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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 36. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1929. PRICE TEN GENTS
RECORDS CRASH
AS WOMEN FLY
ACROSS SKIES
SISTER OF JOE CROSSON, ALAS
KA PILOT, WENT AFTER
RECORD
LOS ANGELES. Feb., 12, (fP)—
f Youthful members of the fair sex
who sailed in Southern California
skies seeking new honors probabiy
have broken one woman’s flight le
wd while three others fell before
aircra.'t displayed by dainty hands.
Miss Marvel Crosson. 25, pilot of
wail and supply planes in Alaska is
believed to be the holder of a new
^omen’s altitude record for yester
day she drove her plane into the
weavers beyond 20,000 feet record
ing the limit of her altimeter. An
inspection of her barograph was
^jjecued to prove her belief she
Lad surpassed the present recoid
of 20,272 feet made by Mrs. Louise
Thaden of Oakland. The sealed
instrument has been sent to Wash
ington for official examination.
Miss Bobby Trout at 7:25 yester
day morning set a new world en
durance record for women of 14
hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds.
A week ago Miss Elinor Smith of
New York set the now former le
t'ord ot hours and 45 minutes,
si expected to break her re
nd by several mil's ...he i- >
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nuod b.n •fhe.lii j* V V.y.
rlso broke the night flying record
of eight hours for women she flow
■ 11 night; she also covered 1,000
miles exceeding the present mark
: f 932 miles.
( LIPPED 3G MINUTES FROM THE
RECORD OF THE NOTED
ART GOEBEL
ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW YORK
Feb., 11, (/P)—Capt. Frank Hawkes
set a new record for a nonstop
transcontinental flight crossing
from the West coast to the East in
18 hours and 22 minutes maintain
ing an average speed of 150 miles
per hour.
The record was established des
pite fog and rain that drove him
high into the air and for a time
threw him from his course. He
clipped 36 minutes off of Art Goe
bel’s record.
GERMANY IS UNABLE
CONTINUE PAYMENTS
PARIS, Feb., 12, (fP)—The As
*ociated Press has learned upon
good authority that Dr. Hjalmar
Schacht, President of the German
Reichsvank, that he told repara
tions experts that Germany could
no longer pay at the present rate
under the Dawes plan.
WILL DECIDE SHORTLY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 12,
President Coolidge expects to
reach a decision on the naval
contsruction bill, proposing the
building of 15 cruisers and one
aircraft carrier, within a day or
two.
I
OREGON OOG MU5HEB
FINISHES IN THE LEAD
TRUCKEE, Calif., Feb., 12, (£>)—
Fred Printz of Oregon outclassed
the field in the Sierra dog derby
when he finished the 32-mile
course 55 seconds ahead of Roy
Stover of Idaho. His time was
three hours, two minutes and 41
seconds. Scotty Allan, founder of
the Alaska sweepstakes, was third,
three minutes behind the leaders.
BAROMETER FAILS
BUT LINE IS PUT
BAROMETER STILL FALLING;
CUTTER CHELAN IS DUE
THURSDAY
SEATTLE, Feb., 12, '(/P)—A radio
dispatch from Dutch Harbor late
yesterday said the steamer Mon
tauk got a line aboard the Alloway
and is towing her slowly toward
Dutch Harbor, 250 miles distant.
The message read; “The Mon
tauk has a towline on the Alloway.
We may not have steam enough
for the radio or stearing gear
i in a few hours. Keep in touch
| with the Montauk. She may lose
,-r La;; tc let us go; Hope not.
“If the Cutter Chelan keeps on
! coming, may not be so bad in the
• end. Southeast gale, rough seas,
barometer still falling.’’
The Cutter Chelan, which left
Seattle early Saturday, may not
reach the Alloway until Thursday.
ABERDEEN Mi
IS MYSTERIOUSLY
SHOT, BED ASLEEP
i
TWO MEN HELD FOR INVESTI
GATION; ONF EMPLOYER
HOUSEKEEPER
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb., 12, (fP)
—Mysteriously shot while asleep,
Mrs. Eleanor Washington, 25, a
J housekeeper, died today.
Emil Kizi, a boarder, is being
held for investigation. The shoot
ing occurred after 1 a. m. Tony
■ Alberti, her employer who also is
held in connecton with the case,
telephoned the police who found
the woman dying in bed in Al
berti’s room. A pistol was found
in the snow 35 feet from the j
house.
PEflCF ESTABLISHED i
CHURCH Hi STATE
ROME, Feb., 12. (fPi—After more
than half a century of estrange
ment peace was formally establish- i
'ed between the Holy See and the
|Italian Government marking one
of the most monentous chapters in
modern history of the Church and
PAY RESPECTS TO EDISON
FORT MEYERS, Fla., Feb.. 12,
(JP)— President-elect Hoover and
Henry Ford, also Mr. Firestone,
paid their respects to Thomas A.
Edison on the letter’s 32nd bit til
day.
FIRST III DOC OERB1
LACONA. New Hampshire, FeQ.
2, (A5)—Emil St. Goddard of Mani
oba won the first leg of nte 123
mile New England dog sled cham
pionship finishing 10 seconds
ahead of Leonard Seppala of Alas
ka.
In yesterday’s run of 43-miles
Godddard’s time was three hours
42 minutes and 35 seconds.
8EMEDV SOUGHT
HEFLIN INTRODUCES RESOLU
TION FOR LEGISLATIVE
REMEDY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 12
(/Pi—The Senate called upon the
reserve board to suggest a legis
lioive check on the increase ir
brokers loans from reserve funds
of which it complained last week
in a letter to member banks.
The suggestion was made that
“Little good but no harm” conic
come from this course. Senatoi
Glass of Virginia assailed tire stock
exchange as a “Gambling insti
tution menacing the entire com
mercial structure.”
S rator Heflin ii rodueed a
resolution asking the board for a
legislative remedy which was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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MASTERFUL, WHIMSICAL—AND UNAFRAID!
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RADIO INDICATES HER ENGINE
ROOM IS FLOODED: BAT
TERIES ARE USED
i SEATTLE, Feb., 12, (A>)—The S.
. Meiyo Maru is aground on Ug
irrak Island, in the Aleutians,
! according to a wireless message
j intercepted here which said the
; deciphered message read:
“Save our lives.” Most of the
communication was in Japaneses
and unintelligible to radio men.
Several steamers are in commun
ication with the vessel and the
Eanko Maru is reported to be pro
! ceeding to her assistance.
The Coast guard cutter Chelan,
which was dispatched to aid the
Alloway, has changed her course
and is proceeding to the assist
ance of the Meiyo Maru. The Che
lan is 800 miles away and is expect
ed to reach her thursday afternoon.
I Other faint wireless messages
indicated the Meiyo Maru’s en
gine room wah flooded and that
battery power is being used to op
erate her radio.
The Meiyo Maru is a 5,400 ton
steamer, of the Toro Kaisen Kai
sha Line, and is believed to have
a crew of 25 men. Slle .efi, Puget
Sound recently for the Orient.
HUSBAND NOW BEING HOUNDED
BY POLICE: ALL HIGHWAYS
ARE WATCHED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 11, (IP)—
Finding his wife in a San Fran
' cisco hotel room with another
man, Walter H. Sutcliffe, wealthy
Los Angeles resident, attacked the
other man with a knife while two
detectives watched the battle.
Sutcliffe then got away leaving
his victim, Carl Bengsomacare, in
a serious condition with only a
fighting chance for life. Bengso
macare is a professional piano
player.
Sutcliffe is believed in flight in
Los Angeles and police are watch
ing all the highwayys.
ILLEfiEOlTFORCES
! GIRLS IB MURRY Hi
PESHAWAR, India, Feb., 11, (fP>
; —Members of a party were evac
j uated yesterday from Shbulihabel,
Afghanistan, by a Royal air force
squad of planes. The former water
boy, who has set himself up as
kong, was reported to have forci
bly married three girls of the roy
al family.
CZECHO RULER DIES
TROPPAU, Czechoslovakia, Feb.,
12, (A3)—The grand old man among
world rulers, Prince John of Lich
tenstein, died in the palace here
yesterday at the age of 88, after
a 70-year rule.