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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 134.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
California-Hawaii Flight
Fitting Climax First
Year Air Progress
TWENTY-ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR
AVIATION DEVELOPMENT—BY CLOSE OF 1932
UNITED STATES WILL HAVE AIR CORPS SEC
OND TO NONE PROVIDING FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS
ADHERED TO
YONKERS, June 30. (/P)—Describing the California
Hawaii flight as a fitting climax for the first year's pro-!
gress Assistant Secretary of War Davidson, in charge of
aeronautics outlined the army's program for the second
12 months period of its five-year aviation development
plan in an address before the Rotary Club in which he
praised the flight of Lieutenants Maitland and Hengen
berger.
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WELL WITH HIM ID
CREW: B EKUtHI
UP TEN THOUSAND FEET IN
FREEZING FOG—TALKS WITH
STEAMER
LONDON. June 30. (JP)—Byrd, in
radio communication with the French
liner Paris at 7 o’clock Eastern day
light time, said: “We are 10,000 feet
up in a freezing dense fog, with out
position 11 Greenwich meridian time,
49.35 latitute. IS.10 west longitude.
Fine, thank you. You have helped
us a lot.’’ The position given is about
GOO miles west of Lands End. England.
FORCES OF BIGOTRY AND RACE
HATRED REACHES CLIMAX IN
HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, June 30. (/P)—Mayor
Walker announced that he would
immediately start personal investiga
tion into the hazing of the three Jew
ish doctors at the King County Hos
pital in Brooklyn by their fellow in
terne physicians. Forces of bigotry
and race hatred have been smoulder
ing in the hospital for months and re
sulted finally in the binding and duck
ing of several Jew doctors. Six oth
er internes at the hospital were ar
rested in connection with the case
and Mayor Walker said public inves
tigation will be held next Wednesday
at the city hall and will be carried on
in every hospital in the city.
1 Davidson said: “The courage and
skill shown by the two pilots typefy
the spirit of the Army Air Corps,
while the efficient performance of the
plane points to the high standard set
for army aircraft.” With the fiscal
year starting tomorrow. S21.S90.000
available for the continuation of avi
ation development and “next year
will produce more men. more equip
ment and better army fields.”-said Sec
retary Davison. By the close of 1932
this country, if the five-year plan is re
alized. will have an army corps of
1.600 flying officers, 55 reserve officers
and 15.000 enlisted men. The flying
equipment will consist of 48 pursuit,
95 attack, 185 bombardment, 59 trans
port, 412 observation. 72 amphibian.
479 training planes and 110 aircraft of
various types in the war reserve.”
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Botton 2, New York 8.
Cleveland 0-8, Chicago 5-6.
Philadelphia 3, Washington 5.
St. Louis 3, Detroit 9.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 9, St. Louis 10.
Chicago 2, Cincinnati 1.
Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 5.
Boston-New York—rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 6, Seattle 0.
Missions 3, Hollywood 2.
Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 21.
Sacramento 7, Portldn 3.
NEW RATE ASSAILED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. (/P)—
An increase running from 50 per cent
up to as high, in a few cases, as 300
per cent for home users of the local
telephone which is now under consid
eration, was bitterly attacked by pub
lic organizations and the city officials
of the Bay cities. Telephone service
was called rotten by Oakland’s Mayor
The higher rates will be fought to a
finish.
wickers* renews
LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST
INADEQUACY OF LIS
i
AGAIN FILES SUIT IN DISTRICT
COURT PREVENT PAYMENT
OF MONEY
JUNEAU, June 30. (JP)—Renewing'
his fight against what he claims is the
inadequacy of Territorial laws, Jas.
Wickersham filed suit in the District
court against the Territorial Treas
urer asking an injunction to prevent
the payment of money for executive
purposes appropriated by the last
Legislature. Wickersham is joined
in the renewed battle by Eugene
Wacker and B. W. Haskins of Ketchi
kan. All of the items included in a
similar suit brought by Wickersham,
which was recently dismissed upon!
his own motion, are included in the i
latest action. Appropriations which i
he asserts the Legislature was not*
empowered to make provide for addi-1
tional salary of the Governor, janitor,
messenger service in the Governor’s
house, office and traveling contingent
expenses of the Governor, for enter
tainment and repairs at th. Governor’s
house and improvements to the execu
tive mansion, totalling $7,890.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DISCOVERY OF IN'S
BODY AT MT. VERNON
HEAVY BALING WIRE WRAPPED
ABOUT BODY IN WATER SEV
ERAL WEEKS
MT. VERNON, Wash., June 30. (/P)
—The body of a man with heavy bal
; ing wire bound around his neck and
! a portion of it tied around his waist
! was found yesterday in Puget Sound.
| The body had been in the water for
| several weeks from all indications. A
Apiece of a sack found still attached to
! the body indicated that some heavy
i material had been placed in it when
| the body was-first thrown into the
water and had probably caused it to
! sink and remain under the water all
this time. Mystery surrounds the findd
| ing and the identity remains un
I known.
HOP PLANS UNAFFECTED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. (&)—
; San Francisco’s plans for a Honolulu
' flight contest to open August 12 will
not be affected by a trans-Pacific hop
: by the army, navy or civilian airship
I before that date says Frank A. Flynn,
the executive secretary of the com
I mittee which is now closing their
plans for this big event.
HUMID BITTERLY
ATTACKS SENATOR BLASS
NEW YORK, June 30. (/P)—Samuel
Untermeyer launched a hitter attack
on Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,
asserting that he had grossly misrep
resented the work done by Senator
Owen of Oklahoma in putting into op
eration the Federal Reserve system
and had sought to get the glory from
Owen.
MUSKRATS EAGERLY
COMPETED FOR AT
SEATTLE FUR SALE
ALL OFFERINGS BEING SOLD AT
AN AVERAGE ADVANCE OF 10
PER CENT OVER MAY
SEATTLE, June 30. (^-Twenty
five thousand muskrats were eagerly
competed for at the opening of the
monthly auction sale at the Seattle
Fur Exchange. All offerings were
sold at an average of 10 per cent over
May prices. All lots offered except
marten, which was withdrawn when
it failed to create a demand, sold in
entirety under lively bidding. Mink
returned full open market prices, the
best lot bringing S24. with the aver
age S14.90. Keen competition result
ed when red fox was offered. For the
entire collection the best lot sold for
$44, and averaged, including some
coarse skins, $27.60. The best lot of
white fox brought $62, with an av
erage of $45.67. The best lot»of musk
rats brought $2.58. the average run of
Alaskans $2.35 to $2.45. An average
collection of British Columbia and
Albertas brought $2.41. Cross fox
best superiors brought $91. a col
lection averaging $36.16. A poor of
fering of silver fox averaged $63.70,
the two best skins selling for $160.
The best lot of lynx went at $44.50,
with the average $25. Ermine aver
aged $2.14, the best lot bringing $2.95.
Otter averaged $23.25, with the best
lots $30.
MOVIE MEN DROWN IN
ABERCROMBIE GORGE
ICY RAPI.DS OF COPPER RIVER BE
ING FILMED FOR PICTURE
“TRAIL OF ’98”
CORDOVA, June 30. (£>)—Ray
Thompson. Los Angeles stunt man, Ja
seph Bautin of Juneau and H. Daugh
ters of Spokane, lost their lives in the
swift, icy rapids of the Copper river
in Abercrombie canyon while filming
“Trail of ’98” for the Metro-Goldwyn
Meyer Location company. Bautin lost
his life trying to save Daughters and
Thompson,
AGREEMENT REACHED
LIMIT MAXIMUM SIZE
OF NIL DESTROYERS
RATIO OF FIGURES OF MAXIMUM
TONNAGE IS NOT REVEALED
AT THIS TIME
GENEVA, June 30. (vP)— An agree
ment to limit the maximum size of de
stroyers was reached at the meeting
of naval experts of the tripartite con
ference. The experts also discussed
the question, of ratio in the number of
destroyers as between the United
States. Great Britain and Japan. It
is understood that an accord was vir
i tually reached on the ratio for de
! strovers. but the experts declined to
I
! announce the ratio figures of maxi
mum tonnage of destroyers. It is un
derstood to have been fixed at 100
tons. A line of demarcation is being
drawn between destroyers and de
stroyer leaders.
ALL LITIGATION OF
RADIO CORPORATION
SETTLED OUT COURT
COMPANIES CONCLUDING AGREE
MENTS WILL PAY PERCENT
AGE GROSS INCOME
NEW YORK. June 30. (£>)—'The Ra
dio Corporation of America has settled
out of court all litigation affecting
radio patents it was learned. It has
concluded licensing agreements with,
seven larger companies and others not
involved in the legal proceedings for
amounts ranging from $100,000 up
ward. The total of these payments,
which represents the royalties which
the Radio Corporation claimed, will
total $1,250,000 according to William
Brown, vice-president and general
manager and attorney. The compa
nies concluding an agreement will pay
i the Radio Corporation 7 1-2 per cent of
! their gross income from the sale Of
receiving sets equipped with devices
licensed under the patent agree
ments. s'
COLUMBIA CREW WINNERS
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y.f June 30.
! (JP)—Columbia, a dark horse in the an
nual four-mile varsity towing classic,
whipped Washington a length. The
time of the winner was 20:57. Cali
fornia ^vas third and the Navy fourth.
LINDBERGH MARBLE PLAQUE
LEBOURGE, France, June 30. (/P)—
A marble plaque commemorating Col
onel Lindbergh’s feat in crossing the
Atlantic by airplane was dedicated
here on the spot where Lindbergh
landed.
Celebrate The Fourth In Seward