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SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 196.
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SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2?. 1929.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
HAS A SCRAP BOOK FILLED
WITH I. O. U.’S FROM FORM- j
ER PARASITES
t new YORK. Aug., 22. (JP)—The
American quoted Mrs. Tex Rickard,'
young widow of the late fight pro- !
moter as saying that she is almost
penniless altho her husband was
reputed to be worth $1,000,000 when
he died.
Mrs. Rickard said she had re
ceived less than $5,000 from the es
A tate, with little hope of getting
•more. The reported $500,000 trust :
fund established for her daughter
Maxine, was only a generous dream
on the part of Tex.
"My financial condition right
now is such that I have to step out
and get myself a job in order to
support my daughter”, Mrs. Rick
ard said. She also claimed that the
many perpie who called themselves
^ fri°n' her husband, were para
sites, trying to keep on the payroll.
* "If I could collect five percent of
the money owed to Tex I never
would have to worry. He left I. O.
U.’s enough to fill a scrap book but
they are not worth the paper they
are written on.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 22, (/P)—
Plans were rapidly going forward
in San Francisco for completion of
the organization of the largest •
American steamship company, a '
$100,000,000 corporation, to be con- ^
trolled by the Dollar Steamship .
Line of California.
A nation-wide directorate of the 1
new corporation to be known as the
Dollar Steamship Lines is to be an
nounced soon from the offices of R.
Stanley Dollar, vice-president and
general manager of the California
shipping corporation.
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COAST TO COAST i
III ONE OUT, PLANE;
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ROOSEVELT FIELD,.N. Y., AugJ
22, UP)—Capt. Roscoe Turner and
three passengers arrived on the re
turn trip from the Pacific coast in
a flight to demonstrate the feasi
bility of a one-day trans-contin
entl air passenger service.
He arrived last night from Glen
dale, Calif., making the flight in
19 hours and 53 minutes with three
refueling stops. He will make a:
return trip on Friday.
WATERMELON APPETITE
FOLSOM PRISON, Calif., Aug.,!
21. CP)—The famous old water
melon appetite for which the
dusky negro children of the South
are noted, resulted in one ne
gro convict being placed in the!
mi son hospital with concussion5
of the brain and a second in soli
tary confinement.
WATSON SAILS
SEATTLE, Aug. 22. (JP)—The
S. S. Admiral Watson of the P. S.
S. Co., sailed yesterday at 10 a.m.
carrying 59 passengers and 12
! steerage. The Seward passengers
were Jack Reiley and J. B. Kuhl
er. There was one steerage for
Seward.
WINDS DELAY TIE
DEPARTURE ZEP
ACROSS PACIFIC
DEPARTURE WAS PLANNED FOR
YESTERDAY; POSSIBILITY
TAKE-OFF TODAY
KASUMIGAURA, Japan, Aug., 22.
f/P)—The departure of the Graf
Zeppelin was postponed because of
unfavorable winds. The vast crowd
was disappointed, but it may take
off later in the day.
The departure was scheduled
originally for yesterday but was
postponed indefinitely while re
pairs were made to the motor and
gondola which was damaged when
the Zeppelin was being taken from
the hangar for the take-off. Two
struts were also broken which re
quired eight hours to fix.
The departure was set for early
today and the passengers wei£
aboard when the second postpone
ment was announced.
PRINCE RUPERT, Aug., 22, (/P)—
The body of K. Kennedy, a fisher
man, was found washed ashore on
Digby Island Wednesday' morning.
Kennedy's boat had caught fire
in a heavy storm Tuesday night.
Powerless to overcome the flames,
it is presumed Kennedy jumped
overboard in an attempt to reach
the shore.
He is jmvived by a widow and
three children.
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BE ESTABLISHED SI
VICTORIA. SHORTLY
! VICTORIA. Aug., 22, (/P)—English
| mining capital may jump into the
| lead here to beat the Consolidated
i Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada
jin the establishment of a copper
• smelter on the coast. This was
(learned as the result of the visit of |
(Lord Queensborough, who is now
| looking over the Ladysmith Tide
j water Smelter Co. site at Lady- j
j smith. I
j Lord Queensborough is said to
have come here to study invest- ;
iment possibilities for the British
j Metal Corporation of London j
(which he represents.
PUGET SOUND PICK i
Hits III 1828
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SEATTLE, Aug., 22, </P)—With!
j two of the larger firms failing to j
report to date the Puget Sound;
| pink salmon pack, up to last Sun
| day, totaled 183,843 cases.
The state fisheries department j
reported the total pack is expect-;
; ed to exceed 200,000.
Salmon tonnage receipts from i
Puget Sound buyers reached 12,
180.000 pounds as compared to
8.600.000 in July last year.
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POSTPONED FLIGHT
LEBOURGET, Aug., 22, (TP) j
—Coste announced he would take
off on his long distance flight as
soon as weather conditions permit
ted. He was scheduled to take-off
at dawn today but failed to appear.
Later, he arrived and made a test
flight and said the motor and radio
were functioning perfectly.
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HEAT SPELL BROKEN
NEW YORK, Aug., 22, (/P)—New i
York’s heat spell was broken by <
cool winds which sent the ther- ]
mometer down an average of about j
eight degrees. ]
FIRST TO LAND
PECOS, Tex., Aug., 22, (ZP)—Ruth
Nichols was the first to land in the
women’s air derby from El Paso,
where the entrants spent the night.
The take-off was without any acci
dents, Phoebe O’Mile was second to
arrive.
O’M U LEY CONTEMPLATES NO
CHANGES PRESENT REGU
LATIONS, THOUGHT
JUNEAU, Aug., 22, (/P)—If any
changes are contemplated in the
nresent Alaska fisheries regula
tions, it was not indicated by
fisheries commissioner Henry O’
Malley who said the fisheries are
apparently on a satisfactory bas
is.
O’Malley also stated that there
seemed to be no need for altera
tions of the fish runs in south
eastern Alaska which were here
tofore thought necessary follow
ing the disastrous run of pinks
in 1927. He was highly gratified
with the healthy condition of
fisheries all over the Territory.
MILLIONS OF POUNDS 1
HUT FOB ITU
VICTORIA, Aug., 22, (#>)—The!;
first consignment of halibut from ]
the west coast of Vancouver Island 1
for loading and freezing will be 1
taken to the Victoria Cold Storage {
riant here Wednesday morning.
The shipment was brought by 3
trawler and is part of the largest J
contract ever taken by the Island *
Packing Co., under which 8,000,000 1
pounds of fish are to be landed (
here from the west coast. (
COAST TO COAST ROUND TRIP
SUCCESFUL GOAL OF AVIATOR
£SPO KAJNJE_
/PORTLAND
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IfsAN FRANCISCO -
NEW VORfe
JiLia
‘CLEVELAND
WASHINGTON!
N. B. Mamer (right) made the coast to coast nonstop round trip
over the route shown on the map, using the plane pictured below. A.
Walker (left) was co-pilot.Refueling was done in the air.
ELIEF EXPRESSED
ALASKA AVIATRIX
WAS TAKEAI ILL
MISS CROSSON, WHO PLUNGED
TO DEATH, MAY HAVE BE
COME ILL FROM HEAT
WELLTON, Ariz., Aug., 22, (/P)—
J. W. Noel, inspector of the federal
department of commerce, expressed
his belief that Miss Marvel Crosson,
San Diego aviatrix and former Al
askan flier, who fell to her death
near here Monday, on the second
leg of the Santa Monica-Cleveland
air derby, became ill from the in
tense desert heat and lost control
of the ship.
Noel said he had found nothing
to indicate that the motor of the
plane had failed before striking the
ground. The ship struck on its
nose in a ravine.
This evidence, Noel said includes
the testimony of ranchers who
saw the craft falling and said that
Miss Crosson had leaped only a few
minutes before the plane struck.
Noel left for Los Angeles Wednes
day night where he said he would
make a formal report.
GUTTER NORTHLAND
ENRGUTE TO SIRERIA
' PICK UP GOAT CREW
NOME, Aug., 22, (/P)—'The cutter
Northland is enroute to the Siber
ian coast where it expects to pick
up R. S. Pollister and the crew off
the schooner Elisif of the Swenson
Co.
The Soviet icebreaker Stavapol
reached Wrangell Island a few days
ago and found the Wrangell colony
all well. This is the first success
ful delivery of supplies to the
colony in three years. The ship is
enroute to inspect other Siberian
:rading points.
JUNEAU, Aug., 22., {£>)—About
■250 miners licenses have been is
isued to Juneau people since the
beginning of the present excit
! ment in the Taku-Tulsehquah
I rivers district. This was the re
port of acting mine commissioner
I Harry Brown. Up to the. present
time 50 mineral locations have
been recorded in the Atlin dis
rict in the mining office.
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SMALLEST PENSION
GUILFORD, Eng., Aug., 21. (JP)
j —What is believed to be the
world’s smallest pension is col
j lected here weekly by Charles
Pearce, 72, retired railway em
! ployee, a veteran of 40 years
service. He draws six cents per
week.
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THE GEORGIA PEACH
LITXLEROCK, Ark., Aug., 21, (JP)
j—W. L. “Young” Stribling, of Mac
jon, Ga., scored a knockout over
Harry Fay of Louisville, Ky., near
jthe end of the fifth round of their
^scheduled 10-round bout here.