Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — E»tab!'.«hed August 19. 1904
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THE NAVY
It is proposed that five billion dollars be expended
for public works as a means of relieving financial distress
among the masses, much of which would be employed in
erecting public buildings.
This program has many adherents, both in Congress
and among the masses, and is even considered with an
open mind by the administration.
Yet, we find the question of an adequate Navy, re
quiring in the general program the expenditure of ap
proximately one billion dollars, threatening to become one
of the paramount issues of the 1932 elections, with Presi
dent Hoover arrayed on the side of drastic retrenchment
in naval expenditures and relying upon possible disarma
ment justification.
Arrayed against the President, in addition to the
Navy League, purely civilian in its personnel, is Secretary
of the Navy Adams. Speaking for the Naval organiza
tion, Secretary Adams naturally finds himself in harmony
with the Navy League.
It remains to be seen if Mr. Hoover is capable of com
batting this power and the situation presents the aspect
of a house divided against itself with possible friction
in the Cabinet.
Leading the pacifists in the House are such intellec
tual pigmies as La Guardia of New Y^ork, who would util
ize Naval funds for building merchant vessels. But Mr.
La Guardia does not explain how those vessels would be
defended in the event of attack by a foreign nation. Nei
ther do the proponents of public building construction
propound logical argument as to how these structures
could materially assist the first line of national defense
if the Navy is allowed, as is claimed, to drop below the
standard commensurate with our demands for national
defense.
In view of the test of national opinion in Europe and
such expediencies as the Kellogg pact and results thus
far from disarmament conferences, it would appear about
time for the idea to sink in that pacific panaceas are fu
tile and that the safest wTay to guarantee peace and pro
tection to wiiat w7e have, is to build, if necessary, the
strongest Navy in the world. Such a step would evoke
no misgivings in Great Britain, but on the other hand
would be welcomed as a gesture directed to assisting that
nation to maintain peace in Europe. The possibility of
conflict with Great Britain is so remote as to demand no
consideration in Naval armament.
Apparently, there is more economic soundness in a
big Naval program than in many of the panaceas offered
to relieve national depression. As Secretary Adams says,
the Naval program would not only disburse large sums of
money for a lasting and important adjunct to national
safety, but would offer an avenue for the employment of
a large number of young men in manning ships.
As the American Navy is a school for citizenship,
equal if not superior to many highly-rated colleges, Secre
tary Adams wall find many adherents to his proposal for
an adequate Navy.
GOVERNMENT GENEROSITY
Four of the great Western railroads were built with
government aid, both in cash and in land grants, and
within a few years the government gave to these private
corporations approximately 130,000,000 acres; yet up here
in Alaska where the government owTns a railroad, it is so
narrow between the eyes it begrudges the railroad’s an
nual deficit, blocks every constructive measure for de
velopment and . . .
“Aw, nerts!”
National Editorial Association
I
TAKE FAST BASKETBALL
E
A year or two have rolled by since |
j graduation days, yet the Seward j
! High School Alumni basketball'
i squad glittered as in those happy j
school days when, in the first local
| cage game of the season, last night,!
| they won from the City five by the
| decisive score of 35 to 20.
j Assisted by the excellent pass
i ing and guarding of his team
; mates, as well as by his own deft
playing and accurate field throws,
“Ace’' Raymond Manthey shot 11
j baskets for a total of 22 points,
j “Ironhorse” Guy Manthey and
1 “Speedball” Donald Shellhorn each
j contributed six points, and Otto
: Sandbeck, clever guard, donated
one foul-line heave. Jack Rosness,
j at center, supported his teammates
| in great shape.
For the City, “Flash” Dave Tur
j ner led his teammates with seven
! field goals for a total of 14 points; j
Edwin Manthey, Larry Bucey and I
l Smith were each credited with a
field shot or a total of six. Smith
| and Skinner alternated during the !
last half.
But for the uncanny throwing of j
Ray Manthey, the teams were even
ly matched; with more practice,
the City squad are going to be a
tough bunch to defeat.
Francis Groth, who bears the I
i reputation of being one of the best
referees in the Territory, handled
i the entire game alone and in his
usual efficient way.
Scores were kept by Edwin Sand
| beck, star high school forward. |
Aside from counter attractions I
j elsewhere, a fair and representa
i tive attendance was on hand to
witness the opening of the cage
season which promises to develop j
faster and more interesting games j
than the past two seasons; some-!
; thing the fans will appreciate.
L" WIRELESS
A subscriber writes to Sourdough
j Bill that nothing of importance has
! happened in his “neck o’ the
woods;” nobody has come or gone
except the tide and as soon as it
gets full it goes out again. A lot
! of Alaskans should follow the same
| routine as the tide, he avers.
CREIN US NSRROW
ESCAPE FROM VESSEL
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The particulars of the wreck of
the SS Pilgrim, which was totally
destroyed by fire on the 19th day
of November, 1931, are as follows:
The boat was tied up during the
j night before at the dock of the
Pajoman cannery at Iron Creek.
Carl W. Pajoman and Clifford
Buchanan started out to beach
comb Ic)' firewood. The engine
functioned properly at the start but
they had proceeded but about 200
yards when it stopped.
Buchanan, who is an engineer,
wrent dowm into the engine room to
start the engine again when it back
fired and coincident therewith the
entire room was enveloped in
flames.
Buchanan leaped to the deck;
they pushed off their little dory,
| sprang into it and had proceeded
not more than 100 feet when the
! gas tank exploded, blowing out the
entire port side of the ship which
sank quickly and now remains in
about 12 feet of water.
It was a narrow escape for the
boys. The boat was of 12-ton ca
pacity and is insured for $3,500 in
the Fire Association of Philadel
phia.
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES!
Why not solve that Christmas
Gift problem by giving that par
ticular friend a permanent wave
Certificate, a Gift she would long
appreciate. Besides we will give
a shampoo and finger wave free
with all permanents given between
December 10 and the 20. Securable
only at the Seward Beauty Shop.
Phone Adams 90.
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