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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 67. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21. 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DIRECT MESSAGE RECEIVED EY
LOCAL SIGNAL CORPS: HAM
STATION INTERFERES
*
At 7:59 last night Capt. Robt. B.
Woolverton. Radio Officer in charge
of this and Interior districts, U. S.
Signal Corps, received the first mes
sage from Capt. George Wilkins, now
at Point Barrow, since Wilkins land
* ed on Monday from Fairbanks.
Captain Wilkins 3aid everything
was fine and dandy with he and his
p«’lot, Lieutenant Eileson. Captain
Woolverton stated the reception was
excellent at first but that his signals
Cans* faded out at the end.
The log of the messages received
-st night follows*
7:r.D p. m — Station K D Z, which
is Wilkins call letters, sent C Q and
said he had made Barrow in five ■
hours from Fairbanks. “All O. K. ■
<K*
8:02 p. m. —Wilkins called G A R""D,
the San Francisco Examiner, and1
aid all O. K. at Barrow. K D Z call-!
cd GAR D again and said K D Z at!
Barrow will listen now.
S:38 p. m. —Wilkins called G ARD
f and W U W, Seward Signal Corps,
saying “clear and cold. Iv D Z”
At this point amateur station 2 A N
came in on the K D Z wave calling
amateur station 7 E K making fur
thur reception of Wilkins impossible.
Tne Gateway again scored a news
scoop on this reception last night;
also suggested to the Associated
Press that the American Radio Re-1
lay League take immediate steps to j
stop this interference. In reply the!
Associated Press wired today that
' lhat station and advise him to lay
Otf. If Captain Wollverton lias fur
ther interference please, advise.”
The Associated Press, in another
wire today said, “Assure Capt. Wool
verton the Associated Press appre
ciates his work. In a third message
. eceived this afternoon another wire
came in saying; “Thanks again to
Captain Woolverton and Gateway for
splendid Wilkins service. All papers
in 'United States much interested.”
ENGINEER ON FREIGHTER
POSSES OIK IT SEN
N'BW YORK, March 20. (JP)—After
^<ive months of suspension for “dou
bie dealing ’ the first blot on a lengthy
Satie career, Joe Dundee, champion
of the welterweights was given per
mission by the New York State Box
ing Commission to return to the ring
same. Arrangements are afoot, it Is
I said, for a fight with Oce Hudkina,
now in California.
BOND ISSUANCE APPROVED
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21.(/P)—House
bills, authorizing Anchorage to issue
$100,000 in bonds, and Seward $50,000
for the construction of school build
ings, was passed by the Senate.
COMMITTEE DELVING
INTO THE ESTATE Of
LUTE PRESIDENT
SEEK TO DETERMINE IF PROFITS
FROM OIL COMPANY FOUND
WAY HARDING
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. (yP)—The
fifth day inquiry by the Teapot Dome
Committee into Waren G. Harding’s
affairs will go further. The Commit
tee seeks to find if any of the Conti- j
nental Trading profits came to him.
“We shall determine whether there
were any oil stocks or other securi
ties that might have emanated from
oil deals into which we are inquiring,”;
Chairman Nye said. They will go in-1
to the sale of the Marion Ohio Star>
formerly owned by Harding.
OLD STUFF TODAY .
FAIRBANKS, March 21. (yP)—'Fears ^
that Wilkins and Eileson may have |
crashed in landing were discounted be.'
fore leaving here. Wilkins said he
would not send radio mesages on the
night of arrival. Eileson repeatedly
said Barrow was a natural field and
there 'was no danger in landing there. |
AUTHORITIES HAVE
THEORY ST. FRANCIS
DAM WAS DYNAMITED
EVIDENCE FOUND TENDS TO
STRENGHTEN BELIEF DAM
DELIBERATELY BLOWN UP
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21. (/P)—The
Evening Press says authorities are
investigating the St. Francis dam col
lapse with the theory it was dyna
mited.
District Attorney Asa Keyes is said
to have possession of a sheet of paper
found at the damsite bearing a rough
chart of the dam. Notations on the
chart are the same as the charts found
in connection with the recent dyna
miting of the city aqueduct.
A short length of newly frayed rope !
was found near the St. Francis site; j
the same kind of a strand of hemp,
and size, as that used to low’er dyna
mite to the Ownes Valley acqueduct
which was dynamited.
Guards have been ordered to every
vunerable spot in the city’s water sup
ply. It has been recalled several are
said to have seen big flaslies’of light
on the sky over the San Francisquito
Canyon about the time the dam col
lapsed. ,
EUROPEAN CHAMP
LONDON, March 20. (/P)—Johnny j
Hill, British flyweight, won the Europ
ean championship when he took a de
cision on points from Emile Pladner,
the European title-holder.
DENIES ACTION TAKEN
ROME, Mar. 21. ;(£>)—Cardinal Mun
delein denied reports that the Vatican
had assumed any attitude or taken
any action in support for or against
Governor A1 Smith’s presidential can
dadacy.
HUGE EXPENDITURE
PROPOSED IN NAVY
DEPARTMENT DILL
NEW WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM IS APPROVED BY
THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 21. (/P)—
Proposing the largest expenditure for
Naval establishment since the Wash
ington Lamination Conference, the an
nual Navy Department supply bill was
reported to the House by the Appro,
priations Committee.
The measure totals $359,000,000 and
is an increase of $20,000,000 above cur.
rent funds but a decrease of more
than $1,000,000 below the budget re
commendations.
The 16 new warship construction
program was approved by the House.
Aviation moderization to capital ships
several years hence with reference to
as prospective, were causes for the
increase.
PRICE FOX INCREASES
WINNIPEG, March 21. (JP)—White
fox registered a 10 percent advance at
the fur auction. The average sold
from $42 to $45.
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WILL BE ORDERED TO TESTIFY
REGARDING BITUMINOUS MIN
ING INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. (/P)—The
announcement that subpoenas will be
Issued for John D. Rockerfeller, Jr.,
Charles M. Schwab and R. B. Mellon,
to testify before the Senate Commit
tee investigating the bituminous min
ing industry, was made by Senator
Wheeler of Montana, met with the
statement from Chairman Watson that
this had been agreed upon first by the
full Committee while the Acting
Chairman yesterday, Senator Gooding
of Idaho, acceded to Wheeler’s request
that Rockerfeller, Schwab and Mellon
be called.
Wheeler explained he wanted to
question Rockerfeller because of his
connection with the Consolidation
Coal Company and said Schwab would
appear as Chairman of the Board for
the Bethelehem Steel Corporation, and
Mellop, a brother of the Treasury
Secretary, would be questioned as a
member of the Board of the Pittsburg
Company.
ADVICE GUARD DE
POLAR FLIGHT IS
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ICE BREAKER “CITY OF MILAN”
MOBILE BASE FOR NOBILE,
ENROUTE ARCTIC
I ROME, March 21. (jP)—The advance
guard of another aerial expedition
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over the North Pole headed fy the
; Arctic when the ice breaker, “City of
Milan”, which will be used as a mobile
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base by Nobile for dirigible flights in
Polar regions, sailed from Spezia for
J Kings Bay.
The ship is outfitted with the latest ^
of scientific instruments and carries
wireless, a receiving and transmitting"
1 set. The vessel is expected to reach
Its northern goal by the end of April.
NOBILE SATISFIED WITH
TEST Of BIO DIRIGIBLE
MILAN, Mar. 21. (/P)—The dirigible
Italia, in which General Nobile in
tends to fly to the north pole, success
fully completed a 22-hour test flight.
The big dirigible carried a full load
and complement of 21 men. Nobile
said he was satisfied with the results.
WATER NOTICE
Water will be ehut-off on low places
tonight at 8 o’clock for about 10 min
utes.