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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 27.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SUPPRESS IBS'
AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD TO
LOSE LUXURY OF SOVIET
TRADE
MOSCOW, Feb.. 2. (/P>— The
newspaper Izvestia asserted that
the United States failed in its
anti-Soviet campaign and that
the country is passing through
economic crisis.
“America cannot afford the
luxury of losing such a potential
market as Soviet Russia.
“We notice that in official cir
cles in the United States have
found it expedient in the inter
ests of the Soviet, that the
American trade remain aloft
iiom the campaign which, if it
had been successful, would have
brought as much damage in the
United States as in the Soviet
Union.”
LOT OF MOfilf
RELEASED ON L0N6
SOFFEHC HUMANITY
PHOENIX. Arizona. Feb.. 2. (/P) J
—Cornelius Vonderbilt. Jr., may j
nave a good many things to say
concerning the difficulties be
tween Butler and Mussolini if
ircumstances “c h a nge suffi
ciently” said the Italian foreign
•office backing down on the state
ment Mussolini never heard of
Vanderbilt.
The foreign office is quoted as
saying that Vanderbilt was once
given a brief audience “such as
hundreds of foreigners are grant
ed.”
Vanderbilt said “That audience
resulted in a published interview
n 1926, of 4,000 words long. Any
one can exercise their own
udgement as to whether 4,000
' cords is a brief interview.”
«II lit I. s.
FIS PU6IUST1C IMS
PARIS. Feb., 2, (/P)— Gene
Huai, the French boxer who two
years ago made a successful In
vasion of the United States and
Canada as a flyweight, is pack
ing up to return to America.
This time he will campaign as
a bantamweight.
He says he is after Ai “Pana
ma” Brown and Kid Francis.
NOMINATION SENT IN
WASHINGTON, Feb., 3, < P -
're,'ident Hoovre sent in the
.nomination of Albert White, to
"•he Senate, for reappointment as
arshal for Division number 1,
n Alaska.
NOTIFIED COMPANY
SEATTLE, Feb., 2, 'YF,—Pilot
Tckrnann notified the Alaska
'*■<■■■ hington Airways, that he was •
"vea her-bound at Campbell Pdv
after leaving Ketchikan last
Thursday, but that the fog was
lifting and he expected to take']
off shortly for Nanaimo. <
CAPITOL DEDICATED
JUNEAU, Feb., 3, (/P)— With
school children cheering from
ithe surrounding streets, Gov. G.
A. Parks ran up the flag of Alas
! ka’s new Capitol building. There
were no speeches. Collector of
Customs J. C. McBride handed
the Governor the flag. Cameras
i clicked throughout the ceremony.
ESKIMOS FIND LOST
! YOUNG MISSIONARY
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb., 3,
j(/P)—Reverend J. H. Webster,
young Anglican missionary of
jCoopermine who was lost for
almost a week on Arctic ice fields,
was found exhausted and frost
bitten by Eskimo searchers.
Reverend Webster left Copper
mine to visit the Eskimo sealing
camps. His lead dog, alone, came
into an Eskimo camp one even
ing at 6 p. m., the search start
ing immediately.
HEARD THE BIRDIES
ST. PAUL. Minn., Feb., 3, (7P>—
“Kink Tut” of Minneapolis knock
ed out Billy Petrolic of Fargo,
North Dakota, in the first min
ute of a scheduled 10 round fight,
lit was the first time that Petro
lette had ever “kissed” the mat;
he was the conqueror of Jimmy
MeLarnin and Tony Canzoner.
The lads weighed in at 13812
FLOUTING CUBES
WILL BE ON SAME
STATUS. SHORELINES
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 2, (/Pi—
The Welch bill which would re- |
quire floating canneries in Alas-,
ka to file notice of place of op
erating, was approved by the
House fisheries committee.
The bill also prohibits floating I
canneries operating in more than
one place any year.
Operators will be required to
file with the Secretary of Com
merce, on or before December 1,1
of the preceding year, a state
ment of proposed operation place |
for the next salmon season.
LOCATION SELECTED
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 3. (/P)~\
The Philadelphia Navy Yard has1
been selected as the place for
the court martial trial of Gen
eral Smedley Butler. The trial!
starts Monday, February 16.
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 2, (A3)—
Congress wasn’t as eager about
38 years ago to lift the economic
balance of the nation as it is
now.
As against the $311,000,000
authorized by the present con
gress for emergency relief, a bill!
introduced in 1894 read:
“To appropriate $6,300,000 for
immediate use in relieving wants
and destitution but not to ex
ceed in any state $1 for every
10 inhabitants.”
This bill was pickled in com-;
mittee because it was consider-*
ed “a raid on the treasury.” 1
THOUSANDS INJURED; TOWNS
WRECKED, COMMUNICA
TIONS SEVERED
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. j
13, (IP)—An earthquake and fire j
| levelled Napier, New Zealand1
; leaving casualties of at least 100 j
Sand 1,000 injured.
Nearby towns were wrecked j
causing an undertermined num
jber of deaths and injuries. j
| Napier was still ablaze and j
I helpless last night. The quake J
isevered the water supply, halt-!
I ing fire-fighting apparatus.
| The first shock came at 11 a. j
! m. and shook a large section j
| of the coastal region.
Hastings, 15 miles from Napier, '
I reported 21 were dead and 100
| injured.
Waipawa and Waipukuria were
j also wrecked.
j The British sloop Veronica, at j
Napier, grounded but was re
! floated.
The steamer Northumberland!
, headed for sea when the har
j bor water receded.
; Dressing stations have been
established throughout the de
vastated districts. More nurses i
;are needed as new casualities are
being constantly reported.
Many towns are isolated as
1 the communications were dis
rupted. Some are connected with
the outside world by wireless.
| Napier has a population of 14.
346.
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PHILADELPHIA IS FAVORED
MOST LIKELY CITY FOR
TRIAL
WASHINGTON, Feb., 3, (/Pi —
The time and place for the Gen
eral Smedley court martial and
the specific charges are awaited
| by General Butler and his coun
sel.
Admiral David Sellers, judge'
advocate general of the Navy, is
preparing the charges. He has1
! the Butler letter which was Sent j
j to Secretary Adams telling of
Mussolini’s accusations to But-1
lex’s speech.
It is believed the charges will j
be to the “conduct prejudicial:
to the good of order and disci
pline of the service.’’
Philadelphia. Washington or!,
Quantico, Virginia, are the pros- j
pective sites for the trial, with!1
Philadelphia favored. j;
The Stock Market
A. Juneau 8%, A. Can. 110%. j{
Ban corporation 24% to 24%, Cit-I*
ies 17%, Con. Gas. 89%. Zeller-!
back 5%. Durant 1%, Motors j3
38%, Goldman 6,V2, Int. Tel. 26, i
Kennecott 23%, Lehigh 6%, Ra-j1
dio 15%, Richfield 4%, Stand.
Oil, N. J., 47%, Carbide 59%, '
Union, Calif., 23%, Steel 140%. £
POSTPONED FOR A DAY
LAS PALMAS, Canaray Island,1
Feb., 3, (/P)—After several at- i
tempts to fly the DOX the big
German plane’s officers sus
pended the proposed hop to the
Cape Verde Islands until to- j
morrow. The water was too
rough for the ship to lift more
than 4,000 gallons of fuel.
ENGINE IN GIT
' CHATHAM, England, Feb., 3, j
(/P)—Six men were seriously in
jured w'hen an internal com-j
bustion engine in the X-l, largest |
submarine in the British Navy,
exploded while the undersea
I craft was on a trial run.
• The submarine came back on
| one engine. It is believed the ex- ]
| plosion was causded by a mech
j anical defect on a part of the;
| engine.
HOCKEY SCORES
| VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb., 3. </P)
1 —The Vancouver hockey team
i regained first place in the coast |
j league by defeating Portland 5
'to 1.
S10,000 FOR KETCHIKAN
| WASHINGTON, Feb., 3, (/P>—
j Allagotion of $10,000 for a new
I court house at Ketchikan, was1
reported to Congress by Secre
} tary Mellon.
REMAINS WILL BE
SENT TO BH
191, TOR BURIAL
The remains of H. E. D. Wal
lace, Alaska Road Commission j
engineer who passed away Sun
day afternoon, will be taken to I
Oeheyedan, Iowa, his former
home, by Mrs. Wallace, who, with '
her daughter Patrica, will de
part on the SS Alameda, Satur- j
day.
Seward Masons are in full j
charge of arrangements prepa-!
tory to the steamer’s sailing.
Mr. Wallace, besides his widow j
and daughter, is survived by i
seven sisters and two brothers,
all of whom with the exception J
of one ssiter who resides at Shel
don, live in Oeheyedan.
Mr. Wallace was a World War
veteran and besides the govern- j
ment insurance, carried another
policy with the Kansas City Life I
Insurance Co.
BERLIN, Feb., 2, (TP)— Presi- !
dent von Hindenburg has en- j,
dorsed the biblical opinion that
a prophet is without honor in j
his own country. 11
When General Werner von
Is
Blomberg returned from the U.
i1
S., he said to the octogenarian
soldier-statesman:
“You have no idea, Herr Feld- f
marschall, how1, popular you are j1
with the American people.”
“Well,” replied the president, ]
with a chuckle, “I wish I were (
rs popular in Germany.” 1
HOUSE ID SENATE
IN FURY OVER VETS
BONUS PROPOSAL
' VETS WILL NOT ADVOCATE
PROPOSAL WHICH DIS
RUPT COUNTRY
WASHINGTON. Feb., 3,
j Agitation over the veterans bo
! nus legislation whirled with re
! newed fury before the Senate
and House committees.
Administrator Hines warned;
“We have reached a point in
connection with veterans relief
iwhen we must give serious con
sideration as to where we are
: going.”
In the House Garner of Texas
: was calling attention to the
“usual enforcements’' of Mellon’s
economic views.
The committee heard E. D.
Duffield, president of the Pru
. dential Life Insurance Co. Hines
| also said he did not believe vet
erans would advocate an proposal
which might disrupt the coun
j try.
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WITH Tilt FLYING
j VICTORIA, B. C.. Feb., 2, (&)—
| Anscel Eckmann, for whom, fears
j have been felt because he had
) been unheard from since leav
ing Ketchikan last Thursday,
j arrived here.
He made a forced landing in
a fog near an island in Johnson
| Straits last night, he said.
He has abandoned the long
j search for Renehan and his
I companion, who have been miss
| ing since October.
Eckmann refueled at Campbell
| River enroute here. No word
| was heard from him becaufB he
j left his wireless outfit at Prince
I Rupert.
DESPITE FESCE TSLK
BERNE, Switzerland. Feb., 2.
(/P)—Although most of the peace
and disarmament con ferences
since the world war have been
held in Switzerland, this coun
try has experienced a growing
military spirit.
The condition is reflected in
the fact that the national militia
now numbers 330.000. an in
crease of 60,000 since 1921.
The new military budget calls
for S20,000.000 to protect a pop
ulation of 4,000,000 against ag
gression.
It is reported that Major El
liott. president of the Alaska
Road Commission, will arrive
on the SS Alameda from his Ju
neau headquarters.
CHIEF ENGINEER HERE
General Superintendent Ed
munds, in charge of this area of
Alaska for the Alaska Road Com
mission, arrived Monday from
his Anchorage headquarters, in
connection with the Seward
breakwater project.