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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 182. SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
POLISH AVIATORS
LEAP INTO OCEAN
PROJECTED FLIGHT ACROSS AT.
LANTIC FAILS; PICKED UP
SWIMMING BY PLANE
LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 6. (£>)—
After being 24 hours overdue Major
Leon Idsikowski and Major Casimir
Kubala, Polish fiyers were picked up
by the German Steamship Sarnmos
off the coast of Portugal, after being
forced to land at sea because of a
laking feed pipe.
One was sent to a hospital to have
his arm treated. Both fliers wen3
badly shaken up and bruised by the
shock of landing in a none too calm
sea Their -plane had bsen in the
air 35 hours and had made a great
circle out over the Atlantic toward
the Azores during which Rime they
had been sighted by two steamships.
It -was reports from these two
ship-s that indicated the fliers had
given up their attempt to span the
^Atlantic and ware heading back fto
Europe. It was the second time in a
week that they had trouble with the
fuel supply and forced the ocean fli.
ers to land at sea, but like Captain
Prank GouHtney, whose -plane like,
wise failed him, these Polish aviators
seemed certain to have been victims
of the sea.
* FILERS RESCUED
WARSAW, Aug. 6. (&)—The Polish
telegraph agency announced fthey had
learned from an unnam»ed source that
the Hamburg.Polish fliers were res.
treed Saturday afternoon by the Ger.
man steamer Samos. The biplane fell
into the Atlantic and was destroyed.
+ The fliers are on their way to the
Portugal port of Leigoes.
both men jumped
LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 6. (/P)—The
Polish airmen Majors Idzi Kowski and
Kubala were found swimming in the
* sea near thoir crippled plane 60 miles
of! Cape Fini&terre. They were res.
cued by the German steamer Samos.
Both men jumped when the plane hit
the water.
SIFT JUSTICE FOB
•PIRRTE' OPERATORS
>
WASHINTGTON, Aug. 6. (/P)—■Pi.
rates of the ether, those radio sta
tions which operate without a li
cense, have a very slim chance
these days of escaping the penalty
decreed by Congress for violations
of the Radio Act.
Uncle Sam's “policemen of the
air’t, the inspectors of the radio di
vision of the Department of Com
merce, keep constant watch on the
broadcasting channels. They patrol
the five radio zones of the count’/
in test cars equipped with apparatus
capable of locating stations which
are operating without licenses and
of detecting transmitters which are
wardering from their assigned fre
queacies.
BACK ON THE JOB
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. (/P)—Roy
Lyle was reappointed prohibition ad.
minfstrator of Wjashingtion, Oregon
and Alaska, by Seymour Lowman, act.
ing Secretary of the Treasurer.
AMERICAN RACER
FILTERED AT END
ALGERIAN ARAB, REPRESENTING
FRANCE, WINNER OF CROWN.
ING OLYMPIC PRIZE
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 6. (&)—-With
th>3 classic marathon victory appar.
ently within his grasp Josl# Ray,
Ameiri^an faYorifce, faltered at the
sight of the finish while El Quafi,
Algerian Arab representing France,
won the crowning prize of the Olympic
games.
Despite the worst series of setbacks
suffered on any Olympic track the U.
S. athletes captured tins field track
honors for the ninth successive time
chiefly because of their tmmendous
strength in the field.
SOUTHPAW JAVELIN STAR
LEBANON, 111., Aug. 6, (&)—Ray
Goode, who burled the javlin 209
feet, 8 3-4 inches, at the National
Collegiate track and field meet in
Chicago, throws the spear with his
left hand.
WATERMELON GENESIS
MONTECELLO, Fla., Aug. 6, (IP)—
Jefferson county, chief watermelon
seed producing section of the world,
also is the home of the first known
watermelon. They were cultivated by
North Florida Indians when discover
ed by white settlers.
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TWO HUNDRED REPORTED IN
JURED NEARLY 60 CRITICALLY
IN ILLINOIS WRECK
MOUNDS, 111., Am?. 6. (JP)—M least
five persons ware killed and approxi.
mately 200 injured when a southbound
passenger train sidewiped a north,
bound train.
Search is being continuisd for three
additional bodies believed to be in
one of the overturned coaches. Be.
tween 50 and 56 injured were taEen
to hospitals, some in a critical condi.
tion.
NEW YORK GIRL
CROWNED QUEEN
WORLD’S MERMAIDS
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TWO OLYMPIADS SHATTERED
FOR SECOND TIME; ARNE
BORG, SWEDEN, IS VICTOR
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 6. (JP)—Martha
Nousli, of New York, was recrowned
“Queen of the Mermaids of the World”
when st*3 captured the Olympic 400
meter in free style swimming champ,
ion ship.
For the second time in two Olym.
piads she shattered her own world re.
cord making the swim in fiv»2 minutes,
42 and four.fift'hs seconds.
Arne,Borg of Sweden won the 1,500
free style swim shattering tho world
record. His time was 19 minutes, 15
and one and four.fifths seconds.
BELATED RECOGNITION
SPOKANE, Wn., Aug. 6, (/P)—
The sharp raise of Strattons Mining
from 60 to 76 cents a share in the
last few weeks is attributed in min
ing circles in Spokane to belated
recognition.
AMERICANS AGAIN
SET A COUPLE OF NEW WORLD
AND OLYMPIC GAME MARKS
FOR BOYS SHOOT AT
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 6. (£>J—‘The
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United States caprtured thfa Olympics
for the ninth time with 173 points to
Finland’s 102. The Americans scored
82 fewer points than (they did four
yaars ago and won only eight first
places against 12 in 1924.
America won the 1,600 meter relay
setting a new world and Olympic re.
cord of three and one.flfth. Ameri
cans also captured the 400 meter re.
lay tying the world’s record of 41 flat.
Other point scorers ware Great
Britain 46, Sweden 44, Germany 44,
Canada 38, France 27, Japan 19, South
Africa 14, Ireland, 10, Norway 7, Hun.
gary 5, Haiti 5, Chili 5, Italy! 4, Philip,
pimas 3, Switzerland 3, Holland 1.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Station Baronteter
Tanana 29.42
Eagle 29.34
Ft. Yukon 29.36
Nome 29.46
Bethel 29.50
Temperature
50
58
' 54
52
46
SLAMS OUT HOMER
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (£>)—Babe Ruth
hit his 43rd homer on base Saturday.
COTTON TRADERS WATCH CARONDELET STREET
Ermrif
On old Carondelet street stands the New Orelans
Cotton Exchange (inset) a strategic center of world cot
ton trading. Establishment of the exchange 50 years ago
on the famous old thoroughfare, pictured above, has been
largely responsible for the centering there of the city's
financial district.
MOUNTAINS VANISH
FIFTY ADDITIONAL TREMORS RE.
PORTED STRUCK REGION SAT.
URDAY AND SUNDAY.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6. Dls.
patches from Pinetopa, StaOa of Max.
aca, said the town was destroyed la
part at noon Saturday by the most
violent earthquake ever recorded
there,. After the heavy shock 50 more
tremors were felt Saturday and 10
Sunday morning.
The people are panicky and are
living in the open for fear of remain,
ing in buildings which may collapse.
Several "mountains” in the region
are reported to have disappeared and
other towns also suffered but no cas.
ualities w»sre reported although fears
were entertained for Nuixietec, since
no replies to tele grams came from
there. The quake was followed bF
torrential rains which added to the
destruction.
HAD FLOWN 21 OF THE 42 ESTL
MATED FOR FLIGHT WREN
PIPELINE FAILED
LISBON, Aug. 6‘ (/P)—Major Kasi.
mir Kubala said a broken pipe line
forced him and his companion Major
Louis Idzikowski to turn back after
they had flown 21 of the 42 ‘hours
which thoy had estimated w-ould take
them to fly to New York from Paris,
found in the aaa near the wreckage
of their plane by tire German steamer
Samos Saturday and brought to Lex.
ivoes near Oporto.
Kubala was interviewed in the
Oporto military hospital where h»3 is
being treated for an injured arm and
said the tube feeding the oil, stopp»3d
working and the airmen thought it
would be impossible to continue the
flight so they decided to return and
when they were 70 miles off Cape Pin.
tsterre, the westermost point of Spain,
they noticed additional damage.
This caused the plane <to capsize
and plunge into the sea. They threw
themselvies into the sea and swam
toward the Samos whose crew rescued
hem
STARR DUE AT 8 P. M.
The S. S. Starr, of the San Juan
Pishing & Packing Co., is due to ar.
nve in port from the Westward at
5 o’clock this ewaning, according to
ocal advices. /
The S. S. Yukon, held over in port
3ind3 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon
to await the arrival of the S. S. Re.
iondo from the Westward, departed
jarly tht# afternoon for the Sooth.