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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 179. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMURRER OVERRULED
Bf MU JUDGE ON
TERfliTORIAL TAX
JUNEAU. Aug. 4. (/P)— In an
• oral ruling Judge Harding in the
District Court overruled the de
murrer filed against the Terri
tory’s answer affecting a Terri
torial tax of $250 for non-resident
t rollers.
The case was brought against
the Territory by Wood Freeman,
a Seattle troller, alleging the tax
was prohibitive as the earnings
annually of trollers was about
^ $500.
The case went to the Circuit
Court of Appeals last year and on
another demurrer follownig this,
Attorney General Rustgard filed
an answer alleging a competent
troller earned $3,000 per year.
Freeman’s attorney demurred this
and the oral decision wras the re
sult.
REFUELED UNABLE TO
TIKE 1, DUE TO FOG
1
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4. (JP)—The
refueler plane landed here from
Ruby at 8:15, local time, Monday
night"
Mattern and Greener explained
that after landing at Ruby to
take on more gas, they found it
impossible to take off on account
of fog.
Robbins and Jones said they
would not attempt another flight
to Tokyo this year on account of
the lateness of the season. Both
are downcast over their failure.
The fliers said they intended stay
ing here a day or two before go
ing South.
- DEFINITE DUE IS
SET BUTTLE BETWEEN
J
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. (^—Aban
doning all thought of a match be
tween Tommy Loughran and Jack
Sharkey in August, James J. John
ston, announced a definite date
for a 15 round match between Jack
* Sharkey and Primo Camera, the
Giant Italian.
The Boston heavyweight and the
270 pound Venetian will meet at
Ebbetts Field, Brooklyn on Septem
ber 23rd, Johnston said. In the
event the Madison Square Garden
Corporation blocks Camera again,
as it did in June, Loughran will
take the place of Camera against
Sharkey.
GETS UNDER WAY
BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 4. (JP)_
Sir Hubert Wilkins, commander of
the Polar Submarine Nautilus
arrived here from England and will
f ■ leave for the Arctic at once. Ar
rangements have been made for the
Graf Zeppelin and the Nautilus to
keep in touch with each other by
radio.
OFF FOR BAKER LAKE
CHURCHILL, Manitoba, Aug. 4.
<;P) — The Lindberghs hopped for
Baker Lake at 12:45 p.m., 11:45 p.m.
Pacific time.
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HARD TO LEAVE
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 4. {&)
—Boardman and Polando’s plans
are still unannounced. It is dif
ficult to leave Istanbul Field with
a load for a long flight. Unof
ficially, it is said they may leave
Friday but their destination is
undecided.
BUS PLUNGES INTO AN I
OPEN BOH; 22 DIE
GEORGETOWN, S. C., Aug. 4.
(JP)—A bus loaded with picnickers,
returning from a beach outing,
plunged through an open draw
bridge here and about 20 negroes
and two white men were drowned.
The whites were Waren Newton,
driver, and his son, Olin Newton.
Red light signals had warned that
the bridge was lifted for a boat
but the barrier was torn away.
GLACIERS RECEDING
FIST; ONE VANISHES
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JUNEAU, Aug. 4.pP) — Harry j
Fielding Reid, member of the Bu
reau of Mines, returned after
three weeks in Glacier Bay and
said all the glaciers are receding,
some having gone back 10 miles;
one has disappeared altogether, i
He said the reason for the re
cession is unknown as the climate |
is practically unchanged.
Reid visited the bay 41 years
ago and named most of the gla
ciers.
START POSTPONED
BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 4. (TP)_
Repairs to the engine in the sub
marine Nautilus delayed the start
to the North Pole until at least
Wednesday, said Sir Hubert Wil
kins.
VESSELS INSTRUCTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. (£>)_ j
The Dollar Steamship Company in- j
structed four of its Trans-Pacific j
Liners to be on the lookout for the
Col. Lindbergh plane the next few
days and report anything they see
or hear regarding it. The vessels
are the President Lincoln, Mckin
ley, Taft and Madison.
USED MIES OVER
THE MM MUD
UNFAIR, UNNECESSARY
JUNEAU, Aug. 4. (/P)—'“The re
cent increases in rates on the
Alaska Railroad were unfair and
unnecessary. Their effect is to
decrease the system’s business and
retard development of the coun
try,” declared Congressman Mur
phy of Ohio upon arrival here
Monday aboard the cutter Tahoe I
with other members of Congress'
from their trip Westward.
“The Federal government should
rectify this mistake in administra- J
tion policy of the Alaska Railroad.
Lower rates should be restored.
Service is adequate in every par
ticular and should be maintained.
“Neither Congress nor the In- j
terior Department should worry or j
quibble about the operating de- i
ficit for the Nation can afford j
to meet this,comparatively small!
reficit in the interest of the Ter- j
ritory, for ultimately, Alaska will j
reply manyfold.” i
Murphy said he believed all \
members were of the same mind *
in this respect; all showed inter
est in Territorial appropriations
and revenues.
NATIONAL
Cincinnati 0, Chicago 8.
Only National games played. j
AMERICAN
New York 9, Boston 8.
Washington 2-5, Philadelphia
3-6.
Cleveland 5, St. Louis 3.
Chicago 2, Detroit 7.
YANKS EMERGE VICTORS
BOSTON, Aug. 4. (/P)—Brilliant
catches in the outfield by Babe
Ruth and Combs, and the relief
pitching by Vernon Gomez, en
abled the New York Yankees to
emerge with a 9 to 8 decision over
the Red Sox’s free hitting bout
Monday.
SEWARD AIRPORT 1933
A DAY AHEAD
BASRAHIRAK, Aug. 4. (A*)— J.
A. Molliston, British flier, took
I off for Athens, a full day ahead of
the Australia-England flight rec
ord of 10 days and 23 hours set
by Lieutenant C. W. A. Scott.
THIRTY UNIONS IT
Ml ON STRIKE
•
HAVANA, Aug. 4. (/P)—Twenty-i
four hours of strike, involving
40,000 workmen, began with a
bombing which broke windows and i
damaged the street. No arrests'
were made.
Thirty unions are participating j
in support of the striking street!"
car men and to protect impris-1
onment of workmen and govern- '
ment restriction of meetings.
JAPANESE FLIGHT IS
CMCELLEO THIS YEAR
DUTCH HARBOR, Aug. 4. (yp)—
The North Pacific flight under
taken by Seiji Yoshihara, the
young Japanese ace, has been
definitely abandoned this year.
Representatives bid farewell to
Unalaska after a three months
stay and sailed on the SS Kokasai
Maru. They said they expect to
accomplish the flight from Tokyo1
to Seattle and San Francisco next
year.
MAY TRY TOKYO-SEATTLE HOP
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. (A3)—A ca- 1
ble from Pangborn and Herndon
to representatives here said they
have abandoned the present at-)
tempt to lower the Post-Gatty
record because of their damaged i
plane. Current reports are to the
effect that they may attempt a
Tokyo-Seattle hop.
$75,000 LOSS BY FIRE
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, Aug. 4.
(/P) Fire swept along five blocks
of the residential street here Mon-!
day, destroying 10 homes, 10 barns;
and garages at a loss estimated at
between $50,000 and $75,000. Fire
men were handicapped by a low
water supplly and had to let the
fire burn itself out.
FAVORABLE WEATHER
AWAITED IN SIBERIA
FOR NOME FLIGHT
TOKYO, Aug. 4. (JP)—Pangborn
and Herndon awaited favorable
l weather at Khabarvosk, Siberia,
■ for continuation of their flight,
! Rengo News Agency dispatches
| said.
| A damaged wing was suffered
j when the fliers landed Monday,
but which since has been re
paired. The fliers announced they
would take off for Nome as soon
as the weather was favorable.
Rengo quoted the fliers as de
nying the New York reports that
their round-the-world flight rec
ord attempt had been abandoned.
At 9:30 a. m., Tuesday, Tokyo
time, they were half a day behind
Gatty and Post, but each addi
tional hour at Khabarvosk length
ened this margin.
UHL SHORT STOPS
I
I
I OTTAWA, Aug. 4. (>P)—A wall
iof static is separating the Lind
jberghs from the outer world but
! after many hours it is learned
'they landed at Baker Lake at 5
p. m. Eastern time, Monday.
They are preparing to leave to
day for Hunter Bay, 650 miles
westward.
Communication was finally es
tablished by the Department of
Marine wireless.
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BECAME SEPARATED
FROM REFUELED SO
COMPELLED TO LINO
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4, Rob
bins and Jones who returned and
landed here Monday, explained
they became separated from the re
fueling plane in a heavy fog in the
lower Yukon and no word was re
ceived later concerning the where
abouts of the refueling plane with
Mattern and Greener aboard.
Robbins said they circled over
Fairbanks for three hours because
of bad weather and were unable to
land; they showed signs of the
strain of their 27 hours in the air
and were greatly disappointed.
The weather was reported good at
Unalakleet but the fliers never
reached there.
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EDISON CRITICALL ILL
! ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 4. (A5)—The
r Associated Press learned that
j Thomas A. Edison is critically ill at
his home in Llewellyn Park. It
i has been known for several days
f that the aged inventor has been ill,
but his condition was not made
public.
CROSSES FRONTIER
HARBIN, Aug. 4. (ff>)—Amy John
son, British aviatrix, crossed the
Russian-Chinese frontier at Man
chouli and is due here tonight.
HALIBUT PRICES
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Aug. 4.
(JP)—Halibut totaling 23,000 pounds
of American brought 3c to 8y8c;
Canadians bringing 3c to 6.2c.