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Min NIEHEN LEAVING
ALASKA! SIHS, INC
It is with deep regret that Mr.
Katz, Anchorage manager of the
Alaskan Airways, announces that
Mr. Matt A. Nieminen, for some
time past chief pilot of the com
pany at Anchorage, is resigning,
is resigning.
Concern for the health of Mrs.
Nieminen has brought about this
lecision on the part of Mr. Niem
inen and he is taking his family
Outside in the near future.
Matt will be greatly missed by
his many friends, both in Anchor
age and in the Interior, where he
has a host of friends who, as well
as the Alaskan Airways, will feel
keenly the loss of so excellent and
capable a pilot.
EXTORTIONIST STABBED
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (JP) — John
Figurillo, alleged extortionist, was
stabbed to death in a duel with
William De Palo. When arrested,
De Palo claimed Figurillo had been
extorting money from Mrs. Mary
De Palo, his mother.
THE “UNTOUCHABLES”
CHICAGO, Oct-, 3, (^-“Scar
face” A1 Capone and his gangstei
hoodlums, have lost $500,OCU in
six months and have been de
prived of an annual incoma cf
over $2,000,000 as a result of the
unrelenting drives of the prohi
bition agents who have been
christened the “Untouchables”.
THREE BURN TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (JP) — Fire
swept through a crowded tenement
house on the lower East Side, burn
ing three of its occupants t-o death
and causing injuries to 20 others.
The fire started on the third floor
and quickly spread throughout the
structure which was occupied by
25 families.
CAPONE ORDERED TO TRIAL
CHICAGO, Oct, 3. (^-“Scar
face” A1 Capone was ordered to
trial next Tuesday on charges of
dodging income tax payments.
Judge Wilkerson overruled demur
rers to indictments accusing Ca
pone of failing to file tax returns
and trying to evade payment.
WINS 12-ROUND BOUT
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (JP)—Dave
Shade, veteran California middle
weight, scored a 12-round victory
over Ben Jeby, youthful New York
er, before 5,000 fans.
MAY RUN FOR RE-ELECTION
LONDON, Oct. 3. (JP) — Ramsay
MacDonald was again repudiated
by his constituents and said that
he would run for re-election to
Parliament from Seasam Harbor if
Labor leaders, from either official
or unofficial organizations asked
him to be a candidate.
LEANEST YEAR
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2, (A5)—
The first quarter of one of the
leanest years in the history of the
United States, ended with a' defic
it amounting to about $400,000,000
on the Treasury books. The de
ficit compares with a surplus for
the same period last year of $300,
000,000.
If you haven’t tried HORLUCK’S
Danish Ice Cream you have missed
something good. Sold only at the
Candy Cottage.
WALL PAPER
Aron Eric son
Painter and Decorator
ALASKA FISHERMEN
Bargains in
Boat Equipment
New and used propellers,
stuffing boxes, bearings, gear
pumps, etc. Write for in
formation and prices.
WM. H. BAKER
59 Pond St. Quincy, Mass.
POSSES SEARCH COUNTRY
FOR III ESCAPE1IDMII
NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C.,
Oct., 3, (JP)—Posses of terrified
citizens armed with clubs and
stones have been searching the
countryside for the past 12 hours
for an escaped madman.
Peter Rozene, 40, who has been
held in the New Westminister
hospital for the past week under
observation in connection with
the deaths of two young girls es
caped by crawling thru a window.
He was armed with a butcher
knife and a razor
PANICKY DEFENSIVE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 3, (&)—
For the first time since the ad
vent of prohibition, organized
drys were on a panicky defensive
as a result of the Amercan Le
gion’s overwhelming vote for suo
mission of prohibition modifica
tion or repeal to the States.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 3, (/P)—
Two army airmen joined the cat
erpillar club when they made
forced parachute jumps from
more than a mile in the air over
the Penoche Valley, 50 miles south
of Hollister.
The hazardous leap followed a
collision between between two of
three army Douglas observation
planes, flying in formation from j
March Field, Riverside, to Crissyj
Field, here. One plane was wreck- j
ed but no one was injured.
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BERLIN, Oct., 3, (/P)—A new j
building material, consisting of I
artificial pumice has appeared on
the German market. The main
use intended for it is the manu
facture of hollow blocks.
The “Majestic,” last word in mo- j
dern refrigeration, at Brown & l
Hawkins.
Overland
Hotel
On the Main Street
Seward, Alaska
MEt A. HORNER
Mfr.
REBUILT TYPEWRITERS,
ADDING MACHINES,
DUPLICATING MACHINES,
CHECK WRITERS,
OFFICE APPLIANCES.
SAVE 40 to 70 per cent.
SUPPLIES and REPAIRS.
Ail Makes Standard Portable Typewriters
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Seattle’s Largest and Oldest Independent Typewriter Co.
911 Second Avenue. Seattle, Wash.
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Evan Jones Coal Company
PRODUCERS OF
Alaska’s Finest Coal
Highest Grade Bituminous Coal,
carefully washed, screened and
sized to meet every requirement
MORE HEAT UNITS PER DOLLAR
YOUR COAL DEALER. CAN SUPPLY YOU
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PUBLIC CONFIDENCE . . .
We have enjoyed the confidence of Seward
and Alaska people since the opening of this
banking institution—for over 25 years.
Travelers’ Checks
Resources, $600,000
Bank of Seward
Seward . . . Alaska
We pay 4 per cent interest compound semi
annually on all savings accounts.
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CALLED TO TESTIFY
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (JP)—Charles
Kerrigan, assistant to Mayor James
Walker, will be called to testify
privately before the Hofstadter
?raft investigation committee next
veek. His bank accounts will be
subpoenaed and examined as a first j
step toward an insight into the!
mayor’s finances.
Don’t miss the “Talkies!’
HOME THREATENED BY SEA
PARIS Oct. 3. (iP)—The home of
former Premier Clemenceau in
Vendee is threatened with destruc
tion by the sea, according to wore!
received from that vicinity. Recent
high seas have broken down the
protecting sea wall.
Phone for Horluck’s Danish 1c#
Cream and we will deliver. Candj
Cottage.
QUALITY
IS ECONOMY
IN THE NEW FALL CREATIONS
—OF—
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NOW ON DISPLAY
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We GUARANTEE all of our equipment to per
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