VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 181.
SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
ALASKA PLANE
COMPANIES MAKE
LOIS OP MONEY
INCREASED AIR MAIL APPRO
PRIATION ASKED FOR BY
POSTAL OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (/P)—Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General
Glover asking for an increased ap
propriation for mail transportation
informed the congressional com- i
mittee that the demand for air- j
'"‘‘'•jj&ane mail service in Alaska was
responsible for the request.
He'said that “for the past year and
one-half advantage been taken of
special airplane trips operated for
passengers and freight, thus sav
ing many days and in some case
weeks in time in the delivery of
mail and at a cost in most instances
similar to the rate paid for other
means of transportation:”
He added that a “good many
airplane companies operating in
Alaska with “ very good success
and making lot of money.”
FfONFER ALASKA AIRMAN HAS
RENDERED GREAT SERVICE
TO SCIENCE
1 WASHINGTON. Dec., G, (JP)—The
Congressional Medal of Honor
would be awarded by President
Coolidge to Ben Eielson under a Bill
Representative Burtness introduc
ed.
The award would be for “Service
rendered in adding to scientific
knowledge of the frozen North and
in showing the possibilities of avia
Mon in Arctic regions.”
EXPLOSION KILLS
SCORES IN 11
MX INJURED AND 15 UNAC
COUNTED FOR: OCCURED
DISINFECTING PLANT
jraw pop., 6, (<?)—Four
nersons were killed, ac least six in
frred and 15 others are unaccount
ed for in an explosion in a disin
fecting plant near East River.
Windows in houses within a rad
ius of several blocks were broken
by the shock. Ambulances from
half a dozen hospitals, fire appara
tus and police reserves were rushed
to the scene.
NOMINATIONS MADE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 6, (/P)—The
nominations of Roy West of West
Illinois ns Secretary of the Interior
*nd William Whiting of Massachu
setts, as Secretary of Commerce,
were submitted to the senate by
Pres1 dent Coolidge.
FESTIVAL OF PANCAKES
CRETE, Neb., Dec., 6, (A3)—Eight
women workin gin two shifts made
4 COO pancakes for visitors of tne
Crete two-day corn show.
I
ANCHORAGE PROJECTS
. ARE TURNED 001
BY GENERAL JAOWIN
WASHINGTON, Dec., 6, (/P)—Maj- 1
or General Jardine, Chief of Army
Engineers, in his report to Con
gress. disapproved of the extension
of the railroad ocean dock to deep
water ond dredging of the harbor
at Anchorage, Alaska. No justifi- 5
cation is held for additional facili- 1
ties, his report said.
HOOVER SPEAKS AT STATE DIN
NER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE
i LIMA. Peru, Dec., 6. (/P)—Herbert
Hoover last night speaking at the
State dinner given in his honor by
President Leguia in the presidential
jpalace, advocated linking the coun
tries of North and South American
continents by a svstem of airways
I and declared it was not impossible
to quickly devise a Pan-American
airways system if representatives of
each Government held a confer
ence.
j He predicted “We will realize
i.such a service within another i2
; months.” He expressed the view
| that aviation “would be the benevu
'ent party that destroys distance
between peoples and constructs
friendship between them."
WILL NOT PASS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 6, (JP)—'The
i Chairman of the Haugen House Ag
ricultural Committee said after the
meeting of the Committee there is
grave doubt, as to the possibility of
passing attenuate farm relief Bill at
I
| this Congress.
FRENCH INVENTOR WORKING ON
TELEVISION IMPROVEMENTS
Dr. Karolus, inventor of the famous “Karolus cell,”
and well known for his work on television, is shown here
with his latest development in this line, an apparatus
which the learned doctor can use to transmit pictures
over a long distance by either radio or cable. The prin
ciple of the apparatus is much the same as that of other
television inventions, that is, the “scanning” of the ob
ject or film by a small dot of light. The film in this par
ticular case will require transmission of approximately
10.000 dots per picture. The pictures are to follow each
other so rapidly as to produce the motion-picture effect.
Christmas Boxes Wfiy
Far Away Children
WASHINGTON, Dec., 6, ;£>)—Sev
er cy-five thousand Christmas box
es nan t.by members of the Junior
Rod Cross of America are on th-ir
way to children of other countries.
Some of the boxes destined for
such far northern countries as
-.hose in Europe alone the Baltic
Sea, where the ice closes in earlo,
had to be shipped from New Yoik
bV October 25.
The boxes are filled by school
children all over the United States.
Among the articles sent are nair
ribbons, handkerchiefs, toys and
games. Fruit and candy are barred
on account of their perishable na
ture.
ASTRONOMERS INVADING THE JUNGLES
In the Greenwich observatory (above) _four British
scientists are planning a nexpedition to the jungles of i
the Malay peninsula for the next total eclipse of the sun, |
May 9, 1929. They will attempt to fathom the mystery |
of the atom and to verify Einstein’s theory of relativity, j
Col. F. J. M. Stratton (left) of Cambridge university and'
P. J. Melotte (right) of the observatory are in the party.'
I SLITS HUT
OF ROY: ROOY IS
FOUWOI SWAMP
SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY WENT
FOR WALK WITH STRANGER
NEVER CAME BACK
NEW YORK. Dec., 6. (&)—'The
body of a boy answering the de
of o ■■•-»-''1 -* coop'-)
vears o’d, who was kidnapped from
his home on November 17. wau
found in a swamp under a bridge
near Secaucus, New Jersey.
A systematic search of the
swamps started at daybreak as the
result of an alleged confession by
Peter Kudzinowski, 28, to the police
in Detroit where he was arrested
for intoxication in which he said
that he had kidnapped and killed
the boy.
Detroit police report Kudzinowski
told them of killing the boy in a
meadow near the Susquehana
bridge in November. Kudzinowski
said he took the boy to a movie then
to Jersey City where they went for
a walk in a meadow. The boy’s
throat was cut.
Cerman Ocean Air Line
Plan Is Crystallizing
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany,
Dec., 6, (A5)—Dr. Hugo Eckener’s
plan for building a huge airdrome
near Bale, Switzerland, as one ter
minus of a trans-Atlantic airship
service has received the suooort of
Director Colsman of the Zeppelin
Construction Works.
Friedrichsliafen is almost 1,500
feet above sea level, which means
that the carrying power of an air
ship taking off at this point is four
+ons less than if the departure had
been made from a locality of lower
altitude Colsman hnlieves that the
Rhine valley of Baden is one of the
most suitable places in Europe.
rrt11*i t’ n
CHADRON, Neb., Dec., 6, (IP)—Or
ville Collins’ hand was on throt
tle and his eye on the rap 4a years
without an accident. He retired as
a railroad engineer when he was 70.
WRECKAGE
GEHR. IS
H
BELIEF EXPRESSED MAY BE
FROM THE TWO MISSING
HALIBUT VESSELS
JUNEAU. Dec., 6, (/P)—The first
clue of the missing haJibuters Im
perial and Brunvold reached Jun
eau yesterday afternoon in reports
received at the Customs Office that
wreckage of a vessel and gear had
been found on a beach about 40
miles south of Yekutat.
The cutter Unalga sailed at 3:30
this morning to start a rescue party
as conditions along the beach pre
elude the landing and necessitates
sending an overland narty from
Yskutat.
Reports of the wreckage found
were brought here by Peter Frank
who added that Indian trappers
from Tlaiio River told friends they
had seen what appeared to be the
stern of a haiibuter and debris of
fishing gear, also small boats, near
the mouth of the river. He believes
it probably the wreckage is from
one or both of the boats.
Eggs Worth More To
Russia Than Gold
--
MOSCOW, Dec., 6, (jP)—Soviet
j economists have figured out that
eggs bring almost three thaes-lts
jmuch profit to the Government as
the total gold output of the country.
The production of gold amounts to
approximately $125,000 annually.
mow ssys
ISTEST BUHEEIN
I
ANXFETY DIMINISHING IN BRIT
ISH EMPIRE AS FAVORABLE
REPORTS ARE MADE
LONDON, Dec., 6, (A3)—The state
ment that the King’s general condi
tion is slowly improving was made
in an official morning bulletin from
his physicians and was the most
welcome announcement from the
Palace since his Majesty’s illngss
became critical.
The bulletin read: “The King
passed a fair night; his tempera
ture was lower and his general con
dition is slowlyy improving and the
infective process, which remains
severe, is becoming more localized.'
Cuba Pushes Extensive
Air Transport Project
HAVANA, Dec., 5, (/P>—The Pan
American Airways, operating a
commercial air line between Miami
and this city and having cone0' -
s’ons for a Latin-American com *
nemal and airmail service extend
ing to Panama, have opened bids
here for the building of three air
depots to be located at Havana,
Hn maguey and Santiago de Cuba.
FLAMINGO loss feared
HxAVANA, Dec., 6, (A5)—Fear is ex
["•ossed that the flamingoes of Cuba
will be extinct within a few years
inless Governmental protection ia
nrovided them.