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VOLUME XV, NUMBER 25.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FI [DAY, JANUARY 31, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAMPION FLY CATCHER
RADFORD, Va., Jan., 30, (JP)—
Howard Schaub, 13, caught 153,252
flies and won a $25 prize from the
state bureau of health.
SCOUTS CLEAN UP TACKS
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan., 30, (JP)—
Boy Scouts here picked up 50,000
tucks and other metal bits in an
anti-puncture campaign.
SAIL FIRST RACE
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Jan., 31, (JP)
—Sir Thomas Lipton has arranged
that his new yacht Shamrock V
shall sail her first race at the South
end Regatta on May 21. She will
begin preliminary cruising in April.
TO CELEBRATE PRINTING
RICHMOND, Va., Jan., 30, (/P)—
Two centuries of printing in Virgin
ia will be celebrated at an exposi
tion here in March. The first news
paper in the state was started in
1730 at Williamsburg.
HEAVY FALLING OFF
CANBERRA, Jan., 31, (JP)—There
has been a heavy falling off in mi
gration to Australia. In 1929 the
net gain to the Commonwealth thru
new arrivals appears to be only
4,124, whereas in 1928 it was 19,245
and in 1927, 33,876.
$8,000,000 FOR ROAD WORK
PARIS, aJn., 31, (JP)—Several
hundred of the most dangerous
grade crossings in France will be
eliminated this year. The govern
ment has asked parliament for
$8,000,000 for this work and the
railroads will also contribute.
BOUNCED BACK TO WORK
PARIS, Jan., 31, (/P)—Wall street’s
crash bounced one of the most
widely known American dentists of
Paris back to hi • office. He thought
he had “retired” to a home in the
country, but he resurrected his
white jacket one day, after reading
the ticker news.
GUARD OF HONOR
BRUSSELS, Jan., 31, (TP)—The
Ethiopia has asked Belgian army
officers to reorganize the Ethiopian
Guard of Honor, which is the per
sonal body guard of the Negus.
With permission of King Albert, a
Belgian military mission will leave
shortly for Abyssinia.
BIGGEST IN THE WORLD
BUTTERFIELD, Germany, Jan.,
31, UP)—With the installation of
two 100,000 kilowatt turbine gener
ators in the Golpa-Zschornewitz
power plant, Germany claims not
only the biggest power plant in
Europe, but also the biggest brown
coal plant in the world.
MOVES TO SEVENTH PLACE
STOCKHOLM, Jan., 31, </P)—In
the first six months of 1929 Sweden
moved into seventh place among
European exporters to the United
States and became eighth in Amer
ica’s list of customers. She pur
chased $31,000,000 and sold $24,250,
000 worth of goods across the At
lantic.
CHANGES IN BOOKS
ROME, Jan., 31, (TP)—New “All
Fascist” text books greeted Italian
school children at the start of the
second term. Drastic revisions were
made in history books and consid
erable changes in the selection of
Italian literature for the grammer
grades. ,
BCBiES EIELSSN
is eon are
STILL UlECOVEOED
HELMET AND MITTENS OF
BORLAND RECOVERED
FROM THE SNOW
NOME, Jan., 31, (/P)—Pilot Joe
Crosson wired from the schooner
Nanuk that the bodies of Eiel
son and Borland had not yet
been recovered up to this morn
ing but that Borland’s helmet
and mittens had been recovered
from the snow.
Things are badly scattered and
it may require days before things
are cleaned up.
Gillam obtained two more men
from the Stavropol to help shovel
snow.
Two Soviet planes arrived Wed
nesday at North Capa. They are
believed to be the planes the
ice breaker Litke took to Prov
idence Bay. They will join in
the search for Eielson and Bor
land but their previous work
was to fly out 20 or more pass
engers of the scientific party
icebound on the steamer Stavro
pol.
Plans have been completed for
services upon the arrival at Nome
of the bodies of Eielson and Bor
land.
HALF MILLION WRECKAGE; ONE
DEAD. THREE INJURED: EX
ACT CAUSE UNKNOWN
FRESNO, Jan., 30, </P)—Four
blasts showering 25,000 gallons of
gasoline and starting from a bat
tery of boilers, converted the Ket
tleton Mills Absorption Plant and i
Petroleum Securities Co., into a I
miniature inferno, leaving in its1
wake the wreckage of a half million !
dollar plant, one dead and three in- I
jured. I
The exact cause of the explosion |
is unknown. Charles Phillips, Los j
Angeles oil worker, died of burns
received while attempting to shut
off the flow of gasoline. He’ shout- .
ed a warning a minute before the '
engineer shut of! the fires to pre
vent the fire from seeping thru the
plant. j
SEEK FREEDOM FHL5
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 30, (IP)—A
second attempt of Pantages to gain
his liberty on bond failed when Su
perior Judge Fricke, who denied the
petition, prefaced the decision by
fiery denunciation and alleged at
temps by members of the theatre
man’s family to influence him.
CAR FOR EVERY CHILD
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 30, (/P)~ \
There is one motor vehicle register
ed in California for every child at
tending public school.
DRY UNIT TRANSFER
| WASHINGTON, Jan., 30, (JP)—By
unanimous consent the hou e ex
penditures committee favorably re
ported the Williamson bill transfer
ing the prohibition enforcement
bureau from the treasury to the
Justice department, with slight
j amendments.
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ITALY WILL ACCEPT DECISIONS
ONLY ON CONDITION HAVE
DAY IN COURT LATER
LONDON, Jan., 30, (/P)—Th en- i
tire question of how to measure
naval power, whether by total tons j
or by tons, in separate categories, \
is a problem which has vexed the j
naval limitations negotiations fori
years, and has been put into the
hands of a special committee.
| The naval conference plan of
treatment was adopted on motion
of Stimson at the full session of
congress which was permeated by a
general willingness of compromise
! but marked, nevertheless, by plain
reiterations on diverse national
viewpoints.
The committee will be composed
of expert-, not delegates. The sec
retary’s proposal was accepted un
animously although Italy gave no
tice she felt her claim of parity
with France should have had pre
cedence and she will accept the de
cisions rgearding limitation metli- j
ods only on condition she will have
a day in court later..
GOLFER TO COMPETE
NEW YORK, Jan., 31, (/P)—Unless
h.:s business interferes, Cyril Tolley,
British amateur golf champion, ex
pects to compete in both the United I
State, open and amateur golf
championships this year, he stated, i
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FOUR WAREHOUSES
, FOB USD PUTS
BE BIT m SEJTTLE
SEATTLE, Jan., 31, </P)—A con
tract has been let for the con
! struction of four 90 foot by 420
foot warehouses at Smith’s Cove
for a salmon terminal, by the
Seattle Port Commission.
The total price of construction
is placed at $171,600.
The warehouses will be used
by Alaskan salmon cannery com
panies as assembling warehhouses
for cannery supplies, and storage
of canned salmon from Alaska.
STATUTES BUT SUGGESTS
CLARIFICATION
WASHINGTON, Jan., 31, (/P)~\
A Representative from New Jer
sey balanced the benefits of pro
hibition against the evils and |
declared the former was pre
ponderate.
He pleaded for a calm and
rational consideration of the pro
blem of the dry laws.
In summing up the conditions
under prohibition he found lit
tle need for statutes as they'
exist but suggested clarification
of the Voltead act as it applies j
to the .manufacture of wines
and beer for home consumption, i
which, he argued, should be per- j
initted. * J
LABOR REGIME’S FUTURE WITH
“BIG
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^Great Britain’s delegation to the arms conference
in Li ndcn now under way is composed of Arthur Hen
derson (left above) and Ramsay MacDonald (right
above); Capt. \\edgewood Benn (iower left) and A. V.
Alexander (lower right).
01 COCKTAILS
ALLEGED SERVED
IT HOOVER'S CLUB
| RROOKHART CLAIMS TO HAVE
LETTER TO THIS AFFECT
STATED
WASHINGTON, Jan., 31, (/P)—
Senator Brookhart has a letter
written him which says "real
gin cocktails” are served at a
famous New York Club, an organi
zation which numbers Hoover
among its members, and Chair
man Wickersham, of the law en
forcement commission, among it's
officers.
The letter was read in part
in the Senate appended by a few
remarks of his own.
The Club Century Association,
one of the most exclusive in New
York was formed by William
Cullen Bryant and is devoted to
the advancement or arts and let
ters. This was the heading on
the letter which read:
"With all the chaotic conditions
now surrounding enforcement of
the Volstead act why not inquire
sometime about the special priv
ilege accorded this association
where real gin cocktails are serv
ed at monthly dinners usually
attended by 150 guests.”
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SCENE VIOLENCE:
ROBBERV. MOW
POLICE HAVEE SLIGHT CLUES
FOR CRIMESE OF MEN MUR
DERED, BOMBING
| CHICAGO, Jan., 30, (/P)—A night
of violence began with a $100,000
i bombing and carried with it a
j gangster ambush which came to a
•tragic end.
| The double murder and bomb ex
plosion wrecked a large one-story
I brick building, housing a wholesale
! grocery company on the northwest
! side. Eight persons were injured
jand buildings blocks around were
damaged.
Shortly afterward, Johnny Gen
aro, pal of the gang of Lords. He
stepped from a club on the edge of
Chicago’s Chinatown into a two
man ambush and was shot, proba
bly fatally. The men stood within
two feet of him, took careful aim,
and emptied their revolvers.
I Barney Mitchell, treasurer of the
I Checker Taxicab Co., and George
Jackson, cab driver of the company,
were found shot dead in Jackson’s
' cab. The police have slight clues to
iany of the crimes.
HHII SISSON
COMMITTEE OF 10
LONDON, Jan., 30, (/P)—Secretary
of the Navy Adams end Ambassa
dor Gibson rre designated as the
American members of a special
committee appointed to consider
the question hew tc measure naval
power by total tonnage or by ton
nage categories of ships.