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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 199.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1931.
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TORI SLOGAN
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (/P)—War
to the finish, with no quarter, was
ordered on gangsters and gunmen
by New York officialdom. Fed
eral, State, county and municipal
authorities will cooperate in the
new attempt to suppress under
world outbreaks of the type that
claimed six lives last Friday and
three casualties since.
As the first step in the cam
paign, $100,000 was appropriated
to equip more cars with radios so
that more cruising shotgun squads
will be called into action without
delay; another $27,000 was ordered
spent for the purchase of 75 ar
mored motorcycles which will
bring the police fleet to 100.
Police Commissioner Mullroon
instructed 300 of his men doing
clerical work, to report after their
% regular hours for duty on the
street from 8 p. m. to midnight.
They will be equipped with side
arms and concentrated in strate
gic points.
Acting Mayor McKee held a
conference with county officials
and members of the judiciary. Af
ter a long session behind locked
doors, he promised ‘ definite dras
tic action.” He refused to say
what form it would take.
“We are going into a dangerous
war against a dangerous enemy
who gives no quarter,” he said.
“We can’t afford to show our hand
but we are not going to give quar
ter either. The time for talking
is past; we are going to show ac
tion at once. Every department
in the city will cooperate; it will
be a battle to the finish.”
M’KINLEY PARK WILL
BECOME NATH'S
GREATEST, ALBRIGHT
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 27. (^—Al
aska’s tourist possibilities have
been barely scratched, said Director
of National Parks Horace Albright,
who is leaving for Washington,
D. C.
He believes McKinley National
Park will probably be the greatest
in America and thinks travel there
will be increased greatly when the
wonders of the highest mountain
on the continent and adjacent re
gion become known.
He agreed to study the possibil
ities of a Southeastern Alaska Na
tional Park upon being asked by
Ketchikan and other communities.
REBELS ROUTED; TROOPS
ON GUARD IN STREETS
LISBON, Aug. 27. (JP) — Forty
were reported killed and 200
wounded today when artillery
troops bombarded a group of rebels
who sought refuge around the vil
lage of Caneza.
After yesterday’s sudden short
lived revolt against the adminis- ]
nation of President Carmona, Lis
bon was quiet today; soldiers are
on guard in the streets. j
WALKED ACROSS CHANNEL
DOVER, Aug. 27' (/P)—Karl Nau
mestnik, Austrian, walked across
the English channel from Cape
; Grisnez to France on a pair of
water skiis. He was conveyed by
a fishing boat; he scudded across
one of the nastiest bits of water
in the world.
HLASKA MBSKHKT SKINS
lIHCJin PRICE
! TACOMA, Aug. 27. (/P)—Muskrat
! skins were prime movers in the
. fur auction sale held Wednesday.
The sale was the strongest in
several months, amounting to
close to $100,000.
Prices for Alaska muskrats were
far stronger than any recent sale;
a large part of the rats were
'bought for the London market.
i
COLORED LAD SETS
NEW WORLD MIRK
FOR 100-METER RICE
! _
f VANCOUVER. B. C., Aug. 27. (/P)
1—Eddie Tolan, former University
of Michigan negro, established a
new world’s record of 10.3 seconds
for 100 meters when he defeated
Frank Wykoff, of Southern Cali
fornia, by two yards to win the
feature race of the Brtiish Colum
bia track and field meet.
Percy Williams, Vancouver Olym
pic Games sprint champion, did
not compete. Wykoff jumped in
to a slight lead with the starter’s
gun and held an advantage of a
few inches for nearly 50 feet. At
this point Tolan was travelling at
a terrific rate of speed and slipped
by the California boy.
, At the 100-yard mark the Negro
flash had gained a yard on Wy
koff and a final drive over the
last 10 yards sent him two yards
;out in front as he broke the tape.
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 27. (TP)—The
possibility loomed that local sports
men and residents, some of whom
depend on migratory birds for
part of their food supply, will
protest the proclamation of Pres
ident Hoover closing the season ex
cept for September,
j It was pointed out at a meet
I ing of the Chamber of Commerce
| on Wednesday that no ducks reach
i Southeastern Alaska until October.
wdiEfis or ml
OROMIT HANKOW
SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 26. (TP)_
Waters of the Yangtse river drop
ped a bit at Hankow, center of the
flood disaster, but from further up
the river came a Koumin News
Agency dispatch telling of severe
floods damage along one of the
Yangtsee tributaries, the Lu Ho.
Relief for^ the 30,000,000 persons
left homeless by the record high
waters was meanwhile being or
ganized under the leadership of
the Nationalistic government.
SEPI1ATE INQUIRIES
WARRANTLESS RAIDS;
USED LEWD WOMEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.
(TP)—Reports of the employment
of women by Federal dry agents
as “blinds or informers” stirred
Prohibition Director Woodcock and
precipitated two separate inquiries.
The Federal dry chief said he
intended to make “a very careful
investigation” into charges brought
by Representative Karch, Demo
crat, of Illinois, that agents in
East St. Louis were conducting
warrantless raids and “were asso
ciated with lewd women, using
them to gather evidence,” almost
at the same time he made known
as intention to inquire carefully
into reported statements by An
drew McCampbell, prohibition ad
ministrator in New York, that “la
dies must and will be used” in en
forcement of the dry law there.
“I am absolutely opposed,” said
Woodcock, “to fche use of women
in any enforcing of this law. No
Federal funds will be used to pay
women informers if I can help it.”
Their use is out of the picture,
Woodcock added, however, that he
felt sure McCampbell did not in
tend ot run contrary to any sug
gestions from officials here.
*. LINDT WINS
HEARTS OF JAPANESE,
SMOLOFIIESTII
TOKYO, Aug. 27. (TP; — Colonel
Lindbergh is to have his plane
completely overhauled, which work
will begin after a six-day program
of receptions and other functions
in their honor.
There is nothing seriously wrong
| with the plane. Mrs. Lindbergh
was headlined for her “charm and
I her captivating manner which has
won the hearts of Japanese and
[is a symbol of modesty.”
The Colonel was featured as
the“ King of the Air, King of the
Skies and superman hero.”
They experienced a quake while
at breakfast when dishes rattled
and flowers trembled, but the meal
was not interrupted.
STM, MOULD
CONFER JT DRE1KFIST
LONDON, Aug. 27. (.^—Secretary
of State Stimson breakfasted with
MacDonald and was the first for
eign statesman of note to visit
him since the government fell.
No statement was made but such
a widely commented meeting of
this kind would not have taken
place without discussion of rela
tion between their countries.
The cabinet got down to business
with two committees outlining
economy legislation and consid
eration of the general state of,
parliamentary work before the spe
cial session on September 8.
LEONARD WOOD, JR., DIES
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (^—Leon
ard Wood, Jr., 31-year-old son of
Major • General Wood, of the U.
S. Army, died of pneumonia.
DO-X ARRIVES NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (/P)—The
giant German plane DO-X arrived
after a 10-months battle against
fire, wave and wind and was j
greeted with screaming sirens and |
cheers of thousands gathered at
the Battery.
FISHING CONTINEUS
THREE US USUI
JUNEAU, Aug. 27. (A*) — With
[complete reports lacking from two
[districts, fishing is still continuing
! in three districts of Alaska,
j The pack up to last Saturday
had passed 5,000,000 cases and may
attain 5,250,000, the Bureau of
Fisheries reported.
Fishing is still in progress south j
of Prince of Wales, Yagutat, Ko- j
diak and Afognak.
THEORIES ME BROUGHT
INTO BOLD RELIEFF BY
GBVERNORJOOSEVELT
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (/P) —Gov
ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt, a pos
sible democratic presidential can
didate brought his water power
theories into bold relief as he made
public his recent letter to Presi
dent Hoover, considered by many
as a probable Republican nominee.
Simultaneously the Governor’s ad
visors said he would turn thumbs
down on Tammany Hall’s demand
that the Democratic State Comp
; troller be given the same power in
; making on investigation of alleg
ed coruption in the Upper State re
publican cities as is granted to the
Republican controlled Hofstadter
committee in its inquiry into the
Democratic government of New
York City.
RETURNEO HOME SIFE
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (£>Wohn
“Jack” Lynch, wealthy turfman
who was reported kidnapped last
Thursday, returned to his home
on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, today
in his own car unharmed.
He was released by his captors
at Kankakee, Illinois and denied
any money had been paid by him
for ransom or that he had prom
ised any.
He said nothing was said to him J
about business or ransom.
FRENCHMAN PUNS
WESTWARD CROSSING
LE BOURGET, France, Aug. 26.
(#*)—Jean Mermoz, who made the
first eastward flight across the
South Atlantic from Brazil to Af
rica in 1930, arrived here with a
plane in which he hopes to make
the westward crossing in an effort
to better the distance record now
held by Russel Boardman and John
Polando.
The ship is named the Bernard
Tango. Captain Mailloux will be the
second man aboard.
STORMS NOW 100
TO MISERY FLOODED
DISTRICT IN CHUM
HANKOW, Aug. 27. (/P)—Storms
added to the misery of Central
China’s stricken hordes as this
vast reservoir of death, disease
and hunger was whipped by a
strong wind, which was feared
the forerunner of a typhoon.
It is the season for typhoons and
apprehensive residents feel a storm
now would cmplete the doom of
the three cities, Hanyank, Wuchang
and Hankow, by blowing such vol
umes of water against them that
undermined foundations, already
weakened, were certain to col
lapse.
More than 400,000 refugees are
clinging to a precarious existence
on the island crests of two hills
behind Wuchang. Forced to drink
the rancid waters of the swollen
stream. The refugees, crowded to- ’
gether like sheep, are ravaged by
fever and dysentery.
In the native section of this
city, hunger crazed refugees, who
were quartered in a large ware
house, attacked a detail of soldiers
who had begun to remove a quan
tity of grain stored there. The
soldiers summoned reinforcements
and the crowd was quelled by the
use of machine guns. Several of
the refugees were wounded.
Reports to the Kuomin News
Agency stated more than 1,000
; persons, who were housed in the
barracks at Wuchang, were
| drowned as a result of a fresh
, break in the dyke holding back
!the Yangtze River.
Thousands of corpses daily float
ed down the main channel of this
|stream into an immense lake
which is forming between Hankow
and Nanking.
THE DIFFERENCE IS IN
THE TOWNS. DECLARES
ABSENT LIEUTENANT
SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (VP) —Com
mander W. F. Towle, prosecutor in
the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoo
sa court martial now in progress
here, was interested in finding out
why several parties searched for
Lieutenant French when he failed
to return to his ship at Kodiak and
why none looked for the lieutenant
and Doctor Hand when they fail
ed to return to the ship in Cor
dova.
He was told: “Well it’s the dif
ference in town, I guess,” said Dr.
Hand. “At Cordova there are a lot
of nice people and you’re not sur
prised if persons are not back on
time. At Kodiak you are.”
PRISON PUrSICIIN IS
KILLED BY CONVICTS
MARQUETTE. Mich., Aug. 27.
(/P)—Doctor A. W. Hornbogen, act
ing prison physician, was shot
and killed by four convicts and
a guard was shot in the leg.
Two others were wounded dur
ing a disturbance at the Michigan
branch prison. The convicts com
mitted suicide when cornered in
a cell block.