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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 200.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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THE PEDDLER NUISANCE
House to house peddlers arid
solicitors of orders for this and
that are becoming an ever greater
nuisance to the Alaskan home,,
as any housewife might truth
fully testify. Still, the housewife
whose home is constantly invaded
by these itinerant super-salesmen,
who are in Seward today, has the
remedy in her own hands.
A timely suggestion along this
line is made by Prof. Conrad of
the New Jersey Teachers College,
who points out that the peddler
who boasts that his firm has no
store is trying to make a store
cut of your home. You are ex
pected to furnish a place where
he may do business free from the
expense which other merchants
must pay.
Besides, he insists on making
you shop at his convenience, no
matter how much it may interfere
with your daily routine. H% takes
up your time arguing you into
buying something that in most
cases you neither want nor need.
Sometimes you buy to get rid of
him, when you ought to say:
“This is a home, not a place
cf business, and I am not going
to allow you to use it as a store.
Good day.”
That might seem rather incon
siderate. But it is one way of
discouraging the peddler, who has
not the slightest consideration for
your peace and comfort, but uses
your home as a market place, in
unfair competition with home
merchants who pay rent, taxes,
license fees, and in other ways
contribute to the welfare of the
community. s
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. iJP)—Ne- :
gotiations for the Franco-Amer- i
lean credit to Britain was described
as having made substantial prog- !
ress. {
Estimates of the amount ranged
from 100 to 500 millions. The
Morgan company said French and
American banking interests will
participate equally in the credit
to the new British government.
Presumptions were that the credit
will be used by the Bank of Eng
land to protect the sterling, if
necessary.
SS PRINCESS NORM
(SHORE FOUR HOURS
-
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 28. {&) — ’
Alter four and one half hours of
being ashore on the sandy beach i
cn the west side of Port Renfrew !
Harbor, Vancouver Island, the SS. j
Princess Norah came off under her ;
own pwer and headed for here,
beard. Upon arrival the vessel will
be surveyed for possible damage to
the hull.
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POSTPONE MAIDEN VOYAGE
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 28. (JP) — '
The postponement of the maiden
voyage of the giant Navy zeppelin
Akron, until the 5th of Septemur
or later, was announced here.
CORDOVANS INDIGNANT
CORDOVA, Aug. 28. (JP) —Indig
nant at “another example of legis
lation enacted without regards for
the rights and welfare of Alaskans,”
the Chambe rof Commerce cabled
Delegate James Wickersham pro
testing limitin the duck season to
September.
TWELVE Sie Fill
WATERY GRAVE; CLUNG
RUBBER BOUT HOBBS
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Aug. 28.
i (£>)_Twelve persons were rescued
from a fishing schooner in the
foggy waters off Gloucester Thurs
day night after the Pan American
! Airways amphibian plane, bound
for Halifax and Boston, plunged
into the sea and sank.
Passengers and members of the
crew clung to an emergency rub
ber boat. One passenger, an aged
man, is missing.
The survivors reported the plane
dove into the sea when the pilot
attempte dto drop below the fog
bank.
IGIITHUFL N, l BROKER
MOWED AND HELD
FOR TWO WEEKS
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. (/P)—Un
kempt and unshaven, Charles
Rosenthal, youthful broker and
heir to a large estate, appeared i
at a police station and said he had
been kidnapped, blindfolded and!
held prisoner in a New York apart- j
ment for more than two weeks.
He said he was then released
by his captors who tossed him j
unceremoniously out of a car in |
the Bronx, then sped away.
Friends said a demand for $100,- j
000 ransom had been made and !
traps set - had failed. They did |
not say if the ransom had been
paid.
LINDBERGHS FORMALLY
WELCOMED TO JAPAN
TOKYO, Aug. 28. (/P)—Rounding
out a day crowded with official
and social functions, the Lind
berghs were formally welcomed
to Japan at a banquet given by
Cabinet members.
The hottest day of the year here
was registered and those attend
ing the banquet were attired in
formally because of the heat.
Foreign dishes were served at
the banquet and a large number
of Japanese officials attended as
well as members of the American
Embassy staff.
DUCE S PLAN
ROME, Aug. 28. {JP) —Premier
Benito Mussolini outlined in a radio
broadcast his plan whereby at least
100,000 out of Italy’s 800,000 unem
ployed would be supported during
the winter. His plan included work
on new water-power developments,
railroad lines, government build
ings, shipping facilities, and recon
struction of areas laid waste by
last summer’s earthquakes.
FI in our
TRINITT PUG CO.
ME SITS DDT
KODIAK, Aug. 28. (Special to
The Gateway)—Fire of unknown
origin which started Thursday
morning about 9 o’clock entirely
consumed the cannery and dock
of the Trinity Packing Company
at Three Saints Bay, about 80
miles from Kodiak.
The Coast and Geodetic vessel
Surveyor tied up at the dock but
was unable to render any assist- :
ance as it was compelled, by the!
intense heat, to move out into
the bay.
AMERICANS WO
TO HI TRUTH OF
PHILIPPINE SITUATION
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. (/P) —
With very decided views on Phfl
ipine independance and other
problems in America’s troublesome
dependancy, United States Senator
Harry B. Hawes of Missouri arriv
ed in San Francisco.
He was a passenger on the Dollar
liner President Grant, returning to
the United States after a stay of
several weeks in the Philippines.
Senator Hawes is a member on
the Senate Committee of insular
possessions. “The American people
and American newspapers are
afraid to have the truth about the
Philippines,” said the Senator.
“Special propaganda sent from
Manila does not give the facts. Un
certainty has paralyzed progress in
the Islands. It is holding things at
a standstill. All agree, both Am
ericans and Filipinos, that Congress
should clarify the situation. There
is only disagreement as to the mat
ter of time.
“The American population is de
creasing, numbering now only about
7.000. The Filipino population of
13.000. 000 is rapidly increasing. AU
classes of the Flipino population,
Christian and Mohammedans, are
for independance. This includes the
business, educational, agriculture
and labor elements.
“There is no exception. All news
papers, with the exception of one
American newspaper with a circu
lation of less than 700, actively
support independance.”
PREDICTS UNEMPLOYMENT
Tom 7,011,11 WHITER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.
(A5)—president Green of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor predicted
that Federal appropriations will
be needed to supplant local efforts
to relieve unemployed during the
winter.
Green estimated the unemploy
ment total would reach 7,000,000
this coming winter and “need for
relief will be far greater this
winter than last.”
For the first time in 10 years
the United States farm population
is showing an increase.
FIND FOUR BODIES
MISSOULA, Aug. 28. <£>)—'The
Montana regional headquarters is
advised that the bodies of four
forest fire fighters were discovered
Thursday west of Choteau. The
bodies have not been identified
but it is assumed they are four
of the five men missing in that
area and apparently had been cut
off Tuesday by the encircling
flames.
MACDONALD DEFIES
ORGHIIZED LABOR 10
FAILEDJOPPORT HIM
LONDON. Aug. 28. (/P) — Mac
Donald, saying his path lies
“straight ahead” on the course
for a new government, defied the'
ranks of organized labor which
opposed him during the hour of
emergency.
Snowden likewise said he wouldj
fight to the finish with the new j
ministry and announced he will;
not seek reelection at the next:
general election.
MacDonald’s decision regarding
| his political future was withheld
until he learns the verdict of hisj
constituents in Seaham Harbor!
! who will meet tonight to pass
judgment on his leadership of the
government.
LEIPSIC, Germany, Aug. 28. (/P)
—A question that has been puzzl
ing explorers for many months
photograph taken by Prof. Molsli
seemed close to solution \vhen a
on the recent polar trip of'the Graf
Zeppelin revealed the outline of an
airplane believed to be that of
Roald Amundsen, who was lost
when he went in search of Nobile.
The mystery was solved with the
help of a photographer, W. B. Mard,
who also was aboard the Graf. He
found that a “plane-shaped blotch”
developed on the negative of an
accidental double exposure.
NORTH POLE SIMRINE
MAKES ROOD PROGRESS
ABOARD SUBMARINE NAUTI
LUS, Aug. 28. (£>)—“We have been
•making good progress. Tonight at
7 o'clock the sun shines coldly on
a wall of solid ice three miles north.
“We’ve been looking for an open
ing somewhere, or a shelter where
we could take soundings and some
samples from the bottom of the
ocean, but the wind continues to
lash furiously at the waves and
allows no oportunity,” said a radio
message from Capt. Sir Hubert Wil
kins.
LID CLAMPED TIGHT
KILGORE, Texas, Aug. 27. (A>> —
There were indications of higher
prices for oil as the Oklahoma .mar
tial law shut-down continued for
the third week and the lid was
clamped tighter on the east Texas
field.
CHEAT COPPER VEIN
UNCOVERED NEAR THE
FAMOUS AENNECOTT
McCarthy, Alaska, Aug. 28. (JP)
—From near the Kennecott proper
ty come reports that Martin Rado
van has uncovered a solid vein of
high grade copper 11 feet wide in
an unnamed mountain near Glac
ier Creek Mountain which has al
ready been located for five high
grade outcroppings.
The discovery is described by con
servative residents as a “solid
mountain of copper in the same
geological formation as the Kenne
cott.
The property would be access
ible to the present Copper River
Railroad by the construction of a
short spur.
TERRIBLE TYPHOON
FLOODS CHI CITY,
GREAT LOSS OF LUES
SHANGHAI, Aug. 28. (/P)—One
of the worst typhoons since 1905
struck Shanghai, flooding a por
tion of the city and causing anx
iety for the safety of many thou
sands of floodsufferers clinging to
water-surrounded dykes, hills, and
other eminences in central China.
No word had come for several
hours after nightfall from the
stricken area of Hankow, Wuchang,
and Hanyang, 600 miles up the
Yangtse River, where several thou
sand persons were drowned within
the past fortnight.
It was feared here, however, that
there has been further great de
struction of human life in those
cities.
BOMB DISCORD OD
POACH HOME JUROR,
SITTING MOBOEH COSE
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug 28.
(JP)—A makeshift bomb, probably
powerful enough to cause consid
erable damage was found on the
porch of William Weller, 75 year
old juruor, who held t. ul aginst 11
others for a conviction in the mur
der trial of David H. Clark, form
er deputy district atomey.
( The bomb was found by Mrs. Wel
ler as she was attempting to sweep
a newspaper off the porch. The
paper was wrapped around the
bomb which was in the form of a
gas pipe about eight inches long
and encased in friction tape.
A dynamite fuse protruded from
one end. It had been lighted but
had gone out. Police had not de
l^rmined the composition of the
explosive.
RETIRES FROM RACING
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. -Hary
F. Sinclair, millionaire oil magnate,
and owner of the Rankocas Stables
announced his temporary retire
ment from racing, and h?s con.tng
sale of 25 thoroughbred horses, at
public auction, on Sep; j -.ber 3.