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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 89.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931.
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REVISION GENERAL ELECTION
LAWS PASSED BY THE
SENATE
JUNEAU, April 23, Special to I
The Gateway—In several minor
measures, including the Ketchi- j
kan hatchery, Seldovia bridge, the j
Cordova hydroplane mooring port,
the Seward Peninsula shipping
subsidy, improvement of the Idit
arod River and $5,000 each for
the Ketchikan and Anchorage ra
dio broadcasting station subsidies
repair of the Seward Peninsula
and Tanana-Unalakleet telephone
lines, the House passed appro
priation bills aggregating about
$80,000.
The House also passed two
measures for regulation of motor
traffic. One empowers municipal
ities to regulate traffic in towns,
license drivers and fix reasonable
taxi rates. The other removes
speed limits from highway traf
fic except on curves where a max
imum limit of 20 miles is fixed,
and requires taxing of road ob
structions. The measure puts a!
$10 license on trucks and motor- ;
cycles both of which are now ‘
exempt from taxation.
The Senate passed Dimond’s j
revision of general election laws, j
Sunquist and Benjamin voting
against.
The Sunquist bill to extend and
alter slightly the prospectors aid
act, passed the Senate.
The sum of $10,000 wras appro
priated for the Matanuska school I
house.
Ten thousand dollars was ap
propriated for radio and tele- |
phone installation at Nome.
The bill was passed which .
creates a commission to prepare
an Alaskan exhibit for the Chi
cago World Fair in 1933 and
authorizes the expenditure of $10,- J
000 for that purpose.
The Senate also passed the!
House measure appropriating the j
sum of $1,000 to advertise the Pa-!
cific Yukon Highway.
REINFORCEMENTS 11 i
SENT TO eUURBIt1
PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua,
April 23. </P)— Persistent rumors of
an impendnig attack by insurgents
ted to additional reinforcements
and precautions for the safety of
Guardia.
Reinforced by detachments from
Managua with machine guns,
soldiers are combing the jungles:
for insurgents.
Sandino, with a large number!
of men, is said to be on Alta Mi- l
rano banks of the Yoro River.
A total of 11,499 guesses on the j
1931 Nenana ice were made at
Anchorage, reports the Times.
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A YEAR’S VACATION
CHICAGO, April 22, (A5)—Sam
Guzik, gambler and collector for
the Capone-Guzik beer-running
syndicate, pleaded guilty to in
come tax violations and was sen
tenced to a year and a day in
Leavenworth penitentiary and in
addition, fined $2,500.
FIRE IT GRMVIE1
IRISH. RESPONSIBLE
DEITH TIRO HER
SEATTLE, April 23. (/P)—Strong
winds are adiing to spread the
fire blamed for two deaths and
threatened destruction of Grand
view, near Yakima, where the fire
started in the Commercial hotel
and spread to other structures.
Communications are down.
Howard Hunie of Bremerton
died from injuries, when he leaped
from a truck to recover the driv
er’s hat which fell under the rear
wheels; he was crushed.
Albert Neilson, blacksmith, was
burned to death in his shack
which was swept by fire; three
others escaped.
CHICAGO, April 23. ^.—South
side police blamed a beer war for
the new f 1 a r e u p of gangland
shootings.
Edward Fitzgerald, 31, reputed
chief for Frank McErlane, a “pub
lic enemy,” was slain by shotgun
and pistol bullets as he attempted
to flee from five men who called
at the saloon and seized him. The
killers escaped.
Edward Courtney, Fitzgerald’s
companion who tried to escape,
w-as severely beaten.
■ VOUTH FIB#
TO ALTITUDE RECORD
DETROIT, April 23, (JP)—A 19
year-old Ohio youth at the Na
tional Aircraft Show flew a mid
get airplane to an indicated world
altitude record for light craft.
He was Kenneth Scholter, a
Hudson, Ohio, youth and his bar
graph reading was 19,500 feet.
The official record he is believed
to have surpassed was 17,037 feet
set in 1929 in France by G. Fauvel.
His plane was a featherweight
Aeronica single seatej high wing
monoplane with a two cylinder
38 horsepower motor.
APPOINT ONE ANYWAY
MADRID, April 23. (£>)—Despite
the failure of the United States
government to recognize the new
regime, the Spanish republic's am
bassador to the United States will
be appointed. He is Salvador De
madariaga and heads a long list
of diplomatic appointments.
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HAIL! HAIL! THE
n WILL SOON
BE IN ALASKA
LONG LIST OF NATIONAL NOT
ABLES WILL VISIT
NORTHLAND
SEATTLE, April 23. (£>)—Federal
Congressional committees enroute
to Alaska on various tours and
trips of investigation and inspec
tion besides Richardson’s and Al
bright’s include Senators Wolcott
of Colorado; Norbeck of South
Dakota; Pittman of Nevada, all
members of the committee on wild
life resources. They leave here in
June.
They are also members of var- j
ious other committees handling
Alaska affairs such as agriculture,
reclamation, mines, Territories,
public lands, Indian affairs.
Forestry members of the House
committees which consider legis
lation affecting Alaska," are leav
ing in July and include Colton of
Utah; Smith of Idaho; Leavitt of
Montana; Wood of Indiana; Mur
phy of Ohio, and Hastings of Ok-!
lahoma.
THE STOCK
Juneau 14%; Am. Can 115%; ■
Bancorporation 21; Cities 16; Cons, j
Gas 93; Zellerbach 3 %; Durant 2; j
Motors 39%; Goldman 7%; Int. j
Tel. 27%; Kemiecott 22%; Leghigh j
5%; Radio 17%; Richfield 2%; !
Standard Oil of N. J. 37%; Carbide!
57%; Union Cal. 19%; U. S. Steel;
126%.
REVOLT IS
! TERMINATION, THAT;
!
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TEGUCI GALPA, April 23. (/P)— J
! With only two instances of re-!
! newed fighting reported, wide-1
spread feeling is the revolt is
near its termination.
Though fear of an attack by
rebels near Lalima led to evacua
tion of American women and
children to Tela, the principal
rebel activity, it appeared, is cen
tered about San Pedro and Sulay
and forces will be sent there.
BUNK MS QUEEN'S
MONEY WHS STOLEN
NEW YORK, April 22, (JP)—'The
administrators of the estate of
Queen Olga Constantinova o f
Greece, have sued the National
City Bank for $192,475 claiming
that amount was on deposit in
the Petrograd branch of the bank
which the soviet seized in 1918.
The bank’s answer to the suit,
.was that the money was “stol
en and altogether lost.”
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“GEODUCKS” BUSY
NEW YORK, April 22, (JP)—In
a drive to break up the druggist
ring alleged to be selling whiskey
through illegal doctors prescrip
tions, dry agents arrested four
men, including Louis Kaufman,
to be the ringleader of the gang.
NEW SOUTH WILES
OINK OF Ml,
CLOSES ITS I0RS
CANBERRA, Australia, April 23.
(JP)—Prime Minister James Scullin
announced the New South Wales
Savings Bank will not open its
doors Thursday. The bank’s de
posits total $425,000,000.
The Australian economic situa
tion has grown steadily arse dur
ing the past few weeks; the New
South Wales state government re
cently defaulted on interest due
on bonds held in London.
The Commonwealth government
made good the default and is
attempting to collect from the
state. The bank met all demands
Wednesday and the heavy run had
decreased considerably by the
closing hour.
JURY FREES ME
OF MURDER RIO
OMSTER BUCKLEY
DETROIT, April 23. UP)—Climax
ing several months of investiga
tion, a jury acquitted T. Pizzino,
Angelo Livecchi and Joe Bom-1
marito of the murder of Gerald
Buckley, militant radio announcer, j
on July 23.
Others indicted for the murder
are three men and a woman who
are still at large.
The jury deliberated 33 hours. 1
Buckley was slain shortly after [
announcing the recall of Mayor 1
Charles Bowles, whom he attacked !
through broadcasts.
FLEET OF DIRIGIBLES
MOSCOW, April 22, (/P)-The re
cent visit to Moscow of the Ger
man dirigible Graf Zeppelin has
helped to create a powerful move
ment here in favor of Soviet-made
dirigibles.
On the initative of the press,
funds are being raised through
out the country to build several
airships which will serve as the
basis for a whole fleet of diri
gibles.
CALLED, SAID “HOWDY!”
ROME, April 22, (/P)—Senator
Dwight W. Morrow, who is sight
seeing in Rome, called upon Pre
mier Mussolini and had 20 min
utes conversation with him. Their
discussion was said to be entire
ly personal and without political
significance.
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TWELVE FED OF
LIQUOR CHARGES
PORTLAND TRIAL
JURY DELIBERATED E L EVEN
HOURS THEN CALLED IT
A DAY
PORTLAND, Ore., April 23, (A>)
—Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Portland
attorney and 12 codefendants,
were acquitted by a Federal jury
of charges of conspiracy to violate
the national prohibition act.
The remaining thre-* r 'pl
ants, Joseph Brown, Elsie Hog
son and Rudolph Bouthellier,
were convicted on the same
charges.
Eight defendants were convicted
on other prohibition law viola
tions.
The jury deliberated for more
than 11 hours. Judge Charles C.
Cavanah will pass sentence today
upon those convicted and on the
nine others who pleaded guilty
Prior to the trial the govern
ment alleged the defendants were
members of a gang organized for
the manufacture and distribution
of liquor in Oregon and Wash
ington.
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, April 23, (/P)—’The SS
Admiral Watson, of the P. S. S.
CO., sailed for Alaska Wednesday
night carrying 166 passengers of
which five are for Seward as fol
lows: Judge R. Downey, Mrs. P.
Iverson, Chas. B. Wilson, Louis
Smith and W. W. McDonald; there
are also 11 steerage on board.
WILL TRY AGAIN
CHICAGO, April 23, (/P)—Coun
sel for Leo Brtohers, under sen
tence of 14 years for the murder
of Alfred Lingle, reporter, were
allowed until May 1 to prepare
new arguments for another trial.
MAY LEARN SOMETHING
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 23.(/P)
—President Hoover is making a
thorough study of the administra
tive machinery of the Federal
government with Congress out of
session for several months for the
first time in his two years in the
chair. The inspection is mostly
for his own information.
MPT. HIKES MISSED
TEH-TIME IN LDND1
• HESTON, England, April 23. (/P)
Airdrome officials were informed
that Captain Frank Hawks, re
turning to London from a flight
between there and Rome, Italy,
was forced down 87 miles south
of Paris on account of lack of
fuel.
The plane was not damaged and
will conitnue Thursday. Captain
Hawks left London before break
fast and had lunch in Rome and
expected to return here for tea
time.
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