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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 4.
REWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, JANUARY 0, 1981.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATOR COPELAND IS SUR
PRISED AT HOWELL’S
INCREASE PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, Jan-, 6, (/P)—
In support of their conclusion
that the Alaska Railroad has
been inefficiently managed, the
special Senate committee said
that no suits had been brought
w collect $258,000 in unpaid bills
and an additional number of
bills totalling $66,000 due the
r,alroad’s hospital.
The committee’s report also j
pointed to the expensive opera
tion of the 40 miles of narrow
guage railroad north from Fair
banks, the million dollar annual
deficit and non self-supporting
power plants.
The committee said the rates
over the railroad were inade-!
equate; that rates were from 250
to 400 per cent higher on two
other railroads operating in the
Territory.
It was pointed out that the!
government road has not paid j
operating expenses, nor capital j
expenditures or interest charges I
■ence 1916 and that the deficit i
since then has been $11,000,000. i
Senator Copeland of New York J
expressed surprise at Chairman •
Howell as an advocate of govern- ;
ment operation and that he
•fhould recommend incr eased
rates bet a { of inefficiency.
Me so
m ore agre nb’o to allov5 the pov
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BOLAMA, Portugese Guinea, Af~
ica. Jan, 6- (/P)—Twelve seaplanes:
~ed by General Ltalo Balbo, Italian
air minister, here from Orbetello,
'taly, hopped off at 2 A. M. Tues- j
day (6 P. M. Pacific Coast Stan
dard Time) for Natal. Brazil.
The flight is one of the broadest
trans-oceanic hops ever attempted. I
Twelve Italian cruisers have been
stationed along the route to ren
der assistance should any mishap
overtake the planes.
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MADRID, Spain, Jan, 5. (TP)— (
Six person were injured slightly as j
mounted police charged to break)
ap a demonstration by 250 persons j
:n Puerta Del Sol, principal square }
:n Madrid
The manifestation in which rail* j
way workers and students partici - j
pated, was the first in Spanish
eapitol since martial law was pro
claimed. The trouble began when a
group of discontented railway
workers attempted to visit political
prisoners and were refused en
trance to jail.
The incident caused intense ex- [
eitement in Madrid.
A REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (A5) —
Final figures for the 1930 income
and corporation taxes issued by the
Treasury Department showed a to
tal collection of $2,332,976,000 a re
duction of $71,000,000 from 1929,
SENATORS AFTER TIE
STATE DEPARTMENT 0«
NICARAGUA TANGLE
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 6, (/P)—
Undebated, the Senate adopted
the resolution by Senator John
son of California, calling Secre
tary of State Stimson to trans
mit to the Senate all documents
and communications relating to
landing and maintenance of mar
ines in Nicaragua.
At the same time Senator
King of Utah introduced a reso
lution proposing immediate with
drawal of marines from Nicara
gua and with a similar request
for all communications involved
as well as negotiations of the
London naval treaty denied by
President Hoover and Stimson
last year.
PHI THEMSELVES CN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. bib —
The Farm Board’s refusal to place
an embargo on wheat will be laid
before Congress in legislative form
by Representative Bub ue.es, P pub
lican. North Dakota. Burtness
made, his announcement while sen
ator-elect Dickinson of Iowa was
issuing a statement through life re
public.Pa national committee as
serting that the Ha.w1ev~Srn.oot
Tariff had more than fulfilled the
promises of its backers by main
taining prices of American farms
produce high above the world's
levels and preventing the dumping
of competitors products into our
markts.
FIND BIGGEST STILL
NEAR BISHOP'S ROUSE
DETROIT, Jan. 5. (^—Worship
pers on their way to church for
Sunday morning services saw Fed
reral pohibition agents seize the
largest alcohol cooking plant ever
discovered in the Detroit area.
The plant occupied an entire
five story building in the heart of
uptown church district. The build
ing is less than a block from the
residence of Bishop Thomas Ni-.
cholson of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and president of the Anti
Saloon League of America.
EMBEZZLES COES TG PEN
El LONG SOJOURN!
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5- (JP) —
Gilbert H. Beesemeyer, convicted
embezzler of the Guarantee Build
ing and Loan Association of Hol
lywood, arrived at San Quentin
prison and after the preliminary
formalities became prisoner num
ber 49471, sentenced to serve from
LO to 100 years as the prison board
yiews his case.
NO SIGN OF HARD TIMES AS
PATRICIAN QUEENS OF
DAIRY ARRIVE
Times seem to be looking up
for Alaska when a herd of 28
fine dairy cows and bulls rang
ing in price from $150 a head
to $750 and from some of the
best blooded-stock of the State
of Washington is imported for
dairy purposes in Anchorage and
Fairbanks. The animals arrived
today on the SS Northwestern
and will go to the Interior in
warmed cars o n Wednesday’s
passenger train for hurry-up
delivery.
Werner OhLs, owner of Ohls’
Dairy at Anchorage, brought in
a shipment, assisted by Ras Sim
onson of Fairbanks, representing
the Bentley Dairy at that place
which gets part of the shipment.
Ohls has one bull and 14 cows
consisting of blue-blooded Jer
seys and Guernseys from the
Squim dairy country on the
Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
The Bentley consignment con
sists of one bull and 12 HoLsteins
from the Carnation herds at
Carnation, Wash. The animals go
to replace cows which Ohls lost
when part of his herd, was con
demned on aeccrlv . i tubercu
losis. The Bentlcv cows replace
the famous Bentley herd at Fair
banks that was cor pieu.iv wip
ed out by fi e.
Ohls reports that lb- • had a
the steamer nt S "'"h: Fright
ened by the strap': ■ sights and
sounds 1,v:o of t 'V'J.tvs aantle
ones b "do? awry, frvh they had'to
chase them all night before they
were caught.
One cali was born on the wav
up and Mr. Ohls has presented
it to the Jesse Lee Home. Another
calf was born in the Bentley
herd after the vessel docked here,
but since it is from a very high
bred Holstein, they are taking
it along.
FRUITLESS SEARCH CONDUCT-!
BY MOTORSHIP DORTHEA
NEAR KETCHIKAN
PRINCE RUPERT, Jan. 6. (fP)—
Anscel Eckman flew here from!
Alert Bay to search for Robin Ren
ahan and his companions who have
been missing Jor more than two
months.
Jack Smith, a resident of Banks j
Island, is bringing here a piece of i
debris found on the beach which
is believed to be a part of the
Renahan plane. A searching party
aboard the Motorship Dorthea ar
rived from Ketchikan after a fruit
less search there.
FORD REOPENS
NEW YORK, Jan. 6- OP) —Good i
news comes with the start of the !
Automobile show season in New i
York; Ford reopens full blast.
HOCKEY SCORES
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan., 6,;
(IP)—Vancouver forged into the j
undisputed lead of the Pacific |
Coast hockey league when they;
defeated Portland 1 to 0.
SPII1S OIL LEAK
All OELAYS FLIGHT '
ACROSS TIE ATLANTIC
NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 6- (JP) —The |
airplane “Trade Wind” developed;
a leak in the oiling system during |
a test flight at Norfolk and Lieut- j
enant William MacLaren gave up j
hope of continuing his flight to
Paris via Bermuda and the Azores
for a few days.
Lieutenant Mac Laren will be ac
companied by Mrs. Beryl Hart.
After a long night’s sleep it was
the intention of the couple to get
away for Bermuda early Sunday
afternoon but the test flight show
ed a leak and made a quick start
impossible.
Full extent of the damage has
not been determined but it is Mac
Laren’s hope that it could easily j
be repaired.
EM SPEEDS DP
II SELECTING DIE
PASADENA, Jan. 5. (/P) —Pro
fessor Albert Einstein, who lia*
joined a circle of the world’s most j
noted.scientists to resurvey the;
universe, has settled one problem, i
He selected his home late Sat- j
"Y± y. Levs than an hour the:
German physicist had made hr ;
choice, he was settkd. rt a desk. ;
h-s mind wrapped in problems of "j
interstellar spaces which react r,:
virtually imeompreborsible dis- ‘
tances. Wi!h 12 pa Pf 1 homes,
at his disposal, the noted man evi-;
deuced the simplicity . which he j
claims,'and swiftly chose a inodcot
seven-room bungalow.
LONDON, Jan. 5, WP)—Tod \ y will \
be a' critical day in two of Great
Britain's industries, coal and cot
ton. All efforts to end the South j
Wales coal dispute in widen 140.- j
000 miners quit last week, have
failed.
Today the men will take their
case direct to the government. In
the Lancashire area leaders of
the cotton weavers have threaten
ed to withdraw their men from all
mills where the “eight loom per
man” goes into effect today. 1
POPE STILL OPPOSED
TO EAST OIUCE
ROME, Jan- 5. (/P)—A reiteration
of the strict catholic doctrine re- j
garding marriage is expected in,
Ho cncvc’ic^ 1 which Pope Pit 1
will issue this week.
Far from making concessions to
modernistic trends, it is under
stood the encyclican will hark back
to the first principles of the
church restating Catholicism's utter j
disapproval of divorce and empha - J
sizing the doctrine that only con
tinuance within the married state
can families be limited without
transgressing the divine law.
SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE
REPORT FAVORS IN
CREASE RATES
WASHINGTON, Jan., 6, </P)—.
The Alaska Railroad special Sen
ate investigating committee re
commended immediate increase
in rate from six cents to 10c a
a mile to the passenger traffic
and 50 per cent for freight.
The committee also recom
mended a n appropriation o f
$1,000,000 to care for deficiency
improvements.
A study of Alaska resources
was erported and submitted by
Chairman Howell of the special
committee which visited Alaska
for a Jew days last summer
during which time hearings
were held, in which he said the
undeveloped region, the severe
climatic condition, lack of out
going freight as well as ineffi
cient operation, contributed to
the deficit.
PERUVIANS CLASH
LIMA. Peru, Jan. 5. (JP) -Three
persons were killed Sunday in a
clash which marked the end of an
international football game be
tween a team from Ifrugoav and
one from the Peruvian uepartment
of Arequipa. Police were forced to
use their revolvers to cinch the dis
turbance.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 6. (hV~
Application to construct a dam
and reservoir plant on Davis
River, Tong ass National Forest,
to cost $3,000,009, was filed with
the Federal power commission,
by the Commonwealth Mining &
Exploration Company of Seattle.
The plant will have an initial
production of 25,000 horsepower
but will have an ultimate capa
city of 50,000 to supply power to
the towns of Hyder, Stewart and
several industrial concerns.
MUSSOLINI QUITS
BREATHING FLIES
PARIS, Jan. 5 .(/P)—The pacific
utterances of Premier Mussolini
of Italy in his address to the Am
erican people in which he declar
ed Italy would never start a wa**
were favorably received in France.
Letemps emphasized that Muss
olini can rest assured that no na
tion wishes to take Italy by the
throat but warns that any at
temps to force a revision of the
war treaty will risk plunging Eu
rope into another war.
France, meanwhile, is awaiting
with optimism the resumption of
naval negotiations with Italy.
DEFENDS TITLE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6. (/P)
Benny Bass, junior lightweight
champion, defended his title suc
cessfully in a 10-round fight by
winning the decision over Lew
Massey, Philadelphia Italian.