S eward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 3.
REWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA DOMINATES PACIFIC
IN MILITARY IMPORTANCE
SAYS ERNEST WALKER SAWYER
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
EXPLAINS HOW IT IS SHORTER FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO MANILA BY SEWARD THAN
VIA HONOLULU.-WANTS GOVERNMENT AIR
SQUADRON STATIONED HERE AND FAIR
BANKS.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 5, (/P)—Alaska is pictured
ns the dominant stragetic point for Pacific military
purposes in a special map just published by the Pacific
Yukon Highway Commission, according to Ernest
w Walker Sawyer, member of the commission and assist
ant to Secretary of the Interior Wilbur.
He recommends that Seward be established a coal
ing station for commercial steamship purposes on the
Pacific as well as naval coaling station.
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FAREWELL TO OLD
JOS GS S. f.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5. (IP) —
Affectionate farewells to the peo
ple of his native 3"nd. San Fran
' isco. were arid at a special meet
ing of tV Board of Supervisors,
by Governor-elect Jam .-, Ralph, Jr .
•e tiring as mayor of San Francisco
after 10 v.. ■ ; he id of tile rauni
- -pal govern : nt, a per: el of av::
..ouous sen • l ' :er i ban that
r can by any w her man as o'eel:
xeeufcive in any major American
city.
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CHICAGO, Jan., 5, (IP)—While
Mrs. Harry Silverstein applaud
ed a gun-play movie, her 22 year
'Id husband died from real
wounds at the back of the thea
ler.
Silverstein was the son of the
* Democratic politician and a n
an employee of the county.
Robert Le^is, working at the
back of the theater, said he
heard three shots and opened
the door and saw Silverstein
stagger and collapse.
John Jersky said an automo
bile sped away after the shots
Silverstein left his wife at the
door of the theater saying he
had to go to work.
ENGLAND IS GLDDUY
IS STRIKE THREATENS
LONDON, Jan- 5. (/P)— Industrial
troubles in two major industries
made the last week end gloomy
ior Great Britain, A miners’ con
ference broke down at Cardiff,
Wales and in Lancashire it ap
peared that nothing could stop a
strike of 200,000 men in the cotton
mdusry.
The miners had hoped for some
sort of a compromise with the op-!
erators but their spokesmen said
that they would have to return to
a conference with the government
to find a solution.
COMPELLED TO RETDRN
NORFOLK, Virginia, Jan., 5,
(■#*)—Mrs. Blry Hart, red-headed
widow of Lieut Wm. S. Mac
Leren, who missed Bermuda by
50 miles in a 16 hour flight yes
terday from New York, will not
resume the flight to Europe be
fore Tuesday.
She hopes to carry the. first
pay-load of freight across the
Atlantic, via Bermuda and the
Azores.
TWO MORE MONTHS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (JP) ~
Congress reassmbled feeing, a ,host
of new controversies, but leaders
were hopeful that the calendar of
business could be completed in the
remaining two months of' the se
ssion without necessity of an ex
tra meeting after March fourth.
NOW JULY FIRST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (/P) --
With their prohibition problem
virtually solved, members of the
Wickersham Law Enforcement
Commission predicted almost their
entire study of the nation’s crim
inal law enforcement machinery,
held by them as entirely inade
quate, could be completed by July
first.
Mr. Sawyer pointed out that
steamship travel from San Fran
cisco to Manila is shorter by 400
miles if routed via Seward in
stead of Honolulu. The distance
via Hawaii, Sawyer said, is 7,700
miles and only 7.300 by way of
Alaska. He recommended that
aviation squadrons be stablished
by the government at Seward
and Fairbanks.
MILITARY PURPOSES
The tentative route of the 2,000
mile Pacific Yukon Highway,
also called the Internatinoal
Highway as shown by the n w
mop Is shown on a great circle
projection instead of ordinary
t. ui proj action' eeni ers a b o ut
hi,;, nk with the di.iian- -s of
all great cities of the world cie
eid d and bringing on* the dom
hmnt possibilities of Alaska for
V:'.i try purposes.
PRINCESS PASSES
LONDON, Jan., 5, i P)—Prin
cess Louise, eldest daughter of
Queen Alexandra and the late
King Edward VI1, died here yes
terday following a brief illness
HE AIRMEN
TAKE UP SEARCH i
FOR LOST FLIERS
GOVERNMENT FINANCED THE
SEARCH EXPEDITIONS
FOR AIRMEN
ALERT BAY, B. Jan., 5, (/5s) |
—Anscei Eckmarm was forced
down here by a storm while
flying from Vancouver to Prince!
Rupert for a second search of |
Robin Renehan, Sam Clark and
Frank Hatcher lost for more
than two months while tlje^ were
searching for the late Captain
Burke. /
companies Eckmann. They* plan
to search the mountainous re
gion inland. The trip is financed
■ by the Dominion and British
I Columbia governments.
| Eckmann flew from Seattle to
Victoria Saturday where he got
: wireless equipment then on to
i Vancouver where he picked up
provisions and other equipment.
Harry Blunt, of the Pacific In
ternational, searched Vancouver
i Island during the past few days.
| He is returning to California,
Mechanic Frank
VATICAN CITY. II ilv, J n. X
Ij'C/?’)-.Tlie new napel' .train of PI"is
XI wilt be a thing ©: magnificence
i and color not v< -hr miclari in
I the history of railroads.
Soon alter the Vat ©am City
i railroad, smallest in the world, goes
into operation this year, the Pa
pal train, the finest in all the
world, will be ready for operation.
It is not likely that the train will
i have a very extended use, unless
I the Pope should decide to make
1 the often proposed trip outside the
j Vatican walls to northern Italy.
It is thought that perhaps he
will make this latter rip when
will make this latter trip this sum
; mer when the heat of Rome is
wearing upon him.
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SEATTLE, Jan, 5, W—The
Bureau of Education announced
that Attu Island will be connect
ed with Seattle by passenger and
freight service and that a new
school house will be erected on
the Island.
The MS Boxer will make one
voyage each year. The bureau
also plans school houses and
school homes at Cheechingmute
and Kalskak and a teacher’s
home at Kanakanak.
SEVENTH TERM
PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan, 5, (/P)
—Gov. George W. P. Hunt began
his seventh term as chief exe
cutive of the state succeeding
John C. Phillips. It was the quiet
est inauguration in the history
of the state* An entire Democra
tic administration entered office
with Hunt. Phillips, a Republican,
previously replaced Hunt.
ALASKA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, UP)—
“Looseness and inefficiency of
conduct” is one of the causes of
tiie $1 ,,213,000 deficit in the op
eration of the Alaska Railroad,
the special Senate investigating
committee reported.
PARIS, Jan. 5, UP)—On a sim- j
pie army cot such as was used
on his march to Timbueto, rhe!
body of Marshal Joffre lay in
state in the chapel of the Ecole j
Militaire where thousands o f j
his countrymen passed to pay
last respects.
At dawn, an ordinary black
funeral hearse took the body
from the hospital.
The body was clad in the ob
solete black tunic and famous
red breeches of the colonial gen
eral division.
Despite the early hour there
were 3,000 in front of the hospi
tal and another crowd lined the:
streets with their hats off and
heads bowed, as the hearse made
its way. j
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5. uP) -
Sonny Jim' Ralph, mayor of Sar
Francisco for almost 20 years, wT
‘v'eome Governor of California or
Tuesday before- biggest ina
crowd in the history; of trie
3: era men to was jnmnieu wit
awaiting to cheer the i:
official.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 5. f/P) —Plung
ing nearly 1,500 feet to pierce the
roof of a building in downtown
Seattle, when his engine went
dead, P. J. Stribbling, 40, a student
of the West Coast Aviation Inc.,
emerged from the wreckage and
nonphalently telephoned his hang
ar today. He said, “Hello, is this
Lou?” “This is Strib. I just crash
ed but everything is OK” I feel
kind of achy though, he reported.
All he suffered was cuts and
bruises. Police attributed his es
cape to the tar paper and the light
gravel roofing on the building
which acted like a fire net.
MU MSB FALL
III ram WAR
MANUGUA, Jan. 5. (/P)-hGueril
la warfare flared again in the
densely wooded country and in
a brush with Sandino followers two
United States marines were serious
ly wounded.
The wounded are private James
R. Earnhardt and David M. Kirk
endall. It was said that Kirken
dall will recover. They were brot
here by plane
RENEW RIOTING
RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 5. (/?.
In a renewal of riots between
Burmese and Chinese in we^t Ran
goon, 6 persons were killed and j
some thirty three wound -d.
IRATE HUSBAND
SLAVS FAITHLESS
WIFE-PARAMOUR
FRIEND ALSO USED GUN, IS
BELIEF EXPRESSED BY
THE POLICE
JLOS ANGELES. Jan., 5, —
Frank Hugo, 35, vaudeville ac
tor, claimed protection under
the unwritten law, foi slaying
his wife and friend, Louis White.
After pretending that he was
going away for a week-end, be
cause he said he suspected his
wife and friend, he returned un
expectedly. He said he had plan
ned the trap for sometime.
After the shooting Hugo sum
moned the police A friend,
John Duca, is also held. Ducas is
said to have climbed through,
the bedroom window and fright
ened Mrs. Hugo and White into
the hall where Hugo shot them.
The police found a pistol and
cartridges of two sizes which led
them to believe that perhaps
Ducas also fired.
BERLIN. Jan- 5. (/Pi — Almost- he
entire Cenitan nr* , ’ a respect -
fill tr'brre to Mm LiR J of ire a-: a
dignified flanre end simple' heart -
ed patriotic French, m n, who alter
his res ism a Lm in jpis> y mch is
laid to political intri vu'e, harbored
no rancor but; cent hiieci t « serve
his country in silence.
The victory of the Marne was due,
in the opinrm of the German
people more to the failure of the
German command than to Joffre.
One merit none denies him. in
that he kept a cool head when ail,
for the time, seemed lost.
AS
PRESENT IEISN5
PANAMA CITY, Jan. 21. (JP) —
Panama went about its business as
usual as there had not been an
overnight change in the govern
ment and from the presidential
palace it-self, Harmodio Arias, head
of the Junta which replaced Pre
sident Arosemerna, announced that
recognition by foreign powers was
not necessary siyice the change in
government was' entirely consti
tutional.
A new head of the police depart
ment was appointed as this organi
zation also acts as the army of
the republic.
FORCED DOWN
ABILENE, Texas, Jan. 5. (/P) —
Barclay Washburton, Jr., on a
round the world air and water
jaunt, was forced down here by
bad weather. He had taken off
from Dallas with El Paso or Tuc
son, Arizona as his nieht goal. The
flyer left New York November 23,
stopped off over the holidays in
Florida and arrived in Dallas yes
terday afternoon from Shreves
port, La.