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• FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 232.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
PRICE TEN CENTS
MOSCOW, Nov. 6# (IP)—An appeal
to members to support the “Chin
ese Proletariat” against the Japan
ese occupation in Manchuria is
taken as a warning that war
* against China “is a step toward
war against Soviet Russia,” was is
sued by the executive directorate
of the International Communist
party.
Tokyo reports renewed fighting
between the Chinese and Japanese
near Tahsing which resulted in the
collapse of Chinese forces and their
disorderly withdrawal northward.
Reported in the vernacular of the
press, the dispatch said that the
lighting left the Japanese in com
plete control of the strategic points
10 the east and west of Tahsing af
ter a four-hour battle.
The Japanese war office said
That in the two days that fighting
has been going on in that vicinity
That Japan has lest 100 soldiers.
HURRICANE SWEPT
TEGUEGALPA, Nov., 6, OP)—
The Honduras were swept by a
\ hurricane yesterday. Communica
tion systems were out of order so
ho more details could be learned.
SI,5. ACCEPTANCE ILIT
•~MADE WITH RESERVATIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6, (&)—
When the United States replied
favorably to the League of Na
tions’ invitation for a one year
arms holiday, America’s concurr
ence was made conditional on
permission to go ahead with con
struction of naval vessels already
contracted for.
, This condition will permit the
1 United States to proceed with the
building of seven cruisers, three
submarines, five destroyers and
one aircraft carrier. Remodeling
of three warships also would be
permitted.
v If generally approved the naval
holiday will become effective after
November 16 Fifity-one nations
were asked by the League if they
were willing to desist from build
ing for a period of one year.
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U.S. LINES TAKEN OVER |
EtSI AND 1ST COMBINE
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6, (Jf)—
The United States Shipping Board
announced competition of a prac
tical agreement whereby the
United States Lines are to be tak- j
en over by a combine of eastern
and western shipping interests.
The announcement followed a
conference between Shipping
Board men and representatives of
^ Dollar, Dawson, Chapman and In- i
oernational Mercantile Marine
Roosevelt interests.
Under the plan proposed by \
companies thru the newly formed j
shipping men these combined j
U. S. Lines Co., of Nevada, a hold- j
ing company, will continue to op
i crate the U- S. Lines vessels in
Atlantic waters.
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KODIAK SUICIDE
KODIAK, Nov., 6, (Special to
The . G a t e w a y)—Joseph Henry
Gardner, aged about 70 years,
committed suicide yesterday by
shooting himself with a 45 calibre
revolver. He was the father of
Mrs. J, A. Johnson, wife of the
well known skipper, Capt. John
son of this city
C.O.P.
WI2SIGH, THUS, DIES
( SAN ANTONIO, Nov., 6, (£>)—
J Representative Harry M. Wruz
; bach, the only Texas Republican
| representative, died from compli
1 cations which set in after an op
! eration for appendicitis.
Wruzbach represented the 14th
District and further reduces the
strength of the administration’s
party in the House line-up. The
House line-up now gives the Dem
ocrats 217 seats and the Republi
cans 214.
Representative Wruzbach was
born in 1374. He was first elected j
to Congress in 1921.
STRIKE CALLED OFF
MEXICO* CITY, Nov., 6, (/P)— j
The general strike of railroad:
| workers and associate workersJ
which was to begin here today j
; was warded off when the workers
, agreed to take a 10 percent re
duction in wages. The government i
i had made arrangements with
Mexican airplane companies to
' carry the mail thruout the areas
served by the railroads should
| they go on the strike.
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j LONDON, Nov. 6. (/P)—Mahatma
i Gandhi, leader of the Indian Na
tionalists, accepted the invitation
of King George to attend tea in
| “morning dress” and yesterday
went to Buckingham Palace. He
was attired in his loin cloth and
sandals and wore a heavy shawl,
this being his morning dress.
He remained a guest of the King
! for about an hour byt refused to
drink tea. He left hurriedly pre
: sumably enroute to take his daily
j portion of goat’s milk,
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CONDITION SERIOUS
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov., 6, (;p)_
Fears are expressed by authorities
here that Mrs- Ruth Winnie Judd
may die as she has lost 13 rounds
already and she is having recur
rences of tubercular trouble.
ACCEPT HOLIDAY
GENEVA, Nov., 5, OP)—Great
Britain and France have notified
the League of Nations of their
assent to the one year naval-con
struction holiday- This makes 36
nations who have been heard
from. There are still 20 more to
be heard from.
SECRET MEETING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 6. OP)
—Presidents of 22 railroad labor
organizations conferred in Wash
ington relative to wage reductions.
The meeting was secret but it was
said that they were divided on the
question of whether or not wages
should be cut at the present time.
ROME, Nov-, 6, (JP)— Dino Gran
| cli, Italy’s foreign minister, is
| bolding his final conferences with
I Premier Mussolini before sailing
for the United States for a series
of conferences with President
Hoover.
One of the most important is
sues which he will discuss with
the President is the long-standing
naval dispute between Italy and
France.
Another topic for discussion will
be the discussing of ways of
achieving a close working agree
ment between Italy and the Unit
ed States in connection with the
world's economic difficulties.
Both Premier Mussolini and
Grandi found themselves in gen
eral agreement with the American
views when Secretary of State
Stimson was in Rome a few weeks
ago.
I IN m BAZAMT
CASE BE INVESTIGATED
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6. (/P)—The
Los Angeles county grand jury is
being investigated to determine if
it was more than consciousness that
prompted them to dismiss the John
P. Mills case. It is alleged that the
jury came to their decision through
“improper influences.”
John P# Mills was tried in con
nection with the Los Angeles girl
bazaar but the case was dismissed.
EXPLOSION OF IlffiM
I SAN PEDRO, Calif., Nov.. 6. (/P)
!—Four men were killed, including
j Lieut. Ralph F. Bradford, Jr., in
| an explosion of the anti-aircraft
| gun Thursday aboard the battle -
; ship Colorado, off Santa Rosa Is
| land, 45 miles northwest of here.
The others who were killed were
Lewis A. Clard, seaman of Los
Gatos, Calif-, Maurice G. Hawkins
seaman of Hastings, Mich>, J. J.
Schnur, seaman of St. Louis.
Lieut. Bradford once lived at Pon
tiac, HI.
The cause of the explosion has
: not been determined- It occurred
■ at 3:15 in the afternoon.
LEAGUE NATIONS TO MEET
PARIS, Nov., 6, (JP)—Aristide
Briand, acting president of the
League of Nations, fearing war in
Manchuria, has called a meeting
of the League of Nation’s council
for November 17.
COMPARATIVE STRENGTH
' Should China and Japan go to
war as a result of their present
controversey over in Manchuria,
their relative strength, both on
land and sea, are represented by
the following figures: China’s sol
diers, 1,300,000, and Japan’s soldiers,
711,000; China’s navy, 10 small
ships, Japan’s navy 223 ships and
85,000 men. Civilian population of
China 485,508,000 and civilian popu
lation of Japan, 91,792,000.
SAILS FOR ORIENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 6, (JP)—
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, premier
of America and the world’s tennis
players, is to sail today on the
new liner President Coolidge for
a two-month’s trip to the Orient.
Her husband is a brokerage offi
cer on board the ship.
‘PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTE1’
. AUTHOR LOSES LIBEL SUIT
| TOLEDO, Nov. 6. (/P)—Nan Brit- ,
ton, author of the book entitled
| “The President’s Daughter,” which !
| alleged the late President Warren
G. Harding was the father of her 12
year old child, and who sought dam- |
ages from A. C. Clunk, a Marion, O ,
hotel operator on the ground that
he circulated a book “The Answer |
to the President’s Daughter,” which
she claims defamed her character.
^ The Federal Court jury’s verdict
was that there is “no cause for
the action.”
GIRL BREAKS RECORD
CAPETOWN, South Africa, Nov-1
6, (/P)—Flying night and day Miss
Peggy Salaman, London girl of
19 years, reached here after mak
ing a record-breaking flight from
London. She broke the former
record for a flight between the
two cities, of six and three-quar
ters days by one and one-half
days. The former record was set
by Glen Kidston. Miss Salaman
was accompanied by co-pilot Gor
don Store and hopped-off from
England Friday September 30.
0. S. IK PROTEST
JNBE HOSTILITIES
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6, (JP)—
i A renewed American protest
j against the Japanese hostilities in
| Manchuria now lies before the
| Japanese. The contents of the
note of protest have been careful
ly guarded and was not presented
by the Ambassador to Japan,
Cameron Forbes, in maintaining
this country’s attitude to strict
| neutrality
Tokyo considers the protest as
a “Friendly representation”.
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APACHE IS SLAYER
; WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 6. (/P)
—The Department of Justice an
nounced G. Seymour, Apache In
dian, has confessed to the murder
of Miss H. Schmerler. Miss Schmer
ler, Columbia University research
worker, was found slain on the
White River Indian reservation in
Arizona last July. Seymour ad
mitted attacking the girl before he
killed her. On being questioned
yesterday, Seymour went into an
Apache trance, a mysterious influ
ence which no white man has been
able to penetrate, and nothing more !
could be learned from him.
ARMISTICE DAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 6. (/P)
—President Hoover called on the
people to observe November 11 as'
Armistice Day—“The day which in j
1918 marked the end of the World
War with its destruction and suf
fering.”
All gun crews of the British navy
have been provided with gas masks
as a protection against bursting
shells or other forms of gas attack.
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CAMDEN, N. J., Nov., 6, (JP)-~
, °ne of the most appalling plane
accidents since the crash of the
I plane bearing Knute Rockne, oc
curred here yesterday when a five
passenger transport plane, flying
j between New York and Washing
iton, crashed.
The plane had just taken of?
! from the airport and had reached
a height of 300 feet, when it sud
denly burst into flames, hung in
j the air for a while, and then
plunged to the earth. When it
i crashed the gasoline tanks ex
j ploded, throwing and enveloping
•the debris in a mass of flames.
Firemen played a stream of
water on the wreckage for more
than an hour before the flames
subsided and the bodies could be
extricated. Five persons were
1 killed.
! The bodies extricated have been
tentatively identified as Elmer
i Smith, advertising manager of the
New York Herald, Geo. B. Taylor,
Mr- Ely, and Pilot Cox and his as
sistant Lucas.
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FASCISTS STAGE RIOTS
PARIS, Nov. 6. (/P)—Italian Fas
; cLsts and anti-Fascists jrioted in
French border towns of Nice and
• Chambray on occasion of the cele
bration of All Saints day ceremonies
at the graves of Italian war dead.
A score of persons were injured by
bullets and flying bottles, includ
ing three members of the Italian
Consulate at Chambray.
Tomasso Luceri, Italian vice con
sul, was stabbed duhng a battle
I and is in a serious condition. The
most serious disturbance occurred
at an indoor meeting when Italian
Deputy Antonilli Caprine drew
! cheers for Mussolini during an ad
dress. Anti-Fascists became an
gered and raided the hall, assault
ing the local consular staff.
Another anti-Fascist mob at
tacked the Italian Consume at
Nice and threw rocks through the
windows until dispersed by French
police.
BITTW REUS RIS
FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
j CHICAGO, Nov. 5. (TP)—Bat Bat
I talino, world’s featherweight cham
i pion, successfully defended his title
[here last night in a blistering 10
I round fight with Earl Mastro, Chi
cago challenger.
! Battalina slashed the Chicagoan
for 10 rounds and showed decisive
ring superiority and boxing ability
to win the decision of the referee
and both the judges.
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j NEW RESTRICTIVE MEASURE
| PARIS, Nov., 5, (TP)—The French’
| Nitrate Commission is planning to
j impose a new restrictive measure
whereby imports from the United
States will be limited to one-third
of the total annual quota of 250,
000 metric tons