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MEMUElt ASSOCIATED PttESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 31.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHINESE GUNS DOWNS SEC OND
J APANESE BOMB-DROPPING
AIRPLANE
SHANGHAI. Feb. 6. —Indications
low are that the Japanese forces
are preparing for a smashing drive
against the Chinese who have been
.stubbornly resisting the Japanese
.n their occupation of this city.
Four thousand troops were put
shore yesterday from Japanese
essels and it is understood that
’.nother 4.000 are aboard a vessel
standing by in the harbor.
Their was a further furious ex
hange of rifle, machine gun and
artillery fire in the Chapei sec
'ion.
Nipponese airplanes continued
-heir raids and Chinese army oth
ers testified that many 600 pound
bombs were dropped and directed
t the Chinese army headquarters.
Japanese planes did not carry
.n their bombardment work with
>ut molestation from the Chinese
anti-aircraft guns; as a result of
the day’s fighting the Chinese suc
ceeded in hitting another Japan
ese plane. The plane tilted and
hen plunged to earth, landing near
he Chinese lines- Chinese soldiers
dragged out three bodies, a flight
captain and two lieutenants, and
two unexploded bombs were also
aken from the plane before it
burst into flame-s and exploded.
The Japanese airplanes also at
tempted to bomb the Chinese radio
station but failed to score hits.
No report was given as to the
tight between the Woosung forts
and Japanese warships in Shang
hai harbor.
TOMiSH
TOKYO. Feb. 6, (A*)—The pledge
hat military reinforcements n o w
being sent to Shanghai will be
withdrawn as soon as their objec
tives have been accomplished, was
ontaihed in the explanatory state
ment- by Japanese which will be
oublished in London, Paris, Gene
ra and Shanghai tomorrow.
The statement will attempt to
remove misgivings of other pow
ers and explain the reasons for
sending reinforcements .
The statement will be issued as
the result of the action of the Brit
ish and United States governments
' FOR CONFIRMATION
WASHINGTON, D- C., Feb. 6, (/P)
—President Hoover sent the nom
ination of Andrew Mellon, as Am
bassador to Great Britain, to the
Senate for confirmation which is
expected without a fight.
APPROVE NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6, (/P)
—The Senate foreign relations
committee unanimously approved
the nomination of Andrew Mellon
as U. S. Ambassador to England.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
HONOLULU, Feb. 6, —Mrs. Grace
Hubbard Fortescue, Lt. Thomas
Massie, E. J. Lord, and A1 Jones,
mdicted for the murder of the Ha
waiian who was alleged to have
attacked Lieut. Massie’s wife, when
arraigned in court here plead not
guilty to the charge. No date for
-■.he trial has been set
r FURTHER SHOCKS
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Feb. 6, —Fur
ther shocks were recorded here.
No damage was reported but the
tremblor added to the terror of the
.inhabitants who are still making
for the uplands.
GRAIIAIVI HOPS OFF
SEATTLE. Feb. 6, (/P)—H a r o 1 d
Graham and Miss Edna Christof
ferson flew to Yakima yesterday to
place skiis on their plane in pre
paration for a flight to Nome and
, Point Barrow
WOE SUGGESTS!
INTERNATIONAL ARMY,
POLICE, INSURE PEACE
GENEVA, Feb. 6, —Delegates of
the French government at the dis
armament conference made known
plans and submitted comprehen
sive data favoring the creation and
upkeep of a military police and
army to insure world peace.
Under the plan the armaments
of nations would all be under the
control of the League of Nations
! and contracting nations would be
! called upon to provide a certain
| amount of armaments and men to
I the international army,
j France said that she is ready to
i adopt this plan and her delegate
I states they had to choose between
! making the League of Nations pow
I erful or not
WAGE EARNERS TAXED
| MOSCOW, Feb. 6, —A 25 per cent
jlevy on one month’s income of all
! Moscow7 wage earners was ordered
by the local council of commisars.
i Proceeds will be devoted to home
I building and cultural purposes.
DEMPSEY CALLED TO
CD ON BUSINESS
CHICAGO, Feb. 6, —Jack Demp
sey arrived in Chicago Friday from
the West and will appear at a
meeting of the National Boxing
Association. His appearance before
that body was made necessary be
cause an attempt has been made
to hold Dempsey responsible for
unpaid bills of a fight in Mississippi
. which he refereed over a year age.
It is contended by the association
and Dempsey himself that since he
only refereed at the Mississippi
bouts that he cannot be held res
ponsible for the bills.
Jack will appear in exhibition
bouts in Detroit next Monday.
! MfSTERf lIRPLflNE IS
NEW WILKINS IIISIEM
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, —Sir
Hubert Wilkins .well known Arctic
and Antarctic explorer, who is In
this city, announced he was going
to Los Angeles to interview air
plane manufacturers about a new
mystery plane which is to be used
in exploration work.
Sir Wilkins recently announced
plans for a new type of submarine
which would run underwater by
the use of compressed air instead
of electricity.
It is reported that the mystery
plane may be a portable plane
which could be carried inside a
submarine and set up for use in
surface exploration.
BEGIN MONDAY
GENEVA, Feb. 6, —Preparatory
work is now underway by the del
egates to the Geneva armament
parley so that the various dele
gates can begin presentation o f
evidence why they believe or do
not believe they can disarm and
whether or not they can agree to
a general disarmament program.
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CALL FOR EVACUATION
GENEVA, Feb. 6, —The League
of Nations, according to a deci
sion reached, will call upon Japan
to evacuate China within a wreek,
it is announced.
! Telegrapl
WANT BULL FIGHTING
| HAVANA. Cuba, Feb. 6, —Bui
| fighting enthusiasts, who h a v ■
been waging a campaign to brim
j back the sport to Cuba as an adde<
(spectacle for tourists, brought th
issue directly before the govern
| ment this week. Octavio Zubizzar
; etta, secretary of the interior, i
! expected to sign a decree makins
, 1 e g a 1 “Charitadas” or “bloodies
bull fighting” the first step to
ward success.
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BABY IIAD COLD RIDE
I PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. ,Feb. 6,
For 19 miles, with the temperature
below zero, a baby boy was carriet
| on the back of a motor car un
, known to the driver until he ar
rived at his destination. The bab;
had been playing around the ca
and became caught between th
; tire and the back of the car. Thi
baby was unconscious when dis
| covered but he is now rapidly re
covering under careful treatment.
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DIP INTO SURPLUS
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. —Director
i of the United States Steel Corpor
lation, J. P. Morgan, chairman
looked back over 1931, then for
ward to 1932 and decided that th
future was hopeful enough to jus
tify dipping into the surplus to th
extent of $10,606,616 to maintaii
dividend disbursements.
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PRISONERS MUTINIED
MADRID, Feb. 6, —Reports sai<
! that 700 political prisoners takei
; in last week’s communist r e v o 1
j and placed aboard the liner Brazl
) for deportation, mutinied and madi
| captives of the ship’s officers. Th
: prisoners were bound for the lone
1ly island of Fernando, off the coas
i of Brazil.
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MOSLEM UPRISING
BOMBAY, Feb. 6, —British troop
were rushed into the State of Kash
mir to suppress a Moslem uprising
against the Hindu Maharajah ir
j which 12.0f0 troops are burnins;
i villages and killing inhabitants
i Two reconnoitering planes return
j ed here reporting a serious situa
I tion at Springar, the capitol of th(
! state and the home of the Mahara
j jah which is being attacked wit!
fury and where many casualties
have occurred.
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ATTEMPT WRECK TRAIN
WATSONVILLE, Calif., Feb. 6, -
The third attempt this month tc
wreck the “Lark” fast San Fran
cisco—Los Angeles train, damaged
a heavy locomotive and three cars
and held up traffic 35 minutes or
the coast line of the Southern Pa
cific. Locks on a switch and a sig
nal box were forced and a wire at
tached to the switch, the investi
gation revealed.
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ASKS HIGH JUSTICE
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 6, -
Members of the United States Su
preme court will be asked to decide
the fate of eight negroes, under a
death sentence, for assaulting two
white girls. If the Alabama’s Su
preme court holds that the negroes
must die, attorneys for the con
demned men said the decision
would be carried out.
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ANNOUNCE EXPULSION
NE WYORK, Feb. 6, UP)-The New
York Stock Exchange announced
expulsion of Franklin V. Brodil
former Columbia University foot
ball star and crew captain, from
.membership for violation of trading
rules.' He was elected to the Ex
change in 1928.
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EXECUTIVE RESIGNS
NE WYORK, Feb. 6, (4s)—Mat
thew S. Sloan, dominant executive
in New York’s public utility inter
ests, resigned his several posts, in
cluding presidency of the New York
Edison Company and affiliates and
trusteeship of Consolidated Gas Co
i Brevities
GOOD REPRESENTATION
1 LOS, ANGELES, Feb. 6, (/PWa
? ■ pan will be conspicuously repre
| sen ted in the Olympic Games at
! | Angeles next summer while
' • other nations have whittled the
-1 size of the teams because of the
- world-wide depression. The Jap
? j anese contingent will not be affect
: jed. The largest delegations at the
> games are expected from Japan.
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U. S. C. LEADS
| BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 6, (IP)—
The University of Southern Cali
fornia’s basketball team stepped
into undisputed lead for the Pacific
Coast Conference basketball cham
pionship, Southern Division, by de
feating California 28 to 27 at Oak
. land
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MAY BUY AIRSHIP
-f WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5. —
; Since high naval officials made it
I known that they are considering
| selling the dirigible Los Angeles
i and using the money to enlarge the
| ^RS-5, sister-ship of the Akron,
s | the navy department has received
- a number of offers for Hie airship.
,! Chief among these is the offer of
- j Howard Hughes, motion picture di
»\ rector, who has advised officials he
-1 wished to purchase the ship in or
;; der to make a new movie thriller.
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KILLER RECAPTURED
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. 5, —
Pete McKenzie, killer, who escaped
I from a San Antonio prison a num
i ber of days ago, was recaptured at
t his father’s home. When the sher
II iff walked in on McKenzie he was
? iasleep but immediately, as he
1 awoke, sprang out of bed with a
; .45 gun in his hand. A blow from
31 the sheriff quieted him and he wTas
: taken back to prison.
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LOSE MEDALS
5S ROME, Feb- 5, -Fifty-five of
r I ficers of the German army have
been deprived of the heroism med
pj a Is awarded them for their work
’ in the late w^ar. The medals were
' i taken away from the officers be
; cause they wrere alleged guilty of
; political offenses.
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MUST SERVE TIME
, | NEW MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. <&)
Albert B. Fall, Secretary of Interior
during the Harding administra
tion and wTho was found guilty of
.j accepting a huge bribe in office,
, | then sentenced to a prison term
| and fine of $100,000, will have to
| serve out his full time. A prison pa
role board hes declined to shorten
Fall's prison term saying that i t
would be “incompatible to society.”
His term will expire May 8 of next
year.
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BIG STORM BREWING
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, <JP)—
With another storm brewing, snow
plows have been rushed to clear
snow from mountain roads; rescue
parties rushed to the aid of the
stranded or lost who were caught
in last week’s storm. From Cana
da to southern California snow is
predicted although it is warmer in
the Pacific northwest.
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SOME ADVICE
PARIS, Feb. 6, —Will Rogers
I says: “Flew qver Corsica Island.
No wonder Napoleon left there.
Now'—here is a warning. All Eur
; ope is looking for America to do
' all the debt cancelling, so don’t
send delegates with hardened ar
teries as usual, but get some with
hardened hearts because these peo
ple are rehearsing their chinning
now.”
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BASEBALL CHIEF DIES
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, (/P)—Barney
Drey, first president of the Pitts
I buerg “Pirates,” died here follow
' ing an operation for grandular
j trouble. He would have been 67
years of age a this next birthday.
NEW MARSHAL NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6, UP)
—President Hoover named Charles
D. Jones as United States marshal
of the Second Division in Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. —Er
nest Edgar Westphal, San Fran
cisco salesman who left suicide
notes saying he had jumped from
the steamer ‘ Emma Alexander”
.off the coast January 20. was iden
tified as T. P. Wierner, who left
I the steamer at Wilmington, Calif-,
January 21.
In the light of this identification
the police were inclined to look
upon the suicide as an insurance
hoax. Westphal’s identification as
Wiener, the mystery passenger on
board the liner, was established by
two clerks; one of them sold him a
i ticket as Wiener after he had al
: ready purchased a ticket under the
! name of Westphal after buying a
1 ticket under his own name.
! It is believed he posted several
suicide notes, returned to the tick
et office and bought another ticket
under the name of Wiener and
sailed for Wilmington the same af
ternoon.
UNLOHDING FOREIGN
BONDS 1 Aim
PEOPLF MUST STOP
WASHINGTON. D. C , Feb. 6, —
;The Senate investigation of the
J billions in foreign securities un
loaded on American citizens, was
finished with Senator Hiram John
son of California introducing leg
islation to curb such “outrageous
! and shameful” activities in the fu
ture.
It was charged that Jose Obre
gon, son-in-law of President Ma
chado of Cuba, received $500,000
from the Chase National Bank of
New York in cash with the $50,000.
000 loan to Cuba by a New' York
banking group headed by the
Chase National Bank.
DUE DAT DIVORCES
FOB SMALL SUM $7
CHIHUAHA CITY, Mex., Feb. 6,,
—A 24-hour divorce law has gone
into effect in the State of Chihua
hua.
Under the terms of the law a
one-day divorce will be granted in
uncontested cases and those in
w'hich both parties agree.
The custody of girls under 14
and boys under six will remain with
the mother. Men may remarry im
mediately and women may remarry
after nine months.
A divorce, in addition to attor
ney fees, will cost applicants a gov
ernment fee of 150 pesos or ap
proximately $7.
ADVOCATE REFERENDUM
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 6, UP)—
The state Democratic convention
meeting here expects to instruct
its delegates to the national con
vention for Roosevelt for Presi
dent and a referendum on the pro
ibition laws.
IN BOTTOM OF WELL
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 6, (/P)—Gor
don Sawyer, banker, is in the hos
pital here after being rescued from
the bottom of an abandoned well
where three men and women were
placed by kidnappers who demand
ed $60,000 ransom. Officers battled
with the kidnappers who escaped.
Ml MISSIONS
RflNSSCKED 8! JIPS.
iS ILL US SHELLED
SHANGHAI, Feb. 6, (/P,_Two
American missions here were at
tacked while planes battered the
Chapei section.
Japanese bluejackets ransacked
the American Presbyterian mis
sion despite official notice that the
American consul nailed to the door.
Last w’eek the American South -
er Methodist mission was ransack
ed and yesterday was subjected to
shelling by light artillery. Mission
members were forced to retire.
It is unknown whether the shells
came from Japanese or Chinese
guns, it was later reported.
The Chinese are holding their
own among the Chapei region, now
in ruins, for the eighth consecutive
day.
ILL IE1M
UTING Nil:
CALM BEFORE STORM
NANKING, Feb. 6, (£>)—Virtually
jail Americans began to leave the
| city on the advice of authorities
| due to the danger of elimination of
! transportation and communication.
The city is quiet today.
Low Wen Kan, Chinese foreign
j minister, said it was inconceivable
, that the Manchurian and Shang
j hai situations be treated as seo
' arate questions as Japan demands.
Both were “created by Japanese
militarism” and however important
to Japan, still remains.
The suggestion that the issues
be treated separately “clearly con
tradicts Japan’s declarations that
she has no designs on Manchuria.’’
SHINE 0LHTII YOUNG
* PUZZLES POLICE
SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Feb 6, —Po
lice were puzzled by the strange
case of Ralph S. Brown, 20. who
was found in a semi-conscious con
dition in his room with his chest
bared and four crosses slashed on
it. The youth, altho his condition
was not considered serious by phy
sicians, either could not talk or
would not talk of his experience.
When found, Brown’s room was
partially filled with gas from an
open jet.
BEGINS TRAINING
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 6, —
George Earnshaw, pitcher for Con
nie Macks Athletics, arrived here
for his annual spring conditioning.
His team-mate, A1 Simmons, will
arrive February 10. They will not
report to the training camp at
Fort Meyers, Florida, but will train
with Milwaukee, of the American
Association, and Montreal of the
International League.
LEFT FALSE CLUES
SALINAS, Calif., Feb. 6, —False
clues, deliberately left by the ab
ductors of Mrs. Mary Hansen, to
hamper investigation, further in
tensified the mystery of the Sali
na’s kidnapping and temporaiiy
swung the search of the “secret
six” towTard San Francisco and the
Bay region.
CAREFULLY GUARDED
LONDON, Feb. 6, —A heavy force
of picked policemen stood guard
about the work-room of the King’s
jeweler, where King George’s state
crown is being repaired to fit him
better. Encrusted with rare gems,
the crown is priceless because of its
historical significance.
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