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Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-12
BOMBS BE DROPPED
 FROM A|RPLANE ON
 MAD HERM|T's CABIN

AKLAVIK, N.WT., Feb. 12 t41- Racing through the twilight of the Arctic's six months winter night number of Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen are enroute to help several of their comrades dis lodge a mad hermit trapper from his isolated Rat River cabin.
 The trapper, named Johnson, has been besieged by the MountieS at his cabin since early in January and so far he seems to have Staved off every effort on their part to capture him. The trapper is well supplied with ammunition and ri fles and pistols.
 When recent bomb explosions broke in the door of his cabin, he found safety in a tunnel under heath the cabin but as soon as the bombing was over he returned to his loopholes and drove the police men away
 It was the in tention of the Mounties to besiege the mad trap per until he is taken and Captain May, a flying mounted policeman, is enroute to Rat River in Bel lanca plane and it is his intention to drop a few bombs on the her mit's cabin. Captain May was held up Friday because of bad weather
 To drop the bombs from over head appears to be the only way that the Mounted policemen can demolish the cabin as they are kept too far away by rifle fire from the cabin to throw the bombs. When the cabin is in ruins tear gas bombs will probably be used.
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COURT CANCELS O|L LEASES BECAUSE THEY
 TAINTED WITH FRAUD

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l2. (P)- In a decision reversing the Federal District Court at Los Angeles, the United States Circuit Court of Ap- oeals ordered cancellation if the three Pan American Petroleum CO. leases in the Kern County naval re- serve.
 The leases are valued at $12,OOO,- DOO. The court held that the leases were tainted with the same fraud that permeated other deals between the Doheny oil interests and for mer Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall
 The Pan American company's contention that their leases were honestly obtained and beneficial to the government was swept aside in vigorous language.
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]. S. FORCES SHANGHAI
 N0N TOTALS 2.600 MEN

SHANGHAI, Feb. 12. .- The 31st Infantry, 1000 strong, the first American expeditionary force to China since the Boxer Rebellion, has taken its place in the Inter national Settlement to protect American lives and property
 The United States soldiers ar rived in Shanghai from Manila aboard the transport Chaumont.
 With the 31st Infantry in Shang- hai the United States forces there totals 2,6OO men Tn addition, the American warships concentrated in the Whangpoo River off Shanghai, can land several hundred blue jackets.
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DEbUTANTE'S BROTHER
 ACQUITTED OF MURDER

JAMESTOWN, Pa, Feb. 12. LP)- Rose Allen, 19-year-old debutante, who defied her family in love af- fair that led to the fatal shooting of her socially prominent sweet heart, has returned to her father and brother, though circumstances made it necessary that she testify against her brother, Edward H. P. Allen, who was acquitted of mur- dering Francis A. Donaldson III,
 The attractive young society girl displayed her true state of mind when the jury's verdict was read. She collapsed, and Eddie, his nerves shattered by the suspense of wait ing for the verdict, picked her up and carried her out of the room.
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NORWAY MADE 4 GREAT SHOWING sK| EVENTS:
 ]. 5. HOLDS HER LEAD

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Feb. 12 (P) Paced by the defending cham pion, Johann Grottussbraaten, Nor way captured the first four places in the combined 18 kilometer ski run jump Thursday. Back of the champion were three of his com patriots, Ole Stenen, Hans Vim jarengen and Sverre Kolterud, iii the order named.
 Sven ErickSsen, of Sweden, was fifth in the ski events and Antonin Barton of CzechoSlavakia placed sixth. The United States failed to take a place in the ski events.
 Rain and Palm Beach thermo- meters washed out all other events of the Winter Olynpics Thursday.
 Despite the excellent showing made by Norway, the United States still maintains her lead in the events. The United States now has 51 points, Norway is second with 49, Canada is in third place; Swe den, fourth, Austria, fifth, and Fin land, sixth
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NORTHWEST PRODUCERS PAY s10,000,000 IN
 DIVIDENDS PAST YEAR

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. I2. Be fore mines can pay dividends they must spend large amounts in wages, The mines of the Pacific northwest the Occur d'Alenes, British Co., lumbia and Washington-disburse nearly s1O,oO0,OOO in dividends dur ing 1881.
 This was made possible as the result of efforts on the part of the management of the various prop critics to keep as large a proportion of their men at work during the year as possible It does not mean there has been no employment in the mining districts, but it does mean that in a year of discourag- ingly low prices for metal, with the demand very low at times, a vast army of miners has been given work.
 And every mine paying a dividend in 1881 is in shape to continue hT- ing men In 1882.
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CONGRESS SUPPORTS EMERGENCY MEASURE
 CREATE: MORE CASH

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12. With unprecedented unity, Con- greSS got behind the emergency measure to increase the amount of cash available to American banks and businesses upon the insistence of Herbert Hoover.
 Democratic and Republican lead CTS planned to expedite the bill through both Houses. The bill is being drafted on a strictly non partisan basis by Representative Glass, of Virginia, and Representa- tive Stegall of Alabama.
 The measure is designed to re- lieve pressure on the small Federal Reserve banks which are becoming exhausted by discountable paper by permitting the Federal Reserve to rediScount other sound securities which are not now eligible.
 It is proposed that the law run for a period of one year.
 At the House hearings on the bill to extend the Federal Reserve credit in connection with the re- construction corporation, the pub lie has been excluded. Exclusion of the public was asked by Charles G. Dawes, head of the reconstruc- tion corporation.
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MELLON TO TAKE OATH
 OF OFFICE THIS WEEK

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 12. .R)-Impeachment charges against Andrew w. Mellon were dropped in the House by the judiciary commit tee Wednesday as the veteran if nancier prepared to step from the Treasury Department into Eng lands court of St. James.
 Upon this exchange of duties, Mellon's impending resignation was accepted by the cabinet and he will take the oath of office Saturday, it vas announced.
 Twenty three lawyer representa- lives agreed that there was moth Ing to be justified by further pro ceedings"
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HUDSON Is ELECTED
 ID HEAD EXCHANGE
 5. r. MINING BOARD

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 12.- Charles E. Hudson was elected president of the San Francisco Mining Exchange for his third consecutive term at the annual meeting of the exchange. W. H. Hannah, vice president; K. Cohn, secretary, and F. H. Walker, treas urer, were reelected to their re- spective offices.
 Tn his annual report, Hudson said that in spite of the generally poor business year in 1881 the San Fran cisco Mining Exchange is in stronger financial and physical condition than a year ago. Ten new companies were listed during the year as against only four in 1880. Although the turnover in shares was slightly less than in the previous year, the money value was great, indicating, he said, the popular leaning toward mining is- sues of better calibre and higher price.
 Hudson'S address touched Il pon the bright outlook for mining dur ing the new year He predicted that the increasing demand for gold will bring about greater production of the precious metal and the ac- tive operation of many more new and old mining properties in 1882
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CHINESE SERGEANT SAYS WOOSUNC FORT
 Is 'MUCKEE MELEE
SHANGHAI MERCHANTS BEGIN MOVE SECURE MERCY
 TRUCE"

SHANGHAI, Feb. F. (Pl III Bat tered Woosung fort, which has been a target for the heavy artillery of the Japanese is "too muchee llkee hellee." says a Chinese sergeant who met an Associated Press cor respondent during the four-nour truce which was declared to remove the wounded persons from the Chapel fighting area.
 The Chinese were lying low dur ing the day to escape Japanese bombing planes and worked dur ing the night to keep the defenses repaired.
 Merchants in Shanghai have be- gun to move for an extenSlon o1 a mercy truce" They have asked the American Minister, Nelson Johnson, to mediate between the Chinese government at Ranking and the Japanese government at Tokyo.
 The Japanese charged that the Chinese violated th e four-hour truce when snipers began firing on Japanese troops who were guarding the entrances to Chapel.
 Comparative quiet continued throughout the day even after the truce had expired although heavy fighting was in progress between the Chinese in Fort WoOsung and the Japanese attackers.
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CELEBRATES CORONATION

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 12. P)- Pope Plus XI, in his celebration of the 10th anniversary of his cor onation, appealed to the world for all peoples to join him in prayer for help from God in this time of suffering among all nations" The Pope broadcast his message over the Papal radio from St. Peters church where he was surrounded by church cardinals and thousands of worShipperS.
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ASKS FOR CONSIDERATION

GENEVA, Feb. 12 (P)-China ap- pealed at a special meeting of the League of Nations that her charges against Japan be considered. pr. w. w. Yen, of the Chinese delega- tion, filed the request. It is likely that an assembly of the League will not be called for several days.
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FEARED ASSASSINATION

GENEVA, Feb. 12. (P)-When the Soviet Foreign Commissar, Maxim Litvinoff, arrived n Geneva and up to the time that he entered the portals wherein the disarmament conference was convened, extraor- iinary precautions were taken to guard the life of the head of the Russian delegation to the confer ence.- These precautions were talk en because it was feared that the Russian emigrees at Geneva might attempt to assassinate Litvinoff.
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REVOLUTION NOT QUIETED

SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Feb. F. tP)-It appears that the Com munist revolution in this Central American country has by no means settled down. Seventy Communists who were being held by the Federal government in a prison here are said to have been taken out and publicly executed as a further warn : ing to the reds against the Sal yad0r government.
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DEMPSEY STAGED BRIEF
 BATTLE AT CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND, Feb. 12. (P)-Jack Dempsey scored his 18th knockout sor exhibition fighting when he stopped "K.O." Christner in the third round of a scheduled four round battle here Thursday night.
 The former worlds heavyweight champion knocked Christner down four times. Christner was trying to get up after the fourth knock down but the count cut him down for good,
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IDITAROD RESERVATION

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 12. (P1-Transfer of the Iditarod mili- tary reservation in Alaska to the Department of Interior is proposed in an omnibus bill introduced in the House Thursday morning. The bill provides for the disposition of a number of military posts and reservations found no longer use full as military establishments.
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THROWS HAT IN RING

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 12. (P)- Senator James Hamilton Lewis placed himself in the running to be Democratic candidate for President His action followed the receipt of primary petition pre- pared in his behalf
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PASSENGER SPEED RECORD

CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The United Air Lines claimed new speed rec ord for passenger transports be- tween San Francisco and Chicago. The 2,030-n1ile flight was completed in 1734 hours, which is two and one-Quarter hours under the sched- ule. Cliff Coppin and L. R. Schram were the pilots.
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HONOR MEMORY

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12. (P1-Lincoln's memory will be hon. ored tonight in a nation wide ob- seryance of his 123rd birthday by led by President Hoo yer who will speak on nation wide radio hookup Numerous Re publican dinners are being held throughout the nation.
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TWICE WINNER

ST, AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 12.- For the second consecutive year T. Phillip Perkins, former British amateur golf champion, won the National Championship of club champions here, defeating c. Bay ard Mitchell of Woodbury, N J., 4 to 3.
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ORDERED TO SHANGHAI

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 12. The U. s. cruiser Rochester, now in Central American waters, has been ordered to join the Asiatic fleet, most of which is now sta tioned at Shanghai.
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PETITION FOR GRANGE

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 12 3Ao)-Four thousand farmers of Cal ifornia yesterday delivered their petition to the House and Congress that they attempt to modify the .Volstead Let.
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INVESTIGATE SALES TAX

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb F. P-A subcommittee was appointed by the House to look into the pro- posed sales tax.
Evening star., 1932-11-29
Heroes.
From the Portland Oregon Journal.

From the Portland Oregon Journal.
Welldiggers felt queer as they dug
down In excayating new well near
Vancouver, Wash. They ascended to
the top.
J. A. Winston, a professional WELL
digger, later had himself lowered into
the well. Soon he shouted for those at
the surface to draw him up. Halfway
up his limp hands slipped from the
rope, and he fell, victim OF deadly
monoxide gas.
down to bring the unconscious victim
and gave the signal to be raised. He
clung to the rope. and when halfway
up, he, too, was overcome by the gas,
which snuffed out his life.
THE whole story Of the wreck" says
a description of the lost Nevada, lis one
of outstanding seamanship and hero
ISM" marred only by loss OF the
Nevada and most of her crew. In a
terrific gale boatmen from the Presi-
dent Madison stroye to rescue. Out
standing was the deed Of the radio op-
orator, who locked himself IN his room
to broadcast appeals for help for the
sinking Nevada, remaining at his post,
and Is reckoned among the lost.
There's your story of the real heart
Of man. In the moment Of peril, when
help is-needed, there Is always the hero
young Ames, who went down into the
gas-ridden well; the radio operator.
who locked his door and stayed with
the ship.
In these days of crime, rackets and
disrespect for law, days of bootlegging
and graft, these acts Of heroism stand
out as a beautiful isle in murky sea.
They prove-that which we all know
that In the general run Of men and
woman are goodness, nobility and maj
esty, all ready to be brought into tie
lisht when need beckons or humanity
callA
Evening star., 1932-11-29
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Placed arbitrarily upon the worker In
the stead Of employment, or as an al
tentative, more or less willingly ac-
cepted, substituting maintenance in
idleness for hard work at small pay. 1t
relaxes the morale of the worker and
impairs his capacity and appetite for
labor in any form.
X
Gives Full Name
To Avoid Danger.
El Comercio, Lima-We very apollo
getically publish the following explana-
ton and regreat that any embarrass-
ment was occasioned Senor Gamarra
VelaSqueZ:
"Senor Director de FL Comercio, Lima,
FL Peru.
"Muy senior mio: 7 have observed
that your worthy paper, in the issue
Of the same for the day before yester-
day. reported that a certain Alfredo
Gamarra Velasquez has been taken into
custody and detained in the station Of
the sixth precinct on charge of rob-
berry. Though my friends assure me
there is no likelihood of my identity
being confused with that of the indi-
vidual arrested, nevertheless, as a mat
ter of precaution, I feel that I should
be allowed the opportunity to state,
through your columns, that I am not
the person who Is at present languish-
ing In the calaboose As much more Is
likely to be published regarding that
unfortunate, I prefer to forestall the
chance of any misapprehension by
communicating my full name, includ-
ing my maternal appellation. as it ap-
pears at the foot of this letter.
Requesting that you accordingly
publish this statement for the safe
guarding of my honor and reputation.
and with anticipatory expressions of
gratitude, subscribe myself,
Your very attentive friend and
ALFREDO GAMMARA CALLERO
VELASQUEZ."
Evening star., 1932-11-29

1e62-1ee3 and wrote the letters which,
In revised form. appeared as Hospital
Sketches" and brought her the first
authentic success she ever had known
Miss Alcott was q daughter Of the
philosopher, Bronson Alcott, and the
friend Of Henry David Thoreau and
Ralph waldo Emerson, and she has cer-
tain Importance as the one member Of
the Concord group whose influence upon
children has been wide and constant
Nathaniel Hawthorne attempted SINH
lar achievement, but failed. It Is
through Little Women" Little Men"
Jos Boys" Eight Cousins and the
rest Of Miss Alcott's long list of pro-
ductions that the cultivated and refn-
ing spirit of the New England gen.uses
CT the midnineteenth century comes
down to the children of today That
spirit is gentle and kindly, altruistic in
the extreme, and 1t is good that 1t is
no. lest.
At first glance Miss Alcott's lie seems
empty and frustrated. She knew pow
erty and the tension which poverty i'm
plie-, and she cied before her work
began to bring great returns in royal
ties. With heart capable of deep
affection, she waited in vain fer ro-
nance to come her way. But there was
compensation in the affection which
her family and friends felt toward her
sincere and generous nature. It was
her delight to enrich their lives out o.
the exuterance Of her own. Her sisters
che adored, end her small nephews chi
nteces she worshiped. 1t was for those
she love. that she wrote. It was he.
10Y to fill her mothers empty parc9e
and to buy "a charioe." for her dear,
Impractical father, and she made un-
numbered sacrifices fo- the children OF
Meg" and Amy" o. course. it is easy
to say that she was "sentimentalist,"
but the true and noble basis Of her
"sentimentaiism" still has vast attrac-
ton. That Is her victory.
Her books have been translated into
some twenty foreign languages. and the
stage, the movies and the radio have
contributed to their enduring popularity.
Designed for immature minds, they
nevertheless have been q source of
pleasure and edification to thousands
of adults. Characters as real as 10"
and Beth" and Laurie take their
place in the memories of their friends
as though they were living people. They
do not die, and their creator is in no
danger Of being forgotten
Evening star., 1932-11-29
Today Is the Best Motor Tag Day.

Now is the season for getting the
automobile tags for 1898. The windows
Of the Traffic Bureau are open for the
receipt Of the license fees and the de-
livery Of the tags. Between now and the
end Of the year some 125, ,00o-perhaps
l5o, ,oo0-hcenses must be obtained If
the vehicles are to operate on the
streets Of the Capital. The director Of
trafflc has announced that after mid
night on December 81 no car will be
permitted to be run without new tag.
There is no reason to expect an extern
sion OF the time. Indeed, no extension
Of time is necessary.
There now remain. after today, not
counting Sundays and Monday the
26th, which viii oficially be q holiday,
twenty-eight days IN which these tass
ON b secured. That b plenty Of time
Il svssybody WIN oct promptly. n.
howsvss. many people postpone sppa-
Evening star., 1932-11-29
Unemployed Insurance
Debated as State Project

1t urges the necessity for State solu-
ton, Federal action being constitution
ally impracticable; 1t holds that legis.
lation must vary with varying condi-
tons in different States; it emphasizes
the fact that an unemployment insur-
ance plan should serve as an incentive
to Stabilization Of production; 1t insists
that the percentage of contributions
shall be such as would produce. by
actually determined contributions, the
necessary reserves and finance reason
able payments for reasonable periods"
*.**
Raising the question Of the effective
working out of the federation plan, the
youngstown Vindicator remarks that
employers would be forced to raise
their standard Of employment, so that
fewer men would be able to get jobs,
and they would put in more labor-saV-
ing machinery to save the per cent
on their pay roll which the plan con-
templates" The Vindicator also asks:
Does the provision Of a single fund,
into which all employers would pay.
mean that one industry would pay for
the seasonal unemployment in an
other?" The youngstown paper points
out that "the federation,s plan puts all
the burden on the employer, instead Of
dividing 1t between worker and employ
er, as in the Ohio law" and 1t asks:
rs it not possible that these vast ex-
penditures would be such charge upon
industry as to defeat their purpose?"
Nationwide compulsory unemploy-
ment insurance" declares the Spokane
Spokesman-Review, might work with
industry prosperous and earning gen.
erous profits; but what would happen
In periods like this, of industrial losses
or lean earnings? Industry would say
it could no longer bear the burden.
Labor could say that it could not as
sumo 1t. Would there not then be o
joining of industrial leaders and labor
to shift it to the Government? That
has been the course in Great Britain"
MANY grave obstacles confront the
advocates of the plan, and it probably
will be years before anything definite
can be DONE" thinks the Abilene Re-
porter. pointing out that "the flve-day
week and the six-hour day are the only
alternative for solution Of unemploy-
ment problems.
The platforms Of both major parties
favor the shorter day and shorter week
plan" says the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram, pointing to the prospects Of O
rail brotherhood drive for action by
Congress. and voicing the public real-
zation of need for readjustment in n>order
to spread employment" Such a project
is advocated by the Pasadena Star
News and the Lexington Leader en-
phasizes the fact that 'for industry,
transportation and the building trades
generally it has been found feasible"