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VOLUME XX111. NUMBER 8 SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Secretary Wilbur
Asking Congress
Tremendous Sum
AMERICA NEEDS FIRST CLASS NAVY, DECLARES
SECRETARY, IN PLACING PROGRAM BEFORE
THE HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE—GENERAL
BOARD PROGRAM PLANS CONSTRUCTION 15
CRUISERS, FIVE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, NINE
DESTROYERS, 32 SUBMARINES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, (/P)—Stressing his own
belief that “America needs a first class navy,” Secretary
Wilbur placed before the House Naval Committee both
personal reasons and those of the navy general board for
asking Congress to authorize $725,000,000 for a new war
ship construction program.
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secretary wimur said in prepara.
tion of this program the general
board has primarily considered the1
need of this government for a naval
defense and in determining the need
the general board has taken into
consideration the condition of other
navies, their construction and re
placement program. So far as is!
known future wars must be fought j
largely by vessels already completed |
since the beginning of the World .
War. j
“Great Britain announced at the
Geneva conference she needed about
600,000 tons vessels of the cruiser j
class "which threwr out of the original j
. proposal at Geneva for a cruiser!
tonnage of 300,000 tons. The ton-!
nage is less than we felt necessary |
for our fleet. We are willing to ac
cept the hazard of building less ton
nage than needed if others will ac
cept similar hazzards.”
The Secretary said the program
proposes construction of 15 cruisers,
five aircraft #carriers, nine destroy
ers and 32 submarines.
The leading nations are “in no
sense on a competitive basis but
needs of our navy are determined by
f the Secretary of the Navy upon the
technical advice of the general
board.”
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— SIX IN PLANE
NOME, Jan. 11. (£>)—Noel Wein,
aviator who left Fairbanks for Nome,
will carry six passengers on the re
turn trip. Among them will be Miss
Jane McNichol who will marry Geo.
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Metcalf at Fairbanks.
Coach E. J. Bath, of the Seward Hi
School basketball team, has promised
to send full reports of the Anchorage
series to The Gateway.
RUTH AND GRAY TO DIE
NEW 'i ORK, Jan. 11. (^p)—Gover
nor Smith denied the pleas of Ruth
Snyder and Henry Judd Gray for exe
cutive clemency. Both are schedul
ed to die in the electric chair Thurs
day night for the murder of the
woman’s husband.
NEARLY HALF OF THE BREAD
CONSUMED IN THE U. S. MADE
BY BAKERIES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (£>)—A!
pound loaf of bread cost the American
family eight and 55-100 cents over
the three years period, recently stud
ied by the Federal Trade Commission,
with the farmer, who raised the
wheat getting one and 15-100 cents
and the baker five and 11-100 cents,
the remainder going to grocers and
other handlers.
Nearly half of the *bread consumed
in the United States.,^ produced by
bakeries with three companies con
trolling 20 percent of that output. The
Commission found competition was
keen altho price cutting wars had
resulted in price fixing agreements
in some cities.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED
PROVINCETOWN, Jan. 11. </P)—
The bodies of six more of the crew
from the sunken submarine S-4 were
recovered bringing the total to 23.
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FAVORABLE INDICATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (£>)—
The requestor $100,000 to protect
government property adjacent to
Lowell Creek, Seward, Alaska, was
transmitted to Congress today by
President Coolidge.
POSTPONEMENT OF
HUT OPENING
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MATTER REFERRED TO FISHER.
MEN’S UNION FOR INVESTI
GATION; SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 11. (#>)—'The pro
position to postpone the opening of
the halibut season from February un
til March 1 to give distributing com
panies more time to dispose of their
cold storage stock, was discussed at
a meeting of the fishing vessel own
ers association.
No definite action was taken and
the matter is being referred to the
Fishermen’s Union for investigation.
"A Possible Mistake"
HOORAY/
SANTA CLAUS
at MY HOUSE
NEW INQUIRY IN
TEAPOT DOME OIE
RESERVE ORDERED
SENATE APPROVES RESOLUTION
DIRECTING INVESTIGATION
CANADIAN FIRM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (JP)—A
new Senate inquiry into the phase ot
the Teapot Dome Naval oil reserve
has been ordered. Coincident wit|i
the order came that for (postponement
until April 2 of the retrial of Fall
Sinclair conspiracy case growing out
of the transaction.
Without discussion the Senate ap
proved of the resolution of Senator
Norris directing the Senate Public
Lands Committee to investigate the
extent the Continental Trading Co.,
of Canada.
Sinclair, one of the backers of the
company, has been charged by the
government that M. T. Everhart, a
son-in-law' of Fall, received $230,000
in Liberty bonds from the company of
which $90,000 went to Fall.
MOUNTAIN. DIES
ALECK HOLMSEN, PASSES SUD
DENLY FROM HEART ATTACK
AT BLUFF, ABOVE NOME
NOME, Jan. 11. (£>)—Aleck Holm
sen, age 57, a miner and prospector
and one time dog team racer with the
noted Scotty Allen in the All-Alaska
sweepstakes, dropped dead from a
heart attack at Bluff.
Several hours before his death.
Holmsen had driven United States
Marshal Jones from Nome to Bluff.
Going over Totpkok mountain Holm
sen over exerted himself and died
suddenly at Bluff.
1 Mi SERVICE TO
ALASKO IS SPONSORED
SEATTLE, Jan. 11. (^—Estab
lishment of an air mail service ber
tween Seattle and Alaska is sought
by the Seattle Chapter of the Nat
ional Aeronautic Association as part
of a gigantic air program proposed
Cor the year. The chapter pledged
itself to this development at a meet
ing today.