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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 522.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PILOT REEVES BRINGS
TWO PASSENGERS FROM
THE NOME DISTRICT
Pilot Bob Reeves, a veteran of
South American sky lanes, who
changed his locale last June and
based at Valdez, is paying Seward
another brief visit today while en
route home from Nome. Pilot Reeves
flew to Seward Wednesday from
McGrath, having arrived at the
latter town the day previous from
Nome.
Passengers were Mrs. R. J. Ren
nie from Nome, who is enroute to
the States, and Aaron Johnson, son
of Deputy Marshal Johnson of Mar
shall, wiho is enroute to Seattle
where he will enroll in the U. of
W. Mrs. Rennie boards the SS.
Aleutian Friday for Seattle, while
young Johnson will continue on to
Valdez this afternoon with the
South American birdman who now i
romps Northern skies.
The hangar was turned over to j
Pilot Reeves in which he stowed j
his plane away overnight, safe from
the strong and cold northern blasts
which overnight brought an early
tang of winter.
The trip to the coast from Nome j
was made in six hours, with stops i
at McGrath and Anchorage. Reeves I
was continually one jump ahead of j
snow falls; in fact, he said, he beat
a snow storm at Nome by only a !
couple of minutes. At Rainy Pass, i
however, he was compelled to bow j
to Nature and return to McGrath, i
On the second attempt he made her !
thru despite the exceedingly strong |
wind which had previously made
him doff his derby in respect. After
a brief stop at Anchorage for lunch, j
the party soared into the air again 1
and at an altitude of about 8,000,1
Bob set his compass on a bee-line !
over the towering mountains for
Seward.
It was Mrs. Rennie’s first airplane
ride and she is '‘sold” 100 percent,
having enjoyed the flight immense
ly. Reeves said she was an excel
lent passenger and thought she was
one of the few women of the North
who had made such a long hop.
The trip to young Johnson, appar
ently, was old stuff. With the ex
ception of saying that Reeves
knows his “potatoes”, Johnson said
the only thing on his mind is his
desire to mingle with crowds on the
gay “White Way” of Seattle, and
to enroll in college.
Pilot Reeves has been flying for
14 years and in South America flew
for the Pan-American Airways,
owners of the Pacific Alaska Air
ways, Inc. “Conditions in Nome
and thruout the Interior from a
gold production standpoint, espec
ially, appear excellent,” he said.
SEWARD MM'S HUT
LOCITED flIGHT BflEHST
“I might just as well have
bought the joint when I first came
up,” remarked Chas. Story, Arcade
building engineer, who reentered
the Seward General Hospital Wed
nesday for the ‘steenth time. Mr.
Story, since his discharge a week
ago, became ill again when from
what he thot was heart trouble.
And yesterday, when Dr. A. D. Havr
erstock took an Xray of the grizzled
veteran’s “interior”’ it was re
vealed that Mr. Story is a most
unusual man; his heart is on his
right side. However, it’s unnatural
position is caused by the pressure
of a collapsed lung. As Mr. Story
says; “I’m operating on one cylin
der.” Careful treatment and care,
which is always assured at the hos
pital, will no doubt bring the Old
timer back to his former good
health._
OLDT1MER CALLED
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 22, —
Ronald “Blackjack” McDonald, 80
years of age, an Oldtimer of the
Dawson country, died at Vancou
ver.
EDGE CALLED HOME
WASHINGTON, Sept., 22, —The
State Department called Ambassa
dor Walter E. Edge home from
France for a series of highly im
portant conference on the World
economic parley, war debts and
associated international questions.
NEW TARIFF WALL
“ROAD TO RUIN”
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept., 22,—Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here
Wednesday for a speech on water
power and public utility regulations
after a royal welcome.
He advocated a “reciprocal tariff”
to restore America’s export trade.
This tariff, he said, will be a rem
edy for the high tariff wall set up
about the United States by the Re
publican administration and result
ing in retaliatory tariffs that
“started up on the road where we
now find ourselves; the road to
ruin”.
PROMINENT BANKER
WISHES TO RETIRE
LONDON, Sept., 22, —Montague
Norman, Governor of the Bank of
England, who last month made a
mysterious visit to the United
States, may resign next week.
Mr. Norman has set a precedent
in heading the bank in that five
years has been the longest period
any official has ever held the high
office. Mr. Norman has been in
his present post for 13 years.
He is sometimes referred to as
the “mystery man of billions’’. His
resignation, it is said, is tendered
because of his desire to retire to
private life.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 9, Chicago 6.
New York 2, Boston 1.
j St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 4, Cleveland 3.
Washington 1-3, Boston 0-2.
Phillies 8, New York 4.
Chicago 11-3, Detroit 3-2.
PACIFIC COAST
Sacramento 9, Missions 6.
Seattle 9, San Francsico 6.
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HIT HIS STRIDE
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 22,—Almost
over when he was unable to hit his
stride in the first set, Elswort^h
. Vines, national tennis champion,
came back in the two last sets to
eliminate Olliff, British champion,
as the Pacific Southwest Tennis
Tournament continued.
HARTLEY COMMENTS
SEATTLE, Sept., 22,:—Gov. Rol
and Hartley, defeated in the recent
election, made his first comment
Wednesday. In asking for a third
term he said he desired to continue
State and bank economies with
which he has constantly been at
issue with the opposition.
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SENATOR BLAINE LOST
j RACINE, Wis., Sept., 22,—John
j Chappel, newspaper publisher, won
! over ®€n- **• J• Blaine, in the Repub
) lican Senatorial contest, by a huge
majority.
ECONOMIC MORASS
MOSCOW, Sept., 22,—Arms equal
ity is now more urgent than ever,
said a Russian spokesman, com
menting upon the decision to join
Germany in not sending delegates
to the Geneva disarmament con
ference. The morass of financial
and economic difficulties, he said,
makes it imperative that they start
afresh either with real disarma
ment or on an equality basis.
MICHOMGE FEDERAL
BUILDING IS NOT ON
CONSTRUCTION LIST
There’s been a mixup somewhere
over the status of the Federal build
ing project at Anchorage and Ket
chikan, according to Gov. George
A. Parks. Neither of these two
buildings have been placed on the
approved list of public building
construction and, therefore, there
isn’t any possibility of any Immedi
ate construction work being started,
reports the Juneau Empire.
This fact was revealed in a tele
gram received last week at Juneau
by N. Lester Troast, Indian Service
Architect, from the office of the
Supervising Architect, Treasury De
partment.
Sometime ago, Postmaster C. M.
Parkins, of Seattle, announced the
Ketchikan and Anchorage buildings'
were among a number slated for
early construction and that bids
would be advertised for in a short
time. It was also said that archi
tects would be utilized in the draft
ing of plans and preparation of
specifications. Mr. Troast wired to
the Supervising Architect to find
out if he was to participate in this
arrangement as to the two projects
in Alaska.
He was informed by that office
that neither was on the list of pro
jects approved for construction.
Until they have been approved no
funds will be available for work on
them.
NEWS FLUSHES
W. G. Smith, Territorial Treasur
er, was an arrival from Juneau on
the SS. Admiral Evans, on a bank
examining trip. Mr. Smith is a
guest at the Van Gilder.
* * * *
Young LaFolette went down to
defeat before W. J. Kohler in the
Wisconsin gubernatorial contest,
the latter having a majority of
about 50,000.
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Fighting continues full blast in
the Gran Chaco area, Buenos Aires
dispatches report.
* * * *
From Chile comes a press report
that an entire Bolivian battalion
was decimated Tuesday.
* * * *
Hundreds of Indian sympathizers
are on a one-week’s fast as a pro
test against England’s communal
laws in India.
* * * *
There was a possibility that Hin
doo factions may affect a compro
mise acceptable today to Mahatma
Gandhi and if so, he may break
his fast onto death, by partak
ing of a square meal.
muiu net in
HIST Toms $101,710
Although Alaska Juneau ore val
ues dropped to just about 74 cents
per ton last month, that company’s
net surplus for the month was $101,
700, according to its monthly state
ment of estimated results, issued
from San Francisco and made pub
lic by L. H. Metzgar, General Super
intendent.
The average per ton value was
almost two cents less than for July
and like that month was entirely
in gold.
During ugust 350,300 tons of ore
were mined and trammed to the
mill. This was some 8,000 tons more
than were produced last month.
Tons mined and trammed to mill,
350,300.
HEART AILMENT FATAL
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich-, Sept., 22,
—Paul G. Hopkins, former head of
the Lord Thomas Advertising Co.,
j died here from heart failure. He is
1 survived by his widow and two
daughters.
AMERICA ALARMED
OIEA JAPAN ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept., 22,—
Alarmed over the growing peril of
being left alone to face the wrath
of war-like Japan for seeking to
block her plans to conquest, the
United States is quietly moving to
find out where the principal pow
ers of Europe stand on the dan
gerous Far-East conflict.
Upon the resulting replies de
pends the future course of Ameri
can diplomatic action.
CAPONE SENT BACK
TO OVEDALL FICM
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept., 22, —A1
Capone, with four months of his
: 10-year sentence, for income tax
1 law violation served, came into
Federal Court Wednesday and and
tried to beat the rap.
Indicted for failure to pay in
come tax he said he was being de
prived of his liberty in violation
of the fifth amendment of the
constitution.
He failed in his attempt to regain
his liberty and was sent back
to prison to make more overalls.
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THE STOCK MARKET
i NEW YORK, Sept., 22,—Bonds
I and commodities swept upward for
| gains ranging to more than 10
j points in the strongest movement
| since early August. Turnover in
'.the Stock Markets totaled more
! than 4,000,000,000 shares, while
trading in other markets picked up
sharply.
CANDIDATE ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 22,—James
! Ford, Communist negro candidate
for the vice-presidency, and three
others, were arrested here for vio
lation of the hand-bill ordinance
All paid fines. Ford speaks today
at Phoenix, Ariz.
MILITARY SUPERVISION
.. .OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept., 22,—
Again taking the offensive in his
fight to maintain protection in the
Oklahoma City oil field, Governor
Murray drew up an order extending
military supervision to the entire
field.
NOT DANGEROUS
BOISE, Idaho, Sept., 22, —Mrs.
Wm. A. Borah’s condition, while
pronounced serious by attendijng
physicians, is not dangerous. Sen
ator Borah, on Tuesday, cancelled
all speaking tours in order to be
with her.
McKEE STAYS
NEW YORK, Sept., 22, —Joseph
V. McKee won the first court skir
mish in his battle to retain, until
1935, the mayoralty seat abandoned
by James J. Walker, against forces
which wish a new election this fall.
Some say the fight will be carried
into higher courts.
SOVIET JOINS GERMANY
GENEVA, Sept., 22, —Soviet Rus
sia joined Germany in declining to
send representatives to the first
meeting of the disarmament con
ference. The Soviet government
indicated that it supports Berlin’s
demand for arms equality.
REJOINS TEAM-MATES
new YORK, Sept., 22,—“Babe”
Ruth returned to the New York
Yankees’ lineup Wednesday after
a two-week’s absence due to an at
tack of appendicitis.
Canada’s revenue from liquor
exceeded that from gasoline, says
a report. With liquor available it
is no longer necessary to drink gas.
Dear Editor:
Space permitting in your valua
ble columns, I ask your favor of
answering the unwarranted and
mud-slinging attacks being made
by Delegate Wickersham, upon the
Hon. Anthony J. Dimond, Demo
cratic candidate for Delegate to'
Congress. Delegate Wickersham'
openly charges that Mr. Dimond
is campaigning in Mr. Dunkle’s
airplane and by so doing he is
serving the interests of the Willow!
Creek Mining Corporation; he alsoj
has referred to Mr. Dimond as
being the representative for the
past 20 years of the same class of
big interests serving Alaska, and
by so doing he cannot serve the
people honestly. Let me ask you j
Mr. Wickersham if you can show j
to the people of Alaska, where!
there is any law upon our statute
books prohibiting the candidate for j
Delegate to Congress from accept- j
ing free transportation either by j
automobile or airplane during their'
campaign for office. Is it not a fact!
that your motives in making such!
statements are to cast reflection!
upon the integrity and veracity of j
your opponent, 'the Hon. Tony'
Dimond?
As for Mr. Dunkle I will say that!
he is a first class mining man and
a credit to the Territory of Alaska
and above suspicion; what Alaska
needs is more such men as Mr.
Dunkle. You admit yourself in your
statements that Willow creek will
be one of the greatest mining
j camps in history. And why? Be
| cause of the untiring efforts and
! ability of Mining Engineer Dunkle
! and the intelligent legal adyice fur
| nished by Anthony J. Dimond; if
i there is any difference in accept
j ing a ride in an automobile free of
charge from a friend than in an
airplane furnished by a loyal friend
in order to make a campaign for
I office, show me!
i Mr. Wickersham, while a resident
I of the Territory, I have at all times
j in the past given you my loyal sup
’ port for office, but under such cir
cumstances as they now exist I
can only say that you are not the
right man to represent the people
of Alaska as their Delegate to Con
gress. Your mind has become warp
ed and bitter, and lacks the good
judgement it should possess in dis
charging the duties of Delegate to
Congress. From your own state
ments you admit being one of the
‘Big Shots’ in drawing up the
platform of the Republican Party
of Alaska, yet you have the effron
try to criticize the standard bearer
of the Democratic Party, the Hon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a Tam
many man; well,* it is such utter
ances from you in this campaign
which are detracting the voters of
the Republican Party to the cause
and principles of the Democratic
party, and to the support of Tony
Dimond, the poor man’s friend.
We know how you crack the
whip at Juneau and your connec
tions with Frank H. Foster; and
to escape censure one only has to
move with your mob, think with
the mob, do nothing that the mob
does not do, then you are safe. We
know the saviors of the world have
been usually crucified between
thieves, despised, forsaken, spat
upon, and rejected by men. Such is
the punishment you would have
the voters of Alaska inflict upon
that sterling, upright and selfmade
man, the Hon. Anthony J. Dimond.
1 Where justice is the standard,
heaven is the warriors shield; but
conscious guilt unnerves the arm
that lifts the sword against the
innocent. Therefore, the wool which
you are endeavoring to pull over
the eye’s of the voters and citi
zens of Alaska by your statements
that no man can serve two masters
and directly charging the Hon.
Tony Dimond with unfairness by
accepting airplane rides. from an
admiring and loyal friend of long
acquaintance, you are insulting
the intelligence of the voters of
; Alaska.
Tony Dimond is a poor man and
(Pleas* turn to Pn>** Three)
NEW DEVELOPMENT
NOME PLACER FIELD
BIG SCALE, LOOMS
The production of raw gold in
the immediate vicinity of Nome
will probably be greatly ameliorated
in the near future, according to in
formation reaching The Gateway
from the Far Northern city. With
the arrival of Baron Friedlander,
internationalist capitalist, from
London last Sunday on the SS. Vic
toria, a large new organization, the
Seattle-Alaska Association, Inc.,
has become interested in the great
placer area embraced in the Nome
river valley and is said to have
either already acquired the ground
or negotiating for a lease.
Baron Friedlander is a director
of the New Consolidated Goldfields,
Ldt., which concern received world
wide recognition jointly with an
aviation company, when it paid
$785, 000 for airplane delivery of
| dredges in their isolated, but tre
| mendously rich placer holdings in
! New Guinea. The Baron also own
ed, at one time, the property in
Chile now known as the Chile Cop
j per Co.
He will remain at Nome for sev
i eral weeks, it is said, and indica
| tions point to extensive develop
ment and construction work within
a short time
Among the Seattle associates are
A. Waechter, A. Quist and another
gentleman by the name of Martin.
HE PEDSONULLY
LE1DS COURT FIGHT
! ATLANTA, Ga., Sept., 22,—Hear
j ing on the sensational move of A1
; Capone,, deposed gang lord, for re
I lease on a writ of habeas corpous,
from a 10-year sentence for evasion
of income tax, was set for October
19, by Judge Marvin Underwood of
the Federal District Court here.
Capone appeared in court person
! ally to direct the fight for his re
lease from prison.
E WISE CALF ALWAYS
ANTELOPE VALLEY, Calif., Sept.
22, —Deputy Len Wilson always
gets his man. And yesterday he
arrested Ted Liftmore for stealing
a calf.
A rancher complained to the
marshal’s office that a calf had
1 been stolen from him and that the
, mother cow bawled so loud and
. long for her lost babe that neigh
. bors complained they could not
get any Test or sleep.
“Ah ha!” exclaimed Len as he
leaped into his saddle on his trusty
steed, “I knew I smelled something
( wrong when I passed Liftmore’s
corral and saw a lone calf there.”
i: So leading the mother cow, he
, jogged for the corral, opened the
gate and with grunts of “maw!
maw”, the calf ran to it’s mother.
“Come With me”, said Len to
Ted. “This is one on me”, replied
, Ted, as the handcuffs were slipped
over his wrists.
SUCCESS ASSURED
ROME, Sept., 22,—Premier Mus
solini believes that adherence to
the disarmament proposals of Pres
ident Hoover and ex-Foreign Min
ister Dino Grandi, with slight mod
ifications, will assure success of the
disarmament conference, it was
learned.
SOCKED WIFE’S FRIEND
GARDENIA, Calif., Sept., 22, —
Forest Sprague is without a wife
today, his better-half having been
. granted a divorce Wednesday. It
i appears that Mr. Sprague got hos
tile at a male friend of his wife’s
and socked him over the head with
an empty bottle.
Big Dance Tonight in L 0. 0. F. Hall