Seward Daily Gateway
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 165.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY. JULY 21, 1930.
SHIP WILL BE FLOWN TO HOLY
CROSS WHICH WILL BE
ALASKA BASE
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. July
21. (/pi—1The red monoplane chris- J
tened “Marquette Missionary” and j
planned for use in Alaska by the
Jesuit missionaries, took-off for
Buffalo. N. Y.
At the controls of the six-pas- 1
senger Bellanca was George Piek
entack, pilot.
Passengers were the Very Rev.
Phillip I. Delno, S. J., in charge
of Jesut missions in Alaska; Bro
ther J. J. Feltes. Jesuit missionary,
also a flyer; and Walter H. Kade.
Detroit Aeronautical engineer.
The party planned to spend the
night at Buffalo and fly on to De
troit Monday. After the plane is
checked at Detroit it will be flown
by easy stages to Los Angeles, up
the coast to Seattle, then to
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Gulf of Alaska o Seward, on to
the Interior and down-river to
Holy Cross, the Jesuit missionary
base.
The plane will be flown by
Pilot Feltes and can be converted
quickly into a hospital ship.
NEW YORK. July 21. (/Pi—’The
practice of making “a little 'extra
money on the side" in gratuities,
has cost the United States govern
ment more than $1,000,000 in un
paid duties in the last year and
has resulted in the smuggling of
millions of dollars of merchandise
into the country, it was charged in
federal court.
A three-cornered plot, involving
customs inspectors, examiners and
appraisers, and importers, acccus
ed of bribing the officials, is under
investigation- Some inspectors have
already been convicted of accepting
bribes.
CONCLUDED OPERATIONS
ISTANBUL, July 21, UP)—The
Turkish government has suppress
ed the Kurdishten robber inroads
a.nd has concluded military opera
tions along tne lurso-rersiaa
frontier, an official communica
tion said.
NOT DANGEROUSLY ILL
LE MARS, July 21, (/P>—Paul
Painleve, former French premier
was reported in no danger from
a sudden illness which forced can
cellation of his plans for joining in
the dedication of a peace monu
ment near here.
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY
BUENOS AIRES, July 21, (/Pi
Importation of fresh and green
fruits from countries in North and
South America with the exception
of the State of California is pro
hibited in an official decree. The
move was taken to prevent spread
of the Mediterranean fruit fly into
this country.
AWARDED MEDAL
WASHINGTON. July 21, (/P)—
Secretary of War Hurley awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor
to Col- Edward Vrickenbacker, of
New York City. He is offically
cited with having brought down 21
enemy planes and four enemy bal
loons.
NOME PLANE READY
NOME. July 21, (/P>—The Nor- !
them Air Transport is fully pre- |
pared on an hour’s notice to take :
to the air to refuel the Warks j
plane in the trans-Pacific flight ;
to Tokyo sometime this week.
JUNEAU. July 2. (/Pi—The sum
of $50,000 is a fair estimate what
the fur farmers of Juneau valley
realized from the sale of mink
this season to the Associated Fur
Farms at Newholstein, Wisconsin.
B. N. Stfivater and P. W. Lang
enfeld. representatives of the com
pany. said they had just closed a
deal for 400 pair of mink and that
negotiations are also in progress
for blue fox deals.
The representatives plan to go
to Seward, Anchorage, Valdez
and Fairbanks on similar deals.
FIRE DESTROYS HUGE
STOCKTON, July 21. (7P)-A $20.
000 hotel building, $10,000 worth of
grain and 4,000 acres of grazing
land were destroyed in a fire near
here.
Near London fire burned down
1.000 acres of grass and destroyed
several ranch buildings with a loss
estimated at $10,000. The Com
mercial Hotel at lone was razed.
Samuel Jones of San Francisco
owned the building estimated at
$20,000.
ALASKAN SUICIDES
SEATTLE, July 21. (/P>—Des
pondent over separation from
his wife, Charles J. Schultz hang
ed himself in a down-town hotel.
His body was found by his son
John. A widow and three chil
dren, Dorothv. Richard and Chas.
are at Juneau.
STEAMBOAT COMPETITION
| WASHINGTON, July 21, (/P)-Pa
cific coast railroads received the
International Commerce Commis
_i _ — a1 mi a v\ 4- a rvs o 1/n la f~\ 1*f Vs
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and south rates between California
seaports and the North Pacific
ports in Oregon and Washington
to meet steamboat competition.
LEADING STATE
ALBANY, N. Y., July 21, (/P)—
This state continues to maintain
its position as the leading state of
I the Union. Census figures credit
Ithe state with 12.609,555 residents,
{of whom 6,958,792 live in New York
City.
OVERTHROW U. S.
NEW YORK, July 21. (/Pi-Com
munists have fomented strikes here
and elsewhere as a means of over
throwing the United States govern
ment, Charles G. Wood, commis
sioner of conciliation, testified at
!the Congressional inquiry intc
Communist activities.
GEN. UMBERTO NOBILE
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. July 21,(/P)
_With General Umbreto Nobile, ol
the ill-fated polar expedition fame
among it’s passengers, the Grai
Zeppelin left on a cruise to Spitz
,bergen and the North Cape coun
try.
NATIONAL
Chicago 5, Brooklyn 4.
Chicago climbed to a virtual
tie with Brooklyn.
St. Louis 4. 8. New! York 1. 4
Hafey homered in<the ninth of
the second game and Gelbert
homered in the first.
Pittsburg 9, Boston 4
Graham and Comorosky homer
ed each with two on. Grantham
singled with the bases full driv
ing in five runs for the day.
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Cincinnati 10. 1, Philadelphia
3, 4. Ford homered. i
AMERICAN ,
Washington 2. 17. Cleveland 5, 4 ,
Burnett fractured his wrist! ‘
when hit by a pitched ball and 1
| will be lost to the “Indians” for j
' the remainder of the season.
Philadelphia 9, Chicago 10.
The Athletics winning streak of !
.eight was broken. (
New York 13, St. Louis 7. |(
Lazzeri homered besides three !
other hits. Go-lin homered. |.
Boston 2, Dtroit 10.
! Akers homered. Uhle allowed
I six hits and struck out seven; he
I gave no free passes bn balls,
j COAST
Sea'tie 3. Missions 4
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Los Angeles 8, Oakland 3
SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 15, Brooklyn 6
New York 13. Chicago 5
Cincinnati 8. 1. Boston 5. 13
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 9. New York 8
■Philadelphia 5. Detroit 3
St. Louis 8. Washington 6
Chicago 16.. 5, Boston 4. 4
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 6. 1, Missions 0. 6
Oakland 1, 4. Los Angeles 0. 11
Portland 13. 3. Hollywood 1. 6
Sacrameno 7, 8. San Francisco
4, 7.
BASEBALL HIGH LIGHTS
SEATTLE, July 21, (/P)—Ruth
made his 31fh homer. Gehrig his
25th and 27th, Berger his 25th, in
! ' " Boston - Cincinnati game. For
| the Cubs Wlson made his 27th.
Groves won his 13th victory for the
I Athletics.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L.
Philadelphia 62 .30
Washington .57 ...33
jNeW YOrK .oc Oi
Cleveland .46 45
’ Detroit .43 ...50
Chicago .35 . 53
11 St. Louis .34.. .56
(Boston .32 .57
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club W. L.
Brooklyn .49. 35
| Chicago .51 .37
New York .46. 40
''St. Louis .44 .. 40
('Pittsburgh .41....44
‘ Boston ..40....46
Cincinnati .40....46
Philadelphia .29....52
PACIFIC COAST STANDINGS
■ Club W. L.
(Second half of Season)
Mission . 5. .. 2
' Oakland . 4. 3
'! Hollywood . 4 ... 3
; i Sacramento . 4. .. 3
) San Francisco . 3.... 4
Los Angeles . 3. 4
Portland . 3 ... 4
Seattle . 2 ... 5
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CHANGE FOR BETTER
- SARATOGA, July 21, (/P)—A
E change for the better was reported
■ jin the condition of former Senator
■ (James D. Pheland, seriously ill at
his home near here.
DECLINED PARTICIPATE
BERLIN, July 21. f/P)—President
ron Hindenburg declined to par
icipate in the festivities at Codlenz
oing elsewhere to celebrate the
beration of German soil from for
ign troops.
SEATTLE. July 21. (/Pi—Crippled
)y a bent propeller wheel the M.
3 Boxer, Bureau of Education
vessel, went direct to the Lake
Jnion Drydock & Machine Works
or repairs.
The wheel struck a log in Chat
ram Straits Thursday night. Tire
Boxer brought 47 tons of Alaska
ioal to be distributed at Bureau
>f Education stations in Alaska.
The Boxer is posted to sail on
Wednesday and will make 30
;alls between St. Michael and Pt.
Barrow.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 21. (/Pi
Yesterday, Sunday, the record of
14 violent deaths were recorded
from four Pacific Coast states.
Included in these were three
drownings, an accidental shoot
ing and nine auto deaths.
William Walsh, a student avia
tor. was bady bruised by falls
and three days later—Sunday—
he was found dead in a hotel at
San Francisco.
157 YEARS OLD
GUATANAMO, July 21. (/P>—
Camila Thaurane, an African, i:
dead here at the reputed age of 15r
years.
CELEBRATED VIOLINIST
DRESDEN, July 21, (ZP)Leopok
Von Auer, 85, of New York, cele
brated violinist and violin instruc
tor, died of pneumonia at a sani
tarium at Loschiwitz, near here.
WON HALF MILLION
LE TOUQUET, France, July 21
(/P)—Jennie Dolly, American dancei
won nearly one-half million dollar:
in an eight-hour gambling streal
at the Casino, but it is reported sh<
later lost nearly all of her winnings
CLOSING IN ON REBELS
ISTANBUL. July 21, (#)-Turkish
forces, after slaying 3,000 Kurds ir
the fighting in Zeylan Valley, wen
reported to be closing in on th<
remnant of the rebels near Mt
Ararat.
$2,500,000 YACHT
NEW YORK, July 21, (/P)— J. P
Morgan, accompanied by four mei
friends will leave in the financier’,
$2,500,000 yacht “Corsair” for Eng
land. Mr. Morgan plans to spen<
several months at his estate nea:
London.
RAINBOW DIVISION
NEW YORK, July 21, (/P)-Three
hundred veterans of the famou
Rainbow Division of the A. E- F.
sailed for France to visit the bat
the fields on which they fought ii
the World War.
CRAZED CARETAKER SHOOTS
FOUR THEN COMMITS
SUICIDE
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 21, VP)
—Two persons were shot dead
and two seriously wounded in a
shooting orgy Saturday night
started by Paul Skopka, crazed
caretaker of a Lehman Heights
estate.
Skopka then killed himself. The
other dead are Harry D. Sordoni,
owner of the estate and Captain
John T. Ruth, police chief.
The wounded were Freida Sor
doni, 15-year old daughter of the
owner, and Francis Sordoni, 31,
who was shot in the leg as he
! rushed to assist his father. Freida
was shot in the arm as she fled
. to summon aid.
The younger Sordoni said Skop
ka opened fire on them suddenly
as they were unpacking articles
from the estate.
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SENATE CONFIRMS
WASHINGTON, July 21, (£>)—
The Senate confirmed Brigadier
General Hines as administrator
of the newly organized bureau o?
veterans affairs.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y. July
21, (/p>—The crews of the two en
durance planes ‘Red and Greer,
chatted with each other by radio
as they idled through the first
hours effort to exceed the Hunter
brothers record.
The two planes went up last
j night within 55 seconds of each
other. The first refueling will
; take place this morning.
j BISHOP (MR IS
-Ml IN LOU*
LONDON. July 21. i./P)—Bishop
j cannon was married in Christ
Church at Mayfair on Tuesday
to Mrs. Helen tiawiey m^auuin,
widow, and a resident of New
York.
None but a few intimate friends
knew of the wedding; the couple
are now enroute to Brazil. They
were married by a special license
obtained through AreliBishop of
Canterbury.
1 MARRIAGE A SURPRISE
lj RICHMOND, Va., July 21, (JP)—
' Reports of Bishop Cannon’s mar
triage came as a surprise to his
• friends and associates. Rumors
iof his marriage were received six
; months ago but an investigation
! proved this report to have been
untrue.
, i SEEK TO BREAK RECORD
j ST. LOUIS, July 21, .TP)—Forest
l 0‘Brien and Dale Jackson, former
-' holders of the world record for
' I endurance and refueling, took to
'the air at 7:11 a. m. Central
States time, in an attempt to re
gain the title now held by the
■, Hunter brothers.
, | The U. S. S. Discoverer, Geode
■) tic survey ship, departed for Nuka
i Bay after spending the week-end
in port loading fuel and supplies.