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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 155.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALL NINE PARTIES IN FIELD
MAKING SPLENDID
PROGRESS
(Special to The Gateway)
The intensive study of the min
eral resources of the Alaska Rail
road belt, for which Congress made
a special appropriation during its
last session, is now well under
way. This investigation is being
carried out under the direction
of the Geological Survey, and nine
separate parties are at present in
the field. In spite of an unusually
late spring, and the consequent
persistence of heavy snow banks
in many of the higher areas, each
of the party chiefs reports his
work well started. Snce none of
the geologists have yet received
assay returns from the samples
taken, no definite statement can
yet be made concerning the ton- j
nage of ore available at any prop- I
erty, or of its value.
Ralph Tuck, in the Moose Pass
district, has devoted most of his
time so far to a general recon
naissance of the district, and a
study of the gedogic relationships
of tne mineralized areas. He re
ports that he has seen several
veins that might warrant careful j
mining on a small scale, but so
far none that would justify large
scale development.
Charles Park, geologist, and W. j
S. Carson, topographic engineer, j
’working in the Girdwood district,
report the pass at the head of
Crow Creek and the area in the
vicinity of the gold lodes' there
still blocked by snow on July 1.
Their topographic and geologic
mapping of the district is, however,.
going forward.
J. C. Ray, in the Willow Creek I
district, reports increasing activity j
in mining at the Lucky Shot mine,
and active preparations for mining
at several other properties. He is
enthusiastic about the possibilities
f the camp, and believes that sev_
eral properties not now being
mined may later become product
ive.
C. P. Ross, in the Valdez Creek
district, is out of communication
and nothing has been heard from
him since he left Cantwell.
The topographic and geologic
parties at Copper Mountain and
in the Kantishna district had their
work well started by June 20, but
as yet have no results to an
nounce.
J. M. Mill, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, has made a preliminary ex
amination of the prospects on Es
ter Dome, and is impressed with
the abundance of gold bearing
quartz veins there. He states, how
ever, that most of the properties
on which mining has been done
have been worked by companies
whose operations were hampered
by lack of capital, and that no
* where has the proper amount of
development work preceded actual
mining. Only the better grade of
ore has been taken, and there is
very little developed ore blocked
out for future mining. Abundant
faults of moderate displacement
have increased the difficulties of
following the ore chutes.
G. A. Waring, attached to the |
Anchorage office, has been en
gaged in examining numerous
i prospects, both metallic and non
metallic, along the railroad belt.
Continued progress is being made
in the Anthracite Ridge coal field,
both in the preparation of the
large scale topographic map by
L. O. Newsome, and in the study
| of the geology by R. W. Richards.
Mr. Richards reports an area some
five miles long and two miles
wide in which croppings of coal
occur, and though the character
of the coal throughout that area
has not yet been determined, and
therefore cannot be presumed to
be all anthracite, nevertheless his
tentative pinion is that there may
be at Anthracite an important
area of high quality coal The
complex geologic structures and
the presence of abundant intrus
| ive rocks, however, make the study
of th field relations difficult, and
will doubtless, add to the difficul
ties of coal mining.
S. R. CAPPS, Geologist.
TRADE TREATY SOON
VIENNA, July 13. (/P) -Trans
Atlantic. radio learns from Sofia
„liat ihe Greek government has
communicated with the Bulgarian
government its willingness to enter
into a discussion of all open ques
tions concerning the two countries.
A trade treaty is believed also to
>e a question.
PINTiS MID THE
OTHERS ME RELEKSED
SAN DIEGO, July 13. (/P) — Pan•
tages and three codefendants in;
(the “Girl Market” were freed of
conspiracy on a moral charge by
Superior Judge Turentine on a mo
tion of District Attorney T. Whee
lan, who informed the court that
he did not believe a “jury from the
county would bring in a verdict of
guilty as a result of the showing
made at the first trial as to the past
life of Lydia Nitto, the complaining
witness.”
MOSCOW, July 13, UP\ —Lebrix
and Doret are winging their way
across Russia on an intended non
stop flight to Tokyo which may
carry them around the world.
They passed over Moscow at 6:30
last night—11:30 this morning East
ern Standard Time—11 hours out
of Paris.
They expected to be in Tokyo in
62 hours; they had fuel for 70
hours. The air distance is 6.000 j
miles.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., July 13. j
(.^—Following an eight-year shut- j
down, gambling halls are running j
wide open in Matanioras, across
the Rio Grande from Browns- j
ville, and in other Mexican bor-;
der cities.
The gaming places, closed by
Portes Gil when he was governor
of Tamaulipas, were kept closed!
while he was provisional president.
FRANCE UNABLE TO
HELP GERMANY NOW
PARIS, July 13. (/P) — Germany’s
latest appeal for financial assis
tance was made to Laval by Von
Hoesch, German ambassador.
The government premier is be
lieved to have told Hoesch that
France is not able to help Germany
for the present at least because of
financial as well as political rea
sons.
The press seemed aware of the
danger as to Germany’s straits and
is inclined to hold her responsible!
for her own difficulties.
Oil COLLAPSE AFFECTS
THE STOCA MARKET
( LONDON, July 13. (^P) — The;
| unexpected collapse of the Darm- j
| staedter bank threw a shadow over i
| the stock exchange and also the
! foreign exchange markets.
! while hopes are expressed that
financiers, now in Europe, will ar
range some method for giving Ger
many the necessary credit or sup- (
j port, the situation is very unset
| tied and dealings are difficult, es
; pecially in the foreign exchanges.
SUES OF HUBS
SUTtn DISBARMENT
CHICAGO, July 13. (/Pi—Nine
former attorneys for the sanitary
department of Chicago were re
commended for disbarment and
46 others slated for suspension in
a report of Circuit Judge Thomas
Taylor in disbarment proceedings
growing out of charges of accept
ing salaries without adequate pub
I lie service.
MacLay Hoyne, former states at
I torney, was among those recom
; mended for disbarment.
SCORED BE PONTIFF
ROME, July 13. (IP)—The Fas
cist press is clamoring for the ab
rogation of the Lateran concord
dant following Premier Benito Mus
solini’s speech ruling that members
of that party cannot belong to the
Catholic actions of the Italian so
ciety.
The Premier’s ruling was most
drastic move since the decree or
dering the disolving of all Catholic
actions youth clubs. It is regarded
as a forerunner to further stern re
taliatory measures to the issuance
->f Pope Pius XI encyclical of five
days ago, in which the Pontiff
scored the fascist government for
encouraging the pagan worship in
the state.
START FINAL TESTS
LOS ANGELES, July 13. (AP) —
Department of Commerce pilots
started final tests on the new 220
mile per hour $25,000 super-speed
monoplane purchased by Asa Cand
ler, Jr., member of the multi-mil
lionaire Atlanta family, for a trans
continental hop to Savannah.
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APPLY FOR LICENSE
LOS ANGELES, July 13. (/P) —
The “on again, off again” romance
of Rlph McPherson, 18 years of age,
and son of Aimee Semple McPher
son, and Lorna Dee Smith, 19 years,,
of Alva, Oklahoma, reached a cli
max when the young couple applied
for a license to marry.
misting DEFECTIONS
ON CRUISER'S STERN
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WASHINGTON, July 13. (JP) —
[The discovery of defective stem
! post castings aboard five of the
navy’s newest cruisers was revealed
here. The defect, which was first
discovered on the Chester, one of
the new eight-inch gun, 10,000 ton
cruisers, during her preliminary full
xwer trials, was said by the navy
department to have occurred also
aboard the Louisville, Chicago,
: Northampton and Augusta,
j Three cruisers, so far, have proved
! satisfactory, the Salt Lake City,
| Pensacola and Houston.
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■INS AND MS
TAKEOFF FOB SEATTLE
FAIRBANKS, July 13. (/P)—The
monoplane “Fort Worth’ took off at
7:18 last night for Whitehorse, from
which place, after refueling, it will
fly to Seattle.
A second attempt will probably
: be made within a week Robins said.
! Robbins and Jones arrived from
Solomon at 9:24 last night end the
! refueling plane at 9.28 Sutmday
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WILLING HELP EUROPE
WASHINGTON, July 13. (/P) —
American banking interests are
understood by the administration
to be ready to assist European cen
tral banks in relieving Germany’s
critical economic situation.
The administration’s view is that
any plan preventing a financial col
lapse should originate with the
principle banks.
WINS DIVORCE
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13. (&)—
Mrs. Anabel Parker Motley, young
social leader of the city and New
York, won a divorce from Thorn
ton Lathrop Motley, wealthy broker
of New York and Cleveland.
LAYS OUT MILL-SITE
Ernest N. Patty, dean of the Al
aska College and professor of geo
logy and mining there, has com
pleted the staking out of a 50-ton
floatation mill for the Eva Creek
Mining Company in the Bonnifield
district, Fairbanks area. It will be
the largest mill in the Interior, says
News-Miner.
REFUSES CHILDREN FOOD
WASHINGTON, July 13. (A5)—
On the grounds that its activities
were confined to relieving emmer
gencies classified as due to acts of
God, chairman Payne of the Am
erican Red Cross refused the ap
peal of Governor Pinchot to provide
food for children of striking coal
miners in western Pennsylvania.
EMERGENCY DECREE
ISSUED GERMANY
ON DINK FAILURE
SHORT TERM CREDIT IS SUG
GESTED FOR PRESENT
RELIEF
BERLIN, July 13. (/P)—Directing
! all energies toward saving the na
(tion from financial ruin, the Ger
| man government issued an emerg
ency decree taking over the guar
i antees of $30,000,000 from the
j Darmstaedter and National Bank
which suspended payments be
1 cause of the drain on its * re
' sources by the constantly rising
| demands for foreign currencies
j and subsequent run which closed
I the Darmstaedter.
i The government extended sim
iilar decrees to other banks today
in order to help prevent a panic
( from spreading.
The government closed the stock
exchange for today and tomorrow.
Luther arrived at Basel by plane
and went immediatly to a meeting
1 of world bank directors who were
j waiting for him.
] In quarters usually well in
formed, it was suggested that ex
tension of short term credits will
likely be a measure the directors
will take for Germany’s relief.
UNCOVER ROMAN TREASURE
CELORICO DO BASTO, Portugal,
July 13. (/P)—A Roman pot, brim,
full of copper and gold coins, was
unearthed here, but fell to pieces
as it was lifted from the hole.
CHINESE CONSUL ATTACKED
KING, China, July 13. (/P)—The
Chinese consulate at Seoul, Korea,
was attacked by Koreans who in
jured 500 Chinese. The consul is
reported to have fled to the palace
of the Korean government.
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ALASKA CODFISH PRODUCTS
j Products of Alaska shore codfish
stations, exclusive of the vessel
| catch landed direct in the United
States, included in 1930 dry dry
i salted codfish, 186,502 pounds;
pickled, 120,135 pounds; stockfish,
15,600 pounds, says the Pacific
Fisherman.
DRAWS 227-FOOT MAP
ST. LOUIS, July 13. (/P)—Capt.
Tom Posey, pilot on an excursion
steamer, has finished a colored
map of the Mississippi one foot
wide and 277 feet long. He drew
it on tracing linen in his spare
time over a period of two years.
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r VETERANS' LOANS INCREASE
| WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13.
’(JP)—New loans made to veterans
! since the enactment of the 50
[per cent loan law totaled $792,
1436,116 on June 27. These were
|made to over two million vetreans.
MILLION DOLLAR GALE
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July
13. (IP)—Damage of more than one
million dollars was caused in Den
mark within the last 24 hours by
a gale sweeping the country. Hun
dreds of families in Angora , have
been made homeless and injury
done to farms owned by Americans
is great.