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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 153.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MUSSOLINI AGREES
WITH STB TO
TAKE HOAD PEACE
TWO ROADS, ONE WAR, OTHER
PEACE, SHORT CUT TO
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
ROME, July 10. (/P)—Mussolini
agrees with Stimson that world
peace is the shortset road to eco
nomic recovery and universal disar
mament. They believe that the
next milepost on that trail is al
ready blazed by suspension of war
debts and reparations for one
year.
The Duce granted one of his
rare interviews, communicating
the import of his conference with
Stimson: “There are two roads,
cne toward war and one toward
peace. I told Stimson I have
chosen the road toward peace.
Stimson and I find ourselves in
accord in choosing that road It
aly, for her part, will go into the
next disarmament conference with
the sincere desire for peace”
Stimson said his talk with the
Duce was satisfactory
SERI ARRIVES IT
KSIIIIIK BY PEINE,
EPIDEMIC IMPROVES
KANAKANAK, July 10. (/P>—'The
epidemic situation which, has been
perilous is now well in hand. There
are still 104 patients confined to
beds, 69 cases of scarlet fever. 30
cases of influenza and 11, includ
ing nine orphanage children, suc
cumbed The scarlet fever serum
arrived by plane yesterday.
It s believed there will be no
more deaths. Help is scarce and
employees are over-worked.
Three staff members have been
ill with influenza and one outside |
nurse and two members of theI
education staff are on duty.
In their spare time Signal Corps j
men cheerfully assisted where they j
could.
EX-SEINN BUILDS
x HIS 7I9TH MOTORBOkT
ROCHESTER, N. Y. July 10. (/P)
—John Zwanzigar, weatherbeaten
by the storms of 72 years,, this
year finished his 719 boat.
Material for “Neptune,” as he
called it, he just picked up “here
and there.” This summer he will
haul the boat down to Ironde
quoit bay and “find somebody
who will put a motor in it.” John,
a German, was a sea captain for
many years.
WILL CHRISTEN DIRIGIBLE
WASHINGTON, D C., July 10.
</P)—Mrs. Herbert Hoover has ac
ceptedan invitation to christen
the Navy’s giant dirigibje, the Ak
ron, at Akron, O., on August 2.
The big airship is being construct
ed at the Akron plants of the
Goodyear Zeppelin Company.
HALIBUT PRICES
PRINCE RUPERT, July 10. </P)—
Halibut, totaling 46,000 pounds
Ameican, brought 3c and 7.01c,
and Canadian 3c and 6.07c.
SCHOONER SLEW UP,
C1PI. 018006 HURT;
GREW IS SAVED
KETCHIKAN, July 10. (&)—'The
crew of the schooner “Northern
of Ketchikan” is being cared for
here. The boat blew up Wednes
day in Sumner Strait.
Captain Claus Ramberg was
slightly injured; eight escaped in
jury. All took to dories, some in
night clothes, and lost all their
personal possessions.
The crew was rescued by a pass
ing schooner. The “Northern”
was towed to shore and moored.
The stern was virtually blown out.
SEATTLE WILLING
TO ASSIST AVIATORS
III ANOTHER ATTEMPT
SEATTLE., July 10. (/P)—Civic
leaders are busy with plans to have
Robbins and Jones return here and
try again to make a nonstop
Tokyo flight.
Darwin Meisnest, manager of
the Washington Athletic Club
where the fliers were guests while
here, said they would be welcomed
and aided in every way in making
a second attempt.
W. W. Connor, governor for
Washington of the National Aero- j
nautical Association, cabled the
fliers at Nome urging them to re
turn and make another attempt.
WIFE ROBBED OF BONUS
DETROIT, July 10. (INS)—The '
tin Bucasos, 42, was shattered by,
dream of the future for Mrs. Mar
the depredatons of a negro holdup
footpad. Enroute to purchase a
small business with the $505 sol
dier bonus of her crippled hus
band, Mrs. Bucasos was held up
and robbed.
EDUCATOR RETURNS TO
IlliSIU WITH BHIOE
Three years ago a young and)
handsome Russian, Tikhon I. Lav- j
rischeff, left Alaska for California |
to continue his studies for an edu- i
caitonal career. Today he re- i
turned to Seward vested with the j
title of director of the Kanakanak'
Industrial School, Bristol Bay. Butj
best of all, he returned with a j
charming bride, one of those lovely!
California girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavrischeff will
board the SS Starr tomorrow for
the long voyage to their future
home near the Bering Sea; the
present trip is the bride’s first
journey beyond the confines of her
native State and she is delighted
with what she has thus far seen
of Alaska and ts people
ALASKA INTERESTS
IT THE ill
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(By W. A S.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 29.—
About two years ago there was a
vacancy in the office of United
States District Attorney at Nome.
Julius H. Hart received the ap
pointment and confirmation, hav
ing previously been assistant U.
S. Attorney at Juneau for a short
time, when he resigned. Since he
has been located at Nome many
complaints were filed with the De
partment of Justice and recently
it was announced that Mr. Hart
had resigned, effective July 31. A
Successor has not yet been select
ed. Assistant Attorney General
C. P. Sisson, in charge of admin
istrative work, left for the Western
coast a few days ago on official
business. Later he will take a
trip to Alaska and while there will
consider two or three names that
have been suggested for appoint
ment to the post soon to be va
cated in the Second Division.
Arrangements are being made by
Harry M. Gillman for the Interior
Department’s exhibit at the Amer
ican Fair, to be held at Atlantic
City, July 16 to August 26. Ex
hibits and literature are coming
from Alaska while a number of
framed photographic scenes of the
North and a carved wooden eagle
have been secured from the office
of the Delegate. Six of the Fed.
eral bureaus will be represented in
the exhibits
The Federal Radio Commission
recently announced that licenses
had been granted in Alaska as
follows: Alaskan Airways, Inc.,
licenses for three airplanes and
renewal of four other licenses;
Libby, McNeil & Libby, for Taku;
Nakat Packing Corp.; Nankeen
Cannery and Waterfall; Alaska
Packing Salmon Co., Ketchikan;
Anchorage Radio Club, Inc., An
chorage, to install new transmitter,
also license at Uganik. A number
of other applications are pending.
Applications reconsidered and
granted include the following:
Libby, McNeil & Libby, Kenai; Al
aska Packers Association, Karluk;
Port Walter Herring & Packing
Co., Port Walter; Radio Marine
Corp. of America, moored vessel,
Nushagak river, also license at
Uganik.
* * * *
Col Lee H. Landis, who was gen
eral manager of the Alaska Rail
road in 1924, was in Washington
the past two weeks undergoing a
course of training as a member
of the Reserve Corps. He is now
recever of the Wichita Northwest
ern Railway Co, with headquarters
at Hutchison.
(Pleas* turn to Pasre Three)
TRAVELED ON PLANES
Major Atkins, of the Alaska Road
Commission, and Mr. Green, young
Seattle banker, are brief visitors
in the city today enroute South.
Major Atkins has just completed
a lengthy trip of inspection of
down-river and Westward projects
and Mr. Geen recently eturned
from the Bristol Bay region. Both
used airplanes in their traveling
throughout the Territory.
TOTEM POLE ELKS
SEATTLE, July 10. (JP)—Alaskan
Elks, dressed in animated Totem
poles, presented the most unique
appearance of any in the monster
parade which closed the National
convention here Thursday.
FRANCE WILL SEND
FIFE DELEGATES TO
LONDON CONFERENCE
PARIS, July 10. (JP) — Council
ministers decided to send five
experts, four treasury officials and
one commercial attache of the
foreign office, to the moratorium
conference in London next Friday.
Hans Luther, Reichstag presi
dent, went to the conference with
Governor Clement Moret of the
Bank of France. Othe officials,
jin connection with the long-term
credit loan to bolster German fi
nances, said they talked as bank
er to banker but refused to make
any other statement.
! _
Hid ELEMENTS
OF FRANCE MISSING
FORGES, MORATORIUM
. BERLIN, July 10. (/P)— Germany’s
radical elements are massing their
forces for an attack on the Hoover
moratorium in the belief it is the
bulwarks of the treaty of Ver
sailles.
Delegates of all parties are op
posed to Bruening’s government
i and met to consider ways and
means, combatting what they
termed an “attempt by those now
in power to continue the policy of
fullfillment of t h e Versailles
: Treaty under veiled forms.”
Hitler and Alfred Hugenbery,
Nationalist leaders, both of whom
expressed skepticism as to the
debt holiday, would aid Germany
‘and dominated the deliberations.
REFOREST MILLION ACRES
I
; WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10.
j (/P)—Almost 1,800,000 acres have
| been reforested in the United
States. During 1930 more than
138,000 acres were reforested to
establish a new record for a year.
DOBBINS MID MS
PUN SECOND ITTENIPT
NOME, July 10. (JP) — Robbins
and Jones said, upon awaking
from a long sleep, they would put
a new engine in the “Fort Worth”
and attempt another Seattle-To
kyo hop.
All four came here from Solomon
in the refueling plane and are
leaving the “Fort Worth” there.
The weather here is bad. The
same refueling plane will be used
in the, next attempt
DESIRES SELL PLANE
NOME, July 10. C/P) — Aviator
Robbins indicated last night he
would sell the “Fort Worth” in
Alaska if such a sale is possible,
indicating that any future Seattle
Tokyo hop attempt would be made
in another plane.
TIME FOH SOME
AMERICAN TO GIVE
U.S. PEOPLE RELIEF
J. “HAM” LEWIS EXPRESSES A
TIMELY SUGGES
TION
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10.
(/P)—The administration is urged
by Senator.elect J. Hamilton Lewis
of Illinois to consider domestic re
lief since the moratorium debt
agreement has been reached.
Lewis proposed an extra session
of Congress to ratify the debt hol
iday plan. He asserted “it is time
that some American official did
something for America.”
He added the President should
immediately make provision to give
the business man, famer and lab
orer in this country their mora
torium relief by poviding work,
;food and credit to the United
| States.
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IIIIMS PUYED IN
I HARD LUCK, SHIN
! COITIONS EXCELLENT
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SEATTLE. July 10. (.P)—Robbins
and Jones would have had assis
tance of a strong tail wind down
the Siberian Coast had they been
jable to continue, weather reports
;here indicated.
j The Sand Point weather ob
server said that although low
clouds covered the area the fliers
could have expected clear weather
100 miles farther along the course.
WILL TRY AGAIN
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 10.
| </P>—Mrs. Robbins said that the
.fliers will make another attempt.
MIX MUST TURN
BUCK MUCH GASH
CLEVELAND, July 10. (/P)— Max
Schmeling will have to give Uncle
Sam $17,546 of his share of the
gate of his title bout last Friday
| night, and may have to pay an
additional sum to his native Ger
many.
Schmeling’s income tax was
computed by the Internal Revenue
Bueau here on the basis of $106,
138.36 which Promoter Dick Bunn
said was the champions share.
Tax officials said Schmeling
will have to pay the difference in
the event the German income tax
exceeds that of this country.
BOILER CONSTRUCTORS
William Scales and William
Behnke, Seattle mechanics who ar
rived in Seward Thursday morn
ing on the Admiral Evans, left on
the Friday train for Fairbanks,
where they will construct a boiler
for the Northern Commercial com.
pany of that city. Mr. Scales is
an employe of the Puget Sound
Machinery Depot of Seattle. They
expect to complete the project,
and return to Seattle via Seward
within six weeks.