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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 195. SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1929.
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Aerial connections between!
Alaska and any point in the
United States is “entirely pratic
al/’according to the report of
Captain Ross G. Hoyt, who re
cently flew from New York to
Nome, Alaske. Part of his re-'
port was made public by the De
partment of War on August 4.
Captain Hoyt also reported that
his flight proved* the feasibility
of long range pursuit. Although
he reached Nome, he was forced
to land on his return trip due to
water in his gasoline tanks.
In the report he is now pre- i
paring, Captain Hoyt tells the
story of his flight from the time
he left New York on the after
noon of July 18 until his ship
nosed over in a small clearing in:
the heart of the Canadian Rock
ies at sunset on Sunday, July 21,
just as he had completed 6,000
miles of his 8.460-mile itinerary.
The full text of the section of
the report made public by the
Department of War follows:
Immediately after the christen
ing of the plane by Mrs. Trubee
Davison, I climbed into the cock
pit, gave the motor a brief test,
and took off easily with a full
load of 260 gallons, the ship
weighing at the moment of the
take-off approximately two and
a quarter tons.
Shortly after leaving New York
for Minneapolis—my first stop—I
encountered intense thunder
storms with accompanying rains
and a high southeast wind blow
ing directly across my 1,000-mile |
course. These storms grew in in
tensity as I proceeded westward
over New York state and reached
their peak over Lake Erie and
Lake Michigan.
The air was so rough that I had
trouble in holding the ship in ac
curate compass course. Also low
clouds and heavy rain made it
impossible for me to see either
shore while crossing the lakes.
It was not until I passed over
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, that I was
sure I was on my course. Here
the clouds began to lift and soon
I flew in brilliant sunshine.
From then on until I reached
Minneapolis at dusk, I had clear
sailing. I left Minneapolis shortly
after dark and headed for Ed
monton, 1, 100 miles away. j
The moon shone brightly as I
circled the Minneapolis field, but I
had covered less than 100 miles j
before clouds again began to ob
scure my course, while lightning
to the north and south told me it
was hopeless to attempt to circle
the storm. I had no alternative
other than to go through it, which
I did the next two hours, flying at
an altitude of from 3.000 to 2,500
feet navigating entirely by in
strument and unable to see any
thing below me even when the
darkness was temporarily rent by
flashes of lignhning. , !
After two hours of flying of this :
I came out into clear moonlight
and sometime thereafter I saw,
the glow of light of a large city
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65 ON 10 DAY TRIP
SEATTLE, Aug., 21, <7P)—Slxtyr
five University district business
men left Seattle Wednesday on the
S. S. Dorothy Alexander for a 10
day trip to Alaska.
SUMMER IS STRONG FOR THE
FISHING AND PULP WOOD
INDUSTRY
SEATTLE, Aug., 21, (IP)—Defense
of government regulations in Alas
ka was voiced here by Congressman
L. J. Dickinson of Iowa, chairman
of the house sub-committee on ag
ricultural appropriations.
“Before we went North we heard
often that bureaus were handicap
ping the development of Alaska.
Whenever you hear a man running
down bureaucratic control you will
find a man wanting to do some
thing the government won’t let
him.”
He added he found governmental
regulations were designed to aid
the Territory rather than deter it.
Congressman Summer said regu
lations adopted by the fishing in
dustry promise to put salmon pro
duction back on a stable basis
while schedules for cutting pulp
wood were designed to establish
that industry on a permanent yield
schedule from the start.
FRENCH AVIATOR
SEERS SET NEW
EXPECTS TO CATCH UP WITH
GIANT AIR LINER TUESDAY;
TAKE-OFF TOMORROW
LEBOURGET, France, Aug., 21,
(/P)—Deiudonne Coste announced
that he would take-off tomorrow
for a flight around the world in an
effort to overtake and pass the
Graf Zeppelin • before it reached
New York. It is also hoped to break
the non-stop record for an air
plane.
On the first leg of the flight he
will attempt to make Vladivostok,
Siberia, on tomorrow’s single hop.
He will refuel there and fly to
Tokio, reaching there “Saturday.
Departing from Tokio on Sunday
he will fly via the Hawaiian Islands
where he is expected Tuesday;
thence enroute to San Francisco
and LosAngeles.
Coste expected to catch up with
the Graf Tuesday.
CAMOUFLAGED OFFICE
LOS ANGELES. Aug., 21, (/P)—
Why a private room of Alexander
Pantages multi-millionaire thea
tre magnate, was. camouflaged to
resemble an office after his alleged
attack upon Eunice Pringle, 17, was
being investigated by the District
Attorney’s office.
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
SEATTLE, Aug., 21, {JP)—Four
prisoners sawed the cell bars and
escaped from the King county jail
after slugging the jailer uncon
sious.
(Bill TIMBER
THREE OTHERS FORCED OUT;
ONE COLLAPSED FROM GAS
IS RECOVERING
MURRAY, Idaho, Aug., 21, <7P)—
The bodies of three miners, who
were overcome by timber gas in the
Cedar Creek mining project, were
taken from the mine by rescue
workers. The men were Russell Lee,
foreman; W. N. Welch and Harold
Matthews.
They descended to the 2500-foot
level yesterday to inspect it for gas
which was believed to have been
generated by burning timbers. A
search for them started when they
failed to appear for lunch.
Three others reached the lethal
chamber but were forced oue be
fore they found their fellow miners.
One of these collapsed from the gas
;but is reported to be recovering.
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Ml! BRIGADES OF
M1CIRI1 TROOPS
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SHANGHAI, Aug., 21, (/P)—Mobi
lization of 10 additional brigades of
Manchurian troops totaling 100,000
men was reported in an official
Kuomin News Agency dispatch
from Mukden. The Agency said
the National government viewed
the Chino-Russian crisis as increas
ingly serious. These brigades are
destined for duty on the Northern
frontier.
| In another dispatch the Agency
quoted C. T. Wang, Nationalist For
eign Minister, as saying that Mos
cow was trying to alienate the loy
ialty of the three provinces of Man
'churia to the Nationalist govern
ment.
Amazonian Torch Slayer Feels At Peace In Jail
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Laura Weaver (inset)’ says she has nothing to fear in jail, where
she is held under a charge of slaying Wilmer T. Kitselman (above).
SHATTERED RECORDS
NET7 YGEK, Aug., 21, UP)—Ray
Ruddy, swimming star of the New
York A. C.. shattered four world’s
recorcis and one metropolitan
mark.
SPOKANE Alii
ESTABLISH NEW
CONTINENT HOP
RECEIVE MESSAGE CONGRATU
LATION FROM PRESIDENT
IN AIR FIVE DAYS
1 SPOKANE, Aug., 21, (/P)— Nick
Mamer and Art Walker brought
their plane, “Sun God” down at
5:59 p. m. Pacific standard time.
They are the first fliers to complete
a round-trip non-step flight across
the continent. The plane had been
in the air five full days, during
prich time it traversed 7,200 miles;
the greatest lineal mile distance
ever completed.
i They arrived over Felts Field
| from Missoula, Mont., where the
; last refueling contact was made.
| Mamer was at the controls when
the plane landed. They received
a me sage of congratulation from
jPrsidrtWhe aero thecw hirTfroafn
President Hoover.
I The “Sun God” left Spokane at
5:58 p. m. last Thursday. The
i plane, a small Buhl sesquiplane, is
powered with a Wright whirlwind
300 h. p. motor.
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WOMEN TAKE-OFF
I DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug., 21, (JP)—
The 16 remaining entrants in the
women’s air derby, took-off for the
next control point.
DAMAGED BY FIRE
LE HAVRE, France, Aug., 21, (/P)
;—The liner Paris of vthe French
Line, was badly damaged by a fire
,at its dock. In less than an hour
the whole central part of the ship
was ablaze. The flames were fin
ally placed under control by fire
men.
URGES REMOVAL
SEATTLE. ALASKA
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j BUREAU OF EDUCATION OF
FICES MAY BE MOVED TO
ANCHORAGE, JUNEAU
SEATTLE, Aug., 21, (/P)—Dr. Wil
liam John Cooper, enroute to
j Washington after a month’s tour
| of Alaska, said he would recom
jmend that Dr. Jonathan Wagner,
I chief of the Alaska Division of the
United States Bureau of Education
! headquarters here, be permanently
moved either to Anchorage or to
Juneau.
Dr. Cooper said he would like to
see Wagner located at the scene of
I his work right away, adding it was
I no use for any staff staying in
j Seattle except as a purchasing
! agent.
The crying need of Alaska is
j medical facilities, Dr. Cooper said,
land each teacher should be a 60 per
; cent nurse. He declared he found
I tuberculosis among natives was
| more prevalent than any other dis*
ease and constantly increasing.
Final location of a neyv $200,000
| industrial school will rest with Sec
retary Wilbur but Dr. Cooper has
prepared rating on several sites
which included Wrangell Narrows,
Shoemaker Bay, four miles south of
j Wrangell, Metlakatla on Annette
| Island and the village of Saxman
three miles south of Ketchikan. A
junior college will be offered the
school in a few years, the Commis
sioner said.
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PIKES IS UP
AGIST GRAVE
URGES. COURT
MANY OTHER GIRLS NAMED IN
DISPOSITION IN GOVERN
MENT VAULT
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 21, (IP)—
The defense of Alexander Panta
ges, theatre magnate, charged with
criminally attacking 17-year-old
Eunice Pringle, dancer, received
another body blow. District At
torney Buron Fitts announced that
in his safe reposes a 36 page depo
sition by a former Pantages thea
tre usherette in which she tells of
Pantages attempting to attack her
and several other girls employed by
him.
All the other girls are named in
the deposition, Fitts said, and his
operatives are now busy checking
the facts with them. At the same
time Fitts announced he had suffi
cient evidence to bring a further
charge of perjufy against Pantages
should it seem advisable to do so.
This would be based on statements
of those who charged a “cover-up”
plot to save the theatre man.
BOMB WRECKS HOME
CHICAGO, Aug., 21, (JP)—A pow
erful bomb was exploded under the
front porch of the summer home
of Lawrence King, county republi
can leader and sanitary district
trustee. The bomb wrecked the
front of the house and threw King
I and his five children from their
[beds but none were injured.