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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 191. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WEST TEXAS IS
SHAKEN BT QUAKE;
DOMES WRECKED
i. DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 18. (£>)—
Earth tremors shook central and
west Texas, the first time in more
than a quarter of a century.
Scores of cities reported houses!
shaken and residents awakened,!
but Valentine, in far southwest j
Texas, in the southern Sierra j
Vieja mountains, seemed to bear.
the brunt of the shock.
Though many residences were
wrecked, no loss of life was re
4 ported. At Hondo, two distinct
shocks were felt, a rocking motion
appearing to run from the north- j
west to the southeast along the
rock uplift in that section.
* At Valentine, the residents rush
ed into the streets before the
heavier shocks cracked walls and
sent roofs crashing down. A bricky
schoolhouse was damaged badly.
PERJURY COMPLAINT
BE LODGED WITNESS;
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. <£>)—;
Mike Schwindler, former newspa- j
per and business man, partner of
Herbert Spencer,' slain political i
writer, said a perjury complaint1
will be asked against a defense
witness who testified in the mur
der trial of David H. Clark, former
deputy district attorney.
Schwindler, who has been called
by the State as a rebuttal witness,
said the complaint will be request
ed after he and other rebuttal
witnesses have testified next week.
Tgroun for the complaint was not
disclosed.
FLIERS PAY FINE TO
TOKYO, Aug. 18. (JP) —Pangborn ,
and Herndon paid a fine of $1,025
each. i
The American Embassy applied
in their behalf for a permit to stop
at Samushiro Beach Northern
Hondo Island, where they plan to.:
start their Pacific flight; the place
is still under padlock.
The Japanese foreign office re
grads the penalty as severe and
favors granting this permit.
FIRST TIME SINCE HA K
F R E D RICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. 18. (/P)—The German dirigible,
Graf Zeppelin with 22 passengers,
including two Americans, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Soehne, left for England.
This will be the first landing of a
German Zep on English soil since
the World War and will take place
tonight.
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DR. WAGNER TAKES CHARGE
► Dr. R. M. Wagner, who arrived
on the SS Aleutian last week from
California, has taken full charge
of Dr. Roberts’ dental office for
three or four months during Dr.;
Roberts’ absence to the Westward.
Dr. Wagner comes to Seward with '
the highest credentials and Dr.
Roberts wishes to congratulate the !
people of Seward in being fortunate
in securing the services of one so
highly qualified.
last of gang captured
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18. (A5)—The
capture, in an east St. Louis flat,
of half a dozen men suspected of
kidnapping, robbery and murder,
struck a blow at the last of the
powerful gangs of St. Louis and
southern Illinois, the mob of the
Shelton brothers.
NOTION-WIDE DRIVE
IN RREIT Wm
TO KVERT CRISIS
LONDON, Aug. 18. (/P)—With
economy as the watchword and
sacrifice as the slogan, the Labor
government of Great Britain,
backed by opposition parties and
bankers, will shortly begin a na
tional-wide drive to avert the ser
ious financial crisis threatening
the country.
The details of the drive, which
parallel the war loan campaign in
spirit and scope, have not yet been
made public, but it was learned
that Premier Ramsay MacDonald
will call upon the people as one
of the most important phases to
safeguard the pound sterling and
prevent the deficit of $600,000,000
facing the government.
ECONOMY MLS
ISSUED IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Aug. 18. <7Pi—Economy
appeals, reminiscent of World War
days, were issued to Great Britain
as the government prepared to
slash national expenditures in an
effort to remove the threat of a
budget deficit of 120,000.000 pounds.
Home Secretary J. R. Clynes
called on young men growing up,
who know nothing whatsoever of
what life was like during the
latter years of the World War, to
give their closest attention to the
lead given by the unity of politi
cal parties in the country in the
face of a crisis which must be
overcome.
DO-X OFF AGAIN
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 18. (/P)—
The DO-X resumed its flight to the
United States.
WILL GO IT ALONE
LONG YEAR CITY, Spitzbergen, j
Aug. 18. OP) —Captain Sir Hubert
WiUdns failed to contract for a
ship or icebreaker, for a mother
ship, and so must start his sub
marine tonight or tomorrw alone on
its cruise to the North Pole.
BEARING SUPPLIES
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 18. (/P) —
A Danish cruiser is proceeding to
Sukkertoppen, West Greenland,
with gasoline for aviators Wolf
gang and Vongronau, who are fly
ing to America. They hopped from
East Greenland Sunday,
GLIDER PILOTS INJURED
ELMIRA, N. Y., Aug. 18. (JP)—
Five glider pilots were injured,
two seriously, when a shock cord
on which they were pulling could
not be released from the nose of
| the glider, throwing them violent
ly to the ground.
INVASIONS OF ICEOW
MAY BE HOIST ON
ATLANTIC, CURRENT MAP
BOSTON, Aug. 18. (£>)—'The Coast
Guards ocea nograph expedition
aboard the patrol boat General
Greene returned with data througn
which annual invasion of steam
ship lines by icebergs may be fore
cast.
Olav Mosby, oceanographer, is to
produce a current map of the area
I between the Grandbanks, Cape
Farewell and Hudson Straits.
The cutter has cruised 4,000 miles
since July 4th. Commander N. G.
Ricketts told of visits to ancient
Norse ruins in Labrador and Green
land.
mm MILLl MIE j
HOMELESS, FLOOD lOEIi
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HANKOW, Aug. 18. </P) —A care
fully compiled survey shows 30,000
000 persons are homeless and about
one-third of them are utterly des
titute.
Four provinces Hupen, Anhwei,
Hunan and Honan are the hardest j
hit by the Yangtse flood.
Japanese established a military
patrol around their Hankow conces
sion because of lawlessness among
| the refugees.
The Stock Market
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (/Pi—Yester
day’s stock quotations:
Alaska Juneau .17%
American Can .93%
Borden .59%
Canada Dry .37%
General Motors .38
International Nickle Can .13%
International Tel. & Tel.28%
Kennecott Copper .17%
Radio .19%
Reynolds Tobacco <b> .50%
Richifeld Oil . 1%
Standard Oil of Calif.38%
Standard Oil of N. J.39%
Standard Oil of N. Y.19
Union Oil of Calif.17%
U. S. Steel .89%
Cities Service .9%
Durant Motors . 1 %
BULL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4-0, Philadelphia 2-3.
Chicago 6-3, Boston 0-2.
Cincinnati 48, Brooklyn 1-3.
St. Louis 6-5, New York 5-7.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 2, Detroit 8.
Boston 3, Chicago 2.
The above were the only Amev
ican League games played.
POST AND GATTY AT FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. (A5)—
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, who
circled the globe, will be guests
of San Francisco at a reception
Wednesday. They will fly the
Winnie. Mae to San Francisco.
WEATHER CONDITIONS BAD
NEMURO, Aug. 18. (JP) — TL?
weather still delays the Lindberghs
from hopping off. Fog is thicken
ing in the Kurile Islands. %
POLICE CHARGE ORANGEMEN
BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 18. (£>)—
Police waded in with swinging
clubs as Orangemen charged, time
after time, at the ranks of dele
gates to the assembly of the An
cient Order of Hibernians at Ar
magh. There were continuous
clashes throughout the day.
EN0E1MNG OPEN
if FOR GUM TO.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
BOMBAY, India, Aug. 18. (>P>—
Strenuous efforts were made by
Sir Jew Basa Bahadur Sapru and
other delegates to the round-table
conference, who have the ear of
both the Viceroy of India and
Mahatma Gandhi, to open the way
for Gandhi to go to London fort
the meeting.
Participation by the Nationalist
leader in the conference still re
mained highly problematic, despite
these efforts. While the Viceroy,
Lord Willington, indicated his
| willingness to investigate specific
cases of alleged breaches of the
Delhi pact by the government, the
final word rested with Prime Min- i
ister MacDonald.
BRITISH MIX
TOKYO, Aug. 17. (VP) —Amy
Johnson, the British aviatrix who
has delayed her return to London
so she could meet Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh when they
arrive this week, has refused to |
ride in Tokyo taxis.
“The taxi drivers here are too |
; fast,” she said. “They take too
many chances. They are even far
worse than those of Paris!”
Mrs. Johnson arrived here re- j
; cently after a flight by easy stages
! from London.
BANK OFFICIAL SAILS
LONDON, Aug. 18. (/P)—Montague i
Norman, governor of the Bank
of England, sailed unexpectedly
from Southampton on the Beren
garia for Canada. He refused to
divulge his plans.
VANDALS DOUSE CLOTHING
CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (A*)—Vandals
allegedly employed by racketeers
in the cleaning and dying indus
try, invaded seven shops and
doused clothing with corrosive
fluids.
COMPLETES HALF OF TRIP
&ERGEN, Norway, Aug. 18. (/P)—
The Nautilus, polar submarine of
Sir Hubert Wilkins, has completed
more than half of its journey
from Tromsoe to Spitzbergen, ac
cording to a radio message.
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DEPORT 85 FILIPINOS
UKIAH, Calif., Aug. 18. (&)—A
mob of 300 white men and Indians
broke down the gates to the Oscar
A. Sanford groves and forcibly
deported 85 Filipinos wj.th their
families and belongings. The Fiil
pinos were loaded on three large
trucks and driven to the nearest
railway station.
LINDBERGHS BESTING
PH LONE FLIGHT
TO NEMO, JAPAN
TOKYO, Aug. 18. (A*)—Guests of
the humble people of Petropav
losvk, Siberia, Colonel and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh rested in
preparation for their 897-mile
flight to Nemuro, Japan.
The famous couple, on their
aerial vacation trip, landed at
10 p. m., Pacific Standard Time,
after a flight of 554 miles from
Karagin Island, off the eastern Si
beria coast.
The Lindberghs were nrt by two
launches which escorted the plane
to an anchorage, while 60 school
children stood under a crude arch
erected on the landing stage to
welcome the Americans, singing
Russian songs.
BULL CflBWD TOOK
HOE OF EXCttlNGE
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (/P)—The
bull crowd took charge of trading
in the New York Stock Exchange,
launching a most pretentious
drive since the enthusiastic June
boom when the moratorium news
broke. Trading, however, was
1 slightly professional,
j More than 1,000,000 shares, the
: largest since July 15, changed
* hands and the gains ran from $2
to $5 a share. Rails, which had
been a drug on the market, fol
lowed the rise cautiously. Banking
circles, however, were particularly
i interested in the bond markets.
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COLLEGE IN PROVES
TO BE BOMB BELL
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (/P>— Only
23 out of a hundred words in com
mon use by educated persons were
recognized recently by one college
senior, examined recently by the
Carnegie Foundation for the ad
vancement of teaching,
j In the foundation’s annual re
I port issued, this student is de
j scribed as ignorant of the meaning
of “inert, lenient, baffle, immense
'and culpable.”
AVIATOR INJURED
TOKYO, Aug. 18. (/P)—C. C. Chi
chester, New Zealand aviator, fly
ing between Australia and England
via Canada, crashed at Katsurga
and was seriously injured.
MOTORSHIP ICE-BLOCKED
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (;P)—With a
$1,000,000 in furs on Hershel Island
as her object, the MS Patterson,
with a crew of 21 men and a
woman aboard, was held fast in
the Arctic Sea ice-pack off Wain
wright.
KILLER CROSS-EXAMINED
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. (/P)—
The knowledge that David H.
Clark possessed about the under
world and its connections with
the city administration was sought
by the State in cross examination
of the former State prosecutor,
who admitted from the witness
stand that he killed Crawford
and Herbert Spencer.