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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 77. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9,1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
SCHOOL MEASURE
PUSSES THE SENATE;
MEASURE TO SUBSIDIZE RADIO
BROADCASTING STATIONS
PASSED
JUNEAU, April 9, (Special to The
Gateway)—By a unanimous vote
the legislature in a joint session
yesterday afternoon confirmed Dr.
H. C. DeVighne for Health Com
missioner for two years ending on
May 1, 1933, and John H. Kelly
and Mrs. Luther C. Hess, both of
Fairbanks, for trustees for the
Alaska College for terms ending
in April 1939 tcorrect).
By a vote of five to two the
Senate passed Shattuck’s school
reorganization measure creating
a board of education and empow
ed to appoint a Commissioner of
Education for a four year term at
no more than $7,000 and to have
full charge of school policies.
Sunquist attempted to amend
the measure and take away the
appointive power of the board but
lost on a two to five vote. Benja
min supported the amendment.
The Bragaw measure subsidizing
radio broadcasting stations with
a minimum of a $20,000 invest
ment, passed the Senate.
$1,000,000 FOR GOOD-WILL
NEW YORK, April 9. OP)—Gustav
Oberlander of Pennsylvania, an im
migrant who earned $7 a week when
he was a clerk in a New York book
store 42 years ago, has established
a fund of $1,000,000 to promote good
will between the United States and
Germany, his homeland.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, April, 9, </P)
-The great German dirigible
Graf set out at dawn on a Medit
erranean jaunt to Egypt and Pal
estine. It is the intention to land
at Cairo, something forbidden, in
1929, so that the passengers ean
look around.
On the previous trip the British
government, it is understood, en
tered objections to the dirigible
passing over Egypt.
Twenty-five passengers are on
board and Dr. Eckener is com
manding. He plans to land Satur
day and return to Germany Mon
day.
HAS HAO NO OFFERS
YET, SAYS PUNE OWNED
TACOMA, April 9. {JP)—John Buf
felen, Tacoma owner of the ‘‘City
of Tacoma,” said he had received
no offers for Bromley’s plane at Ja
pan but it is for sale. Bromley is
now flying the airmail route be
tween Omaha and Chicago and has
given up any further attempt of a
trans-Pacific flight this year.
MAY HOP THE PACIFIC
TOKYO. April 9. (/P) — Captain
Thomas Ash announced he had
hopes of obtaining the use of Har
old Bromley’s plane, the “City of
Tacoma,” for a projected nonstop
flight over the Pacific Ocean. He
said he had the backing of Seattle
authorities.
‘HELLO NEW YORK!
mu on the phone:
SOON BE N RENLITY
SEATTLE, April 9. (A5)—William C
Grabau, Vice President of the
Northern Electric Company, pre
dicted Alaska will have its first
telephonic connection with the out
side world in about six months.
He announced application for a
permit for radio telephone stations
in the Territory and is now on his
way to the Federal Radio Commis
sion at Washington.
Installation will begin at once
upon receipt of the requisite author
ity from his applications for sta
tions at Ketchikan and Juneau, but
Northern Radio and Telegraph
Company plans ultimately to extend
the service so that residents in all
parts of Alaska may life a micro
phone, as one does a telephone re
ceiver, and talk directly to persons
in the United States, Canada and
Europe, Grabau said.
“PRESSURE FOR FUNDS IS TER.
RIFIC” SAYS SENATOR
BINGHAM
WASHINGTON, April 9. uP) —
Opposing views of the Majority of
Republican leaders, Senator Hiram
Bingham, member of the Senate
Finance Committee, declared in
favor of increasing taxes to meet
the $700,000,000 deficit instead of
making loans to cover it.
Nuisance taxes should be put in
to effect; automobiles should be
taxed and persons making smaller
incomes should be made to pay
some levies in order to bring home
the fact that the government is
spending extravagantly and that
these extravagances must be met
out of taxes, Senator Bingham as
serted
The Senator declared that there
would be less extravagance on the
part of Congress if the costs Of
the government were carried by
the people generally and not levied
on a small part of the population
and on corporations.
He said, “Pressure on the appro
priation committee for additional
funds is terrific. How are we to
meet it? It seems to me that the
surest way to curb governmental
extravagance is to increase the
number of taxpayers, even tho
they pay only a small amount in
to the Federal Treasury and to
restore some of the disagreeable
taxes which tell voters in unmis
takeable terms—that the govern
ment is spending their money.”
: FORTY MILES OF NEW
MS BE CONSTRUCTED
IN FOREST THIS TERR
During the years which have
been slowly or speedily passing by,
whatever the point of view, there
have been constructed within the
Chugach National Forest, this area,
and up to December 31, 1930, a to
tal of 115 miles of trails construct
ed.
But this figure will take a sud
| den jump this year because 40
; miles of new trails are on the pro
| gram of construction for this sea
| son, besides the vast amount of reg
ular maintenance throughout this
J forest district.
A WONDERFUL REGION
The new projects, said Ranger
! Sherman, in Seward for a few days
purchasing supplies, etc., consist of
the completion of the the Kenai
Lake-Russian Lake trail which
work was started last summer and
which, when completed, will open
up a vast country to recreation,
prospecting and general travel as
well as providing means for enter
ing the country quickly with fire
i equipment for the suppression of
: forest fires.
This trail begins at Kenai Lake,
i
! opposite Porcupine Island, at what
! is known as the Ohnhauser cabin
i and traverses the beautiful Cooper
; Lake country to Upper Russian
; Lake, a country heretofor seldom
j traveled due to the inaccessibility.
THIRD SEASON S WORK
! Next will be the extension of the
Juneau Creek trail that has been
under construction for the past
; two seasons. This trail will evsnt
J ually connect Lower Kenai Lake
j with Turnagain Arm at Hope. The
I purpose of this trail is for forest
| development and protection. It
| opens up a large country at the
head of Resurrection Creek, Little
Indian, and the Chickaloon head
waters.
PARADISE VALLEY TRAIL
Next will be the opening up of
a very new country to the average
person with the construction of a
trail into Paradise Valley from the
end of the North Fork of Snow
River.
This trail will be approximately
12 miles in length and will open
a comparative new country to
prospecting, recreation and hunt
ing, as well as furnish means of
travel in case of fire suppression.
* VIRGINIA-WINNER TRAIL
Next will be the continuation
of the Vtrginia-Winner Creek
trail probably into the head of 20
Mile River.
All the trails, that have been
constructed require a certain
amount of maintenance each year
to keep them in good serviceable
condition which necessitates the
services of a small crew on this
work alone.
THREE TRAIL CREWS
There will be three trail crews
working on construction from
about June 1 until October 1.
During the fire season the trail
crews are strategetically placed so
that they are available for fire
suppression at ail times. All of
them are given some training in
fire suppression before assuming
their jobs and the foreman are all
experienced men at the game as
well as trained men in trail con
struction.
THREE DAYS SCHOOLING
The regular guard school which
is held every year for the training
of the fire protection personnel
BANDITS CAPTURE CITY
HANKOW, April 9. (JP) — Three
thousand bandits attacked and cap
tured the city of Hwang Chow, 50
miles east, and began an orgy of
looting. The government dispatch
jed bombing planes in an attempt
j to dislodge them. Hwang Chow is
[a city of 30,000 inhabitants.
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sms DEMO CEflMlK,
I
CHICAGO, April 9. (^—“Corrup
tion shall go from our midst and
criminals will find no hiding place
in our streets which will be safe,”
Cermak, the victorious Democratic
mayor said.
The warm spring day brought
more than 1,000,000 to the polls.
Thompson, 62 years of age, mayor
for 12 years, conceded defeat in a
congratulatory telegram.
A victory parade of brooms, the
symbol of Cermak “to sweep the city
| clean,” ranged throughout the city.
(Cermak is Bohemian born and an
| immigrant.
i
I LOS ANGELES, April 9- (/Pj —
.That gangland does not hesitatae
to enter hospitals in its bloody
thirst for revenge against its kind
was shown when a nurse at the
Hollywood hospital told the sher
iff .she drove out two armed men
i who apparently intended to finish
Joseph Ardezzoni, a patient,
j Ardezzoni was shot and left for
dead on the same night a few
weeks ago that James Basile was
| slain in a liquor racket war on
; Downey Road. Since then he has
I been on the dangerous list at the
j hospital while police and the sher
! iff’s office spurred by the demands
of business men to wipe out the
underworld warfare, have scoured
the country for the alleged would
be murderers.
The nurse, who was attending
Ardezzoni, said two' swarthy men
entered the hospital through the
rear door and were next seen
standing in a sunroom across from
the ward where the wounded man
lay dn his cot. •
Asked their business, one gruffly
replied, “We are looking around.”
.He carried a gun in his coat poc.
ket.
The nurse demanded their names
and reason for their appearance
and when she received only eva
sive answers, she ran to a nearby
telephone and notified the sheriff’s
office. The gangsters, she said,
moved forward as if to attack her,
but changed their minds when she
showed no fear of them and turn
ing they hurried out of the hospit
al.
will be held at the Kenai Lake
Ranger Station beginning May 1
to May 4.
A new guard station will be con
structed at Girdwood during the
coming summer for the housing of
the guard and fire and trail
equipment
WING PROBLEM
OF UNEMPLOYMENT
ROAD TO VICTORY
LIQUOR QUESTION AS MAJOR
PLANK WOULD BE RUIN
OUS, SAYS McADOO
LOS ANGELES, April 9, (£>)—
What he believes are the roads to
victory or defeat for the Democra
tic party at the next presidential
election, was outlined by William
^G. McAdoo, in a letter which took
issue with the policies as advocat
ed by National Chairman John J,
Raskob.
j Intelligent treatment of the un
| employment question p r o b ably
would bring back the presidency
! to the party, McAdoo said but pre
dicted the party was doomed to
“certain and disastrous defeat’' if
it made the liquor question the
Raskob favorscmfwxtedconemfw
major plank in its platform as
Raskob favors.
The letter was written to de
cline the post of vice chairman on
the committee which will plan
ta reception here April 13 for
jJouett Shouse, chairman of the
| party’s national .executive commit -
KETCHIKAN ELECTION
! KETCHIKAN, April 9. (/P)—After
i a lethargic election and less than
! 700 votes cast, Norman R. Walker,
j unopposed, was re-elected mapor;
j Percy G. Charles, Jack H. Davies
I and Leo McKay were elected to the
• council. Ray G. Hall and Mrs. W.
| C. Dibrell were placed on the school
j board with out opposition.
BIST CAUGHT IN TUT
THROES SNOW STORM
TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED
NEW YORK, April 9. (/^—Sec
tions of Upper New York, Pennsyl
vania and New England was covered
by a snow storm which crippled
power and light service in several
communities and hampered traffic
throughout the affected areas.
A blanket of snow was laid from
the Adirondacks to Albany, three,
six and 12 inches deep. At Salem
many telephone lines were down.
Ten inches fell at Olean, New
York, and buses were behind sched
ules. Sixteen inches fell at Wanda,
Pennsylvania; 100 autos were stalled
in New Hampshire; rain fell in New
York City and snow in Boston and
at Maine, Vermont.
50,000 HORSES EATEN IN 1930
. PARIS, April 9. (>P)—The syndi- *
cate of horse butchers report that
more than 50,000 horses were eaten
during 1930 in Paris and many of
them on doctor’s orders.
COMPLETES SIX-DAY FLIGHT
CAPETOWN, South Africa, April
9. {JP) — Commander Glen Kidston
arrived here in his American plane
completing a six-day flight from
England. He set out to prove that
a six-day air mail schedule could
be maintained between England and
Cape Town. The previous record
was nine and one-half days.
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