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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 181.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PLANE MCE OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN IS
NOW IN THE OFF!
TOKYO. Aug. 6. (JP)—The pos
sibility of a nonstop race in the
North Pacific loomed with prizes
worth $27,000.
Pangborn and Herndon arrived
at 6:16 a. m., 1:16 a. m., Pacific
time, from Khabarovsk and an
nounced they would fly to Seattle
on a nonstop hop.
Don Moyle and C. A. Allen ar
rived by boat and said they would
fly a plane to the City of Tacoma
in which Bromley and Gatty flew
more than 1,000 miles toward Ta
coma when forced to turn back.
IMAGES HINTED IT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6. (JP)
—Added concern was felt in gov
ernment and labor circles over a
possible change in the administra
tion’s attitude toward mainten
ance of high wages, when a letter
written by Secretary of Commerce
Lamont was made public.
Though officials emphatically
declared the sentiment expressed
in Lamont’s letter does not mean
a change in policy, they did not
entirely allay fears.
PARIS. Aug. 6. ITP)—Henri Co
cnet. the world's ranking amateur
tennis player, who almost single
handed turned back the bid of
England for the Davis Cup in the
challenge round, will decide within
a fortnight whether he will turn
professional, friends said.
Although he told these friends |
before the recent series with Eng- I
land that this Davis Cup defense
would be his last, there is an ef
fort to dissuade him from turn
ing professional.
BURNED GRAIN CROP”
AND SJIVED MONEY
JOPLIN, Mo., Aug. 6. (IP)—'“Burn
grain fields and save money,” was
the thought of Edward Herbert,
as he set fire to 75 acres of oats
on his farm after harvesting about
five acres.
He found he could get only lie
per bushel for the grain, which he
said cost him 40c to raise, so the
rest went up in smoke to avoid
adding four cents more per bushel
for harvesting and threshing.
FIRE STILL ADVANCING
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 6. (IP)_
Flaming forests of the Cabinet ;
Range were ringed in a 50-mile ;
circle by more than 1,000 men,
but the fire still advanced slowly.
47 SOLDIERS KILLED
ATHENS, Aug. 6. (IP) — Forty- 1
seven Greek soldiers were killed <
by a fall of earth during the con- 1
struction of defensive works on t
the Serbo-Albanian frontier, ac- (
cording to news reaching here 5
from Albania. 1
RAINING AT POINT BARROW
POINT BARROW, Aug. 6.
Weather reports indicate the en
tire coast from Nome to Point
Barrow is covered with fog and
i rain.
SHED GINIMI fill
III DETECTING FUR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6. (/P)
—At a meeting here of techincal
| experts from steel mills of the
East, Dr. Reinhard Esbrussen, noted
chemist and Roentgen expert, de
scribed the method whereby the
defective stern posts in the seven
10,000-ton Navy cruisers were de
tected.
The Gamma ray, which is not an
X-ray, but one of the three rays
of radium, generated artificially
by means of high-voltage vacuum
tubes, was the implement used.
Dr. Esbrussen stressed the im
portance of the Gamma ray to
the steel industry, by telling how
it could be used to detect flaws
in integral parts before they are
I assembled, thus saving millions
• of dollars in breakage and repair.
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NO FIGHT ON LABOR DAY
RENO, Nev., Aug. 6. (ZP>—Jack1
Dempsey announced here that be
cause of failure to make a suit- j
able match he would not stage a
fight here on Labor Day.
DESTROYER TO BE TARGET
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 6. (/P)— |
The crewless radio-controlled de
stroyer Stoddert will be the target!
for a test of the ability of two
crack airplane bombing sguadrons.
Naval headquarters announced.
MAY FLY TO INDIA
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 5. (/P>_
Polando said he and Boardman
were considering a flight to Kara- j
chi, India.
S135,000,000 EXPENDITURE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 6. (/P>
—Expenditures for Federal public
buildings during the 1932- fiscal
year will amount to $135,000,000,
Acting-Secretary of the Treasury
Mills said.
PLAN COOPERATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6. (/P)
—Some local Red Cross chapters !
have indicated to headquarters j
here that they are planning to j
cooperate with other agencies in ®
relief work, including unemploy- !
went this winter.
makes challenge good
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (A5)— Jack
Kearns, manager for Mickey
Walker, visited Gen. John Clinnin,
president of the National Boxing
Association, and posted a check
■or $2,500 to bind a challenge to
Max Schmeling for a champion
ship bout here.
CLAYBIRD STARS TO MEET
del MONTE, Calif., Aug. 6. (>P)
-Seven world’s championships will
)e decided at the first Grand Pa
cific Handicap of the Pacific In
ernational Trapshooting Associa
ion at Del Monte August 5 and 9.
Jaybird stars from nearly a dozen
tates will gather to show their
vares.
AUTOGYRO DESCENDS
STOP OF mUOlHILE;
lOliNJS KILLED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5. (/P)—
An Alameda woman was killed and
two other persons injured, proba
bly fatally, when an autoguro de
scended outside the San Francisco
airdrome. The woman was Mrs.
Nellie Boutcher.
She had parked her automobile
outside the airdrome and was
watching the activities of the
planes. The pilot of the autogyro
misjudged his distance when he
attempted to land and came down
directly upon the automobile.
| The undercarriage crashed thru
; the top of the machine, instantly
killing Mrs. Boutcher. A little1
girl, seated with Mrs. Boutcher,!
was taken to the hospital with
minor injuries.
UPPER STRITI SOCIETY
KEEP RENO DIVORCE
MILL IT TOP SPEED!
RENO, Nev.. Aug. 6.* (/P»— Social j
personages of Europe and Amer- j
ica tripped through the Reno di
vorce mill as it ground out 92
wash-day separations.
Mrs. Lucile Harman Meyerberg,
daughter of Jacob and Ellen Har
man. Boston insurance capitalist,
charged cruelty.
Charles J. Gusette, said to be
a son of the Due Ali du Bois,
Paris opera star, and well known
in New York club life, was granted
i decree from Alice E. Gusette on
grounds of cruelty.
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NATIONAL
Boston 6, Philadelphia 3.
Brooklyn 6, New York 2.
Cincinnati 2, Chicago 3. j3
St. Louis 4-16, Pittsburgh 5-2.
AMERICAN
New York 1-4, Boston 5-1.
Cleveland 8, Detroit 11. 3
Only American games played. y
PACIFIC COAST ]
Sacramento 5, Oakland 11. J
San Francisco 3, Hollywood 4. 5
Seattle 4, Portland 3.
Los Angeles 11, Missions 9.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 6. (£>>
ay’s stock quotaitons:
laska Juneau.
merican Can .
orden .
Canada Dry .
Teneral Motors .
nternational Nickle Can ..
nternational Telephone
lennecott Copper .
adio .
eynolds Tobacco (b) .
ichfleld Oil .
tandard Oil of Calif.
tandard Oil of N. J.
tandard Oil of N. Y.
nion Oil of Calif.
. S. Steel .
ities Service .
urant Motors .
incorporation .
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...57%
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-17%
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WINS FOURTH RACE
RENO, Nev., Aug. 6. (/P)—Oak
point, owned by Fred Perry, sen
sational Sacramento sportsman
and auto dealer, proved the winner
of the fourth race at six furlongs.
LARUE AUTO PLANT
RICHMOND PRODUCES
CAR FOUR MINUTES
RICHMOND Calif., Aug. 6. {JP)—
Henry Ford’s new $3,500,000 as
sembly plant at Richmond, big
gest of its kind in California,
started turning out automobiles
at the rate of one every four min- J
utes.
Heavy cranes swung great loads
of parts across a room an acre in
area, riveters barked like machine j
guns, wheels of all hues swung j
down the line on overhead con
veyors, motors dropped into frames \
and bodies inched down the line,!
all finally merging into the wide
ly known Model A.
The occasion was a preview of
the immense plant for newspaper
publicity in northern California.
FELEEMPI BREVITIES!
TAKES THE AIR!
BAHIA, Brazil, Aug. 6. (TP)—The
German plane DO-X left for Natal
where it will stop overnight.
KNOCKOUT IN FIRST ROUND j
SEATTLE, Aug. 6. (/P)—Wesley ■
Ketchel, of Salt Lake City, light- j
heavyweight, knocked out Bob j
Btennett, of San Francisco, in the j
:irst round of their six-round main j
svent Wednesday night. j
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Aug. 6. (/P)—The SS '
Admiral Watson, of the P. S. S.
2o., sailed at 10 a. m., carrying
-6 passengers, six for Seward as
ollows: Mrs. Geo. S. Wilson, Ethel ]
-.awson, Mary Phelps, Miss Y. San- I
ow, Paul Auren, R. E. Martin.
VICTORY FOR LEWIS 1
STOCKTON, Calif., Aug. 6. (A5)— ]
Cd “Strangler” Lewis, heavyweight
vrestler, threw Leo Papiano, of
lollywood, in two straight falls,
ising his. headlock. Lewis weighed
35 and Papiano 210.
POST-WAR AVIATOR KILLED
PARIS, Aug. 6. (JP)—Lieutenant
tougault, one of the best of the
»ost-war aviators in France, was
illed while testing a new plane
rhich was to have been entered
i the Schneider Cup races. The
ropellor broke while the ship was
i the air and crashed in a pond.
LARGE HOTEL BURNED
FORT PLAIN, N. Y., Aug. 6. (/P)
-Fire discovered by Mrs. Keith
Ciller, aviatrix, when smoke filled
er room, destroyed the Grant
otel, largest hostelry in this vil
ige. The loss was approximately
[50,000.
ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.
3)—Politicians around the capitol
ho never allow sentiment to
arp their political judgment, con
ned the nomination of Franklin
. Roosevelt as the Democratic
andard bearer on the first bal
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IS MAPPING ROUTE
U. S. TO EUROPE
| COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6. (^—Un
heralded and without the benefit
of any fanfare, Parker Cramer,
American aviator, and Oliver Pac
quette, radio operator, arrived
from Angmagsalik, Greenland, to
hop to Rekjavik, Iceland, today.
They took off from Detroit July 27.
They are mapping a new air
mail route to Copenhagen with 13
stops on the 4,369 miles, 2,600 of
which will be over land.
They came via Hudson Bay and
Baffinland.
NEW U. S.-GEOMAN
BRITAIN HOOKUP
BERLIN, Aug, 6. (>P) — A new
American - British - German lineup,
born of France’s torpedoing the
Hoover moratorium proposal, re
ceived strong emphasis here with,
the presence in the German cap
ital of the American Secretary of
State and the British Prime Minis
ter and Foreign Secretary.
Berlin for the moment is th*
political crossroads of Europe, and
not since the end of the war has
the city been visited simultaneous
ly by such important American
and European political personages.
FUSILLADE OF SIDES
PEDFOBATES OFFICIAL
CHICAGO. Aug. 5. (JP)—Ely H.
Drr, secretary-treasurer of the
Newspaper Delivery Drivers’ Chauf
feurs and Handlers Union, was
killed, shortly after he left the
plant of the Chicago Herald Ex
aminer.
Two men in a speeding auto
nobile poured a fusillade of shot
gun slugs into Orr as he sat in
lis machine at a street inter
section, awaiting a go signal. A
vitness told police that the killers
aughed as they drove away.
V0ME~MD TUB IS
OFFERED LINDBERGHS
AKLAVIK, Aug. 6. (A>)—The Lind
berghs breakfasted after their ar
ival at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
. A. Urqhart. They slept nine
tours while awaiting favorable
feather; rain and a storm is re
orted in the Point Barrow region.
Here, they saw Eskimo life for
he first time. It is reported Dr.
driest, at Point Barrow, has of
?red his home which has the only
athtub in the community.
ROYAL PAIR ON VACATION
COWES, Eng., Aug. 6. (A*)—King
eorge arrived with Queen Mary
i the Royal yacht for His Majes
f’s annual vacation.
ANOTHER RECORD FALLS
LONDON, Aug. 6. (A*)—J. A. Mol
SQn landed ^near East Bourne
■°m Rome at%2:30 p. m., breaking
ieutenant Scott’s 10 days and 2$
3urs record flight from Australia,
ollison’s time was eight days, 13
>urs. and 15 minutes.