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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 59.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD INCLUDED
IN AVIATION PLANS
E. LOWE STATES
SEWARD C. OF C. 1AKFS IP
MATTER OF CONSTRUCTION
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
“We intend to operate in Aiuo’ca
as many passenger and freight
carrying planes as available cargo
may warrant,” Edward Lowe, Jr.,
San Francisco financier and back
er of the Pacific International Air
ways told members of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce at the week
ly business luncheon Tuesday.
“There is no reason, he said “way
the port of Seward should not
come in for its share of aviation
service, and the added business
that can be brought to a commun
ity that is enterprising enough to
help furnish some of the facili
ties needed. We have been glad
to demonstrate to our satisfaction
that our two small ships ca t saie
ly operate from the Seward field
in its present uncompieted condi
tion, but this field should be ex
tended as soon as po&ubie. The
present trend is toward larger and
faster planes. And logically so, be
cause it is cheaper to operate them.
One pilot can take six or seven
passengers in a plane of that cap
acity just as easily as he could
take two or three in a smaller
plane, and the same principle ap
plies to carrying ireignt.
Mr. Lowe summed up Seward’s
flying possibilities by referring to
its strategetic location tor serving
westward Alaska, by the beautuui
^tnic Lights which can be made
from here, and by the fact that
the city has a new and modern
Hospital at the head oi winch is
the best physician and surgeon in
tne North, Or. Haverstock. ile said
he had seen much or the world’s
best scenery, but none 01 it equals
that which may be viewed oy
plane between Seward and Valdez.
Mr. Lowe said that the princi
pal base of the Pacific-Interna
tional Airways would be at Anchor
age for the present, as it has been
for several months, but that tne
company intended to station planes
at Fahbanks and Nome, and per
haps Valdez and Seward. To show
what aviation can mean to a com
munity in a commercial way, Mr.
Lowe cited the case of Anchorage
where merchants told him, he said,
that since the Pacific Internation
al planes have been maintaining
a steady schedule to Betties, Mc
Grath, Flat and other points in the
Kuskokwim district business re
sulting from airplane shipments ol
foodstuffs and supplies has aggre
gated to approximately $50,000.
Asked by Chairman Urbach whe
ther the construction of a mun
icipal airplane hangar on the Se
ward field would be an incentive
for the stationing of a plane here.
Mr. Lowe said that it would be a
very worthy inducement indeed.
There is. naturally, a reluctance
to stop for any length of time at
any place where no protection for
a plane is afforded. He explained
that, working or idle, an airplane
motor must be checked every 20
hours, and that of course it is very
disagreeable to do afay kind of
mechanical or other repair work
SEN. DUNN SINKING
JUNEAU, Mar., 18, (Special to
The Gateway)—Senator Dunn of
Ruby is slowly sinking and hope
is virtually abandoned for recov
ery. The end may come at any
time.
SEWARD CUT OFF
SUMMER SCHEDULE
OF FEEDER SERVICE
REDONDO WILL NOT BASE AT
PORT OF SEWARD THIS
SEASON
SEATTLE, Mar., 18, (/P)-hChang
es announced by the' Alaska
Steamship Company today were
feeder services from Kodiak Is
land, Cook Inlet, last year op
erated from Seward, will be op
erated from Cordova with the
S3 Lakina.
The Lakina will, operate out
of Cordova for Kodiak and Cook
Inlet performing the service of
the SS Redondo which last year
connected at Seward and La
touche and wrhich in turn con
nected with Cordova for the
Prince William Sound area.
The Lakina will meet the SS
Aleutian or Yukon each week at
Cordova and will make Prince
William Sound ports once each
week and the Cook Inlet and Ko
diak regions once every two
weeks.
Lee Dickinson, dock agent for
the Copper River Northwestern
Railroad at Cordova, becomes
; agent for the Alaska Steamship
Company at Cordova and R. A.
Hall, at present assistant agent
at Juneau, is appointed city
ticket agent at Sat tie.
ONLY EXPRESSION
WASHINGTON. Mar. 17. (*P) —
| Japan and the United States have
reached a tentative agreement
1 that the Franco-Italian agree
, ment should be placed in such
| form as to make it only an ex
| pression of acceptance.
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out in the weather, and extremely
difficult to keep a motor warm and
ready for flight under such con
ditions.
Mr. Urbach then solicited general
discussion among the members re
1 garding the possibilities of Seward
I being able to construct a hangar,
which brought forth favorable
comment. Owing to the absence of
Vice President C. M. Brosius, chair
man of the Chamber’s Aviation
l Committee, President Urbach re
| quested the Executive Committee
! to study the matter, reporting on
it at next Tuesday’s meeting.
Attorney J. L. Reed of Valdez
addressed the gathering interest
ingly, his subject being the pre
sent and future of Alaska; Pilot
Joe Barrows of the Pacific In
ternational Airways of Alaska,
supplemented Mr Lowe's remarks
iwith technical matters. Capt. O.
A. Johansen, Seward’s noted vet
j eran navigator of Northern wat
ers. spoke on the development of
I the Westward. George James,,
! who, with Mrs. James, returned
last week from a motor tour of
Western States, did not have
the opportunity to address the
members and guests as two
hours, an hour longer than
usual, had passed.
HEADQUARTERS OF
SIGNAL CORPS WILL
REMAIN IN SEWARD
WORK ON NEW STATIONS OR
DERED ABANDONED BY
WAR DEPT.
JUNEAU, Mar., 18, (Special to i
The Gateway)—Does Alaska de- j
sire to become owner of the j
Army’s communication facilities j
north of Anchorage? This query |
was transmitted to the Alaska
legislature yesterday by Gover- j
nor Parks who had been asked:
by Colonel GF.iffin, head of the,
Alaska system to express an of- i
ficial opinion on the matter
and, in turn, pass it on to the
solons.
Colonel Griffin asked if the
system were -divided ; and the
system south of Anchorage sold
to a commercial company, would
the Territory take over, the north
ern sections?
' Expressions from various |
members indicate that response j
will be negative since it is gen
erally believed that the financial
burden entailed would be far
beyond the resources of the Ter
ritory.
The Governor, in a communi
cation to Senator Lomen who
had requested a bid toward ob
taining a station established at
Marshall, declared he has been
officially advised by the Cable
chief that the War Department
instructions to the Chief oignal
officer prevented an extension
of the present service and quot
ed departmental orders, dated
November 29 last, as follows:
“Until the Alaska system is dis
posed of to a responsible com
mercial company, no moderniza
tion or addition to sets will be
made beyond any for which
funds have been obligated on
November 25, 1930 Changes in
stations should be limited to
those required to keep them in
service."
Governor Parks added:
“It may interest you to know
that the proposed improvements
to radio stations at Anchorage,
Juneau, Ketchikan and at other
large stations have been aban
doned."
The Territory has been inves
tigating the possibility of using
wireless telephone but is advised
I by technicians as unsatisfactory
1 at this time.
AUCTION SUE FRIDAY
OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS
I . .
I On Friday afternoon, begin
ning at 2 o'clock, an auction
sale of fine household effects,
tools, etc,, will be held at the
‘Banbury residence. Mrs. Ban
bury has rented her home and
| has decided to leave for the
'States in a few weeks. A large
number of items will be offered
including the following:
[ One new beauty rest mattress;
electric sewing machine, rocking
chair, electric waffle iron, elec
tric toaster, bridge lamp, Dutch
oven and aluminum kitchen uten
sils and china dishes.
FAVORABLE ACTION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17. (JP) —
Favorable action by the next Con
gress on proposals to grant inde
pfedence to the Philipines is pre
dicted by Senator King, democrat,
from Utah.
NOW AFFLICTED
SENATOR DUNN TAKES TURN
FOR WORSE; NOW UNA
BE ARTICULATE
JUNEAU, Mar., 18, (Special to
The Gateway)—“There have aris
en certain conflicts” of the Ter
ritory and “certain adjustments
are necessary in order that the
business of the Territory may
become more efficiently manag
ed," it was declared yesterday and
the House’ suspended rules and
passed the resolution of Prank
Foster calling for the appoint
ment of a joint committee, com
prised of four members each from
the House and Senate, including
the speaker of the House and
President of the Senate, for leg
islative investigation of “the con
duct of all Teritorial offices."
Passage in the Senate appear
ed certain
SEN. DUNN WORSE
Senator Dunn’s condition is
slightly worse: the paralysis is
spreading over his entire left
side and his power of articula
tion is gone.
Speculation in the legislature
is general as to whether the Gov
ernor will call a special election
for Dunn’s successor. Mean
while Parks has submitted the
question to the Interior Depart
ment if he can pay Dunn’s sal
ary during his illness.
Under former rulings of the
Comptroller General members of
the legislature are entitled to a
federal salary only on the day’s
of actual attendance.
SENATE SUNS REFUSE *
TO IE HURRIED, PROBE
JUNEAU, Mar-, 18, (Special to
The Gateway)—The Foster reso
lution calling for a legislative
probe reached the Senate which
refused to be hurried and let it
follow the routine course to the
committee.
Johnson of Ketchikan intro
duced a measure for creating a
commission for a survey of the
public school system and an ap
propriation of $10,000 to defray
expenses.
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WISH ACTION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17. (JP) —
President Hoover was urged by
the National World Court Com
mittee of New York to call a
special session of Congress in
November to pass upon the World
Court protocols. The President
took the matter under considera
tion without indicating his atti
tude.
ALASKAN AUTO
LICENSE PLATE IS
NOVELTY STATES
NUMEROUS FRIENDS MET AT
MANY POINTS THROUGH
OUT ENTIRE TRAVELS
The itinerary taken by Mr.
and Mrs George James, of the
Alaska Shop who returned Sat
urday from their recent nine
weeks motor trip through the
coastal and inland States was
one of which afforded them the
best of weather and points of
oasured historical interest.
In San Francisco,'■ which they
reached via Seattle and Port
land, they conferred with sever
al of the business houses with
whom their business is con -
ducted and much buying was
done for the coming season.
During their last stay in San
Francisco* which was spent on
the-, beaches, the temperature re -
gistered 89 which was one of the
hottest days of the year up to
that time: ' One of their most
pleasant afternoons, was spent in
Hollywood with the mother of
Mrs. Leon Urbach of Seward. The
be? jh drive from Los Angeles to
San Diego was very pleasant, and
at San Diego many friends were
visited and the couple were able
to visit several points of interest.
Mr. James’ relatives, whom they
also visited, reside in Los An
geles and gave the newlyweds a
royal time.
From San Diego to Yuma, Ari
zona. the drive was especially
picasant, for the highway is a
beautiful, wide, paved one all the
way. In Phoenix the Roosevelt
Dam was one of the numerous
points visited, and a feature which
was especially enjoyable to Mr
and Mrs. James were the orchards
from which they were able to
pick oranges and grape-fruit for
their ow7n use. The sun-sets over
the Arizona deserts, stated Mr.
James, are something which one
cannot visualize until they are
actually witnessed nor can any
one ever forget them.
Flagstaff. Ariz., was the next
objective, and after that, Albu
querque, New Mexico, where the
Painted Desert and Petrified For
ests came in for their share of
observation. While in that vicin -
ity the James’s felt exceptionally
favored in seeing a mirage over
the Painted Desert, something
which few are fortunate enough
to: view. While in Santa Fe, the
old historical city of New Mex
ico, Mr. and Mrs. James took ad -
vantage of the occasion to visit
the governor’s building which is
reputed to be over 300 years old;
it served as the governor’s build
ing and home when Spain had
possession of Santa Fe and it
has been preserved by the state
Pueblo, California, claimed much
of their time, for there Mr. and
Mrs. James also visited relatives,
and then continued on to Col
orado Springs to see the Garden
of the Gods, then on to Denver,
that beautiful city which every
one seems to praise.
The route then crossed the
state of Wyoming and led the
motorists to Ogden, Utah, where
the first snow during their trip
was seen. Relatives there were
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