SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUMNE XIV. NUMBER 184. SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
!ESS PASTY
PLANS SWITCHED AT LAST MO
MENT; MAKING ROUND
TRIP A. RAILROAD
Arriving in Seward from Cor
dova at an early hour this morn
ing the Cutter Tahoe, Commdr.
L. C. Coveil, brought the distin
guished members of the Congress
ional party- The members of the
Appropriations Subcommittee for
Agriculture were met by Colonel
Oito F. Ohlson, General Mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, and
by L. V- Ray, both of whom de
parted with them at 7 o‘clock
this morning.
Col. Ohlson returned to Sew
ard last evening from Anchorage
in the railroad’s private car in
which* the Congressional party
is making the trip over the line.
The Brill motor-car was attach
ed to the private car.
Through the courtesy of Mr.
Ray, phoning to the Gateway
from Moose Pass, the itinerary
of the party is made known and
W!TT be as follows:
Prom Seward direct to Me
Kinley National Park; thence to
Fairbanks where two days are
planned to be spent, Saturday
and Sunday. On Sunday evening,
or early Monday morning, they
will leave for Anchorage and,
depending upon the pleasure of
the ladies who may be too tired,
a brief visit might be made. In
any case they expected to re
turn to Seward Tuesday evening
at 6 o'clock. -Their date of de
parture from Seward on the Ta
hoe is problematical and will un
doubtedly be gauged by the in
terest Seward residents can create
for them- Speaking for the par
ty Mr. Ray stated the members
were not looking for entertain
ment but were in Alaska for the
sole purpose of learning at first
hand some of the major prob
lems within the space of time
permitted.
When the subject of a recep
tion was broached the rrtembers
flatly said no but an informal
supper, yes. This would give them
an opportunity to meet the rank
and file of Alaska citizens which
they are primarily interested in
doing thereby gaining the view
point of a bona-fide resident.
Members of the Subcommittee
and in this party were L. J.
Dickenson of Iowa, chairman;
E, H. Wasson of New Hampshire,
J. W. Summers of Washington,
John N. Sandlin of Louisiana,
and James P. Buchanan of Tex
as.
Others in the party include
Mr. Orr, clerk of the committee;
R. Y. Stewart, chief forester of
the United States; Mrs. L. J.
Dickenson, Mrs. E. H. Wasson,
Mrs. J. W. Summers, Mrs. John
N. Sandlin, and C- H. Flory, com
missioner of the department of
agriculture, Alaska.
The Cutter Tahoe remains in
port awaiting the return of the
party and will sail for Seattle
from here.
WILL OPERATE
PARIS, Aug., 8, (/P)— An oper
! ation on premier Poincare will be
| performed tomorrow if conditions
warrant.
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CORDAVA ANTICIPATES IN FU
TURE ROAD CONNECTING
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
CORDOVA, Aug., 8. (/P)—Unani
mous in the declaration that the
problem of Alaska development
can be solved only thru the build
ing of more roads and trails, the
house sub-committee spent the day
in a general survey of Cordova.
“I am certain that we will be un
animously ein favor of the construc
tion of more roads and trails”, de
clared Mr. Dickinson. Charles H.
Flory, commissioner of agriculture,
is convinced that aerial maps of
the Prince William Sound section
will'be necessary to provide an un
derstanding on which to continue
this development. This method of
mapping may establish a route
from Cordova to the Richardson
highway.
ESCAPED DEATH
LAIBACH, Aug., 8. (/P)—Unsuc
cessful attempt was made to kill
Princess Elizabeth von Winds as
she was riding in her automobile.
SGKIET PLANE MS
OFF FOB BOLD HOP
LONDON, Aug., 8. (/P)—The Ex
change Telegraph Co., in a dis
patch from Berlin said that the
Soviet airplane “Land of Soviets”
with a crew of five, took-off from
Moscow on a trip to New York by
way of Siberia and Alaska. The
first stop will be at Omsk, 1,400
miles from Moscow.
0. OF OREGON FSCOLT!
MEMBERS NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Aug., 8, (/Pi—A party
composed of students, faculty
members and their wives, 185 mem
bers in all, on a four-week post
session from the University of Ore
gon, will sail today on the S. S.
Queen. The course will cov^r a 12
day cruise of Alaska with instruc
tions to be given while at sea.
NOME. Aug., 8, (/P)--C. H. Eielson,
acting agent for an aviation cor
portion of Delaware closed a deal
for the consolidation of the Ben
nett, Rodebaugh & Wien Alaska
Airways into the Alaska Airways
Incorporated. The business wall be
handled by the Lomen Reindeer of
fices with Pilot Frank Dorbandt in
charge.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
WINDSOR, Ontairo, Aug., 8, (/P)
I —Two cases of infantile par
| alize were reported in border
I city but Fred Adams officer of
: health expressed belief there is
'no cause for alarm.
bsWuCTED
OFF
PEOPLE
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CIDER AND FRUIT JUICE MAK
ING STAMPED WITH AP
PROVAL BY OFFICIAL
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WASHINGTON, Aug., 8, (^)—
Prohibition Commissioner Doran
instructed his agents that an in
vestigation of a home for the man
ufacture of cider and fruit jucies
could tye made only upon bonafide
search warrants, and explaining
that the prohibition act authorized
the manufacture of non-intoxicat
ing cider and fruit juices in the
home under certain conditions.
Doran instructed his aids not to
interfere with such production ex
cept upon satisfactory evidence of
unlawful sale being made. The an
nouncement is being made at this
time because of the approaching
grape and cider season, Doran said.
The clearance of liquor and beer
from Canada to the United States
in the Detroit district, showed 53,
892 cases last month as compared
I with 166,533 for the same period
last year.
SERVICE “BUDS” AWAIT THEIR WINTER DEBU i
Of the yearly crop of Washington debutantes, who count the
cummer months as important in preparing for the winter debut, the
“service set”—daughters of army and navy folk—form a colorful
section. Among the service debs who will make their debut next
winter are Frances Virginia Waggaman (center), Elizabeth Murray
(left) and Mary Henry.
EVEN MAKING
WORLD
! FLIGHT 1ZEP
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TOTAL OF 22 PASSENGERS ON
BOARD GIANT LINER OF THE
AIR; ONE WOMAN
LAKEHURST, Aug., 8. UP)—'The
Graf Zeppelin took-off at 11:40 p.
m. eastern standard time in a
flight around the world. There
were 22 passengers; one a woman,
i with the possibility that a stowa
way had again been successful in
' hiding himself in some dim recess
of the great bag.
Seven passengers have taken
passage for the entire trip which
includes stops at Friedrichshafen,
Tokio, and Los Angeles before re
turning to Lakehurst in about a
month. The rest are going only on
the first leg of the journey across
the Atlantic.
The night was dark except for
the eastern horizon where a Quak
er moon pierced the murk with a
gray radiance as the craft passed
over New York at 12:40 a. m. east
ern time this morning.
UNDATED, Aug., 8. (/P>—Messages
from the Graf Zeppelin herself and
ships which sighted her, indicated
she was soaring over the first part
of her flight at 100 miles an hour.
At that rate she is traveling 15
miles an hour faster than her max
imum speed; presumably due to
strong tail winds. At 7:30 she was
420 miles east of Sandy Hook.
CUTTER SERVICE TO
j HELP SOVIET AIRMEN •
IS ALASKA WATERS
SEATTLE, Aug., 7, (/P)—Capt. J.
F. Hottell, commander of the
Northwestern Division of the Coast
Guard, radioed Capt. C. B. Cochran,
j chief of the Bering Sea Patrol, to
jgive any assistance necessary to
| the Soviet airplane, which is.
I scheduled to hop from Moscow to
(New York via Alaska this month.
The Coast Guard Cutters Haida
and Chelan, based at Unalaska and
Dutch Harbor, are near the course
proposed for the flight. Capt. Hot
tell acted under instructions from
Washington, D. C.
OVER HALF MILLION
ALASKAN'S ESTATE
SEATTLE, Aug., 8, (JP)~ Mrs.
Helen Ainsworth, widow of the late
iElton E. Ainsworth, pioneer salmon
packer and founder of the firm of
Ainsworth & Dunn, left an estate
of $512,000.
The will revealed she left $50,000
to her mother, Mrs. Ida Schroe"der
of Seattle and the rest to Mrs. Wil
liam M. Culliton, her daughter, also
of Seattle.