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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 212.
SEWARD, ALASKA,SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931. -
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COUNTRY SWEPT BY
HURRICANE; ISO DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.
<rP)—Mounting reports of death and
destruction at Belize, British Hon
duras, prompted the American
government to order Naval vessels
to the Central American country
on a mercy errand.
Estimates of the dead at Belize
ranged from 150 to 200. In a re
port to Washington it was said
the town was devastated with
hundreds of casualties and several
American priests are reported dead.
President Hoover ordered the
Navy to cooperate with the Red
Cross in sending medical and
other aid. The mine sweeper
Swan at Trujullo was ordered to
provide radio communication re
lief and planes were sent to bear
stores.
A Marine Corps plane was or
dered to leave Managua for Belize
with medical supplies.
The path of a second hurricane
across Porto Rico toward Haiti j
and the Dominican Republic was:
anxiously watched. This killed one
person and unroofed 200 houses.
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
10 PLANES TAKE TO
HEAVENS; TRY WREST
LONE DISTANT NIK
PARIS. Sept. 12. (JP)—The Hy
phen II, manned by Joseph Lebrix,
Marcel Doret and Rine Mermin,
and the Question Mark, owned by
Major Dieudonne Coste, which is
carrying Paul Codos and Sergeant
Henry Todida, left Le Bourget air
drome at dawn in the direction of
Tokyo, seeking to wrrest the non
stop distance ribbon from Board
man and Polando, American av
iators.
Matching speed with each other,
they tookoff within six minutes of
each other. The Hyphen II car
ried 2112 gallons of fuel and the
Question Mark took off with 1372.
The Question Mark is 12 miles
an hour faster and has enough
fuel for 52 hours normal flying.
Coste watched the takeoff. Tsit
sikar, Siberia, the goal, must be
reached to break the record of
5 000 miles.
SECURITY PROBLEM
MUST BE SOLVED
GENEVA, Sept. 12. (JP)—Briand,
in making his first speech at this
year’s assembly of the League of
Nations, reiterated that the French
contention problem of security
must be solved before real re
duction of armaments may be
realized; he promised Fiance
would help.
He made it clear that the first
:?.sk of the new year’s disarma
ment conference would be to
‘ make the crime of war legally
impossible.”
PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 12. (ZP)
—Ollie Stratton, charged with first ;
degree of William Frawley, Army
sergeant, pleaded guilty in the
Superior Court. The defendant
appeared to be calm. 1
RACES POSTPONED
CALSHOT, Sept. 12. (A*) — The
I Scheider Cup races, , scheduled
! for today, were postponed until
tomorrow because of a heavy rain
and driving wind which kicked up
high seas in the Solent Channel
betweent the Isle of Wist and the
British mainland.
PUNE GREW DIE CRUSH
—-——
MOSCOW, Sept. 12. (£>)—Two of
the three in the French plane
Hyphen II were killed when the
plane crashed near Ufa, 700 miles
east. The identities were not
learned nor the immediate cause
of the accident determined.
The plane crashed near the
mouth of the river Tanipa. The
Soviet air force chief ordered a
party sent from the Ufa airport
to extend aid and determine the
cause of the accident.
The reports did not indicate
| whether the third member of the
jcrew was hurt.
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SS YUKON HITE
flOMJSET SOUND
| SEATTLE, Sept- 12. (JP)—'The SS.
| Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
| sailed this morning at nine carry- ]
j 72 passengers, 12 of whom were i
| steerage.
There were 14 Seward passengers,
; and included Mr. and Mrs. H C.
I Cantelom, Mr. and Mrs B- A. Pe
ters, A. C. Bank, Harry C. Clem- :
| age, E- M Hansen, Margaret Porter,!
i Tom Hall, Mrs. J. M. Moore, Mr. >
and Mrs- C. F. Manx, Mrs. T. Boh- j
mer, Mrs. E. A. Hiring, W. A Hill
TOO MANY WIVES
EVERETT, Sept. 12. (/P.)—James!
! Henry of this city was hailed into j
court on the charge of “having |
i too many wives.”
EMERGENCY TAXATION
j LONDON, Sept. 12. <7P>—Snow
! den’s emergency taxation measure
to produce $202,500,000 additional
revenue, went into force as the
people clinched their belts for the
sake of national solvency. Income
tax went up about 25 per cent.
SUCCOR IS RUSHED
TO DEVASTATED AREAS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.
(£>)—Belize and other Caribbean
countries and islands are either
recovering from or still bowing in
| fear to the slashing winds and I
[tropical storms while succor is]
j being rushed to the maimed, hun- j
igry and homeless in thp devastated j
areas.
Four hundred, including 11 Am-j
erican priests are reported to have
been killed and hundreds injured
in the hurricane which swept out
of the Caribbean Sea and a huge
tidal wave which followed in the
wake of a 150-mile-an-hour wind.
The tidal wave washed many
dead bodies to sea along with
houses, churches and other build
ings and ships were thrown high
aground. Lashing rain and angry
waves swamped the buildings that
remained and destroyed their food.
Medicines and drugs were ren
dered to most of the populace to
gether with shelter. The known
dead at San Juan are two; several
others were reported drowned and
there was considerable damage to
buildings.
This disturbance passed over
Santo Domingo and was expected
to reach Pert au Prince. Haiti;
if it continued it would be travel
ing toward Jamaica today in a
southwesterly direction.
At Belize the storm continued
toward the last Central American
areas off Frontera, Mexico Bay
and Campeche but today it appar
antly turned tow-ard Vera Cruz,
taking a northwestward course,
j It is not believed it will strike
f the United States.
Belize reported 150 were killed
but reports to the Pan-American
Airways said at least 400 lives
were lost.
The State and Navy Depart
; ments made plans to give aid
j and the Red Cross sent relief
funds to the American consul at
Belize; planes are taking a med
ical personnel and medicine; a
mine sweeper is enroute. The loss
to American firms, it is estimated,
will total $250,000 and the total
damage well over $2,000,000.
700 DIED IN HURRICANE
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. (fP)—The
Pan-American Airways announced
receipt of a report that its radio
station at Belize, unoffically es-;
timated, now place the total dead;
at 700; martial law has been de- ;
dared.
DISTRESS WILL BE FIB
LESS THIS WINTER |
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i WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. 12..
j(/P)—Federal relief efforts will be,
! based on the assumption that the j
1 number of employed who will be in!
distress next winter will be far less
than the total of Jobless
Officials regard the distress prob
lem as serious but are confident it
! will be adequately cared for and|
j feel there is no occasion for pub-]
lie alarm.
Leaders believed that while the
; Census Bureau estimates show 6,
1000,000 were unemployed last win-1
i ter the number in distress was 2,
! 000,000 to 5,000,000
—-1 ^ »
I LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12. (TP)—
l Frankie Click scored a referee’s
| decision over Marcia Milling, Fili
! pino, in a 10-round main event
I boxing match here Friday night,
i Both fighters weighed in at 127
! pounds.
Click was knocked down in the
jeighth round for the count of
S eight but was awarded the deci
jsion because he had shown super
ior ring science and fighting abil
! ity throughout the entire event.
NATIONAL FIRE WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.
(TP)—President Herbert Hoover has
set aside the week beginning Oc
| tober 4 as National Fire Week.
200 KILLED BY STORM
j MIAMI, Sept. 12. (TP)—R. I. Dun
ten, general operations manager
for the Pan-American Airways,
announced the receipt of official
information from Belize, British
Honduras, that 200 persons were
killed by a tropical storm which
swept over that city Thursday.
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TORRID BLASTS IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN
STATES THE TOLL
SEATTLE, Sept. 12. (£>)—A late
summer heat wave brought torrid
blasts which left records in many
| districts but relief was felt in
|the northwest.
; The mercury climbed to 100 in
| South Dakota and Minnesota with
'only the rarest possibility of cooi
ler temperatures predicted for Cen
tral and Eastern States.
The hottest spot was at Phoen
jix, Arlz., when the mercury went
I up. to 104, with 98 at Marquette,
I Mich., Albany, Baltimore, Montreal
and Toronto.
Deaths reported were one in
Wisconsin, two in Michigan, one
in Pennsylvania, six prostrations
in Maryland, one in Pennsylvania
| and three in Washington, D. C..
| New York had its hottest day of
! the summer, the highest since
j 1870 with 95. In many cities,
! schools were closed because of the
| heat.
NEW RADIO SERVICE
! ALASKA UNO SEATTLE
: BE WIN MONTH
SEATTLE, Sept. 12. UPt — The
Signal Corps, U. S. Army, expects
to have its new radio service to
Alaska in full operation in about
a month, Lieut. Col. Dawson Olm
stead, Signal Corps officer in
[Charge of the system, said.
Seattle will maintain direct
! communication with Anchorage,
f where all traffic to Nome will be
sent direct, eliminating at least
| two relays as present and present
| cable operations required.
As a result of the new radio
installation the Cableship Dell
wood is scheduled to be placed
on the reserve status October 31.
NAVY BOAT WILL AID
j WASHINGTON, D C. Sept. 12
i (JP)—The mine sweeper Swan ar
rived at Belize to aid in caring
for the hundreds of injured and
the Red Cross is arranging to pur
chase transportation by plane;
i also, supplies from Navy and Army
stores at Panama and other Cen
tral American countries.
LEGISLATION PROHIBITING
LICENSING MICH GIIN
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (£») — The
preparation of proposed uniform
State legislation prohibiting or li
censing the use of machine guns
and such other dangerous weapons
has been recommended to the Na
tional Conference on Uniform State
Laws by its committee on uniform
firearms acts.
“Each year,” it is declared, “the
danger and destruction occasioned
by the use of machine guns is ar
ousing public opinion and the public
is expecting some effective relief ”
WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D .C., Sept. 12.
(JP)—Fourteen Governors of States
responded to the Legion’s invita
tion to attend the unemployment
relief conference Monday.