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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 195. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIX KILLED, TWELVE
WOUNDED IN NEW
YORK NOBBED BUTTLE
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22. (/P)—Six
were killed and 12 wounded in a
gun battle with police when two
payroll robbers were chased 12
miles in automobiles through the
streets of upper Manhattan and
the Bronx.
Two policemen, Edward Church
ill and Walter Webb, and two
robbers, John Prechtol and Martin,
Bachorik, and their taxi driver,
named Haise, and a four-year-old
girl, Gloria A. Lopez, were killed.
The robbers killed Webb, a j
guard, arriving with a $5,000 pay- j
roll at the Mendoza Fur Company, ]
during the street chase where the j
other policeman was killed.
The Lopez family, in an auto- !
mobile, got in the line of fire of
the robbers after they stole the
payroll from an automobile and
throwing another payroll guard
out.
Vincent Hyde, a city fireman,
was picked up dead. The Police
men’s guns started shooting and
one was wounded as well as seven
bystanders, including two women
and another fireman.
Finally, three police, in a pur
suing taxi, forced the robbers to
halt and killed them. In this
fight all three police were wound
ed. The stolen money and 71
empty shells were found in the
car.
FEATHERWEIGHTS FIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. UP)—
Fidel Labarba, former flyweight
champion now campaigning in
the featherweight ranks, defeated
Pinto Desa of Portugal in fast 10
round bout. Labarba weighed 12712>
and Desa 127%.
PRISON SYSTEM IN
ITALY IS CHANCED
ROME, Aug. 22. (JP) — Radical
changes in Italy’s prison system,
including the abolishment of cell
ular segregation, went into effect
throughout Italy this month with
the hearty approval of humani
tarians and prison reformers
throughout the world.
Italian prisoners no longer live
in prisons but in social institu
tions. The entire Italian peni
tentiary system has been over
hauled with the idea of reeducat
ing and regenerating the prisoners
while they are being punished.
DIRECT COUNCIL OF STATE
ROME, Aug. 22. (A5) — Premier
Mussolini took another depart
ment in his own hands when he
announced that he would hereafter
direct the Council of State.
A FUTURE BUSINESS
Paul Kjegstad, reindeer owner
of the Kotzebue and Akiak coun
try, was an arrival in the city last
evening, departing again today
but prior to his leaving, held an
extended conversation with Harry
Kawabe, local business man, rela
tive to shipping Alaska reindeer
carcasses to Japan.
Mrs. Frank Barr and children
of Anchorage arrived in Seward
last evening.
WOMAN CONTINUES FLIGHT
MOSCOW, Aug. 22. (£>)—Fraulein
Vonetzdorf left Nobosibirsk, con
tinuing her solo flight to Tokyo.
STILL IN THE AIR
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 22. (JP)—'The
DO-X arrived here from Antilla
enroute to New York.
OF CHINESE
ORE OK MO
HANKOW, Aug. 22. (£>)—Four
hundred thousand refugees from
this flood region alone are home
less and thousands of one-story
buildings in the native section of
Hankow are submerged, and 30,
000,000 in the Yangtse valley are
homeless.
Hundreds are dying of dysentrw'
and typhoid daily.
POWERFUL LIGHTHOUSE OPEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22.
(JP)—Dry Tortugas Lighthouse, sit
uated on the most westerly of the
Florida keys, will becoihe the most
^powerful coastal light in the Nnit
i ed States when its candlepower
>will be increased to 3,000,000.
URGE LISTING OF
PASSENGERS GO OUT
00 STEM YUKON
Following is a list of the pas
'sengers boarding the SS Yukon,
of the Alaska Steamship Company,
last evening for the South:
Seward to Seattle—Lonis L. Ray,
Chester K. Wensworth, Louise
Slagle, J. Lachman, Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Fribrock, Joseph Fribrock,
Iris Fribrock, G. R. Brown, Glenn
Decker, Halph Havedstein, Thor
Boysen, Pete Bamstad, John Hol
den, Harold Peterson, Marguerite
Lowe. Dorothy Griffin, Betty Bal
derston, Helen Mulcare, Paul H.
Moore, W. Gregory, W. A. Hill, Mr.
Gordon, William A. Woodlief, Alice
: Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Chartain,, Miss M. Bartberger.
i Mrs. F. B. Duvall, Katherine
Berlingame, W. A. Borland, F. C.
Thompson, Donald Winterberger,
John E. Conghlen, J. Hertzner, A.
| Holen, Mrs. J. L. Fletcher, Grant
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Parry,
;T. G. Spellman, Paul Wilcke, Joe
jBell, Mrs. E. A. Watkins, Mr. and
I Mrs. H. J. Emard, Mrs. Emma A.
Fast, Mr. and Mrs. S. S Huebner,
Ethel Gaskil, Mrs. C. S. Olds,
Mrs. F. Rarhtin, Mrs. G. H. Arnold!
Mrs. P. C. Blaisdel, Thomas C.
Blaisdel, Lillian B. Deubig, Cath
erine M. Deubig, Lillian Meyer,
i Leon Hiurt, Mrs. F. Fahrmann!
W. A. Holbrook, Mrs. J. L. Flet
I cher, Miss Nina Hayes, L. Ann
! Fairburn.
j Cordova to Seattle—Anna Web
ster, Shiela H Williams, R. wil
lets, Adaloide Jameson, E. Jame
son, D. A. Newcomb, Elwood H.
Willi ts.
Valdez to Seattle—Mrs. E. Ham
jistal, Anthony Norbert.
Seward to Valdez—Mrs. Jack
son, Dr. A. R. Roberts, Mrs. E. E.
Haines, Warren Haines, Robert
Haines.
Seward to Juneau—J. Pederson,
Elecina Garity, Gust Nelson, John
Carlson, John Worcester, Albert
Wile, Noran Bragstad, Sam West
troo, John G. Drebald, E. Pererall.
Seward to Cordova—A. E. Bar
11 MID SOUND
PICTURES RECORDED
SEWNRD TO TUNNEL
There have been many moving
pictures taken of Alaska but never
on such an elaborate scale which
is now being “shot” by the Fox
and Hearst News reel men who left
Seward Friday for the Interior
after spending a day traveling to
and from the Russian River coun
try where the nationally known
trout stream was photographed;
gamey trout and bathing beauties.
To facilitate the cameramen’s
travel throughout the Alaska Rail
road belt, General Manager Otto
F. Ohlson placed at the disposal of
Eric Mayell and Oscar E. Darling, |
a flat car, his own private car,
and a locomotive, ahd shortly after
the regular passenger train had
departed for the Interior, the pho
tographers and Colonel Ohlson’s
party pulled out.
The flat car, with all photo
graphic and sound equipment
aboard and with the big camera
at the apex point, was shoved
ahead of the locomotive, with the
BB No. 1 bringing up the rear.
The first stop was made at Law
ing where Nellie, Neal Lawing.
amid her great cdildfction of all
Alaska game — big and little—
trophies, gave a vivid description
of each and every one; Camera
man Mayell was highly pleased
with this picture, shot from the
exterior against the trophy lodge
on which, and in the foreground,
| the trophies were arranged. Darl
ing, the sound man, stated Nellie’s
voice recorded perfectly. Another
movie-sound picture was then
taken in the kitchen of Lawing
Lodge where the famous bell-fish
| line, with a live trout battling on
ithe hook, was taken.
The next halt was made at the
Forest Ranger station where word
was sent to Mrs. F. W. Williamson,
of the Williamson Silver Fox
; Ranch. With her remarkable fox
| pet “Chummie,” draped about her
shoulders, Mrs. Williamson spoke
into the “mike,” describing items
of interest of silver foxes in gen
eral and “Chummie” in particular.
Mrs. Williamson’s voice also re
corded perfectly, said Technician
Darling.
Leaving the'Ranger Station, the
special train moved along slowly
on towards the Loop area with
frequent “shots” at the gorgeous
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BASEBALL
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh 1, Boston 2.
' Other National games, rain.
AMERICAN
New York 11, St. Louis 7.
Boston 5, Detroit 11.
Washington 6, Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 15, Chicago 12.
PACIFIC COAST
Sacramento 8, Missions 10.
San Francisco 9, Seattle 19.
Oakland 2, Hollywood 9.
Los Angeles 3, Portland 7.
rington, G. W. Willy, John Eric
son, Walter J. Auren, P. V. Ariren,
Louis Vogle.
Seward to Petersburg—Ralph R.
Reeser.
MARRIED ON SS STARR
ABOARD S SSTAR, Aug. 22.
(Special to The Gateway)—Kattie
Berg of Kanatak and C. Giaromet
ti of Naknek were married last
evening on the deck of the SS
Starr at sea by Rev. Father Kai
saveroff of Kodiak. The best man
was Captain C. E. Anderson and
the bridesmaid was Mrs. Reed of
| Seward.
CURIOUS 1TTMCTE0
R CHINESE MONK
| PEIPING, Aug. 22. VP)—Chinese
press reports here that a Korean,
Chang Li, has a tail four inches
long, has become a monk in a
temple at Kirin, Manchuria.
Chinese newspapers declare that
Chang was born with his tail,
and with his legs behind togeth
er, so that he crawls instead of
walks. He now is 30, is in good
health, and has an unusually ac
tive mind.
The new monk attracts thous
ands of visitors to the Kirin tem
ple, says the Chinese press, and
is unwilling to display his physi
cal abnormalities.
F
OF
PASSENGERS ON THE
! SEATTLE, Aug. 22. (/Pi—The SS
Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 12 o’clock this morning and
carried 102 passengers of which
53 are for Seward as follows:
and two daughters, C. C. Gear
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton L. Smith
hardt, Capt. and Mrs. J. Hansen,
F. W. Mespelt, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Candlow, Miss D. Towner, Miss V.
N Franz. Mrs. S. Peterson and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. N. C.
Adams, Mrs. W. Sale, Geo. E. Haw
ley, L L. Trevethan, D. V. Fernald,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed S. Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. C E Gilbert, C. A. Pom
eroy, J. E. Daugherty, Mrs. P. A.
McConnell, Mrs. A. Crawford, Mrs.
C. G. Hubbard, Capt. Recango.
H. M. Devane, L. A. Sweets, Mrs.
T T. McConnell, Mrs. C. Axelson, |
Maude Thomas, Mrs. O. Dodd and
two sons, John Eleasoff, Miss N.
Cager, Mrs. F. Fredesickson, Miss
A. Wentz, Florence Schnoeder,
Miss E. Martin, C. E. Alexander
and son, Mrs. E. J. Alexander and
daughter, Mrs. M. Davidson, Miss
J. King, Mrs. M. Borrgard, V. H.
Tibolt and child, Dr. F. G. Nichols,
and A P. Brown.
I
The Standard Oil Company ves
sel Standard Service, Capt. M. L.
Jordan, arrived in port today with
a cargo of fuel and Deisel oil for
the local general distributing
plant; the tanker leaves at 12.
The SS Admiral Evans, of the
P. S. S. Co., will arrive in port
Sunday from the Westward, con
tinuing on South in the evening.
‘CATCH ’EM YOUNG’
MOSCOW, Aug. 22. (IP)—Soviet
Russia’s generation of future
leaders is multiplying rapidly. In
the first half of this year mem
bership in the communist organiza
tion for boys and girls increased
1.000. 000 to a total of more than
4.000. 000.
LINDBERGHS COMPLETE
MED 400-MILE
EEC OF TOKTO FLIGHT
NEMURO, Japan, Aug. 22. (/P)—
Saturday the Lindberghs took off
from Muroton Bay in the Kuriles
at 2:10 p. m., which was 9:19 p.
m., Pacific Standard Time, for a
flight of about 400 miles to Ne
muro.
When struck by a fog lurking
around the peaks from 3,000 to
5,000 feet high, Mrs. Lindbergh
queried the wireless station and was
advised the safest place to land
was at Shana, a dangerous landing
on a small lagoon.
Lindbergh arose at 5:40 a. m.,
I today, so anxious to leave Mu
roton Bay that he worked till noon
I on J;he motor. They landed at
I Shana at 4:58 p. m.
I The population of Shana is
! about 1,000, has a whaling sta
tion, salmon hatchery and can
neries.
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BATTLE WAGING
I HAVANA, Aug. 22. (/P)—Another
'battle at Gibara is waging where
j a foreign legion of Americans,
| Japanese, French and Germans
!are aiding the rebels. No details
! could be learned owing to the
| censorship.
JURY STILL OUT
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 22. (£>)—
The Clark jury is still deadlocked.
HOPPING THE ATLANTIC
BERLIN, Aug. 22. (/P) — Willy
Rody and Christian Johanssen,
German aviators with Fernando
Costa, a Veiga, Portuguese sports
!man, as their passenger, took off
! for Lisbon, from there to fly the
Atlantic to New York.
ITALIAN MUSCLE ENLISTED
TO mu MOSCOW BUILDERS
ROME, Aug. 22. (/P) — Italian
brawn will help American brains
build apartment houses in Mos
cow as a result of labor contracts
recently signed with the Soviet
government.
A first group of 40 building
trades workers has already ar
rived in Moscow and more will
leave Italy soon. They are to be
used on construction work under
American engineers.
Their contracts result from a
recent visit by Italian bankers and
industrial experts, called to Mos
cow to give advice to Russia.
Pilot Frank Dorbandt and Mrs.
Dorbandt arrived at Anchorage
Thursday evening in a large Pil
grim plane from the South, ac
cording to local arrivals last eve
ning. Dorbandt’s plans, since
leaving the P. I. A., are not
known.
R. A. Reeder, first vice com
mander of the Department of Al
aska, American Legion, passed
through Seward last evening from
Fairbanks eftroute to the Peters
burg convention.
Mrs. F. W. Williamson, of Wil
liamson’s Silver Fox Ranch on
Lake Kenai, was a visitor in the
city last evening.