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War Clouds Impending Europe Again
SOVIET ARMED FORCES TOLD BE PREPARED
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British Cabinet Calls Special Session—French Worried
GERMANY’S INTENTION
RESTORING CONSCRIPT
ARMY STIRS EUROPE
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, March 18 — As Germany plunged into the
re-armament free-for-all, with all the energy pent up during
the fifteen years she has been fettered by the military claus
es of the Versailles Treaty, reverberations of Hitler’s start
ling announcement that Germany was restoring its con
script army system, continued to agitate the capitals of
Europe.
Germany’s army instead of totaling a hundred thou
sand, as allowed by the treaty, will jump soon to a half
million. The Reichswehr ministry hummed with activ
ity as officers leaped to the task of coordinating the military
units, planning recruiting campaigns, constructing an offic
ers corps and arranging for supplies.
French official circles seeing all hope for a diplomatic
settlement of European peace problems shattered, turned
her attention to the possibilities of arranging a network of
defensive alliances to oppose Germany’s reborn military
power.
The British cabinet called a session to decide whether
Sir John Simmon should go through with his proposed visit
to Berlin to confer with Hitler, in view of the developments.
In Vienna it was announced that compulsory conscrip
tion was “coming soon,” following Germany’s lead.
MOSCOW, March 18 — Michael Kalinin, President of
the All Russia Central Executive Committee, warned the
Red Army that war may break out unexpectedly, and call
ed upon the Soviet armed forces to be prepared.
UNDATED, March 18 — Authoritative sources said
that Germany’s conscription will be modelled on the old
imperial war machine, and will begin at once. The con
scripted military service is regarded as actually in exist
ence. *
Raynor Appointed
By Gov. Troy To
Be Charge Exhibit
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, March 18—A F Raynor,
noted Alaska pioneer was appointed
by Governor Troy to have charge of
the preliminary work in connection
with the Alaska exhibit to be plac
ed at the San Diego Fair .
Raynor formerly lived in both
Juneau and Fairbanks . Governor
Troy wired Secretary of the Interior
lekes asking the government to ar
range for housing space for the ex
hibit..
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
(By The Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, March 18—Governor
Davey of Hio is facing, a possible
indictment because of a charge
made by Administrator of Relief
Hopkins, that he possessed “incon
trovertible evidence” of political
corruption in the administration of
Ohio’s relief money Davey filed a
warrant charging criminal libel
against Hopkins..
Governor Troy
Vetoes Paupers
Oath Bill No. 139
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, March 18th—Governor
Troy vetoed House Bill 139, Pau
pers Oath, which would have allow
ed persons without means,sentenced
to fine or imprisonment, to be re
leasel from serving of the fine, by
taking a pauper’s oath
Sending the bill without his sig
nature to the Secretary of Alaska,
the governor said he believed it
would not be advantageous to those
who invoke the provisions, to avoid
payment of fines .. No doubt the
courts would take into account the
prisoner’s circumstances and natural
ly make larger jail sentences, asl
most of the cost of the courts in Al
aska are paid from C Fund which is
composed of fines and forfeitures..
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Court Matters
In the District Court for the Sec
ond Division, Territory of Alaska,
at 10 am today Thos Ulegak charg
ed with larceny, pleaded not guilty
Upon motion the date for his trial
was set for 10 am Tuesday, March
26th The defendant is represent
ed by Attorney Leroy Sullivan .
Max Gottschalk charged with lar
ceny, was arraigned this morning
He is to plead tomorrow morning at
ten o’clock.. C C Tanner is repre
senting the defendant
Bob Larson, accused of larceny
was arraigned this morning and
time for pleading was set for ten
o'clock tomorrow morning Coun
sel is Attorney Sullivan
Lawrence Carson, indicted on two
counts, of adultery and fornication,
was arraigned this morning and
date for pleading was set for tomor
row morning ten o'clock
The Grand Jury returned two in
dictments this morning: T A Mac-1
alone was indicted.on a charge of
cohabitation in a state of fornica
tion Elizabeth Albert, was indict
ed on a like charge
Court recessed until 11 am today
when the Petit Jury reported
Twenty jurors answered roll call,
and one was disqualified as not
being a citizen The remaining
nineteen were examined for quali
fications
A special venire of 34 more per
sons was drawn,the names of which
appear as follows:
Fay Morrow
Mrs Hilda Berg
Mrs Chas Calkins
Mrs Rose Bronson
Mrs Art Brown
Mrs Walter Slack
Teddy Read
C L Calkins
H E Reamer
Louise Tungwenik
George Bond
Mrs Teddy Read
Richard McLean
Mrs John Bogan
Napolean Bergamaschi
Harry Longley
A S Kemp
Fred Mebes
John H Olson
Lila L McDonald
Art Peterson
Mrs Emily Hoop
George Hite
Ruby Stormfeltz
Mrs C F Jannsen
Mrs Alugedich
J W Charles
Milton Seavey
Mrs B B Mozee
Kurt Sprenger
Robert Jacobsen
David Bourdon
Oscar Lay
Mrs Cameron Newman
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Court adjourned until 10 o clock
tomorrow morning. The special
venire is returnable 10 o’clock, Mon
day, March 25th..
A oung (Couple Are
Thrown Head f irst
From Plane-Dead
(Ry The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, March 18—Snapped
head first into space when their
safety belts broke Esther Goldback
aged twenty-two, and Robert Saw
yer aged twenty-three, both resi
dents at Medical Lake, are dead to
day, after a holiday joyride
The pair plummeted fifteen hun
dred feet to a field twenty miles
southwest of here Sawyer's sister
Polly Arnold Ackerlund and two
other passengers riding in the front
cockpit narrowly escaped a similar
fate, when their belts ripped half
through as the plane suddenly iall
ed upside down, when an s:r i n
rent flipped it ovei on its bai l;,' a.
Pilot Joseph Miller brought it out
of a power dive
Review Conditions
Alaska Published
In A N. Y. Paper
The New York Times of January
20 published the following article
on Alaska by R E Baumgartner of
Juneau:
Within the last few years there ha
been considerable speculation atm ig
political scholars and statesmen .
to the likelihood of some of our out
lying territories being admitted to
the Union as states. Puerto Rico.
Hawaii and Alaska are the three
most interested subjects of this his
torical conversation:
On March 30 1807 William II Sew
ard for the United States and Edward
Stoeckl for the Czar of Russia con
cluded the negotiation which result
ed in the sale of Alaska by the Rus
sian Government to the United Stat
es for the sum of $7,200,000. Small
as that expenditure was, a great
amount of calumny ar.d misery was
heaped upon the shoulders of the
great secretary of state and other
members of Lincoln’s administration;
Alaska was branded with derisive
and malicious epithets that cling to
it even to this day.
For thirty years after the purchase
of ’67, Alaska’s population excepting
for its semi-civilized Indian tribes
and Eskimos was negligible. Then
the beginning of activity in the fish
ing industry on a commercial scale
brought it a civil form of govern
ment in 1884 In 1912 a crude form
of Territorial government was esta
blished in Alaska for the increased
but still only semi-permanent popu
lation scattered throughout the Ter
ritory after the great stampedes to
MOVE IS MADE TO
SIDE TRACK ADM
SOC SECURITY PLAN
(B\r The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 18 — A move in Congress to
cast part of the administration’s social security plan aside
until next session, brought assertions from informed sources
that such a suggestion had already been turned down by
the President.
Comment resulted from the activity of Greenway, who
obtained enough signatures to a petition to force a demo
cratic caucus on the question of lifting the old age pensions
out of the security bill and enacting them as a separate
measure.
Senate leaders today concentrated at last on beating
back new efforts to change the work relief bill. Conser
vatives ait' expected to line up behind the proposal of
Adams of Colorado to cut the bill to two billion dollars.
Leaders however expressed confidence that the bill will go
through substantially unchanged.
The Glass amendment to extend the Public Works Ad
ministration for another two years is expected to be approv
ed. Leaders expected to defeat amendments by Wheeler
and Thomas on greenback and silver inflation proposals;
the bonus, the NRA investigation; the utility holding com
pany fight. The bonus debate conies up in the house to
morrow and will probably last for three days.
VYoohvorlli Heiress
I leaded For Reno
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, March 18th-- Barbara
Hutton Mdivini, forty-two million
dollar Woulwnrth heiress, said "I'm
going straight to Reno,” as soon as
1 reach New York, following the
announcement Saturday that she
intended to divorce Prince Georgian
Mdivini
The announcement came after re
peated denials, the latest one 1 ist
Thursday, that she contemplated
such action Barbara said the di
vorce had been arranged amicably
between her and the Prince because
“We just decided we didn’t get
along "
She denied she was going to make
any cash settlement with the Prince
who, she said, had ample means of
his own She is leaving England
for New York, March 23rd
tlu; gold fields of Nome and Fair
banks
In 1912 Alaska was still essential
ly a pioneer country—a last frontier
composed primarily of adventurers,
soldiers of fortune, derelicts and
dreamers. The "good old days” of
the gold rush had passed into hist
ory Therefore, these people for the
most part looked about them, saw
that it was a good country and decid
ed to settle down and remain.
While there is yet a vast amount
of undiscovered gold in the hills and
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Moonshiner And
Murderer raptured
(Bv Thu Associated Press)
Leesburg, Virginia. March 18th—
Thus Quesenberry, bearded moun
taineer moonshiner, sought for the
killing of a policeman and wound
ing of a federal agent, was captur
ed Sunday
Although heavily armed he offer
ed no resistance Officers said that
Quesenberry admitted that he was
an escaped convict from Wisconsin,
and that he had killed three men
Early Sunday Quesenberry killed
Clarence J McClaray, policeman,
and wounded George Kirkpatrick,
federal agent
Meanwhile arrests in the govern
ment’s crime drive mounted to
2,389 persons
Moods Surge Over
Farm Lands Make
8,000 Homeless
(By The Associated Press)
MEMPHIS, March 18—Sweeping
steadily southward, the crest of the
St Francis River flood surged over
a hundred thousand acres of farm
lands and made refugees of more
than eight thousand persons..
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