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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 73.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NOW ESTIMATED
TWO THOUSAND
PERISHED QUAKE
REBEL LEADER IS REPORTED
AS PREPARING TO ATTACK
PROSTRATE CITY
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 4.
—Colonel F L. Bradman, Com.
mander of the Marines, estimat
ed 2,000 perished and 700 bodies
have been taken from the ruins.
The property damage is placed
at $70,000,000. The necessary food
and blankets have arrived.
Natives from the mountains re
ported that Augustino Sandino,
insurgent leader, is preparing to
attack the prostrated city. Mar
' me officers said they could hard
dly believe this but have sufficient
ammunition to withstand an at •
tack.
Surgeons performed 150 major
operations yesterday; 17 American
medical oficers and 72 enlisted
men in the Navy’s Hospital Corps,
bore the brunt of the work.
17 BLOCKS DESTROYED
WASHINGTON, April 4. —
Dispatches from the Navy De
partment said that 1» blocks in
Managua were destroyed by fire.
and the flames are as yet not
under control- The work of put
ting out the fire is hampered by
a strong wind and wrecked v,atei
mains.
SEATTLE, April 4. (/P) — Major
General George S. Gibbs, Chief of
the Army Signal Corps, said he
eould not predict when the Army
will withdraw from operation of
the Alaska cable system but cer- j
tainly not until all necessary j
safeguards have been provided;
gainst any possible in j ury to i
either Washington or Alaska in. j
dustry.
“The cable installed 30 years ago j
was purely a military aid. The
last 20 years it has had no military j
significance and was continued
because it intailed a Territory ”
Major General Gibbs is on an in
spection tour of the country.
MAY SUCCEED ROCKNE
NOTRE DAME, April 4. UP) —
Harry Struhldreher of the four
horsemen, now a successf5ul coach
at Villanova College, was fore
most candidate mentioned to
succeed Knute Rockne
Joe Meherin and Oscar Hart, two
of the best known traveling sales
men in the Territory, arrived Fri
day from the Interior and continued
on south last evening on the SS
Yukon.
Chas. E. Bunnel, head of the Alas
ka College, passed through Seward
yesterday enroute to the Juneau
legislative session.
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* ROCKNE FUNERAL TODAY *
* SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Apr. * j
* 4. (>P)—Funeral services for * j
* K. Rockne were to be held * j
* today at 3 p. m. in the Sac- * |
* red Heart Church on the *
* campus. No mass was to be *
* said; only a burial service. *
* These arrangements were * j
* approved of by Mrs. Rockne * i
* upon her arrival from the * j
* South. Rev. Father Michael * j
* Mulcaire, vice president of the * j
* university will deliver-the ser- *i
* mon and Rev. Father Charles * j
* L. O’Donnell, president will * j
* also officiate. *
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IBP LANES WILL :
PATROL FISH LIES I
TO THE WESTWARD
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PLANE PETERSBURG L E AVES
FOR KODIAK ON MAY
FIRST
SEATTLE, April 4. (JP) — The
Alaska-Washington A i r ways in
auguraated a twice-weekly passen_
ger service from Seattle to Ket
chikan and Juneau.
The five passenger airplane
Petersburg departed at 7 a. m. and
was to stop at Alert Bay, Ketchi
kan and Juneau.
The plane carried besides Pilot.
Bob Ellis and Mechanic Frank
Judman, Mrs. Ellis, Larry Parks,
Lyle Davis
The airplane Sitka is to leave
Tuesday with Pilot Gene Myering
and the Wrangell will probably
depart Friday with Anscel Eck.
man at the “stick." The Peters
burg is to remain on the North
Fish and Forest Patrol work for
the government and will go to j
Kodiak for Aleutian Island work
May first. ■
A big Seattle airhanger depot j
may be moved to Ketchikan next j
month. The first three planes will j
carry many parts.
The weather may hold up bus_!
iness awhile.
1
new SELLS OUT
UNO GOES TO SMS
Having severed connections with
the Pacific International Airways
of Alaska, Inc., Pilot Frank Dor
bandt, co-founder of the company,
arrived in Seward Friday from An
chorage enroute to the States where
he will remain for at least a year,
he said. Mrs. Dorbandt accompa
nied her aviating husband.
Dorbandt said it was with keen
regret he leaves Alaska because
he has had many pleasant associa
tions and the support and cooper
ation given him has been wonder
ful. He anticipates similar coop
eration will be extended to the new
owners, Mr. Lowe and associates.
He has several large airplane
projects in view in the States, plans
of which will be announced in the
near future. In departing he wishes
his friends and acquaintances all
the best of things and kindest of
thoughts.
STEAMER ALASKA
SAILS mi HIS
FUR LIST ABOARD
MANY ALASKANS RETURNING
TO HOMELAND IN
THE NORTH
SEATTLE, April 4. (£>)—'The SS
Alaska sailed this morning at nine
and carried 209 passengers and
11 steerage.
Forty five passengers are for
Seward and are Tom Fournier, A.
Sorenson, A. VanBrenne, Carl
Anderson, Mr- and Mrs. J. T.
Cunningham, Paul Droun, G. Par.
rin, J. Linke, E. Gustafson,. Harry
Ray, Eda Richter, J. S. Dillon, J.
Chovin, Marie Winston, Pearl
Lambert.
Mrs. S. Ouzonian, E. M. Murphy,
V- E. Anderson, A. Alabohl, Mrs.
H. B. Wood, A. C. Slitter, Ben
Bromberg, Sam Langeland, Miss
G. Swan, Mrs. R- Hogan, F. Hart
Herbert Larson, Geo. Evers, L.
Parsons, H- M. Strand.
C. Greenstreet, B. Hartnett,
Mrs. R. Colery, Mrs. C. J. Collery,
J. Mulooly, Mr. and Mrs. J- K.
Lohnes, M. C Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Hatfield, S. Bryant, L.
M- Sigamon, W.j I. Auren, W.
Bruce and six steerage.
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
Voters in Seward may register
for Tuesday’s municipal election
election until 10 tonight at which
time the books will be closed.
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LOWEST EBB
WASHINGTON, April 4. (3>)
—Immigration to the United
States reached its lowest ebb
in February since the organiza.
tion of the Department of
Labor, which handles incom
ing aliens. Immigrants during
the month totalled only 3,
147 from all countries.
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THEFT MADE KNOWN
BUENOS AIRES, April 4. (/P)
—Theft of valuable jewelry
from Prince George while he
was. here with his brother
the Prince of Wales last
month, became known when j
police announced that they
had recovered some of the
gems.
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HOPS ON SOLO FLIGHT
LYMPNE, England, April 4
(JP)—Charles William Ander
son hopped off from here on
a solo flight to Port Darwin
in Australia in an attempt to
lower the nine day record set
by Commander Charles Kings,
ford Smith.
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NEARING FINISH
NEW YORK, April 4. (JFh
The New Holland vehicular
tunnel under North River and
the Hudson River Bridge from
Palisades to upper Manhatten,
now nearing completion, was
insured for $55,000,000 against
“Acts of God,” such as floods
hurricanes, etc.
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* EFFORT SCALE MOUNT *
* JUNEAU, April 4. (JP) —To *
* enjoy an outing that includes *
* an effort to scale, Mount Fair,. *
* weather Dr. W. H. Ladd and *
* A. Carpe of New York City *
| * are here preparing for the *
* trip. They will leave for Litu- *
* ya Bay in a few days. Terris *
| * More, of Boston, arrived in * j
* an airplane from Prince Ru- * j
* pert to join them. Ladd and * j
* Carpe intended to scale Fair- * |
* weather in 1924 but started *
* too late in the season and *
* had bad weather.
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SENATE PUSSES
MEASURE RAISING
HOUSE APPROVES APPROPRIA
TION $20,000 FOR DYKE
AT VALDEZ
JUNEAU, April 4, Special to The j
Gateway—Creation of an absentee
voting system for the Territory is,
proposed in a measure introduced1
in the Senate jointly by Shattuck
and Sunquist.
The measure provides an elector
not more than 40-days prior to a
general election may appear before'
the clerk of a court or his deputy 1
and deposit with him an official'
ballot to be unsealed and counted
after the election.
Senator Dimond introduced a ,
measure boosting the salary of the
highway engineer from $4,000 to.
$5,000 annually.
The Senate passed the measure !
raising the bounty on wolves and;
coyotes to $15; it now goes to the |
governor.
Despite opposition from the Ju-,
neau ministerial association, the!
House, by a vote of 10 to 6, passed
the Winn measure revising the
jury law containing the require
ment that all voters be placed in
the jury box before panels are
drawn; also, the same for the liter
acy test for jurors that is required
of voters.
The House also passed the Ap
propriation for the Valdez dyke. It
now goes to the governor.
The Hous ealso passed the Me
Cutcheon memorial for land grants,
to Alaska war veterans. )
SOUTHBOUND LISTING
ON THE SS YUKON
The southbound list of reserva
itons on the SS Yukon, out of the
Port of Seward Friday night, in
cluded the following:
Seattle—Mrs. Martha Bergstrom,
Jim Brown, Miss Juanita Hart,
E. A. Maher, Otis Roper, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Dorbandt, Karl Neuge
bauer, Otto Johnson, Ole Erickson,
Fred Rahn.
Juneau—Joe Anselm, Mrs. Frank
McCafferty, Mrs. Joe Anselur, John
Anselur, Harry Coulter, Geo. An
derson, John W. Jones, Ed Benitto,
Louis Valier, Steve Kanevich.
Cordova—J. B. Loftus, R. E. Law
rence, T. Tamura, B. Locevich.
MD TREATMENTS
PROTESTED THAT PREVIOUS
TREATMENTS AFFECTED
BRAIN
LOS ANGELES, April 4. (/P)—
Superior Judge Lester Roth ruled
after the trial of Adolphe E.
Roome, Jr.,' 14 years old, and six
feet tall and weighing 225 pounds
that he must submit to his
father’s wish to recieve pituitary
gland treatments to halt his
growth despite the boy's wish to
become a “physical monstrosity.”
The boy had protested that ner
vous treatments interfered with
his school work and affected his
brain.
His mother, divorced from her
husband, joined her son in op.
posing the treatments.
The boy’s father is a surgeon.
The judge quoted the biblical
injunction that children- “honor
and obey their parents.”
PRINCE TO REMARRY
HOLLYWOOD, April 4. (^P)—
Prince Mdiviani, receiving word
of his Paris divorce from Pola
Negri, called Mary McCcrnuc,' the
opera star, and announced later
that they would be wed within
foui' days.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. (/P)
—Definite steps will be taken at
the meeting of the Board of Dir
ectors of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce to plan
the campaign for bringing the
1932 Republican and Democratic
parties to this city.
The move has been contem
plated for several months and is
being encouraged, according to
President Leland W. Cutler of
the chamber by many national
committe emen from various
states.
RADIO MEDICAL ADVICE
WASHINGTON, April 4. <£>)—
Surgeon General Cummings said
the Public Health Service will give
medical advice over the radio
through the Marine hospital at
Port Townsend, Washington, to
vessels in Alaskan waters and
on the North Pacific. The Coast
Guard is to establish a new sta.
tion for this purpose which Cum
mings said has been .needed for
some time.
R. E. Lawrence, service man for
the “Talkies,” passed thru Seward
yesterday, enroute to Cordova.
Jack and Charlie Lean, Lower
Landing residents of Kenai Lake,
were among the well known arrivals
in the city Friday.
A heavy mail from the Interior
last night delayed for a short time
the departure of the SS Yukon.
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. Big Easter Dance Tonight .
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