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S. S. BALDWIN SAIL
JAPAN CONTINUES TO FLAUNT WAR POLICY
HURRICANES JEOPARDIZING GULF OF MEXICO
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ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
SAILED FOR
NOME TODAY
BALDWIN HAILS FROM SEATTLE
FOR NOME TODAY: 11
PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, June 12. The S S
Arthur J. Baldwin of tire Arctic
Transport Company sailed from
Seattle today enroute to Nome and
Kotzebue Sound portH, carrying 11
passengers: none for Nome. Four
passengers for Bluff: Frank Tuck
er, Wm. Barker, Harvey Reed, Leif
Leifson. One for Golovin:- H. Wil
liams. Five passengers for Teller:
Mrs. Bernard, F. E. HuWbard, Clar
ence Patterson. August Adams, and
W’nt. Gebhart.
This wire was received at 5:00
p.m. Nome time and it was nec
essary to ermodel onr front page,
to accomodate it, as we already
had ^he forms on the press.
This explains why the paper
was delayed in getting out tonight,
aa It was veryi important to get
the sailing of the first vessel for
Nome, before the public this even
ing.
VICTORIA AND DERBDAY
Dl'K TO SAID TOMORROW
All oli u gh no further word of
the situation on the waterfront
was received today, it is believed
l hat the steamers Victoria and
Dp tibia y of the Alaska ybine will
sail as scheduled, tomorrow morn
ing and tomorrow evening. The
passenger lists of all boats will
be received but we are not yet
sure if we will get the pashenger
list of the Victoria in time for
tomorrow’s edition. In case not, it
will appear the following day.
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS
I will not be roponsible for any
detbtg contracted by anyone but
myself.
Torn Morris
JAPAN L00KIN6 FOR
EXCUSE TO TAKE
SLICE OF CHINA
JAPAN AGAIN LOOKING FOR 'V
CHANCE TAKE WALLOP AT
UNPROTEt TED , CHINA
(By The .Associated Press)
NANKING, June 12, Four Jap
anese warships converged on Nan
king to emphasize the demand of
the Japanese government for an
Investigation into the disappearan
ce of Bimie Curamoto, the Japan
ese Vice-Consul, who they said
disappeared four days ago.
The Chinese authorities said
they had no knowledge of his
fete. They greatly disapproved
of any drastic action proposed by
Japan at this stage of the politic
al brew.
JAPAN STATES WILL HOLD
CHINA RESPONSIBLE
(By The Associated press)
HANOHAT. June 12, Japan is
sued an official communication to
"the authorities In China, statin*:
i
they would hold China respon
sible for the disappearance of
their Vice-Consul Curamoto. Jap
an further slated she would re
serve the right to take whatever
action she considers appropriate.
Not unduly alarmed or frantic
at these words, which plainly in
dicate Japan Is looking for an
other chance to take a slice out
of China, the Chinese government
informed the League of Nations
today that "a very serious af
fair menaces Stno-Japanese rela
tions.•'
PLANK crashes in lake
NEAR BUENOS AIRES
(By The Associated Press)
JtINWf, Argentina. June If,
Three persons, two of them Amer
icans, were killed when a Pan
American Grace Airways plane
crashed in a fog, Into a lake Just
west of Buenos Aires.
GOVERNMENT CUTS
AIRMAIL RATES
PER POUND
G O V K K AM K X T KKDKTTON OK
AIRMAIL HATH MAY RK8ULT
DIS4 <>\TIM ANfK TRANSPORT
MAIL BY AIR IX ALASKA
Following is a communication
delivered to the Northern Air
Transport Inc., and also to the
Roust Airways, both of Nome, per
taining to the renewal of the em
[ergency airmail route for the car
rying of mail in AJaska by air
planes, by Postmaster Guy Mish
of the local post office:
MAT Inc.
Roust Airways,
Gentlemen: The Department not
ides this office by radio under
date of June 12, 1934, that em
ergency route 78182, letter mail
dispatched by plane, continued for
one year. The rate commencing July
1, 1934 reduced to twenty-five
cents, per pound between all points.
Respectfully, Guy Mish postmaster
Upon interviewing both, airplane
companies considerable information
was .obtained, and at the. same
time it is their purpose to inform
the people of Alaska that in the
event such a price is maintained
4ioiu ctarthy "TlrefT pttkft1'iVtf’Ttf “life
matter will he that they will not
be able to handle t1, S. Mail at
twenty-tHe cents per pound l>e
Iween all points, especially at the j
sacrifice of their regular express
and . ...passenger service, ___
Both airplane companies at
Nome in addition to all other air
plane companies in Alaska, are
working at present under tentative
agreements arrived at by' a con
current approval of all members
of the Alaska Air Transport Asso
fiat Ion, which was organized for
Hit' purpose jof putting the airplane
.udustry In Alaska, under the NRA
codes. Their rates of express at
present are on«-tenth of a cent pot
pound per mile, or between Fair
banks and Nome, amounting to
tifty-four cents per pound. They
hare taken the attitude that they
cannot afford to carry the malt
at t w'enty-live cents per pound
which amounts to the cutting of
their regular freight or express
rates practically in half. If the
government, upholds this rate for
the carrying of emergency mail,
the companies will be forced to
handle tin* mail only ut such tim
es as is possible without sacrilice
of other business.
Considering the situation as it
is put forward it is our belief
that the Nome Chamber of Com
merce should call a meeting ut
once and discuss the matter thor
oughly to such an extent as to
put before the government all of
the facts concerning the expenditur
es the. amount of mail and the
amount of other business carried
bv plane between p inis. and at
tempt, to. demons!ra11* Mhat such a
rate would bo beyniiu all veusou.
and that no regularly established
nit'plit ite company could hope to
inuintain any service for the people
of the Territory if such continued
in force, _
At. the saim; time the opinions
of other companies, also' includ
ing the Alaska Atr« Transport Asso.
should be called for and a generally
concerted effort made to establish
an intelligent and fair rate for
the carrying' "of emergency air
mail In Alaska.
WASHINGTON, 1). t’. PAI’RIl
RAIMA I NS HARROW'S HKI’OHT
ON NBA 1IOARI)
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<Dy The Associated Pm si
WASHINGTON, June 12. The
Washington Post said today that
the second report of the Harrow
Review Board assaila “the prac
tice of altering NRA codes as un
fair, unreasonable, arbitrary mid
autocratic.’*
The report said that serious
changes had been made in the
boot shops retail trade codes be
tween the time the Industries ap
proved them and the time that
Roosevelt promulgated them.
Going further into the question,
the review board report said they!
were opposed to certain practices
of casting the NRA experiment in
to the hands of "an irresponsive
dictatorship.” Headed ihy Clarence
Darrow, the board condemned pro
visions in the lumber codes and its
administration.
The Washington Post says the
report recommended the removal
of the executive secretary of the
lumber coda and requested author
ity for the removal of the West
ern Pine Association as a code au
thority in the western division,
and the transfer of the Assistant
Deputy Administrator for the lura
her industry, to other duties. The
report stated there were indica
tions (hat the Assistant Deputy
Administrator has not the suffic
ient training or experience to han
dle the work properly and effic
iently at present, being unfair and
ignorant of the vital points nec
essary for the recovery of that in
dustry.
BODIES OF SEVEN
i VICTIMS AIRPLANE
j CRASH RECOVERED.
VICTIMS PUNK CRASH
IBROI'C.HT OUT WOODS
(By The Associated Press)
j LIHKKiTY, iNew York, June 12.
j The, bodies of the seven persons
: who lost their lives in the, air
I alane crush several days ago, n o
,111'in in tile morgue here and a;
; Livingston Manor, pending the ar
rival of relatives and friends.
Police investigators found three
small bottles of liquid, believed
to have contained explosives. Two
; of the bottles were in Hader’s
!(ravelins bag, and the third bottle
!
j was found amongst the wreck
age.
.A NOTH UK KKItKHS AIH PLANK
ICUASH KILLS MANY
(By The Assoi iated Press)
LI VINdSTOX, Manor. Xew York,
./line 12, \V. 11. Hallock, an avia
tor , today discovered the missing
Newark to Chicago air liner in
the forest near here.
The wreckage was later inspect
ed by parties on foot. The report
said that all seven occupants were
. dead, and all but one of tbegh
'had been burned beyond recogni
■ Hon
Bad weather was given as the
j cause of the crash. The dead are
I Clyde Holbrook, pilot; John Bar
ton, Co-pilot: Margaret Hlckebv,
stewardess, all of Chicago; H .H.
Pinslpy of New York: YV. B. Bader
YY’ A Cash. H. e. Coppins, all of
j Buffalo, New York.
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! WILKINS .WNOINCES
ifclllMVItlNE ENPEPITION
it'.Ml Kit POL.tit ICE CAP
TO NOME
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I PLYMOUTH, KtiKland, June 12.
Sir Hubert Wilkins, famous explor
<*r of polar Ileitis, arrived here to
day from New York.
i
lie announced that to- would.,
make a submarine exploration trip
in* t-lit’a..io -Spitzberpen and tlicuc j
across Hi.- North Pole and thl'U
tiering S' i aits to* Nome, Alaska.
He1 said, he would b.. a. companied
by Lady Wilkins .on bis Hfte. n
hundred inile trip tender fhe „\rc
tic ice' Hoes.
STORMS-HURRICANES
KILL TWO THOUSAND “
SAN SALVADOR
THOrlOAXi STORMS AND
HURRlCAKKS KIL.I,
TWO THOUSAND
• By The Associate! Vreas)
L- SAN SALVADOR. June 12. Tro
pical storms and hurricanes of
great Intensity, carrying with it
a aeries of cloudbursts, have app
arently killed two thousand per
sons herd and another five hun
dred In Honduras.
The storm reached its height
Thursday of last week, smashing
communication systems and putt
ing the affected places out of
touch with the rest of the world.
' Reports of the dead and the ex
tent of the damage done, arrived
after an airplane survey had been
made, during the past two days.
storms. Hurricanes
APPROACHING MEXICAN COAST
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(By The Associated Presa>
TAiMPICO, Mexico, June 12, The
entire Mexican coast along the Gnlf
of Mexico dug In today against
the approaching hurricanes and
storms.
Honduras and San Salvador to
day reported more than thro
thousand persons killed from last
week's storms and high winds.