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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 22. SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1931.
PRICE TEN
CENTS
NEW CHAIRMAN
TER. COMMITTEE
HUSKIl'S FRIEND
WILL DO UTMOST IN EXTEND
ING AID TO DEVELOP
TERRITORY
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 28, </P)—
Legislation to speed Alaska’s in
dustrial development and con
sideration to grant Hawaii state
hood, is contemplated by Rep
resentative Gibson of Vermont,
new chairman of the House Ter
ritories Committee.
He promised an extensive in
quiry into Alaskas problems as
soon as the present Congress ad
mrns. He also said that his bill
~o make Hawaii the 49th State
,n the Union will be introduced
at the next session.
“Alaska is a great undeveloped
empire; it’s industries are unde
veloped and the population has
shown little increase in many
years.
“I will seek to provide legis
lation to encourage settlement
and Alaskas development in ac
eord with our development of the
Territories of the West and will
endeavor to coordinate and sim
plify supervision.
“It is possible that all the ad
ministrative functions will be
ent ralized under a single agen
Whatever aids and legislation
an be supplied to fisheries,
• aiming industries, mining, lum
bering, reindeer, marble and sold
productions. Chairman Gibson
vili try to give.
nroughout the world, will take
. art in building- a 00,000 ton
British liner which is expected
- be the world’s largest ship.
Marble will be imported from
Italy and Norway to be shaped:
.a to pillars, floors, swimming
pools, baths and lamp fittings.
About 300,000 pieces of cutlery j
and as much china, glass and;
porcelain will also be required.
KAISER’S BIRTHDAY
DOORN, Holland, Jan., 27, (/P)
—Former Kaiser Wilhelm cele
brated his 72nd birthday receiv
ing many messages of congratu
lations from friends in Germany,
the United States and other |
countries. He continues to chop:
wood for exercise and also devot
ing much time to gardening.
JACKIE’S BROTHER
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 27. UP) —
Another Coogan, Jackies brother
Robert, five years old, will begin
his screen career soon. He has
been signed by Paramount for
he role of Sooky, pal of Skippy,
:n a film of Skippy from Percy
Crosbys cartoons and novel.
Dick Birch and Ole Olson on
their gasboat “Sunrise” together
■with Dick Brennan and Cy Coyne
]£ft Petersburg recently in search
of A1 Farrow and L. C. Davis who
have been missed since Novem
ber ^reports the Petersburg Press.
CANNOT IDENTIFY
| SEATTLE, Jan., 28, </Pi—Offi
! cials of the Coolidge Propellor
; Company, in answer to the Sew
jard query and report of the find
i ing: of a wrecked gasboat near
Jvanatak in which was a Cool
jidge propellor, said they were’
| unable to give the name of the
buyer. Seattle shipping men do
not know of any Seattle boat |
missing.
FLY OVER MEXICO
! MEXICO CITY, Jan., 28, (/Pi—
■ The Department of communica
tions has granted William A.
MacAdoo, former secretary of
! treasury and director general of
railroads, permission to fly with
! a party of friends over Mexico.
| It is understood the party will
proceed from Los Angeles to
Mexico City, via El Paso. Texas,
The latter part of this month or
| early in February.
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GUEST
BSTTLEWSGONS
WASHINGTON. Jan.. 28, (/P)—
The House N a v al committee
approved the Senate bill to auth
orize $30,000,000 lor battleship
modernization
The hill provides for work on
the USS Mexico. Mississippi and
the Idaho.
The Navy committee also vot
ed to inform the Navy Secretary
of a new landing device for the
ships and will ask its use on the
three battleships if tests prow
it feasible.
ROUND THE WORLD
HAMBURG. Germany. Jan.;
23. —A “round the world
flight by the DG-X” giant Ger
y-v..n flying' boat may be made,
according to C.tpt, Frekierieh
Christiansen, commander of the
.-hip who disc listed in-; oomibil
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ERIE. -Pa., Jan., 28, (JP)—Tom. i
Mix, the movie cowboy who
wins against every obstacle in
his two-fisted screen appear
ances, lost a verdict in the Erie:
County court to Colonel Zack I
Miller, owner of the 10! Ranch!
Shows, who sued him for $325,- j
000 on a breach of contract.
A jury awarded Miller $90,000
damages earlier in the week.
Miss Miller, at Natchez, lost
a suit against Mix for $50,000.
A DARN GOOD BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan., 28, (/P)_
A bill to remove restrictions of
the distribution of prescription
liquor by physicians as recom
mended by the Wickersham j
commission was introduced by\
Senator Copeland, Democrat, ofi
New York.
LESS FISH
A total of 25,000,000 pounds of >
halibut was offered for sale on j
the Prince Rupert fish exchange!
during 1930, according to figures i
just compiled, a decrease of 4-1
000,000 pounds under the year
1929, when 29,000,000 pounds were I
sold, reports the Ketchikan Tri
bune.
INTERESTING TALK
GY EG. HUBBARD
GEFOGE CHAMBER
GLACIER PRIEST HONORED BY
ORGANIZATION; MADE A
MEMBER
—
A meeting of exceptional in
I terest and pleasure took place
i at the Tuesday session of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce,
by reason of the attendance of
a nationally known scientist, ex
plorer, lecturer, and 100 per cent
Alaska booster, Fr. Bernard R.
Hubbard, professor of geology,
Santa Clara University.
Father Hubbard, who left to
da for the Interior enroute down
river, was the honor guest and
his address, in the main devoted
to explorations in the Aniakchak
Crater, its significance to Sew
ard, and Alaska, was partly cov
i ered in The Gateway’s crater
article published yesterday.
Aside from relating those ad
ventures, the Glacier Priest said
that heretofor he had adways
arrived in Seward previously at
night and so he particularly wel
comed this chance to address
the organization and become ac
quainted with the business men
of Seward.
He spoke of the report brought
in by Ca.pt. C. E. Anderson, of
the SS Starr of increasing vol- j
canic activity all along the Alas
ka Peninsula and the probable
gathering of forces for another j
eruption. He said it was not un
usual to use native traditions to j
support scientific theories and'
especially so with the interest- i
ing fact that Westward natives,
for centuries, would not venture i
away from the shore, for fear
of eruptions.
Tile A1 a sfca Pe11 i; - s111 v, 11 e sa id,
: a rift 2,000 miles long, fes- i
coonect wrh voanr: o: volcanic
: a g m \ i‘JA?S P c 1 cl * 11 ■1 > j -, u t)! ;. i j i
up. i lb
puf hed -- me toward
| Sea I If exp a
; world to attract ro o cider: oca
• during the next few years.
Fr. Hubbard explained his work
:saying that he has been gather- :
;mg material for 2y years for a ,
; geological text book which may
: be completed this year. He an
l ticipates it will be interesting as
well a* instructive and hopes to
reveal geology as a study of
: beauty. From this point the lec
turer described-in minutest de
j tail salient facts of Aniakchak
Crater,
Continuing, he said, ‘'Alaskans
should be content in Alaska,’ for
he found nothing but misery and
unemployment in the large cen
ters in the States, during his
trip the past five months. Every
one in the States appeared pes
simistic; Alaskans, are optimists!
“There is much less trouble and
suffering here and Alaskans
know that Alaskans always help
each other.”
The conclusion of Fr. Hub
bard’s scholarly address, was fol
lowed by President Leon Urbach
presenting the speaker with an
Honorary Membership in the
Seward Chamber of Commerce.
This action astounded the learn
| ed gentleman from Santa Clara
;who, for a moment, was unable
to express his appreciation. How
ever, when he did, it was in
words tha tthe attendance will
ever recall.
Bishop Amphilophy of Unalas-!
ka was also a guest and he res-1
QUAKE IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Jan,, 28, (VP)—A vio- '
| lent earthquake was felt in up- i
; per Silisia and through the Ka-.
towiz iron mining district yes->
terday morning. It is believed ’
the damage was comparatively I
light. In the town of Hinden-!
berg the inhabitants were terror
stricken but no casualties have j
been reported.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 28, UP)—The
holdout season was underway in
full swing as a result of the ac
tion of Wes Ferrel, Cleveland’s
star pitcher and Eddie Morgan,
batting ace of the same club.
Both returned their contracts
undersigned to Billy Evans.
Thus, Cleveland got the bad
news on one day for both Fer
rell and Morgan are the two big
shots of the team.
WALL STREET 'BILL'
FLARES FAR MOMENT
NEW YORK. Jan., 28, (JP)—A
flare of the old time “bullish
ness” appeared in the stock mar
ket as trading quickened to the
best place during the past few
weeks.
Aggressive professional opera
tions for the rise were resumed,
notably in some utility or motor
stock.
The list sagged a little for a
time during the afternoon but,
moved up briskly in the final
dealings and closed around the
days best level.
MARINES SKIRMISH
MANAGUA. Nic.. Jan., 28. (JP)
j —United States marines, operat
S ing in the state of Telapaneca,
; engaged in a rief skirmish with
j an insurgent group whose leader
was not' identified, killing and
wounding several of the band.
There were no casualties among
the marines.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 28, (TP) '
—A revolt of mothers and fath- j
ers against prohibition, was pre- ’
dieted by Kenneth Macintosh of;
Seattle, member of the Wicker
sham committee.
He was one of the five com
missioners who recommended a
further trial and strict enforce- i
ment.
FROST RUINS CROPS
MIAMI, Jan., 2a, —Reports
from the agricultural districts
surrounding Miami place the
damage to crops from the heavy
j frost at nearly $500,000. Thous
ands of palms were destroyed by
! the cold snap.
1 ponded very graciously with a
few remarks.
Other guests included Captain
Kolseth of the Admiral Farragut,
Captain Obert, and L. M. Sulli
van, assistant U. S. district at
torney, Third division.
Acting-secretary L. J. Chilberg,
called the attention of the mem
bers to several communications;
these were ordered to be an- j
swere by him. j
ARMAMENT IS
types should be slower,
SHORTER AND BETTER
PROTECTED
LONDON, Jan, 28, (/P)— Sir
William Berry, former director
of naval construction for the
British admiralty, has expressed
the opinion that 50 of the 10,000
ton cruisers being built under
the treaty limits in the United
States and other naval powers,
would not be fit fighting ma
chines.
In his opinion these cruisers
will be inadequately protected
so that one well placed salvo of
shots would put them down and
out of commission.
He said too much had been
sacrificed for speed and gun pow
er and lie urged that future
cruisers of the treaty type, be
slower, shorter and better pro
tected.
TALKIES FOR FLEET
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan., 28,
(/Ft—Sound apparatus for motion
picture machines for vessels of
the United States fleet will be
delivered April 15. Since talking
pictures came in the variety of
pictures shown on board ships
have been limited.
STUDENTS RIOT AGAIN
MADRID, Spain. Jan., 2B, |/P)
—Riots broke out again among
students at the University of
Madrid. Seven were injured in
the clashes with the police and
10 were arrested. The authorit
ies ordered the university closed.
BOMBAY, Jar... 27. iff*)—The
; Mahatma Gandhi was released
from the prison at Poona just
before dawn and before midnight
arrived here by train.
Tens of thousands of fren
zied followers gave him a great
i ovation,
| He declared he would be back
,in prison within twro months. “I
am not happy entering again
| the whirlpool of life outside, in
; a world of strife, suffering and
f sorrow.
“I cannot,’ he said, “enjoy in
: dividual liberty while tens of
thousands of my brothers and
i sisters remain in jail.”
He indicated that if all poli
tical prisoners were not freed
after the peace conference with
the British, he would cause iiis
own arrest again.
WORK IS INCREASING
WASHINGTON, Jan., 28, (/P)—
The federal reserve board’s sur
vey of business condition noted
an increase in employment in
December and the first part of
this month in not only the steel
and auto industry, but in meat
packing, paper and other indus
tries.
| WASHINGTON, Jan., 27, <£>>—
i The Senate passed the House
1 bill providing for a survey of
j Salmon River, Alaska, for flood
I control.