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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 177. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933. PRICE TEN CENTS
ITALIAN FLYERS
STILL REMAIN
SHOAL HARBOR
SHOAL HARBOR, Newfoundland,
July 31. —Strong headwinds ovei
the North Atlantic last night caus
ed General Italo Balbo, command
ing the 24 Italian seaplanes, again
to postpone the departure on the
1,930 mile flight to Ireland.
General Balbo said he intended
to take no chances on this last
long overwater phase of their mass
flight from Orbetello Airport, in
Italy, to the Chicago World Fair
and return.
He felt that the flight so far
had been conducted with a mini
mum of mishaps, other than the
one fatal accident at Amsterdam on
the way over, and hoped to return
to Italy with an almost perfect
record.
POLICEMAN SHOT
BY DESPERATE
CHICAGO BANDIT
CHICAGO. July 31. —One police
officer was slain and another was
perhaps fatally wounded in two
outbreaks of violence that came
while Federal and State police per
fected plans for a drive on crime
designed as the greatest such move
ment in Chicago’s history.
Louis Schuettz, 50-year old pol
iceman of Lombard, a suburb, was
killed when he attempted to
thwart the holdup of a cafe near
Villa Park.
Three desperate bandits armed
with shotguns entered the Riverside
Inn shortly before dawn Sunday.
The leader knocked over a chair,
swept the room with his gun and
shouted. “This is a holdup.” Wait
ers and patrons cowered before
the attack but Shuettz, in plain
clothes and seated in a booth
calmly asked “What for?” when
prdered to put up his hands. The
atmosphere was tense. The bandit
leader did not reply. Shuettz sud
denly reached into his pocket and
drew a pistol. But before he could
fire it both barrels of a shotgun
had been discharged in his side.
FOREST FIRES
BLAZING, STATES
SACRAMENTO, July 31. —Hun
dreds of C i v i li a n Conservations
Corps workers and State employees
continued fighting forest fires in
Northern California today as the
first serious blaze of the season
spread through the dense moun
tain forests.
The fight was concentrated in the
vicinity of Nevada City, where the
historic mining town of French Cor
ral was threatened.
The firefighters succeeded i n
keeping the blaze from this town
after much fighting but the blazes
in other areas had not been check
ed.
GOOD PACK REPORTED
The SS. Starr brought news of a
35.000-case pack of salmon in the
f San Juan cannery at Uganik Bay,
Kodiak Island, with Uganik Fisher
ies cannery at the same place run
ning a close race. A large number
of pink salmon are running this
year in the Kodiak Island area,
with the reds and chums and sil
vers bringing up the rear. A few
" red king salmon are being caught.
A freight train loaded with the
steel girders and metal siding for
the Pacific Alaska Airw'ays at Fair
banks, two road graders and much
\ other freight, puffed out of the
local yards yesterday afternoon for
the Interior,
SCATTERED SHOWERS
CHICAGO, July 31. —Scattered
showers, the vanguard of real rains,
which will bring relief from the
Middle West’s current heat wave,
were reported from various sec
tions last evening. The Weather!
Bureau here expected relief within
the next 24 hours from the temper
atures of above 100 degrees in
numerous places.
ILLINOIS MILK
PRODUCERS WILL
OPPOSE THE'NRA'
CHICAGO, July 31. — Norman
Dietz, president of the Independent
Milk Producers of Northern Illin
ois, Sunday said that his associa-1
1 tion does not intend to comply with
[ the new federally approved code for
the Chicago milk shed area.
Dietz added that'he would invite
prosecution as he contended that
the code was an abuse of govern
mental authority.
He said that his company would
continue to sell milk for a cent and
a fraction a quart where it ia
called for by the customers. The
code price is 10 cents per quart.
Officials of the National Recovery (
I Act have declared that any viola
tion of the code will be prosecuted.
The code is effective Tuesday.
The proposed suit is the first
[intimation of outright opposition to
any National Recovery Act pro
vision.
RECORD TOPPLED
CHICAGO., July 31. — Previous
[.speed records between Omaha and
[Chicago w'ere broken when a Unit
ed Air Lines’ plane made the 433
jmile flight in two hours, 20 min
jutes or 20 minutes less than the
| previous record. The plane car
ried 10 passengers, mail and ex
| press.
The sum of $9,000 for Mount Mc
Kinley National Park is said to have
been included in the National Parks
'appropriations, recently made by
Congress.
Porter Berryhill, of the Alaska
Railroad, is a business visitor in
.Seward today.
The MS. Discoverer, coming from
Seattle, will pull into Seward either
today or tomorrow if Capt. Heinie
Berger has been able to maintain
the schedule he announced at
.Seattle. He has a full load of car
: go for Cook Inlet points.
DEATHS RESULT
HOTEL EXPLOSION
BRUNN, Czechoslovakia, July 31.
—An explosion of undetermined ori
gin blew the front out of the four
! story Hotel Europa burying scores
I of sleeping guests in the debris of
II i m b e r and building materials.
■Three bodies have been recovered
^from the ruins. Twenty persons were
taken to a hospital. Thirty more
!are missing and it is believed that
ithey are dead.
The blast rocked the entire city
and the flames that resulted from
the explosion shot over 200 feet
} into the air.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 4.
Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn 1.
Boston 5, New York 3.
Chicago 2. St. Louis 8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 7, Chicago 8.
New York 7, Washington 2.
Philadelphia 3, Boston 8.
• Detroit 6, Cleveland 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 1-2, Seattle 4-6
j Hollywood 6-3, Portland 8-4.
Oakland 0-4, San Francisco 11-8.
Sacramento 6-6, Los Angeles 4-5.
O'CONNELL HEIR
RELEASED BY HIS
KIND KIDNAPPERS
ALBANY, N. Y. July 31. —John
J. Bush O’Connell, Jr., son of the
politically prominent O’Connell
family, was safe and sound at hisj
home Sunday after having been re- i
eased by his kidnappers early Sun- (
day morning. He had been held a
captive for 23 days.
The youth was released to an(
intermediary after the rumored
ransom of $40,000 had been paid.
The husky 200-pound O’Connel i
youth reported he had been well'
treated by the kidnappers and had
been given good food during the
while he was in captivity. He was
of the opinion that he had been
held captive in a New York City!
apartment house but owing to the
extraordinary precautions taken by
his kidnappers he was unable to
locate the apartment. He did not:
describe any of the abductors yet,
and it is not known what informa- j
tion he can give the authorities
to help them identify the abduc
tors.
O’Connell appeared tired and his
face was covered with a thick
beard. He looked as if he had lost:
from 15 to 20 pounds in weight.
The ransom money, it is said, was
marked and it is expected that the j
police will use this as a means to
get a line on the perpetrators of
this kidnapping.
The marked currency is said to
have been so adroitly marked that
the kidnappers are expected to
leave a plain trail.
MATTERN GIVEN
GREAT WELCOME
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, July 31. —Dressed
in Russian boots and heavy flying
togs, Jimmy Mattern arrived at
Floyd Bennett Airport late Satur
day after flying around the world
in a vain quest for a record. The
boots were a souvenir of his crash
on the barren Siberian tundra, the
crash which cost him his chance
to establish a solo world flight re
cord.
Mattern flew with a Soviet pi
lot from Anadyr to Nome. Before he
could return to Siberia to resume
his solo trip. Wiley Post had estab
lished a new record.
Mattern blamed “that Russian
oil” for the failure of his engine at
Anadyr and the subsequent failure
of his flight.
A crowd of 5,000 persons cheer
ed Mattern almost as heavily as
if he had achieved the record.
Mattern completed his flight
in a borrowed airplane by flying
from Toronto to Buffalo. He limped
slightly as a result of an ankle in
jury received in his Siberian mis
hap.
ALEUTIAN LEFT
SUNDAY FOR NORTH
SEATTLE. July 31. —The S. S.
Aleutian sailed Sunday and carried
the following Seward passengers:
Mrs.E. F. Bittiner, Col. G. E. Kumpe,
M. Anderson, M- L. Sharp, Mrs. D.
S. Datna, Dr. Mabel C. Bond. Mrs.
McGowan, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. John
son, Rev. G. E. Pihl, Mrs. George W.
James, Mrs. J. Clark. Miss B. M.
Henry. Warren Stanton and three
steerage.
While an exceptionally fine sea
son was reported from the Naknek
section of the Bristol Bay region it
•is reported that the Dillingham fish
sector was a little slower this year
and that canners there are still
| packing.
GIVES '' UP JOB
WASHINGTON, July 31. —Wal
ter C. Teamgle, president of the
Standard Oil Company, of New Jer
sey, has issued a statement explain
ing the sudden resignation of J. A.
Moffett as senior vice-president of
the company. Moffett, who gave up
his $100,000 a year vice-presidency
in the oil company, is expected to
be named* administrator in the oil
industry under the National Re
covery Act.
HOME RIDDLED
BY GANGSTERS'
ANGRY BULLETS
DENVER, July 31. —A fusilade of
machine gun stiots Sunday riddled
the Denver home of W. B. Elliott,
whose wife supplied the police with
information leading to the arrests
of the kidnappers of Charles Boet
cher II.
Other developments in the wave
of kidnapping outrages were the
abduction of David Kahan, once
a wealthy real estate dealer in
Brooklyn. Relatives feared that he
was being held by the abductors
wrho do not know that he no long
er is well-to-do.
The notorious Verne S a n k y is
still being sought as the ringleader
of the St. Paul abduction gang.
A survey showed that six states
have increased the penalty for kid
napping convictions to death since
the abduction wrave started in the
United States.
FACES REAL TEST
WASHINGTON, July 31. — Or
ganized Labor faced its real test
today when the steel industry was
thrown into the crucible of Presi
dent Roosevel’s National Recovery
furnace for the moulding of a code
to govern its ramifying business.
The remains of I. M. Foster, form
er cannery superintendent at Lazy
Bay, on Kodiak Island, who died
wThile in an airplane en route to
Anchorage for medical attention,
were shipped from Anchorage to
Sew'ard and placed aboard the SS.
Yukon for the States where burial
will be made.
The local Nile Park was the scene
of an exciting touch football game
last evening wrhen a group of pro
spective ball carriers assembled
there. End runs wrere numerous as
the sides sought to get the ball
over “that there line.'’
U.S. FLOATS BIG
SECURITIES ISSUE
WASHINGTON, July 31. — The
.government today offered an $850,
000.000 issue of securities to the
public for retiring the indebted
ness and to finance the Adminis
tration’s Recovery program.
The issue consists of $500,000,000
dn bonds and the rest is in Trea
sury Notes.
The issue was ordered to be
made as attractive to the small in
vestor as possible and the bonds
will be in denominations as low
•as $50 and the notes will be as
low as $100.
NAVAL BASE AT FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO. July 31. —
A naval base in the Golden Gate
Harbor and the rehabilitation of
four naval vessels to be stationed
there, is among the proposals made
for the expenditure of part of the
public works money in the San
Francisco area, it is learned.
LOST WALLET
I CHICAGO, July 31. —The loss of
\a. wallet containing $36,000 and sev
eral odd dollars by a Fair visitor,
was reported here Sunday.
ARCTIC VESSEL
MOTHERED BY A
U.S.C.G. CUTTER
SEATTLE July 31 —The United
States Coast Guard Cutter North
land radioed the Coast Guard’s
headquarters via the Bering Sea
patrol that the Hudson Bay ves
sel Anyox’s hull had been patched
and that the vessel was trailing
the cutter South.
This indicates that the Hudson
Bay trader’s visit to the Canadian
Arctic post will be either postponed
or delayed for this season. The ships
were off Point Lay at the time
the message was sent.
The Anyox was reported in dis
tress with a pierced hull a few
days ago and the Northland hast
ened to its rescue. It was said that
when the Northland reached the
Anyox that the vessel was still able
keep the water down through the
constant working of its pumps.
UNIQUE PLANE
BEEN DESIGNED
BY GERMAN
BERLIN, July 31, —Adolf Rohr
back. famous German aviation de
signer, disclosed some of the sec
rets of a unique airplane which
he said would fly forward, back
ward, hover motionless, or rise and
descend almost vertically.
The new craft has no propellor
or wings and resembles a flying,
leaping machine. Locomotion and
lifting power are provided by re
volving contraptions which sprout
from the fuselage of the plane at
a point where other planes have
wings.
There are six of these contrap
tions with blades like horizontal
fins, three on each side. They re
volve in a circle around two axels
connected with the motor, which
is inside the plane.
The plane is said to carry four
to seven passengers and do 100
miles an hour.
STILL MISSING
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 31. —
Charles P. Urschel, wealthy oil man,
was still missing with no word
from his kidnappers.
ENGLAND TAKES
CUP FROM FRANCE
AUTEUIL, France, July 31 —The
Davis Cup was taken across the
English Channel from France Sun
day as the English team ended the
French six-year international ten
nis reign with a three to two vic
ory. This is the first time that Eng
land has taken the cup since 1912.
England’s hopes sank considerably
when “Bunny” Austin was beaten
by Henri Cochet in the first game.
iThe British then held only a one
| game advantage over the French
players and there were two more
I to play. Fred Perry, however, faced
Andree Merlin and with a series of
slashing drives he took the game
and cinched the cup for England.
PRACTICE TONIGHT
Baseball practice has been call
ed for this evening at 6:45 o’clock
and it is urged that everyone who
can do so turn out. If a sufficient
number of men turn out a prac
tice game will be played. All those
who were on the ball lot yesterday
! will probably be present as well as
: many others who were out of town
| yesterday and who will probably
i turn out tonight.
The MS. Rolfh, Capt. Pete Sather,
of the Nuka Bay Transportation Co.,
arrived in port today on its regular
scheduled bi-monthly trip.