Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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LIGHTHOUSE NEED APPARENT
One of the most important matters of concern to
mariners operating in this section of Alaska is the absence
of proper lighthouse facilities at Cape Resurrection. A
lighthouse station and fog horn should be established at
the entrance of Resurrection Bay as an aid to navigation
along that portion of the coast extending from Seward
to the Westward where lights are few and far between.
The far-flung coastline of western Alaska has less
protection than any other section of the Territory and it
is only through skillful piloting of seamen and their pa
tience in waiting for favorable weather conditions that
prevents many serious wrecks. With the heavy blows,j
crosstides and blinding blizzards of winter there is con-1
stant. danger of vessels crashing on the rocks and a con
sequent loss of life especially during this period of the
year when boats are frequently iced down badly.
Each year with its increasing number of vessels en
teri?ig and leaving this port the need for lighthouse serv
ice at Cape Resurrection becomes more apparent and is
supported by some of the best known navigators in Al
aska. The subject is worthy of the most favorable con
sideration of the Lighthouse Board and should be includ
ed in the financial estimates and plans for 1932.
SNATCHED FROM DEATH
Baning miracles, the rescue of William Dugan of
Philadelphia from the embrace of death after being
'‘drowned” and unconscious for nine hours marks the
world’s record for literally raising the dead.
As recorded by the press, Dugan passed through all
the stages of physical death from drowning, and “when
taken from the water his body was blue and chilled, his
heart had ceased beating, his pulse was still and there was
no sign of life.”
Heroic efforts by doctors, however, finally revived
him after nine long hours of seemingly useless labor.
When consciousness returned Dugan quickly revived and
described the sensations experienced as “a peaceful,
dreamless sleep; a placid oblivion, devoid of disturbances.”
This incident arouses many pertinent speculations.
To all intents and purposes, Dugan was physically dead
for several hours. Without the persistent efforts of his
rescuers he would have remained dead. If his only sen
sations were those of a “peaceful, dreamless sleep,” would
there have been an awakening to the pains or pleasurs of
a future state? Or is oblivion, after all, the end of those
who pass on. Does what is called the soul, or spirit, pass
immediately at death to its reward or punishment, or does
it hold itself in a state of suspended animation awaiting
the time when all human efforts for a revival of life are
definitely exhausted? Or is the idea of a future state
only a delusion?
Every person may supply the answers according to
his own beliefs. But who really knows the correct an
swer?
Many residents of Alaska, who in former years made
it a liabit to spend the winter in the States and others who
had planned thusly, are remaining in the North this win
ter owing to the reports from the South of hard times and
poverty.
The Nye committee may finally get around to an in
vestigation of the Hayes-Tilden campaign.
Wonder if Henry Ford managed to corral a Wall
Street bull for his famous museum.
National Editorial Association
<By Special Correspondent)
| The “Voice of the Golden North,”
j KFQD, the Anchorage radio sta
j tion is putting on some excellent
i programs and the reception has
' been very good. Last Wednesday
j evening Kenneth Laughlin put on
1 a very pleasing program in which
! Mrs. Dorothy Miller Johnson and
Maurice L. Sharp gave very pleasing
I musical numbers.
| Later in th'e evening Mrs. Neil
! Hewitt entertained, and Mr. Reeder,
| a newcomer to the North, enter
j tained with vocal numbers. The
Episcopal church held their usual
Wednesday evening program. Mrs.
j William Murry and Mrs. Harry Ab
ercrombie were also heard in mus
; ical numbers.
Friday and Saturday evening Mr.
! Reeder again was heard in vocal
i selections and on Sunday Mr. Lynch
jand Floyd Culver gave several vo
| cal selections. Mrs. Mae Wenner
j strom also sang two delightful
; SOlOS.
j Tonight another good program is
; promised and the Seward radio
PE1PETRHTDR IF DOUBLE
MURDER WANTED BODIES
THROWNJH TO WATER'
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21. (JP)—B.
J. McKinnel, who is being held as
a material witness in connection
with the gruesome murder uncov
ered by the finding of two bodies,
tentatively identified as being the
bodies of Hedvig Samuelson and
Mrs. Leroi, yesterday afternoon said
that his sister called him from his
classes in a local university at 7
a. m., Monday, and asked him to
come and get her trunks.
McKinnel admitted that she con
fessed to the murders and told him
that she wanted them thrown into
“deep water” in the ocean.
With his sister, Mrs. Winnie Ruth
Judd, McKinnel went to the bag
gage office and said that he became
suspicious when he saw insects
swarming about the trunks.
Agent Anderson was already sus
picious and demanded that the
trunks be opened. Mrs. Judd plead
ed that she didn’t have the keys for
the trunks.
As Mrs. Judd and McKinnel drove
away the agent ran to the platform
and jotted down the license num
ber.
The police called in McKinnel
and he said that Mrs. Judd was
“extremely nervous in an automo
mile,” and had asked him for some
money. McKinnel gave her five
dollars and she left the car and dis
appeared in the street crowd.
“I knew something wrong was
going on up town when she told me
she killed the women,” the brother
said.
A Juneau dispatch says that let
ters to the former associates of
Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Leroi
said that Dr. Judd had taken a keen
ihterest in Miss Samuelson’s illness.
Because she became suddenly ill
with tuberculosis while teaching
school at Juneau she left there for
treatment in September last year,
Mrs. Leroi volunteering to accom
pany her. Late letters said that
Miss Samuelson was recovering as
the result of Dr. Judd’s care. She
taught the third and fourth grades
in Juneau.
The Ladies Aid of the Seward
Community Church met yesterday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
Charles T. Hatten, at the Jesse Lee
Home.
To beguile the rainy evenings—
The Canary Murder Case; The
Green Murder Case—By Van
Dine. ALASKA SHOP.
Try our Seattle ice Cream
Fresh on every boat at SYLVIA’S.
CALL FOR BIDS TO FURNISH TIES
Sealed bids will be received by The Alaska
Railroad up to 2:30 P. M. on the Third Mon
day in each month, for furnishing Standard
Mountain Hemlock Cross Ties in lots of 10,000
or less. Specifications and other particulars
may be obtained from I). W. Metzdorf Gen
eral Storekeeper, Anchorage, Alaska.
Pub: Mondays, beginning July 27, 1931.
THE FAST ACTION COMEDY DRAMA—
“FAST and LOOSE’’
IS ALL THAT ITS NAME SUGGESTS.
You’ll Enjoy Learning About the Youth of Today and What
Their Aim in Life Really Is When It Is Presented
in Such an Amazing and Frank Manner.
The Special Selected Cast Fit
Their Parts to Perfection.
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WITH IT WE WILL SHOW YOU A VAUDEVILLE SKIT
THAT WILL MAKE YOUR SIDES ACHE—
“THE HELPING HAND”
IN WHICH A GOLD-DIGGER DOES HER STUFF
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Also a One-Reel Featurette of a Freshman Who Gets Mixed
Up in a Hold-Up in a Risky Night Club
During an Initiation.
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An Interesting
PARAMOUNT NEWS REEL
Completes the Program
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