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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 170. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MCE CAIHOT
-LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARMY”
SEEN IN FRENCH MEMOR
ANDUM
WASHINGTON, July 24. (/P) —
A French memorandum to the Lea
gue of Nations claiming that France
cannot disarm further under the
existing conditions cast a shadow
4 on the elation of Hoover in his
moves to aid Germany.
The attitude of France is in
terpreted as a setback to the dis
armament conference of Next Feb
ruary.
France will not reduce further
unless other nations agree to pro
tect her.
France’s memorandum is seen
as suggesting a “League of Nations
army.”
ON DUTY TOLL BOH
ACCOUNT OF RULING
DURANT, Oklahoma, July 24. (JP)!
—Thirty-three national guardsmen
departed to take over the surveil- I
a nee of the Oklahoma approach
of the Dennison-Durant toll bridge, j
An order was issued by Governor
Murray to prevent reopening of
the bridge through possible court
action.
Adjutant General Charles Bar
ret, in command said that “war
zone” passes to enter the area were !
issued only by Barret and each
< was scanned several times by the
guards.
Texas Rangers on the other bank
held their free bridge closed under
orders from Governor Sterling and
motorists were forced to make a
detour.
Governor Murray said that the
court ruling in Texas to have the
toll bridge opened was an inva
sion upon the sovereign rights of
Oklahoma.
- CAPTJIIN MAH TURNS
CRUFT SOOTH!
KETCHIKAN, July 24. (JP)—After J
a 10-day cruise aboard the yacht
Linda, Captain Matt Peasley, of
Hynes’ sea story fame, and a party
cf boys from New York and other
Eastern cities, sailed South.
They encountered a thrill when
two deer, exhausted from swim
ming, were rescued in the chan
nel, near Admiralty Island, and
hauled aboard the yacht; they
were put ashore after regaining
'their strength.
BRISTOL BAY CLOSED
JUNEAU, July 24. (A5) — The
Fisheries Department reported the
Bristol Bay area was closed last
Saturday until August 3. Canners
there have packed 1,063,500 cases,
with 93 per cent of the pack reds.
Bureau advices also indicate that
the Southeast Alaska pack has al
ready totalled 210,000 cases.
SCORES VISIT CRUISER
KETCHIKAN, July 24. (/P)—
Scores of people are visiting the
light cruiser Detroit, first Naval
vessel of that class to come here.
It has a crew of 580 and leaves
Saturday for Mare Island, Calif.
TILLERS TIX HIED
VOID BT HIED COURT
JUNEAU, July 24. (JP)—In re
viewing the validity of the trollers
tax in the case of Wood Freeman,
of Tacoma, against Territorial
Treasurer Smith, reviewed before
Federal Judge Harding, the Unit
ed States Circuit Court of Appeals
declared the statute imposing a
$250 tax on non-residents and $1
tax on residents was void.
The decision is not expected
for several weeks. Attorney Gen
eral Rustgard argued the Legis
lature had a right to impose such
a tax; Attorney Faulkner asserted
the opposite
FAILED IN ATTEMPT
NEW YORK, July 24. (/P) —
Russel Boardman and John Polan
do failed in their attempt to take
off on a non-stop flight to Tur
key. They were unable to rise more
than a 100 feet and they had to
dump their gasoline in Jamaca
Bay and return to the field.
NAVAL HANGAR WORK
BE STARTED AUGUST 1
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. (/P)—
Construction of the Sunnyvale
Naval Dirigible hangar may be
under way by the middle of Sep
tember, with completion of the
great structure due for early 1933.
This was the prediction made
here by Lieut. Commander Ed
ward L. Marshall, Naval construct
or, on the basis of Associated
Press dispatches from Washington,
which stated that the Navy De
partment plans to advertise for
bids August 1.
HELEN WILES MOODY
RETURNS TENNIS COROT
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., July
24. (/P)—Mrs. Helen Wills Moody
of San Francisco returned toj
tournament competition here and
won her first match in the cam
paign she hopes to climax this
month by regaining her national1
title.
Mrs. Moody paired with Mrs.
George W. Wightman of Boston in
the first round of the Aviation
Women’s doubles to defeat the!
Boehm twins, Helen and Hilda, of !
Malden, Mass., in straight sets. *
I
30,000 AT TEA PARTY
LONDON, Eng., July 24. (/P)—
King George and Queen Mary gave
a tea party in the gardens of
Buckingham Palace. It was es
timated that over 30,000 persons,
including large hosts of statesmen
who recently returned from the
German economical crisis confer
ence, were present.
The 17 Territorial and National
banks in Alaska have resources of
approximately $15,000,000.
SPECIFICATIONS OF
TIES MODIFIED BY
ALASKA HUD
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIES
ACCEPTED MUST BE AT
LEAST NO. l’S
—
| The Alaska Railroad has mod
ified their tie specifications and
increased the maximum price per
'ties besides agreeing to purchase
20 per cent No. 2’s instead of 10
1 per cent.
Ties cut in the vicinity of Sew
ard and along the railroad up to,
or near, Mile 90 will be graded as
(mountain hemlock and the rail
|road will pay up to, and including,
jthe following prices:
No. l’s—Standard mountain
! hemlock cross ties, $1.10.
No. 2’s—Standard mountain
hemlock cross ties, 95c.
The above prices are for deliv
ery f. o. b. railroad right-of-way.
If proposal specifies f. o. b. cars,
: the railroad will pay five cents
.per tie over the above prices.
No. l’s — Standard western
I hemlock cross ties, 95c.
No. 2’s — Standard western
| hemlock cross ties, 76c.
Above price covers delivery on
cars at Seward Dock for ties cut
in Southeastern Alaska.
Sawed—Mountain or Western
Hemlock
No. 1—Thickness, 7 inches;
face, 6 inches; length. 8 feet.
No. 2—Thickness, 6V2 inches;
face, 7 inches; length 8 feet.
Maximum allowable variation in
; thickness or face, for sawed ties
only, l/2 inch under or 1 inch over;
measurements to be made at the
smaller end. Maximum variation
in length 1 inch under or 2 inches
over.
: Hewed—Mountain Hemlock Only
No. 1 —Thickness, 6V2 - 6
inches; face, 7*4 - 12 inches;
length 6 feet.
No. 2—Thickness, 6-7 inches;
face, 6-12 inches; length 8
! feet.
! At least 80 per cent of ties ac
cepted must be No. l’s; not over
i 20 per cent shall be No. 2’s. No
ties grading below No. 2’s will be
accepted.
Ties shall be made from straight
live timber, free from splits, wind
shakes, decay, bad knots, bow’s,
bends or other defects or imper
fections that might impair their
strength and durability, or cause
excessive cost of installation. If
made from the round tree they
’must be sawed smooth and even
| and free from score hacks to uni
| form and parallel faces on two
j opposite sides. No ties sawed on
(three sides only will be accepted.
1 All hewed ties must be peeled
’and peeling must be done off the
(right of way.
1 Ties delivered to the right of
[way shall be staked not less than
! 10 feet and not more than 30 feet
from the nearest track rail, and
piled at a sufficient elevation from
the ground to permit inspection
and easy access by crane for load
ing purposes. Ties shall be piled
54 in a pile and piles shall be four
feet apart. Ties must be placed
at least three inches apart in pile,
allowing all ends showing.
Tie cutters must furnish sills or
dunnage upon which to place tie
piles, as no ties are to be placed;
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AWAIT WEATHER
SEATTLE, July 24. (;P)—Robbins
and Jones still are waiting for bet
ter weather conditions and they
may hop tomorrow on their pro
jected flight to Tokyo via Alaska.
FISHERMEN AWARDED
JUDGMENT, S. E. DEISM
i
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JUNEAU, July 24. (&) — Judge
Harding awarded Paul Luketa and
several other fishermen judgment
in a suit to foreclose against the
property of the Alaska Packing
Company at Point Herbert and
Warm Springs Bay.
The court allowed claims of
about $45,000 against the company
which has the receivership of sev
eral Seattle plants not operated
this season.
The suit started under the Ter- i
ritorial act permitting fishermen ;
j to put a lien on property for ma- j
| terial labor furnished.
| TO FLY VIA POINT BARROW j
NEW YORK, July 24. (JP)—Col.
! Chas. A. Lindbergh will proceed
northwestward across Canada and
Alaska to Point Barrow thence to '
Nome, Karaginsk, Siberia, Petro- j
pavlosk thence fly along the Ku
rile Islands to Neturo, northmost
large island group; the last hop
being along the eastern edge of
,hte Kuriles to Tokyo.
IRE JIKEN DOWN
| MOSCOW, July 23. (jT>)—A step j
; toward restoration of normal trade !
| relations between Soviet Russia i
and France was taken with the j
simultaneous issuance of decrees!
in Moscow and Paris, removing
i commercial barriers set up last
: October.
The action, which takes effect
: immediately, was considered as
| the outcome of trade negotiations
| between the two countries, which
still are proceeding in Paris.
! MAX’S Min IS
CALLED TO GERMANY
NEW YORK, July 23. (/P)-Joe
Jacobs, manager of Max Schmel
ing, world’s heavyweight boxing
champion, wil sail immediately af
ter the Walker-Sharkey Milk Fund
bout next week, for Germany.
The sudden announcement of
Jacohs’ sailing came about when
he received a cable from the Ger
man heavyweight, stating that two
German professors have warned
him not to box again for at least
three months, due to an infect
ed eye, received in the Stribling
battle.
WILL TRY TO BREAK RECORD
LONG ISLAND, N. Y., July 24.
(/P)—Captain Frank Hawks took
off on an attempted trial flight
to Hovana in an attempt to break
the present record between the two
cities established last Saturday by
and 30 minutes is theETAOINNN
James Hall of London. Twenty
three hours and 30 minutes is the
record.
Episcopalian missions were first
founded in Alaska in 1862.
PRESENCE STIMSQN
AT LONDON CONFAB
REASSURES GERMANY
SECRETARY OF STATE WILL RE~
MAIN IN RERUN FOR
THREE DAYS
L.UNLXJN, July 24. (/P)—Because
the Nationalists and Communists
in Germany are dissatisfied with
the result of the London Confer
ence which recently ended, Chan
cellor Bruening and Foreign Min
ister Curtius hoped that the pre
sence of Stimson in Berlin would
reassure the people in Germany
that the people in America are in
terested in their fate and would
eliminate the tendency toward a
panic.
The Germans are convinced
that more help is needed and the
conference gave them but a breath
ing spell.
Stimson Mil remain in Berlin,
for three days.
CATHOLIC PUNE PILOT
IN SLIGHT CRUSH IT
1 IMCIPIL 1POHT
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 24. (/Pi
Brother George Feltes, enroute to
San Francisco with a plane to use
in visiting Jesuit missions in Al
aska, damaged the craft slightly
Thursday in coming down near
the municipal airport.
In approaching the airport tine
plane dipped and came to earth
in a field a quarter of a mile
ditant. Brother Feltes said a
weak fitting on the landing gear
gave way, allowing one side of the
plane to sag and scraping one
wing tip on the ground.
Brother Feltes, uninjured, said
the plane would be repaired in a
few hours and will fly the plane
to San Francisco thence to Seat
tle where it will be shipped to
Seward.
SOOTH CUES LOCK
ARCTIC COAST, ICE
POINT BARROW, July 24. <JP)—
Due to continuous southerly gales
for the past two weeks, ice solidly
packed the entire coast with no
movement of any kind possible un
less a change in wind. A good
northeast gale, however, would
clear the shore overnight.
The SS Northland was last re
ported in Kotzebue Sound, within
five or six days steaming with
gas and oil for Lindbergh’s plane.
SEATTLE HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, July 24. (£>)—Halibut
from five vessels totaling 91,000
pounds brought 5c and lO^c.
FAMILY DROWNED
SEATTLE, July 24. (A5)—Henry
Lochow, trader, said he received a
wire from Kodiak on May 19th
from Charles Nicolet the day af
ter the storm in which the Nicolet
family is believed to have been
drowned.