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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 220. SEWARD, ALASKA,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRENCH STATESMAN
ARRIVES WASHINGTON
TO HOLD CONFERENCES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23. (JP)
—Premier Pierre Laval arrived here
for conferences with President Her
bert Hoover. He was greet
ed at the station platform by un
der-Secretary of State Lawrence
Richey, one of Hoover’s, secretaries
and other notables. j
Premier Laval was accompanied |
/ by his daughter Joset. His first call
on Washington was merely formal
and conferences are to begin today.
Premier Laval will hold a con
ference with President Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of State Stimson,
Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mel
lon and Secretary of Commerce
Lamont. He will talk on world
debts, reparations, world arma
ments and the need of further con
ferences to aid in shaping destinies
of the economic well-being of na
tions.
Joset spent the day on shopping j
tours.
SOOSEVELT AND SMITH
DIFFER ON MEASURE
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 23. (/P)—'Two
of New York’s most famous Demo
_ crats, who for a long time have
been political allies, Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt and former
Governor A1 Smith, are at odds over
a $19,000,000 state reforestation
measure.
The difference arose over the
proposed constitutional amendment
to be voted on November 3, to au
thorize the State to spend that
sum to purchase abandoned farm
lands to use for reforestation.
V Smith objects to the provision for
empowering the State to remove
timber from the lands. Roosevelt
supports the amendment.
TELEVISION PHIA
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (/P)—Two
theatres were linked together in
^ Broadway’s initial demonstration
of the television on a 10-foot
screen.
The transmitting apparatus was
in the lobby of the Guild Theatre
and this was connected to a the
atre on Broadway by a wire 500
feet long which had been tempor
arily stretched over the intervening
^ buildings.
On the large screen in the Broad
way theatre an audience watched
the images unfold themselves. Im
\ ages were that of Carveth Wells,
explorer, singers, an actor, actress
es and a parrot.
The state of reproduction was
about half as clear as that of o:r
1 dinary movies.
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SHIP’S SAFE OPENED
SAN PEDRO, Oct. 23. (/P) — A
i.iiief pried open the safe of the
vessel Pennsylvania in San Pedro
Harbor and walked off with $200
* of the mess fund and some of the
ship’s valuable papers. Police are
searching for the thief who gained
entrance to the captain’s room
\ while the vessel was moored here
and pried open the safe door with
a crowbar.
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RECEIVE CHECK
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (/P)—Clyde
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon re
ceived the $25,000 check from the
Asahi, a Tokyo newspaper, at a
luncheon tendered them by a rep
resentative of the newspaper. A
certificate was given them at We
natchee but the actual award was
made 17 days later.
ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER
DELAYED WHEN ME
IS ALMOST CRASHED
SEATTLE, Oct. 23. (JP) — Faith
'seems to follow Frank Edward
| Lindsay, who is wanted in Seattle
in connection with the slaying of
his wife. After remaining in hid
ing from officials for many months,
another delay in securing extra
dition papers for removal from
California to Washington, a fur
ther delay occurred yesterday.
The alleged wifeslayer almost
; cheated justice as the plane in
j which he and Seattle police were
riding almost crashed at Corn
ing, Calif. It was only by a mir
acle that a safe landing was made.
■ The Seattle officers have decided
to finish the rest of the journey
by train.
AERIAL FESTIVAL
MEXICO; CITY, Oct. 23. {#*)—An
aerial festival, including racing,
parachute jumping and stunting,
was staged here Sunday at the mil
itary aviation field in honor of
Major Doolittle, who is visiting here
following a 12 and one-half hour
trip from Ottawa last Tuesday. Ma
jor Doolittle is waiting to receive
a new cylinder to replace one which
he burned out. «
FLETCHER HE. 6.O.P.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (^—Repre
sentative Fletcher Hale, 48 years
of age, Republican from the first
New Hapshire district, died during
the night at Brooklyn, a few hours
after he had returned from Europe.
He was taken ill two days after
he sailed from London and his con
dition was so serious that the
steamship increased its speed and
arrived 12 hours ahead of its sched
ule.
Representative Fletcher was born
in Portland, Maine, and is a grad
uate of Dartmouth College.
His death leaves 213 Republicans,
214 Democrats and one Laborite in
the house.
RECORD ENTERPRISE
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (/P)—Con
tracts were awarded for construc
tion of three buildings in Radio
City at a cost of more than $50,000,
000, which was said to be the rec
ord sum for a single construction
enterprise.
DID MUCH FLYING
Owing to the demand of trap
j pers and the heavy business in the
! Kuskokwim country. A1 Munsen,
pilot of the Pacific International
Airways, made a total of 29 days
of continuous flying within the
last 30 days. In addition to pas
senger traffic there was a heavy
freight business in trappers’ sup
plies. Much of the flying was done
with wheels owing to the lack of
snow and the early freezing of lakes
and waterways in the north.
TOURIST TOIL TO
VALLEY 10,000 SUES
IS BELIEVED POSSIBLE
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Regular tourist travel by air to
the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, Mount Katmai and the
largest active volcano in the world
Aniakchak—with its 30 miles of
crater rim and another 10,000 thrills
and wonders as represented in the
{phenomenon nature has thrown up
| on the Alaska peninsula, is now
I posible, thinks A1 Munsen, who was
co-pilot with Harry Blunt on the
memorable exploration flight of
Father Bernard R. Hubbard, the
“Glacier Priest,” over Aniakchak
volcano and the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes. Munsen was in
Seward the other day to receive I
treatment at the Seward hospital j
for an infection of one of his hands.
While the exploration of Father j
Hubbard was a courageous and |
hazardous undertaking, as was the ]
I air reconnaissance, there are many !
i spots on the eastern shore of the ;
| peninsula from which pilgrimages
i may be made into the witch’s play
ground unaccompanied by hard
ship or hazard.
Munsen’s route in serving the
Bristol Bay and the lower Kus
kokwim country takes him close
-to the active volcanoes, through
rugged canyons and between tow
ering peaks, in itself a scenic at
traction that would appeal to those
anxious to pry into the secrets of
wild nature and visit places seldom
invaded by man.
These great scenic attractions,
but a few hours removed from Sew
ard with every modern facility for
access and experienced guides who
know the region as it was both be
fore and after the explosion of
Katmai, promises to be a strong
magnet for tourists.
Before the attraction can be fully
developed it will be necessary for
I comfortable camps to be estab
lished and trails marked to and
from some of the multiple attrac
tions.
Here is a virgin field for some
one prepared to finance such ac
cessories, and who is able to pre
sent those marvelous attractions
to the outside world.
EVANS OUT TONIGHT
. The SS Admiral Evans, of the
Pacific Steamship Company, is due
to arrive in Seward at 9 o’clock to
night and will leave soon after its
arrival here for Seattle, according
to word made known by the local
office this morning.
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ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 23. (JP)—
j Railroad wage cuts seemed inevit
ble as officials of the nation’s
principle railroads met here in a
conference.
The officials pointed out that
since they had been denied the
privilege of increasing freight rates
and had been limited to a sliding
scale of freight increase that they
must cut down further on their ex
penditures.
They have cut down everything
else and as it was said, now the
wages must be cut. Officials of the
railroads did not come to any def
inite decision but wage cutting was
the meat of the entire conference.
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SEEK ANOTHER TERM
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 23. (JP)—James
Wickersham announced in a letter
received here that he would seek'
another term as Delegate to Con-!
gress from Alaska at the April pri- !
maries.
AROUND MID FLIER
HAS DEVICE TO MEASURE
GROUND-DRIFT SPEED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23. (/P)
—Fruits of the Post and Gatty
eight-day dash around the world
are to be plucked by Uncle Sam.
From their urc>rk, lessons are to
be pieced together to teach mili
tary fliers this new major develop
ment which was made available to
aviation because of the world flight
completed recently.
The new development is a novel
device and is termed a drift-and
i ground speed indicator. Gatty de
! vised the instrument and tested it
! to his satisfaction on the uncharted
| airways of the world.
He is at present in Washington
| and will remain there for several
I days while tentative arrangements
are being made. The War and Navy
Departments are to seek patents to
obtain a government license for the
use of the instrument. Details of
the instrument have been withheld
until rights are settled.
Gatty said that the instrument
had been used over oceans and
with some degree over fog, to give
the pilot little error in those meas
urements whi<jh are so necessary to
measure the drift speed and ground
speed which is necessary to main
tain a course.
LINDBERGH GROOMED FOR
! SEAT IN II. S. SENATE
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23. (/P>—
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh landed at Nampa, Ida., at
noon yesterday and refueled. They
took off and at 4:30 landed at Salt
Lake City.
Reports here say that Lindbergh
is the latest person to be groomed
to take the place of the late Sen
ator Dwight W. Morrow in Con
gress. Lindy will be the required
age, 30 years, next February.
According to a message received
by the local Customs Office from
Juneau, the new Halibut Treaty
Convention has designated that the
open season on halibut will close
on November 1.
“HANDS OFF’ POLICY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23. (/P)
—Washington is still desirous of
maintaining a “hands off” policy in
regard to the Manchurian situation.
UNITED CHINA
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23. (A*)—China
will present a united front in its
efforts to end the Manchurian af
fair. Two former adversaries with
in China, as the heads of the two
governments in China met in con
ference here.
DROP SIX BOMBS
MUKDEN, Oct. 23. (/P)—Reports
here indicate that Japanese planes
staged another bombing expedition
when they dropped six bombs on a
railroad station near here. It is
thought that Chinese troop move
ments near the station were the
objects of the air raid.
LOS ANGELES POLICE
STILL SEEK MRS. JODD
CONNECTION MURDERS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23. (&)—'The
cavelike recesses in the hills at
Beverly Glen are the center of the
police search for Mrs. Ruth Judd,
wanted by authorities in connec
tion with the murder of two Phoe
nix women. The hunt turned there
and was concentrated at a point
' near to the cabin belonging to Mrs.
Judd’s brother, McKinnell, and
| where he had been living.
Suspicion that she might take
I this means of refuge was aroused
| when the police fouu«La c
| and a quantity of food fh one of the
j holes. Officials have been assigned
i to watch the cabin in case she tried ♦
I to take refuge there.
1 Suspicious persons have been re
ported in other cities but all clues
have turned out false.
New developments in the case at
Los Angeles were the fact that Mrs.
Judd would be given legal protec
tion if she surrenders to the police.
Mr. Judd has engaged two lawyers
I to act as counsel for Mrs. Judd.
iThe conviction is expressed that
!Mrs. Judd is in Los Angeles or its
| environs.
' NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (^—Au
thorities here have been stirred by
: the report of the finding of former
; Judge Joseph Force Crater’s body
1 hanging from a hemlock tree, near
a small town in Maine.
The body was described to be of
| the same identical build as that of
'Judge Crater’s, with the same gray
streaked hair; he had the same
| kind of eye glasses in his coat
pocket that Crater usually carried
! with him, and even had false teeth
such as Crater had.
Judge Crater disappeared about
| June, 1931. He had been appointed
! a j ustice of the State supreme court
of New7 York on April 10, 1930, to
fill a vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Justice Joseph N. Pros
kauer.
When probers started investigat
ing Tammany politicians and court
judges, and soon after the expose
of the gigantic vice racket of New
York City and the murder of beau
tiful Vivian Gordon, Broadway gold
digger, blackmailer and racketeer
on February 26, 1931, Judge Crater
disappeared.
It has not been determined whe
ther Judg$ Crater committed sui
cide or was murdered.
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NOT ACROSS PACIFIC
i OAKLAND, Oct. 23. (A5)—The long
(distance flight being contemplated
fby Ruth Nichols at Oakland will
(not be across the Pacific ocean,
ishe has stated. There is a possi
| bility that she will attempt a non
! stop flight across the United States
| continent, from the Pacific coast to
; New York.
WON’T WITHDRAW TROOPS
TOKYO, Oct. 23. (£>)—Japan has
intimated to the League of Natoins
that she will net withdraw her
troops from Manchuria by Novem
ber 16.
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