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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 43.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT VETOES
VETS LOAN Bill:
HOUSE MESSAGE
PERCENTAGE OF VETS IN NEED
SMALL IN PROPORTION
ENTIRE PEOPLES
WASHINGTON, Feb., 27, (A*)—
President Hoover vetoed the Vet
erans’ loan bill and in his mes
sage to the House, called such
legislation “unwise from the stand
point of the veterans themselves;
unwise from the standpoint of
all the people.”
He said the bill proposes a po
tential cash outlay of $1,700,000,
but if all veterans apply for loans
less than the $330,000,000 already
loaned, he repeated Administra
tor Hine’s estimated $1,000,000,
000 would be required to admin
ister the bill.
“There is not a penny in the
treasury to meet the demand and
the government must borrow the
sum through sale of reserve fund
securities together with further
issues, or we must impose fur
ther taxation.
“The sole appeal for reopening
the bonus act is to claim funds
from the national treasury be
cause of veterans in distress and
as a result of the drought and
business depression. There are
veterans unemployed and in
need in common with many
others of our people. These, like
others, are being provided with
oasic necessities by devoted com
munities in those parts of the
country affected by the depres
sion and drought.
The governments many em
ployers are giving preference to
veterans welfare; this is as it
should be. A matter of real con
cern is of the other people for
an inquiry indicates such care is
being given throughout the coun
try but also indicates that the
number of veterans who are in
need is but a minor percentage
of the whole.”
The President said, allowing
veterans to borrow 50 per cent
would work a hardship on their
wives and dependents for veter
ans who will use the value of the
certificates and thereby deprived
of necessary insurance.
“The need today is a decrease
in the burden of taxation and un
employment, yet the people, in
cluding veterans, are being stead
ily forced toward higher tax and
lessened employment by such
acts as this.”
He termed the legislation im
portant in itself but said of much
greater importance is the tend
ency to open the Federal treas
ury to a thousand purposes. He
said the threatened burdens are
beyond the ability of the coun
try to normally pay and breaks
the barrier of self-reliance and
self support of “our people..”
ASIA COTTON TO RUSS
TASHKENT, U. S. S. R. Feb.,
27, (/P)—Mddle Asia, which con
tributed 250,000 of the 260,000
tons of cotton collected in the
Soviet union in 1929, has been
called upon by Moscow to fur
nish a half vtnillion of the 633,
000 tons planned for all Russia
this year. Seventy per cent of the
cotton area will be plowed by
tractors.
WON’T REFUSE GIRLS
LONDON, Feb, 27, (^—King’s
College hospital is passing up
$250,000 because it likes the girls.
A doctor left the hospital that
sum provided the hospital ad-;
mitted no women medical stu-1
dents. The hospital decided it
wouldn’t even talk about not ad
mitt mg women students.
Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of I
Alaska convened here with Cal M. j
Brosius, president, of Seward, of
ficiating.
Every Igloo was represented
by a delegate or by proxy.
Governor Parks and Mayor
| Thomas Judson extended welcome
to the pioneers. j
Last, night the delegates were
, guests of the Juneau Chamber of
i Commerce. Today the delegates
| to the Grand Igloo convention
will elect officers for the ensuing
year and select the next annual
; convention city.
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WELCOMED NEWS
SEATTLE, Feb., 27, (&)—Lieut.
Colonel Dawson Olmstead takes
charge here of the Washmgton
Alaska Military Cable and Tele
graph System July 1. He has been
ordered from the Ninth Corps
headquarters at San Francisco
and succeeds Lieut. Col. Frank J.
Griffin who has been transferred
to Honolulu.
!
HASTINGS, Neb., Feb., 26., (JP)
, —The two policemen who were
kidnapped by four bank robbers
after a gun fight, were released
today.
Robert Hendricks, one of the
i robbers, and Volcott Condit, Ne
| braska Bankers Association in
Ivestigator, were seriously wound
| ed when the officers attempted
to arrest the men.
Patrolman William Woode was
tied to a fence for several hours
before released. Captain Frank
Yettman was released near Syl
van Grove, Kansas. Neither offi
cer was hurt,
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HOUSE OVER-IK
111 Rill VETO
! WASHINGTON, Feb., 27, (£>)—
The House over-rode President
Hoover’s veto of the Veterans
loan bill by a vote of 328 to 79
• within an hour after receipt.
The Senate agreed to vote at
11 a. m. today.
j Representative Tilson attempt
ed to have the veto sustained by
offering a substitute, applying
| only to needy veterans. He was
shouted down from the galleries.
The President's message was
applauded.
WICKER* DOES
NOT Etl SALE
OF ALASKA GABLE
PRIVATE INTERESTS WOULD
INCREASE RATES, WORK
HARDSHIPS
SEATTLE, Feb., 26, (A1)—Dele
gate-elect Wickers&im of Alaska,
who is here enroute to Washing
ton, declared the proposed sale
of the Washington-Alaska mili
tary cable and telegraph to pri
vate interest, would retard the
progress of the industrial de
velopment of the Territory.
Judge Wickersham said he
would make a strenuous fight
against the move in Washington.
“The sale would surely in
crease rates but the worst of it
all would be that private owners
would cut out many smaller sta
tions now operating at a loss,
and working hardship in the de
velopment of isolated communi
ties.”
nr vessels
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SEATTLE. ALASKA
ALASKA STEAMSHIP AND LIB
BY, McNEILL LIBBY CO.
SAILINGS
SEATTLE, Feb., 27, (/P)—The
cannery fleet is preparing to de
part for Alaska and curtailments
are due owing to the condition
of the salmon market.
The SS Denali, of the A. S. Co.,
sails in March for E^riiak and
Cook Inlet.
The SS La touche sails, March
21 for False Pass.
The SS Lakina sails April 11
for False Pass.
The SS Perry L. Smithers will
depart April 7 for Orca, Uyak
and Kenai and May 12 for Nak
nek and Nushagak.
The Northwestern Fisheries
Company SS Otsego - sails April
7 for George Inlet, Taku, Yakutat
and Kenai and on May 12 for
Kvichack, Bristol Bay.
The SS Gen. W. C. Gorgas sails
May 12 for Nushagak.
The SS Libby Maine sails May
14 for Egegik. These latter vessels
are all Libby, McNeill, Libby Co.
HOCKEY SCORES
PORTLAND, Feb., 27, (/P)—Port
land 8, Seattle 1,
CAPONE A “VAGRANT”
CHICAGO III- Feb. 27. (A5) —Back
in his own home town “Scarface’ A1
Capone; gang chieftain arrested as
a “vagrant” stood by while his at
torneys fought to help him escape
punishment of the federal court
where he is on trial before Judge
James H. Wilkerson for contempt of
court.
AL’S TRIAL NEARS END
CHICAGO, 111. Feb. 27. (/P) —
The ailments of A1 (Scarface) Ca
pone two years ago were subject to
clinical examination in the court of
Federal Judge James H. Wilkenson,
as the gang leader’s contempt of
court hearing neared its end
MEYER CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, (/?)—
The long contested nomination of
Eugene Meyer of New York to- be
governor of the Federal reserve
board, was confirmed by the Sen
ate by a vote of 722 to 11. Sena- j
tors Brookhart, Frazier criticized j
Meyer’s a c t i vities in Wall:
Street.
IDDLtWEIGHI CHIP
BEITS HEAVYWEIGHT
RISKQ IT IMI
MIAMI, Fla., Feb, 26, (£>)—
! Mickey Walker, b 1 a ck haired
fighting Irishman who holds the
world’s middleweight crown, spot
| ted Johnny Risko of Cleveland 30
pounds and handed the heavy
| weight a beating in ten bruising
1 rounds.
Proniotor “Pa” Strib.ing’s fis
! tic festival under the palms was
I a great success.
Mickey punched Johnnie grog
gy the last two rounds. Risko
! weighed 194 pounds and Walker
j 165 Vi.
I Young Stribling and Max
jschmelling each took on several
sparring partners in exhibitions.
The crowd totaled 25,000.
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MEN ENTOMBED
SCRANTON, Penn. Feb. 27. (/P)—
Reports that a number of men
were entombed in the Underwood
Colliery of the Pittson Company at
| Underwood, near here, caused res
j cue squads to be rushed into the
I mine this afternoon. A gas explo
| sion was reported to have let loose
I a flood cf water which may have
! trapped 20 men.
1
SUVA, Fiji Islands, Feb., 27, UP)
! —At least 250 are dead and
hundreds injured and thousands
! are homeless on this island which
| is recovering from the worst
hurricane in history which struck
| last Satuday at noon and con
tinued to late Sunday.
The hurricane struck without
warning and communications are
so crippled that particulars are
still unreceived except by cour
rier.
Many families are without food
and rice is being dispatched to
the stricken area as rapidly as
possible.
veteiiiis emus
TO BORROW MONEY
WASHINGTON, Feb., 27, UP)—
Fifteen or 20 veterans waited in
the lobby of the Veterans bur
eau for the Senate to over-ride
the President’s veto of the veter
ans loan bill.
They came to borrow on their
certificates; others sought infor
mation by telephone.
Officials saief they were pre
pared for a rush of applications
as soon as the Senate over-rides
the veto.
STRONG PETITION
LOCAL CHAMBER
ENDORSES ROAD
SEWARD RESOLUTION ONE OF
FINEST DOCUMENTS OF
ITS KIND
Pursuant to announcement by
the Chamber of Commerce' of the
United States that member or
ganizations desiring to submit re
solutions to be considered by the
National body at the next annual
session should be sent to nation
I al headquarters in Washington be
fore March 19, 1931, the Seward
| Chamber of Commerce has drawn
: 'JP a petition requesting favorable
: action in the matter of the con
j templated Pacific-Yukon High
way.
| So pleased was Major Malcolm
| Elliott, president of the Alaska
: Road Commission over the Sew
j ard Chamber’s appropriately
j worded document, he asker for
j several copies which he desired
to send to other Chambers of
j Commerce in Alaska, and also
j asked the local Chamber to mail
duplicates to Mr. Herbert H. Rice
j and Mr. Ernest Walker Sawder,
I the other two special commiss
| loners appointed by President
; Hoover to study the Highway
! project.
Petition and Resolution
To the Chamber of Commerce
! of the United States:
Your petitioner, the Seward
Chamber of Commerce, of Seward,
in the Territory of Alaska, res
pectfully represents:
I That the Seward Chamber of
; Commerce has repeatedly placed
I itself on record as endorsing the
j proposed Pacific Yukon Highway
i to connect the northwestern part
! of the United Sfates with Brit
! ish Columbia, Yukon Territory
and Alaska.
That this project has been for
mally approved by the Legisla
ture of the Legislature of the
Territory of Alaska, and by every
Chamber of Commerce in Alaska;
also by the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, the American Automo
bile Association, the American
Road Builders Association and
many other civic, automobile,
road and other organizations in
the United States and Canada.
That the United States Congress
has been cognizance of the pro
posed highway, and that a spe
cial commission has been ap
i pointed by the President of the
United States to study the pro
ject in cooperation with a sim
ilar commission appointed by
Canadian authority.
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That such highway extending
from Seattle, Washington, to
Fairbanks, Alaska, through the
great frontiers of Canada and
the United States will be of in
calculable benefit in that it
will give both countries addition
al opportunities to develop their
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GOVERNOR JUST “HUEY”
BATON ROUGE, La., Feb., 27,
(/P)—Many of the executives at
the Louisiana state capital have
polished plates on their desks
bearing their full names. The
| plate on the desk of Governor
Huey P. Long, however, is very
[simple. It says “Huey.”