MEMBER ASSOCIATED RNESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 140
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIADY, JUNE 16, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENT8
TO
FI LIST Hi
SEATTLE, June 16, —The SS
Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co, sail
ed from Seattle at 10 a. m. today j
for Seward with the following list ]
of reservations including the an
nual Seattle Chamber of Com
merce excursion members:
H. B. Freile, C. E. Pinkston, Miss
H. Moser, Mr. and Mrs. D. Mayer,
Mr. and Mrs. George Moyer, Mad
eline Sloan, Lillian Foley, Helen,
Jar Ison, Mrs. M. Carlson, Mike
l^kula, Ellen Essen, H D. Balder-;
;on, Charles B. Smith, A. Hansen,
Capt. R. L. Cole.
H. Black, Agnes Anderson. Mrs.
P. Anderson, Mrs. M. Raismussen,
Esther Rasimussen, Jean Horning,
H. C. Cox, Mrs. H. C. Cox. L. L
Davis. Leonard Davis. Faye Painter, j
William Harriman, Frank Hoff
% an. Landbert Dornberger, Mrs. D. |
m . Johnston, Paul Nekeroff, Harry
Parton, Abe Stein, Mrs. P. Ham
ilton, Miss M. Hogge, C. M. Reeves:
and eight steerage.
BID LUCK SEEMS
TO BE GONTIHEEY
i EOLLOVBING TEMN
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NOME, June 16. — Jimmie Mat
tern’s bad luck, which dogged him
all the way on his globe circling
flight from Omsk, Siberia, appear
ed to be still -with him yesterday
^nce he had not reached Nome at
mid-morning.
Mattern took off from Kha
barovsk. Siberia. Wednesday at 2:30
p. m. Picific Standard tim^ and
had he equalled the Post and Gatty
time on the same hop he should
have landed here by 6:15 a. m.
Visibility was poor with low
hanging clouds and some fog, and
aviators said Mattern might have
some difficulty finding his destin
ation. No great apprehension was
/elt, however, as he may have
landed in some remote spot, and he
probably had fuel enough to keep
his ship in the air until 6:30 p. m.
I OH MILS Oil
TI STEAMER YUKON
Incoming arrivals on the S. S
Yukon today other than those pre
viously published are:
From Wrangell—
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal. E.
M. Brennen.
From Port Althrop
L. G. Wingard.
From Juneau—
Lola Haugdahl, Wra. A. Hesse,
F E. Walker, Fred Mack, H. W. Ed
y&rds, N. R. O’Farrell and V- D.
Harrison.
From Cordova—
Oscar R. Hart, Lyle F. Hebert, J.
[eherin, Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Hen
ietta Steward and L. Nelson,
yrom Valdez—
Mrs. B. Haines
MADE SECOND ATTEMPT
KHABAROVSK, Sirberia, June 16.
—James Mattern, Texas flyer, made
a second start from here Thurs
day for Nome, Alaska, on the most
hazardous phase of his effort to
fly around the world alone from
New York. He started several days
ago but after nine hours was forc
ed back here by fog and ice form
ing on his plane.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop returned to
d(ay from Cordova enroute to An
chorage and Fairbanks.
PIONEER CALLED
GROSSE POTNTE SHORES, Mich.;
June 16. —Harry M. Jewett, pro- i
minent :n the e~ 'y automobile,
history of Detroit, died at his home;
here suddenly.
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BETWIX GENTLEMEN
LONDON, June 16. —A gentle
man’s agreement has been reach
ed between the United States and
England to stabilize the pound
sterling at a value around $4.05 ac
cording to the London daily mail.
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TSK! TSK! TSK!
LOS ANGELES, June 16. —Mae
Murray, stage and screen actress,
and Mary McCormick, grand opera
singer, met to discuss what they
might do with a couple of broken
romances and five oil wells.
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Congress adjourns
WASHINGTON, D C.. June 16. —
Congress adjourned at 1:12 o’clock
after agreeing to President Roose
velt’s compromise on veterans com
pensation.
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CHECKING UP
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 16. —
Department of justice agents have
been sent to Pittsburgh to investi
gate income taxes paid by the Mel
lon family and the Mellon group
of companies, Attorney General
Cummngs revealed.
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NO CONTEST
PARIS, June 16. —Prince Serg
Mdivani will not contest it if his;
wife, Mary McCormik, American;
opera singer, seeks a divorce, he
told the press. He had received
no formal notice, he said.
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SLAPPED TO DEATH
DINUA, Calif., June 16. — Mrs.;
Nancy Wilson, 36 year old New
' hall, California, mother who al
legedly slapped her baby to death
because he cried, wras held to an-;
, swer manslaughter charges in Su
perior Court following a prelimin
ary hearing in Justice court here.
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CHURCH SELECTED
LAUSANNE, June 16. — The!
Prince of Austria’s son of former
King Alphonso of Spain and Sen
orita Edelmira, San Pedro daugh
ter of a Cuban merchant have
choosen the Catholic church in
Ouchy, Switzerland as the place
: for their wedding eeremonv.
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UNABLE TO ATTEND
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16. —
President Roosevelt telephoned his
son Franklin Jr. that he would be
unable to attend his graduation at
Groton Mass. Mrs. Roosevelt told
i newspaper women the President
j will give his son a check covering
I expenses for a trip to Europe.
RESIDENTS FLED
KELSO, Wash-, June 16. —A five
foot wall of water swept through
south end residence section of Kel
so when a 50 foot portion of the
Cowlitz river dike gave way from
the pressure of flood backwaters
of the Columbia river. Residents
fled. Water swirled around homes
| to a depth of several feet.
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AMERICAN WON
; BECKENHAM, Eng., June 16- —
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody and Miss
Elizabeth Ryan, American veterans,
won their way into the semi-finals
in the doubles of the champion
ships, defeated the former great
Wightman cup combination, Mrs.
Holcroft Watson and Miss E. H.
Harvey, 6-3, 6-2.
Otto Sandbeck and Francis Les
lie, Seward young men and Uni
versity of Washington sthdents,
are again parking their feet un
der the family table, having re
turned today from Seattle on the
palatial liner Yukon.
u. s. cmm
The big Harris company cannery j
I vessel Dellwood returned to port
! today from False Pass bringing
P. E. Harris, one of Alaska’s most
prominent of salmon packers.
Mr. Harris is here to attend
the public hearing on fisheries
which will be held by Frank T.
Bell, United States Commissioner
of Fisheries, who arrived in Sew-!
ard last night from Seattle on the j
MS Brant.
It was learned at noon today;
that because of certain ihanges,!
| Commissioner Bell and his party j
I will leave this afternoon for Cor
| dova for the scheduled public
| hearing there, following a brief
i visit at court headquarters at Val
dez. From Cordova Mr. Bell will
then return to Seward, either on
the 22 or 23rd of this month, when
the local hearing will be held.
The simultaneous arrival here
today of the B. of F. vessel Brant
| with Commissioner Bell, and the
SS Dellwood, bearing Mr. Harris,
was rather confusing to many;
both parties are here on separate
and unrelated purposes. Mr. Harris
! in the matter of the pending trap
! case before the district court; Mr.
i Bell on public hearing matters
j Bell on fishery problems which em
1 brace the entire Territory.
, The S. S. Dellwood will probably
! remain in port overnight taking
on oil.
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JUNEIU SEME
MIKES HDUNDTRiP
FLIGHT ONE Oil
Breakfast in Junean, lunch in
Seward and dinner at home, in
Juneau.
That’s the way they travel down
Juneau-way and a demonstration
took place today when an Alaska
Southern Airways Lockhead-Vega
seaplane, piloted by Gene Meyer -
ing, arrived in Seward with three
passengers from the Capital.
The plane took off from Juneau
at 6:15 this morning, arriving in
Seward at 12:20, Juneau time.
Passengers were Robert W. Ben
der, general manager of the Ju
neau Empire, and son-in-law of
Governor John W. Troy; Jimmie
Hicks, mechanic; and Mr. Merrick.
With the exception of the latter,
the party left on the homeward
bound trip soon after partaking
lunch at Cameron’s Cafe.
The “Baranof” tied up alongside
of the Bureau of Fisheries vessel
Brant while here and the keen ship
was the object of considerable in
terest to many, it being one of the
few late-model planes of this type
seen in this part of the Northland.
IN NEW
U. S. FIGHTING SHIPS
; WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16. —
America’s Navy will have 32 new
fighting ships added to the fleet
within the next three years, under
a $238,000,000 building plan an
nouncement by Secretary of the
Navy Swanson.
President Roosevelt has allocated
this fund out of the $3,300,000,000
public works appropriations as the
first major step toward building
up Amercan sea forces to the Lon
don party strength.
, L. G. Wingard, Bureau of Fish
eries official, arrived today from
Pt. Althorp.
A gain of 4.8 per cent in employ
ment and 5.7 per cent in payrolls!
of manufacturers cheered officials,]
but should not be taken as meaning J
an end of the industrial crisis, ac
cording to Secretary of Labor Per
kins.
Outwardly calm, David Lamson
appeared in San Jose court for pre
liminary hearing on charges hej
murdered his wife, Allene, in their!
Stanford campus home. Early testi
mony favored the defondent.
Payment of an extra $14,000,
fee to Joseph B. Straush, Golden
Gate bridge engineer, v/as post
poned, with another hearing on the
subject set for next Wednesday.
A Secret Service man was as-:
signed to guard James Roosevelt,)
the President’s son, but the White]
House denied this was due to any
proposed threats to kidnap his 14
months old daughter, Sarah De
lano Roosevelt. A mysterious fire
did $5,000 damage to the top floor
of the James Roosevelt summer
home at North Hampton, N. H.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
SB THRU SEWARD
• FROM LINER MON
■ Seward was literally overrun for I
j a few hours today by students from j
; the Universities and finishing
' schools during the brief while be
: tween the arrival of the S. S.
j Yukon on its “College Special” trip
and the departure of the train for
the Interor. Among the students
who arrived from schools in the
States were Katheryn Cai'leton, ofj
Oregon, who has been attending;
the University of Washington, and;
who is making a visit to Alaska; j
William Chandler, Anchorage, who
has been attending the Washing-;
ton State; Carra Harlan, Fair-;
banks. Universty of Washington;!
Louise Harlan, Fairbanks, who has
; been attending school in Portland;
j Betty and Rebecca Hopkins, Fair
; banks, Rebecca having attended'
j school in Portland; Francis Leslie,]
of Seward, who has been attend
ing the University of Washington;
i Ruth McFarland, of Fairbanks;
Moana Mankman and Attoinette
Schodde of Anchorage; W. B.
Snodgrass, Anchorage, Kas. Agri- j
cultural College; Robert Abernetty,
Anchorage, University of Washing
ton; John Hurtt, Anchorage, has
been attending Pacific College,
I San Luis Obispo, California, and
Otto Sandbeck, of Seward, Univer
sity of Washington.
In addition to these students
many got off at Southeastern Alas
ka cities and .several transferred
at Cordova for the Westward. A
mong those transferring at Cor
dova for Afognak were Herman
and Marie Von Scheele. Herman
has been attending Washington
Statel College and Marie has been
attending Bellingham Normal.
UHEEKHT REACHED
STABILIZATION FOUND
LONDON, June 16. —Agreement j
was reached by the United States,
France and England for stabiliz
ation of the pound sterling. James
Cox was named chairman of the
monetary commission after France
withdrew objections.
Speech making by officials of
the various nations neared an end
as the economic conference got
down to business.
FRESH IT WIVE
SETTLING IT CHICHI,
!
CHICAGO, June 16, —A fresh
hot wave was settling over Chi
cago last night. The temperatures
rose from a low of 52 in the morn
ing to 82 early in the evening.
Extremely high temperatures for
the season w7ere reported all over
the Northwest and in Canada. Me
dcne Hat. Atla., reportde 102, Harve
Mont. 102, Bismarck, N. D„ 100, and
Concordia, Kan., 100.
The heat wave, moving Eastward
was expected to bring tempera
tures up to 100 degrees in Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio with
in the next few hours.
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NEW YORK, June 16 —The most
ambitious radio protective service
ever provided for an aviation feat
will serve to guide general Italo
Balbo. Italian Air Minister and 24
seaplanes from Rome to Chicago.
A“V network” of criss-cross
waves was to be put into opera
tion over the Atlantic when the
squadron took off from Rome.
Weather reports will reach the
flotilla hourly for the duration of
the flight. Colonel Mario Infante
of the Italian Air Service explain
ed in detail Thursday the system
of communication which has ta
ken over a year to organize. In
fante collaborating with radio ex
perts will be' on duty in a radio
control room here throughout the
flight.
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DELAY 24 PLANES
ORBETELLO Italy, June 16. —
General Italo Balbo. Italian Air
Minister, at 1 a. m. yesterday can
celled all plans for the scheduled
takeoff at dawn of the 24 Italian
seaplanes which were to have
started on their transatlantic flight
to the Chicago Century of Pro
; gress expostion.
Weather reports at that time
showed that the dangerous route
over the Alps on the first leg of
Amsterdam was cloudy and foggy,
and the visibility w^s poor.
HOUSE VOTE SUSTAINS
VETS’ COMPROMISE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16. —
The House voted to sustain Presi
dent Roosevelt’s compromise vet
erans’ economy program . The
vote was 208 to 177.
By roll call vote the chamber re
fused to accept the liberalizing
Steiwer-Cutting Senate amendment
which would have eliminated ap
proximately $130,000,000 in savings
previously ordered by the White
House.
PARTIAL VICTORY
LONDON, June 16. — The suc
: cessful fight of the United States
to obtain the chairmanship of the
important financial and monetary,
committee of the world ecoomic
conference over French opposition,
dominated proceeding in the geo
logical meuseum in South Kensing
ton and resulted in America’s re
I gaining a measure of leadership
in the parley.