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VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 9, 1931
NO. i/2
Sen. D. Morrow
Dies Suddenly
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U. S. Senator Dwight W. Mar
row died in his home in Engle
wood, N. J., on the 6th, of cere
bral hemorrhage. Funeral ser
vices weie held on the 7th at
the Englewood First Presbyteri
an Church.
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, his
daughter, received word of his
death and made preparations to
leave China for her home. The
return trip will take the distin
guished aviators eight days.
Senator Morrow, a partner of
J. P. Morgan had an internation
al reputation as a diplomat be
fere becoming United States
Senator. He was given the Dis
tinguished Service Medal for his
activities in the World War and
ether citations from France, It
a’y and Greece.
English Yachtsman
On Last Voyage
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Sir Thomas Lipton, tea mer
chant and yachtsman of Eng
land, died in London last Friday j
from a cold contracted about ten
days previously.
Sir Thomas became interna
nationally famous for spending
more than ten million dollars
and many years of effort to lift
a silver mug, a silver yachting
trophy worth only a few hun
dred pounds, but emblematic of
America’s yachting supremacy
over Great Britain.
Sir Thomas made five attempt
lo lift the cup brought to the U.
S. by the yacht America in 1851.
His fifth and last effort was made
last year.
Physicians say he died of heart
failure while asleep with his re
latives at his side.
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Windsor Reorganzies!
Scout Troop
Under the leadership of Mr. T. j
K. Windsor. Troop G24 of Peters
burg is taking a new lease of:
life.
At a meeting in the Scout Hall,
eleven boys were present and,
the following were appointed asj
Senior Patrol and Patrol Leaders!
respectively: Robert Lando, Jack’
O’Donnell and Robert Ohmer.
The Deer Patrol is headed by
O'Donnell and the Ape, by Ohm
er.
Plans are under way for a
Hallowe’en party, and a hike in!
the near future.
Mr. Winsor has been interest-1
ed in Scout work since 1913 and
he has been actively engaged in
the work since then. For several
years he was Field Scout Execu
tive in the San Francisco Area
Council.
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Fighting in China;
6,000 Casualties
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The press reports that Japan
anese airplanes bombed the Chi
nese Barracks at Paishan-Chcug
tse, on the Mukden-Hailung Rail
way following reported firing on
Japanese troops by the Chinese
soldiers.
It is reported that casualties
totaled 6,000.
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. .Capt. William Semar, manag
er of the Northland Transporta
tion Co., was in port today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Crewson
held a'demonstration of Schill
ing’s products in the Modern
Grocery, last Saturday.
Opposition Far
: Senator Jones
Reports are current in Wash
ington state that Homer T. Bone,
Tacoma, has decided to become
| a candidate for the Republican
United States Senatorial nomi
! nation and State Senator Fred
!W. Hastings is entering the lists
for lieutenant-governor.
Bone was a former state legis
lator and in 192G was a close con
tender for the Third Congres
sional District nomination and
is one of Washington’s leading
exponents of public o wns wh ip
of power and other public util
ities and is assured of the sup
port cf that faction in both or
the major parties.
If Eene files he will no doubt
appeal to that element which
has given its support to Ralph
Horr, congressman. Democratic
organization leaders are some
what concerned in that, power
ownership^ advocates of that
party will be inclined to swing
their vote into the Republican
primary to vote for Bone. A
slight defection of votes will
make considerable difference in
the aspirations of Democratic
candidates.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Election
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The following officers for the
ensuing year were elected at the
last regular meeting of the Aux
iliary to the American Legion of
Petersburg.
President, Mrs. Minnie Dawes;
Vice President, Mrs. Amy Rude;
Secretary, Mrs. Delia Sarf; Trea
surer, Mrs. Edna Nelson; Chap
lain, Miss Lillian Swanson; Ser
geant-at-Arms, Mrs. Sybil Lock
en; Historian, Mrs. Magnhild Lee.
A rising vote of thanks was ex
tended to outgoing President,
Mrs. Laura Johnson for faithful
ly performing the functions of
her office during an especially
busy year.
The Unit plans to continue its
interest in Community and Child
Welfare work. And a series of
Bridge parties, similar to these
given last year, will be sponsor
ed. The first of the Series will
be given Saturday evening, Oc
tober 24th at the Legion Dugout. j
Hostesses for the evening will be!
Mesdames Anderson, Locken and!
McDonald. Admission will be 50'
cents, lunch included.
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LOCUSTS STOP ENGINES
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Capt. Campbell Black, an air
man of Nairobi, Kenya Colony,!
when flying a plane through Fast
Africa with a woman passenger
,recently, ran into a dense swarm
of locusts. Some of the locusts
gal into the intake pipe of the
e rpin and cut off his engine,
'o'ring the pilot to land in a corn
fiud
In landing, the propeller of the
I machine was broken. Capt. Black
was injured but his passenger
was unhurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams
; returned from Yakutat where
they spent the past summer.
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. H. L. Coleman, the Flying
Salesman of Ketchikan and Ju
jneau, passed through Petersburg
when the Admiral Evans called
in port. He reports a very suc
! cessful business trip to Yakutat.
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■ Mrs. Casperson of Kodiak was
|a passenger bound for Seattle
from Kodiak.
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L. C. Berg is leaving for Sitk.i
i where he will pack halibut foi
shipment.
Ask Extension Tie
Delivery Time
The Northwest Mills of Scow
Bay has a contract to deliver
35,000 ties to the Alaska Rail
road and has been making effort
to deliver under some heavy
handicaps. Finding themselves
unable to deliver complete con
tract within specified tine, the
management requested exten
sion of time but this was not
granted.
Earl N. Ohmer, mayor of the
town and president of the local
chamber of Commerce took the
matter up with the City Council
members and with the Executive
Committee of the Commercial
Club and they thought an appeal
to the Governor of Alaska would
be of some benefit in securing
an extension of time. A wire was
directed to Governor Parks by
Mayor Ohmer urging his influ
ence in securing extension of
time as it would aid in alleviat
ing the unemployment situation
in Petersburg. The mill employs
over 20 men and the Hungerford
Brothers, Loggers, employ over
30 men in their camps.
Ted Hungerford, it has been!
stated has offered the city use of!
his equipment to get out the.
necessary logs to complete the
contract. I
A reply from Governor Parks
is being awaited with more than
considerable interest by business!
peeled that the Governor will re
ply as soon as he has had time to I
hear from the management of
the railroad.
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Takes FSing At
Canadian Piling
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Congressman Charles H. Mar
tin of Oregon in a telegram to
the Army Engineers, Washing
ton, protested recently against
the use of Canadian piling in a
jetty repair job at the mouth of
the Columbia River.
When Oregon and Washington
industries are bumped by Alaska
or Canadian competition, they
always manage to register such
a strong protest that something
is done about it. When Alaska
protests unfair competition, they
are given the ozone—mostly
H2S.
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Want U.S. Boxer
For Medical Ship
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Seattle representatives of the
| Bureau of Indian Affairs are urg
i ing that the power schooner
Boxer be converted as a supply
ship for Southeastern Alaska.
There is need of such a craft to
carry physicians, nurses and
j medical supplies to the isolated
native villages in this part of
Alaska.
It has only recently been dis
covered that the Boxer, a naval
j training ship, was only loaned to
the Bureau of Education by the
Naval Department. The Indian
Bureau does not have title to
Ithe craft and she must be re
turned to the Navy Department
before she could be commission
ed as a medical vessel for South
eastern Alaska. The Berg Ship
■ building Company, Seattle, Is
building the new ship for the In
■ dian Bureau and it will be
launched sometime in December
The Boxer recently left Poin'
; Barrow for the south and shoulc
» -each Seattle by the first of De
cember.
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i Mrs. William Abbes and famil:
: spent the past week visiting Mis,
Myrtle Cornelius.
Big Preparations
For Convention
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The Alaska Native Brother
hood and Sisterhood of Yakutat
and all citizens are busy making
preparations for the entertain
ment of the delegates to the con -
vention which will be held there
beginning November 9th.
Improvements were made by
enlarging the Brotherhood hall
and a new city light installation
was made at an approximate cost
of $8,000.
T. M. Italio, president of the
Yakutat Camp of the Brother
hood, is said to be the prime fac
tor back of the improvements.
While a bit out of the lane of
steamer traffic, Yakutat is every
bit as progressive as any other (
town in the Division. Perhaps!
more so, when the disadvantages j
of the Gulf town are considered
in comparison with other towns, j
Fishing conditions at Yakutat
were not as good as last year, but
the canneries packed 70,356 cases
of salmon of which 28,000 were
the much desired red salmon.
Road improvements to cost ap
proximately $20,000 have been
under way and are nearly com
pleted. This adds considerably
[to the appearance of the tow.ii
and is a much needed service.
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i A new hospital, costing $8,000!
is being constructed under direc-|
tion of the U. S. Indian Bureau, j
The Brotherhood Camps are(
urged by Mr. Italio to indicate
as soon as possible the number of
delegates and visitors planning
to attend the conyention in or
der that every care might be pro
vided for the convenience of the
guests.
Nordics Discard
Gold Standard
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Norway and Sweden have fol
lowed the lead of Great Britain
and thrown the gold standard in
to the discard and prohibited |
its export. The Danish cabinet!
is said to be considering a simi
lar action.
A result, already noted of the
abandonment of the gold stand
ard, is the rise of value of silver
to 29 V2 cents per ounce. This,
it is pointed out., will give India
and China increased purchasing
power, creating greater markets
for Great Britain’s products and
thereby giving that nation a
commanding position as an ex
port nation—in spite of its re
| pudiation of the Money B&gs.
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P.T.A. Meeting
Next Wednesday
The local branch of the Pa
rent-Teachers’ Association will
meet in the school auditorium
next Wednesday evening.
A community song fest is
planned as an opener which will
be followed by the regular busi
ness meeting. The P. T. A. Song
will be song, following which
the speech of the evening—
/ School and Citizenship” will be
given by Mr. George V. Beck,
j superintendent of the local
■schools. Rev. Maakestad will
| sing the song “Nora,” by R. S.
’ j Pigott and Mrs. E .S. Hungerford
’wilil give a reading, the title of
f j which is “Kitchen Kindergarten.’
• The session will close with anotb
i ei community song fest and a
1 social hour with a nice spread o)
■ luncheon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bor Robinson re
f turned to Turnabout Island wit!
5 Capt. Bell after spending th<
week in Petersburg.
Commercial Club
Years Report
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The Commercial Club held its
first fall session this year in the
Gland Cafe. Supt. George V.
Beck of the local schools gave a
short talk on the school and:
! gymnasium.
j President Ohmer summarized,
[the work of the Club as follows:
j 1. West Petersburg highway,
!$50,000 project is nearing com
pletion. Effort will be made to
I have it extended.
2. A survey was made for ex
tension of the road from Moun
tain Point to Blind Slough.
3. A favorable report will bo
presented Congress by the En-j
gineers, following the survey of
the harbor.
Working to secure territorial
aid for highway from north end
of Main street to Sandy Beach.
Planted 2,200 Eastern brook
trout in Falls Creek.
Secured one month open sea-!
son for herring in the Narrows.1
Took action on migratory bird
regulation.
Seek extension of time for tie
contract delivery.
Favor demonstration fur farm
in Southeastern Alaska and work
ed thru various officials to secure
favorable action.
Lindberghs Escape
Death in Plaiie Spiii
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Co], and Mrs. C laries A. Lind
bergh were thrown into the tur
bulent waters of the Yangtze
River last Friday and they nar
rowly escaped drowning. As the J
Colonel was taking off for a sur
vey flight over the flood area on*
wing struck the water and up
set the plane throwing the dis
tinguished occupants into the
water. They v/ere garbed in the
cumbersome flying togs but were
rescued by a lifeboat crew from
the British aircraft Hermes.
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Bishop Rowe Given |
Hew Assistant
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Venerable John B. Bentley,
Episcopal Archdeacon of the Yu
kon, with headquarters at Nena-i
na was elected suffragan bishop
of Alaska by the United Stated
Episcopal Church convention, ap
Denver, Colo. Rev. Bentley win;
be assistant to the Right Rev ;
Bishop Peter T. Rowe, bishop of;
Alaska.
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Moyle and Allen j
Reach Tacoma;
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Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, who!
made the attempt to fly from
Japan to Seattle, left Skagway
on the 5th for the last leg ofj
their interrupted journey. They
were sighted over Petersburg ax;
a high elevation as they passed
south.
When they were leaving Jape n
Moyel, who has a 30-day jail sen
tence to serve said :“We will [ >
to jail or glory/’ He gets both.
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R. A. Baumgartner left for Ju
neau.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Baker left
for Ketchikan.
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Chet Pechette returned from a
brief visit with relatives in the
states.
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Capt. James E. Sayles of Ket
i chikan was in port during the
past week.
Fly From Japan
To Wenatchee
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Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon, October 5, completed
the first nonstop flight from Jap
an to the United States, landing
in Wenatchee, Wn., 41 hours and
a fraction after taking off from
Samushiru Beach, Japan.
Shortly after the take-off, the
plane lost its landing gear which
made landing on the field dan
gerous. The men emptied their
tanks to prevent a Are and then ]
landed. The big plane skidded,
a short distance, slid along in
the dust, tipped on its nose,
breaking the propeller. Herndon
received a cut over his eye.
The men are in for prizes to
talling $95,000.
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Radio, looking forward to the
day pictures will be as thick in
the air as sound, opened its new
season in New York, amid aj
background of television.
While there were many mod
els. most of them concentrating;
on compactness rather than mas
siveness, most attention was giv
en a demonstration of radio pic
tures on a screen ten feet square.
ft was the first public showing
of television of such dimensions;
a : d the first time in two years
that the radio-electrical world’s
lair has turned to this art ini
exhibition purposes. Two yars
ago at the previous television de
monstration, the picture was
Tmruen inches square.
Mounted high abo/e cl a first
floor erena of Madison Sq '.are
Garden, was the pretentious
screen* a decorative m»tal frame
hoi.line j. sheet of grour. l g:.is«
w 'ghins . 50 pounds.
The exhibit was in charge of
U. A. Sanabria, youthful Chica
go engineer who has been able
to get unusual detail in a pic
:ure containing only forty-five
lines.
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FIND NEW GOLD AREAS
The Seward Gateway reports
xistence of huge gold deposits
in sections almost untouched by
prospectors or mining companies
and of vast deposits of anthra
cite coal fields in the Matanus
ka Valley. The report is made
by Stephen R. Capps, who led 9
geologists in making a survey of
mineralized zones transversed by
the Alaska Railroad.
Included among the geologists
accomplishments was discovery
of a new anthracite coal bed in
Matanuska Valley estimated to
contain millions of tons of coal.
A section of the Fairbanks gold
lode was estimated to held a
million tons of gold ore, valued
at $5 a ton, and the geologists’
report indicated that the output
from the entire Fairbanks area
could be “greatly increased.”
Other districts from which the
railroad might expect future ore
hauling are Eva Creek, Mount
Eilson, Valdez Creek, Kantichna,
!Chulitna, Willow Creek Gird
!\,ood and Moose Pass.
Coach Warfield called for a
squad meetin gof the basketball
boys and thirty hopefuls turned
out. Plenty of good material
! there.
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Frank Rozich returned fron:
California after being absent or
account of health.
J. E. Berg left for Ketchikar
today.
i Mrs. E. E. Harvey of Wrangel
was a local visitor.
| Sullivan Appointed
Nome D. A.
Leroy Sullivan, assistant U. S.
District Attorney, Cordova, was
name District Attorney at Nome
to succeed J. H. Hart, “resigned.”
Mr. Sullivan resided in Juneau
jfor several years; was law clerk
in Delegate Wickersham’s office,
assistant Secretary to the Senate
in 1929, first chief clerk in the
Auditor’s Office and last year ac
cepted appointment as assistant
(district attorney at Cordova,
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Man Drowns From
Dredge Scow
Charles Hubbard, age 23 years
was drowned in the Narrows op
posite Scow Bay, Monday morn
ing at 5:02 o’clock while the
dredge crew was dumping a load
of sand.
Hubbard was leaning against
the shear boards of the center
pocket of the scow when orders
were given to empty that pocket.
When the pocket was freed, the
platform and shear boards gave
way and Hubbard overbalanced
and fell into the pocket and was
dumped with the sand.
The mate on board the tug
Akutan and another man on the
scow saw the accident and im
mediately gave alarm. A search
lasting almost an hour was made
but no sign of Hubbard was
seen at any time.
Deceased is survived by lhs
father in Seward and a mother
and sister in Palo Alto, Calif.
Blanket insurance is carried by
the company for whom he was
working and he is said to also
have a policy with New York
Life.
Just before the accident, Hub
bard declared that he was going^
to quit his job but after making
his decision, delayed action with
the above result.
Announce Winter
Special Fares
The Alaska Steamship and the
Canadian Pacific Steamship Co.s
announce that effective the 12th
of this month special round trip
reduced rates will be in effect
until the 29th of February and
the return trip tickets will be
good until the 25th of March.
The rates are lower than they
have been in a long time and al
so the rates go into effect 19
days earlier than usual.
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Police seized 600 cases of as
sorted liquor valued at $50,000 on
I the estate of Secretary of the
jNavy Adams, Scituate, Mass. The
i caretaker of the estate said he
iknew nothing about it. Three
jmen were arrested while two
other got away.
Who Wants to
Be A Russian
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With the fall of first snow, the
people of Russia found in their
morning paper a decree forebid
ding all citizens to heat homes
without special authorization by
[ the municipal government.
i The decree is part of a cam
paign for economy of fuel be
cause coal production is lagging
i behind in the five-year plan
i schedule. Penalty for violation
of the non-heating order is 109
i rubles fine or thirty days’ com
pulsory labor. The only excep
.1 tions are hospitals and similar
institutions.