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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 113. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ADDITIONAL CUTTERS
CONTINUOUS PATHOL
FOB ALASKA ITER!
JUNEAU, May 22. </P) — Mori
and bettor cutters and a more con
tinuous patrol of Alaskan coasta
waters can be expected in the nea:
future Capt. H. D. Hickley, Com
mandant of the Northwest Divi
sion said. Hickley was aboard th<
U. S. S. Chelan which left Junea;
Thursday afternoon on a retun
trip to Seattle.
Capt. G. P. Nelson, coordinate:
for the Seventh Area was also or
the Chelan and held conference:
with the various departmenta
heads of the Seventh Area in Jun
eau.
MOORISH FIGHTER
ENDS FOUR TERRS
EXILE ON FIR ISLE
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar
May 22. {/P)—Abd-el-Krim, the last
Moor to attempt re-establishment
of a native empire in Morocco, u
nearing the end of his fourth yeai
of exile in the faraway island oT
Reunion. 500 miles east of Mada
gascar.
The Indian ocean “sits and
smiles” at the ex-chieftain of the
Riff, who put up a successful fight
for many months against the
French and Spanish armies until
he surrendered May 26, 1926.
He was promptly hurried off the
scene, family and all, to be for
gotten. and to forget.
As he remains a great person
ality in the Arab world he occas
ionally has visitors who come
from Africa to do him honor. It
being the policy of the French
government to keep on good terms
with all elements in the Arab
wrold, these visitors are treated
with consideration and given the
freedom of the isle.
U. S. HR Mill NOW
FLIES THE LONGEST
LIGHTED ROUTE
OAKLAND, Calif, May 22. (/P)—
Twentyone directive beacons guide
the pilots of transport planes from
the Golden Gate to the Statue
of Liberty in the new 28 hour
trans-continental service.
The government has invested
approximately $1,000,000 install
ing beacons and lighted emergency
fields on the 2760-mile long route
between the seaboards, making
it the longest lighted airway in
the world.
Other claims of “biggest” and
“longest” are the number of
weather reporting stations, radio
telephone equipment and the
heaviest mail carrier, transporting
50 per cent of the nation’s air
mail.
Night flying of Boeing and Na
tional Air Transport lines for the
year will total 7,000,000 miles,
more than the combined mile
age of European countries.
I
ALASKA INTERESTS
At the National Capitol
HUNDREDS KILLED
THOUSKNDS II
III INSURRECTIOI
I
SIMLA, India, May 22. (JP)
Nearly 500 persons are reporter
killed and thousands wounded o:
. captured in the current insurrec
j tion in Burma against British au
thority. American missionaries re
turning say that the rebellion i
in danger of spreading throughou
the country.
I Colonial officials are rushini
| fresh troops into the upper sec
j tion of India. The Burmese Nation
! alists are agitating for a domin
, jion status separate from India.
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■! TEN, EIGHT AND SIX
I
SEATTLE, May 22. (/P) —Halibu
, from two vessels here amounting
r to 25,000 pounds brought. 10, eighl
and six cents here.
ATTACKED WHITE GIRL
NECflOES SPIRITED ill
_
ATLANTA, Ga„ May 22. (A*)—
| Two negroes charged with attack
ing a white girl were spirited away
from a mob at Elbertno. Thej
were disguised in uniforms and
' lodged in the Fulton tow:er here
by National Guardsmen.
The negroes were hidden in trees
surrounding the Elberton jail for
an hour and a half, military men
say. before they were hurried to
Atlanta.
POLAR CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, Mo., May 21, (JP)—
Russell Owen, newspaper corres
: pondent who went with Byrd into
the antarctic, Dr. C. C. Wu, Chi
j nese minister to the United States,
will speak at the annual journ
! alism week at Missouri University.
Capt. Robert Dollar was also
scheduled to speak but has been
seriously ill for weeks.
MUST DUMP GARBAGE
| IN OWN STATE, RULING
—
| WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.
i/P)—The United States Supreme
Court upheld the efforts of New
Jersey to prevent New York from
dumping garbage into the ocean
off the shores of other states.
New Jersey contended its beach
es were being contaminated and
'shore property damaged by refuse
j washed in by the sea.
AGENT SOLD LIQUOR
BANGOR Maine May 21. OP)—
Robert Oshaughessy, 67, a Cana
dian Immigration officer was in
custody of federal authorities here
charged with the illegal sale of li
quor. Oshaughnessy was arrested
at Danfprth after he was alleged to
have sold a quart of liquor to Fay
Graves, a federal prohibition agent.
(By W. A. S.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11
—It will be interesting to Alas
kans to know of the formation oi
the Pacific Frosted Foods, Inc., by
the General Foods Corporation
I and the Standard Oil Company oi
Californai. This company is being
for the commercial development
for hte commercial development
j of the Birdseye quick-freezing
r patents on the west coast and
Alaska. Mr. Ernest Walker Saw
yer has been giving much atten
tion to the development of the
s new company, realizing that its
. methods will prove of great value
in the advancement of the Rein
r deer product of the North, and as
| a consequence furnish much addi
tional freight for the Alaska Rail
road.
* * * *
The natives of Nickolsky village
have sent in a petition to the Del
egate, asking that their fishing
■ rights in Umnak river be restored
, to them, under the impression that
| the river has been closed to them
for several pears past. Commis
sioner of Fisheries Henry O’Malley,
who recently returned from an ex
tended trip to the west coast,
states that there has been no
1 closure, and that there is nothing
to prevent the natives from taking
salmon in this river for local food
requirements or for use for dog
feed. They are not allowed to
fish for exportation purposes.
* * *
Duke E. Stubbs in 1924 staked
! and recorded a tract of land at
McKinley Park, for fur farming,
trade and manufacture. He has
j lived there ever since, erected
buildings and raised fur bearing
animals. Last year he sought to
•purchase the tract, but has not
! succeeded in doing so yet, because
j of a technicality. It seems that
! in 1927 one Logan W. Varnell hap
I pened along from the outside and
| made an entry on Duke’s land,
j The matter has been taken up
| with the General Land Office and
[Varnell has been given 60 days
in which to maintain his entry.
It is not expected that he can
do this as he failed to comply
with the necessary requirements,
so that it is expected Mr. Stubbs
will soon be allowed to purchase
the acreage upon which his farm
is located.
* * * *
May 11 marked the departure
from Washington of Dr. Alex
Hrdlicka, curator of physical an
thropology at the Smithsonian In
stituiton, for his annual explora
tion trip to Alaska. He will go
to the Alaska Peninsula, now a
practically uninhabited region
where he will explore the river
and lake passes by which the
early inhabitants of North Amer
ica made their way southward
across this forbidden barrier. He
also plans to take physical meas
ures and casts of as many full
blooded Aleuts as can be found
in any of the villages. James A.
Ford and Moreau B. Chambers,
also Smithsonian archeologists,
left last week for the North and
will excavate kitchen middens at
Point Barrow, the farthest point
north under the American flag.
Here traces have been found of
the most ancient Eskimo culture.
BE MOVED FROM SITKA
JUNEAU, May 22. (&) — Charle
Flory, Alaska Commisssioner o
Agriculture said that the govern
ment experiment station at Sitk£
will be moved to Juneau early nex
Fall. Offices have been arrangec
near the Capitol Building.
m SILESMMi
PLUNGES TO DENTI
YOUNGSTON, Ohio, May 22. </P)
A 700-foot plunge from the oper
cockpit of a plane caused the d6att
of Daniel Mills, 29 years of age
amateur pilot and salesman.
Under the circumstances hi!
death remains somewhat of a my
i stery. Witnesses said he apparently
jumped to his death while the wi
dow and relatives said that they
knew of no reason for the ruicidt
and believed that it was an acci
dent.
pjssmslil
HO ON TRII
i
| RAWLINS, Wyo., May 22. (£>)
; Three passengers of the west
j bound Los Angeles Limited Unior
: Pacific passenger train were
bound and gagged in their berths
| near here.
i The robbers were caught and
; identified as Russell Howarth. 19
and George H. Bachmann, 18
isoldeirs at Fort Warren.
[ WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22,
j(/P»—The death of five Nicaraguan
! insurgents and the destruction of
two insurgent camps in battles
with the native Guardia were re
ported to the Navy Department
! by Colonel Franklin B. Garrett,
commanding the second brigade of
j Marines.
This was in addition to 10 cas
ualties among the insurgents re
ported before.
BUY BRITISH PLANES
NANKING, May 22. (JP) — The
National government decided to
i purchase 50 British airplanes to
| extend commerce air service in
China, the government news ag
ency said. The planes will be
equipped with machine guns for
the protection of passengers from
bandits.
PIANIST HONORED
NEW YORK, May 22. (/P)—The
steamship Paril will be delayed
two hours in its scheduled sailing
in order that Jan Paterewski may
be on board. This almost unpre
cedented action for a private cit
izen involved a special permit to
delay the mails.
WILL FLY HER AGAIN
BERLIN, May 22. (A3)—Captain
Wolfgang von Gronan, who flew
the Atlantic to New York via
Greenland last year will again fly
the Atlantic in August. The flight
will be made to determine the
feasibility of an „ air route from
Europe to America by way of
Greenland.
ON SUSPICION OF
THEORIES OF GANGLAND RE
PRISALS HAVE BEEN DIS
PLACED
LOS ANGELES, May 22. (£>)—
David H. Cla*xe, former deputy dis
i trict attorney, was booked on sus
i picion of murder in connection with
, the killings of Crawford and Spen
cer.
* Clark’s candidacy for municipal
■ judgeship was opposed by Crawford
r and Spencer. Clark surrendered
■ Thursday night but refused to
r make any statement.
District Attorney Buron Fitts,
who said he recently requested
Clark’s resignaiton, said that he
had been identified as the 'man who
fled from Crawford’s office after
the slaying by office attaches as
the man who had been closeted
with the men.
Fitts also said that he had evi
dence that Clark bought a .38 cali
jber pistol Tuesday. Experts said
! that caliber bullets killed both men.
J To all questions asked as to whe -
i ther he committed the murders or
! was in Crawford's office Clark re
I fused to answer as to whether he
| did not kill them.
Fitts said theories that the mur
ders were gangland’s reprisals have
| been displaced.
I
i
TO HIGHEST COURT
WASHINGTON, May 22. </P) —
Albert Fall will carry to the Su
preme court his conviction of ac
cepting $100,000 bribe while he was
Secretary of Interior his counsel
announced.
LONDON, May 22. (/P)—1 George
! Bernard Shaw said in an address
that a visit to the British Mu
| seum made him a communist
"and I will live and die a Com
munist, he added.
The noted author declared
grammar was "an abomination.”
ke professed envy for the lucid
and concise language of the Chi
nese.
HUBBY TOO FAST
SOTHAMPTON, England, May
22. (#*)—Mary Pickford will never
again appear in motion pictures
with her husband, Douglas Fair
banks. He moves too fast for her
she explained.
STOPS SCHOLARSHIPS
WEST ORANGE, N. J., May 22.
(A3)—Thomas Edison has discarded
the annual contest to find the
brightest boys in America, to whom
scholarships were awarded the
past two years. No reason was
given by the inventor for his de
cision. ,
MONEY IN DRINKS
NEW YORK, May 22. (JP)—An
extra dividend of 25 cents per
share in addition to the regular
quarterly dividend of $1.75 per
share was declared by the Coca
Cola Company.