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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 177. SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929. PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRET OP USES
REVEALED IN S.
TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF AN
CIENT RUINS AND UNEX
PLORED REGIONS
SANTE FE. July 30. (/PI—Civiliza
tions which flowered in central
South America at the time when
Charlemagne was consolidating a
Yast empire in Europe, surrendered
4 the secrets in their ruins to this
age with Col. Lindbergh as the
prime mover in research work.
The glory of .the ancient Mayans
is being emphasized thru the me
dium of airplane and is disclosed
by Colonel Lindbergh, who, aided
by his bride, is taking keen interest
in things archaelogical and contri
buted the discovery of the ancient
Mayan lost city in the Yucatan
jungle. The find was made by Col.
Charles Lindbergh while making
the Pan-American “Good Will'
tour.
At the suggestion of President
Merdiam Carnegia of the institu
tion at Washington, Col. Lindbergh
agreed to protograph Arizona and
New Mexicfo. These localities are
known to contain Pueblo ruins as
9 well as unexplored regions. Photo
graphs have been taken of the Pe
cos ruins, he states and the others
whl follow.
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HUNTERS TOOK WALRUS AND
POLAR BEAR; WILL HUNT
CARIBOU
NOME. July 31, (/P)—Arriving
here on the M. S. Dorothy from a
hunting expedition in the Arctic,
Bruce Thorne and George Graves,
Chicago sportsmen, reported that
the Swenson ship “Nanuk” *vhich
has been blocked in an ice barrier
12 miles off shore at Cape Wankar
em had finally broken-thru the ice
and has joined the ship “Elisif”
which had also been ice-bound.
The “Elisif” was off North Cape
when joined by the “Nanuk” and
the “Dorothy”, which had supplies
for the Swenson Co., to leave at
North Cape. Unable to reach her
destination, the ship unloaded here.
The hunters took 60 walrus and
five polar bear. They left for Sew
ard from where they will penetrate
to the Interior of Alaska to hunt
caribou.
EHIIIIE RECORD
REMAINING ALOFT IS |
ESTAILI5HED -ROBIN’
ST. LOUIS, July 31, (/P)—1The j
end of the record smashing endur
ance flight of the “St. Louis Robin”
came at 7:38 central standard time
last night when its Pilots, Dale Red I
Jackson and Forrest O’Brien de- !
scended from the sky which had
been their home for 420 hours and
21 minutes.
They exceeded the time record of
the “Angeleno” seven full days at
2:01 p. m. yesterday. The plane
made a perfect landing in the mid
dle of the field; 15,000 spectators!
watched them.
WATSON SAILS NORTH
j SEATTLE, July 31, (£>)—The Ad- I
jmiral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co., j
sailed at 10 a. m. and carried 52
first class' passengers and three |
steerage. Six passengers are for j
Seward: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Croyier,
Dorothy Simpson, Gertrude Gold
smith, Miss C. E. Porter and Frank
E. Lee.
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BOARD DEPLORED THE FACT
CHAIRMAN MISUSED WORD
MODIFICATION
I WASHINGTON, July 30 (/PI—
Although taking the position that
| the federal government should not
surrender its liberty of action in
connection with any phase of pho
hibition enforcement, .particularly
while wet states such as New York,
refuse to co-operate, the board of
temperance of the Methodist
church gave general sanction to
the suggestions made by George
Wickersham, head of President
Hoover’s crime commission.
The board deplored the fact that
Mr. Wickersham had made a mess
of the word modification in ex
pressing his ideas of future of pro
hibition and expressed the firm eb
lief that the word used by Mr.
Wickersham had been misused and
the board said it recognized the
division of enforcement work be
tween the states and federal gov
ernment but had found conditions
in several of the states had not
permitted the surrender to their
dry force, police work now per
formed by the federal governments
Much attention was attracted to
the board’s explanation of its atti
tude because of disapproval voiced
I by Senators Caraway and Borah,
and other drys, when Wickersham’s
letter was first made public.
LANDMARK BURNED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, (TP)—
A $100,000 fire destroyed the
“Crossways Farm Cottage” historic
landmark, in Burlingam. It was
owned by Mrs. Harriet Pullman
Schermerhorn, daughter of the late
George M. Pullman, sleeping car
magnate.
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ACROSS PACIFIC
THE “LINDBERGH” OF CHINA
ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR
PROJECTED FLIGHT
SEATTLE, July 30, (/P)—Huang
Tson-Rai, the “Lindbergh of
China”, said he plans a non-stop
refueling flight to the Pacific
coast from Shanghai next summer
tnd plans to use a single motored
plane equipped with pontoons.
He will have two refueling ships,
one in the Aleutian Islands and
the other on the east coast of Si
beria. He will have a companion
pilot but the other has not been
chosen yet.
The Chinese flier has flown 100,
000 miles in the last three years
in Asia, Europe. South America and
the United States. He is a gradu
ate of Syracuse and Columbia Uni
versities. The venture is backed by
the United States
NEITHER COLONEL NOR WIFE
INJURED WHEN PLANE IS
DAMAGED
COLUMBUS, O., July 31, (JP)—Col.
and Mrs. Lindbergh came near a
'crashup in their airplane late yes
; terday when a tire blew out as they
* were, landing. The plane was dam
‘ aged slightly but after quick re
pairs Colonel Lindbergh resumed
’ the flight to New York.
31 The bursting of the tire caused
;the plane to rock dangerously;
ithe wing grazed the ground and
the tail-skid bent but Colonel
Lindbergh brought it to a stop
- without further damage.
; When Colonel Lindbergh landed
; later Tuesday night at Newark, N
3 J., the plane ground looped, dam
i aging one wheel and the tip of on?
; wing. Neither Colonel or his wife
; were injured. The cause of the
Newark mishap is unexplained.
START POSTPONED
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, |
| July 31, (/P)—Unfavorable weather j
! reports made it likely that the start
|of the Zeppelin will be postponed
I from tomorrow. The reports indi
cate a heavy storm approaching
:here tonight which will make it
! impossible to take the craft from
!the hangar.
FEDERAL Fill
RELIEF BOARD
IS IN SESSION
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PROPOSAL FOR THE FORMA
TION OF A §20,000,000
GRAIN MARKET
CHICAGO, July 31, (/P)—Presi
dent Hoover’s federal farm relief
board meeting in a closed session
in pursuance of its task of setting
up the machinery for farm relief,
heard the proposal for the forma
tion of a $20,000,000 grain market
ing corporation and farm associa
tion. The plan was advanced as
the first step in a long time pro
gram for the stabilization of grain
markets and development of agri
culture.
It was explained that altho the
new corporation will be organized
in such a way as to be eligible for
loans under the farm relief act, it
| will not be a government corpora
tion. When established, the board
is to serve as intermediatory be
tween the federal farm board and
farmer co-operatives. Details of
! he plan are still to be worked out
by Alexander Legge, chairman of
the board, who said the plan is to
merge marketing activities of the
present co-operative grain agencies
without any units losing their sep
arate identity.
’ I The board members said the plan
[ will not cause antagonism between
the farm owned sales corporation
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PERSONNEL COMPLETE
WASHINGTON, July 31, (/P)—
? The personnel of the federal farm
board was completed today with
. jthe selection of Sam R. McKelvie,
J former governor of Nebraska, as
j,the 9th member. He publishes a
D farm magazine and will represent
jthe wheat area.
FATHER AND SON SHOOTING OFF “FUED”
ROGER FAWCETT
TZiqht* his father)
.ice Minnesota Fawcetts comprise the original father and son;
trap-shooting act in the northwest. In a recent state meet Roger
otshot his father, who coached the U. S. Olympic rapshooting team
in 1924. This is the same Captain “Billy” who was a recent visitor
in Alaska.
MANY ALIENS IN U. S. FOR
YEARS MAY NOW GET
CERTIFICATES
The new naturalization law,
enacted last March and which is
now in effect, will solve the
difficulties of thousands of per
sons to become citizens of the
United States, who hitherto found
the doors barred. Under its pro
visions naturalization cases not
approachable under previous exis
ting statutes can be met and tak
en care of. The new law cor
rects a regrettable technicality in
the former naturalization pro
cedure.
Fundamentally it legalizes the
residence of aliens who have lived
in the United States for many
years, but who have not been
able to convince the authorities
that they h°d entered the country
with the full consent and know
ledge of the immigration inspect
ors. Although they have lived
here so long that they are no
longer subject to deportation the
fact that statement bearing on
their arrival were unproved made
it impossible for them to obtain
citizenship under the law of 1926.
The first impression made on
those who were informed of the
basic purpose of the new law was
that all of the alien grouo, who
iwere thus to be helped, had been
smuggled into this country. But
a moments’s thought easily dis
sipated that idea. Cases were
cited similar to that of a widow,
whom the writer assisted re
cently, who desired to secure a po
sition that was open to citizens
only. She sought it eagerly in
order to support her three minor .
children rather than to look char
ity for aid. But unfortunately
she could not get the position be
cause of citinzenship for her, at
that time, was unattainable. Her
handicap lay in the fact that she
did not know on what ship she
had come to this country. She
was three months old at the
time of her arrival and her par
ents were now dead. There was
none to acquaint her with the
name of the vessel that had
brought her to this country or the
date of the arrival
Many Other Cases Also
Cases like hers have been leg
ion. They have crowded our nat
uralization files, while aliens
pleaded the rights and privilages
j could not send them out, and the
(government would not take them
in. For years they had worked
hard,' built their homes, concien
tiously paid their taxes, and rear
ed families here. A respectable
merchant of New York, an alien
who had married an American
girl, was the father of several
children bom on American soil.
He, likewise, was unable to se
cure his citizenship papers be
cause he could not remember the
name of the vessel that brought
him here 22 years ago
In some cases the government
jis admittedly to blame. During
the peak of our immigration in
flux there was laxity in recording
proper admissions, or aliens were
not instructed to insist upon a
receipt for the head tax, as none
was exacted of persons coming
] here by train. That fact effects
many Canadian border cases- In
| other cases seamen deserted their
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