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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 142.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1981.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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FRANCE HAS COUNTER PROJECT
FOR PRES. HOOVER’S
PROPOSAL
PARIS, June 26. (/P) — Premier I
Laval received Ambassador Edge j
of the United States. It was un-j
derstood that the Premier indicated,
to Edge the substance of France’s
reply to President Hoover’s mora
torium proposal.
Information in diplomatic circles
indicated that the French Cabinet
has agreed on a definite counter |
proejct to the Hoover proposal.'
This counter plan, it was said, is
based upon Hoover’s principle of
helping Germany, but it also takes
into consideration France’s desire
to keep on with the Young plan,
and to assist Germany by pay
ment through the bank for inter
national settlements.
Tiie United States idea is that
unconditional reparations pay
ments could be received and then
paid back to Germany through
the bank. It was reported that
the cabinet at its meeting agreed
to the broad lines of this formula,
but the details must be worked
out.
A statement issued by the Fin
ance Ministry stated that the ap
plication of the Hoover proposal
would make it difficult to resume
the Young plan at the end of the
year. The statement says that the
Young plan was carefully worked
out and it is not possible to cut
out a solid year and go on with it
without loss .
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MIKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, June
26. (/P> —Ruth Nichols, society avia
trix, will make another attempt to
cross the Atlantic, she announced
from her hospital bed.
Undaunted by the postponement
of her flight by her crash here
she said nothing will stp her in
► continuing her attempt to cross
the ocean when she recovers from
the two cracked vertebrae which
she suffered in the crash.
“As soon as I secure enough
money to recondition my ship and
get out of this bed, I’ll be on my |
way,” she said .
NUT TO LET CONTRACTS
FOR 11 NEW DESTROYERS
WASHINGTON, June 26. —
The amount called for in the na
val construction under way totals
more than $150,000,00. The Navy
is making ready to let contracts
totaling about $200,000,00 on both
coasts, according to estimates.
This sum is expected to be used
in the construction of 11 destroyers
due to be started next month.
They will cost from $4,000,000
to $5,000,000 each. Their build
was authorized in 1916 but Con
gress failed to appropriate funds
until the last session.
POISON BY MISTAKE
LONDON, June 26. (/P) —Pulbish
ed reports that Queen Helen, Ru
mania, may have taken poison by
mistake and be suffering from its
effects were discredited by the Sec
retary of the British legation at
Bucharest. Vienna reports reported
that she drank from the wrong
bottle by mistake.
WASHINGTON, June 26. (JP) —
More than a score of prohibition
leaders gathered at the Capital as
"hers of a “board of strategy
to lay plans for coordinated action
in the 1932 campaign.
The leaders disclosed that the
board is purposely meeting as near
ly as a year in advanceshrduu
conventions in order to rally sup
port for those two cccasins.
POST. GRTTY PUSH
WHY AROUND WORLD:
UNDER AT MOSCOW
SEATTLE, June 26. @ —Post
and Gatty, pushing on on their
around the world flight, landed
at Moscow at 7:30 Pacific Standard
time.
Hellig and Horiss were slightly
overdue at Copenhagen.
Gatty and Post took off for Ber
lin early yesterday and Hellig and
Horiss were expected to reach
Copenhagen in 28 hours. They had
enought gasoline to last them for
32 hours. They were unheard from,
although a plane which might
have been their was seen over Heli
goland and Jutland.
Three other pairs of fliers pre
pared at New York for ocean hops.
Ruth Nichols, society aviatrix,
is still at the St. Johns hospital,
and announced she planned an
other attempt in September.
HALIBUT QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, June 26. (/P>—Halibut
ffc.m nine vessels totaling 63.000
pounds brot 8%c and 5 cents.
At Prince Rupert 64,000 pounds on
the American market brot 3c to
7 and 6-10’s cents. The Canadian
market paid 4 to 8 nd 1-10 cents.
TAKE-OFF, SIBERIA
MOSCOW, Jun e26. (/P) —Wiley
Pos and Harold Gatty took off at
5 a.m. today for Irkutsk,Siberia.
They expected to stop en route at
Novasiber, about half way, for re
fueling and they may remain there
over night.
LABORITES DEFEATED
LONDON, June 26. (JP) — The
Labor government of Prime Min
ister Ramsay MacDonald met de
feat in the House of Commons by
the narrw margin of seven votes on
an amendment to the Land Tax
bill.
“ CORDIAL ACCORD ”
PARIS, June 26. (IP) —The long
awaited French reply to Hoover’s
proposal made public states that
the French Government is in “cor
dial accord with high sentimenst”
such as inspired by the Hoover pro
' posal.
IN PARIS SOI
DELICATE SITUATION BEFORE
LEADING WORLD
NATIONS
PARIS, France, June 26.. (/P)—
France and German conversations,
similar to the recent discussions
between MacDonald and Bruen
ing, will probably take place at
Paris within the next few weeks.
Briand is reported to have sent
word to Curtis, of Germany, that
the French would welcome an inti
mate conversation with Bruening.
Interest centered on the coming
visit of Andrew Mellon, Secretary
of the United States Treasury De
partment. It is believed that Mel
lon will confer with French fin
ancial officers and the Bank of
France concerning the French
counter proposals to the Hoover
plans for a moratorium.
Mellon is looked to by Washing
ton for a contribution toward the
'solution of a delecate situation.
Germany has accepted the sit
uation, Great Britain approved of
it, Italy cordially endorsed it, Aus
tria approved, Bulgaria expressed
: appreaciation, France submitted a
1 counter proposition, Rumania, Po
i land, Czechoslovakia. Jugoslavia
! and Belguim were sympathetic but
made no official response. *
IRKUTSK AND NOftlTl
HOSPITAL NOTES
AMSK, Siberia, June 26. (/P)—
: Harold Post and Wiley Gatty pass
ed over here at 4:05 Pacific Stan
| dard time without landing. It is be
leived that they are heading for
Irkutsk instead of Novosibirsk as
they planned when they left Mos
cow.
They are evidently attempting to
| reach Irkutsk without stopping.
The aviators hope to be in Nome
Sunday.
——
HIGH TEMPERATURES
; SEATTLE, June 26. (/P> — “Keep
ling Cool” is the paramount task
from the Alleghenies to the Pa
cific.
; America sweltered in the heat and
records wilted as the temperatures
climbed high above the 100 mark.
In a dozen states 18 lives were
snuffed out yesterday by the heat.
Stampedes to beaches brought
nearly a score of drownings.
Only in the East and the North
west was it cool.
BURN INFERIOR COFFEE
RIO DE JANERIO, June 26. (JP)
_The pungent smoke of a huge
coffee bonfire billowed over the
Santos coffee plantation area
where 530,000 sacks of inferior
grade coffee are being burned un
der a plan of the State Govern
ment to destroy mediocre stocks.
CONTINUE FLIGHT
BREMEN, Germany, June 26. (/P)
—Hillig and Hoiriis landed here at
10:20. They were utterly exhausted
when they landed. They, tele
phoned the hairma nofther e ec-p
phoned the chairman of the recep
tion committee at Copenhagen th t
they intended to resume the flight.
FULL AGREEMENT
CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED
WASHINGTON, June 26. (;P) —
A complete Franco-American ag
reement on the Moratorium plan
was predicted by authoritative
sources on the basis of programs
made so far thru diplomatic ne
gotiations between the countries.
Stimson indicated the willingness
of the United States to compro
mise with France on the Morator
? *n reply to the French note.
WANTS TO IK OVER
L
BERLIN, June 26. (JP) —In an
impressive speech over the entire
network of radio stations in Ger
many Chancellor Bruening sol
emnly warned Germany against
and idea that President Hoover’s
proposal would bring any relief in
the next year and a half.
The Chancellor at the same time
made an earnest appeal to France,
| declaring that the German govern
ment would do everything possible
i to bring about an understanding
' between the two countries so es
sential to the peace and quiet of
i Europe.
He said that the German gov
i ernment would like to see a meet
ing between the German and the
; French statesmen similar to the
: meeting he and Finance Minister
Curtis had with Finance Minister
MacDonald and others at Cheq
uers at the end of last month.
WINGING WAY
IRKUSTK, Siberia, June 26. (a
—Post and Gatty landed at Novo
; Sibirsk, Siberia, at 8:32 A. M. East
ern Standard Time. They travers
ed the 1,450 miles frm Moscow in
10 hours and 32 minutes. The hoo
! to Irkutsk is 1,050 miles. They plan
ned to resume the flight here at
I midnight tonight.
LOS ANGELES TEMPERATURE
LOS ANGELES, June 26. (JP) —
Los Angeles heat records were
broken when the thermometer at
the weather bureau registered
93.4.
GAS PRICE CUT
NEW YORK, June 26. (JP) —
The Standard Oil Company of In
diana has reduced the tank cap
price of gasoline a quarter of a
cent to five and one half cents a
gallon in New York. The price
was cut a half cent at Baltimore
I and in North Carolina to five
i and one half cents.
GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS
LONDON, June 26. {JP) — Great
Britain has cabled her acceptance
of President Hoover’s one year
moratorium plan.
HOOVER WANTS TELL
AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW
ALLEVIATE SITUATION
HAS ASKED CONGRESS MEM*'
BERS OF THEIR ATTITUDE
ON MORATORIUM PLAN
WASHINGTON, June 26. (£>) —
While awaiting replies from Paris
and Rome, President Hoover moved
to enlist the support of the Am
erican congress and peoples for his
war debt and reparations mora
torium plan.
To Secretary Stimson, the presi
dent assigned the task of laying
before the American people by
radio an outline of his plan for
alleviating the world’s economic
situation.
White House officals disclosed
that the President, by telephone,
telegraph and cable, was asking
each member of the House and
Senate to outline his or her at
titude toward the proposal.
More than 50 per cent of the
members had replied. Congress
must approve of the one year debt
suspension plan before it can be
come effective.
Word that Italy would accept the
reservations and that France was
considering a likely course wa* re
ceived with complete silence by
officials here.
Secretary Stimson has already
publicly indicated that the United
States is not willing to bargain
or debate the President’s proposal,
like wise it has been made known
that the administration believed
that the full benefit of the Pres
dent’s proposal could be obtained
only if the ones who were inter
ested accepted promptly.
MOVIE STUB BAS TROUBLE
WITH 19?/ INGOME TAX
WASHINGTON, June 26. (/P) —
Conrad Nagel and the govern
ment are at odds over the amount
of income tax the movie star owes
for 1927. Nagel reported his total
salary for the year at $121,833
but filed separate returns for him
self* and his wife under the Cali
fornia communitl law.
The internal revenue bureau,
however, is of the opinion that his
salary should have been filed in
his name and ordered him to
pay $2,895 in addition to the $15,
717 already assessed.
The bureau said the community
property law was enacted July 28,
1927, and that the income re
ported for Mrs. Nagel was received
before that date.
mums MIMED ILL
HD TOP EDflDPE
COPENHAGEN, June 26. (/P) —
Hillig and Hoiriis landed after a
flight from Bremen at 5:10 this
morning, Pacific Standard time.
They left Bremen at 2:37.
The aviators were welcomed by
a large crowd. They found it im
possible to reach here yesterday
when they became lost and wand
ered for hours over Europe.