MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 126.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NOSE REFUELING PUNE
FOULED SIMILIZED UNO
CAUSED NUT CRASH
SEATTLE, May 3 1, (/P)—Natt
Browne nursed an injured shoul
der as an after-math of his 1,000
foot plunge into Puget Sound. The
plane plunged when the refueler
plane hose caught in the stabilizer
of Browne’s plane and nosed the
“Lone Star" downward and Browne
was unable to bring it out as the
wings dropped off because of the
quickness of the downward des
cent.
A witness described the plane as
being similar to “throwing a hand
ful of confetti,” in the air.
Browne was thrown clear of the
plane it the downward plunge and
opened his parachute just before
he hit the water, dislocating his
shoulder.
Browne was rescued from the
water by a speedboat.
Aviators and business men laud
ed his attempt to make a flight to
Japan and are raising a fund with
which to send him back to rejoin
his family at Detroit. Browne said
he had his last dime invested in
the plane with which he was to
make a try for the prize offered for
a Pacific hop.
The time for the winning of the
prize has now expired and it is
understood that a part of the
the money will be donated to a
charitable hospital. Governors of
the prize will meet shortly to make
a decision as to the disposition of
the unclaimed prize money.
SEATTLE. May 31. (jP>—Aviator |
Nathan C. Browne of New York
had more trouble on his second at
tempt to get away on a flight to
Japan from Seattle
After having made an unsuccess
ful start the first time Browne re
turned here and had taken off:
once again and was refueling his
plane in the air when the hose
from the refueling plane touched
it and Browne’s plane burst into
flames and it fell into Eliiott Bay.
Browne and his refueling aide
Frank Brooks bailed out pust as the
flames began b u r st i n g around
them and their parachutes opened
just before they hit the water.
An eye-witness said the big red
monoplane which caught fire dis
appeared as it struck water. Lou
Snyder, who was watching the re
fueling operations said that it
seemed like several minutes before
rescue boats finally reached the
luckless plane occupants and haul
ed them aboard a boat.
The refueling plane which was
piloted by frank Whaley pulled
upward after the flames burst out
in Browhe’s plane and he landed
on the Boeing airfield shortly af
ter. He said he was just ready to
make contact with Browne’s plane ,
when the latter plane's wing sud- !
denly folded up and dropped into !
the bay.
Browne put his plane into the
air at 12:33 p. m. Monday after pre
viously failing to get into the air
because of dirt in the gasoline. j
He had made tests with the re-!
fueler first over Queen Anne Hill |
but seemed to be having trouble
in making contact. The two planes
then went over the Sound to the
north of Queen Anne when the |
plane crashed into the bay.
TWO FWMOUS GIRL
FLIERSMEET LONDON
LONDON, May 30-—Two young
women, famous in international
aviation, Amelia Earhart Putnam
and Miss Amy Johnson, met and
talked shop.
Miss Johnson called on Mrs. Put
nam at the residence of Ambassa
dor Andrew Mellon. They talked,
more than an hour. Miss Johnson
was the first woman to fly alone
from England to Australia.
MORTON STEVENS PASSES
FAIRBANKS, May 31, (^—Mor
ton E. Stevens, 66, prominent at
torney and president of trustees
of the Alaska College, died from a
heart attack. He is survived by his
widow and son, Edwin. Mr. Stevens
was a former resident of Wrangell,
Nome and Seattle. He graduated
from the University of Michigan
and at one time was counsel for
the Denver, Rio Grande Raihvay in
Colorado.
FATHER HUBBARD FLOW
INFO Bill CRATER
KANAKANAK, May 31, (/P)—Pilot
Frank Dorbandt, with his mechan
ic, Herb Larison, and Fr. Hubbard,
landed inside erupting Aniakchak
crater early last Friday morning,
while a fresh eruption, a mile in
area, was going off. They flew 50
minutes inside the crater, roaring
thru the gate, a narrow cleft in
the volcano’s wall, dashing thru
clouds of steam and gas, while
the geologist took 1,000 feet of
moving picture film.
They landed in a corner of the
crater and spent five hours walk
ing about. Hot currents made a
strong upward draft, aiding in the
take-off, the departure requiring
three minutes of spiraling.
It was the first landing ever
made in an active volcano
HDGVER DENOUNCES
CONSTRUCTION PUN
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 30. —
In cue of the most forceful state
ments of his public career, Presi
dent Hoover denounced Speaker
John Garner’s two billion dollar
public construction plan, calling it
the "most gigantic pork barrel ever!
proposed to an American Con
gress,” and a raid upon the treas- I
ury.
The President made a prepared
statement to the press from his
desk. In criticizing the public wortes
feature of the Garner plans, which
entails a bond issue, the President
approved others. The urgent ques
tion is to balance the budget and
maintain the government’s finan
cial stability, he said.
"When. that is accomplished, I
propose to support adequate mea- |
sures for relief of distress and un- |
employment,” Hoover said. He
said the public will scorn the public j
building portion of the Garner
plan. "Many of these projects,
have heretofore been discredited
by Congress because of useless ex
travagance involved. Many were
originally authorized as justified
only in distant future,” he said.
Not twenty per cent of the pro- |
jects could be rushed so as to pro
vide employment during the next j
twelve months, he said. If $400,- !
000.000 of buildings should be!
started, it would provide work for
only 100,000 men. The aggressive
tone of the President’s statement'
indicated the determination to take
the lead in the last critical week of
election year of the Congressional
session.
MYSTERY PLANE
SEATTLE, May 30.—Fears for
the safety of Lily W. Reed, New
York flyer reported enroute here
to begin a non stop flight to To
kio, were expressed following re
ports that a mystery plane had
crashed near Snoqualimie Pass.
KEEPS PUBLIC GUESSING
NEW YORK, May 31. (A5)—Har
old Bromley took off from this city
Monday for Burbank, Calif. His
plans are still unknown although
he has denied that he intends to
attempt a flight either across the
Atlantic or1 the Pacific oceans.
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RACE DRIVER KILLED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30, —
Milton Jones, a veteran race driver,
died from injuries suffered when
his automobile crashed over the
Speedway retaining wall in a qual
ifying trial for the 500 mile Mem
orial day race.
MIL JUDGE IPPHTEE
MAKES KO GOUT
KETCHIKAN, May 31. (/P) —Les
ter O. Gore, who was nominated by
President Hoover to the position as
federal judge of the Second Divi
sion of Alaska said that he had no
comment to make on his appoint
ment. Gore succeeds Judge Lomen
who has held that position for a
number of years.
Judge Gore was born at Hunters,
Ore., in 1890. He attended the An
napolis Naval Academy and is a
graduate of the law school of the
University of Washington. He is
married and is the father of two
children.
FASCISTS MAY OBTAIN
BERLIN, May 31. (^—Chancel
lor Heinrich Bruening and his cab
inet resigned Monday and Presi
dent Paul von Hindenburg accept
ed the resignations.
Bruening’s resignation terminat
ed a two year uphill fight which
he lost against the growing Nation
alism and dissatisfaction with the
government by emergency decrees.
Chancellor Bruening, in his fight
| against Fascism, p la c e d before
I Hindenburg the position of the cab- ;
et and asked for a firm reiteration |
| of the P r e s i d e n t’s confidence j
I otherwise he would not continue on i
j in office. The cabinet was appar- j
ently in sympathy with Bruening j
and when he turned in his resig- '
nation it included the resignation j
of the entire cabinet
The Conservatives will likely pre- !
dominate the next cabinet and it
is highly probable that this cab
ent will finally be dominated by
National Socialists of the Fascist
party and their leader Adolph Hit
ler.
I
HOPEWELL, N. J. May 31. —The
police who have been operating
here for 80 days will move to a
new base of operations. The des
tination was the State police train- ,
ing school.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lind
bergh missed the moving scene.
They are now staying at the Mor
row estate in Englewood, a two
hour motor trip from Hopewell.
Miss Betty Gow, the nurse of the
Lindbergh baby, is staying around
the Lindbergh home to help in the
moving. It is expected that she will
later go to Englewood.
John Hughes Curtis, confessed,
hoax negotiator is still in the jail ;
at Flemington.
AVIATRIX HAS COLD
LONDON, May 30.—A sore throat j
kept Amelia Earhart-Putnam, Am- j
erican woman flier, in bed, accord- J
ing to the American Embassy, but
she was able to broadcast a mes
sage to America. Miss Earhart was,
resting and nursing a cold after a
strenuous week in London. After
dining she went to a broadcasting
station to send a message to Am
erica.
FIFTEEN KIDNAPED
LONDON, May 30, —Fifteen pas
sengers were kidnapped and 40,000
dollars in cash belonging to the
railroad was stolen by bandits who
attacked a Manchurian train half
way between Harbin and the fron
tier, an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Harbin said. The train
was the first to run since the Chi
nese Eastern railroad, jointly own
ed by the Chinese and Russia, re-;
opened for service.
PLAN RELIEF ACTION
TACOMA, May 31. (A1)—Upwards
to 400 delegates to the state con
vention of the Unemployed Citi
zen’s Leagues were to act Monday
on a resolution asking a special ses
sion of the state legislature to di
vert the money accruing from a
tax on gasoline to be used as funds
for relief expenditures in the state.
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* MEMORIAL DAY *
* WASHINGTON, May 31. (#•) *
* —Government leaders obser- *
* ed Memorial Day by continu- *
* ing on with their work as de- *
* manded by the extra-ordin- *
* ary problems now besetting *
* the nation. At Arlington Hills, *
* across the Potomac, as well as *
* elsewhere throughout the na- *
* tion the graves of war-dead *
were decorated with flags and *
* flowers of remembrance. Pre- *
* sident Hoover remained at his *
* desk in the Executive Man- *
* sion maintaining a watch on *
* the affairs of the United *
* States.
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WANG WEI IMPEACHED
ILLEGALLY NEGOTIATING
TRUCE AT SHANGHAI
NANKING, China, May 30.—
Wang Wei, once a powerful extrem
ist leader, was impeached by the
council committee of the Shanghai
government on charges of illegally
negotiating the truce that ended
warfare at Shanghai with Japan.
Wang Wei is chairman of the ju
diciary committee, one of the three
important branches of the Chinese
government. He forced Chiang
Kai Chang out and formed a new
government, only to split when he
was faced by a crisis.
The control committee urged se
vere punishment for Wang Wei
and said the Shanghai truce was!
illegal because it was not sanc
tioned by the legislative committee,
which has sole authority to declare
war. negotiate and conclude trea
ties.
SIX DEATHS, INJURIES
MADRID. Spain. May 31. —Six
dead and scores injured was the
casualty list of countryside clashes
Saturday between police, syndical
ists and communists. The greatest
bloodshed occurred at Valencia
where two syndicalists were shot
and many injured in an affray. A
stray bullet killed a young girl.
The communists at Valencia
barricaded themselves in houses
but they were driven out by rifle
fire after six of their number had
fallen wounded.
Barcelona advices stated a syn
dicalist was killed and a woman
passerby was seriously wounded
when police fired on a mob.
RIOTS IN VIENNA
VIENNA, Austria, May 30, — j
Rioting broke out between fascistsj
and socialists. Several were killed j
any many injured. Troops and
gendarmes were mobilized and re
stored order.
WANTS TO CARRY A PISTOL
BECKET, Mass., May 31. —Dr.:
John F. Condon, who created for j
himself the phonetic name of Jaf-;
sie out of his initials for his ne- |
gotiation in the Iiindbergh kid
naping case, says he is not afraid
of any man but he is taking no
chances. He has applied for a per
mit to carry a pistol while in Mas
sachusetts on fishing trip.
AN UNFAIR GAME
WASHINGTON, May 31. —Des
cribing the stock exchange as a
gambling institution where the in
siders used marked cards and load
ed dice, Senator Dill, democrat of
Washington state, in the senate,
demanded restoration of the House
tax of one per cent on stock trans
fers.
FAIL TO AGREE
GENEVA, May 31. —A naval com
mission concluded a week of pri
vate meetings here without agree
ing on whether or not naval weap
ons, except mines, are offense or
defense. The drafting committee
has drawn up a report to be sub
mitted to the general commission
and the report is supposed to re
present the committee’s view on
which weapons should be interna
tionalized or abolished.
FLYING VIA ALASKA
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 31,
(£*)—Lieut. Frank J. Lynch of New
Jersey, a war-time flying instruc
tor and a movie-stunt flyer, an
nounced he and his wife will leave
Newark, N. J., as soon as possible
on an around-the-world flight. He
will start via the Pacific Coast
and Alaska, to Nome, crossing the
Bering Straits.
BUtEY WILL ITTEMPT
FLIGHT SEUTTLE-TOKTO
AMARILLO, Tex., May 31, (/P)—
Harold Bromley stopped here over
night after leaving New York on
a proposed non-stop flight to Bur
bank, Calif.
His backers said that he would
attempt a Seattle-Tokyo flight if
the plane is in condition when it
reaches the coast.
W. W. Connor, secretary of Seat
tle’s prize fund, said Bromley is
too late to win the money; that
the rules cannot be changed be
cause some of the donars are dead
and their money reverts to their
heirs June 1.
FORCED DOWN TEXAS
SEATTLE, May 31. (JP)— Pilot H.
Bromley, who has been flitting
about the country for the last sev
eral days, was forced down at Am
arillo, Texas, Monday night.
AUTO DRIVER FRAME j
HER LARGE PURSE
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31. OP) —
Freddy Frame, of Los Angeles, won i
the 500-mile International A u t o i
race held here on Memorial Day by;
finishing a minute ahead of Howdy
Wilcox, of Indianapolis, to, set a
new course record time.
Frame’s record time for the 500
miles was four hours, 48 minutes
and 03.79 seconds.
Cliff Berger, of Los Angeles, came
in third and Bob Carey, of Ander- i
son, Indiana, came in fourth.
The winner won a nurse of $20,
000.
Louis Schneider won the race
last year.
RETIRED FI1IEI8 FJIL5
TO BERTH
CHICAGO, May 31. (/FV—Regard- j
us Shaw, a retired financier, plung- |
ed to his death Sunday from the j
13th floor of a Lake Shore apart- |
ment, a few blocks away from the I
spot where Edward Swift, the meat i
packer, was killed similarly Satur- j
day.
Shaw, a former member of the!
Chicago Stock Exchange, had been;
a semi-invalid for several months I
said his widow wrho also is in ill |
health.
The janitor of the building, upon j
hearing a crash in the alley, found ;
Shaw’s pajama clad body.
TROUBLE AGAIN
BOMBAY, India, May 31. —Riot
ing between Hindus and Mohame
dans was revived with six person
killed and 40 others injured at New
Delhi where the police report find
ing guns, bombs and Communist
literature in a raid. Rioting broke
out after reports of an attack by
Hindus on a Moslem temple and
a mosque.
TRY FLY ATLANTIC TODAY
NEW YORK, May 31. (/P)—Stan
ley Hausner planned to make an
other try to fly the Atlantic ocean
today. He was forced to turn back
Saturday after five hours in the air.
He had hopped off aganst advice
in adverse and foggy weather on
a projected non-stop flight to War
saw, Poland
APPROVE LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, May 31. —Leg
islation of considerable importance
to banks and depositors seeking a
billion dollars insurance pool to
protect bank funds is now on its
way to the Senate having been
approved of in the House.
BROWNE FORCED TO
TURN BACK SEVEN
HOURS AFTER START
BROKEN OIL LINE, DAMAGED
RUDDER WIRE FORCED.
FLIER TURN BACK
SEATTLE, May 31. (/P) —Aviator
Nathan C. Browne, Eastern flier,
hopped off from here at 5:20 a. m.
Sunday for Tokyo. He was reported
an hour later by the SS. Admiral
Rogers as having been sighted 15
miles out at sea.
Browne hurled his heavy fuel
laden plane down the take-o f f
ramp with the throttle wide open
and into the face of only a four
mile head-wind which did not help
much to raise the plane.
Browne took the whole runway
for the takeoff and was only about
a foot off the ground at the mar
gin. The plane barely skimmed the
trees and buildings on the South
Field and hundreds of autos and
spectators swarmed after him fear
ing that the plane would crash.
In an effort to gain altitude on
the take-off Browne dumped gaso
line twice and the quantity -was es
timated to be from 50 to 75 gallons.
This left him approximately 55
hours of flying fuel with which to
1 reach his destination on the other*
side of the Pacific.
Browne's plane, after the take
off rapidly disappeared in the mist
and he headed towards Tacoma. He
then circled and came back over
the Puget Sound.
Good weather was reported along
the entire route which had to be
negotiated.
A later dispatch from Seattle
says that Browne returned to Seat
tle after flying for about seven
hours. He had to return because of
a broken oil line and a damaged
rudder control which caused the
ship to vibrate badly and would
make further flying dangerous.
Browne is making immediate
plans to repair his plane and to
refuel his plane over the airport
and to start again for Japan. The
start was to be made Monday as
that is the last day on which he
can start and be eligible to win the
S3O.QO0 prize money if he is suc
cessful.
The filer said that the oil line
broke as he was cruising north
ward near the north end of Van
couver Island and a little to the
west. He said he was preparing to
turn to the northwest and toward
the Aleutians when the break oc
curred. Browne said he was blind
ed for a while by the hot oil which
sprayed from the broken pipe.
He also stated that he almost
crashed on the takeoff because at
the low altitude which he flew a
rudder control wire was broken
when the plane’s tail assembly was
caught on one of the trees near
the field as he was trying to climb
after leaving the airport.
Browne’s route will take him
from Seattle and over the great
circle steamship lane to Dutch Har
bor and thence to the westward
and down the Kurile Islands to
Japan and Tokyo.
TENNESSEE VETERANS
PLAN BOX-CAR JOURNEY
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. May 31.
—Another box-car journey of a
number of World War veterans to
Washington to appeal for the bon
us was conceived here but unlike
the Oregon delegation they will pay
their fares.
Two hundred veterans are to be
in the party and they are going
as representatives of the 1,000 in
mates in the National Soldiers’
home here.
The plan is to charter four box
cars and attach them to a fast
train and make Washington in
time to join the other delegations.
UNABLE TO PAY
ATHENS, Greece, May 31. —Bul
garia announced Sunday that she
would be unable to pay her debt
reparations instalment.