VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 151.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SPANISH AVIATORS
FOUND SAFE; NOW
PLAN*5, SALVAGED; THOUSANDS
PEOPLE STAGE DEMON
STRATIONS OF JOY
MADRID, Spain, June 29, (TP)—
Major Franco and his three com
panions who started on a transat
lantic flight to America via the
Azores Islands more than a week
a no, are enroute to Gilbralter
r hoard the British airplane carrier
Eagle They were snatched from
the water nearly 100 miles south
east of the Island Santa Maria.
The airmen reported that all are
7 ell and even the plane, a huge two
motored Dornierwal, was salvaged
and only slightly damaged.
The first news of the rescue was
ven out by the Spanish ministry
c+ state which announced that
word had been received from Gil
maltar from the Spanish Consul
'fading: “Franco and companions
p eked up alive by Eagle near
Azores. Coming to Gilbraltar.”.
The news'was later confirmed by
the British* Admiralty in London
iich received a message from the
Fsgle. The time of the rescue was
mstatd but it is believed to have
eeen during the night or early to
cay. The assumption being that
Me Eagle commander wirelessed as
soon as they effected the rescue.
The position in which they were
h und indicated the airmen had
e ther flown or drifted considerable
r stance since the last definite re
rjrt which was 170 miles southwest
of Santa Maria last Saturday by
G'edon
Street demonstrations and joy
hfgan rhruout Madrid and thous
ands, unaffected by the rain,
marched thru the streets cheering
and shouting “Vivo Franco”.
FILM ACTRESS ID
ILL
LOS ANGELES. June 28, (£>)—
May McAvoy. film actress, and j
Maurice J. Cleary, Los Angeles
investment broker, filed notice of
intention to marry here. Under j
California’s three day ' marriage;
-aw, they will be entitled to their
marriage license next Saturday.
Miss McAvoy said, however, that
the wedding was planned for June
30t,h at Beverley Hills home.
“AIN’T IT HOT”
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.(/P)
—California continued to mop
its brow and say, ‘‘Whew! Whew!
ain’t it hot!” The thermometer
registered 94 in San Francisco.
Stockton registered 105, Fresno
1Q2, and Sacramento 100. Cooler
weather was predicted.
FORTY THOT DROWNED
BOGOTA, Columbia, June 28,
OP)—Forty persons are believed to
have been drowned and more
than one hundred injured in the
practically total destruction of
the town of Sevillea. Sevillea had
about six thousand inhabitants, j
(HOBS MOST STS?
H (ID ANOTHER DAY
MINNEAPOLIS. June 29, (/P)—
After more than 100 hours of con
tinued flying, Pilots Owen Haugh
lend and Charles Johnson are still
in the air. The flyers are well
the half-way mark in the attempt
to better the endurance flight re
cord of 172 hours and 30 minutes.
They must remain in the air until
Sunday to better the record.
i
NON-STOP RECORD
ROOSEVELT FIELD, June 29,
i(7P)—Capt. Frank M. Hawks broke
Tis own record for a non-stop
transcontinental flight from west
! to ea?=t upon his arrivel here from
I os Angeles at 1:16 a. m. eastern
daylight time this morning.
As Captain Hawks brought the
plane tc earth it taxied and struck
a fence surrounding the Meadow
brook Polo Club. Its landing gear
was broken and fuselage ripped but
Hawks was unhurt.
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“ BASEBALL “
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 5; Detroit 4.
St. Louis 7; Chicago 2.
Boston 5; Washington 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincmnati 10; Pittsburgh 3.
Chicago 9; St. Louis 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 3: Hollywood 2.
Portland 8; Oakland 7.
Los Angeles 18; San Francisco 5.
Sacramento 8; Seattle 3.
PASSED OVER CITY
ALBUQERQUE, N. M., June 29,
(£*)—Capt. Frank Hawks passed
over this city on his non-stop flight
from New York to Los Angeles.
IGIHN ABOUT TO
RETIRE FROM OFFICE
WASHINGTON. June 29, (/P)—
Reports are being circulated that
Isvmour Lowman, assistant secre
tary, and treasurer in charge of
• prohibition, is about to retire from
joffice. Both the White House and
Treasury Department denied that
Lowman had resigned or had been
asked to resign.
Lowman said he had no present
intention of leaving the post.
COURT NEWS
Thomas F. Gardner, Jr., ap
peared in court yesterday after
noon and plead guilty to the
charge of manslaughter. He is
an Indian boy, 10 years old,
j from Dillingham, and Will be
isent to an industrial school. The
| boy was represented by Attorney
! A. J. Dimond
W. S. Meyers, charged with i
murder in the first degree, plead j
guilty to manslaughter and af-!
j ter waiving the statutory time
allowed for passing sentence,;
was immediately sentenced to
serve 15 years in the federal pen-!
itentiary. .Meyers is a man over
70 years of age.
I -
Joseph Bowers appeared in
court this morning with Jos.
Hofman and C. R. Bots. as wit
*v
nesses, and after a hearing was
granted his citizenship papers
Mr. Bowers is a resident of An
chorage.
Francisco Almeida, a native
of Brazil, also had a hearing in
court this morning. Rob’t. J.
McKanna and Stanley M. Erick
son anpeared as witnesses. Mr.
Almeida was granted his final
papers.
UNDER WATER TUBE CONNECTS CITIES
A funnel such as the one shown above will connect )
San Diego and Coronado, Calif., under the waters of ;
San Diego Bay. The cross-section (lower left) shows!
the type of construction, while the map at the lower i
right shows the position of the two cities.
SIX PERSONS UP!!:
YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 29, (/F)
—Six persons were seriously injur
ed and 22 others received severe
cuts and bruises in a crash of a
bus bound from Pittsburgh to De
troit. The bus struck a culvert at
Nie foot of a steep hill, turned over
and toppled into a seven-foot ditch.
The driver said another automobile
blocked the descent down the hill.
SLIDING SCALE, TAIL
WASHINGTON, June 29 (/P)—
President Hoover made it known he
favors a sliding scale as a means of
according both public and produc
ers fair treatment and a living on
the sugar tariff. A battle over the
rates on wool carpets and clothing
was up before the subcommittee of
»he senate financial committee.
ROITY PSYS ITS
RESPECTS TO HOOVER
WASHINGTON. June 29, (/P)—
Viscount tind Viscountesse Jacques
De Sabour flew to Washington and
naid their respects to President
Hoover They will fly back to New
York ?nd sail for England, com
pleting a round-the-world flight.
The V’scountesse is a daughter oi
Gordon Selfredge, British mer
chant.
FEW RUSTY NOILS,
WOOD RECOVERED
I
LONDON. June 29, (/P)—'The ex
penditure by Mussolini of a trem
endous sum of money to drain Lake
Nemi to reclaim two sunken gallies
of the Roman Emperor Caligula,
hns netted the Duce a few rusty
nails and some mouldy wood.
The Rome correspondent of the
London Daily Express cabled thus.;
Tt wa<? believed that the gallies con
tained art treasures, gold and jew
els.
WILL NOT PRESS
WASHINGTON, June 29, (A5)—
Secretary Mellon announced that
France«will not be pressed for pay
ment of $400,000,000 debt on ac
count of war supplies which falls
due on August 1st, if France ratifies
the Mellon-Bergener debt agree
ment before that time.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
WASHINGTON, June 28, (A5)—
The resolution proposing post-'
ponement in the maturity day of
the four million dollar war sup
plies debt of France from August
1st to May 1st, was adopted by
lothe senate and the house.
The Senate adjourned until August i
19th for the summer recess, a few <
hours after the House had closed :
its doors until September 23rd. i
‘DROP THAT PACKAGE OR I’LL
BLOW YOUR INSIDES OUT”
WAS COMMAND
TOPEKA. Kas., June 29, (A5)—A
young woman, unassisted, and with
a revolver, believed to have been
unloaded, held up two employees
of the Security Benefit Association
and escaped with approximately
$14,000
The woman forced A. J. Perlich
of Kansas City to drive her six
Hocks to the scene of the robbery.
Escaping on foot the woman fled
to an apartment building a block
away where she discarded her hat
and smock and other articles of
clothhig; then ran out the back
door and disappeared.
She dropped the revolver near
a building where it was found emp
ty. The woman is described as
being a brunette between 25 and 27
years old and of medium height.
She stopped the two clerks as
they were returning from a bank
with payroxi money. She held her
Handkerchief over her face and
‘•old them to “Drop that package
or I’ll blow your insides out,” she
commanded, drawing the revolver.
The woman caught the money
satchel as the clerk attempted to
Ahrow it into the street. Finding
‘ihe car had gone she ran to an
apartment building to change and
discard her identifiable clothing.
THE RACES
ASCOT, Eng., June 28, (A3)—
“Songe”, a French bred colt owned
by Lord Mitchell Man, won the
Royal Hunt Cup yesterday- H. E.
Steele’s ‘‘Caballero” was second
and Sir Abe Brawley’s “Guariss
seven furlongs and 166 yards.
EASTERN STATES
SWELTERING NOT
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. {/P)
—Eastern states continued to
swelter under the heat wave..
The temperature reached 92 de
grees in New York City, only one
degree lower than on Tuesday.
Yesterday was the hottest day
in June since 1878. A dozen deaths
were reported. San Francisco’s
temperature ran up to 83, the
warmest day of the year here
so far, and the hottest since 1920.
OFFERED POST
WASHINGTON, June 29, (JP)—
President Hoover has offered Alex
ander Legge. president of the Inter
national Harvester Co., a place on
Ihe Federal Farm Board but Mr.
Legge has not yet indicated his in
dention of accepting the post.
SEVEN KILLED
BRATISLAV, Czechoslovakia,
June 29, (IP)—Seven workmen were
tilled and 10 others injured seri
ously in an explosion here at a local
•ubber factory. The plant was de
nolished.