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VOLUME XXIX. .NUMBER 46. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 25, —
Legislation to aid bankrupt farm
ers came before the Senate while
the House attempted to reach a
decision whether to censure or
impeach or dismiss the complaints
against the California judge. Har
old Louderbach of San Francisco.
Pending Senate business was the
Hastings-Robinson measure to
pare down farmers debts which
provides for an agreement between
debtors and creditors through con
ciliation commissions with the ap
proval of bankruptcy courts.
The Judge Louderback case
in connection with receivership
cases. A minority report urged he
be impeached.
Rapid progress is made in the
disposition of appropriation bills
which must pass before March 4.
The House approved a $315,000
Navy department measure, and
the Senate acted on the bilion dol
lar independent office and legisla
ture supply bill.
BEACHED HI EUREKA
EUREKA. Cal.. Feb. 25. —The
lumber schooner Yellow'stone was
beached yesterday after she had
swung against the end of the jetty
and stove in her stern. The crew
of 21 was in no danger.
The Yellowstone was leaving the
harbor when a hard gust of wind
swung her against the jetty. Her
captain immediately piloted her
to a sandy beach to prevent her
from sinking. It was teared pound
ing surf might destroy the ship
before the damage could be re
paired.
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PROGRAM BEFORE SEiTF
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 25, —
A simpliflied bankruptcy reform
program designed to ease the
pressure of unpayable debts on
city workers and farmers alike,
was before the Senate for consid
eration yesterday.
The measure would enable in
dividuals to go before the federal
courts and seek reductions or ex
tensions of mortgages and other
debts in agreement with a major
ity of their creditors.
CERMAK NOT SO WELL
MIAMI, Fla., Feeb. 25, —Heart
strain, attended by pulmonary con
gestion. brought added handicaps
to Mayor Cermak. of Chicago. His
physicians said his heart showed
indications of failure during the
w night and were in a hypostatic
condition, his lungs, while slightly
effected, showed no indication of
pneumonia.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT
KANSAS CITY,'Mo., Feb. 25, —
* Warm sunshine and balmy, spring
time weather, was the signal for
a baseball game here yesterday.
But it w^as a bad: day for Floyd
Beegle. Playing in the outfield, he
backed into a teelephone pole while
in the act of catching a fly, and
broke a leg.
FOUR KILLED IN RIOTING
BERLIN, Feb. 25, —Four more
dead and many others injured re
sulted in political rioting in var
ious cities. A Reisch “left" source
said leading Communists feared
would be seized by the government
at any moment as hostages and
that they feared returning home.
BUT NO ONE COLLECTED
AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., Feb. 25,
| —A lone better who risked $2 on,
Augeas in the sixth race, was paid
! $840 when the horse won. But no
one collected place money because
no tickets were bought for that
position.
DRAMA REVEALED III i
MURDER, SUICIDE
j SAN BETI, Tex., Feb.. 25, —
Murder, cold-blooded and pre
meditated, the victim helpless and
i unexpecting 1,000 feet above the
| earth in the front cockpit of an
airplane.
Thus some authorities recon
structed an amazing aerial drama
involving the slaying of a 33 year
old flying instructor, the crash of
his plane and the suicide of his
21 year-old student passenger. J
Others, however, saw in the;
shooting of Lehman Nelson, the
instructor and the suicide of Eric
McCall, his student, evidence that
McCall, said to have contracted
some weeks ago a constitutional
disease which might have affected
his mind, suddenly had gone mad.
REOPENING FAMOUS MINE
BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 25. —An
! nouncement is made by the Bun
i ker-Hill-Sullivan Mining Company
will reopen their famous silver
, mine.
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YOUNG OHS SEEK
CONTROL III THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25, — j
An undercover movement to break j
the tradition of seniority and put .
younger men in control of the
House, developed in Democratic
ranks.
Eager to aid in the ‘mew deal"
and impatient with the maneuvers
of their leaders, and disgusted with
the failure of Congress to enact a j
constructive legislative program,
the more liberal wing of Democra
cy wants to take matters into its j
own hands.
PEIPING, Feb. 25, — Chinese
troops, stubbornly contesting every
foot of ground against a Japan
ese drive into the Province of Je
hol, formed into new lines near
Chao Yang after a long battle inj
which casualties on both sides
! were reported heavy.
Chao Yang is 30 miles from
: Peipao, near the Eastern border
I of Jehol where the fighting began.
HORSE ‘SCRATCHED”
LONDON, Feb. 25, —Grakle, win-1
ner of the Grand National steeple- 1
chase in 1931, in the record time
of nine minutes, 32 4-5th seccnds,
was “scratched” from the 1933
race today because of an injury
to the fetlock.
FIRE, HENDRIKSON HOME
Excellent work on the part of
j the Seward Volunteer fire depart
ment at noon today saved the Res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hen
drikson from being burned to the
ground when a fire started from
what v/as said to be, thawing of
water pipes, fire running up bet
ween a wall. Considerable damage
was done to interior rooms before
the blaze was extinguished. A high
wind made the fire doubly danger
ous.
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Miss Jane Farley of Fairbanks,
who was a member of the 1931
Territorial Senate staff, is in the
city enroute to Juneau. Miss Far
ley is a guest at the Seward hotel.
JAPANESE FORCES
pour no moil 1
EASTERN JEHOL
POORLY CLAD AND EQUIPPED
CHINESE OPPOSE STRONG
NIPPON FORCES
CHANG CHUN, Feb. 25, -^Japan
officially started its military cam
paign to annex the rich .Tehol
province area to Manchukuo in
the most powerful drive and larg
est troop movement in Manchuria.
Troops are pouring into eastern
Jehol along twro routes, one enter
ing Kail.u and the other is expect
ed to raise the Rising Sun flag of
Nippon over the Jehol city of
Cheng Tefu, the provincial capital.
Opposing them are 50.000 poorly
clad and equipped Chinese under
several commanders.
Reports from Tung Liao said in
fantry division and a cavalry bri
gade of native Manchurian forc
es plodded through a snow storm
against Chinese concentrations
and that volunteers have entered
Kailu.
CITY BESEIGED
Peiping reports said that Chao
Yang, the second largest city in [
Jehol province, was beseiged by
30.000 Japanese infantry, artillery,
tanks and bombing planes partici
pating in the attack.
General Tang Yulin. Governor
of Jehol, admitted the Chinese had
withdrawn from Nanling and Peip
iam, declaring this was done to
form stronger lines at Chao Yang
and other points.
Nanking reports said China’s
capital seemed dazed by the news;
that the Japanese campaign had
begun and fears Japan may ex
tend her drive to Peiping and
Tientsin which international zone
is already widespread.
PEGGY IS SUED
NEW YORK. Feb. 25, — Peggy j
Hopkins Joyce, much-wed Ameri
can woman, is being sued here;
over a $20,000 promisary note.
TENTATIVE WORKOUT
TOKIO, Feb. 25. —Japan started
tentative negotiations with Rus
sia for maintaining order along
the Russian-Manchukuoan border,
while Japanese delegates prepared
to withdraw from the League of:
Nations at Geneva.
RISK!) AM HALTS
LED'S I1ITI0N
—
NEW YORK, Feb. 25, —In his
very best form as a spoiler of,
heavyweight ambitions despite his
31 years, bounding Johnny Risko,
the round-faced baker boy from
Cleveland, gave King Levinsky a
thorough trouncing in 10 rounds.
It was Risko’s third decision
over the void punching Chicago
youngster. Tire battle was fought
in Madison Square Garden.
BOMB SENT TO EMBASSY i
LONDON, Feb. 25, —A parcel
delivered to the Japanese embassy
was discovered to contain a bomb.
Police were immediately notified
and removed it from the offices for
expert examination. They remain-!
ed reticent on its nature or wheth
er there were any clues as to who
sent it.
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GOOD AVERAGE BUSINESS
“I enjoyed a nice average busi
ness throughout the Interior and
every indication points to an aver
age spring volume,” reports Robert
C. Wakelin, Alaska representative
of the w'ell known M. J. B. Com
pany coffee. Mr. Wakelin arrived
on the last train from the Interior
and goes south on the SS North
western.
SIR CAMPBELL 1IHI
Oil WAY HOI. AFTER
SETTINENEW RECORD
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 25,
—Sir Malcolm Campbell’s hopes of
adding the standing start mile
mark to his collection of world
speed records, were ended yester
day when physicians, after an
examination of his injured left
wrist, advised him to stay from
the wheel of the giant “Bluebird”
for several weeks.
Campbell suffered the injury in
his test run last week when, chang
ing from second into high, thte
gear lever snapped back and crack
ed him a hard blow. Injury was ag
gravated during Wednesday’s run
in which he established a new
land record of 272.108 miles an j
hour. j
The noted Englishman started!
for his London home last night. |
DELECM WALKED
OUT AFTER LEAGUE
GENEVA. Feb. 25, —The delega- j
tion walked out of the assembly j
of the League after adoption of j
report condemning the Japanese
policy in Manchuria, urging con
tinuation of non-recognition.
The Japanese sponsored Man
chukuo delegation announced it no
longer will cooperate with the
League on the Sino-Japanese
question.
Siam, alone, voted no; 42 voted
yes. Seven small nations delegates;
were absent.
While the situation is somewrhat
confused, it was made clear that
for the present. Japan will not
withdraw from the League.
CUBAN REVOLUTION
HAVANA. Cuba. Feb. 25. —Eight
bombs exploded in Havana two
hours after midnight, the 38th
Cuban independence day. The
capital is scanning reports anxious
ly to determine whether the ru
mored revolutionary movement is
taking form. The bombs caused
several hundred to desert ball
room in the center of town. Other
island points were quiet.
AUTOMOBILE MED
OFF BARONE BEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, —A
speeding automobile crashed thru
the guard rail of the Black Point
cut-off bridge in Marine County,
yesterday, plunging into Petaluma
River and carrying at least one
person to death
Divers, summoned by Sheriff
Walter B. Sellmer, recovered the
body of Vincent J. Gardini of
Napi.
REP. J. S. HOFMAN LEAVING
Representative Joe S. Hofman of
Seward, departs for the Territorial
legeslative session at Juneau, on
the SS Northwestern. Representa
tive Hofman has promised he wall
keep The Gateway advised of all
important matters during the ses
sion, by telegraph and letters.
Adolpf Rogers, former Seward
high school student and talented
musician, writes from Unga that
he may make a trip to Seward in
the fall. Adolpf is now studying
the violin.
The Alaska Setamship Company
will soon be able to distribute its
1933 pictorial booklet booklets.
HOPPE CHALLENGES
CHICAGO, Feb. 25, —Welker
Cochrane, newly crowned three
cushioned billiard champion, noti
fied the National billiard associa
tion that he would accept the
challenge of Willie Hoppe for a
special 600 point three-rail match.
FROM GALLERIES AS
DELEGATION DEPARTED
GENEVA, Feb. 25, —The Japan
ese delegation, defying world opin
ion, withdrew from the League of
Nations assembly after the assem
bly adopted a report blaming Jap
an for events in Manchuria.
The stunned international con
clave representing almost every
nation on earth, sat in silence
while the delegation, led by the
dapper Yosuke Matsuoke, clad in
black, walked from the hall.
The crowded galleries broke into
mingled hisses and applause.
Japan’s formal resignation from
the League is expected to be filed
later. “We are not coming back.” |
Matsuoka said simply as he left I
the hall.
ENTERED GATEWAY
TUNG LIAO, Manchuria, Feb. 25,
—Manchukuon forces enteredi
Kailu, the northeastern gateway (
to Jehol province, after dispersing j
guerillas enroute.
FLIC TO Uli
ON “WINGS" OF LOVE
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 25, —Senator
Walsh of Montana, 74 years of
age. is enroute by plane to Hava
na where he will be married to
morrow to Senora Nieves Pprez
Chaumont Detruffin. widow of a
wealthy Havana business man.
They will immediately return to
Washington, he said. The future
Mrs. Walsh is a society leader of
Havana and an old friend of the
Senator’s late wife.
HAVANA. Cuba, Feb. 25. —A last
minute change in the wedding
plans which will culminate the
romance of Senator Thomas J.
Walsh, elderly Montana statesman,
and Senora Nieves Perez Chau
mont de Truffin. wealthy society
leader, was indicated.
The press was informed by per
sons close to the family of the
bride to be that the wedding
would be held about noon next
Monday.
GUNBOATS SUNK
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 25, —An offi
cial communique quoted reports
from Paraguay but of Colombia
origin, that the Bolivian gunboats
Narino and Pichincha had been
sunk by a Peruvian bombardment
in the conflict on the upper Ama
zon river over the little town of
Leticia.
BACKFIELD COACH
NEW YORK, Feb. 25, —“Sleepy”
Jim Crowley, head football coach
of Fordham. announced the ap
pointment of Earl F. Walsh of Des
Moines, Iowa, as backfield coach
for Fordham University. Walsh,
like Crowley, is a former Notre
Dame star.
The MS Polar Bear, Capt. C. E.
Anderson, which recently ran onto
the beach of Chatham Island, left
Kodiak February 18 for Seattle.
The Polor Bear was refloated un
der her own power and will un
dergo repairs at Seattle.
CONDITION COMPLIGftTEO
INDICATIONS PNOEMONM
MIAMI, Fla., Fsb. 25, —Mayor
Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, vic
tim of a bullet from the gun of
Giuseppi Zangara, would-be as
sassin of President-Elect Roose
velt, was reported near death
The Mayor’s condition, com
plicated by colitis and a hyposta
tic lung condition, the forerunner
of pnuemonia, has i>ecome rapidly
worse in the last 4? hours and Dr.
Frank Jirka gave hin? “one chance
in 10 to live.”
His staff of physicians, which
includes heart and lung specialists,
performed valiantly to stimulate
his resistance during the manifest
crisis. Oxygen was used to assist
his weakened heart action.
Displaying remarkable stamina
in his fight to stave off death,
Mayor Cermak astonished his
physicians last night by rallying
from a sinking spell in which he
clung to life only by a slender
thread.
HOUSE VOTED TO PUT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25. —
The House voted to approve the
minority report of its Judiciary
committee recommending i m
peachment of -Federal Judge Har
old Louderback of San Francisco.
The matter under constitutional
procedure, now goes to the Sen
ate. where the Louderback case
will be tried and attempts made
to secure a conviction and his re
moval from office. The vote was
183-142.
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 25. —The
largest fine ever imposed in a
Swedish court was entered in the
minutes when Nils Ahlstroem and
Erik S. Joestroem. directors of
Kruger & Toll Company. were
fined a total of 1.455,000 kroner,
approximately S263.355 at current
exchange.
The board members were charg
ed with failure to pay receipt
stamp duty on the majority of
shares in the Boliden gold mine.
AWARDED CONTRACT
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 25,
—J. F. Shepherd, of Stockton, was
announced as the low bidder on
grading and surfacing 3.9 miles
of the Weed-Dorris-Klamath Falls
lateral from Dorris to the Oregon
line
BREAST-STROKE MARK
PARIS, Feb. 25, —Jacques Car
tonnet, French swimmer, claimed
a new world's record for the 100
meter breast-stroke. He wfas turned
in 1.12.4. bettering his own offi
cial world record of 1.13.6. The
new mark was set in the Lido pool.
OVERTHROW THREATENED
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 25, —Over
throw of the government headed
by Premier Manuel Anzana was
threatened as opposition deputies
harassed the government over the
deaths of 23 persons at Casas
Vaejas during an anarchist move
ment last month.
IILIPINO CAPTURED
HILO, Hawaii, Feb. 25, —Three
fellow countrymen captured Cov
ino Manzano, Filipino wanted in
El Centro. Calif., in connection
with a Hindu slaying, after ho had
escaped from jail and led police
a chase in and about Hilo.
PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F. HALL