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VOLUME XXV11. NUMBER 257. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1981.
PRICE TEN CENT
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DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON
ATTRACTION OF WEALTH
AND PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (/P)
—Secretary of Interior Ray Lyman
Wilbur submitted the annual re
port of his department to President
Hoover, emphasizing the “necessity
ior removal of responsibility for
.ocal problems from Washington
"o the communities in which they
■exist.”
Secretary Wilbur looked skepti
cally upon the talk of a Depart
ment of Education.
r In his report, Wilbur further said
That at the direction of Congress
:hat the exploratory program was
under way in Alaska looking toward
The development of new industries
and traffic for the development of
Tonnage for the Alaska Railroad.
Wilbur said that this Great Fron
tier is like that of each other Am
erican frontier which has preced
ed it in that it depends on two
:actors which he summed up as the
attraction of wealth and the pres
sure of population behind it. The
latter factor is not as yet of a
great assistance to Alaska.
Because Alaska is one of the
great reservoirs for natural re
? sources to which we eventually
must turn, this Department is en
deavoring to stimulate the develop
ment of resources which will at
tract new settlers.
The exploration which has been
Tarried on in Alaska is wrell under
way but it is as yet too early to
make any prediction as to what
may be the results of the work.
CHICAGOAN MISSING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (/P;
I —Capt. Christian Gross, wealthy
Chicagoan, whose difficulties with
his wife over paternity of a child
nave been aired in court recently,
;s missing without leave from his
post as secretary in the American
iegation at Ottowa, the State De
partment made known. The case
.s the first of its kind in American
history.
SALVADOR’S PRESIDENT
SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 8. (tf*)—
General Maximiliano Martinez has
been recognized as President of San
Salvador by the military directorate
* and has announced that cabinet
office members, treasury and for
eign affairs portfolio are still to
be filled.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
DUBLIN, Dec. 8. (A*)—The Irish
, Free State celebrated the 10th an
' niversary of its founding Sunday.
President Cosgrove, in a speech,
praised the genius of the late Ar
thur Griffith and the late Michael
Collins, which he said contributed
greatly to the signing of the treaty
^ and its subsequent expansion.
Ill YEARS OF AGE
LONDON, Dec. 8. (/P)—London’s
•'Grand Old Lady,” Honorable
Katherine Plunket of Ballymascan
ion County, celebrated her 111th
oirthday. She has lived through
the reigns of five British sovereigns
, and is still in good health, although
confined to her room.
AIR SURVEILLANCE
MUKDEN, Dec. 8. (/P)—The sur
veillance of Chinese bandits in
Manchuria by the Japanese who are
using airplanes continued yester
day and some casualties are re
ported as the airplanes dropped a
few bombs on bandit groupings.
EXCEEDING PULL
: AGENTS SA1 LOSSES IN WHEAT
t OPERATIONS ARE LARGER
THAN REVEALED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (JP)
—While agents of the Federal
Farm Board testified before the
Senate agricultural committee of
larger losses in wheat operations
than were heretofore revealed, Sen
ators began to hammer at the ex
penses of the agents in the form of
large salaries and disbursements.
It was brought out that George
Milner, general manager of the
Grain Stabilization Corporation,
which bought millions of bushels
of wheat in an attempt to halt the
fall of prices, was drawing down
$50,000 per year as chairman of
the Farmers’ National Grain Cor
poration.
Similarly, Creekmore, general
manager of the American Cotton
Co-operative Assn., was awarded
$75,000 per year and was one of
those who permitted the payment
of $450,000 commission to Harris
& Vose, cotton brokers, which han
dled the company’s deals.
Milner testified the Farm Board’s
losses in w'heat were $110,000,000
instead of $102,000,000 as testified
by Chairman Stone.
Creekmore testified that his or
ganization’s annual expenses ap
proximated $1,000,000 and said it
had already lost $40,000,000 while
still owing the Farm Board $63,
000,000 on the basis of current cot
ton prices.
!CT BP.lt
UNOER WAY IN NEW KOBE
i
NEW YORK, Dec. 8. (/P)—Turdey
Sidney S. Lense and Oswald Ja
coby won two of the three rubbers
played In their $150 contract bridge
match with Mr. and Mrs. Ely Cul
bertson.
Lense and Jacoby were 1,715
points ahead of the Culbertsons
when the players adjourned at
12:55 a. m.
The bridge play is to be contin
ued tonight. The three rubbers
• involved the playing of 23 hands.
WALKER GOES EAST
| LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. (#)—Ma
| yor Jimmie Walker yesterday de
! Parted from this city to the East.
He has completed the mission which
brought him to the coast and re
turns to the East to take up some
of his own business matters. He
had his special car hooked on to
an Eastbound train.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. 8. (/P)
—-Former Queen Sophie of Greece
underwent a successful operation
at Frankfort-on-Main. Her phy
sicians declared she was in good
condition.
NODINIIUESTERN ENHOUTE
SURD FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 8. (A5) — The S3
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, sailed from here
this morning at 9 o’clock, and car
ried 55 passengers of whom 13 were
steerage and 42 first class reserva
tions.
There were 10 passengers aboard
the vessel with reservations for
Seward and they included Orrie
Shade, M. L. Smith, Robert Court
ney, A. Barberger, Miss Wilder, Mrs.
A. L. Gilner, Mrs. Alameda Lutz,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Brayford, N. W.
Jacobs, D E. Sullivan, John Reekie,
Carl E. Rydberg, E. Young, E. Tyler
nd V. G. Fauek.
LEAGUE CONTtlESiTS
PEACE RELI8ERAT15
IT PARIS, NEW ROPE
PARIS, Dec. 8. (.T*)—It is the pre
vailing belief here in international
circles that the League of Nations
would decide to omit all reference
to the question as to Japan’s right
to pursue bandits in Manchuria
and gave rise to the hope that this
might point to the way for a set
tlement between China and Japan.
Tire League of Nations appeared
to be approaching an agreement
on this phase but the question of
the neutral zone in the vicinity of
Chin Chow remained.
‘ORGANIZERS' THOUGHT
BE RESPONSIBLE FOB
DEATH OF L. A. WOMAN
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. (/P;—The
j battered body of Miss Eugenie
| Vance, aged 55, owner of a clean
j ing and dyeing establishment, was
I found in a vacant lot here. It is
| believed that she was slain by
gangsters who were employed in an
attempt to “organize” the cleaning
business.
The nature of her attack was re
vealed when it wras said that she
was found with her skull crushed.
Police are working on the theory
(set forth in threatening* notes and
[ actions which said that her life
! would be imperiled should she de
i cide against becoming “organized.”
LEGION REQUESTS fUCEO
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (/P)
—A request for a referendum on
the prohibition law and a request
calling for an additional expendi
ture of more than $25,000,000 yearly
for veterans’ relief was laid before
President Herbert Hoover by Amer
ican Legion Commander Stevans.
At the same time Chairman
| Byrns, of the new House Appropria
tions Committee, forecast the im
mediate appropriation of $200,000,
000 to meet the demands for the
payment of veterans’ loans certi
ficates as provided in the last ses
sion of the United States Legis
lature.
IN ENGLAND NOW
HANESFORT, England, Dec. 8.,
{/P)—Bert Hinkler, English ace who J
has been hopping all over the'
world in his plane, set his ship
down on English soil yesterday af
ter completing a flight from South
Africa to England by way of France.
BIG LOSSESlEAT
DIB SHITTED
BY FARM BOARD
STONE CLAIMS BOARD SAVED
COUNTRY’S FINANCIAL
STRUCTURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (/P)
—Transactions of the Federal Farm
Board in wheat and cotton mar
kets wore revealed authoritatively
for the first time by James Stone,
; chairman, and C. Williams, char
| ter member wThose testimony before
1 the Senate committee on agricul
: lure, revealed the board had taken
. large paper losses in their at
; tempts to stabilize these tfo com
I modities.
Mr. Stone and Mr. Williams said
the Board, with Its half billion dol
lar revolving fund, had financed the
purchase of 329,641,052 bushels of
wheat and 1,319,809 bales of cotton.
Mr. Stone said he did not know ex
actly how much had been lost by
the Board through its operations
but assured Senators he would get
information for them.
He claimed, however, that the
Board saved the country’s financial
■ structure from possible collapse by
I purchasing wheat when it did in
November of 1930. If wrheat had
gone two cents lower at that time,
Mr. Stone asserted, banks w’hich
held about 60,000,000 bushels, would
have had to throw their holdings
upon the market and would thereby
possibly have became embarrassed.
Hearings are being held to deter
mine whether or not the present
j agricultural act should be contin
| ued.
I
AT ASTI RECEPTION
t
LONDON, Dec. 8. (£>)—Mahatma
j Gandhi went to a reception at the
home of Lady Astor. He disclosed
that the gowns of the women guests
caused him to lower his eyes in
shame.
“Even in tropical India, where
the temperature often reaches 120
degrees, women never would dream
of appearing on the streets half
dressed as they do in London,” he
said.
“Western women are mad with
their own vanity. They worship
the god of fashion. It is sacrilege
for them to allow beauty doctors
to mar the faces God has given
them, to pluck their eyebrows and
distort their features,” continued
the Mahatma.
TURN DOWN REQUEST
PARIS, Dec. 8. (/P)—French re
quests for new trade have been
turned down for the present by
the British government which said
negotiations now would prove pre
mature. The French delegation
which was to leave for England
Monday will remain at home as a
consequence.
ME TAKES i
GOVERNMENT CUTS
TO BALANCE BOOKS
UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE
DEBIT WILL BE $4,400,000,000
END FISCAL YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (Jf)
—To balance the Treasury books
of the United States and to hasten
the return of prosperity, President
Hoover recommended increased
taxation in his message to Con
gress with his many pointed pro
gram submitted as a cure for “cred
it paralysis.”
Unless taxes go up and govern
ment expenses go down, the debit
will be $4,400,000,000 by the end of
the fiscal year, he said. In his
message, Hoover did not specify
the method of tax revision but said
that it should be effective for a
period of two years. He also ad
vocated the creation of a recon
struction corporation to make ad
vances to needy industries and to
provide for the release of frozen as -
sets of banks which have failed.
I Other things he advocated were
; the establishment of jhome loan
I banks to make home owning easier
| and a liberalization of reserve bank
rules to make more paper dis
! countable. A revision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission’s laws
would help to solve the railway
| question and a revision of the anti
| trust laws would prevent burden
some enequalities.
' • 1 '
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
KODIAK, Dec. 8. (Special to The
! Gateway)—Mrs. Susane Morrison,
55 years of age, wife of U. P. Mor
rison, was buried here December
i 7. Nearly the entire population of
i Kodiak attended the funeral serv
i ices of this beloved and respected
. woman.
WITHDRAWS RESTRICTIONS
! WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 8. (JP)
—The Interstate Commerce Com
! mission announced that it has
(withdrawn its restrictions and has
i given railroads of the United States
! a free hand to increase their rev
jenues without having to pool their
i surcharges and freight rates for
the benefit of weak lines.
WHISTLING BOY
DETROIT, Dec. 8. (JP) — Robert
Young, five years of age, whistled
for five days and five nights with
out a letup. The whistling was
not voluntarily, however, as the
small boy swallowed a small whis
tle and it become lodged in his
lungs. Dr. H. Kimball found it
necessary to perform an operation
| on the boy to remove the whistle
and the boy apparently is all right
now as physicians said that he
will recover from the delicate op
eration.
DID NOT FARE WELL
I WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. (JP)
j —Hungar marchers at the nation’s
icapitol apparently did not fare so
| well as they expected, for they
were refused permission to see Pres
ident Hoover and they were unable
to get into the galleries of Con
gress. However, they confined
themselves to yelling and singing
and when evening came on yester
day they sought warm billets once
again. There were about 1500 of
them.