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cjITANCHAI.—The Japan.se and
Cin. es. forces, r.iassed along a rag
g, u, twisting front from Chapes to
chc blackened Woosung forts some 18
nuius down the Whangpoo river, held
their fi;e today in a last lull before
pcu.ng of a climactic phase of the
14 -day batt.e for Shanghai. In the
earkness covered the battle line near
\io„sang and f aoshan the Japs con
tinued to concm.trate, while Jap mil
itary odious supervised the evacua
tion of Chinese peasant families leav
ing their homes in the war zone. In
Chapes the tr ier of gunfire was
tempoiar 1; c. pending a truce
ex.en i..*, i .a . a .in. to noon, dur
ing w'a oh time ail civilians were to
bo evacuated from the danger area.
When the truce is ended the Japan
ese will be ready for their big drive
to blast the Chinese from the Shang
hai area, and the Chinese troops, re
inforced Thursday by soldiers from
half a dozen cities, will be prepared
to ■ oet the offensive.
LHANC HA1.— A Japanese air raid
bo. bod a Chinese cotton mill in the
ui.cmatiuiaJ section, killing four
Chinas. Women and a' man and
wouncing 1G women. United States
macir.es on guard at the mill were
;1
(By W. A. S.
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—At the
ait j ssion cf the Territorial Legls
iafcure a lr.emorlal was passed calling
upon Delegate Wickersham to secure
the passage of what is known as the
Smith-Hughes act, as made applica
nt to Alaska. During the past two
months the ifelegate has given con-,
aiderable thought to this measure and
has confer: ed with representatives
from other States and Territoriries,
hut is not yet satisfied that the act
would bo workable and beneficial in
Alaska. As a consequence he has
tak-. n the advice of Dr. J. C. Wright,
dilector for the federal board for vo
cational education, and referred the
matter, with ail the data gathered, to
Governor Parks and the Territorial
Board of Education. The act provides
the minimum of $10,000 for agricul- j
ture, $10,000 for trade, home econ
omics, and industrial education, and
$10,000 for teacher-training, to be
furnished by the Federal Government^
and matched by the State or Terri
tory taking the benefit of the act. j
In tha .cases of Hawaii and Porto
Rico the..governors of the respective
settlements unade a request upon the
Federal Ri-ard to make a report on
the need fer tile extension of the vo
cational ngoirr&m. This report was
endorsed b$>)fche Fresident, and Con
gressional au'ioji followed. In a con
ference with-Director Wright he sug
gested that the-Delegate advise with
the goivernor of Alaska or the Terri
torial Legislature, before Congress
should be asked to enter into coopera
tion and a study made of the need for
such a program, and whether or not
the. program could be carried on effi-1
Ja ar.ere minister of
pr sses formal re
cs embassy
e Shanghai
.... IlAi. The Chinese and
a. cs fought again to a
. 1 t..r rains of Chapes Fri
,.„y li ght. A terrific bombardment
of heavy artillery and severe rifle
. nd machine gun fighting resulted in
gain to ne.ther side. The embat
. .. Ci.in se, not only holding their
.ii, made a desperate charge, but
/apanesj stood their ground. At
... i today the bombardment sub
e. and h wearied armies sought
a brief rest bef re the renewal of
hostilitns The ■’ >nrre were land
o^uuii s ju:oi 3ui
. ^ j.dUU troups,
a t. as soon as organ
.. ,1 final drive to sweep
eh > - nc.ck from the city along
„\v .y-i.iiie front from the mouth
of the VT hangpoo at Woosung to the
j.ty itse.f. Eig guns, silenced lor
hours by a truce, roared aong the
t 'n the renewed offensive Friday
; r control of the Lower Yangtze
delta. The bombardment began just
fisida the international settlement.
... ... rfi.ra Chap s front was
I y h. big guns. Rifles and
. . g..ns joined in the artillery
.. ti-icuieiii as the Chinese began
n ir attack on the Chapes front, and
e heaviest fighting of the last three
ciently. He states: “It is my under
s'anding that there are no cities in
AIl ska of more than 5,GOO populat on.
We have found in the States that it
is impracticable to maintain a day
trade school in a city of 5,000 or less
except in cities where a considerable
umber of people are employed ;n
some manufacturing industray. I am
also mindful of the fact that in Alas
ka about o.,e-half of the population
consists of natives who receive their
education under the Government di
rectly, and for which the Territory is
not responsible.”
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Steele, for
,erly of Valdez, returned to New
fork last night after a sojourn of a
month in Washington. Mr. Steele has
been interested in securing liases
from the General Land Office for cer
tain coal land in the Bering. River
country. He succeeded in that,, and
says he has capital available to, open
up these properties, mine the- coal,
crush it, an dmake shipment from
Comptroller Bay to- California,, to. he
used for making coke.
Ernest Walker Sawyer, an attache
of the Interior Department,, is again
in Washington with, various projects
for the deyek-oj-no of.Alaska up h.s
sleeve
... 22 quail: •• -x Copper
Cei . Will, v --i; more in
neigh' nhood •. i'lagcs., «ant an elec
tion precinct established', itu Copper
Center.
The Juneau Radio Cluu' officers
have written the Delegate eomplain
(Continued on Page. 3.) .
21 S
days was in progress. At 11 o’clock
.he most intense bombardment of the
e.k continued in the Chapes section,
umeroils Chinese shells fired at the
Japanese between them and the set
I'en.vnt fell within the Japanese de
f nse area of the settlement. The
rues, apparently, was not observed
at Wo sung, where intermittent shell
by Japanese warsh'ps on the
C nc.e forts continued during the
,.uy. Kesjn pt os of hostilities,
; •. :h coincided with fu
ade by American, Brit
. . : n repre ntatives in a
■ Ci.o luu M Sugvmitsu,
Js.yan.se minister, .onferred with
S.r M.l Larnpson, the Br.tish min.s
er. Later ha talked with Henry
Ben from France. Nelson T. John
son, the American minister, discussed
si ar.cn with the Cain.se. All
.. . . d .he fighting failed.
i i j <
Uuj
M
AND IS NAMED AS AMBASSA
DOR TO THE COURT OF ST.
JAMES.
V. ASHINGTON.—Andrew' W. Mel
on, recently resigned as Secretary of
.he Treasury, took the oath «*f office
o .ay us ambassador to Great Britain.
Cgd.n L. M.lls and Arthur A. Bal
■ ai.t.i.e a.so were sworn in as Secre
and Under Secre.ary of the
•treasury, respectively.
MISSIONARY PLANE AND BRO.
FELTES ARRIVE AT McGRATIl
The fforts of Brothers G. J. Feltes
, .e to re- case their
, out three
.st c:a' ed in a world of
,,.uw n vhe vv his beyond Canes creek
toward Crater Mountain, were re
warded with success on Friday last,
. winch d y Brother Feltcs flew
e .1 point to McGrath.
. . . i inability to rise with
j. i.euvy . .ad Brother Feltcs flew the
i-Lne a.on:? to McGrath. Brother La
j eyre is now on his way to Takotna,
coming in with Charlie Goebel, and
hould be here within the next day or
or two, or. his way to McGrath, from
which point the two brothers will
make immediate flight to their Holy
Cross headquarters.
SPECIAL term of court
AT MeGRATH POSTPONED
Oliver Anderson, at McGrath, a
couple of days ago, received the fol
lowing wire from Robert W. Taylor,
clerk of the District Court at Fair
banks :
‘ Special McGrath term of court
(postponed from February 29 to
March 19 at 2 p. m. Please post no
tices in three public piaces and
oblige.”' i
Among those departing during the
past few days for Fairbanks were
Deputy ET. S. Marshal Stanley J.
Nieho's, U. S. Commissioner W. T.
Vundn'p..'oi, Charles Ulch, Joe Wills,
Albert I-. y Richard McArthur, all of
McCrarh, and George W. Clyde, Mr.
oed “ ■ . ilph Anderson, Mrs. John
E.sie Rieck, Mrs. Chil
stran., Ci.ee t r Brink and Frank J.
Guskey, of Takotna.
A. H. Twitchell left yesterday for
.his reindeer headquarters over in the
Crater Mountain section.
Joe Ferris left a couple of days ago
for Ophir.
Items of Importance
In Seecnt News Events
JACK DEMI’SEY SCORES
IIIS 2r,TI! KNOCKOUT.
CLEVELAND.—Jack Dempsey to
night scored the twenty-sixth knock
out of his exhibition tour when he
stopped Meyer M. O. Christner, vet
eran fighter, after 2 minutes ami 5Q
seconds of the third rounl of a four
;ocnd exhibition bout. A crowd of
about 10,500 paid $27,000 to see
Dempsey oor Christner three times
before he finished him with a left
hook to the jaw. Dempsey weighed
...5 pounds, Christner 2o4. They used
.0-ounce gloves.
RALLY SWEEPS
. < l/CK MARKET.
SAN RANCISCO -The biggest
raiy of 1932 swept the stock market
today, and prices of leading issues
from 1 to more than 10 points,
unit of the higher-priced New York
bank stocks advanced as much as 20
Lints. The advance developed on
publication of the Administration’s
newest program for releasing addi
tional credit through the Glass bill,
providing for broadening the redis
count provisions of . the Federal Re
serve.
HENRY FORI) OUT WITH A
NEW ^-CYLINDER CAR
DETROIT.-—Henry Ford today an
nounced creation of a nrir eight
cydnder Ford to augment the present
Model A for a four-cylinder car, and
added that in times such as these
everyone must be willing even for a
lime to do business without .a profit to
start the normai processes of indus
try. Specifications of the new' V-8
v. ere not announced, but production
ora: next week, with the first show
i. g scheduled early in March. The
SAILS 232 FEET FOR A
,VV SKI JUMP RECORD.
AKE PLACID, N. Y.—Hans Beck.
It-year-old Norwegian office clerk,
streaked down the runway today and
a.eti 232 feet for a now ski jump
record at the winter Olympic games.
Caspar O men was the first Amer
,i_an to hit the runway, and he came
through with a jump of 207 feet.
... .. ltoy Mikkelsen, of Chicago,
cleared the air to land 226 feet down
the s:ope.
HOOVER MAY NOT ENTER
NORTH DAKOTA PRIMARY.
WASHINGTON—.President Hoover
probably will not permit his name to
be entered in the North Dakota pri
mary, it was learned here today, from
an authoritative source. Th-' Pe
date expires February T2. Fori run
Senator Frank of Maryland already
i.^s filed, and petitions are being cir
culat'd for Representative McFad
d ii, Republican, of Pennsylvania. The
Hoover forces in the 'State auraoubted
ly will work for nainstructed dele
gates favorable to. ihe- President if
his name is not officmuyyj'ermitted,
SAYS MUNICIPAL COTNCIL
COULD HAVE IIALTEDE* APAN.
SAN FRAN CISCO.— ;. manufac
red incident of the s • .• tliat rapa
■; empires always i • to cl ak
their aggressions, with Mi it. as. the
and France .and England as
probable accomplices. That is how
.he Japanese invasion of. Manchuria
a.id China was characterized, todday
by Mrs. Marggrat Proc’io): Smith,
widely known philanthropist, whom
authorities in the Orient credit with
having as thorough a knowledge of
present-day China as any American.
“It is ridiculous to say that the mu
nicipal council of Shanghai could not
have halted Japan at the very begin
ning if it redly wanted to,” Mrs.
Smith said. “The impression is grow
ing that some elements of China
wanted an international incident of
this sort as an excuse for urging in
tervention.” she concluded.
POPE PtUS BROADCASTS
PEACE MESSAGE.
VATICAN CITY.—Pope Pius XI
appeared today for peace, which now
seems to escape the searches of men.
His message was broadcast through
the Vatican City radio station on the
tenth anniversary of the. Pope's cor
onation.
SAN FRANCISCO—Angered when
Truant Officer E. T. Murphy attempt
ed to arrest him for refusing to go to
school, Frank Guerrero,( 15, today
threatened Murphy with a revolver
and then fired a shot to scare him.
The boy wAs arrested by Police Lieu
tenant Ed Copeland after he had
locked himself in his room, and fired
two more shots through the door.
Eugene Mulligan, a fireman, who
L'nows the boy, persuaded him to
throw the gun out and surrender. The
gun play occurred when Murphy ap
peared at the Guerrero home with a
warrant charging th< Uoyr'',#ith tru
ancy from school.
VATICAN CITY.—Premier Musso
lini arrived L3 minutes early today
for his audience with Pope Pius, end
ing the long dispute between church
and state, incidentally, his early ar
rival upset the routine of an aneiept
Vatican ceremony for receiving dis
tinguished visitors
GENEVA/—Alaxrm Litvinof, Soviet
foreign commissioner, today proposed
total general disarmament as the only
effective security against war, in his
address before the world disarma
ment conference.
BOURBONS NEED $1,500,000
FOR 19.12 CAMPAIGN
CHIC AG.—There will he need for
a $1,500,000 war chest if the Demo
cratic party is to hold the gains made
m support since 1928. That is the
upiniun expressed today by Jouett
Snonse, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, at a luncheon
meeting of the party's Illinois “Vic
tory Committee.”
the chairman also called attention
to the remarkable feat achieved by
J. Raskob in balancing the do
fic». resulting from the last cam
paign. the amount being aboout $445,
000
LARGE PART OF ROSENWALD
FORTUNE GOES TO CHARITY
CHICAGO.—The will of the late
Julius Rosenwald, filed for probate,
today, shows that the philanthropist
left an estate valued at $20,000,000,
in spite of the vast sums given by
dii;’ during his life to improve condi
tions i.nioiig his fellow men.
The isenwald Family Assentation
«.»xs bean formed to carry on the phii
an-hcopies with a bequest of $11,000,
000. The remainder of the estate
goes to the five children, in oqual
amounts.
Ed Nollettc, afte ra three-any visit
in town, departed todaj for his Yat
kee headquarters.,