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“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.
_ __ —Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
M KM HER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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'<OLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 1. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS
\NDIH WANTS TALK THINGS
OVER WITH ENG LANDS
VICEROY
BOMBAY, Jan. 2. (Copyright by
:ociated Press)—Mahatma Gand
informed England’s Viceroy, Lord
Uingdon, Friday, that he would
hhold from renewing a civil dls
edience campaign against the
itish government if the Viceroy
;t'Id grant him an interview for
: ussion of the recent restrictive
finance resolution passed by the
■'dish government, and if the re
t of this interview is satisfactory.
Gandhi said that if the response
. #m the British government is
y&inst an All-India Congress, a
fmittee would then consider that
> British government has nulli
u the Delhi truce. In that event
Indian nation will be summon
to resume its civil disobedience
nonpayment of taxes and a boy
of foreign clothes, pictures
J liquor.
. dia’s shops will renew utili
sed manufacture and collection
ialt as a further evidence of dis
dience.
;ae Viceroy previously announc
•:.hat a renewal of the disobed
e campaign would be met with
nmary measures
GIN BUST If
PRESIDENT HOOVER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 2. (£>)
our early birds who braved a
r'ng rain and began a stand
before daybreak, at the White
use gates for a New Year’s hand
king line were rewarded with a
akfast invitation from Herbert
over.
he four were William Wilson
,fi otto Kafer, employed by the
'ernment here; Martin Bred
'd. of Minneapolis, and Walter
rows, 14-year-old son of a Sev
,a Day Adventist missionary,
ollowing a White House police
ji they entered the basement
(d ?/ere greeted by the President’s
;.is and then Hoover himself,
over said: “Good morning. Hap
New Year to you. Stay here a
iute and have some coffee,” But
four received more than that
their breakfast included ba
; eggs, rolls and muffins.
m FOLKS KILLED
WHEN THKIN HITS CAR
’HILADELPHIA, Jan 2. (/P)—Two
mg men and two girls were killed
ft one girl injured on the way to
* : w Year’s party when their car
struck by a train.
_ne dead are Oscar Davis, grad
uate of the Pennsylvania Law
Yhool class of last June, who was
iving the automobile; Chas. Dan
rg, senior at the University of
'*-.nnsyl vania Veterinary School;
vliss Linette Lacheen and Regina
LOOf.
REPORT UNCONFIRMED
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2. (/P)
i—Official Washington refused to
! confirm the report that the United
i States Ambassador to Japan, Cam
eron Forbes, had asked that he be
relieved of his post.
i ELDEfiLV RESIDENT OF
SEWARD, IS CALLED
I
Again the grim hand of the
Reaper descended upon Seward
within a few days of each visita
tion ; this time to take away another
fine, elderly resident, Mrs. Rhoda
Cooper, 76 years of age. Death
came at 8:34 Friday evening and
was not unexpected for she had
been in failing health for the last
few years.
Born in Shipman, 111., in 1856,
Mrs. Cooper came to Alaska — to
Valdez—in 1907. Two years later,
in 1909, she moved to Seward and
had been a permanent resident
since. Besides being an esteemed
member of the local Rebekah lodge
and of the Eastern Star, Mrs. Coo
per, for 30 years, was a member of
the Women of Woodcraft, Palm
Circle, Seattle, Washington.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Creiger, and
son, Charles Cooper, of Seward; by
Lee Roy Cooper, another son re
siding in Seattle, and by two bro
thers and one sister, also of Seattle.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, January 4, at 1 p. m., in
Odd Fellows hall, under the aus
pices of the Eastern Star order.
Intermet will follow in the Ma
sonic plot of the Seward cemetery.
BRITISH JOURNALIST,
C, P. SCOTT .PASSES
MANCHESTER, Eng., Jan. 2. (JP)
—C. P. Scott, the British journal
ist, and managing director of the
Manchester Guardian, died at 1:30
a. m., Friday, at the age of 85 years.
Mr. Scott was born at Bath, Som
ersetshire, England. October 26,
1846, the youngest son of Russell
Scott and Isabella Prestwich Scott.
His early education was obtained
in private schools, after which he
studied at Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, being graduated with hon
ors in 1869. He began newspaper
work on the Scotsman, with which
he served two years and then trans
ferred to the staff of the Manches
ter Guardian.
He married Miss Rachel Cook,
daughter of the Rev. Dr. John Cook,
by whom he had two sons and a
| daughter. Mrs. Scott died in 1905.
| Besides his journalistic work,
| Mr. Scott was actively interested in
| social, philanthropic and educa
I tional work as well as politics. He
. and his wife were credited with
having done more than any other
individuals to better the conditions
of those who live in the crowded
and poverty-ridden districts of
I Manchester.
SECOND IN POPULATION
There are 16,309 people .living in
the Third Division of Alaska; 19,304
in the First Division; 10,127 in the
Second Division and 13,583 in the
! Fourth Division.
I
TO inti DANCE
FOR LOCAL COLOR
WILL BEGIN MUSH TO THE
PORCUPINE RIYrER IN
FEW DAYS
; NENANA, Jan. 2. (/P)— Mrs. Ed
ward M. Biddle arrived in Nenana
I Friday on the train from Seward.
: Although the weather was 30 de
jgrees below zero, most of the town
j was out to meet her.
' Mike Cooney met her with a team
! of 19 Siberian huskies to take her
| to Mr. and Mrs. Cooney’s home,
j The route to the Cooney’s home
was made through three feet of
snow.
Mike Cooney will take Mrs. Bid
! die out on the trail on a mush to
the fringe of the Arctic circle and
to the Mason Willoughby home on
Porcupine River where she will be a
guest during her stay in the Arctic.
Cooney said it was too cold now
to begin the mush at once but he
; said that this was not exactly a
; delay as they must make adequate
; preparations.
Mrs. Biddle was to attend the
Nenana New Year’s dance to get
some local color which all goes to
furnish material tor-a novel that
i she plans to write about the North -
| land life and living.
Mrs. Biddle is a Philadelphia so
; ciety woman who is satisfying her
; curiosity about the Northland by
visiting the country. The Terri
tory’s revelations have all been a
surprise for her. Mrs. Biddle in
tends to remain about six months
in the Interior before returning to
her Philadelphia home.
Cl CHOW TAKER
OVER BY JAPANESE:
PEACEFUL CITIZENS ARE GIVEN
PROMISE THEY WOULD
BE UNHARMED
MUKDEN, Jan. 2. (^—General
Kamuras, of the Japanese brigade,
which has been marching on Chin
Chow, entered that Manchurian
city at 2 o’clock this afternoon and
took over the town without firing
a shot.
All the Chinese soldiers and irreg
j ulars had fled before the Japanese
marched in and took possession of
the city which previously had been
described as the last remaining
Chinese stronghold in Manchuria.
Japanese airplanes flew over the
town of Chin Chow and showered
down innumerable leaflets prom
ising that peaceful citizens there
would not be harmed and that they
had no reasons to fear the oncom
ing of the Japanese soldiers.
LOS. ANGELES FLOODED
! LOS ANGELES, Jan., 2, (/P)— Sec
j tions of Los Angeles are under sev
eral inches of water following five
days of steady rain. Torrents of
water are pouring into the city
from the surrounding hills and in
places halted the auto and motor
traffic.
PRICE WAR
PORTLAND, Jan. 2. (/P) — In a
price war here one pound loaves of
bread sold for one cent a loaf and
grade A milk sold for four cents a
quart.
MRS. EMMA HID
LAID TD REST FRIDAY IN
SEWARD CEMETERY
Mrs. Emma Crawford Friday took
her place in a hallowed plot in the
I. O. O. F. - Seward Cemetery. Un
der spreading branches which give
shade to the long sleep of other
loved ones who have gone before,
her body was tenderly placed wffiile
grieving relatives and sorr owing
friends stood with bowred heads, in
prayer, and with tear-dimmed eyes.
In the presence of many who
filled the Seward Funeral Parlor
chapel, services for Mrs. Crawrford
were held Friday at 1 o’clock with
Rev. Earl E. Reisner officiating.
Grandma, whose death took
place Wednesday morning, looked
lovely and at peace lying in a
beautiful casket surrounded by a
gorgeous profusion of floral offer
ings, as those whom she had left
behind, slowly passed in last res
pect and farewell.
Reverend Reisner spoke briefly in
eulogy and of the affection and es
teem in wrhich Mrs. Crawford was
held, then dwelled at some length
upon the lesson to be learned in
the similarity of pioneering and
of spiritual pioneering. The simple
yet impressive ceremony was con
cluded in prayer.
The funeral cortege to the ceme
tery was large notwithstanding the
coldness of the sunlit afternoon
and the grave service w^as most
profound in sympathy.
Pallbearers w'ere E. L. Sweek,
Wayne Blue, Peter N. Anderson,
Curtis Morford, A. Ericson and
John Rosness.
BE WET YEAR
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Jan. 2.
^—Indications in the count of
ballots were that the year of 1932
would be a wet year for Finland.
EXISTED WEI OF
INTERIOR SHOT HIMSELF
FAIRBANKS, Jan 2. U-P)—Mason
Hyde, 68 years of age, committed
suicide at a place 33 miles from
Fort Yukon while enroute there
from his trapping cabin.
This was reported here by Dep
uty U. S. Marshal William Butler
upon his arrival here by airplane.
He said that Hyde had apparently
covered 10 miles when he and his
two dogs became exhausted because
of the storm. Hyde killed the two
dogs and then shot himself with a
rifle.
Hyde, a native, lived in the Fort
Yukon district for many years and
was a well known trapper of the
Interior country.
FURBEARERS COMING BACK
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 2. (/P) —After
two lean years, the furbearers are
reported to be coming back to the
Fort Yukon district. However, the
trappers will not benefit to any
great extent from their return be
cause of the continued depressed
conditions of the Outside fur mar
kets.
II BOMB PLOTS
BEEN DIRECTED IT
ITU OFFICIALS
MANY LIVES SAVED BECAUSE OF
TIMELY INTERCEPTION
OF PACKAGES
(By Associated Press)
! A menace of apparently wide
I spread bomb plots directed against
: Italian officials and public figures
I has prompted Federal and other
j officials to begin an extensive hunt
for the perpetrators.
The need for immediate action
was further shown after the dis
covery of five or more infernal ma
j chines and bombs which were de -
, livered by mail or express yester
j day in Chicago, Cleveland. Detroit
| and Youngstown, Ohio.
None of them caused the loss of
life or property damage because
they were all intercepted in time.
The discovery of the additional in -
fernal machines followed closely on
the heels of the explosion of two
I bombs in the Easton, Pa., postoffice
and which killed two men Wednes -
day. A third victim, Charles Wea
ver, died of injuries Thursday
night.
j Three packages, one of which was
known to contain powerful explos
ives, were received in Chicago. One
reached the office of Oscar Du
rante, editor of a Little Italy pro
Fascist newspaper, but no damage
resulted. Officers said the package
contained enough explosives and
was powerful enough to wreck
a whole city block. The package
was taken to an outlying Chicago
stone quarry where it was exploded
; by rifle bullets.
Other packages were sent to
Guisseppi Gastruccio, Italian consul
of Chicago; “Tony Masillo,” care
of the Associated Press, Chicago;
Count Berni Canini, vice consul, of
Detroit; Count Cesare Grandengo,
Cleveland consul; Dr. R. R. Aspere,
Italian consular agent, at Youngs
; town, Ohio.
No one is known at the Associated
Press offices by the name of Ma
sillo. The bomb sent to Durante
and the ones for Cleveland and
Youngstown and which were ex
ploded by bullets indicated that
they were of TNT content.
TROJANS TUAN BUCK
THE TUE GREEN
TIDE 21 TO 12 SCORE
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 2. (&)—
In one of the best football games
seen in the Rose Bowl for years,
the University of Southern Cali
fornia successfully turned hack the
green tide of Tulane University, 21
to 12.
The game was played before
83,000 people. The New Year’s
game gave the Trojans the right
to claim the National Intercolleg
iate grid title for Tulane went thru
their regular 11-game schedule un
defeated.
Ernie Pinckert scored two of the
Trojans’ touchdowns. The Tulane
score came late in the contest after
they had been trailing on the short
end of the 21 to 0 score.