“Center ofi
Everytlrdng”
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 131.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Storm Worried
Aviators; Make
Ready Next Hop
MEN ARE OBJECTS OF ADMIRATION BY INHABI
TANTS; THE NEXT HOP WILL BE 1,800 MILES
AND IS CONSIDERED MOST HAZARDOUS OF
ALL; AFTER BRISBANE COMES SYDNEY AUS
TRALIA, THE DESTINATION; OBTAIN MUCH1
NEEDED SLEEP.
SUVA, June 5. (A5)—The Southern Gross arrived here
at 6:23 Monday, Pacific time, from Hawaii. The flight
from Hawaii required 36 hours and 27 minutes.
READY TO MAKE LANDING
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5. (/P)—The Southern Cross'
sighted the Fiji Islands at 4 o’clock, Pacific time. The
plane’s radio operator messaged, then said he was reeling
in the antenna for the landing.
L
WASTE NO TIME
SUVA, Fiji Islands, June 5. (JP)—
Having ■successfully traversed approx
imately 6,538 miles of ocean between
Oakland, Hawaii and Suva, the South
ern Cross fliers started preparations!
for their next 1,700 mile hop to Bris
bane, enroute to Sydney, Australia.
They obtained a long rest last night
to make up for more than 33 wakeful
tempestuous, anxiety fraught hours,
passed during the flight from Honolu
lu. !>
Many things must be done, checking
the gasoline supply of the remaining
fuel in the tanks, locating a site from
which the plane can safely take-off,
an examination of the three motors
which labored -faithfully thru the miles
of storms, a study of weather charts
and maps to decide time and course.
A CLOSE SHAVE
The next hop is the shortest but the
most hazardous leg of the unpreced
ented flight.
The fliiers are the object of admira
tion by all here. Landing in a spot
barely large enough to accomodate
the plane’s arrival, it will be too small
to take-off. The plane missed run
ning into the side of the inclosure by
but 20 yards. The fliers did not try
to conceal the fact the storm worried
them.
Kingsford Smith declared he hoped
he would never have to fly thru such
weather again.
FAVORABLE REPLY
WASHINGTON, June 5. (^—Ire
land and New Zealand replied fav
orably to Secretary Kellogg’s invita
tion to join in outlawing war.
SALMON FOR RHINE
COBLENZ, Germany, June 4. (JF)
1 To restore the Rhine’s salmon fish
eries 400,000 spawn hav been plant
ed in the river near here.
I
I
IS POSSIBLE MESSAGES
HOAX; WAVE LENGTHS
1,000 METERS
ARE
800,
STOCKHOLM, June 5. (£>)—Radio
messages in English and Italian were
repeated and frequently heard at mid
night by amateurs at Gaevle, Upsala,
Sjaernum and Thekkeborg.
The message said “Italia Nobile
SOS Kingsbay East.” The message
finished with “radio Bordeaux”.
It is inferred that unless a hoax is
being perpetrated the Italia has been
lost in the Arctic since May 25 and
is trying to inform the world it is able
only to hear Brodeaux. Amateurs re
ceived the message in wave lengths
varying from 800 to 1,00 meters.
EDWARDS TAKES OFFICE
SEATTLE, June 5. (ff)—Mayer
Prank Edwards took office yesterday
amid n simple ceremony.
LOS ANGELES SAFE
LAKEHURST, June 5. (£>)—The
d'l’igible Los Angeles is safe in its
hangar after meeting a storm o/er
the Alleghanies on its return from
Pittsburgh.
BERING SEA IS FREE
OF ICE REPORTS S. S.
TUPPER AND DONALDSON
SEATTLE, June 5. (^—Reporting
that Bering Sea is unusually free of
ice for this time of the season two
Seattle vessels arrived from Northern
ports. The Donaldson reached Nome
Sunday morning and the S. S. William.
M. Tupper reached Bethel Saturday,
j Both* are the first of the year -to Teach
1 these two districts.
A LARGE REFUND
PARIS, June 5. (JP)—The French
treasury will reimburse the Bank of
France to an amount of $30,000,000
F/idav. This is the first step to
wards stabilization of France, the
biggest job facing the new Parlia
ment which convenes Friday.
"The Commercialized AGe"
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Qoscoe /1
HOPE TO LOCATE HEYSER’S RAD
IO; WILL FOLLOW NIEMINEN’S
ROUTE
FAIRBANKS, June 5. {^—Waiting
only for a favorable break in weather
Pilot Bennett is prepared to hop for
Kotzebue to search for the three
planes, while Nome reports a low
ceiling with intermittent rains.
Bennett will follow Nieminen’s route
t in an effort to find Heyser’s radio for
which he will carry new tubes and
other equipment anticipated If neces
sary to rehabilitate the set in the
event it was damaged in forced land
ing.
Bennett is taking Tom Birand, me
chanic, and gas sufficient for 18 hours*
of sustained flight. His plane will he
equipped with skiis.
IS CONVINCED THAT ITALIA DE
SCENDED IN FRANZ JOSEF
LAND, RUSSIA
MOSCOW, June 5. (£>)—'The Soviet
Rescue Commission is planning to
send am expedition to Franz Josef
Land to seek the dirigible Italia for
it is further convinced that General
Nobile descended there, by the re
ports of new wireless messages picked
up last night and thought to be direct
ly from the Italia.
Advices received from Mnrmask
said the messages from the Italia an
nouncing its descent in Franz Josef
Land, was picked np by the wireless
station at Obdorsk Tobolsk, Siberia.
The trawler Loutchinski, off the
Ourman caost, also heard the Italia
I calls.
‘
HOOVER'S FORCES
WIN FIRST ROOND
KANSAS CITY, June 5. (JP)- -
Hoover’s forces won the first round
of contests for seats in the Republi
can Convention when the National
Committee recognized four delegates
at-large from Florida, and pledged
h:.- candidacy.