MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 54 SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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EPIDEMIC SPREADS
AT POINT BARROW:
TWO MORE CASES
OLD SERUM IN SMALL DOSES
PARTLY RESPONSIBLE, IT
IS THOUGHT
POINT BARROW, Mar., 12, (/P)—
Despite efforts to control the
diphtheria epidemic it is spread
ing. Two more serious cases and
two more houses have been quar
antined and there have been ad
ditional exposures.
The hospital is so crowded that
it has been necessary to send
convalescents to q u a r antined
nomes.
The early immuizations were
aot all effective on account of
old serum on hand before Aviator
Crosson’s arrival and which were
given in small doses
Doctor Driest is informed the
Fairbanks public health service
«s hestitating sending addi
tional antitoxin because of ex
penses and wires the financial
consideration is secondary and
must have more.
If the Wainwright situation in
creases they will need far in ex
cess of the 500,000 units request
ed. It is not believed there is a
doctor at Wainwright nor anti
toxin.
Calls of help are likely from
Point Hope and Demarcation: it
will probably be necessary to
turn homes there into hospitals.
MINE IN SEdTTII
NOS SELLING EON
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar., 12, (JP)
—Further price cutting in San
Francisco’s gasoline war was ex
pected as dispatches brought
word of new reductions in both
the north and south.
Standard Oil in Seattle cut
from 21 Vz cents to HVz cents a
gallon, while the original tw*o
cent reduction in Los Angeles was
followed by a six cent cut.
Meanwhile, all California oil
interests awaited action on the
proposal of Assembleyman Chris
Jesperson of Paso Robles for a
state Investigation of the situa
tion
MID MESS ARE WEI
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Mar., 12
^P)—Johnny Weismuller, star of
many swimming events, and
'“Bobby” Arnst, star of the stage,
were on their honeymoon
here.
The marriage took place last
Friday night after a speed 51
courtship. The couple met Val
entine’s Day.
Each gave their age as 26- Miss
Arnst is a Broadway dancer.
STILL OUT
BAKESFIELD, Calif., Mar., 12,
i/F)—Earl Oldham has passed his
144th hour of unconsciousness
fllowing an auto accident ir
which his skull was fractured.
CABLE CORRECTION
WASHINGTON, Mar., 12, (JP)—
Disposal of the Alaska cable j
awaits action fo the next Con
gress. The interdepartmental re
port of yesterday was incorrect j
as the bill was only pending be
fore the last Congress and was
not passed.
FI BURN DOTH.~
KEROSENE USED TO
5T9RTMTMI FI
DUNCAN, Oklahoma, Mar-, 12,
(/P)—a kerosene explosion killed
Mrs. John Thurlo, 20, her two
year old daughter, Mrs. Ed Thur
lo and two daughters, five and
two years of age.
The explosion was followed by
a fire which destroyed the home.
One of the women attempted to
start a fire by pouring kerosene
from a five-gallon can into the
kitchen stove.
The husbands, brothers, were
at work.
! SPEED OF SS mi
INCHEDSED TO 10 iOTS
SEATTLE, Mar-, 12, OP}—Con
version of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s liner SS Alaska from
a turbo-electric drive from a
reciprocating series of engines,
and other modernizing, has been
completed.
The SS Alaska will sail next
Monday for Southeast Alaska.
The steamer has been laid up for
| five months and her speed in
i creased to 16 knots.
jilED GlSSLlERlS
HELPLESS 00 ATL1TIC
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. Mar.,
12, (/p)—Ruthlessly tossed about
by mountainous seas, the Red
Cross liner Rosalind was drift
ing helplessly after losing her
propellor in a violent storm 100
; miles southeast of here.
More than 100 persons were
aboard, including 25 passengers
The Rosalind sent out SOS calh
all day but during the night res
cue ships had been unable tc
reach her. She was enroute from
St. Johns, N. F-, to New York.
NEVER TOO OLD
SALT LAKE CITY, Mar., 12, (JP)
—Hiram Dempsey, father of Jack
Dempsey, former world heavy
weight champion, obtained a li
cense to marry Mrs- Hannah
Lyle Chapman. He gave his age
as 73 and said the present is hif
third marriage. The bride, a
neighbor of the Dempsey’s here
gave her age as 83.
■tktTepIts
ON GRSIN EXPORT!
CHICAGO, Mar., 11, (£>)—Tc
counteract the feeling of uncei
tainty evolving from report;
the United States Grain Stabiliza
tion corporation announced that
not more than 35,000,000 bushel!
will be exported to make way foi
I storage of the new 1931 crop.
IMMEDIATE PROSPECT
OF IE mi CABLE
UNLIKELr, SO 'TIS SAID
WASHINGTON, Mar., 12, (/P)—
The interdepartmental commit
tee which was formed to study
coordination of government com
munication services, made it’s
final report to President Hoover.
Under its recommendations all
Navy stations in Alaska, includ
ing Kodiak and Sitka, have been
closed and the traffic transfer
red to the War department.
Authorization was given to the
Secretary of war to sell the Alas
ka cable to a private company
but there is no prospect of an
! immediate sale.
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STMS AT HAWSERS
‘HARIN' START VQYICE
WASHINGTON, Mar., 12, (/P)~
The new cruiser Louisville will
start its shake-down cruise frorr
' the Puget Sound Navy Yard or.
; March 14, the Navy department
has announced.
j The new 10,000 ton cruiser will
visit the Port Angeles area Marct
14 to 18
She is scheduled to spend thre<
days at sea, arriving at San Fran
cisco bay March 21, sailing five
i days later for Honolulu, wher<
she is to arrive April 1.
Returning to the states sh<
will arrive in San Diego April 2i
| remaining in that area unti
May 6.
A MERE TRIFLE
NEW YORK. Mar., 12, (/P>—
Vincent Richards, national ten
nis champion, wants $50,000 U
; renew his court feud with “Bi«
Bill” Tilden. Richards called oi
promoter Jack Carrey to tal!
over terms of a proposed tourna
ment.
; LIFE UNO PflOSPERITT
BEJPECIM. Dm
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar., 12, UP)
The air lanes cleared by federa
action, the San Francisco polic
and fire departments were gettin
; their radio receiving sets, whicj
will keep outside men in constan
tuoch with their central offices.
Within 30 days San Francisco'
new fire and police stations will b
i flashing alarms to members c
both departments, insuring greatl
improved protection of life an
property of the city. Receiving set
in departmental automobiles wi
be locked on the special short wav
length assigned to the city’s broad
; casting station by the Federal Ra
, | dio Commission.
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PLANS BEAT GRAF’S TIME
» SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 11. (A
—With plans to beat the Gra
s Zeppellin’s globe girdling recor
this summer, John Henry Mean
- famous globe trotter, was in Sai
1 Francisco to arrange for radi
* equipment for a new Lockhea
Vega plane being built for him
CABLE PURCHASE DENIED
NEW YORK, Mar., 12, <JP)—
Reports that the Postal Tele
graph Company was negotiating
for the purchase of the Alaska
cable, were denied here by com
pany officials.
SENSTOfi ENDEAVORS
SUP OVER FUST ONE
BENEFIT OF SNOOPERS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar., 12,
(£>)—widespread criticism was
heard in the state capitol against
the Wagy bill, which would al
low snoopers to pry into private
residences under the guise of ra
dio inspectors.
The measure set up a depart
ment of radio supervision with
a director, inspectors and assist
ants with autocratic police pow
er.
There is no limit to the num
| ber of employees the board could
: have. Senator J. I. Wagy of Bak
I ersfield, introduced the bill.
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SOVIET BKHL IS
BERLIN, Mar., 12, (/*>-'Tele
j graphic Union dispatches from
' Warsaw said that information had
! come from Habarowsk, in East
! Siberia, of the arrest of General
j Bluecher, commanding the Sov
I iet forces in the Far East.
He was charged with conspiring
with a Ukranian national organ
ization to foster insurrection in
| the army and establish an anti
soviet military dictatorship, the
report said.
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LOS ANGELES, Mar., 12, (&)—
; A new world’s record for delay
ed parachute jump was set here
by E. S. Manning, it was revealed
following the calibration of a
small barograph which had beer
strapped to his back.
Manning leaped at an alti
! tude of 16,665 feet and fell 15,
« 256 feet before he pulled the cords
* of his two parachutes.
He fell the distance in 44 se
. conds or at the rate of 240 mile*
1 per hour.
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TO STABILIZE PESO
MEXICO CITY,, Mar. 11. (£*)
As a measure for stabilizing th«
silver peso, President Ortiz Rubic
has signed an order obliging banki
to convert their reserve guaran
tees on silver deposits into silvei
currency.
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NEW YORK, Mar., 12, (/P)
Young Corbett of Fresno, Calif,
was sought by Madison Squar<
Garden was to meet Len Harvey
English fighter, here on March 20
Corbett was offered the bou
after Jackie Fields, former welter
weight champion, withdrew fron
the assignment because of an in
jured hand.
LEGISLATORS ARE
FETED IT JUNEAU
PUBLIC DECEPTION
BOARD OF EDUCATION BEGIN
FUNCTIONING, CONSID
ER CHANGE POWER
JUNEAU, Mar., 12, (Special to
The Gateway)—Hundreds last
night greeted the legislators at
the biennial reception given them
and Territorial officers by Gov
ernor Parks, marking the first
public function since the 10th
legislature convened.
Two measures were passed by
the Senate yesterday, the first of
the present session. Both were
minor amendments to complied
laws.
The first meeting of the Board
of Education was held Wednes
day afternoon. Governor Parks
presided; this meeting was at
tended by Senators Benjamin,
Sundquist, Dimond and Hess, and
discussion of necessary changes
in the school code was taken up
The board, at a later date, will
go into Parks recommendation
for restoration of the Commission
er of Education as an appointive
officer and not elective.
LOS ANGELES, Mar', 12,(3*)—
J. P. Mills, real estate and oil op
erator of San Diego, was arrested
in his Los Angeles office on a
complaint issued by District At
■ tonrey Buron Fitts, charging
j him with a statutory offense
| against a 16 year-old girl,
j The arrest, following quickly
' upon the revelation of startling
| new details by District Attorney
| Fitts, in connection with an as
i serted Hollywood love syndicate;
; which was said to have exploited
i young girls in supplying compan
j ions to wealthy patrons.
! He revealed another man and
five girls were already under ar
i rest.
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MORE EMPLOYMENT
FOR SON FRANCISCANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar., 12, VP)
—Construction of a new shed on
Pier 39, at a cost of about $100,
000 looms as the result of recent
assignment of the dock to the
Panama Pacific Line.
The pier, at the foot of Grant
Avenue, will be used exclusively
by the Panama Pacific Line for
dicharge of passengers and car
go as soon as it can be remodel
ed, according to the state har
br officials.
WERE WED
: LOS ANGELES, Mar., 12, (#)—
Douglas MacLean and Lorraine Ed
dy, of the films were married at
• the bedside of the bridegroom’s
• father, Rev. C. C. MacLean. who
l celebrated at the same time the
. 58th aniversary of his marriage to
Mrs. MacLean.