MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 191. SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
MOYLE MID HELEN IDE
FOUND QLYUTOR GULF,
NORTHERN KNMGMTM
SEATTLE, Sept. 17. (/P) —Moyle
and Allen were reported by three
Soviet vessels to be safe at Oly
ytor Gulf, northern Kamchatka.
Messages said they landed on an
uninhabited island were they
were safe and well.
Moyle and Allen will be home
soon as they were taken aboard
the steamer Pialk Krabarobe and
this steamer forwarded a message
for Mrs. Prances Bresson, Moyle’s
fiancee at Riverside, California,
telling of their safety. It was fur
ther said that they would be in
Seattle on September 22. This
date, however, is believed to have
been garbled as they could not
reach here that date.
The fliers apparently never left
the Asiatic side of the north Paci
fic.
Kamchatka is several hundred
miles north of the route they
would have followed if they had
kept to their chartered course.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept , 16, (/P)—
‘ Ace’' Hudkins won a referee’s de
cision over “Dynamite” Jackson,
colored, here for the heavyweight
championship of California in a
30-round main event fight Tues
day.
Hudkins, who was the favorite
of the fight fans, proved himself a
courageous warrier although he
was a smaller man.
There was much fighting and
throughout almost the entire fight
Hudkins carried the battle to Jack
son.
MODERN PIRACY IN
LONG ISLAND SOUND
SYOSSET, N. Y., Sept. 17. (JP)—
An amazing narrative of a mid
night invasion of a yacht in Long
Island Sound by two men who
either threw the wealthy owner
overboard or cast him adrift and
then mistreated his wife baffled
the police. The tale of modern
piracy iyas related by Mrs. Ben
jamin T. Collins who said that
after her husband was seized, the
invaders carried her in a canoe
motorboat nine miles distant
where her shouts attracted atten
tion.
BACK TO BILLIARDS
CHICAGO, Sept. 17. (/P) —
John A. Clinton, jr., of Pittsburgh,
former national 18.2 balkline bil
liard champion, expects to re
turn to competition next season
after an absence from title play
of three years due to illness.
DIVORCE COMPLAINTS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. (/P>—
Claude A. Baum was pictured by
his wife, Florence, as a very sub
tle man at times. He wrote in
sults with his finger in the dust
on the furniture, she charged in
a divorce cross-complaint. He also
is alleged to have chased her with
a gun.
EDITOR SUICIDES
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (A5) —
Parker Lloyd Smith, 30 years of
age, editor of the magazine “For
tune,” either jumped or fell from
the 23 floor of a building to the
roof of an adjoining structure. He
is listed as a suicide. His body
was nude.
KLASKL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 16, (/P)
—The highway connecting Alaska
and California will develop the
Territory with amazing rapidity
and create new markets and fields
for Pacific coast capital, Ernest
Walker Sawyer said in warning
San Francisco business men. Seat
tle and Los Angeles will be the
leading cities.
He has just returned from Alas
ka as leader for the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce.
“TRICK O’ THE TRADE”
CANTON, Alberta, Sept. 17. (JP>
—W. B. Ester started in his auto
mobile with $200. He was held up
and arrived here with $201. When
three gunmen jumped on to the
running board of his car, demand
ing his money, he told them he
had just stolen the car and needed
money to buy gas and get across
the border. They donated $1.00.
CALIFORNIA
ROAD GREAT HELP
GENE TUNNEY AND
JACK DEMPSEY MAY
BE MATCHED SOON
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (TP)—Fur
' ther collaboration that Gene Tun
I ney, former heavyweight boxing
champion of the world who retired
from the ring when he held the
crown, may reenter the roped arena
became evident Wednesday when
Tunney was in conference with Da
mon Runyan, and one of Runyan’s
associates, who are helping Mrs.
Randolph Hearst sponsor a Babies
iMilk Fund fight.
It is hoped to bring Jack Demp
| sey and Gene Tunney together in
this fight and it appears possible,
although Gene has not made up
his mind. However, Gene is eye
ing the heavyweight crown, now
held by Max Schmeling of Germany,
and stated that he would like to
“bring the crown back to America.”
Gene added, incidentally, he could
use a few of the extra thousand
dollars that the fight would net
him.
Jack Dempsey has already an
nounced his intention to stage a
comeback and at present is pre
senting a number of exhibition
bouts, taking on two or three pugs
a night, to train himself for cham
pionship battles.
Gene Tunney, with his mind on
reentering the ring, did his first
road-work Thursday since his fight
with Tom Heeney.
NEITHER FLYER HURT
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ST. PAUL ISLAND, Sept. 17. (TP)
—The Naval radio station here re
ceived a message from the Buriat
which said that Moyle and Allen
landed at Navarin Island, off the
eastern coast of Siberia when their
oil and gas gave out. It is said that
neither of the fliers were hurt and
that they intend to fly out of the
district as soon as the present storm
moderates.
USE REDUCTION OF
SAILORS IN BRITISH
FLEET IS UNJUST!
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LONDON, Sept. 16. (/P) —The
agitation of Britain’s Atlantic fleet
against wage reduction is to be
the subject of a conference be
tween Sir Austen Chamberlain,
First Lord of the Admiralty and
Rear Admiral Colvin, chief of the
staff to the commander of the
of the fleet.
Officers described the situation
as not being serious but it has
had no precedant in the British
Navy. It is said that the crews
felt that they were being unjust
ly penalized by the reduction in
their pay which was placed as
high as one fourth.
PASSENGER-MAIL
HE HE PLUNGES
BAY: FOUR KILLED
; OAKLAND, Sept. 16. (/P)—A pas
senger-mail plane of the Boeing
Airlines bound for Portland from
here caught afire and plunged
into San Francisco bay this morn
carrying the pilot and three pas
sengers to death.
The plane caught fire immed
iately after taking off. The pilot,
Ray Boudreaux Medford, turned
back and battled desperately to
effect a safe landing but as the fire
enveloped her the plane plunged
into the water and sank.
Passengers were Kirk Herre, of
the Seattle Star, W. H. Dissel and
F. I. Sheahan, of San Francisco.
The plane also carried a large
consignment of mail, the value of
which is not known.
MS SHORTAGE FORCED
MOYLE, ALLEN DOWN
j BREMERTON, Sept. 17. (JP)—'The
Naval radio station here received
a message relayed from the Russian
steamship Buriat, saying that Av
iators Don Moyle and Cecil Allen
were landed at the island village of
Miano on the Island of Tilgino, in
latitude 62 north and longitude 180
east.
A Siberian message relayed to St.
Paul Island said that the Buriat
reported the fliers were forced down
because of lack of gasloine and mo
| tor oil. The St. Paul operator said
' the message received was from the
; Buriat via “local Russian station.”
The Coast Guard cutters at Dutch
Harbor intercepted a similar mes
sage.
INTERIOR PLANE ANSWERS
TACDTNA MERCY CALL
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 17. (JP) — A
plane answering a mercy call from
Tacotna returned to the local base
last night with Mrs. Chester Brink,
prominent resident of the upper
Kuskokwim district.
She was unconscious and was
suffering from an abcess of the
brain. She died four hours after
the arrival of the plane.
The plane also brought Mrs. War
ner, who lost a child following her
| arrival. She is in a critical con
dition but is expected to live.
COACH OPTIMISTIC
SEATTLE, Sept-, 16, (/P)—Jimmy
Phalen, University of Washington
football coach, is optimistic as to
this, year’s football men. Nearly
100 prospective^ men have signed
up for football*practice. It is said
to be the strongest team since 1925.
FIANCEE OF MOYLE HAD
SIN UP ALL HOPE
RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 17.
{/P)—Miss Bresson, fiancee of Don
Moyle, who with Cecil Allen at
tempted a crossing of the Pacific
ocean from Japan to the United
States and who were thought lost
for many days, received the news
of Moyle’s rescue with tears and
jumbled words of joy: “I gave up
hope last night. It was hard to
believe that they were lost in
their effort to span the Pacific
and up until last night I had
some hope left that they would
be rescued.”
ESTIMATE 2,500 DIED
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 16. {&)—
V. H. Spearer, operator of an
amateur radio station here, said
he contacted J. Leland Smith,
amateur operator at Belize, who
told him the latest estimate of;
deaths caused by the hurricane:
was 2500 and starvation is reported j
in nearly all the villages.
BRITISH NAVAL CREWS
REBEL GOVERNMENT'S
MATED CUTS
IVERGORDON, Scotand, Sept. 17.
'(/P)—His Majesty’s Atlantic fleet,
: destroyed by virtually unprecedent
ed dissatisfaction among its enlist
ed personnel, separated and the
ships steamed for their home ports.
Only after threats of disciplinary
action were the officials able to get
the vessels under way as the men
! are grumbling over the pay cuts
! contemplated by the emergency
I government.
The men refused to obey orders
even after they had been assured
that their grievances would be con
sidered by the admiralty and the
officers were obliged to employ
what is described as ‘intensive per
suasion.”
In London some misgivings were
expressed by the Commons as to
how the Navy’s example would af
fect the attitude of the Army and
police forces whose salaries are
also included in the contemplated
cut.
The warships weighed anchor
and headed for their home ports
j only after the crews were told that
the admiralty would pledge that
.an adjustment would be brought
' about.
PRAISE FOR HOSPITAL
Father Shadura of Kenai, who
;was discharged this week from the
Seward General Hospital, goes home
: Saturday feeling greatly improved.
; Father Shadura stated to The Gate
I way that the local hospital and
| staff is even better than a Seattle
hospital in which he was confined
'last year. The treatment accorded
j him, as well as the food, really
seemed better, and of Dr. Haver
stock, he spoke in the highest of
terms.
IKE'S NEW HUBBY
MADE DEFENDANT
BREACH OF PROMISE
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16. (A5)—
David L. Hutton, Aimee MacPher
son’s new husband, was made de
fendant in a $200,000 breach of
promise suit filed by a young
woman who charged that Hutton
told her that he was not married.
She charged that on January
20 he made love with her and
asked her to marry him. • He
promised to marry her in a short
time but a week later betrayed
her.
In April she said Hutton refused
to see her, call on her or speak
to her.' She charged his actions
caused her “to become broken in
health, physically > nd nervously,
a^id will continue tor a long to
be so."
PORTUGAL FACING
LISBON, Sept. 16. (JP) — The
Portugese government revealed it
had fears of another revolution
by taking unusual military pre
cautions in confining troops to
barracks.
The Portugese cabinet met in an
emergency session throughout last
night. The cavalry has been
brought to Lisbon from other
points.
Troops occupied ' strategic
places in this city until early to
day when they returned to their
barracks. The telephone lines be
tween Lisbon and Opporto have
been cut.
PONTGONS IDENTIFIED
IS M CRH'S
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (£>;—
Officials of the Edo Aircraft Cor
poration, makers of pontoons for
planes definitely identified wreck
age found in the’ North Atlantic
by the British trawler Lord Trent
as that of Parker Cramer’s plane
which was lost on a flight from
Detroit to Copenhagen.
Oliver Pacquette was with Cram
er charting the mail route when
they crashed in a heavy storm.
AWAIT REQUEST OF BOTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 17.
(JP)—State Department officials In
dicated that the United States
would decline to use its good of
fices in the Mexican-Chinese ex
pulsion controversy unless both
countries request such action. A
formal request was received from
the Nanking government for the
United States to intercede in the
expulsion by the Mexican states
of Sonora and Sinaloa of Chinese.
A PROUD GIRL
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (JP)— Dor
othy Gatz of this city is the
proudest girl in New York. Dor
othy, reading the newspapers, read
about Germany’s financial crisis
and sent a one-dollar bill to aid
them in their economic struggle.
In return she received a photo
graph of President von Hinden
burg, autographed by Hindenburg
himself.