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VOLUME-XVI. NUMBER 35.
’ L0MEI1 RELATES
SOME REAL FACTS
ALASKA REINDEER
CRITICISM DIRECTED AT THE
COMPANY IS DUE TO IG
NORANCE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 17, (#>>—
Lomen denied all charges made
against his company of encroach
ment upon Eskimo herds and
grazing lands.
He said his company has in
vested $£.500,000 and control less
than four per cent of grazing
land in Alaska and that they
owned only 20 per cent of the
herds but did 85 per cent of the
meat business.
Lomen said the only weakness
of federal supervision is that
1,000,000 reindeer were being
handled by “government school
teachers who are unqualified and
untrained in livestock business.”
He concluded by saying a great
deal of the criticism against the
Lomen company was due to ig
norance.
OF CHKO Hit
IN TIE m USHT
CHICAGO. Feb. 18. (*P) —Suit
for receivership and accounting of
Mayor William Hale Thompson’s
Waterway Flood Control Associa
tion of Mississippi, alleging mis
appropriation of its relief funds,
was begun in the superior court
by Charles Smith, taxpayer.
Smith charged that Mayor W. H.
Thompson had diverted more than
$100,000 of the $139,000 fund to
political campaign purposes. It
was charged that only $18,500 col
lected by Mayor Thompson's or
ganization in 1927 went to relief,
and that many small sums were
used for non-charitable purposes,
and also that many thousands
went to foster Thompson’s can
didacy for mayor.
1101SHORTSEE IN
UNOJF TIE SOVIET
MOSCOW, Feb. 17. (/P)—Hun
dreds of thousands of Russian
women, who in 1930 played an
increased role in the socialization
of Soviet Russia, are to be en
listed as workers in a further ef
fort to solve Russia’s serious la
bor shortage. With thousands of
jobs open, and no takers, the go
vernment is completing plans to
fill the vacancies with women pro
viding nursery facilities for the
children who will be brought up
under the care of the state.
SHOOTS 81 IN RAIN
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 17.
(JP)~Miss Diana Fishwick Brit- j
ish woman golf champion, shot
an 81 over a rain soaked course
on her first round in the United
States here. Playing with Johnny
Farrel, former American open
champion, the British girl coupled
a 41 and a 40 on her card. Far
rel shot a 73.
I
OfiPTSIN THOUGHT SAW
jtlHPLANE WRECKAGE
LONDON, Feb. 18. {&) — Cap
tain Aibin Johnson of the United
States Shipping Board steamer
Youngston told the Associated
Press, that when his vessel dock
ed at Havre, that 130 miles North
west of the Azores his vessel had
passed a piece of wreckage which
looked like an airplane wing
and might have been a part of
the trans-Atlantic plane, Trade
Wind which was lost in that vic
inity.
fELEGfiftPH BStlllliiS
REGULAR SERVICE
| PARIS, Feb. 17. (/P) — Regular
! passenger and mail airplane ser
vice between France and her east
I ern colony, Indo-China, will begin
! from the Marignane Airport, near
I Marseilles. The service will run
■ every other week.
DEFENDS HIS TITLE
| CHICAGO, Feb., 17, (/P)—Don
| George, national boxing asso
\ ciation heavyweight champion,
| successfully defended his title
; against Pat McGill of Canada,
i winning in straight falls at the
| Dreamland Arena.
NEW TEACHINGS
GENEVA, Feb. 17. (/P)— American
! schools are to be bombarded with
a new barrage of League of Na
! tion’s teachings, conducted by the
j League States. Dr. Stephan Dug
gan, Director of the Institute of
: International Education, New York
| City will direct the league’s ac
; tivities in American schools.
BROODS OVER FAILURE
BRUSSELS, Feb. 17. (IP) —
A disabled former service man,
George le Troye, brooding over his
failure to receive a pension shot
the Baron de Borlodt, senator
and burgomaster of Acoz. After
ounding the baron in the arm,
he shot and killed himself.
IN GAME AGAIN
WENATCHEE, Wn„ Feb., 18, </P)
—Returning to the ring after a
long layoff, during which he
went into the promoting end of
the game, Doc Snell, welterweight,
won an easy decision over Billy
Wells, also of Wenatchee, in a six
round feature bout here.
READING ON DECLINE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. (/Pi
Popular interest in reading books
is on the decline, declared Booth
Tarkington, American novelist. The
author of the future will not write
lengthy novels, he said. He will
find he will have to create some
thing fit for use for the family
talking picture radio set. His
writing will have to be more in
the form of script, Tarkington pre
dicted.
TECHNICAL ARREST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Feb. 17. (/P)
Eighty-three college students of
the University of Michigan were
under technical arrest, awaiting
arraignment on disorderly con
duct charges in allegedly violat
ing the prohibition laws by stock
ing their fraternity house with
liquor for the coming junior class
dance, one of the social events
of the year.
MAJOR ELLIOTT
GIVES HERE!
ADDRESS. CHAMBER
ALASKA ROAD € O MMISSION
OFFICIALS GUESTS OF
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
As a climax to yesterday's well
attended business luncheon of
the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, Major Malcolm Elliott,
President of the Alaska Road
Commission, addressed the gath
ering on matters of interest to
the community and Territory.
The Seward Breakwater and
the Lowel Creek flume came in
for a considerable portion of
the Major’s talk and, to the de
light of his listeners, he discuss
ed at even greater length devel
opments concerning the proposed
construction of the Pacific-Yu
kon Highway.
“With so many officials of the
Alaska Road Commission in your
city at present, it may seem that
we have only bosses on your
breakwater job and that there is
no work being done,” humorous
ly commented the Major. “I am
I here this week fo get a general
idea of the whole situation,” he
said, “and our district superin
tendent, Mr. Edmunds, and jun
ior engineer, Mr. Spach, are in
charge of the construction.
“Lieutenant Burton here has
been sent up from the Juneau
office to take care of some new
engineering work that has devel
i oped in connection with the pro
| ject.
| “As this work progresses there
j will be occasion for a blast with
i in a few weeks but there will be
| nothing spectacular about it—
I which fact may be disappointing
to some people.
| “Six tons of blasting powder
will be used in the “shot” but
we do not expect much hurling
; of rock as a result of the explo
j sion. As we never can tell, how
ever, when some fissure may
| give way, causing additional
I hurling, we have asked for the
j cooperation of your Mayor in
; warning people to keep away from
the hill at the time of the blast, j
“So far as the houses in the
vicinity are concerned, we shall
take steps to protect them with j
timbers, etc., and if any damage
to property occurs, despite .our
precaution, we shall make the
! necessary repairs.”
Major Elliott said the Commis
sion is very glad that the break-1
water is now under actual con- j
struction, as they realized its j
value to the halibut fleet and i
j other small craft.
I While Congress has appropriat- j
j ed only enough money for con- j
j struction of the breakwater part
| of the project, it is expected, he
| said, that they will make avail
j able after June 30th, the funds
| for the dredging. A decision is
; expected by March 15.
ACCUSED OF FELONY
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (fP) —
| Isador J. Kresel, a zealous pro
secutor of corruption in the Mag
istrate’s courts in New York City,
was accused of felony in indict
ments naming him and seven
other officers and directors of
the closed Bank of the United
States.
TICKET SALE BRISK
FOR HEAVY BATTLE
MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 18. (fP) —
Two days sales of tickets for the
Primo Carnera-Jimmy Maloney
fight at the Madison Square Gar
den stadium March 5th passed
the $5,000 mark, promoter Frank
Bruen announced.
The scale of prices ranges from
two to $15 plus tax. Tickets are
expected to sell faster with the
arrival of Primo Camera and his
retinue.
CATSUP KING DEAD
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (/P) —
Jeferson Livingston, whose catsup
made him a millionaire and lead
ing turfman was dead at the
Hotel Plaza. He was 68. He had
a large breeding stable at Miami,
and a string of race horses.
GET ONE FOR ALASKA
ALBANY, Feb. 18. (/?)— A bill
giving the state the right to en
gage in the manufacture, sale,
transportation and distribution of
alcoholic beverages was submit
ted to the legislature.
THREE MILES A MINUTE
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (/P) —
Captain Frank Hawkes goes three
miles a minute, or he is slow. His
personal log shows 92 trips in six
months covering a total of 25,
000 miles at speeds ranging from
145 to 270 miles an hour.
CUT HIS FACE
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17. (/P) —
Referee Jimmy Moran stopped a
fight between Tommy Freeman of
Hot Springs, Ark., welterweight
champion, and A1 (Kid) Kober, of
Fort Worth, in their fifth round,
after Freeman had cut Kober’s
face badly.
FAVORABLE REPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 </P)—
The House Veterans’ Affairs com
mittee reported favorably a bill
carrying $12,500,000 for the er
ection of additional veterans’ hos
pital facilities.
SCHOLAR IN CAIRO
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 17. (/P) —
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Tunney
were in Cairo enroute to Pale
stine. The former heavyweight
and his wife expect to continue
their trip to the Holy Land soon.
MARRIED AND HAPPY
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (JP) —
Paul Kelley and Dorothy Mack
aye, both of whom served Cali
fornia prison sentences for the
slaying of Ray Raymond more
than two years ago, were reported
by the Daily News as having been
married. “We are married and
very happy,” Kelly said, and
that was all.
NOT SO BAD
LONDON, Feb., 17, (^P)-Jean
Borotra. famous French lawn
tennis player, who is about to
visit the United States to take
part in the covered courts
championship tournament, is
making more than $10,000 an
nually, at the age of 31, accord
ing to reports received here by
friends.
PREMIER OF OPERA
'PETER IBETSi'
1
MOST VOCIFEROUS CHE ERS
AND APPLAUSE FOLLOW
ED ACTS
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. <#> —
Thirty-six curtain calls following
its three dramatic episodes and an
all around ovation prolonged to
20 minutes at the matinee’s close
marked the world premier of
Deems Taylor’s opera, “Peter Ib
betson,” before an audience that
filled the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Late arrivals from Hollywood
were among those who paid $100
for a pair of seats to witness the
premiere. Persons of prominence
came from Washington, Chicago,
and Canada to witness Mr. Tay
lor’s latest offering, and to help
create the spectacle.
Although audiences at the
premieres are usually noted for
their reticence and conservatism,
the cheers and applause which
followed each act of “Peter Ib
betson,” were the most vocifer
ous ever heard in the opera
house.
ENGLISH STHTE5HN
IKES NEW BID
FIS WORLD PESGE
I LONDON. Feb., 17, (/P)—A new
; bid for wrorld peace, coupled
with a warning that another
conflagration faces it unless
public opinion is mobilized with
in the next year in favor of
drastic reduction of world ar
mament. was launched by Ar
thur Henderson, foreign secre
. tary.
| Speaking at a disarmament
meeting here, in Queen's Hall,
the statesman asserted it w7as be
yond the power of statecraft to
humanize warfare and as a re
sult, the next wrar must be im
measurably more terrible and
disastrous than any known in
history.
FILIPIIICS STAYING
ST HOME THIS YEAR
MANILA, Feb., 17, (/P)—While
| a congressional committee in
[Washington, D. C. had before it
[bills concerning the restriction
!of Filipino immigration, it was
revealed here that the migratory
movement of Filipinos from the
Islands to continental United
States had been checked.
The general economic depres
sion in the United States and
expressions of anti-Filipino sent
iment in California were said to
be responsible for the halting of
the immigrants.
SOCIETY AWARDS
LONDON, Feb. 17 (/P) — The
Royal Astronomical Society has
awarded the Jackson Medal
and gift to Clyde W. Tombugh, of
Lowell Observatory, for his work
in discovering the planet Pluto,
last April.