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VOLUME 84. NO. ». « (l M K . A L A 8 K A . SATURDAY. MARCH. 4, 1988. . Single copy 25cL». Per month $1.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED
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TIDAL WAVE JAPAN
TOKYO, March. 4, (JP)—An earth
quake aud tidal wave in northeast
ern Japan early yesterday has caus
ed great damage and loss of life.
The shock jjras felt over the entire
eastern coast empire.
Scores of villages anS hamlets
were entirely leveled and the great
er'lioftion of the thriving ports of
Kamaishl and Giyako, and Yamato
and Omoto were destroyed, Al
" though the destruction was confin
ed virtually to Iwate, Miyagi and
r . Aormi prefectures, all eastern sec
tions of Hondo -or Honshu islan-l
were shaken. The quake was felt
even ih' the neighboring island of
Sokkaido. To the north, the liner
Helan Maru bound from Seattle,
and four hundred miles off Yoko
homa. shivered because of submar
ine disturbances.
There are still some prefectures
which have not reported. 1635 per
sons were killed, three thousand in
jured and seventy-nine hundred
are homeless. Fifteen hundred or
more small boats were destroyed.
HOLIDAYS ALL OVER
UNDATED. March «, (^-Twen-'
ty three states have bow taken
protective steps of one sort or an-'
ether in regards to hanks and
their depositors. The action rang-'
ed from holidays which were man
datory, or optional, to legislation'
giving the hanks the power to
limit withdrawals If they, deemed
it necessary. The holidays vaTy
some in their duration.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, j
■who has been in close contact with,
hanking problems, after a confer- \
once with democratic delegations
of senators and leaders, announced
that a statement on the , banking
situation and other matters will,
W forthcoming in the near fut
ure
In authoritative quarters it was
reported that Hoover was ready
either to issue a statement or send
a message to Congress centering
hanking condition remedies in the
great money centers such as New
York and Chicago, as well as in
other sections. In the big centers1
in it reported the banks are get
ting along as well as can be ex-!
pected and offiksals have stated
the hanks were sound but must
he protected against withdrawals
caused by the several minor pan
ics in other sections.
KIDNAPPED; RETURNED
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DENVER. March. 2, <jF)--Claude
K Boettcher expressed thapktull
at the rettirn o4 his lrldnap
gon, (but did not My whether
sixty thousand dollars ransom
>y had been paid.
His eon was released at the back
door of bis home last night
The Denver Poet laid that it;
hid learned that sixty thoqaan£
dollars in bills had been toned
t#M n car at Culvert, Juet eaet of
Denver, Into the hands of the ex
tortloniats by an emissary of the
Boettcher family. j
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RFC TO AID
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DETROIT, March 4, (IF)—Sena
tor Cousens, who came here to
aid In unraveling the Michigan
banking situation, said be had
b»tn advised that tin Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation had un
dertaken a national program to
deal with banking difficulties.
.YEAN KAN DEMOCRATS ARRIVE
AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. March 4. \J¥)—
Pour prominent Alaskan democrats
today arrived at the end of their
long trek from AlUska. to attend
the inaugural, fittingly represent
ing the Territory. Heading the
delegation wag John Troy who Is
being considered for governor; Har
rj Morton who Is out for judge
of the Third Division; J J Con
nors who Is seeking the collector
of customs post; Derrick Lane who
is an aspirant for the office of Se
cretary; and the democrat w*ho will
be here for the next two years Dele
gate Anthony J. Dlmond. James
Wickersham the erstwhile delegate
from Alaska is now busy packing
his effects. It is said he is plan
ning on leaving for home in about
ten days.
FUNERAL MONDAY
WASHINGTON. March 4. u*l—'
A state funeral for the late sena
tor Walsh of Montana will be held
here Monday. Rooeevelt will attend
if possible. A special session of
t^O&gress will probably be called
Jpr March 13th, It t» reported. and
very likely sometime before.
KNROVTK WASHINGTON
JUNEAU. March 4, UP)—Lvmsn
S. Brewster wrho was appointed
field superintendent of the Alaska
Reindeer Service, a week ago
£» cretary of the lulerior Ray Ly
man Wilbur, succiedint II B Mfr
ee, resigned, left here for the s'at
«m Friday aboard the steamer
Northwestern. JJe has been sum
mi red to Washington, D. L., tor
i* VKi.crence with deparl:un«i >v ads
He came north last summer to be
a special representative of the De
partment of the Interior.
GIVKS WARNING
WASHINGTON. March 4, (£>)—
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
who is to be the new speaker,
said last night that he was pass
ing the word among House mem
bers who have been elected, to
remain in Washington, because
Roosevelt will probably call a spec
ial session to meet within a few
days.
LAST , DEFENSE
CHENCHOW, March 4, (£»)—-A
badly rooted Chinese army has
been thrown back on its last d<h
febse of Jehol province, with the
capital city the only, important
city remaining in Its hands.
Such is the result' of a rapid,
awing ot the Japanese over the
greater pajt of the province, !n
little more than a week. Also, sev
eral Chinese leaders hare been
transferring allegiance to the Jap
anese, who have left only a small,
southwestern slice of Jehol in the
Chinese' hands for a defense of
Peiping^
WINS TITLE
CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 4,
OP)—Oregon State College won the
Pacific Coast Conference North
western Division, !basketibail cham
pionship, defeating the University
of Oregon 38 to 87 here last night.
The University of Washington
lost out this year, having won
the honors for the past six years'
straight.
AWAIT INAUGURATION
WASHINGTON, March 3, (/P)—
With cheers on their Ups and t
prayer of transcendant hope it Its
heart the nation *> turned toward
the capital city which has been
turned into a vast parade ground
as it perpared to welcome the
new President of the United Stat
es. The tumult has not been match
ed for many years Tens of thou
sands of people . from almost ev
ery state, follow citizens of Roose
velt have been pouring into Wash
ington all week, to see him take
his oath of. office tomorrow at
high noon. _ ,
Roosevelt decided not to parti
cipate in any purely social activi
ties, In memory of Senator Walsh,
although none of the inaugural
functions have been changed
Thbre are almost as many gov
ernors here as there are states.
The Indians are persent in their
buckskins and feathers. Not since
Wilson was inaugurated twenty
years ago has the city seen such
an inaugural.
The ceremony begins shortly be
fore noon when Roosevelt and
Hoover ride together to the capl
tdf and ends late 'in the afternoon,
after the last straggling remnant
of the long parade has passed the
presidential stand, built for tl\e
occasion in front of the Whits
House. Soon after noon in the
senate, a select company of digni- j
tartes will see Garner take his
oath of office, administered by
Curtis, and then Roosevelt will re
peat the pledge of presidential
faith, and deliver one of the short
est inaugural addresses in history,
to be" recorded from that ceremony;
Roosevelt will then ride back
along the avenue to the splendors
and trials and tribulations of. the
presidency. ,
HA INKY NKXT SPKAKKK
WASH UNO TON. March 4. (A') -
Representative Rainey of- Illinois
will be, next speaker of the House.
Representative Hyrns of Tennessee,
has been named new democratic
floor leader Nominations were made
at a party caucus and are virtually
the same as elections. Rainey re
ceived 166 of the 301 votes of the
congressmen present. McDuffie of
Alabama was second with 112
votes, Rankin of Mississippi wus
third was 20, Baakheajl of Ala
bama 1 vote. Jon on of Texas 2
votes. Rainey's nomination fol
lowed the withdrawal ,of Byrns
and McDuffie.
STEAMER BAOJVWi
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Mare* 8ft
Train leave Fairbanks ft a.».
•vary Friday, commencing Decem
ber 8ft, Ret amine arrives Fairbanks
every Monday at 4:41 pm.
Freight Sendee
Train leave* Fairbanks every
Sa^jjrday. Returning arrives Fair*
banks every Wednesday.
MAKE YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND
THE BIO PROSPERITY COSTUME
RAt.t, at THE A. B. (HALL NEXT
SATURDAY, MARCH FOURTH
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ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED Ate'
1:06 P. M. TODAY \
WASHINGTON, March 4. (A5)—\
Roosevelt in a momentous inaug-^
ural address immediately after
taking office told the nation he
would ask everyone he thought nec
essary to help meet the national
emergencies if his own government
found It could not " accomplish It
alone
The newdy Inaugurated president
said he would call the new congress
In session to carry out his planned
attack on the crisis, saying "We
must. act. and act quickly."
He did not reveal when the ses
sion would he called Among the
policies outlined was "there must
be a provision for adequate but
sound currency."
He took the oath of office at
1:06 p.m. thi» afternoon Eastern
Standard Time. Garner took his
oath in the senate at 12:01 p.m.
Roosevelt became president in »
setting vibrant with gravity of
national responsibilities. He declar
ed he was ready to submit his
program of drastic remedies to
cure the nation’s economic ills.
He was cheered by thousands of
people as Jje pronounced the Words
of his faith from the north steps
of the capitol building. He added
that if congress does not help him
carry his program to fulfillment,
that he will ask for war time power
to proceed ahead alone. He out-!
lined only in general terms, the j
program he had in mind, but nam- |
ed among the objectives new safe-1
guards for banking and legislation
against speculation.
Following his oath of office he
addressed the largest crowds in
history ever to attend an Inaugura
tion. A parade followed which was
reviewed bv the new president,
thus bringing to an end1 the great
est pageant in many years
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WASHINGTON. March i (/T; —
The new national lewder outlirmd :
his program of action along these i
lines: to put - people to work ini
part, by direci recruiting by the
government itself in recognition of
the overbalance of population in
our industrial centers, and a pro
vision for the (better "use nf l:rni
by those best fitted for land '
He advocated a definite effort
to raise the values of our agri
eultaral products, and with this
to create the power to purchase.
He was against the foreclosures
on small homes and farms and In
slated that the federal, state, and
local gover unfits set fnilwfh.'
| An efltlmntjd throng uf on* hun
dred thousand tersons s'.ow.t before
tho-**-*pltol -ind listened tc his.
mess u/*e, and ?aw the laid1 ion
ot a new president.
Roosevelt Bald the lines of at
tack are “1 shall presently urge
the nerw congress in special ses
sion of - .detailed measures tor
their fulfillment and I will seek
tlje immediate a s»fs fiance of sever
al states thru this program of
action. W shall address ourselves
to patting our own house In order,
and making the income balance
the outgo.
He said our international trad#
relations, though vastly important
in point of time and necessity,
are secondary to the establishment
of a sound national economy.” He
warned that cooperation would be
necessary to bring the ship of
state safely lnt6 port.
THURSDAY—Change Your Copy l
.\I1U* LANK MOWS
Pilot Vic Ross of the NAT- took
off for Deering and Kotzebue to
day and will return to Nome with
four passengers from, , Kotzebue.
The moving of the MOM movie
colony to the states begun yes
terday and today when pilot Jonea
of the PAA hopped off -at 9 a m
with \V S-Va-a Dyke, Edward Hearn
and Louis McAfee, express and"
mail. Jones will return tomorrow
t ■*"
aud proceed to Fairbanks with an
other load of passengers
Pilot Crosson of the PAA arriv
*d from Fairbanks at 9 a.m. and
immediately loaded up with pass- •
engers and took off on return
trip to Fairbanks with Pop Arnold
Clyde DeVinna, Ray Wise, Joe
Sauers, Roy Clark and S. Pratt. ■
Pilot Monson, „PAA, arrived -here
from Anchorage at 10:30 a.m and
immediately took off with a load*
of MOM freight for Fairbanks,
no 'passengers.
Three Pacific Alaska Airway*
’•'lanes will return to NV>pj“ tp- ,
rvw morals* from EWrbkaks
complete the removal of the MOM
movie people and equipment to
Fairbanks. It is understood that
several scenes will foe ahoj near
Fairbanks, among them being th*
filming of mjjsfc-ox.
INQUEST HELD KOTZJKBUK
Information received from Kot- '
zebue today of the, inquest on tie
child woh died from injuries while
a plane was landing at Kotzebue,
exonerates the pilot of the plane.
There were no abrasions or frac
tures -and the jury bromcht in a
verdict that the child died from
injuries received aboui the head
from causes unknown
BETTER TIMES
,, NEW YOHK, March I. (/P)—
Dhnii and Broadstrcet lu<... review
said "a steadier course of trade
.is somewhat more evident this
week. It is tq tie expected there
will be a holding hack of prepar
ed programs for expansion await
ing the settlement of the banking
disorders. Reports of betterment
are lacking in uniformity but col
lectively these overbalance the to-‘
tal <H unfavorable elements. The
fact that the new administration
is taking hold today inspires of
constructive measures to clarify
political, financial and ecoaomte
conditions, ‘ which will not be long
delayed.’’
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PRACTICE HOURS EOR
« BENEFIT GAMES
Monday, March 6th. t
Married Girts . ... A4
Single Gfrta ... .... •*» .
Bwly Birds (Bather) .... 7-«:M__
Wsrms (Barrow) . A:B0>lO
NO COSTUMES NECTRSSART
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. One to the short period of time
left before the big Prosperity Ball
at the A B Hall, the committee '
In charge changed their plana and
have removed the restriction on
dancers appearing in costume. All
persons attending may appear In
costume If they choose or they
may appear in their conventional
types of dress. They may do what
ever they choose—-no costumes or
any typo of costume.
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