VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 35.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1931.
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TOWN IN THE WORLD PUBLISHING A DAILY PAPER!
THE SMALLEST
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
RAISE IN SALARY FOR ALAS- j
KA EXECUTIVE FAILS TO
PASS HOUSE
WASHINGTON. Feb.. 12, (/P)—
By a vote of 167 to 163 the
House rejected the proposed sal
ary increase for the Governor of
Alaska from $7,000 to $10,000 j
annually.
Ranking, of Mississippi, led the
opposition.
The Alaska delegate said he
was neutral because he didn’t
want to be in the position of
"opposing increased compensa
tion for anybody but the Gover- j
nor we have.”
“Ten thousand dollars, in my
opinion, would inject some cour
age into our spineless Alaska
Governor.”
He said Parks “is afraid to
raise his voice” because of the
domination of the Justice and
Commerce departments.
Rankin contended that the
Governors of many States more
populous and wealthy than Alas
ka, received less salary than the
Territorial executive.
SOHITT ITU IS
F010 CLUMP BRUSH:
ABSENT TILE MIS
EUGENE. Ore. Feb. 11. (fP) — !
Attracted by screams coming from j
behind a clump of brush near;
'he city limits residents of the
district found Mrs. Lilia Thatcher.
40. house mother of the Chi Ome
ga Sorority of the University of j
Oregon, who had been missing J
since Wednesday.
She died later at a hospital;
from shock and exposure. She had
suffered burns apparently from a ;
caustic nature in her mouth and |
throat.
Doctors believed she had swall
owed a strong antiseptic and
said she must have been lying j
in the open for three days. She
was unable to give any account
of her activities before she died.
WIRELESS STATION GIFT
TO POPE HI MARCONI.
VATICAN CITY, Feb., 12, (JP)— f
For the first time in history the !
voice of the Pope was heard thru
out the world.
Smiling and as tranquil as if |
he was a veteran radio speaker, I
the Pope talked over the new
station built for him by Gugli- S
elmo Marconi, inventor of wire- i
less, in celebration of the ninth!
anniversary of his coronation as
Pope.
The great inventor spoke brief
ly, then introduced the Pope.
arrange separation
CHICAGO, Feb. 11. (/P) —Paul
Whiteman, famous jazz band lead-;
er, is living apart from his wife,
who is reported coming to Chi
cago to confer with the musician
and arrange a permanent separa
tion.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Lincoln lives today as he lived when he carried
upon his mind and within his heart the burden of a dis
tressed nation.
Lincoln is a model for all men. His life is an inspi
ration to all that are really men.
Born in poverty, he worked, lived and died for the
unfortunate, for truth and for justice.
Lincoln will remain forever the ideal American.
Teach your children to know and to love him.
Honor his sacred memory.
I
HE FORCED
SELL DAUGHTERS
SLAVE TRADE COMPLAINT IS
CHARGED IN ARABIAN
NEWSPAPER
JERUSALEM, Feb, 12, OP)—
A serious complaint of slave
trade amounting to the sale of
daughters in order to meet the
tax assessed in Transjordania,
is made in the Arabian press of
Palestine by Emire Haskie, chief
of the Bashier Tribe.
The tribesmen are forced to
such extremeties by those of the
Gazauch district in the Trans
jordania, he asserts.
The Emipre makes an open
charge that 30 such girls have
already been sold to Arabs in
Palestine and with nothing in
their possession, sale of their
daughters was the only means
whereby these tribesmen . could
meet their heavy taxes
MONEY MADE DIFFERENCE
DENVER, Feb., 12, (/Pi—When
S. Hadgson, 70, died in 1928 in a
little flat where he had lived
alone, it appeared to acquain
tances that he had not a rela
tive in the world. He left an es
tate of $70,000 and it has just
been announced that 148 cousins j
have been found to share in the
distribution.
DOES NOT CHOOSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. l£' (/P)—
“I am not a candidate for the
presidency,” Owen D. Young said
here. Young is chairman of the
General Electric Company and
has been frequently mentioned
as a possible Democratic candi
date for the nomination in 1932. ^
WSITINE raTORSTOBS
TO TfLK THEMSELVES
OUT ON COMPROMISE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 11, OP)—
More opposition to the relief
compromise was offered in the
Senate by Republican leaders
who favored, during the night
session, to put the program
through.
Several Senators were ready
with speeches against the agree- j
ment which yesterday was at-!
tacked b y Senator LaFollette, j
Blaine and Norris. j
Supporters of the $20,000,000.
compromise say they will remain
silent waiting for the orators to
talk themselves out, and they are
confident they are commanding
the majority of votes for the
plan.
STRIKE OIL IN ITALY
ROME, Feb., 12, (£>)—The first
real big oil well struck at Fon
tevivo, near Parma, is producing
15 gallons of oil per minute, ac
cording to announcement. The
news has caused general jubila
tion thru Italy after 15 years
of fruitless esarch for oil on the
peninsula.
IN, WOMEN
ARRESTED: BIGGEST
IS IN YEARS
DIVERTED MILLIONS OF GAL
LONS ALCOHOL BOOT
LEG CHANNELS
NEW YORK, Feb., 12, UP)—!
Nineteen men and two women
were arrestd on indictments re- I
turned in Chicago Charging them j
and five corporations with being
part of what prohibition agents j
described as “the largest liquor
ring uncovered in seven years.”
Operators of the ring are ac
cused of having diverted large
quantities of grain, denatured,
and perfume alcohol into boot
leg channels in Cleveland, Phil
adelphia, St. Paul and other cit
ies.
All those indicted were held
in bail ranging from $500 to ~22,- j
000. Conspirators are credited!
with having diverted from 1,000,- i
000 to 3,000,000 gallons of also
hoi into bootleg channels in op
erations covering a number of i
years.
DEPORT ALIENS
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. UP) —
In a campaign against aliens
illegally in this country, federal
agents rounded up 103 seamen at !
the Seamen’s Church Institute
and sent them to Ellis Island for
deportation. More than 5,000 men
were examined in search for those
illegally holding residence.
MUSTER CHIEF
REFUSES SENATE
INFORMATION
BROWN IS “IMPERTINENT AND
ARROGANT,” ASSERTS
CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON, Feb., 11, <£>)—
Postmaster General Brown refus
ed to furnish the Senate postal
lease committee with informa
tion which formed the basis of
his report to President Hoover.
Last summer he was question
ed in connection with the de
partment leasing policies.
His report recommended the
purchase of a number of postal
quarters which are now leased.
Brown said he wanted to aid
the committee’s inquiry in every
way he could excepting to fur
nish the department’s records
which would be “incompatible
with pubiic interest,” as the in
formation was gathered by pos
tal inspectors.
Chairman Blaine called Brown
“impertinent and arrogant.”
Brown answered that at this
hearing there was no occasion
for Blaine to lecture him.
MAIL TICK HELD
UP: U0B8EAS EST
MUTILATED BILLS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. <7P)—
Three robbers got nothing but
mutilated currency in a daring
holdup of a mail truck carrying
28 pouches'of registered mail at
the Union station.
Postal authorities said three
of the sacks were taken ~ from
the truck after the robbers beat
up the driver. Peter Johnson,
with an iron pipe.
Police are searching for the
robbers.
The Treasury department said
the other half of the mutilated
bills were received here several
days ago. The mail was from the
Federal Reserve Bank of New
York.
POPE'S VOICE HEARD
OVER ENTIRE WOULD
NEW YORK. Feb., 12, (TP)—
The Pope spoke over the air, at
the opening of the Vatican City
radio station.
As the entire world listened
his voice was heard from HVJ at
7:52 a. m., Pacific Standard
Time.
His voice came crisply and
clearly despite a n occasional
slight interference; his voice jvas
plainly audible.
NO SPECIAL HELP
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11. (£>} —
A major operation has been per
formed upon sports activities at
the University of Pennsylvania, T.
3. Gates, president, announced
Designed to remove complaints of
Tver-emphasis, the plan calls for
payment of coaches on the same
scale as other faculty members
and the elimination of special
lelp for athletes.