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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 180. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
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NOW IS THE TIME TO
MAKE KNOWN HUSH
WANTS SAYS EATON
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JUNEAU, Aug. 5. (£*)—Favorably
impressed with Western and Inter
ior Alaska, members of the Con
gressional party are returning
South on the steamer Aleutian
which sailed last night.
The group expressed themselves
friendly to any policy designed to
develop Alaska.
Congressman William R. Eaton,
of Colorado, member of the House
budget committee, said Alaskans
should not delay in making their
wants known and now is the time
to ask for appropriations for De
cember would be too late, as the
budget is compiled in September
or October.
GIANT Eli ME
ENROUTE TO AMERICA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5. (JP)—
The German seaplane DO-X took
off at 6:36 a. m. on its long de
layed flight to New York.
Lieutenant Clarence H. Schild
hauer, of the United States Navy,
is in command. Ten passengers
arrived here in June after a flight
across the South Atlantic. The
plane will stop overnight at Bahia.
STEPS INTO BREACH
WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 3. (£>)—
Organized labor has stepped into
the front to try and prevent earn
ings from falling with undue weight
upon the shoulders of the em
ploye-consumer.
The American Federation of i. a
bor forwarded a program which it
believes will prevent suffering- next
winter due to unemployment. The
proposal for a shorter work week
drew favorable comment from Wil
liam L. Doak, secretary of tile La
bor Department.
GENERAL WEATHER
- FORECASTS. AUGUST
4th-7th—Continued violent el
ectrical outbursts from the Middle
States to the Atlantic Seaboard
with high winds. 8th-11th—Con
tinued high winds and with violent
storms on the 9th in Florida. 11th
14th—Quiet and very sultry.
15th-19th—General and soliter
raneous storm period, especially
manifested in the middle south and
eastern coastal area.
20th-23rd-*Milder and pleasant
with local showers on the 21st. 24th
28th—Very hot the country over,
* but generally desirable for the ag
ricultural interests, especially for
wheat and corn. 28th-31st—Unset
tled, local thunder storms, especial
ly in the southeast.
Normal preciption and higher
temperature.
OFF FOR POLE
3ERGEN, Aug. 5. (£>)—'The Wil
kins submarine Nautilus left today
for the North Pole.
HALIBUT PRICE
SEATTLE. Aug. 5. (A5)—Halibut
from two vessels totaling 12,410
pounds and six vessels at Prince
Rupert with 115,000 pounds, sold
for 4c and 7.9c for Americans and
3c and 6c for Canadians.
BUT. JOi I. O’BRIEN
VETERAN MARINER, DEAD
SEATTLE, Aug. 5. (/P)—Captain
John A. O’Brien, 83, veteran mar
iner in Alaskan waters, died here
yesterday.
Captain O’Brien brought the SS
Victoria to Seattle in 1918 during
the influenza epidemic at Nome,
many dying aboard the liner on
her way to Seattle. He was an in
timate friend of Jack London and
Rex Beach.
He is survived by his widow,
daughter and son.
KID BERG WINS BOUT
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. (£>)-^Jack
“Kid” Berg, English lightweight,
easily outpointed Jimmy McNam
ara, of New York, in a 10-round
feature bout Tuesday night. Berg
weighed 137 and McNamara 138.
FOUR GRAVES ANOTHER
CHAPTER DESERT DISTORT
NOGALES, Mex. Aug. 3. (/P)—
j Four unmarked graves in the shift
J ing sands of the great Mexican
desert and the incoherent jabber
. ings of three men wrote another
j chapter in desert history, began by
the Argonauts in 1849.
Seven persons, including a women
and her seven weeks old baby, left
here five days ago by automobile
! stage for Mexicali.
Three are alive, two insane from
j thirst. The stage broke down. The
baby died first; then the mother; j
j then two of the men, while the
rest struggled on.
AMY REFUELS
i SHANGHAI, Aug. 5. (/P>—Amy
: Johnson, British aviatrix, refueled
at Tsitsikar, Manchuria.
FOUR KILLED
TAMPICO, Mex., Aug. 5. (JP)_
Four were killed and heavy dam
age was done by floods in south
ern Tamaulipas and northern
i Vera Cruz.
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; arrive at understanding
RENO, Aug. 4. {JP) —It was an
nounced that Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jr., and his wife the former Mary
Davidson of Chicago have arrived
at an understanding on alimony
payments.
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LINDBERGHS HELD UP
OTTAWA, Aug. 5. (£>)—Head
winds along the course to Hunter
Bay held the Lindberghs at Baker
Lake. Conditions are reported un
favorable; they may hop tomor
• row.
STILL HAS A CHANCE
| ATHENS, Aug. 5. (/P)— Mollison
| took off for England two hours
after landing. He had been held
at Aleppo, Syria, by bad weather
but a new Australia-England rec
ord is still possible.
ICE FISH PICK
IN WESTWARD AREAS.
INCLUDING KODIAK
Up to, and not including the 18th
of July, the Alaska Packers can
neries at Larsen’s Bay and Olga
Bay had packed 644,000 pink sal
mon, and from the appearances of
things it seems as though, since j
that time, they have packed far I
in excess of the above amount.
At Olga Bay huge scows of pinks |
were being brought to the cannery j
and the crews were working day!
and night.
According to H. H. Hungerford,;
fish warden, it is believed this is
the largest run of fish since 1926. ]
Boats plowed through great schools
of salmon from one-half to a mile
away from shore.
The Pacific American Fisheries
at Alitak are also putting up a big
pack as is the Trinity Packing Co.,
at Three Saints Bay. This latter'
cannery doesn’t have to go more
than seven miles after more fish
than they are able to handle and
has the distinction of having the
largest fish in these waters. It only
takes 11 of them to fill a case
whereas at Kodiak it requires about
16 or 17.
The Kodiak cannery expects to
can at least 60,000 cases of salmon
this year. They are working their
crew from 14 to 16 hours every day
and have been compelled to lay off
temporarily their independent fish
ermen from time to time in order
to be able to handle the deliveries
of fish.
It sure is a great fish year, and
the girls and boys will have a few
dollars this year to spend.
NATIONAL
St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 1.
Boston 2-4, Philadelphia 3-2.
Brooklyn 3-2, New York 6-3.
Cincinnati 2-3, Chicago 4-7.
AMERICAN
Chicago 5, Detroit 1.
Only American games played.
WIN DOUBLE-HEADER
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. (£>)—’The
Giants strengthened their hold for
second place in the National
League by drubbing Brooklyn in
both games of the double-header
Monday; scores 6-3 and 3-2.
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PACIFIC COAST
San Francisco 2, Hollywood 1.
Sacramento 3, Oakland 12.
Seattle 3, Portland 4.
Los Angeles 9, Missions 5.
URGES FILIPINOS TO
CONTINUE PROGRNM
MANILA, Aug. 5. (^—Senator H.
B. Hawkes of Missouri, addressed a
joint session of the Phillipine Sen
ate and Legislature and reiterated
his view the the “present destruc
tive uncertainty to both American
and Phillipine interests can only be
settled by independence.” He
urged Filipinos to continue their
independence program, mention
ing particularily, the sending of an
other independence mission to the
United States.
WILL TAKE OFF TODAY
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 5. (/P)—Rob
bins said both planes would hop
Wednesday for Edmonton, weather
permitting. Robbins said the To
kyo hop that had just failed was
his last and does not intend to
try again next year.
PHI. HERNDON
PLtl HOP PACIFIC
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5. (/P)—Pang
born and Herndon headquarters
here received a cable signed by
Herndon announcing their attempt
at a non-stop Tokyo to Seattle
flight; they yrill have an extra
tank built at Tokyo.
Moscow dispatches said it was!
still raining at Khabarovsk They
plan to hop to Tokyo and stay
there a week. Pangbom is slight
ly ill.
BARROW STILL BLOCKED
POINT BARROW, Aug. 5. (A5)—
The ice is still clinging to the1
shores, preventing ships landing
with supplies for Lindbergh. The
food is nearly exhausted.
FILIPINOS LIKE Mill;
0006E JUNGLE FIIIMS
MANILA, Aug. 5. (/P)— Despite
the efforts of the Philippine gov
ernment to encourage the settle
ment of Mindanao, the “Far West”
of the Philippines, plantation work
in Hawaii continues more at
tractive to migrating Filipinos.
Figures by the Bureau of Labor
show that 7,815 Filipinos emigrat
ed to Hawaii, as compared with |
2,498 who went to homestead in!
Mindanao in 1930.
The worker who goes to Hawaii
is assured of steady employment.
The homesteader must have a
little capital and must wrest his
land from the jungle.
STILL GOING STRONG
AKLAVIK, Aug. 5. (/P)—The
Lindberghs landed here at 3:05
a. m., Pacific Standard Time.
TAKE OFF FOR AKLAVIK
BAKER LAKE, Aug. 5. (/P)—Col. ]
and Mrs. Lindbergh took off at
6:35 p. m., Eastern Standard Time,
for Aklavik, 1115 miles distant:
they did not intend to stop at Cop
per Mine.
SOLONS AT FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 5. (^—Sen
ators Frederic Walcott and Peter
Norbeck, of the Wild Life Re
sources committee, and Represen
tative Albert Carter of California
arrived from McKinley Park. They
are leaving today for Chitina, sail
ing for Seattle from Cordova Sat
urday.
GERMAN BANKS REOPEN
BERLIN, Aug. 5. (/P)—Banks re
opened after being closed three
weeks as an emergency measure.
Customers drew far less than had
been anticipated and many are
returning money withdrawn. The
government plans to place banks
under state control.
LINDBERGHS WILL
HEAD FOB ICE-BOUND
CUTTEH NORTHLAND
AKLAVIK, Northwest Territory,
Aug. 5. (JP)—'The Lindberghs made
the 1,115-mile flight from Baker
Lake in 11V2 hours. The next hop
will probably be directly toward
the cutter Northland, icebound at
Icy Cape, 150 miles south of Point
Barrow. The Northland has given
up hope of reaching Barrow in
time to meet the fliers.
The Lindberghs landed. ih
Peel Channel an'5
gathered on ti
the shouts of the issu- _ j§
with the cheers of tne whites.
Lindy was all smiles and his little
Mrs. waved from the rear cockpit.
LIBERAL LEADER MAY
TOUH THE WHO
LONDON, Aug. 5. (/P) — David
Lloyd George, liberal leader, may
go on a tour of the world, visit
ing the United States, before at
tempting to return to his former
duties, it is said. It may be two or
three months before he has .recov
ered sufficiently from his operation
to undertake the trip.
The former premier of Great Bri
tain is making a satisfactory re
covery from his operation at a
local hospital here.
POLAR HEIRS KILLED
SOUTH USUAL HABITAT
Presumably caught in ice drift
ing southward, three polar bears
were killed recently by Clark Bas
sett, Alaskan Airways agent at
Nome, and another man says the
Fairbanks News - Miner. Another
polar bear is reported to have been
killed near Unalakleet.
It is said there are a few instances
in which the white bears have
been seen so far south. Tt is pre
sumed they were working their
way north along the beaches after
reaching land from the driftice.
HORNE UNO HORNER
WILL tO HUNTING
About August 21, B. E. Horne of
Lawrence, Mass., president of the
Watts Valve Works, will arrive in
Seward where he will be met by
Mel Horner, licensed guide, who
will take Mr. Horne into the field
for three weeks after moose, sheep
and bear.
Mr. Horne left his home last
month, July 31, traveling to the
coast via the C. P. R. to Van
couver, thence by steamer to Skag
way, over the White Pass to White
horse, then down to Dawson and
Fairbanks.
Mrs. Horne is accompanying her
husband to Seward but will re
turn to the States, to California,
where Mr. Horne will join her
after his big game hunt.
Guide Horner says he will first
take Mr. Horne up Resurrection
River, then to Resurrection Lake
where the hunt will be concluded.