentiment
on the liquor questidn. Joining
him is Dr. E. F. Vohelpohl, Nat
ional President, and H. E. McNei
lls National Secretary. Hence we
Have the “Imps of Hell,” Incorpor
ated Bennie Building, Nashville,
A charter calls for 25 members at
$1.00 per year.
Immediately upon learning o x
the movement Jack Lincke applied
to National President Turner for
the first local charter In Alaska.
All literature has been received
and every devil who likes hard ci
der, home brew or any one of the
various brands which make a man
pay ardent court to his own wife,
is eligible to membership. The en
tire Gateway staff joined, includ
ing “Sourdough Bill.”
Quoting the preamble to the
constitution, it is a non-profit
general welfare organization. Its
immediate purposes is to “protect
fundamental rights of liberty and
property, to restore public confi
dence in government, and to pro
mote temperance by bringing
about a modification of the Vol
*tead Act to the extent of permit- j
ting, for beverage purposes, the;
manufacture and sale of light
wines and beer . . . ■ . The organiza
tion will oppose by all lawful
means the further enactment by
Congress of sumptuary laws that
violate the basic principles of gov
ernment and encroach upon the
powers properly reserved to the
states and the people.Wl11
.peuleat respect and veneration'
for the • .it of the Constitution.!
and will rengthen, solidify and j
icouro' 1 ne belief of sensible ;
nd re: •: ctable American citizens j
iiat such laws not only produce.'
nut has resulted in a general dis- ;
•o' ard of all laws, obstruction of j
d,ice, perjury and hyocrisy, cor
rupted' public officials, prostitution
of womanhood, illegal acts in pro
curing evidence, unlawful search
■xd seizures, double jeopardy, and
wanton destruction of life and
property.'’
The gates of hell are now open
to all but those who believe that
a political convention can func
tion on nut sundaes and glacier
water
BEUK7.S !N BOLDNESS
LONDON, Feb. 24. (/P)—Great
^Jritain is convinced the best meth
od of re r.i'ng peace in China is
thru “affirmation of principles of
the League of Nations with bold
and sincerity,” Sir John Sim
mon, Foreign Secretary, told the
House of Commons. His statement
was made after other officials an
nounced no further peace negotia
tions were contemplated.
NEW SPEED RECORD
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 25
—Sir Malcolm Campbell, English
racer, drove his speed car, the Blue
bird, at a speed of 253.968 miles
per hour over the white sands of
the Daytona Beach race course
Wednesday to set a new world’s
speed record.
SPIT TO TOE LEAGUE
GENEVA. Feb. 25. (IP)—The dele
gation to the League of Nations
Council threatens to take most
drastic action against the Japanese
at the forthcoming general assem
bly session of the Far East conflict.
The delegation spokesman said
they would invoke punitive sanc
tions and economic boycott pro
vided under Article XVI of the
League covenant, unless the Japan
ese show a more conciliatory spirit.
Article XVI never has been in
voked in the history of the League,
so there is no precedent for its ap
plication. Many League officials
consider it should not be invoked
by the individual nation, but by
the assembly, giving it authority
of 52 nations.
Such action would be taken only
after every other means of arbi
trating the temporizing conflict
had been exhausted.
MOUNTAIN ERUPTING
TOKYO, Feb. 25. (IP)—A moun
tain 90 miles northwest of here was
showing signs of activity yesterday
and throwing out ashes. There are
a number of towns in the imme
diate vicinity.
GEORGIA JUDGE IS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.
(/P)—Representative Sam Rayburn,
Texas leader for the Gamer-for
President movement, said Judge G.
H. Howard of Georgia had with
drawn as the proxy candidate.
The Georgia delegates to the
Democratic National Convention
said Howard didn’t want the ap
pointment if it would stop the
Roosevelt move; Roosevelt is the
only candidate entered, other than
Howard for Garner.
Garner continued silent, refusing
to actively enter the race.
GOV. ROOSEVELT INVITES
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 25. (>P)—
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wednesday ousted Sheriff Thomas
Farley of New York from office be
cause he was charged by the Hof
sta dter investigating committee
with the appropriation of interest
on public funds and refusal to ex
olain deposits of $350,000 during his
term of office.
The case was of extreme import
ance because Governor Roosevelt
was faced with the possibility of
losing Tammany’s 51 delegates to
the Chicago National Democratic
Convention, and thereby w7eaken
ing his Presidential nomination
nrospects.
He is the first Tammany mem
ber to be ousted from office as a
'esult of the Hofstadter commit
ee’s investigations into New York
irregularities.
WANT TO GO OVER
SEATTLE, Feb. 25. (/P)—Many of
the buddies of ’17 and ’18 are talk
:ng about going overseas and join
up with China in her defense of
her homeland. It is said that most
of the Chinese government’s bomb
ing planes are foreign and the
greater part of these foreign pilots
are Americans.
TRAIN HELD UP
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.(/P)—Two rob
bers held up a commutation train:
terrorized the passengers and took
$6,000 in checks and cash from
Miss Marcelle Bergman, a bank
messenger.
JAKE GUM
VICTORY KIAIGWAN
BUT CHINESE HOLD
LARGE NUMBERS OF JAPANESE
SOLDIERS WERE KILLED
AND WOUNDED
SHANGHAI, Feb. 25. (/P) — The
Japanese army flung its full force
against the Chinese in Kiangwan
in the most desperate fighting to
date and claimed they had crush
ed the Chinese, forcing a disorder
ly retreat.
They attempted to encircle the
village and tore a gap in the line
which the spartan Chinese held.
These posts were firmly held,
though surrounded as the Japs
pressed to the west.
The Japanese artillery poured
shells into the region; although
they claimed victory, Chinese ri
fles and machine guns continued to
raid the valleys. The Japs sent
volleys into the headquarters area
as the battle raged.
Large numbers of Japanese dead
and wounded were brought back;
officials said most of these would
not be picked up until the battle
ended.
JAP OFFENSIVE IN
WEST KI1MN
COLLAPSED. Si
I GUESTS AT HOTEL IN NIGHT
CLOTHING GO INTO
HUDDLE
| SHANGHAI. Feb. 25. (£>)—U. S.
1 warships in the Whangpoo River
and U. S. citizens in the Interna -
j tional Settlement were in line of
the severest bombardment of
Shanghai warfare, when the Chin
ese artillery in Chapei opened fire
on the Japanese fleet.
A huge railroad gun at North
Station and a Chinese artillery bat
tery nearby shelled the water front
two hours, dropping high explosives
near the Japanese flagship Id
zuma and the Italian warship
Libia. The U. S. cruiser Houston
and several destroyers were within
range, but the shells dropped short
of their positions. The fire was
directed at the Japanese Consulate
which narrowly escaped damage.
Shells from the North Station
■ screamed over the Settlement and
crashed along the waterfront,
spreading fear among foreigners in
the district, especially at the Astor
Hotel where guests huddled to
| gether in night clothes expecting
j the building to be destroyed.
The bombardment ceased early
1 in the morning after the Italian
j Consul General protested to the
! Chinese. The railroad gun was re
moved, but the Chinese continued
j to resist strongly the Japanese at
j tack along the Chapei and Woo
1 sung front
At Kiangwan, where the Japan
i ese claimed they had pushed thru
| within two miles of Tazant, strat
J egically important village west of
j Kiangwan, the Chinese fought back
desperately and the Kuo Min News
! Agency announced that the Jap
■ anese offensive had collapsed.
MILITARY ESCORT
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25. (/Pi
Trains running between Mexico
i City and Vera Cruz will be escorted
I by a military guard hereafter.
These precautions are being taken
as a result of threats made by ban
dits that they would attack the
; train. The bandits attacked a train
! last week and wounded one of the
| train crew.
i
TARIFF ON COPPER
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.—
A bill providing for the levying of
a tariff on copper was introduced
in Congress Wednesday. It is the
belief among many national leaders
that ti e copper industry of the
United States needs the protection
of a tariff.
WILL HEAD ARMY
NANKING, Feb. 25.—Reliable re
ports said General Chiang, former
president, will be appointed com
mander-in-chief of the forces to
recover the lost territory in Man
churia.
RECAPTURED LOST AREA
MANCHURIA, Feb. 25.—General
Feng Yu Hsiang, in comand of the
Shanghai war office, announced
the Chinese had retreated for a
short distance from the Shanghai
front but later recaptured the lost
area with heavy casualties to the
Japanese.
BY JUDGE MIN
TO BING ON MAY 11
PHOE ;iX, Ariz., Feb. 25. (/P)—
Mrs- Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted
for the slaying of her two girl
friends, Mrs. Agnes Leroi and Hed
vig Samueison, last October, Wed
nesday was sentenced by Judge
Howard C. Speakman to “hang by
the neck until dead” at the Flor
ence, Ariz., prison on May 11.
Mrs. Judd attempted to argue
that the evidence presented was not
sufficient to convict her and
charged that County Attorney L. J.
Andrews had not presented all the
evidence in the case.
“Those women were not killed in
bed,” she said. Judge Speakman
stopped her several times during
her argument.
A few minutes after the sentence
was pronounced, Mrs. Judd was
taken from the courtroom to Flor
ence where she will await execu
tion. The letters purporting to
show that she had an accomplice
apparently were without founda
tion ^
II STOCK 1RKT
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. (^—Quota
tions on the stock market: Allied
Chem. 75%; Am. T&T 128%; Am.
Can 66%; Am. & For. Power 7%;
Anaconda 10; Auburn 117%; Beth.
| Steel 21%; Byers 15%; Case Thresh.
i35%; Chrysler 12%; Com. Solv. 8%;
I Cons. Gas 62%; Dupont 55%;
! Elec. Pow. 12%;Gen. Elec. 21%;
Gen. Foods 34%; Gen. Mot. 23;
Int. Nick. Can. 7%; Int. T&T 10%.
Ken. Cop. 10%; Loews 30; Lorb
lard 14%; Mont. Ward 9%; Nat.
Bisc. 43; Nat. Pow. 14; N. Y. Cen.
30%; North Am. 36%; Paramount
9; Penn. R. R. 20%; Public Service
56%; Radio 9%; Sears Roe. 33%;
J Sin. Oil 5%; Stand. Brands 13;
1 Stand. Oil of N. J. 28; Socony Vac
uum 9%; Transamerica 5%; Union
Carb. 32%; United Air 15%; United
Corp. 9%; U. S. Steel 47; Westing
house 30%; Woolworth 42%.
Caterpillar 11%; Am. Smelt. 15%;
A- T. S. F. 84%; Baldwin Loco. 6%;
B. & O. 17%; Beth. Steel pfg. 64%;
Calif. Pkg. 10; Can. Pac. 15%; Mack
Trucks 14; Pac. Gas & Elec- 34%;
Pac. T&T 98%; Phillips Pet. 4%;
i Pullman Co. 21%; Rio Grande Oil
12%; Sou. Pac. 33%; Stand. Oil of
j Ca’if. 25%; Studebaker 11; Union
I Oil of Calif. 11%; Union Pac- 87;
Western Un'on 43%; Hawai. Sugar
;32%; Honolulu Oil 8; Richfield Oil
1 %; Richfield Oil pfg. %.
WILLING TO FIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. (IP)—Max
Scbmeling, world’s heavyweight
boxing chainpion, announced he
would defend his title against Jack
j Sharkey cf Boston in June if Shar
key wishes to meet him. Schmel
■ ing said the bout would probably be
; held in New York or Chicago, al
I though no site had been selected
j yet.
NO DECLINE IN DECEMBER
BOSTON, Feb. 25. (/P)— Business
activity failed to register a decline
in December for the first time in
six months, according to the Amer
ican Institute of Finance. The
business activity index was un
changed during December with de
clines in production being offset
by increased trade activities, the
institute said.
APPROVES APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.—
The Senate took 10 seconds to ap
prove the appointment of Judge
Benjamin Cardoza to the U. S. Su
preme Court. The court is now in
recess.
JAPAN TOLD IF CHANGED
j ONE TREATY, MAY NEED
ALTERING OF ANOTHER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25—
The United States transmitted a
note through Secretary of State
Stimson to Japan, warning the lat
ter that if she does not consider
the soverignty of China that the
United States may be forced to re
consider her agreement as to a lim
itation of Pacific battleships.
According to an agreement prev
iously adopted, the United States
and Japan agreed that the Pacific
forces of the two countries should
be on a ratio of five to three with
the United States agreeing that she
would not make any further fortifi
cations in the Philippine Islands
and Guam.
The United States informed Ja
pan that if she was desirous ol
changing the Nine Power Pact that
the United States might desire tc
change the Washington Nava]
treaty.
The United States, in making
these overtures to Japan as a peacf
move, is undertaking this as s
means of protecting the future oi
American business as China is om
of the Far East’s richest markets
and holds even greater posibilities
for the future.
OEM SENTENCE IS
IM UNDER 11
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PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 25. (JP)
The sentence pronouncing a death
penalty for Mrs. Judd was man
datory by the court under the Ari
zona law. The appeal to the State
Supreme Court is also mandatory
in such cases and will have the ef
fect of staying the sentence.
No person in Arizona has ever
been hanged in less than 15 month*
from the day of conviction.
Mrs. Judd was also charged with
the killing of Hedvig Samuelson
but was not tried on that count.
STRUT MOSCOW BEAST
INSPIRES WISE CRACKS
MOSCOW, Feb. 25. (/P) —Varied
were the wise cracks when a woll
appeared in the outskirts of Mos
cow. The beast, bewildered by his
surroundings, bit a policeman and
a little girl before it was shot.
Some, with a pessimistic turn of
mind, mentioned the w7olf at the
door. Others thought of little Red
Riding Hood. Still others claimed
that the wolf didn’t like the five
year plan for exporting furs and
showed his disapproval by nipping
j the policeman.
j Abroad wolves are often coupled
i with the word Russia, but they are
I not common around Moscow. It is
unusual for one to wander into the
! city.
EXPECT ACTION SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.—
' Early action by the Senate on the
! Glass-Steagall bill providing for
j the expansion of credit is expect
ed as Senate leaders Wednesday
adopted compromise measures.
LANDED IN MUD
KUPANG, Dutch East Indies, Feb
25. (A5) — Air Commodore Charleys
Kingsford-Smith, who is on a re
turn flight from England to Aus
tralia, landed in the mud here. It
took two hours to release the plane
NO LIQUID ASSETS
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. (IP)—A peti
tion for ancillary receivership foi
Spreckels Sugar Company was filec
in Federal Court by Randolph
Spreckels, a company official, whc
said the concern was solvent but
’lacked liquid assets.
STIMSON IGNORANT
OF Nil TREATY
JAPANESE DECLARE
JAPANESE ANSWER IS PRAISED
BY FRANCE AND GREAT
BRITAIN
TOKYO, Feb. 25. (A5) — Foreign
officials, after reading the Stimson
jletter in which Borah questioned
| the validity and assumption of
America’s naval concession in the
; Washington Treaty, predicted the
j guarantees embodied in the Nine
I Power Pact would terminate. An
| agreement was completed before
I the Chinese situation was discussed
| It was said that Japan could have
held up the entire proceedings and
that “Stimson displayed ignorance
jof the history of the Washington
j conference.” ' :
{ The spokesman said the views of
Japan are contained in a note to
all nations, saying it will “be equal
ly impossible and undesirable to re
pudiate the Washington Treaty” in
other capitals.
The letter is looked on as n im
portant diplomatic documei Paris
praised it and said the Tnited
States must fortify Guam * d the
Philippines. London said it was an
excellent stand.
Jl VS. UNLEASH
ATTACK ON CHINESE
SEEK DELAY WHILE AWAITING
ARRIVAL OF MORE MEN
FROM HOME
I
, SHANGHAI, Feb. 25. (/P) — The
Chapei district yesterday was but
| a mass of flames as the result of
j fires started in that area and of
such extent that nothing could be
done to keep them from spreading
It is said that the Japanese have
j started all these fires with the hope
of keeping the Chinese troops from
becoming too active before the Jap
anese receive reinforcements from
Japan. The fires continued to
spread over a large area.
The Chinese, it is understood, will
use their guns to prevent the Jap
anese reinforcements from landing
when they arrive and it began to
look as if the Chinese intended to
clear the area before the arrival of
these reinforcements to the Japan
ese forces.
The Chinese said that they had
successfully resisted the Japanese
onlaughts so far and leaders said
they would continue to do so ‘'until
the last man.”
A number of hand to hand en
j gagements were reported along the
; front of hostilities but major ac
I tivity was carried on in the air.
| The Japanese have launched a
i great aerial attack on the Chinese
| and in one locality dropped 30 of
j the big bombs alone.
! The Japanese also bombed one of
J the Chinese railways. They in
i flieted considerable damage to the
track and the roadbed of the rail
read which is an important com
i munieation line to the Chinese
forces.
WANT HELP CHINA
OTTAWA, Feb. 25- (/P)—Because
retrenchments have been made in
the Canadian air service and a
number of airmen have been
! thrown out of work, it is said they
| have offered their services to the
J Chinese government to fight under
j *he Nationalist flag. It is said the
Chinese government is considering
i their offer.
‘MISS DEPRESSION”
!
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. (ZP)—Joseph
, Jacobs, an unemployed painter,
named his first bofn child, a girl,
“Miss Depression” after consider
ing the state of his finance and
the fact that he lives on Faile St.