The Klazlcan
VOLUME NO. VI.
Petersburg, Alaska, February 26,1932
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NO. 32
University Tour
ComingtoAlaska
Ernest Walker Sawyer, repre
senting the Interior Department,
lias about completed arrange
ments with the University Travel
Association, for the Floating
University Around the World
Cruise to include Alaska in therr
next tour. The sailing of nearly
[•00 graduates and under gradu
ates, accompanied by many Pro
fessors, will be from New Yor.r
in Dec. 1932. The following June!
the Party will reach Dutch Har-j
bor from Japan, and then go on
to Seward, to take a short trip
ever the railroad to Anchorage,;
and returning depart for Cor-j
dova, Sitka, Juneau, Wrangell,
Ketchikan and Seattle. Mr. Saw-!
ver has also just received word
fiom the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce that their'
Trade Excursion to Alaska this'
summer would be limited to 120
persons, and it is expected that
practically every local firm in-1
terested in the development of
trade relations between San
Francisco and Alaska will be re
presented. The party will depart
on July 28 and return to the
California city on August 20.
Leaving Seattle the party will
tiavel on a steamer of the Alaska
Steamship Company to Ketclii-|
kan, Wrangell, Juneau, Cordova
\ aldez and Seward. At the latter
city they will board the Alaska
Railroad for an eight-day trip1
through the Interior, with stops
at Anchorage, Curry, Mt. McKin-j
ley National Park and Fairbanks j
From there they will proceed by
automobile over the Richardson
Highway to Chitina, with a side
trip over the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway to the1
Kennecott Copper Mines and re-]
turn by rail to Cordova, where
the steamer will again be board
ed for the outside.
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Seattle Auto Show
The Seattle Automobile Show
is to use movies to illustrate the
rapil development in automobile (
construction. The show is on the
29th.
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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Ripley, famous “Believe it or
not” artist, is being sued for
S500.000 in a breach of promise
suit. j
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“COURAGE” TRIUMPHS
WITH BELLE BENNETT
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Crowds will enjoy the picture
“Courage,” Warner Bros, latest
Vitaphone production, which
will be at the Coliseum Theatre,
Sunday and Monday. The great
cast includes Belle Bennett,
Marian Nixon, Rex Bell, Richard
Tucker, Leon Janney, Carter de
Haven, Jr., Blanche Frederici,
Dorothy Ward, Charlottee Henry,
Don Marion and Byron Sage.
Archie Mayo directed.
“Courage is an adaption cf
Tom Barry’s stage hit, of the
same name. It is uproariously
human and details the adven
tures of a Sioux City mother,
who brings her seven children
East that they may get the cul
ture she had missed. Many ob
stacles are in the way, among
them being a rich aunt who tries
to get the children to leave their
mother. Debts pile up, a stranger
makes a questionable loan, then'
comes the big surprise that sets
everybody in new relations to
everybody else and brings about
the victory of mother. Be sure
to see “Courage.”
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Chet Johnson stopped on the
Northland while that vessel was
in port in Wrangell. J
Sampson Withdraws
From Primary j
E. L. Sampson, Ketchikan j
business man withdrew his
name from the Democratic race|
for nomination to the House.:
Mr. Sampson was a candidate ■
for the House in the 1930 elec-;
lion, losing out. It is said that
Mr. Sampson withdrew at the j
request of Mr. Eldon Daly, man- !
ager of the Ketchikan Mill and '
Fower Company. Mr. Sampson j
is an employee of Mr. Daly’s and'
it was without Mr. Daly’s know- j
ledge that he filed for the legis- j
lature. It is reported that Mr.
Daly felt that because of his
own activity before the last le
gislature that he believed it
would be a reflection upon him
self if Mr. Sampson remained
in the race.
There are still eight candi
dates in the race: Joe Green,
Hyder, Frank Peratrovich, Kla
wock, J. W. Kehoe, Ketchikan,1
F. Joe Baranovich, Ketchikan,'
Claude Helgesen, Thomas B.!
Judson, Fred Sorri, Albert Wile,1
Juneau—representing two fac-!
tions in the Democratic line-up
created by the attempt of the
bosses of Juneau to incorporate
a plank to repeal the primary
law.
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Famine Faced By
Hungry Folk
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Disaster as complete as from
a major flood, fire or earthquake
confronts Chicago.
That is no exaggeration. Far
seeing officials declare chaos is
inevitable unless the city can
raise money.
Starvation threatens more
than 500,000 men, women and
children. Charity has been feed
ing them. Now relief funds are
dwindling and no more are in
prospect.
More than 625,000 jobless
walk the streets.
Some 30,000 Chicagoans, in
cluding school teachers, police
men, firemen and other city
and county employes, either are
working without pay or their
paychecks are long overdue.
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Seattle Redeems Bonds
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Seattle Railway Warrants are
being redeemed at the rate of j
$12,000 per day to $75,000 from
daily city revenues. Unredeemed
warrants and expenses total
$537,322.
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WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS
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“Women of All Nations” head
ed by a notable cast including
Victor McLaglen, Edmond Lowe,
El Brendel and Greta Nissen is
being shown at the Coliseum
Theatre, tonight and tomorrow
night.
This picture is the best comedy
ever shown here without excep
tion. Do not fail to see it.
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Heads Cornation Co.
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E. S. Stuart was elected presi
dent of the Carnation Milk Com
pany. The company produces
one million cans of milk daily.
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H. L. Sullivan, U. S. Marshal
in a Westward division, and Mrs. J
Sullivan were southbound pas
sengers on the steamer North
western.
William and Ben and Mrs.
Ben Bailey returned from Ju
neau where they attended the
funeral of their father, Garfield
Bailey who died recently in the
Juneau Federal Hospital.
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“Politics is the only game
I where there is no honor among
I thieves.*’—Edgar Wallace. *
Protest Small
Vessel Regulation
Representative LaGuardia of
New York, recently introduced
in Congress a bill to control and
regulate all vessels of above 15
tons by subjecting them to the
U. S. Steamboat laws. This
would place, all such vessels
under laws of inspection and op
eration, requiring duly licensed
officers to be in charge. The ob
jection is made that this will
entail hardship on fishing ves
sels and private yachts which
are becoming a large part of the
transient population in Alaska.
Delegate Wickersham has de
clared himself in opposition to
the measure.
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House Favors 2.75
Beer, Manufacture
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Executive Committees of the
House Republican and Demo
cratic anti-prohibition blocs
last week approved a bill to
legalize the manufacture of
beer containing 2.75 per cent
alcohol by weight. The two
groups agreed the proposed new
beverage should be taxed three
cents a bottle.
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WHIZ BANG DIVORCE
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W. H. “Whiz Bang Bill” Fau
cett, editor of “Whiz Bang” has
fried suit in the Brainerd, Minn.,
courts. He charges infidelity in
his suit.
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Death Wave Sweeps
Kuskokwim District
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The reports of the tidal wave
which struck the Kuskokwim
district to date are meagre and
the number of deaths caused is
undetermined. It is believed
that more than 2,500 Eskimos
have been rendered homeless
with the number of drownings
unknown.
C. M. Garber, Supt. of the Di
visional work of the Bureau re
ported that great tides struck
during the night and that
though trapped in their igloas,
many of the. Eskimos escaped
through the top of the shelters.
It is reported that seven villages
were wiped out and many lives
lost. The tidal-waves moving
sv/iftly, struck that area on the
r ight of the 18th.
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Men Were Drowned
Holger Johnson and Jeremaih
Johnson, missing with the gas
boat Frances E. since December,
are thought to have drowned.
Recent discovery of the wreck
age of a gasboat indicates it to
be the wreck of the Frances E.
The men hail from South Bend.
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Mail from the steamer Yukon
was dropped on a gasboat and
brought in to town. The big
steamer proceeded on her way.
Some of the pioneers remember
when the steamers Dolphimand
Jefferson of the same line could
not stop in port because they
were TOO big for the port. And
they were not half the size of
the Yukon.
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Ford Gets 2,000 Car
Contract for P. 0.
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Postmaster General Brown
has awarded the Ford Motor
Company contract to deliver the
department 2,000 cars. The bids
call for 500, ton and quarter
chasis at $215 each and 1500
two-ton chasis at $350 with
[bodies at $114 and $149 respec
I tively.
Dirigible Akron j
Reported Safe|
House Naval Committee after
investigation reported the diri
gible Akron as safe, following re
cent accident when the ship was
being taken from its hangar.
Representative Delaney of Now
York read a prepared statement
covering the allident last Mon
day. The damages incurred will
soon be fixed but she will not be.
able to make the early March
scheduled trips as planned. Re
presentative McClintic feared
that the damages were irrepar
able but Commander Weyer
bacher could find no construc
tion or material damaged. -
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Chinese Make Strong
Resistance at Hongkew
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The Chinese Headquarters re
ports strong resistance in Kiang
wan with their troops and the
Japanese failing to gain any
I ground in that battle shifted to
Hongkew Park where the Chi
nese shelled the Japanese base.
Shells were reported as falling
in the northern boundary of the
International Settlement. A shell
struck an Italian battleship
Monday with no casualties. In
the Hongkew Park battle, the
Cmriese withstood a crushing
bombardment with casualties
estimated not less than 2,000.
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Judge Phillips Gives
Decision in Suit
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Judge James Phillips of the
Washington Circuit Court, Grays
Harbor County, gave Mrs. Bend
er $1500 as her husband’s worth
I in an alienation of affection suit.
In his decision, Judge Phillips
said: “These infatuations, re
sult from the way that the peo
ple are living, which is not con
ducive to the best interests.”
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OPEN BIDS'
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Bids for the annual require
ments of the Indian Bureau
schools and hospitals for the
1 Alaska Division of the Bureau
v/ere opened last week in Seat
j tie. The supplies to be furnished
will be used for the fiscal year
1932-33 and will be shipped
1 north on the North Star.
Cordoza Now Judge
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Benjamin Cardoza, Chief Jus
i tice of the New York Supreme
Court, was appointed to fill the
vacancy in the U. S. Supreme
Court made by resignation of
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Objections were filed protesting
his confirmation but they were
of no weight whatsoever, Car-j
doza being confirmed in a few
i minutes.
The new Justice has a reput
tation of being a liberal and a
lawyer of great ability.
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A Nice Folder
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The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has published a folder
| showing the routes its steamers
j travel through Alaska, including
I the Richardson Highway, the
White Horse, and Alaska Rail
ways—contacting transportation
routes. It is a very beautifully
gotten up folder giving brief
histories and industries of the
several towns on the route. Well
gotten up, good advertising for
the territory—good advertising
for the company—all benefit
thereby.
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H. B. Crewson, representative
of Schilling Company arrived in
Petersburg during the week.
Signal Corp Issue ,
New Service
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Due to the insistant demands'
of broadcasting listeners, tne
following schedule has been ar
ranged for the local wireless
station, effective with the open-,
mg of business on Tuesday,1
March first: Office opens from'
six a.m., to five p.m. daily and
from nine to ten a.m., and from!
four to five pm., Sundays and
holidays. j
This policy is an experiment
at the present time, but if it
proves successful, it may be a
dopted permanently as a means
of eliminating the interference
caused radio reception in Seat
tle and the Territory.
Further information may be
secured from Mr. Griswold, in
charge of the local Signal Corps
Office.
The Territorial Chamber, in
cluding the local Commercial!
Club has been working to ob-j
viate the interference caused,!
necessarily, by the transmission
of messages by wireless. The ac
tion of the Signal Corps is in
response to the urge that this
interference be eliminated as
much as possible.
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Northwestern Fisheries
Not to Operate, 1932
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The Northwestern Fisheries!
Company, operating seven can-!
r.eiies in Southeastern Alaska
will not operate any of its plants
this y*ear. Shakan, Santa Ana,
Roe Point, Kasaan, Hunters
Bay, Dundas Bay and Quadra
are their points of operation.
In 1931 the company operated
Dundas Bay and Quadra, put
ting up a total of 131,000 cases.
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Alaska Mines in Pay
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The famous old gold mine at
Chichagof is reported as coming
into big pay within the next
sixty days. It has been rumored,
for the past several mouths that
they had made discoveries which
augered well for the company In
its operations and now general
manager J. L. Freeburn is quoted
as being optimistic about the
immediate future of the com-!
pany. Milling of the ore is going
right along in ore that carries
well in gold.
ALASKA JUNEAL
Reports along the line are
that the Alaska-Junoau Gold
Mining Company of Juneau has
struck gold bearing ore in the
lower levels that run as "-ays a
lound $28 a ton and that the ore
is generally running at $2 per
ton with profit from consider
ably less than that in the past. i
The management in Juneau is
very reticent about the affairs
of the company it is stated and
the rumors as to the increased
value in the running ore is said
to have come from the head of
fices in San Francisco.
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AMERICAN INSTRUCTOR
KILLED
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Robert Shore, Tacoma U. S.
Reservist flyer, instructing Chi
nese, was shot down while bat
tling six Japanese planes just a
day after his mother received a
letter telling her not to worry... I
JAPS ON OFFENSIVE I
Yesterday the Japanese open
ed a terrific barrage of shells on i
the Chinese driving them off but I
lost virtually all ground when
the Chinese countered. i
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Mr. Kubley, moving picture
man of Juneau and Ketchikan
and Republican candidate for
the legislature passed thru Pe
tersburg* enroute to Ketchikan
from Juneau.
Three Towns
Favor Herring Bill
The bill in congress introduc
ed by Delegate Wickersham to
stop wanton waste and destruc
tion of salmon and “other food
fish” met with considerable op •
position from the Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce. Senator Allen
Shattuck, Democrat, the party
which in its platform decries
the “Wanton waste and destruc
tion of food fish” in Alaska, took
initiative in wiring in protest of
the Juneau Chamber.
Petersburg, Wrangell and Ket
chikan Chambers of Commerce
took the matter up both in re
gular session and in executive
session and all wired in their
support of the measure to Dele
gate Wickersham. All the out
standing fishing towns and vil
lages also support the measure
as against the opposition of
Commissioner Henry O’Malley
and the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce.
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Retirement Plan for
Men on Railroad
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The Delegate expects to intro
duce a bill in Congress to extend
<he provisions of the retirement
act t>f May 22, 1920, as amended,,
to employees of the Alaska Rail-;
load, who are citizens of the
United States, and whose em
ployment has not been inter
mittent nor of uncertain dura
tion. The bill would provide that
ail laborers, mechanics and
trainmen would be eligible at 05
and others at 70 years of age,
provided they had rendered 15
jears of service. The age division
cf -149 employees on roll on Nov
30, 1931, and also 42 train and
cnpmemen on leave, would be as
fellows: Under 20 years of age
3; 20 to 29 years of age, 44; 30
to 39, 100; 40 to 49, 180; 50 to 59,
115; 60 to 69, 43; 70 to 79,; 5
80 to 89, 1.
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GARNER NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
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Leaders of the pro-Garner
forces has asked Judge Howard
to withdraw Garner peoxy can
didate in the Georgia primary.
They flatly deny that the Speak
er was a candidate. The Georgia
vote is considered pocketer by
Possevelt.
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COMMITTEE CURTAILS
EXPENDITURES
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The House of Representatives
created a special committee to j
recommend cutting, combining j
and curtailing federal agencies'
is the answer that the Demo
cratic House has given to Presi
dent Hoover who asked for a
free hand to reorganize the de
partments and Bureaus in his
program to economize.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bradley
of Wrangell arrived in port yes
terday enroute to Kake for a two
week visit. Bradley plans to buy
troll-caught salmon in the
Wrangell district this spring.
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The Commercial Club is in re-!
ceipt of a letter from the Juneau
Club asking for information re
lative to the bill for the protec
tion of the herring fisheries, and
the reasons for supporting the
bill.
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A report givin" the Custom’s
summary of the trade conditions
in Alaska was read at the Com
mercial Club meeting Wednes
day night.
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Mrs. Andrew Johnson returned
cn the Northland from thej
states.
Seattle Man
Opposes Welch Bill
A bill to require annual can
nery location reports was op
posed before the House Mer
chant Marine Committee by A.
R Bradford of Seattle. The
measure, by Representative
Welch, Republican, California,
would provide no Alaska can
nery could operate unless it had
filed with the secretary of com
merce not later than December
1 of the preceding year a state
ment of the proposed location of
operations. No cannery would be
allowed to operate in more than
one location in any calendar
years.
Mr. Bradford interpreted the
till as a move in favor of shore
companies to put floating can
neries out of business. He said
the fishermen of his company,
exclusively Alaskan residents,
had been discriminated against
by shore companies who import
ed union fishermen from San
Francisco.
He read letters from Alaska
fishermen, pleading with him to
continue his cannery as the only
one that had given them
chance to earn a decent liveli
hood.
Representative Free, Repub
lican, California, defended the
'shore canneries as having br n
fair to native fishermen. He said
he based his assertion on a tw< -
month personal investigation ot
t)ie situation.
Mr. Bradford also complained
only big companies canning red.
salmon would know their plans
far enough in advance to report
December 1.
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I Flyers Reported Lost
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j William Graham. Alaska flier
and Mrs. Edna E. Christo fcrson
of Portland, co-pilot, are report -
td missing having passed Atlin,
B. C. and not reported since. The
pilots were on their way to the
Bering Sea to salvage part ot a
rich cargo reported as being on
the Baychimo, trading vessel
owned by the Hudson Bay Com
pany.
Mrs. Christoferson is the wi
dow of Cy Christoferson, Port
land aviator who achieved fame
first by flying a bundle of
sticks with a machine as pro
pelling power, from the roc of
the Multanomah Hotel, about
1912.
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Dore in Lead
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Dore, candidate for mayor of
Seattle received 45.000 vo'os
while Roden Harlin received 22.
000 with 17,000 for Edwards
former mayor. Dore and Harlin
will have a run-off March 8tn,
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Last week at the Tillicun
Club, meeting, Miss Lillian
1 Swanson took first prize a t
bridge—following being success
ful winner of the consolation
prize a half dozen times hand
running. The cards just stacked
up wrong.
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Gold Rash to B. C.
Rich placer claims have been
found at McConnel Creek, near
Vancouver B. C., starting a gold
rush with planes being used by
those in a hurry to get there.
The gold is reported as being
similar in size of rice and beans
and in rich quantity.
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The Firemen’s Dance on the
20th was a fine acair from be
ginning to end—big and happy
crowd, fine music, everybody in
a fine fettle. O. foolin’!
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Andrew Wikan returned to
Petersburg after spending some
time in Ketchikan.