' PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F. HALL
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 17.
SEWARD, ALASKA, S 4TURDA T, JANUARY 21, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIVE MINUTES OVERTIME RE
QUIRED TO SETTLE HARD
FOUGHT TIE
The girls’ basketball stole the
spotlight from the boys' last nite :
* when Seward high school girls!
battled the Anchorage girls to a
16-16 tie, only to lose the game in
the extra five minute period of.
play when Anchorage sank four
field goals in a row to win 24-17.
Boy! What a game that was!
There were three outstanding
features to this swell game: the
long accurate field shots of Maude
Larsson, the strong defense of Ro
berta Lang hi in against tall Bald
win. and the last minute terrific
drive of the Anchorage girls to
victory. In spots the game was ex
ceedingly rough with the greater 1
percentage chalked up against the
comely visitors.
SEWARD TAKES LEAD
The large crowd was on its feet j
throughout the entire game which!
opened up with bang, the first
quarter ending 5-1, Anchorage. J
Seward came back in the second
quarter to within a one point mar
gin 8-7. and in the third quarter
for the first time of this* tough
series, emerged in the lead 13-8.
This took place in the first seven
minutes of play when Clara Skin
ner, the girl with the million dol
lar smile. Maude Larsson and Dor
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STEAMER (LUSH OH
II FROM SESTTLE
SEATTLE. Jan. 21—The follow
ing passengers sailed today for j
Seward aboard the S5. Alaska; W.!
F. Pontilla, Mr. and Mrs. O. Hay:
and son Erie; Harry Leik, Dave
Turner, Robert Hoops, F. H. Kline.
Edwin Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Miller. R. Rice, V. C. Cornatto, M.
C. Carlson, M. D. Campbell. James
Bytell. Paul Buttell and Geo. Miller.
' PHIL IS ENDORSES
BE
William L. Paul, Ketchikan at- j
torney and Southeast Alaska in- j
dian leader, was endorsed last
week by the Alaska Seiners asso- j
ciation of Ketchikan for position |
as United States Commissioner of |
Fisheries. A resolution declaring !
that he had been spokesman for j
the best interests of Alaska fish
w ermen for several years and at
tacking Henry O.Malley, present
Commissioner, was adopted by a
unaminous vote of the Associa
tion.
Petitions urging Mr, Paul’s ap
pointment are being put into cir
> culation in this division, and prob
abably in other parts of the ter
ritory.
The Association declared that
the regulations imposed by Com
' missioner OMalley had favored
non-residents and had “made it
impossible for resident fishermen
to catch enough fish lawfully to
make a bare living
TRAFFIC PARALYZED
LONDON. Jan. 21,—A strike of
omnibus drivers and conductors
affected 27 routes in the East End
* and South London and incon
venienced thousands of workers.
Omnibus crews in other London
districts were to decide whether
they would join the strike.
STUDENTS CHEATED
ROSEBURG .Ore.. Tan. 21.—One
University of California student
was expelled, two suspended and
punishment meted out to 13 oth
ers for cheating in their studies.
This drastic action followed a
warning that cheating in lessons
would not be tolerated.
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TOKIO Jan. 21. —Throughout
' Japan army recruits began report
ing to their stations in obedience
to a War Office decision which is
expected to increase by 50 percent
Japan's manpower in Manchuria.
A few hours later, the Japanese
Minister of Foreign Affairs issued
a warning to “The government and
people of China against unfortun
ate eventualities that may arise",
from what he de,scribed as an in
vasion of Jehol province by Chin
ese troops and “A positive anti
Japanese movement.”
Spokesman for the War Office
announced that the army authori
| ties had decided to dispatch a
portion of the regular 1933 con
! scripts immedateliy to the com
: mand of General Nobuyoshi Muto,
the supreme militiary official in
Manchuria.
Military commentators said this
j meant that although the number
| of Japanese units under General
| Muto would be unchanged, the
| total strength, at least for the
i next few months, would be in
1 creased by approximately 50 per
! cent. The present strength of Gen
eral Muto’s command is estimated
at 40.000 men
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GOVERNOR IMPROVES
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 21.—
Gov. James Rolph. Jr., ill from a
severe attack of influenza, was re
ported resting comfortably.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21.—Five
1 firemen were injured, one proba
bly fatally, in fighting a fire which
i threatened the San Jose business
district last night
The flames were brought under
control after they had destroyed
! the building and stock of Bruns’
Department Store. The damage
was estimated at $200,000.
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PHELAN CHANGING
SEATTLE, Jan, 21—George Var
nell, sport's editor of the Seattle
Times, said that Dr. Alfred Strauss
University of Washington Alum
nus, had wired him that he had
positive information to the effect
that Coach Johnny Phelan of the
“Husky” football team, will be
' signed within a week to succeed
I Coach Stagg at Chicago.
TWO-ALARM FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20—A
two-alarm fire, believed to have
been caused by a gas explosion in
I the basement of a three-story
stucco apartment, routed families
from 12 apartments. The lire
spread quickly, sent smoke and
* flames high into the air and at
f tracted a large crowd.
GRASPING ADVANTAGE
PEIPING. Jan. 21, —Japan
ese military activity increased out
side the Great Wall of China.
Fears were expressed that the of
| fensive against the Northern pro
i vince of Jehol would be resumed
| coincident with the Chinese New
Year, when the Chinese will be
more inclined to holiday obser
vance than to fighting.
DOCTOR TESTIFIED
HALLORAN HEARING PROCEED
ED IN HECTIC FASHION
YESTERDAY
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PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 21. —The
i fourth day of the preliminary
: hearing of J. J. Halloran. “Happy
! Jack” Halloran. * charged with
having been an accessory of Win
nie Ruth Judd in the “trunk mur
ders” of Agnes Anne Lerio and
Hedvig Samusison' took another
sensational turn late yesterday.
Dr. D. R. Geskins, who lived
across the street from the Leroi
apartment in which the two wom
en were slain, testified he iiad re
ceived what he interpreted to be
a death threat shortly after the
murder.
“You know too much; you had
better shut up if you know what
is good for you,” Doctor Geskins
I testified a man told him over, the
telephone the day following the
finding of the bodies.
The court ordered subpoenaed
as a witness the man Dr. Geskins
said he believed the threat had
come from.
Despite the fact Winnie Ruth
Judd was off the stand, the hear
ing proceeded in hectic fashion.
Judge Niles was forced to warn
spectators against demonstrations
several times and finally threaten
ed to exclude all visitors from the
court room if further outbreaks
occurred.
Heated clashes between attor
neys over testimony of corrobora
; tive witnesses wrere responsible for
the demonstrations.
HEWS FLUSHES
!
SOLDIERS ROUTED
TOKIO, Jan. 21,—Dispersing of
Chinese bandits on the Southeast
ern border of Jehol was reported
completed Friday as three Japan
ese forces joined together for a
push into that Chinese province.
A war official spokesman said the
Japanese army intends to occupy
Jehol before summer.
PAID THEIR RESPECTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,—Gener
al John J. Pershing and Rear Ad
miral Cary T. Grayson, retired
l chairman of the inaugural com
mittee, yesterday called on Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt to pay their
' respects.
NEVER TOO LATE
LONDON, Jan. 21, —Montague
Norman, governor of the Bank of
England, will marry Mrs. Priscilla
Cecilia Marie Worsthorne, it was
learned. Now 61, Norman general
ly had been considered a confirm
; ed bachelor. His bride to be is
| 33.
WARRANTS ISSUED
I
CLEVELAND, O., J<m. 21,—War
rants for the arrest of Ray Turk,
beauty shop supply company own
! er, and four Pennsylvania men
! charging them with murder in
i connection with the explosion and
j fire tht took 13 lives in the Elling
! ton hotel, June 7 were issued.
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HELP IS ON THE WAY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, —The
Internal Revenue Bureau an
nounced that telephone and tele
graph, certain electric power items,
theatre tickets and sundry other
items may be deducted from in
come tax.
WILL LEAD PARADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—
Gen. John J. Pershing will lead the
inaugural parade March 4. it was
; learned yesterday.
FILIBUSTER REOPENS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,—Efforts
; of President-Elect Roosevelt to
' conciliate warring Senate Demo
crats broke down yesterday as Sen
ator Thomas (Demo) of Oklahoma
reopened the filibuster against the
i Glass banking bill.
fGl HIED, n
RESCUED FROM SHIP
off mini
NEW YORK; Jan. 21.—Twenty- j
two persons were arrested from the J
British vessel Exiter City, which!
foundered 650 miles off the coast
of Newfoundland in a furious
| storm which lashed the North At
lantic.
Captain Leggy, the third officer,
a seaman and an apprentice went
British vessel Exeter City, which
an hour after the 22 men were
taken off by the SS. American
Merchant, which was bound for
New York when the first distress
signals wrere picked up.
A line was shot to the doomed
vessel and following tremendous
i labor in the heavy seas, the men
; were brought to safety.
VESSEL ABANDONED
SOUTH EUREKA; GREW
BED SHORE SAFE
EUREKA. Calif., Jan. 21.—Aban
doning hope of saving their ship, i
aground a mile south of the Eure
ka Jetty, the crew cf the San
Francisco freighter Tiverton began
; leaving it via breeches bouy yes
terday.
All 19 men were taken off during
the morning. A “light, that failed”
caused the wreck, an investigation
disclosed. The ship was beached
because the light at the outside j
end of the Jetty was out, shipping
men declared.
An official invesigation as to re
sponsibility for the light failure
was expected to be started later.
cyclone struck town {
MANCHESTER, Tex.. Jan., 21,—
A cyclone wrecked buildings and,
injured several people here yester-;
! day.
MILLIONS IN HIS !
IS OBJECT OF DUE
MOSCOW, Jan. 21, — Under
! the slogan “let each shock worker
i know how to manage a gun,” a
! campaign has been started to en
I list the 17,000,000 members of the
! trades unions in “Osoaviachim,”
i the reserves of the Red Army.
The organization, the name of
j which is a contraction of Russian
w’ords meaning “society of the
, friends of aviation and chemical
I defense,” is a civil branch which
; sponsors training in all phases of
! military activity.
“The anti-war congress in Am
sterdam showed the hostile atti
tude of the entire capitalistic
world toward the Soviet Union,”
; said the newspaper “Trud” (Labor),
j “These circumstances compel all
! union members to strengthen the
^defense of the socialist fatherland.
; Each militarized city, factory, col
! lective state farm must remind
' our enemies of the strength of the
i dictatorship of the proletariat.”
I Notwithstanding this bristling
! statement, the Soviet government j
i is less fearful of an armed attack j
on the U. S. S. R now’ than for
sometime, due to the vast improve- j
ment of relations with Japan and
the conclusion of a non-aggression
1 pact with Poland.
HOOVER, USEIIEIT
ttE TO REOPEN IE8T
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,—Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt agreed yes
terday at a White House confer
ence with President Hoover, to re
open war debt negotiations with
Great Britain.
A joint statement after their
meeting said the Roosevelt admin
istration will receive a British debt
mission early in March. Arrange
ments for the World Economic
Conference in London will be dis
cussed simultaneously.
Britain is reported ready to of
fer a lump sum debt settlement.
President Hoover, in turn, assured
Roosevelt of full cooperation of
the administration, and said the
President-Elect would guide the
negotiations.
The announcement of contem
plated debt and economic discus
sions with Britain did not mention
France, which defaulted her Janu
| ary payment to the United States.
London newspapers editorially
: characterized the conference as
| “the best news in weeks”.
French officials refused to com
: ment, when news as to the out
' come of the Washington confer
i ence reached Paris.
SUSPECT IS HELD
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 21.—
A man is held here in connection
with the recent murder of Mickey
Erno, pugilist and gangster. His
name was not made public.
BIG ARMY LOSS
HONOLULU, Jan. 21,—Fire de
stroyed the Army’s 23rd pursuit
hangar, a parachute building and
one army bombing plane. The
loss was estimated at $150,000. Ori
gin of the blaze was unknown.
OFFICERS FREED OF
BEATING C
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. —A
verdict in favor of three police of
ficers charged with beating and
falsely imprisoning George Nelson
and his son Ralph, was returned
before Superior Judge . J. Goodell.
Francis Brown, attorney for the
Nelsons, immediately moved for a
directed verdict in favor of the
plaintiffs. Officers Edwin King,
John W. McGreevy and Timothy
Dolly were defendants.
BON VOYAGE!
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21,—Aimee
Semple McPherson Hutton yester-1
day .sailed the turbulent Pacific, I
which she fears less than process
servers. Bustling about her before
she left on a “health” tour of Pal- j
estine and the Holy Land, was her ,
plump, choir singer husband.
David.
THE DEAL IS OFF
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, —The
House Ways and Means committee
formally refused to consider a gen
eral manufacturers’ sales tax. At
the same time, the committee vot
ed to sustain the agreement of
Democratic leaders not to consider
any revenue legislation during the i
present session.
ON WARRANT BASIS
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20,—Oregon J
is virtually certain to be forced to1
go on a warrant basis within 10!
days it was announced by Rufus I
Holman, state treasurer.
The Juneau Fire Department'
set up a fine record for 1932 when'
it responded to 63 alarms which j
resulted in the phenominal small j
loss of slightly more than $1,000.
ARMY OUT TO TAKE THE EAST
| GAME TONIGHT OR ELSE—’’
SAYS CAPTAIN
Seward Alumni was too strong
; for Anchorage Army last night, the
j graduate basketeers annexing the
game 33-14 after two long 20-min
ute halves instead of the usual
eight-minute quarters. Both teams
were blowing like sperm whales at
! the end of each session.
The lop-sided score does not
mean, however, that it was a poor
game because it was exactly the
' opposite. Thrills and spills were
rampant thruout, interspersed
! with sparkling playing. Players
bounced off the floor like India -
rubbermen but apparently were
; not mained or killed for after a
| shake of a leg or head, feeling a
! ligament, stretching necks or
pulling slivers from backs, they
dove back into the melee for more.
BARTON CRASHES THRU
Until Mott Liek was shoved in
to help out the Signal Corps, “Dy
namite” Barton, a fast heavy
weight, outshone his mates by his
dashing and confusing tactics.
With eyerything else forgotten ex
cept the will to win, Barton was
i unintentionally rough. The crowd,
i could see the big boy did not mean
' a thing when he crashed Alumni
men right and left. And how the
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TESTING NEW TfPE SHIP
DAYTON. O., Jan. 21.—Lieut. I.
A. Woodring. 31. last of the Army’s
‘•Three Musketeers” of aviation
noted for their daring, was killed
( when an experimental type obser
j vation plane which he was testing,
crashed near here.
Lieut. Woodring had completed
a test flight at 2.000 feet and was
returning to Wright Field, when
wihtout warning, the engine ex
ploded. The ship was torn to bits.
Lieut. Woodring seemingly had
no opportunity to take to his para
chute. It was found unopened on
his body. Ke was killed instantly.
RACKETEERS WILL BE
! COMPELLED TO ENTER
! NEW FIELDS, BELIEVED
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. —What
, would happen in the field of crime
if the sale of liquor should be le
! galized?
The report of the President’s
| Research Committee on Social
J Trends, published after three years
of work by more than 500 investi
I gators, many of them eminent so
| ciologists, has this to say:
! “First. Organized criminals will
| pursue their professions more vig
I orously in other fields of crime,
! such as the drug traffic, burglary,
i racketeering and kidnapping and.
j in addition, they will develop new
| types of organized crime.
“Second. They "will probably se
| cux*e less profit than they have
from the liquor traffic and because
of lack of funds will be less suc
I cessful in securing immunity from
! the police and the courts. Conse
i quently, the large scale organiza
; tions will tend to break down.
JOBLESS RIOT
CHICAGO. Jan. 21,—Jobless men
■ and women numbering at least
I 1500 clashed with police at three
j widely separated relief stations in
the west and northwest sides.
BASKETBALL -
ANCHORAGE ARMY vs. SEWARD “PONIES”
ANCHORAGE CITY vs. SEWARD HIGH GIRLS
ADMISSION 50 CENTS
- TONIGHT