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PRK3E 25 CENTS!
Lame Duc&
Amendment
RATIFICATION CAME' AE MIS
SOUR! BECAME 3STH STATE
T0CGIVE. approval
•iEFFERSGN. CITY*— Ratification
of tht; lame, duck amendment was
comp.eted when Missouri became the
thirty-sixth. State to . approve itr giv
ing the amendment the necessary
three-fourths majority.
Ratification came in less than a
year.
The amendment goes into ecect on
October 15, controlling the terms of
Congress, and. the President from that
timJ on. •
The. Congress elected.in November
wiil meet January 3of the next year.
The President and Vice President
elected in November will take office
January. 20.
Virginia was. the first State .to rat
ify the amendment, on March 4 of
last year.
Congress is to.meet on January 3 of
each year unless another date is
fixed, so there will be no short session
and the filibuster will lose its power..
WASHINGTON. — The twentieth
amendment cuts Roosevelt’s term by
43Jdays, even .though he be re-elected
for a second term.
He goe. sint office March 4 and
steps out January 20. Every. Presi
dent after . Him does- likewise.
Congressmen and Senators will,
lhse two months, their terms expir
ing January 3 instead of March 'A.: .
The proclamations'i ofe ratification
will not take place, until resolutions
oi' approval from all 36S States^ have
been deposited, with the1 State Depart
ment. .
ROOSEVELT AND BRITAIN
WILL DISCUSS WAR DEBTS
WASHINGTON—Great Britain has
accepted Presidertt-eiect Rbosevelt s
terms for a war debt discussion, but
ivith the reservation against against
deciding what questions shall be com
sfdered b ytHe world economic confer
ence until there is a general meeting
of all th enaticms which are to be rep
resented there.
The British reply was delivered to
the State Department while a furious
debate rang out in the Senate which
indicated that if there had been at
any time any yielding to the Congres
siona lopposition to cancellation or
revision of foreign debts it still is of
small proportions.
WASHINGTON STATE TAKES
STEPS FO RSAVING HOMES
OLYMPlAL-^The first bill to pass
the House ins the State Legislature is
intended to aid'home owners who are
unable to paylyxes. It also has been
approved by the Senate, and is known*
as the MessnewMarshall bill. It gives
to property owners whose homes are
about to be fsoHli because of delin*
qUent improvement assessments &
two-year redemptMn period. It was
adopted by s TOtr.cf 40 to & The
owners may pay-one year’s install
ment, thereby removing the property
from that listed for sale.
Governor Marttot’sognied the admin
istration’s emergency’ - ^mmnployment
bill and appointed a non-salaried com-,
mission to administer it.
Ea orters
Are Foiled
"''REATENEIJ TO KIDNAP SEC
OND SON OF COL. AND MRS.
CliAS. .A, LINDBERGH..
:■> HOPEWELL, N. J.—Another at
, tempt to extort a large amount of
money from Col. Charles A. Lind
hergh was f.o,led today when ?two
men, Bob Harvey and James Bryant,
who had threatened to kidnap the
.. second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lind
beig, were placed under arrest.
Negotiations and dickering for the
money had btfen under way for the
past two months. The men first de
manded $50,000, hut. dickering
brought the amount down to $17,000,
which amount was agreed to be
placed in the stump of an old tree
in an outlying section. The money
was piaeed in the stump, closely
watched from a distance, of course,
by Lindbergh agents.
One of. the men, some hours later,
was seen to approach the stump, take
out thj package, and then to return
back on the same road from whence
; he came, a mile or more, where ha
met his companion. The two men,
proceeding on their way, some min
ute ■ iater were seen to enter the
abode.of two women. Almost simul
taneously the detectives entered and
grabbed their men. The two women
were also placed under arrest for
| questioning.
GOVERNMENTS OF GERMANY
AND FRANCE FALL IN A DAY
PARIS.—The 40-day-old French
Government headed by Premier Paul
Boncour was overthrown by a vote of
, want of confidence in the Chamber of
Deputies. The vote was 390 to 193,
and came after an all-night battle
' on an article in the financial bill pro
i posing increases of 5‘ per cent in in
! come and other general taxes to- bal
ance the budget. Herriot and Dela
dier ore most mentioned for the new
premiership
_
i BERLIN.—The German Cabinet
has resigned, iafter a stormy session.
Hitler has the call on the next chan
j cellorship if he can guarantee stable
! government. .With the support of the
i Nationalists and at least the tolera
tion of the Centrists he at least has
a majority in the Reichstag if he is
i willing to play with the other par
i ties. If the Oehtrists should refuse
! even benevolent neutrality the post
| likely will go to Von Papen.
President von Hindenberg is con
ferring with Hitler and Von Papen,
! and it appears one .or th eother wilL
| be named.
Robert L. Banlett, for several
year sassistant editor of the Fair
banks News-Miner,• has been’chosen
' by Delegate-elect. Dimond to act as
his secretary, and that young gentle
man, a popular.’ on&Tbyfrthetf way, is
now on his way to Washirigton, ac
cording to recent advices received,
here.
Miss Martha^ Dtdac, at -the age- of
13, daughter «f Miviand Mrs.i . Ralph
Dulac of McGrath}-passed dwajr at
Fairbanks yesterdaypdeath being due
to spinal meningitis.-'1 The tyonng laidy
had been in hospital’only two-days
Charlie Goebel was an early-in-the
week arrival for a few days in town.
j PILOT REEVES AND /‘ASSETS
I GERS LAND SAFELY AT NOME
All apprehension regauthags the
jafety of Pilot Reeves and his four
passengers, Mr. and Mrs. liases am:
two children, on flight from Mcflrat*
to Nome, were set at rest last Moo
c ay night with receipt of the follow.,
ing telegram from Reeves to Station
h. i. Q. D. at Anchorage; :
“K. F. Q. D., Anchorage: •
“I arrived at Nome about 1:30'. jt;
m. Okay. After leaving McGrath I
struck a blizzard near Norton Sound.,
and instead of turning back to the
Yukon or trying to proceed ««•'■ to
Nome I sat the ship down in a wood
gulch, and we spent the night out in
40-degree below weather. The hLm
zard subsided enough to proceed to *
native village the next day. We
heard the broadcast from > KFQD
every night about the search being
concentratedf ro us; but I was help
less to communicate and tell them of
our safety. After the weather cleared
I proceeded on to Nome, bringing, in
addition to my other passengers, Mrs.
Mazee, wife of the postmaster at
Shatluk, who needed hospitalizatinai
for frosted lungs.
“Am very grateful to KFQJJ and
the P. A. A, especially Pilots Matt
Nieminen and Blunt, in their ecerts
to locate us. I wish to state that, my
passengers were true blue and real
sports.”'
PRELIMINARY DICKERING INI
MATTER OF WAR DEBTS
WASHINGTON.—Preliminary bar
gaining to test the ground lor war
debts and world trade revival discus
sions may be advanced actively within
the next few weeks by European na
tions before concrete proposals are
placed before the • Govemmctn vhm
Roosevelt sits dow nearly iii Siarch
with representatives of debtor na
tions who met their obligations.
Roosevelt is expected to ask them
to state briefly ad nsimply what they
will offer in erchange for revision rtf
their debts, feo to this end European
governments and statesmen wiP prob
ably put forward numerous tentaitive
suggestions and feel their way toward
an accord on what Roosevelt bar in
mind—tariff reciprocity and stabiliza
tion of foreign erchange in return Ttw
debts.
W. K. Keller Named School'
Superintendent at Anchorage
W. K. Keller, former Superintend
ent of Territorial Schools, for which
place he was defeated in the recent
election, was appointed superintend
ent of Annchorage schools a few days
ago, according to recent word re
ceived here.
Wsino Puntila,, superintendent trf
the Little Creek Dredging Company,
returned here la.%~ Monday from a
few weeks’ visit to the Outside, most
of his visit being spent at San Fran
cisco. During his: visit at Seattle lie
met Mrs. Victor Hill, who went from
Ophir to Seattle last October. Mrs.
Hill is reported as getting alone
nicely, being fairly well recovered,
and she expects to. return to her
home at Ophir seme time in Mardv.
Another former oldtimer of this sec
tion, known then as Mrs. John Heine.,
hilt who was married some tune age.
to a Mr. Parker, was afen met with'
in Seattle.. j
Angus McCIeffanv well' known olo-j
timer of the Flat section, after a visit ,
to the Outside, passed through hear j
a few days ago, on feus, way home.. (
I
I
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h
items of Importance
In Recent News Events
"STASHIItfGTeN—Great Britain has
accepted President-elect Roosevelt’s
tanas for a discussion of war debts,
but-made a reservation against decid
ing. what questions will be considered
by the world economic conference un
til there is a-general m eeting of all
nni lAiin to 'he represented there.
> Tire British reply was delivered to
the State Department while a furious
debate rang out in the Senate which
indicated fi there has been any yield
ing of congressional opposition to
cancellation or revision of war debts
it i* .still at small prpotions.
OLYMPIA, Wash.—Governor Clar
ence D. Martin announced the ap
pnintment.ot a complete new board of
regents for the University of Wash
ington.
Included in. the list is Werner A.
.Rupp. Aberdeen publisher, who was
ousted by former Governor Hartley in
the move to discharge Dr. Henry buz.-]
n«lo, farmer president of. the U ni- ]
versity.
Another is Winlock. W. Miller,, Se-j
attle capitalist, former regent and:
also a Suzzalo supporter.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Seattle1]
attorney and opponent of Martin in.
the primaries last September for the:
, Democratic gubernatorial nomination,.
| was also named.
I HEW.. YORK.—A new American;
paddle-wheel for airplane1 motors, |
I which has been under secret tests in
ariad tunnels for several years, has
progressed so far in its promise to
i revolutionize aviation that the Na
than] advisory committee on aero
joaulics i ^studying it.
■Jit plaae has no propeller in a con
ventkoial sense, but has four paddle i
wheels, two on each side. They cut
the air at an angle, which leads to the
belief that the plane may stand al
most still in the air, but it can go
forward at a rate equaling an ordi
nary plane when the operator so de
sires.
It is expected that a full scale plane
-will he constructed and tested in the
Suture, but the dat eis indefinite.
!
WASHINGTON—Chairman Norris
of the judiciary committee demanded
an investigation of the charge made
,by John P. Frey, secretary-treasurer
of the metal department of the
American Federation of Labor, that
the New York banks have obtained
a stranglehold on American industry
| anfl brought t oconditifoos “bordering
1 upon servitude; that the bankers*am
fwvl of malrn if imnncciKlo fftf
employers to do what they otherwise'
could to improve conditions.”
Norris sai<i that Frey, who appear-!
ed before the committee studying the,
3D4i0ar week* proposal, said that the
control is through interlocking direc
torates* adding: directors of eight;
leading commercial banks of Newj
York, aanf than they hold member- j
shops: ad boards of 3,741 banks, utility
campsaies and* other concerns.
dOTUAGO.—Police are investigat
ing a strange affair in which Mrs.
JEsSal&i Maritote, sister of A1 Ca
pomvt, barely escaped death by four
Sedlf-th which were, fired in her direc
tion from an automobile in the street.
Shat mm*" walking- with her small
dwtr&tKr when the shots occurred, but,
dfe dnial being shot at..
SAN FRANCISCO.—The Alaska
Packers Association issued its fourth
annual report, showing a net loss for
last year of $1,560,242, aside from a
$169,000 loss in decreased market
value of securities held.
The decit came from cannery and
miscellaneous operations.
I 1931 nthe company reported a
loss of $402,000.
Last season’s pack totaled 950,249
cases.
It was said present stocks, particu
larly of red salmon, are ont excessive
ad nshould be nearly consumed before
the new 1933 pack arrives.
DUBLIN.—After their lead had
been greatly cut down, the last re
ports brightened de Valera’s pros
pects for forming the first independ
ent government. Additional returns
showed that the Finannaael had a
clear majority over* all the other par
ties.
SPRINGFIELD, III.—Some 300 un
employed, who staged a near-riot in
the reception room of Gov. Hearst’s
offiie, are on their way back home
after receiving a few bruised heads.
Police were organized to guard the
parade of 5,000 women partisans of
the Progressive Miners Union. The
protective force escorted the demon
stration to the city limits with orders
to not- come back unless in an orderly
manner.
No disorder is anticipated in con
nection with the women’s march. The
parade was claimed to be intended
merely to call attention of the public
to the drawn-out inter-union warfare,
which resolted in death and destruc
tion in the coal fields.
SHANGHAI.—A strong Chinese
force failed in the attempt to driva
Japanese troops from Chiumenkow,
in the sector of the great wall domi
nating the coastal route from China
proper into Jehol.
The Japanese planes made the sixth
bombing in two weeks over Jehol,
breaking up the Chinese concentra
tion west of Jehol. More than 30,000
Chinese troops are preparing for a
clash in that region.
GENEVA.—The League of Nations
Council has authorize da message to
the Peruvian government declaring
that it is Peru’s duty not to hinder
the Colombia authorities in the exer
cise of “full sovereignty and jurisdic
tion. in the territory recognized by
treaty to belong to Colombia.”
The dispute which has arisen re
ppnt.lv invnlvmcr thp twn nations is
over the town of Leticia, fon which a
(loti la of Colomba gunboats has saled
and where the Peruvan troops are
stationed to protect Peruvian nation
als who seized the town from Colom
bia authorities in September.
The message asked the Lima au
thorities to direct the Peruvian mili
tary commander to take no action be
yond the defense of Peruvian terri
tory, and sent another message to
Colombia informing her of the notice
sent to the Peruvians.
SEATTLE.—Word has been re
ceived here of the death of Leonard
Baldwin, president of the Lomen rein
deer corporation, and treasurer of
the Anctie Transport Company in
New York. He underwent $m ,opera
tion. a week ago.