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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 90. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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OF CITY MOIL
“D—the torpedoes, go ahead!”
This was the key word at last
evenings’s City Council adjourned
meeting which carried on until
nearly 11 p. m. Thereupon they
unanimously elected Thomas Nev
ille to the council vacancy creat
ed by C. E. Orlander.
Mayor D. C. Brownell presided
over the session with all council
members present and City Attor
ney L. V. Ray. A few spectators
were also in attendance.
Application for City offices and
positions were quickly disposed of
and all now in office were re-ap
pointed with the exception of the
city attorney post for which Mr.
Ray, made no application for. The
application of Attorney E. P. Har
wood was acted upon and duly
named City Attorney for the en
isung year.
A D. Balderston was unani
mously reelected City magistrate,
assessor and clerk; Dr. A. D. Hav
erstock unanimously re-appointed
City health officer; Fred Keil
eheski unanimously reelected po
lice and lire cheif; H. S .Balder
*ton, Sewai*d’SL dollar a year man,
was unanimously re-appointed as
city treasurer.
The council cancelled the lease
with the Alaska Railroad for two
parking strips on Railroad Ave.,
in favor of H. V. Hoben; the Fin
ance committee reported audit of
city and school board books had
been completed by auditor. The
committee will bring in thir find
ings at the next meeting. The
Seward General Hospital matter
was gone into thoroughly and an
excellent historical record or re
view of attempts in past years to
operate a hospital here, and in
ception of the present.
Councilman Roberts and Stan
ton were appointed by the May
or to lay all facts as to status
of the hospital question, before
the Woman’s Home Missionary
Society. I
Councilman Stanton and Neville
were named committee on assess
ments and taxes with Mr. Stan
ton as chairman. Councilmen
Roberts and Neville were named
committee on law and order with
Roberts as chairman.
The official minutes of the meet
ing will appear in Saturday’s is
sue of this paper. The next regu
lar meeting of the City Fathers
will be held May 4, at 8 p. m.
A REGULAR GUY
ANNAPOLIS, April 24, (/P)—
Prince Takamatsu, brother of the
Japanese Emperor, made Naval
history for the United States
when, during his visit to the Na
val Academy, he requested and
obtained amnesty for all mid
shipmen punishable during the
day.
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The SS Derblay, of the A. S. S.;
Co., completed discharging cargo;
at midnight, last night, and sailed;
for the South. ;
REORGANIZE PATROL
WASHINGTON, April 24, (&)—
General Smedley Butler, in con
ference with Senator McNary of
Oregon, agreed to assist in the
reorganization of Oregon’s re
cent newly organized State po
lice force provided he obtains a
leave of absence. McNary is to
ask Hoover’s permission. The in
vitation was extended in behalf
of Governor Meier of Oregon.
CUT. mis ms
TWO RECORDS lit
I HESTON, April 23, (/P)—Captain
iHawkes, with two new speed re
cords under his hat, climbed out
I of his plane yesterday after
Inoon 59 minutes after he had left
Lebourget Airport, outside of Par
is, covering the distance of 229
miles 37 minutes faster than any
other had flown it.
Wednesday he set a new re
cord of five hours and 20 min
utes on a flight from Rome.
LARGEST CARGO OF
SEASON ARRIVES ON
STEAMER ALASKA
, _3fe_ ' :
Carrying over 1,000 tons of
miscellaneous freight for d i s
charge at the Port of Seward, the
largest cargo brought here by any
vessel this season, the SS Alaska,
of the Alaska Steamsip Company,
arrived early today and probably
will not be unloaded and on her
way south again until Saturday
morning.
Over 100 men are swarming over
vessel like ants discharging the1
speedy liner.
No particular commodity is at- !
tributable to the heavy cargo, j
altho the steamer has several1
lumber shipments on board. The
tonnage is made up of groceries,
hardware, forage and miscella- j
neons merchandise for points on!
the Alaska Railroad and the Yu
kon River, mostly for Fairbanks.
Having sailed from Seattle on
the 18th of the month, the Alas
ka brings one of the final cargoes
to move over the Alaska Railroad
before the increased freight rates
take effect.
ALFONSO’S AUNT DIES
PARIS April 24, (/P)—Infanta
Shabella, 80, Alfonso’s Aunt, died.
She was a sister of Infanta Eula
lia and Infanta Beatrice sister to
Queen Marie of Rumania who was
at the bedside. Queen Victoria of
Spain arrived at the clinic a few
hours later.
H. O. ROBERTS HERE
H. O. Roberts, head of the
Uganik Fisheries, arrived in Sew
ard today from the South to con
fer with local members of the
firm as to the forthcoming sea
son’s operations.
Vessels in port today included
the SS Alaska, MS Boxer, Marion,
Roy and the Bill.
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BONE DRY LAW
I
JUNEAU, April 24. (Special to
The Gateway)—Sixteen measures
went through' the Legislature and
eight in each branch of the House
were passed.
The Senate bill authorizing the
Attorney General to place a con
tract for compilation of Alaska
laws for publication in 1933 and
appropriating $12,000 for legal
work was appropriated; $6,200 for
the Kodiak-Afognak shipping sub
sidy; $4,000 for repair and im
provement of Dougles school build
ings.
The Senate passed the measure
adding the Territorial mining en
gineer to the Territorial road com
mission.
The Senate passed the House
measure appropriating $2,500 for
carrier pigeons for use in avia
tion industry.
The bill to give a lien for doing
necessary annual labor to a legal
non-owner holder of unpatented
mining claims,' and an act au
thorizing municipalities to class
ify property for tax purposes was!
defeated.
The House bill empowering ma
yors to appoint city employees
with advice and consent of council
was defeated.
A public hearing was announced
for Saturday by the Senate com
mittee on House bills to repeal
the Alaska bone dry act and at
least one local preacher is slated
to appear in protest.
Sundquist introduced a measure
“For an act to reorganize the exe
cutive department of Alaska” af
fecting the auditor and treasurer.
The main provisions make the
auditor’s term four instead of
two years and place tax collec
tion under the auditor, taking it
away from the treasurer and
strengthening the accounting au
thority of the auditor.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
All postponed on account of bad
weather.
AMERICAN
St. Louis 0, Detroit 1.
Cleveland 8, Chicago 2.
Other games postponed.
COAST
Missions 5, Seattle 10.
Hollywood 6, Portland 3.
Sacramento 1, San Francisco 5.
Oakland-Los Angeles game post
poned.
NOT SO BAD
WASHINGTON, April 23, (JP)—
Operation of the War and Navy
departments, combined with nat
ional defense costs and expenses,
resulting from past wars, amount
ed to $2,124,847,000 during the first
nine months of the current fis
cal year, according to official
figures.
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COMMANDER KILLED
SEAHURST PARK, Sussex, Eng.,
April 24, (A*)—Air Vice Marshal
Felton Vesey Holt, Commander of
air defense, Great Britain, and j
his pilot, Henry Moody, were kill- I
led in an airplane collision 1001
in the air. The occupant of the
other plane was uninjured. Com
mander Holt was one of the pio
neer members of the Royal Air
Force.
SPIN BEPUfillC IS
IEGOGNIZED BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 23, (ZP)—
The United States today extend
ed official recognition of the new
Republic of Spain.
Ambassador Irving Laughifti’s
call upon the Spanish ministry
followed closely that of Sir Geo.
Graham, British ambassador, who
accorded recognition by the Brit
ish commonwealth.
All the principal nations have
now acknowledged the new Re
public.
SNOW, FUMES, HIS.
WINDS PREVAIL OVER
UBE AREA OF 1ST
KANSAS CITY, April 24. (/P)—
Snow blanketed a large area of
the west and spring flitted over
the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast states favoring some sec
tions with drought-breaking moist
ture and fanning forest fires; j
others are snow covered.
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,;
Nevada, and the Sierra mountains
drought was broken by snow and i
rain.
In Southern California and Ari
ozna forest fires were rained out.
High winds in Oregon, Idaho, j
Utah and Northern California pre- ,
vail and several hundred men are i
fighting forest and brush fires
in Washington and Oregon.
Four deaths in the northwest are
attributed indirectly to the wea
ther.
BIG GAME HUNTERS
SEATTLE, April 24. (JPh-Senator
Hale of Maine, Assistant Attorney
General Richardson and Samuel
| Stern, Fargo, N. D., merchant,
sailed on the cutter Shoshone for
a big game hunt in Alaska under
the auspices of the Kodiak Guides
Association. They are headed for
Seward. Senator Hale said there
was nothing official about the
trip.
INCOMING LOCALS
Incoming local arrivals on the
SS Alaska other than the eSattle
list published last Saturday, in
cluded K. K. Katz, M. J. Ander
son, E. Figley, M. Toul, C. Collins,
D. MacDonald, C. Beck, S. A.
Munn, T. Labelle, A. F. Stander,
A. G. Hammer, G. Waltz, A. Look
ol, J. Cornelius, H. O. Roberts,
B. Bromberg, Dr. R. I. Hall.
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THREE CHILDREN OF
KISILOF FULL THRU
ice ind on
A terrible tragedy occurred at
Kasilof, April 19. Three little
children ventured out on the ice
and were drowned.
Burton Lee Cole, age six; Shir
ley Mae Sandwick, age five; John
Richard Stanley Sandwick, age
four.
The Gateway’s correspondent’s
letter follows:
Sunday, April 19, Mr. and Mrs.
Sandwick went to the Cole fox
ranch to visit. While there, Bur
ton Cole and the two Sandwick
children ventured out on the
lake in front of the Cole ranch
and evidently htey got too close
to an air-hole and broke thru
the ice; they were drowned.
The accident happened around
6:30 p. m. They were in the
water for about 25 minutes. The
bodies were worked over until 11
o’clock that night before all hope
was given up.
The whole community is brok
en up. Mr. and Mrs. Sandwick lost
all the children they had. Burton
Cole was the youngest of six.
children.
The bodies were taken to An
chorage on the MS Discoverer,
in care of Mrs.,Heinie Berger.
The Cole boy w’as born March
27 at Alder Creek, New York. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
Cole. The body will be taken
back to Kasilof for burial.
Shirley was born July 23 at
Anchorage, and John, February
8 at Seattle, Wash. Parents are
Mr. and Mrs. John Sandwick.
The remains of the Sandwick
children will be left at Anchor
age, sealed in a vault, until next
fall, when they will be taken to
Seattle for cremation and placed
beside the grave of the mother
of Mr. Sandwick.
U. S. CONSUL DIES
WASHINGTON, April 23, tP) —
Nathaniel Bacon Stewart, Ameri
can consul general at Barcelona,
Spain, died at the home of Chas.
Pearce here where he and his
wife had been staying for the last
three months.
WHAT! ANOTHER ONE?
WASHINGTON, April 23, (A*)—
The Wickersham commission’s re
port on criminal statistics, one of
a series of nine reports still to be
made, was delivered to President
Hoover and will be made public.
The other reports are virtually
completed, it was said.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. “Tony” Wen -
dler, Anchorage residents who have
been visiting in the States for
several months where Tony also
went for medical treatment, were
among today’s arrivals from the
South on board the SS Alaska.
The MS Boxer, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, was expected to complete
taking on her coal cargo this
afternoon and depart for South
eastern Alaska and Seattle.
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