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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 134.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RACE IN THE EAST
WASHINGTON LED FIELD UNTIL
HALF A MILE FROM THE
INISH LINE
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 17, (A>)—
Beaten in every short-distant race
rowed earlier in the season, the
Navy, a rank outsider, raced in a
rainstorm and much to the sur
prise of all, to vistory.
The new stroke, R. P. Hunter,
set up a pace which beat Cornell
one and one-half length, Washing
ton nearly two lengths. The rest
cf the crews were scattered and
badly beaten.
Washington led for the first
three miles of the four, (correct)
and was three and one-half
lengths ahead and did not yield
to the Navy’s spurt until one-half
mile from the finish.
Times—Navy 18 minutes, 54.1
seconds; Cornell 18 minutes and
59 seconds; Washington 19 min
utes and 19.3 seconds; California
19, 11.4; Syracuse 19, Pennsylvania
19, 30.4; Columbia 19, 34; Wiscon
sin 19, 36; Massachusetts Tech
19, 37.4.
Syracuse junior varsity won the
three mile race a length ahead
of California.
Washington freshmen led all
the way in the two mile race and
finished more than a length in
front of Cornell.
One hundred thousand saw the
races.
JUST ABOUT RIGHT
WASHINGTON, June 16. (/P)—
The W. C. T. U. says that every
resident in a dozen states and the
District of Columbia would have
to drink two and one half gallons
of beer per day next year to raise a
billion dollars through taxes, as the
'Congressional beer block’ declares.
GIRLS BODY FOUND
LIMA, Ohio, June 16. (/Pj —
Weighted down with 30 pounds of
rocks, the body of Thelma Woods,
17 years old who had been miss
ing since May 30, was found at the
bottom of a gravel pit near here.
WILD WEST DAYS
SHAMROCK, Texas, June 17, (/P)
—Going back to wild-west days
here, six bandits held up a New
York to Los Angeles bus and
robbed passengers of all their
money, jewelry and watches. The
cash amounted to $658.
LEAKING GAS MAIN
LONDON, June 17, (/P)—A leak
ing gas main, resulting from earth
shocks, caused police to throw a
cordon around St. Paul’s Cathe
dral. Workers in nearby buildings
were cautioned not to smoke.
NOT THE PRINCE !
LONDON, June 17, (JP)—Lord L.
Mountbetton was slightly injured
when his pony threw him during
a polo match. Former King Al
fonso of Spain was one of those
who helped carry King George’s
cousin to the dressing room.
PROSED BAR FISHERMEN
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June
17, (A5)—A tie-up of 40 days bet
ween selling each American catch
and return of the same boat, is
proposed in a ruling requested of
the government by Canadian hal
ibut fishermen in an effort to
obtain better prices. This proposal
would mean temporary barring
the port to American fishermen.
MEMORY OF LINCOLN
HONORED 01 HOOVER
BEDEWl TOMB
SPRINGFIELD, June 17, OP)—
Honoring, and in loving memory of
Abraham Lincoln at the Eman
cipator’s Tomb, and in the very
room in which Lincoln received
word of his nominatoin in 1860,
President Hoover paid tribute and
dedicated the reconstructed Tomb.
The first was dedicated by |
President Grant. Seventy-f our,
thousand flocked to the Oakridgej
Cemetery to view the impressive- j
ness of the huge sculptured head |
of Lincoln over the entrance way, j
the only outwardly change in the
Tomb.
NO CLEMENCY FOR
HENRY FULL, TH006HT
WASHINGTON, June 17, (.-Pi
President Hoover’s remarks at
Marion, Ohio yesterday are taken
to mean that there is no hope of
Executive clemency for Henry Fall,
although the President mentioned
no names.
He said that the men who be
trayed President Harding also be
1 trayed, according to the courts,
' “the country. They committed
1 crimes for which punishment can
never atone.”
DEMAND FOUR PER CENT
WASHINGTON, June 16, (.Pi
Demands of the anti-prohibition
ists for the restoration of four per
cent beer as a means of relieving
unemployment and providing taxes
i for federal revenue were carried
I direct to President Hoover by Re
: presentative Dyer, Republican of
Missouri.
ECONOMIC INSANITY
GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 17, (P)
!—Wage cutting and price slashing
| were denounced as forms of “econ
| omic insanity” by Senator James
jj. Davis, speaking at the Gettys
burg College commencement exer
| cises. Davis said overproduction
was a major cause of present econ
! omic difficulties and ills.
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ROME TO LONDON—1 DAY
| PARIS, June 17, (P)—Captain
| Frank Hawkes, American speed
I flier, arrived here after a 25-min
! ute flight from Turin. At the
! conclusion of this trip he plans
j to return to London and attempt
i a Rome-to-London flight in one
i day.
ELIMINATE CHURCH
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, June 17,
(P)—The virtual elimination of
the Catholic church in the State
of Vera Cruz was foreshadowed
in a bill passed by the legislature
limiting the number of priests to
one for every 100,000 inhabitants.
OFFICIALS PLEASED
WITH TORT OVER
CHICAGO II HE
WASHINGTON, June 17, (yP)—
Spurred by victory over A1 Capone,
Federal officials indicated defi
nitely that they looked toward
New York as the next major ob
jective in their drive against crime
higher-ups.
The Justice Department gave
out word that the federals were
already engaged in a quiet inves
tigation of Treasury and Prohibi
tion forces and that they have
been ordered to New York where
they will concentrate on the brains
behind prohibition law violators.
Similar activities a t Detroit,
Philadelphia, Cleveland and St.
Louis will also draw federal at
tention.
PRINCE RUPERT HALIBUT
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June 17,
(ZP)^Eighty-one thousand pounds
of American halibut sold for 5c
to 10c; Canadian, 4c to 8c.
ROYAL COUPLE HOME
TOKYO, June 16. (/P) — Prince
Takamatsu, and his bride arrived
home at the conclusion of a world
tour on which they visited the
United States. They were welcomed
by immense crowds.
ATHEISM CHURCH
MOSCOW, June 17, </P>—Athe
ism will have its own church and
shrine soon if plans of the godless
society are fulfilled. According to
the latest scheme a great central
house of atheism is to be built
here in 1932.
COL. OLMSTEAD RETURNING
Col. Dawson Olmstead, head of
the Washington-Alaska Military
Cable and Telegraph System, re
turns to Seward Thursday from
Anchorage and while awaiting the
arrival in port of the Cableship
Dellwood, wil probably take time
off to visit Russian River with lo
cal Izaak Waltons. The Dellwood
is expected to arrive from Seattle
June 21, Sunday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 6, Cincinnati 1.
Chicago 8, Boston 7.
St. Louis 2, Phillies 1.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 11, St. Louis 10.
Chicago at Boston, rain.
Cleveland at Philadelphia, rain.
Detroit at New York, rain.
PACIFIC COAST
Night games—
Sacramento at Portland, rain.
Hollywood 3, Missions 2.
Seattle 10, Oakland 2.
San Francisco 9, Los Angeles 5.
17th HOME-RUN SEASON
ST. LOUIS, June 17, (/P)—All
scoring home-runs were Klien oi
the Phillies who hit his 17th
of the season, the swat coming in
the first inning. Watkins and
Frisch of the Cardinals hit hom
ers in the 9th. Grimes of the Car
dinals allowed three hits in the
eight innings and Stout one in the
9th. Benge, of the Phillies allowed
five hits.
ORGANIZE DEER COUNCIL
FAIRBANKS, June 17, (A*)—Gov
ernor Parks and Charles Hawkes
worth, acting chief of the Alaska
division of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, left by plane for Nome
where he will organise the rein
deer council as recommended by
Secretary Wilbur’s committee. He
returns here in about a week.
SEHTTLE HALIM
WILL CONTINUE CM
ON FISHING, PRESENT
SEATTLE, June 17, (JP)—fcix
halibut vessels with 58,000 pounds
of medium fish and 37,560 small
and large, sold their cargoes for
5c to 15c.
Halibut fares for the season to
tal 3,911,700 pounds as against
4,478,875 for the same period last
year.
Prices last year averaged 10c
and 13c. This year, 6c and 11c.
Seattle boat owners said they
did not see their way clear at
this time to tie up their vessels,
as in Prince Rupert. They assert
they are delivering sufficient fish
to supply the North Pacific coast
needs.
CAPONE PLEADS GUILTY
I MAY GET 34 YEARS
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CHICAGO, June 17, (VP)— A1
| Capone, a little Brooklyn hoodlum,
who came to Chicago which he
made bad, is going to prison be
; cause he peddled beer and didn’t
i pay any income tax.
! He pleaded guilty yesterday and
will be sentenced June 30.
The maximum sentence is 34
years and $90,000 fine and it is
possible he may get both.
GUARDSMEN WOUNDED
i MANAGUA, June 17, (VP)—Four
| National Guardsmen were wound
j ed, three critically, in a clash with
i bandits at Jacura.
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PLANE CRASH FATAL
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 17, (VP)—
Two Chicago men were killed and
another injured severely when a
large monoplane crashed one mile
from Toledo. The cause of the
accident is not known.
FLOODS CAUSE DEATHS
SIDNEY, Australia, June 17, (VP)
—Heavy floods caused by rains are
responsible for three deaths and
much property damage. Commun
ications were interrupted on the
lower Murray River basin.
The marriage of Miss Francis
Mosford of Monroe, Wash., and a
former high school teacher in the
Seward Schools to Mr. George
Camel, of Quinloch, Wash., on July
2, is announced in a letter received
by Mrs. Ed. A. Crawford. They will
make their home in Monroe.
DRIVER IN BAD
LOS ANGELES, June 16. <VP) —
Earl Tennler, driver, reported tc
the police that three men kidnap
ped him. Two of the men drove him
around for several hours while the
third drove off with his tank truck
and trailer containing 6,000 gallons
of gasoline.
AMIES ROARING
OVERHEAD NUISANCE
PRESIDENT IRATE AT .NOISE,
DANGER PUBLIC, AT CER
EMONIES
From the President’s special
train, June 17, (/P)—An order from
President Hoover to banish air
planes from the vicinity of the
crowds, was put into immediate
effect.
Secretary Lamont joined the
Presidential special for the Col
umbus ride to Springfield for re
dedication of the Tomb of Lincoln.
The President became irate by
the roar of the airplanes during
the exercises at the Harding
Memorial which noise was still
‘ringing in his ears and his order
-went forth quickly.
| So insistent was the President
I that the crowd in the open be pro
|tected from airplanes and made
l it clear if the law now did not
[control such situations, he would
! urge the next Congress to take
I action.
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HAS SENATOR’S ENDORSEMENT
NEW YORK, June 16. {!■P) — Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, who is cam
! paigning for a $£000,000 prosperity
loan, received the indorsement of
Senator George W. Norris of Neb
raska.
80-YEAR-OLD COOK
NORTHPORT, June 17. (JP)—On
his 90th birthday, John Mellen,
celebrated by inviting six to a
; dinner which he prepared himself.
His wife was blind.
GET FRESH AIR ANYHOW
PITTSBURGH, June 16. (JP) —
I While state authorities and mine
I officials continued their efforts to
; bring about a settlement, strikers
! picketed mines of western Penn
jsylvania coal fields and help open
air meetings in an effort to gain
their points.
WILL MARRY SOON
NEW YORK, June 16. (JP) —Miss
Bettie Powell, dughter of Colonel
E. Alexander Powell, world famous
traveler, is to marry the Hon. John
Rose Monson, son of Lord and Lady
Monson of England, it was learn
ed.
PRODUCES RUBBER
| FORT MYERS, Fla., June 17. (£>)
Thomas A. Edison has produced
(rubber from the Golden Rod by a
[ chemical distillation and has
[found it suitable for commercial
use. The aged inventor revealed
(this as he boarded a train for
Orange, N. J., to spend the sum
mer.
20,000 SOLDIERS DISPOSED OF
SHANGHAI, June 16. (A5) — The
Nationalist government admitted
that 20,000 soldiers either had beer
slaughtered or otherwise disposed
of by communist bandits in Kiangsi
Hunen, and Northern Fukien pro
; vinces. All semblance of order In
; these provinces has disappeared, it
was also admitted.