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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 248. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1931.
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JAPAN SAID BE READY FOR
ATTACK ON CHINESE
AT CHIN CHOW .
(By Asociated Press)
Admiral Chen Chak, commander
in chief of the Cantonese navy de
clared marshal law following- a
split in leadership of the Can
tonese south China government
in its alliance with the Nanking
government.
Rumors that the split might
lead to a civil war was faced with
continued reports which indicated
that the Japanese were advancing
on Chin Chow, the last remaining
center of independent Chinese rule
in Manchuria,
The South Manchuria General
Yung Shen Chen, chief of the
Chinese staff said that he plan-1
ned to defend Chin Chow to the1
limit of his power.
General Yung Chen denied re
ports that the Chinese were pre
paring for an offensive in that
area in an attempt to regain lost
portions of the province. -
In a note to Japan the Chinese
. foreign office at Nanking protested
; the reported threat of a Japanese j
attack on Chin Chqw and warned!
Japan that she would be held re
sponsible for “any untoward in-!
: cident there.” The note said that!
* ' latest reports said the Japanese
• troops were busily concentrating!
at various points to the south and j
west of Mukden and were prepar- j
ing for an attack on Chin Chow
and other Manchuria places.”
It is understood that the Japan- j
. ese government is preparing a re
ply to Aristide Briand in which it
is to state that the Japanese gov
ernment is doing everyting pos-1
sible under the circumstances to
avoid a clash at Chin Chow.
Negotiation for a settlement of
the conflict at the League Coun
cil’s meet at Paris, appeared to
be -moving toward success with the j
approval of the United States be- j
hind the Council’s resolution ask-1
. ing that the Japanese evacuate!
the territory as soon as security!
conditions permit.
BRITISH STEAMER RUN
Ml FISHING CRUFT
. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. (/P) -Grop
'! ing in a heavy fog which wrapped
‘ around her like a huge blanket
»the British steamer Gypsum Prince
* ran down the 134 ton fishing boat
* Edith and Linor, sinking the lat
ter in four minutes.
The mishap occurred 60 miles
southeast of Yarmouth- Seven of
the crew of the fishing vessel
went down with her and five were
rescued.
- MAROONED BY DRIFTS
GALLUP, New Mexico, Nov. 27. j
(JP)—Six hundred Navajbs and Se- j
unis are still marooned on the;
top of mesas in the Malapais by
deep snow drifts. The weather has
not moderated yet anti their fate
is still held from being known.
TURKEY AT BARROW
POINT BARROW, Nov. 27. (/P)—
Turkey brought here from Nome
' by dog * team was enjoyed here
! Thanksgiving Day. Oldtimers said
that to the best of their knowledge
this was the first turkey ever to
have been served here.
ALASKA RAILROIID
CIS FOR BIDS
FORRIVERBOAI
10 CONVERTIBLE BALLAST CARS
AND LOCOMOTIVE MAY
BE PURCHASED
SEATTLE, Nov. 27. (^—Repre
sentatives of the Alaska Railroad
today called for bids for furnishing
a stern wheel river steamboat, sec
ond hand, with delivery preferred
to be made at Nenana at the open
ing of navigation in the spring.
Bids for the riverboat are to be
opened on December 23. The ves
sel will be used to carry passengers
and freight between Nenana and
Marshal. Dimensions required in
the specifications are 210 feet by
42x6 feet deep, and containing 20
staterooms with two beds each.
The Alaska Railroad will also
open bids on December 18 for 10
part-convertible ballast cars for
service between Seward and Fair
banks. The convertible ballast cars
are to have 50 tons capacity.
On November 23 bids for a moun
tain type locomotive to be deliv-:
ered at Seattle dismantled for ship
ment to Alaska, vfill be opened
and taken under advisement.
The bids ranged from $62,895 to
$71,200. f
JAPANESE AVIATORS PUN
TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Nov. 27. </P>—
William Templeton, resort man
ager, revealed plans of two Japan
ese fliers, N. Nogyoka and K. Asai,
that they are contemplating to
make a trans-Pacific flight next
spring with a stop at Anchorage
for refueling.
Templeton said he had been in
terviewed by the fliers for prelim
inary plans. The flight is to be
backed by the Japanese newspaper
Hochi Shimbun. Two planes, a
Junkers four-passenger and a Jun
kers, Jr., are to be used.
NATION TURNS TO NEAT
TEAR HOPEFUL ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.
(A5)'—America, from the lowest fire
side to the symbolic hearthstone
of the White House, went forth on
Thanksgiving Day with expressions
of cheer or gratitude on the 310th
anniversary of the original day of
Thanksgiving.
Throughout the nation the mer
cies of the past year were acknow
ledged, and as the trials of the past j
year were reviewed, the coming
year was turned to hopefully. I
U. S. Iff LEAGUE
F
HERB DRAWS FIERY CHARGES
INSTEAD OF APOLOGY
HE DEMANDED
I WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.
j (/P)— Instead of the apoiogy de
jmanded by President Hoover, the
j United States Navy l eague Wed
nesday night issued a new denun
ciation of his Naval policies with
(the assertion that there were no
! errors in the Navy League's figures
i relative to the comparative Naval
| strength of nations, it lias been re
i vealed.
The Navy League attacked* the
j report of the committee which
| President Hoover appointed to
(weigh the truth of its previous as
sertions. The document issued by
; the committee charged the-Navy
| League with “inaccuracies, false
i assertions, and erroneou > conclu
jsions,’' and this document was de
| scribed as containing errors itself.
| The Navy League further termed
(President Hoover’s Naval building
record as “unconstructive.” Wed
nesday night’s statement was is
sued over the signature of Bruee
Howe, chairman of*the Navy
League’s board of directors. Pre
vious statements were made by
William Howard Qardiner, presi
dent of the League,
j Among other things, the Navy
(League’s rejoinder of Wednesday
(night said that President Hoover
I had not Inaugurated a single move
I to provide for more replacements
! and has not made any mention of
building up in the categories where
! the United States Navy is below
! treaty levels. The report added
| that every ton of construction now
underway has been inherited from
previous administrations with the
exception of the five destroyers for
which contracts were recently
awarded.
FUR PRICES BETTER
THIN ANTICIPATED
WINNIPEG, Nov. 27. (/P)—Prices
given for furs here brought 15 per
cent above the anticipated prices
at the first auction of the season
Thursday.
Mink ranged in price from $7.25
to $8.00; otter brought $9.75 to
$11.75; skunk, $1.21; eight mixed
lots of muskrat brought 40 cents
to 46 cents; wolf, $4.00 to $10.00;
Ontario ermine 62Y2 cents; Mani
toba ermine, 70 cents; Saskatche
wan ermine brought 87 V2 cents to
'$1.27%. ■
LAST TRAIN UNTIL APRIL
The Superintendent of the trans
portation department of the Alas
ka Railroad makes the announce
ment that the train leaving An
chorage December 4, for Chicka
loon will be the last train leaving
for that station until some time
next April. The notification is
made so that shippers can take
advantage of making their ship
ments before or on this, the, last
train to Chickaloon.
Seward continued to be lashed
by a heavy rainstorm today.
PANTAGES ACQUITTED
' LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27. (JP) —
I The jury, in the retrial of Alex
ander Pant.ages, millionaire theatre
1 man, acused of a criminal attack
! on Eunice Pringle, returned with a
; verdict acquiting the theatre mag
: nate from the charges. The jury
! deliberated for 65 hours before they
• reached their decision.
! NIGHT, ill PUNE
CRASHES BECAUSE OF
I
I
PASCO, Nov. 27. (/P) — A night
| mail plane from Portland, piloted
by E. C. Bigelow, crashed to the
| earth because of fog. The crash
occurred a mile west of here at
11:10 Thursday night.
| The pilot was killed but the plane
did not burn. The landing field
| was blanketed in a fog which cov
| ered the entire district as low tem
i peratures gave way to warmer
j weather at nightfall.
Officials said that Pilot Bigelow j
j apparently came down through the (
fog to make a landing and then,
speeded up to gain altitude. The;
plane was badly wrecked, indicat-J
ing that he was traveling at a high!
speed when he struck the ground, j
" ■ i
! The SS Starr, Capt. Arthur Ryn-;i
j ing, was to leave today for Cordova
j where ti will pick up a barge of ■
j ties and tow it up to Seward.
.. ... i
INTERIOR MISSIONARIES j
ARE STILL UNREPORTED
[' , _
HOLY CROSS, Nov. 27. (£>)—'The
j diesel powered Bellanca missionary j
| plane, with Brother George J. Fel- j
| tes, flying Jesuit missionary, and i
[his co-pilot, Brother Lepeyre, are
| still unreported here.
According to information at the j
Holy Cross base of the missionary
fliers, the plane took off from Me- j
Grath at 1:30 p. m., last Sunday,!
; enroute to Holy Cross.
No fears are felt here as Brother
iFeltes and Brother Lepeyre had
provisions for 30 days, snowshoes,
warm clothing and the weather is
warm in the country where the
plane is supposed to be down. The
area where they are thought to be
down is well inhabited and there
are a number of villages and trap
pers’ cabins in which they could
take refuge.
The Gateway message saying
that the fliers were unreported
was dated November 26
A message received direct to j
Seward today says that no further j
trace has been heard of the fliers!
todate. The message states that!
| visibility today was ideal and un-j
limited and with no winds. Thej
failure of the fliers to arrive at'
Holy Cross cannot be accounted for |
except that they must have hadj
engine trouble which forced themj
down.
Pilot Harry Blunt is on the scene j
and is instituting a search by plane j
and dog team. The terrible storms
sweeping through the area between
Holy Cross and McGrath during
the past few days made flying im
possible and searchers were unable
to penetrate into the country. With
hetter weather conditions, it is ex
pected that the fliers will soon be
located. 1
SOVIET GOVERNMENT BEING
PRESSED FOR ALLIANCE BY
CHINESE LEADERS
(By Associated Press)
Reports to Peiping from Chang
Hseuh Liang at Chin Chow said
that the railway station at Jaongo
ho had been captured by a Jap
anese armored train accompanied
by troops. The train, with its 700
soldiers, took the railway station
with but a brief clash with 200
Chinese soldiers who were defend
ing the station.
The Chinese spokesman at Tok
yo said that if the Japanese Army
attacks Chin Chow, which is ex
pected by the Chinese, that pre
mier Wakatsuki’s cabinet will re
sign. If the attack is made it will
mean that the Japanese army is
acting contrary to orders
The government spokesman of
the Chinese at Tokyo also said the
proposal of the Chinese govern
ment to withdraw its troops from
Chin Chow to avoid the danger
of a Sin-Japanese clash there
would be acceptable to the Tokyo
government. -
It was announced that the Jap
anese military authorities had is
sued an ultimatum to the Chinese
at Tientsin, where the fighting had
been renewed, demanding that they
cease firing by noon today. The
demand was contained with other
demands following the receipt of
alarming news relative to the
Chin Chow situation.
The belief was expressed at
Paris, in oficial Chinese quarters,
that the time has come for China
to abandon its reliance on inter
national engagements such as the
League of Nations, the Kellogg
Peace Pact and the Nine Power
treaty and prepare to defend her
self by force of arms.
At the same time Chinese lead
ers were frankly contemplating an
other prospect for an alliance with
the Soviet power.
Twenty Chinese were reported
killed at Tientsin in fighting which
took place last night. Japanese re
inforcements are on their way to
that place to relieve the situation.
Aristide Briand, chairman of the
League of Nations’ Council said
that the League had assurances
that the Japanese would not at
tack Chin Chow
TOM MIX VERY ILL
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 27. UP) —
The condition of Tom Mix, cow
boy actor, was drawing near a
crisis and he is in a semi-con
scious condition at the Hollywood
hospital here. Tom Mix was oper
ated on for a ruptured appendix
Thursday.
MOYLE OUT OF JAIL -
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27. (A3)—Don
Moyle, of the trans-Pacific flight
team of Moyle and Allen, who had
to serve a 39-day prison term here,
was released Wednesday in time
to observe Thanksgiving outside the
prison confines- Five days of his
30-day sentence were deducted be
cause of good behavior. .