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SEWARD, ALASKA,TUESDAt .SEPTEMBER 8, 1931.
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 208.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MODIFICATION Will
BE DEATH BLOW TO
UNEMPLOYMENT, SAID
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8. (#)—
Workers of this city celebrated
Labor Day in Marin County with
a huge outdoor gathering and
were cheered by a nation-wide
message from Matthew Woll, vice
president of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Woll said: “The Volstead act;
will be modified before another |
year rolls around if organized
labor and its friends will get to
gether and back the popular sen
timent now existing. Modification
means employment. It means a
death blow to crime that has
grown out of and thrived upon
unemployment and prohibition.”
WILL REUTE OEMS
PERRY, Iowa, Sept. 8. (/P)—
Prosecutor George Sackett said
John M. Smith, insecticide manu- j
tacturer. promised to tell the j
grand jury all the details of an
alleged insurance plot in which
he disappeared last winter, leaving
the embalmed body of an uniden
tified man in his burned auto
mobile.
Mrs. Smith said a signed state
ment admitting her husband's dis
appearence was part of the plan j
mhereby she would collect his $60,
000 insurance policies.
Smith, who was once a candidate
ci the Farmer-Labor party for
governor, held in jail in the
> custody of State agents.
Mrs. Smith said: “I was to col- j
lect the insurance, then meet John
when he got in communication
with me in one or two years.”
The identity of the corpse found !
in his auto was unsolved as the |
body was burned. As Smith’s, it j
was exhumed at the request of in- j
surance companies. j
Smith was found June 23 at a |
roadside near Garner where he i
was taken to a hospital for the ]
insane and subsequently removed
to jail at Adel in July. Sackett
said Smith married a Canhah
girl while missing.
NAUTILUS RETURNS PORT
OSLO, Sept. 8. OP)—Captain Sir
Hubert Wilkins brought the sub
roarine Nautilus back to Long Year
City, Spitzbergen, from a trip un
m■ c?er the Polar ice.
“BLUEBEARD” VICTIM
CLARKESBURG West Virginia,
Sept. 8. OP) —In the hope of find
ing the body of another victim of
Varry Powers, West Virginia's
“bluebeard,” police began searching
an empty house from which sus
picious odors have been reported by
nearby neighbors.
NO SOCIAL LION
PORT SAID, Sept. 8. OP)—Ma
hatma Gandhi does not intend to
play the role of a social lion in i
London even for his own birthday. !
Wirelessed that admirers were i
planning to fete him. Gandhi re- 1
plied, “T don’t intend to participate :
in any social functions in London, <
not even in honor of an old man’s (
y birthday.” <
RAINS HALT FOREST FIRES
SEATTLE, Sept. 8. (/P)—Forest!
fires, ranging throughout the!
Western States, were checked andi
put out by the heavy rains which i
have descended on the fire swept
areas. It is now termed almost
an impossibility for some of the j
disastrous forest fires to start
again and take its toll of val
uable timber.
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 8. (£>)—Stew
art Edward White thinks that the
exceptional run of pink salmon j
in Southeastern Alaska this year
compared to the light run in Ca- ,
nadian waters vindicates the con-j
servation policy instituted four 1
years ago by Henry O’Malley.
The author is still advocating
national parks in Southeastern!
Alaska and hopes to see it created !
for the benefit of yachtsmen and |
vacationers. He stopped here en-!
route to Seattle.
TWO DIE OF POISON ALCOHOL
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8. (JP)~Two !
men were reported as dying here
from poison alcohol distributed in \
Los Angeles. Officials said the j
alcohol was rubbing alcohol dis-'
tilled. !
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
St. Louis 2-11, Detroit 3-7.
Chicago 2-2, Cleveland 6-5.
Washington 7-15, Boston 5-1.
New York 15-9, Philadelphia 3-5.1
* * * =:: |
RUTH HITS 40TH HOMER
In the second game between
New York and Philadelphia, Ruth
hit his 38th an d40th homers; Geh
rig got his 42nd and two other
Yanks, Dickey and Lary, homered. t
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 0-1, New York 6-2.!
Boston 4-0, Brooklyn 5-2.
St. Louis 1-8, Chicago 0-3.
Cincinnati 1-2, Pittsburgh 6-4.
PACIFIC COAST
Hollywood 2, Los Angeles 7.
Portland 5-6, Sacramento 12-8. j
Seattle 8-0, Oakland 5-4.
Missions 2-4, San Francisco 8-8. i
WORLD’S SERIES START OCT. 1
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8. (A1)—The
world series will open in St. Louis
October 1, according to an an- j
nouncement by Commissioner Lan- *
dis. The games will be played
by the St. Louis and Philadelphia j
teams.
TO VISIT POPE ,
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 8. (/P) — i
Premier Mussolini’s deferred vi-!;
sit to the Pope is being planned, it 1
was said on good authority. The ■ (
Premier will be received with the | ]
usual ceremony and it has been;
agreed that there will be no men- <
/ion of the recent unpleasantness j j
between the government and the; j
Vatican. !v
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DISORDER CONTINUES I ]
MADRID, Sept. 8. (JP) —Rumors of 11
i communist uprising in the garri
;on at the famous fortress at Jaca, 1
n the northern mountains, where
;he Republican revolt began last r.
December, caused the arrest here of I
Captain Anton Rexach, aide to t
Commander Ramon Franco, former c
:hief of the Republican air force. I
MOYLE UNO ALLEN
MO NO WO; TOOK
OFF WITHOUT TROUBLE
SAMUSHIRO, Japan, Sept. 8.
(/Pi—Beginning one of the most
hazardous flights known to avia
tors, Don Moyle and C. A. Allen
soared away from the beach run
way an a non-stop flight of 4,465
miles over the stormy North Pa
cific to Seattle, Wash.
Their monoplane carried gasoline
for 47 hours of flying but no ra
dio to inform the world of pos
sible disaster and to call aid of
ships in the little traveled area
over which they will fly.
Moyle took his place at the con
trols and Allen waved goodbye at
the crowd. After a run of 1800
meters along the beach, the plane
lifted its load of 1020 gallons of
gasoline into the air and flying at
a height of 50 meters, disappeared
over the Pacific.
Moyle got the plane into the
air much easier than aviators |
here expected; the wind and a i
smooth sandy runway were fav-!
orable.
PUTS WITNESSED
CHILDREN PLUNGING
TO DEATH IN PLANE
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 8. (/P)—i
Two children and an air pilot were !
hurled to their death here when an
airplane dived out of control at an
altitude of 1,000 feet.
A holiday crowd of 20,000 per
sons witnessed the accident which ;
occurred as the pilot attempted to
turn a pontoon equipped craft into!
the head wind for a landing.
The victims of the tragedy were
George H. Robertson, 22 years of
age, Berkely avitor, Anette Keister,
16 years of age, and her sister,
Katherine, 11 years of age.
Annette and Katherine were
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kei
ster of Sanger, California. The par
ents were among the horrifed crowd
that witnessed the tragedy. All
three bodies were recovered from
the wrecked plane.
ULUS WELCOME
MODIFICM, SMS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. (/p) —
While President Hoover remains
>utwardly opposed but secretly
loping for the restoration of beer, a
arge majority of his official collea
gues would welcome such a modifi
cation of the Volstead act, it ap
>eared.
Of his Cabinet of 10 men who
consult with him constantly, seven
tre classed as liberal on the sub
ect, wile only three are what may
e called ardent prohibitionists. Sec
taries Mitchell, Wilbur and
lyde are the only bone drys in
he Cabinet.
HNG AND QUEEN LEAVE BANFF
BANFF, Alberta, Sept. 8. (A5) —
7he King and Queen of Siam left '
Janff for Harrison Hot Springs af
sr which they will go direct to Van
ouver and Victoria to sail on the i
Impress of Canada September 12. <
GREATEST DAY FOR SPORTS
SEATTLE, Sept. 8. (/P)—Judging
from the many air races, autc
races, boat races, boxing matches,
! baseball games and wrestling
' matches staged on Labor Day in
j the United States, that day h
undoubtedly America’s greatest
day for sports.
HDHI SPURNS BED
SLEEPS Oil BENCH
ABOARD SS RAJPUTANA, Sept.
8. (A3)—Mahatma Gandhi, leader
of India’s swarming Nationalist
millions, has spurned the first
class stateroom placed at his dis
posal by the British government
for his trip to London to take
part in the round-table confer
ence, and sleeps on a wooden
bench in the stern of the liner,
covered by a shimmering white
sheet.
He slept unconcernedly while
patrolling passengers gazed in
amazement. “Who is it,” they
asked, and an attendant answered
courteously it was Mr. Gandhi, but
this is his day of silence and so
he is sleeping.
AMY HOMEWARD-BOUND
BERLIN, Sept. 8. (A3)—Amy John
son, British aviatrix, flying home
from Tokyo, arrived here.
DOES NOT LIKE PROHIBITION j
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Sept. 8. (/P)—A ;
resolution denouncing national pro- j
hibition and demanding repeal of |
the 18th amendment was adopted j
by the American Legion at the New i
York state convention.
ENDORSED FOR PRESIDENT j
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8. (A>) — j
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of j
New York, was endorsed for the i
Democratic nomination for the pre- j
sidency in a resolution adopted by
the Sacramento county Democratic
Central Committee.
FAVOR PROSPERITY LOAN
NEW YORK Sept. 8. (JP) —Nation
wide sentiment favoring the $5,000,
000,000 prosperity loan by the gov
ernment is gaining momentum each
day, Benjamin C. Marsh declared
here at a luncheon of the Civic
Club.
RULE UNION ILLEGAL
GENEVA, Sept. 8. </P) — The pro
posed Austro-German customs un
ion, already renounced by the For
eign Minsters of both countries,
was ruled illegal by a decision of the
worl dcourt at the Hague, voting
eight to seven.
POSITION CALCULATED
NEMURO, Sept. 8. (JP)—Although
Moyle and Allen had not been
reported or sighted last night, ob
servers calculated they are prob- !
ibly 300 or 400 miles of Kamchat
ka 13 hours after the takeoff. ]
ROYALTY’S DIET
LONDON, Sept. 8. (JP) — The *
Prince of Wales is partial to chic
ken wings and almost invariably
arders them when dining at a res
taurant. His brother, the Duke of j
Sfork, has the same preference. Re- j
:ently while dining in a Paris cafe ,
;he dish was cooked to his order in ]
jhampagne and served with hearts }
>f artichokes. i
LINDBERGHS WILL
CONTINUE FLIGHT
UTTER PORT WEEK
TOKYO, Sept. 8. (TP)—Colonel
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
motored here from Nikko to be
the tea guests of Baron and Bar
oness Shidehara. Baron Shide
hara is the Japanese Foreign Min
ister. The city of Yokohama on
Monday tendered the famous Am
ericans it’s official welcome.
Today Lindbergh planned to go
to Kasumiguara airport near here
to inspect his plane which is being
overhauled. It is possible he will
make a test flight today prepar
atory to their start Thursday or
Friday for Osaka. Lindbergh re
iterated they still, had not made
any definite plans regarding the
route of their homeward flight.
FITE OF THOUSINDS
SOLDIERS INO SAILORS
IN BALANGE IN CHIEE
SANTIAGO, Sept. 8. (/Pi — The
fate of rebel soldiers and sailors
who controlled Chile’s fighting
fleet and naval bases for a week,
hung in the balance as the gov
ernment initiated an intensive in
vestigation as to their guilt.
More than 2,700 men and petty
officers assigned to the ships are
involved in the Coquimbo muntiy
and hundreds of other troops fig
ured in the seizure of the bases.
A considerable number of Com
munists are alleged to have pro
vided a torch inspiration for the
last of the fleet which surrendered
after being beaten to submission
by aerial bombs. Their officers,
who were prisoners during the plot,
have been replaced in command.
TOOK OFF AT 12:30 P. M
SAMUSHIRO, Sept. 8. (/P)—Moyle
and Allen took off at 12:30 p. m.,
Pacific Standard Time, Monday on
a non-stop trans-Pacific flight,
4,465 miles to Seattle.
MEXICO IS INVITED
GENEVA. Sept. 8. (/P)—Mexico
was unanimously invited* by the
assembly to join the League of
Nations after a number of dele
gates delivered addresses of en
dorsement.
LEFT HUGE ESTATE
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sept. 8.
UP)—Sir Hall Caine, who during his
life was regarded as one of the
wealthiest of Great Britain's con
temprary writers, left a personal
estate of $1,000,000, his will, filed
here, revealed.
BEELINE FOE ATTU
SAMUSHIRO, Sept. 8. (/P)—Moyle
ind Allen were last observed pass
ng Point Erimo, 110 miles from
lere. Radio operators beli’eved
;hey would make a “beeline” for
Utu and if so would be out of ob
;ervation for a considerable time.
WILLING CUT INCOMES
LONDON, Sept. 8. (/?)—'The King
ind Prince of Wales offer to cut
heir incomes as an economy move
las made a favorable impression
vith members of Parliament. The
Sing’s income is a quarter of a
nillion and the Prince’s $50,000
nearly.