SEWARD,
ALASKA
Seward
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Gateway
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 224.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FOG HAZARD IS
NEW INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS NOT COMPLI
CATED NOR PROHIBITIVE
IN COST
MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., Sept.
25. (/P)—The elimination of fog ns a
flying hazard seemed assured
in a demonstration flight with
three instruments which ena
bled the pilot to rise and fly a
land plane with the cockpit
completely covered.
Lieut. James Doolittle, Army
racing pilot, took a plane up
and directed it over a 15-mile
course and landed it within a
few yards of the starting point
solely with the use of instru
ments.
The test was made under the
direction of Harry Guggenheim.
The instruments, upon which
Lieutenant Doolittle relied, were
an artificial horizon visual ra
dio receiver, a delicate barome
tric altimeter radio receiver,
consisting of two vibrating
reeds which indicate when the
plane is heading direct for an
objective and when it is over
the objective deviation to the ,
left or right causes the reed to
vibrate more rapidly than any
ether altimeter.
So sensitive does it measure i
anitude that it brings a plane '
down safely to within a few
feet of the ground making pos
sible safe landings on an obs
cure field. Mr. Guggenheim said
the instruments are not com
plicated nor prohibitive in cost, j
OLD IMF TRAVEL
IN OSH DISCARDED
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept., 25. (TP)
—George J. Feltes, S. J. of St.
Irgatius College, who has about
c: mpleted a course in flying :
. plans to leave here for Alaska ;
where he will fly to the 20
Jesuit missions. College officials j
are not certain when he will!
:: ke-off for Alaska but said he j
planned to utilize the newest |
mode of travel in preference |
to dog teams.
I
COLONEL MS OFF
FOR LIST POINT
MIAMI, Florida, Sept., 25, (/■P)
—Colonel Lindbergh hopped off
from Para Maribo for Port of
Spain, Pan-American officials
were advised by radio from Lind
bergh. They were afterward re- j
ported nearing Georgetown on
the first leg of the flight to
where he will land and rest for
a period.
NOR WESTERN SAILS
SEATTLE, Sept., 25, (/P)—’The !
S. S. Northwestern, of the A. S.!
S. Co., sailed yesterday morning
at 9 0‘clock, for Alaska, with 21 '
first-class passengers on board
and six steerage. The two Sew
-d passengers are Mr. and Mrs.
uiious McGee. i.MUllS|i
SEATTLE, Sept., 25, (/P)—'The
Russian plane “Land of Soviet”
arrived at Unalaska Island at 4
p. m. Pacific Standard time, a
radio message received at the
Bremerton Naval station, stated.
No details were given of the
flight from Attu or when the
plane would hop off for Seward
enroute to Sitka and Seattle.
E IN
YEARS TO CM
GROUND NOT YET RECOVER
ED FROM GLACIAL AGE
DECLARES SCIENTIST
JUNEAU, Sept., 25, (/P)—It is;
only a matter of time before
trees will be growing on the j
Arctic slopes, Robert Marshall,
United States forestry expert, j
said.
He is enroute south on the
Steamer Alaska after passing
the summer investigating a re
gion 100 miles north of Wise
man in the Arctic Circle.
He declared his data from
researches showed that tree
growth was not limited by cli
matic conditions but because
it had not yet recovered the
ground lost when swept away
during the glacier period.
FOOTBALL GAME
NEW YORK, Sept., 25. (/PI— It is
reported negotiations are under
way for a football game to be held
between a leading team of the East
and one from the South in the At- !
lantic City auditorium building.
Christmas week. The indoor sta
dium will seat 20.000.
PRESIDENT S HOPE FOR SCHOOL IN MOUNTAINS MAY TAKE
EDUCATION TO A FORGO TTEN PEOPLE
President Hoover's contacts in h is mountain camp have revealed to
the nation the illiteracy of a folk for gotten by the world. A mud-plastered
school house serves the region. Photographs show a typical mountain
mother, and children returning from berrying.
CAPTAIN WILKINS
EXPECTS TO REACH DECEP-,
TION ISLAND BEFORE
NOVEMBER 15
NEW YORK, Sept., 25, UP)—Sir
Hubert Wilkins, Arctic and Ant
arctic explorer, will sail Sat- j
urday on the second Hearst
Wilkins expedition into the Ant-1
arctic regions and he said he
expected to visit the camp ' of
Commander Richard Byrd at
The Bay of Whales.
He will penetrate much fur
ther into the south than on
last winter’s expedition. Accom
panying him will be Parker Cra
mer and A1 Dheeseman, pilots; i
and Orvil Porter, mechanician.
They will be leaving Monte i
Fideo, Uruguay, on the whaler
Melville obout the end of Octo
ber. Captain Wilkins expects to
reach Deception Island before
the middle of November.
JEWS IMPRISONED
JERUSALEM, Sept. 25. (ZP)—
Forty-four Jews were imprisoned
in the “Citadel of Acre” by the
authorities to await trial for
murder growing out of shooting
during a Jewish-Arab riot.
SON OF 00. EGKENEH
LIBS JOB IN IHEHICli
FREDRICHSHAVEN, Germany. !
Sept., 25, (/R)—Knut Eckener, j
son of Dr. Hugo Eckener, Graf
Zeppelin commander, is to leave
Germany for the United States
early in October to take up a
new job. He will have a posi
tion with the Goodyear-Zeppe
lin Company of Aakron, Ohio. % '
SCOTLAND, S. D„ Sept., 25, j
Three masked men held up and
robbed the Farmers & Merchants
State Benk taking $5,000 or
more. Four employees were fore- 1
ed to lie on the floor during the
robbery and were then locked
up in the vault along with two
customers.
TIE ARRESTED
BORDER
mm RINGS
PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO POS
SESSION ARTICLES: CAR
CONFISCATED
BELLINGHAM, Wn, Sept., 25, !
(7P)—Claiming to have found i
three diamond rings, one dia
mond lavalier, two tins of pre
pared opium and seven and one
half ounces of crude opium with
a complete smoking outfit in
their car, customs inspectors
at Blaine, Wn., arrested Edmund
Smith, Muriel Smith and Helen
Bates.
All three pleaded not guilty i
to the possession of the articles. I
Bail was fixed for Smith at
$3,000 and he was sent to the
Whatcom County jail unable to
raise that amount; the other
two posted $500 each and al
lowed their liberty. The officers
took the car driven by Smith.
FLEET OF AIRPLANES
GENEVA. Sept., 25. (/P)—’The Lea
gue of Nations proposes to have a i
fleet (if airplanes built, it was re
vealed when French and German
delegations submitted resolutions
defining the judicial status of such
mashines.
DM ME
MIY NOP EON
SEWARD TODAY
PLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED
BY THE STORM: ARRIVAL
WAS A SURPRISE
SEATTLE, Sept., 25, UP)—'The
crew and plane “Land of Soviet”
are storm-bound at Dutch Har
bor after narrowly escaping from
a southeast gale which nearly
smashed the plane on \he rocks
as they arrived in the harbor.
The four members of the
plane, and the plane itself, were
only saved by the rapid work of
the Coast Guard Cutters Che
lan and Haida. Motor launches
from the cutters rushed to the
plane and after two hours of
hard work succeeded in getting
the four men to safety and ty
ing the plane to the mooring
buoy.
The crew was taken aboard
the Chelan where they were giv
en dry clothing, hot food and
state rooms. The aviators an
nounced that if the weather
calms they plan to takeoff to
morrow for Seward.
Their flight from Attu was a
surprise as radio reports said
they had decided to wait one
more day there because of un
favorable weather. The aviators
were greeted by officials and
soon after began refueling the
ship which was not damaged
by the storm.
NOEL HEIR NAMED
"111 OF TOE NORTH"
JUNEAU, Sept., 25, UP)— Noel
Wien, Alaska’s “Lindy” is en
route to Seattle with his bride
of one month for a month’s vis
it. He will probably swing about
the states using the plane he
made many flights in to remote
Alaska regions and many times
into the Arctic Circle.
He recently sold his plane ser
vice to the Alaska Airways Inc.,
but remains with them as a
pilot.
PUS ADDRESSES
1. L CONVENTION
JUNEAU, Sept., 25, (£>)—'The
Alaska department of the Amer
ican Legion, 10th annual con
vention, opened here with alt
posts represented either by del
egates or proxies. Governor George
A. Parks addressed the conven
tion stressing the program of
public welfare, fostering good
citizenship and sponsoring ac
tivities that bring good minds
and healthy bodies in school
children.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
SEATTLE, Sept., 25, (/P)—The S.
3. Admiral Evans, of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 10 a. m. and carried 11
; one for Se ward, A.s as-pD ug
passengers. A. Duguette is booked
for Seward.