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VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
NOVEMBER 13, 1931
NO. 17
Alaska Cable Radio
Stations Sale Urged
The legislative division of the
War Department has drawn up
a bill seeking authorization from
the coming session of Congress
to sell the Washington State
Alaska military cable and radio
system, according to an As
sociated Press dispatch.
The bill would authorize the
secretary of war to sell to the
highest bidder who is a citizen
of the United States all or parti
of the system, which is now op-1
crated by the Army Signal Corps j
on a commercial basis.
The system includes cable |
lines and thirty-six radio sta- (
tions connecting Seattle with1
Alaskan cities and is the maim
connecting link between Alaska
and the United States.
The radio has virtually displaced j
the system’s cable lines, and be-!
ginning October 31 the cables (
are being held in a stand-by i
condition.” They will be tested
from time to time and would be
included in the prospective sale.
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Fur Farmers
To Hold Show
Fur farmers of the Anchorage
district will hold another fur
shew during the winter. Plans
for the exposition were formu
lated at a meeting of the Kenai
and Susitna Valley Fur Breeders)
association held at the office of j
Dr. Kendrick Pierce and the ar- j
rangements for the show will be
made by a general committee
consisting of Ray Lockhead, C. F I
Peterson and F. L. Everett. The
shew will be held at Anchorage
on December 18 and 19.
The association held its first
show last winter at the Com
munity building and it will be
the aim of the organization to
bring together this winter a
larger number of fur bearers
than were exhibited last year
and to present an unusually at
tractive program of entertain
ment.—Anchorage Times.
LA GUARDIA WOULD CURB
POWERS OF SPEAKER
At a dinner tendered to Con
gressman F. H. LaGuardia, Pro
gressive Republican of New York,
by the Federation of Federal
Employees, the “fighting major’'
shewed his confidence in the
‘ability of the Progressive wing
to accomplish its purposes in the
next Congress.
“The Progressives are deter
mined that the rules shall be so
amended as to permit the House
to function as the founders of
the republic intended it should
function.
“No one will be elected Speak
ed who is not prepared to accept
that program. At present it is
possible for three men, the
Speaker, the chairman of the
rules committee and the Re
publican floor leader, to decide
what the House shall or shall
not consider.
“The Progressives will insist
on changing all that. It must be
possible for a reasonable number
of members to bring legislation
before the House at any time
and to keep it there until dispos
ed of—if a majority so wills.”
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The Petersburg Cold Storage
i<5 packing five thousand barrels
of bait herring. The herring are
of good quality and are coming
in as rapidly as the plant can
handle them.
Prepare for the Masquerade
Ball at Sales Inn, Nov. 25th.
Hoover Would
Keep Phillippines
President Hoover has declared
himself emphatically opposed to
the granting of immediate in
dependence to the Phillippine
Islands. He considers that the,
cuestion merits much further ■
study.
“Independence of the Phillip-1
pines at some time has been di-j
rectly or indirectly promised by
every President and by the Con- '
gress,” the President said in a
statement to the press.
“In accordance with the un
dertaking, the promise is one of
time.
“In the interest of the Phillip
pine people the time element in
volves the necessity that inde
pendence must be assured of
stability. For instance, the eco
nomic independence of the
Philippines must be obtained
before political independence
can be sucessful.
“Independence tomorrow with
out their economic stability will
result in the collapse of the
Phillippine revenues and collapse 1
of all economic life in the is
lands. We propose to give further
consideration to the whole ques
tion in the immediate future.
This statement was issued
after conference with Secretary
of War Hurley, who has just re- ■
turned to Washington after an ]
extended journey through the i
Philippine Islands. Mr. Hurley ,
is preparing a report to the j
White House; and presumably
gave an oral summary of what (
that report will be at his confer- i
ence with the President. h
President Manuel Quezon ot ■
the Philippine Senate, has re- ;
cently gone back to the islands';
after 14 months spent in the ,
United States. While here, he
suggested two ways of meeting
the Filipino demand for inde -11
pendence while avoiding most of I
the trade difficulties that are :
raised as arguments against that
course. There are:
1. Immediate independence for 1
the Philippines with free trade
with the United States for 10
years, but sharp limitation on
the amount of exports that the
islands can send to this country.
2. Broader s e 1 f-governmeivc j:
under American control for 10 j
years, and a plebiscite on inde-j
pendence at the end of that time.;
A strong group in Congress,;
including members of both
Houses, is in favor of cutting,
loose from the islands. Some!
have declared that in the forth- j
coming session of Congress theyi
will introduce or back a plan for!
immediate independence. The
beet growers want relief from
the competition of Philippine
sugar. Other agricultural sec
tions would bar copra and co
coanut oil from the islands. The
western states would bar Filipino
immigration. Other interests in
opposition see possibilites in the
development of certain Philip -
pine industries for which they
wish Uncle Sam’s protection.
The president expects to trans
mit his views on the question to
Congress and the prospect of a
thorough debate seems excellent
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FCSHAY FACING
ANOTHER TRIAL
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Wilbur B. Foshay and six as
sociates who are charged with
using the United States mails to
defraud, in connection with the
financing of certain of the num
erous Foshay enterprises, now
defunct, will go on trial again
January 11.
A former trial ended in a
deadlocked jury.
To-days News Reel
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Severe fighting, in which
Chinese troops forced the re
tirement of Japanese field forces
advancing north from the Non
ni River area, was reported in a
dispatch Wednesday, in the
London Daily Herald. The Har
bin correspondent of the Herald
also stated that two thousand
Chinese Irregulars, attacking
Japanese troops guarding the
South Manchurian Railway sta
tion at Changchun, were repuls
ed with heavy losses. General
Mah Chan Shan, Chinese com
mander of the Heilung Kiang
provincial troops defending An
ganchi and Tsitsihar in the
North, in the Russian zone of
influence, has temporary re
pulsed the Japanese assault, the
dispatched stated. American
troops were to join British and
French in defending Tientsin
foreign concessions from rioters
last night, according to word
received by the U. S. Legation
n Peiping.
After a night spent dodging
mullets, all Americans at the
Vlethodist Mission hospital and
school in Tientsin have been re
vested to seek places of safety
rise where.
Shipments of arms and am
nunitions by the Russians to aid
;eleagured China is reported by
he Japanese war office. A great
?ffensive on the part of Japan
n Manchuria is expected to start
mmediately. Influential chiefs
,f far away Mongolia in the in
crior of Asia admit offers of
bribes on the part of Japan to
start a “back door” offensive a
?ainst China, with promises of
■upport and future favor from
rapan.
President Hoover in an Armis
:ice Day address attributed the
msiness depression largely to a
oss of confidence, declaring
;hat the problem of statesman
hip in every country is to re
establish faith. “Not alone of
each nation in its own institu
ions, but among nations.” “The
eackwash of forces loosened by
he great war has grown,” the
President said, “until during the
past two years stability of many
nations has been greatly shaken.
This, with the fears and dis
paragement for the future,
weakened confidence through
nut the whole financial and
economic world. That loss of
confidence added enormously to
unemployment, to the distress of
agriculture and business every
where. From it all we have been
passing through an emergency
second only to the great war.”
The President warned nations
that peace is not to be had “by
resolution and injunction alone-’
and said that “We must not as
sume that peace for which these
men died has become assured to
the world.”
The national defense policies
of the Hoover administration
were challenged by H. L. Stevens,
junior commander of the Ameri
can Legion, in an Armistice Day
address. The commander charg
ed that strength of both the
army and navy are now below
the minimum consistent with
national safety and said if the
administration’s naval policy is
carried into effect the American
Navy will be reduced to the
danger point. In New York, Rear
Admiral B. A. Fiske, retired, at
tacked the “Pacifistic conduct of
our government,” defended the
Navy League in its controversy
with President Hoover.
S. Burgess, a full-blooded In
dian woman of the C. cek Nation
in Oklahoma, filed lit to reccv-;
er a hundred thousand dollars i
from the American Baptist Home!
Mission Society which she ac
cuses of taking over property
owned by her with the conniv
i
ance of government authorities,:
including A. B. Fall, secretary of j
the interior in President Hard
ing’s cabinet.
Southern and Southwestern
states are in the grip of another
severe drought which is killing
winter grains, drying up streams
and feeding forest fires.
The administrations first move
of consequence looking to a re
duction of combatant and au
xiliary units of the United States
Navy in the interest of its eco
nomy program was revealed in
orders for the decommissioning
cf one cruiser, one aircraft ten
der, six destroyers and nine
submarines.
The Naval budget presented i
this week by President Hoover
for the consideration of Congress
when it convenes in December
recommended slashes totaling
$343,000,000 affecting Asiatic and
Caribbean fleets.
The Mac Donald National
Government won a majority
vote of 369 in the house of com
mons on a first test of the new
parliament.
Richard E. Byrd, conqueror of
the North and South Poles, has
instructed his agents to find a
suitable ship for his next Ant
arctic expedition.
The mine sweeper Swan re
ports the picking up of eleven
castaways from the steamer
Baden Baden sunk in a tropical
storm in the Caribbean Sea.
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The police department of the
City of Seattle is considering a
detail of plain clothes traffic of
ficers in a determined effort to
reduce the high mortality in
traffic accidents.
BOXER ON LAST TRIP
The power schooner Boxer has
been dispatched from Dutch
Harbor on an errand of mercy
to the Nushagak River district
cf Bristol Bay with hospital
supplies and coal, according to
reports from the Seattle office
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
An epidemic of scarlet fever and
diphtheria among the natives
has exhausted the hospital sup
plies at Kanakanak where the
government maintains a hospital
and industrial school. This is the
last voyage of the Boxer to the
j Bering Sea and the Arctic. She
will be replaced early next year
by the new vessel now under
construction at Ballard.
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CANADA TO BORROW
$100,000,000 UNEMPLOY
MENT RELIEF
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To cover the cost of the gov
ernment's unemployment relief
program, a domestic loan of
$100,000,000 will likely be floated
in November if market condi
tions are favorable, according to
the forecast of bankers.
Premier Bennet is reported tc
have confidence in the ability oi
the people of Canada to finance
all government undertakings
There is $1,400,000,000 in Cana
dian savings banks bearing in
\erest below the rate the gov
ernment expects to pay for th;
proposed bond issue.
Annual Conference
Bureau of Fisheries
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A conference for the purpose
of reviewing the records of the
season just closed, to discuss
existing conditions and to devise
new restrictions and regulations
for the coming year, will be held
I a* Seattle by the Alaska unit of
Ihe U. S. Bureau of Fisheries,
’•eginning November 16. The ses
sions will probably extend over
several days.
Capt. M. J. O’Connor, Assistant
.Agent, and Harry A Pryde, War
den, of Juneau, also N. O. Hardy,
Assistant Agent, Cordova, passed
through Petersburg this week
aboard the Str. Alaska enroute
for the conference. Captain O’
Conner plans to spend several
weeks of his annual vacation in
Southern California and will re
turn to his headquarters in Ju
neau about February.
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SALMON PACKERS ASK MORE
STORAGE SPACE
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The Seattle Port Commission
has under consideration a re
quest made by Salmon Termin
als, Inc. an organization of salm
on packers, for increased storage
space at Smith Cove. A. J. Bacon,
manager of the terminals expect/;
a carry-over next year 400,000
cases greater than this yean
The Smith Cove terminals now
have 1,300.000 cases in storage
Receipts at the terminals this
year are 2,012,000 cases of salm
on.
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RORAII DOES NOT
CHOOSE TO RUN
An offer to underwrite a cam
paign by Senator William E.
Bcrah of Idaho to head off the
renominaticn of President Hoov
er has been made to the senator
by a group of men whose identi
ty is not revealed. The same
source said the Idaho man ha?
rejected the offer, which would
involve a campaign to raise
money to enter the various
presidential primary contests
preceding the Republican nomi
nating convention next June.
Seme of Borah’s close associates
do not believe that this action
has totally eliminated him as a
presidential possibility.
LYNX FARM IS LATEST
FUR VENTURE
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According to the Whitehorse
Star, George Simmons, a fur
farmer of Carcross is promoting
a new wrinkle in fur farming,
the first of its kind in existence.
Despite the fact that he has
550 minks to care for and feed.
George has in a wooden corral
close to his home ten live lynxes
whih he trapped and brought in
to captivity. The lynxes are kept
in individual cages inside the
corral and seem to like the do
mestic life. Their owner* says
they are so tame now that he
can feed them as he would a pet
dog.
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FRANCE WILL BUY WHEAT
As a direct result of the visit
cf Premier of France to the
United States a considerable sti
mulus is to be given to the sales
of American wheat. Through the
arranging of terms for export
i credit France has shown a desire
[to purchase huge quantities of
[wheat to replace her own short
la ge caused by crop failures. It is
stated that France is in the mar
ket for 50,000,000 bushels.
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G. V. Goss, business manage!
■ cf the Juneau Empire was z
j Petersburg visitor while th?
Northland was in port.
Old Timer Crossei
Great Divide
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j By ones and by twos or bj
cores the great Reaper of hu
man sheaves claims his own. In
nat last hour that is allotted to
nan, earthly ambitions go for
aught. Into a Petersburg home
ast Monday morning came the
{•revocable summons and Frank
fudson was called to his perma
jnent niche in the eternal pat
tern. For three years his health
lad been failing. His persever
oce and determination have
,ron the admiration of all.
The deceased was 62 years of
ge and had been a resident of
Maska 40 years, the last nine
’ears of which had been spent
a Petersburg. He is survived by
wife, Mrs. Ruby E. Hudson,
'Iso one brother, Charley, of
York, Nebraska. He was a mem
ber of B. P. O. E. Lodge 420 of
Tuneau, and of the Eleven O
-dcck Club of the same order.
T'he remains were laid to rest in
Petersburg cemetery Wednesday
1 fternoon.
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CHINA IN MARKET FOR
BILLIONS IN PRODUCTS
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According to reports from
hanghai, China will be in the
market for billions of dollars’
verth of the products of other
~ountries to carry out a 10-year
ndustrialization program if
Tapan keeps hands off and civil
warfare gives way to peace.
It is estimated that $11,000,
000,000 will be spent for machin
ry construction alone. The plan
embraces the development cf
‘^rbo's, canals, railways and
oads, the opening of a vast un
evelcped area of northwest
China and the setting up of in
dustries and agricultural pro
ects throughout the republic.
The development project,
would cover a wide range of in
dustrial activities designed t0
oroduce iron, steel, brick, cement
'ocomotives, ships, coal, tar.
hemicals and electricity.
The United States Trade Com
missioner at Shanghai reports
hat the Chinese 10-year plan
calls for the use of government
and private credit instead of
government ownership as in the
case of Russian in its five-year
plan. -
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JAMES RUSSEL OF JUNEAU
PASSES OVER
Word was received this week
of the death at Chichagoff of
James Russel, long time resident
cf Juneau. Funeral rites were
conducted at the Charles Carter
mortuary in Juneau by the Rev.
Erling K. Olafson, pastor of the
Resurrection Lutheran Church.
Mr. Russel was something of a
landmark in the capital city and
had a host of acquaintances who
will miss him.
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TIIE DEPRESSION IS OVER
Shortly after the stock market
collapse of 1929, when Henry
Ford attended President Hoov
er’s conference of business lead
ers at the White House, the Ford
Motor Company announced a
minimum wage of $7 per day,
j advancing from a $6 minimum
I in effect theretofore. The in
crease was referred to as a “de
pression dollar” and the $7 rate
was called an “emergency
rate.” Last week the company
announced its return to the $6
minimum. According to laborers,
the change has been in progress
jfor some time by a rather in
genious method. Laborers draw
ing $7 would be discharged anc
then re-hired in each other’;
! places, each man coming bad
to a “new job” at the $6 rate.
Fishermen Urge New
Pact With Dominion
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Puget Sound and Grays Har
bor fishermen, at a meeting to
be held in Eagles’ Hall in Seattle
Saturday, November 14, will urge
a new treaty with Canada to
protect, their vessels from sei
zure when they are forced to go
within the Canadian three-mile
limit.
The fishermen will give solid
support to the Trolling Vessel
Owners’ Association in its efforts
to protect American fishing ves
sels driven into Canadian waters
by storm. Wood Freeman of Se
attle is president of the Trolling
Vessel Owners’ Association.
It has been suggested that the
United States withdraw the 2
cents a pound duty on salmon if
Canada is willing to open her
ports for American vessels dur
ing heavy weather and end the
long stife between fishermen of
the two countries.
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Red Cross Call
Now Started
The Amerian Red Cross will
hold its annual roll call this
year between Armistice Day,
November 11, and Thanksgiving
Day, November 26. The period,
which is a yearly campaign for
members, coincides with the time
alloted chapters in other parts
of the nation for membership
solicitation. B. M. Behrends of
Juneau, chairman of the terri
torial organization, has appoint
ed B. D. Steward, Territorial
Mine Inspector, to take charge
of the drive. Sub-chairman have
been appointed for Juneau,
Thane, Douglas, Haines, Skag
way, Petersburg, Sitka, Tenakee,
Kake, Hooonah, Angoon, Killis
noo, Yakutat and Chichagoff
Membership fees are $1 per year
or $100 for life. Many persons
take advantage of the annual
roll call period to donate larger
sums to the work of the Red
Cross organization.
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An excellent program was
rendered at the meeting of the
P. T. A. at the highschool audi
torium, Thursday evening. Dr.
Rude addressed the gathering on
“Co-operation for Health,” fol
lowed by Principle Beck on
“School and Health.” Tenderfoot
Scouts took the Scout Oath and
were issued badges by Scout
Master Winsor. It was voted to
take $100 from the P. T. A. fund
for school library books. The
Child Welfare Committee made
its report and two more members
Mrs. Colp and Mrs. Molver, were
added to the committee.
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STEEL INDUSTRY
LOOKING UP
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James A. Farrell, president oi
the United States Steel Corpora
tion, told the LaFollette commit
tee studying the need of a na -
tional economic council that
conditions in the steel industry,
bell-wether of business, are
showing definite signs of im
provement. Mr. Farrell stated
that his company had opened
one plant which had been idle
for a long time and in another
week production would start at
Braddock, Pennsylvania, giving
work to 4,000 men.
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U. S. Marshal and Mrs. Albert
White returned on the Admiral
1 Evans this week after delivering
5 a number of youthful prisoners
:|to the industrial school at St.
Anthony, Idaho.