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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 177.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY,' AUGUST 1, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SS YUKON ENROUTE
TO lUSKI; OSS FI
LIST JffiSFNGEflS
SEATTLE, Aug. 1. (/P)—The SS
Yukon of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed from Seattle at
9 o’clock this morning, carrying
110 pasengers of which 30 are
hooked for Seward and Alaska Rail
road points, as follows:
C. J. Perry, Mrs. E. Lennard, Mrs.
H. L. Stull, L. C. Thompson, Sister
Mary Alexander, Sister Mary Lo
retta, E A. Towle, Eugenia Towle,
W. A. Preston, Miss V. Berry, Miss
D. Tilden, Peter Vachon, Andrew
Leland, M. Danielson, J. C. Golds
burg, A. M. Torent.
Carl Rivers, Mrs. F. Parker, Miss
E. Anderson, Mrs. Scavbraugh,
Miss A. E. Wetzler, R. Wagner, C.
S. Wetzler, Mrs. R. J. Manthey and
daughter, Fred Harris, M. McGill
vary, L. D. Ridoux, Chas_ Balhiser,
Marjorie Balhiser.
LINDY’S CALL LETTERS
(By Associated Press)
Lindbergh’s plane’s call letters
are KHCAL. The set is to be oper
ated at frequnecies of 333, 500, 3130,
5615, 8450, and 13240 kilocycles.
m THIRSTY FOLK
CALNEVA LODGE, Nevada, July!
31. (/Pi —Festivities at this famous
resort for Reno divorces and play
ful Californians were interrupted
by raiding San Francisco and Reno
prohibition agents.
The agents stalked in while the
resort was full of thirsty people
just back from swims or golf. As
in the recent Reno raids, entrance
v;as made by placing undercover
men, who had become known as
“good customers,” at the trick doors.
A white line down the middle of
the dance floor divides the struc
ture into California and Nevada |
sections. All the bar and gambling j
equipment are in the Nevada por- !
tion.
. PH CANIL IS
REINFORCED, DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, July 31. (IP) —
Making the Panama Canal prac
tically impregnable to attack from
the sea, the army has reinforced
its defense there with the most
powerful artillery yet developed, it
was learned.
The addition consists of a battery
of 14-inch railway guns that can be
moved from one end of the Isthmus
to the other within six hours. They
outrange the big sixteen-inch guns
9 on the battleships by six miles.
AGAIN POSTPONE TAKEOFF
SEATTLE, Aug. 1. {IP) —Robbins i
and Jones postponed until tomor
row their takeoff because bad wea
ther was reported in theFairbanks
region. They had wheeled their
plane to the runaway of the Boeing
airfield but were delayed for an
hour by a punctured tire. There
were hundreds of spectators.
AWARDED CONTRACT
| JUNEAU, Aug. 1. (A3)—The War
rack Construction Company, of
Seattle and Ketchikan, was award
ed the contract for building two
dormitories for the Shoemaker
Bay industrial school at Wrangell.
The lowest bid submitted was j
$72,842.
PMOl, HERNDON j
DOWN IN HUSSIt!
I
MOSCOW, Aug. 1. (A3) -Pang-!
born and Herndon were forced'
down at Wietiegari. Wietiegari is
150 miles from Kustanaisk, in the
Cossack Autonmous Republic. They j
came down at 8:30 a. m., Moscow,
time or 9:30 p. m. Pacific Time.
The fliers detoured from their
route to Sverdlovsk because of bad;
weather. They advised by telegram j
that they were going to take of with
a small quantity of fuel for Kus- j
tanaisk or Omsk, about 400 miles!
away.
FLIERS GONGRIITULIITED
BY KEMAL PASHA
ISTANBUL, Aug. 1 l/P>— Board- j
man and Polando are eo receive the ;
congratulations of Kemal Pasha, j
The*fliers said that their future;
plans are indefinite, but they are
considering to return via India.
Boardman said he would not
make a non-stop return and said
he “certainly wants to stop and see
some of these pretty European cit
ies.”
Authorities agreed that the mile
age record of the flight was 4.984
miles. |
AVIATORS IRE TREATER
ROYALLY IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 31. (/P) j
—Boardman and Polando slept for
16 hours in pajamas borrowed from
new suite and shoes; the shoesET
Ambassador Grew. The embassy
staff bought them new suits and
shoes; they found only two pair
of shoes in the city to fit the
heroes.
President Kemal Pasha invited
them to the Slimmer capital at
Yalova and instructed the Turk
ish Aviation League to prepare
two medals for them.
PULLED OFF ROCKS
PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 1. (/P> _ j
Steamer Prince David was pulled j
off the rocks by three tugs late Fri- j
day and made her way to Port'
Townsend under her own steam.!
A preliminary examination reveal- j
ed that there were several small;,
holes in her bottom, but the pumps ]
are sufficient to keep the water [.
down.
bomb explodes
GENOA, Italy, Aug. 1. (JP) _ a.
bomb exploded in the street a few ]
hours before the arrival of King <
Victor Emanuel and Queen Elena, j
The King and Queen where to come ;
down the street for the purpose of <
launching the ocean liner “Rex.”
The bomb shattered glass in the 1
TransAtlantic Society building and i
a general panic ensued. i
DEDUCTION PUNT TO
BE ERECTED f MILE
117 DT O MNLLEY
With a capacity of 100 tons per
day a reduction plant will shortly
be established at Mile 117 Vi by W.
E. O’Malley, who went to Seattle
Friday on the SS. Aleutian to make
changes in 70 or 80 tons of custom
built equipment which will probab
ly be ready to ship to Seward the
latter part of this month. Actual
operation of the plant will begin
immediately upon installation.
After two or three years of inten
sive effort, Mr. O’Malley said the
first unit will be erected on a site
just beyond the Whitney road, near
Anchorage, which location was se
lected by General Manager Otto F.
Ohlson, of the Alaska Railroad.
There is ample siding facilities at
that point; the Eklutna power line
runs about 200 yards away and Ship
Creek is alongside.
Following installation, at least
eight men will be employed on the
pay-roll. Mr. O’Malley stated.
AMY HOPPING IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Aug. 1. UP) — Amy
Johnson hopped for Nijnidunsk af
ter stops at Tiyaciensk and Kra
noyarsk.
DEATH KELL SCANDAL
SHEET IS SOUNDED IN
LOS INCELE5 COURT
LOS ANGELES, July 31. (/P> —
Bailing out swift, sure justice and
announcing the death knell of
“scandal sheets” here, a jury of 12
men found Fred A. Girnau guilty of
distributing obscene matter through
the United States mails.
Girnau winced as the verdict of
guilty on two counts out of six was
returned against him in Federal
court.
Four articles, viciously attacking
Clara Bow, motion picture actress,
which appeared in Girnau’s former
small newspaper, “The Coast Re
porter,” formed the basis for the
Government’s action against Gir
nau.
(M01 HTtWIL
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug.
1. (/p)—The Canadian National
Steamship Company’s liner Prince
David, bound from Victoria to
Vancouver and Seattle, ground on
the rocks at Point Wilson near
here, at 10:45 a. m. yesterday dur
ing foggy weather.
The liner is high and dry with
her bottom punctured, causing a
slight list. Several boats are
alongside. The Canadian Pacific
steamer Princess Kathleen took
3ff the passengers and mail.
The Prince David is a sistership
to the Prince Henry, now in Al
aska service. The David was built
in England a year ago.
LINDBERGS ARE OFF
OTTAWA, Aug. 1. (/P) —The Lind
berghs took off at 9:49 a. m. East
ern Standard time with their des
tination as Moose Factory, on the
southern tip of James Bay which
is 460 miles from Ottawa.
AIHMIIN ILEX WEN
MARRIES SEATTLE GIN.
SEATTLE Aug. 1. (£>) — The mar
riage of Alex Holden, supervisor of
the Pacific International Airways,
with headquarters at Fairbanks, to j
Miss Lorraine Fagan, of Seattle,!
here last Saturday was revealed by
the couple Friday.
The couple met less than a year
ago when Holden was in Seattle
with the Washington-Alaska Air
ways.
Holden returned to Seattle July
23 for the ceremony.
The couple sails on the Yukon
Saturday.
ESKIMOS EXCITED DUE
POINT BARROW, Aug. 1. —
Eskimos were stirred with excite
| ment because of the approaching
| visit of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh.
The Eskimos plan an old-fash
i ioned walrus hunt for the Lind-'
j bergh’s entertainment and are fur
i bishing up ancient equipment for
' the chase. *
| If the ice or other conditions are
' not favorable for the hunt the na
tives plan to give the Lindberghs
1 presents.
The white population of Barrow
' is arranging a luncheon to be serv
| ed in the new Presbyterian manse
J which will be put into service dur
! ing the Lindbergh’s stay here.
FORMED NOME OFFICER
PUSSES IT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 1. (£>)—George
| Carson, 79, former deputy U. S.
marshal at Nome died here yester
day. He went north during the
early days of the gold rush and
returned here.
j He became claim agent for the
'Puget Sound Power & Light Com
pany shortly after returning here.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter and two sons.
GARRISON ACQUITTED
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Aug. 1. (/P) —
The brutal murder of Hazel Brad
shaw is still among the four re
cent unsolved girl murders here.
The jury acquitted Moss Garrison
who was charged with her murder.
The verdict was brought in after
two hours of deliberation. Garri
son was accused of killing the girl
because of jealousy.
TOURIST STIMULUS
JUNEAU, July 31. (/P)—Mention
ing only incidentally the brown
bear, Stewart Edward White told
the Chamber of Commerce that
the establishment of a National
Park in Southeast Alaska would
be a tremendous stimulus to tour
ist traffic.
OKliHOIHU GOVERNOR
DELIVERS ULTIMATUM
ON CRUDE OIL PRICE
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 31. (/P)—
There will be a dollar a barrel price
for crude oil from Oklahoma’s great
oil fields, Governor William H. Mur
ray said in an ultimatum to petro
leum purchasers.
Counting on the strength of thfr
National Guard as he opened his
campaign to open Red River free
bridges, Murray said that unless
oil reaches the price he has set, he
will order all wells except stripper
wells, shut down.
-4
Thus Oklahoma’s governor ans
wered the last plea of producers
and royalty owners, whose cam
paign of voluntary shutdowns has
brought oil prices from the lowest
level in years, 22 cents a barrel
to 50 cents, the flat rate now posted
by the Sinclair Oil Company.
NAUTILUS IN NORWAY
BERGEN Norway, Aug. 1. (A5) —
The submarine Nautilus arrived
here and Sir Hubert Wilkins, dar
ing explorer, said he expects to
leave Monday for the Arctic and
his under-the-ice dash to the pole.
TIB IK ARE
PRESENTED TO NATION
FOR DIRIGIBLE SITE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. (&) —
The Sunnyvale dirigible site, San
Francisco’s gift to the Nation’s de
fense, will be officially presented
to the Navy Department Monday.
The passing of the deed of 1,000
acres of land from the hand of Le
land M. Cutler, president of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce
to Admiral W. C. Cole, Command
ant of the Twelfth Naval District,
will mark the conclusion of one of
most noteworthy community pro
jects in this city’s history.
The ceremonies will take place at
the Marine Exchange of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
GRIGSBY CONTENDS
INSUFFICIENT HE
JUNEAU, Aug. 1. (TP)—Attorney
George Grigsby filed an apeal Fri
day on the conviction of Burton
G. McDonald, alleged murderer of
George Marshall, Ketchikan fish
buyer. McDonald is now impris
oned for life at McNeil Island.
Grigsby contended that insuffi
cient evidence was presented for
a conviction. Friday was the last
day in which to file the appeal.
STOLE TROUSERS
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 31. (&)
—Members of the Ministers’ staff
and other diplomats were astound
ed when M. Pallier, Czecho-Slovak
ian minister to Hungary, descended
from the train at the Central Sta
tion here, clad only in pajamas. He
hurried to explain his trousers had
been stolen. They were found later
in a cornfield along the right of
way, minus M. Pallier’s pocket book.