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VOLUMNE XIV. NUMBER 186.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10,
alameda SAILS
FOB TIE NORTH
GOOD LISTING
LINER ON SOUTHEASTERN AL
ASKA RUN THIS SPRING, ON
INITIAL TRIP
SEATTLE, Aug., 10, T/P)—The S.
S. Alameda sailed at 9 a. m. and
carried 132 passengers with seven
steerage. There are 35 passengers
for Seward as follows:
Mrs. E. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. M.
B. Roaney, J. A. Spillman, J. H. Dur
rell. Geo. W. Rathjens, G. J. Mc
Grun, Mr. and Mrs. B. Schellabar
ger. F. T. Lapride, Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. Volney
Richmond Jr., L. C. L. Chadwick, E.
W. Hemphill. Mr. Smith, Mr. and
and Mrs. Max Shellabarger.
Miss Vida Woods, Gladys Abel,
Mrs. R. D. Sullivan, Doris Sullivan,
Charles Sullivan, Wilma Harrison,
W. K. McGrath, E. E. Logan, Frank
Fish, Miss Burchard, Miss Eichar,
Roy King, Miss M. McLeod, J. H.
Clauson, F. C. Vint, Mrs. E. J. Kunz
and baby.
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CHICAGO. Aug., 10, {8V--Chi
cago crop of “pineapples”—quaint
name for the racketeer’s bomb, has
shown an increase both in produc
tion and effectiveness this year.
Despite election promises that
the “pineapple” would cease tc
menace the property and health oj
Chicagoans, the number of bomb
ings and resultant damage showed
an increase in the first six months
of 1929 over the similar period last
year, according to Thomas Quinn
Beesley, an investigator for the
Chicago Employers’ Association.
RIFLES BE BURRED
FDR USE B1 (DENIS
WASHINGTON, Aug., 9, (£*)
Prohibition Commissioner Dorar
said he was preparing to bar the
use of rifles by agents in severa
communities. No chanre is con
templated in sparsely settled d>
riots where rifles are necessary ft:
—r^ted 5: l.
The Comm:ssiorrr r°'d ru
ceneral order will be issued but h<
will discuss the matter by corre
spondence with his administrators
He declined to say what reason hac
promoted his decision.
hmeu celebrates
AML BiRTHDAT
j PARTY OF FRIENDS
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MADISON, Va„ Aug., 10, (A3)—
President Hoover dedicated his
155th. birthday to rest and recrea
tion with a party of friends, rela
tives and co-workers at his Rapid
an river camp. He was never ac
customed to make much over his
I birthdays and has no special plans
Tor a celebration altho it is assum
1 ed he will have a birthday cake at
dinner. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
jare included among unofficial
guests.
SENATE TO RECESS
TO SEPTEMBER 4TH I
ACCOUNT LABOR OAT
WASHINGTON, Aug., 10, (/P)—
i After the senate convenes August
T9 there will be a recess until Sep
tember 4, instead of September.3,
as previously announced. ' The
change was made by the request of
Senator Robinson, democratic lead
er, who called attention to the first
date that the day following was
Labor Day.
Senate leaders previously had
decided on a period of three day re
jcess in order to prepare the house
tariff bill for discussion on the
floor.
MADE FAST TIME
KRASNOV ARSX USSR, Russia,
Aug., 10, (IP)—The Russian airplane
“Land of Soviets”, bound from
Moscow to New York, landed. It
made the flight from Novosibirsk
in excellent time across the steppes
of central Siberia.
RECORD IS SET
BY ZEP CROSSING
ATLANTIC OCEAN:
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MADE CROSSING IN 55 HOURS
24 MINUTES; AVERAGED 75
MILES AN HOUR
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Aug., 10, j
(A3)—The Graf Zeppelin, after a
record-breaking crossing of the At- |
lantic, on the first leg of a round-1
the-world flight from (Lakehurst, i
landed at 7:03 eastern standard
time. It made the crossing in 55 ;
hours and 24 minutes; picking up I
speed as it approached the coast j
of Europe.
The field was lined with enthus
iastic spectators; also it was Dr. j
Eckener’s 61st birthday and the j
amazing arrival of the Graf Zeppe- j
lin sb long before the time it was ;
expected, made the informal birth
day celebration aboard the ship,.
just before it landed, all the more
enthusiastic.
The Zeppelin’s time was about
40 hours better than the westward
journey to Lakehurst and 13 hours
and 22 minutes better than the last
voyage from Lakehurst to Fried
richshafen last October.
The ship averaged about 75 miles
an hour to within 15 minutes of
the landing of the Graf safely in its
hangar.
SIGN OF NEW DAY
ANGORA, Aug., 9, UP>—A sign of
'the new day in Turkey is that furs
Jare beginning to be worn outdoors
instead of in. Until recent years
| the use of furs was reserved for old
people and confined to fur lined
house robes within which the aged
snuggled on cold days. Now furs
form a part of every stylish Turk
ish woman’s outfit.
NEW VOU CAPITALIST
EMOTE TERRITORY
FOR OIG GIF HUNT
SEATTLE, Aug., 10, (£>)— Bound
for Alaska on a big game hunt,
James A. Stilman, New York capi
talist, Joseph H. Durrell, New York
banker, and J. C. Chadwick, capi
talist, left Saturday aboard the S.
S. Alameda for Seward. They will
take a plane at Seward and fly to
Kenai Peninsula and possibly over
Kodiak Island.
The party will take 6,000 feet of
motion picture film and attempt to
photograph grizzly bear in western
Alaska.
GIVES 0? NUGGET
UPTON, Wyp., Aug., 9, (/PI—Alex
Wakstaff says that a few days ago
while doing some placer mining in
Potato Gulch, northeast of here,
John Perrett. anytime miner,
had the luck' to wash out a 10y2
ounce gold nugget which at present
prices is worth about $200.
This is not the first nugget found
in this locality, as mining on a
small scale has been going on there
for years. For some months past,
negotiations have been underway
with eastern parties who propose
to open up some of the old diggings
in this territory and it is thought
the finding of this big nugget may
have a magical effect and cause a
gold rush into that territory.
Jimmy Braddock received $16,000
for fighting Tommy Loughran.
Air Pioneer Tests Flying Wing Theory
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A new theory in airplane design is advanced by Laurence T
Lesh (inset), Chicago, pioneer flier and inventor, who is experi
menting with “flying wing” models. He plans to test a full-size
plane this fall.
HARRY W. WIIWER
DIES 1 SOUTH
WAS NEWSPAPER MAN; KNOWN
CHIEFLY FOR HIS PRIZE
FIGHT STORIES
i LOS ANGELES, Aug., 10, f/P)—
Harry Charles Witwer, 39, a writer
iwho made a fortune out of Ameri
can slang, died following a nervous
; breakdown a week ago.
He was known chiefly for prize
'fight stories. Witwer in later years
| was writing scenarios along with
'magazine contributions. Chief
; among his film series was the
Leather Pushers series, and stories
j entitled a sclassics in slang.
I Witwer was among the most
prominent writers; in early life he
was a newspaper man and only on
ithe suggestion of his wife did he
; enter the short story field.
COLLECTOR ROBBED
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i CHICAGO, Aug., 10, VP)—Delbert
Suds, 53, and collector for suburban
stations for the Illinois Central
Railroad, was killed and robbed of
$3,000 by three gunmen in Ran
dolph street terminal, Friday night.
.The bandits fled after forcing the
motorman to stop the train.
Suds had completed the collec
tion for the Lakeshore and South
ern subu!Us.
ill HUH APPOINTED
TO CONSULAR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Aug., 9, (IP)—'Two
young women, Miss Nelle B. Stogs
dall of South Bend, Ind., and Miss
Margaret Warner of Lincoln, Mass.,
have been given plums in the cqn
sular service.
They will go abroad soon, to take
up their new duties as vice-consuls,
Miss Stogsdall at Beirut, Syria and
Miss Warner at Geneva, Switzer
land. Both posts are considered
| important.
UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASES
ROME, Aug. 9. {^—Unemploy
ment in Italy decreased 33 per
cent in 1928 and thus far for
this year. A vast program of
public works, notably roads, was
declared res p o n s i b 1 e for the
change by the Fascist authori
ties.