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had been chartered by the Soviet
government to transport a large
quantity of gasoline from Fort
Smith, down the MacKen
zie River to Aklavik, from where
it. was made known, the greater
part of the search over the Arctic
would be conducted.
Gas May Go From Nome
At Nome, arrangements are be
ing worked out for the transporta
tion of gas to Barrow or Wain
wright by boat. Arnout Castle of
motorship Nanuk is prepared to
leave in a minute's notice with
20 tons of gas. as soon as auth
ority is granted. Telegraphic in
formation today declared that
Soviet Representative Vartanian
is enroute to Nome by plane to
day to survey the situation and
possibly make definite plans for
sending gasoline to the Arctic
by boat.
Rumor Plane Heard
And that brings us around to
a rumor heard last night that
the missing Soviet fliers had been
communicated with by radio and
that they reported nobody injur
ed and that they were on an ice
floe sufficiently large and smooth
to allow planes to land beside
them. The report was rumored
to have been heard from KNX
Hollywood last night. Checking
with available government sourc
es here and others, it is believed
the rumor has no foundation, as
sources here have heard no such
word.
CIO Man Accuses
AFL Trying Defeat
Roosevelt Program
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 21—Vice-Pres
ident O. M. Orton of CIO Wood
workers accused executive Board
member Abe Muir of the AFL
Carpenters Union of conspiring
with the Liberty League in an
attempt to defeat the New Deals
labor measures. Muir issued a
Statement telling the National
Labor Relations Board to keep
out of the dispute between the
AFL and the CIO for the control
of the Northwests lumber work
ers. Orton said ‘The Woodwork
ers along with all organized la
bor, repudiates Muir’s statement
that the NRLB has yet to show
that it is any real value to labor.
Muir’s attacks on the New Deal
will only bring his kind one long
step nearer to oblivion.”
I NEWS PHOTOS
HUT IT'S A HOMS.
Well-provisioned and with best communications equipment, the Soviet polar camp was established
on drifting ice. Tents were pitched; ice blocks w *re packed about them. Here is a home-building
scene a few miles from the North Pole. In spite of extreme cold and the inconveniences of heavy
clothing, the men reported t ley were quite comfortable.
Insurgents Have
Defense Backed
Up Bay Biscay
'By The Associated Press)
With the Insurgents attacking
Santander, Spain, Aug. 25, — A
hundred thousand insurgents
held Santander in a pincer-like
trap, as the city’s defense force
of fifty thousand or more Spanish
government troops, were cut off
from ail retreat, and with their
backs to the Bay of Biscay.
Advance patrols of General
Franco’s troops are within five
mlies of the provincial capital.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. Aug.
25—The great grandson of the
dirigible pioneer, Count Zeppe
lin, is enroute to Japan tonight
to help in the making of motion
pictures. He is Baron Von Zep
pelin. He sailed from San Fran
cisco for Japan aboard the Pres
ident Coolidge after spending a
month in Hollywood watching
motion picture methods. He is a
technical expert on the produc
tion of sound films.
GOUwv > .. t •# I k t ■ •
Way up on top of the world the Soviet government has established
an observation station neai the North Pole. Here are those who
remained behind bidding an attectionate if cold farewell to other
members of the expedition who returned in planes to Moscow.
BILLS WANTED
Anyone having bills against
the Northwestern Alaska Fair,
are requested to immediately pre
sent same to
A. POLET, Secretary.
ALBA s ..OSS. This is one of 42 new types of aircraft exhibited by British plane makers at Hatfield ;
aerodrome, Herefordshire. It is the new Dc Havtlland Albatross, a trans-Aliantic machine which bas
four 550-horsepcwer Gipsy engines. The show marked a great increase in interest in both military
■ .., .... _ . and civilian aircraft.
(By The Associated Press)
LANDER, Wyoming, Aug. 25—
A six year old boy died yester-.
day from hundreds of bee stings.
The child, Clifford Fabrichs, was
stung by a swarm of bees from
nearby “Honey Farm.” Doctors
said they removed scores of sting
ers from his body before he died.
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