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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 185.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, December 30, 1929. PRICE TEN CENTS
FAMOUS mu
AVIATORS JOIN
ElELSOli SEARCH
RUSSIANS INTENSIFY SEARCH
IN NOfcTH SIBERIA FOR
LOST AMERICANS
MOSCOW, Dec., 30, (JP)—Spurr- j
ed by the reports from natives |
in northern Siberia that they
bad seen Eielson’s plane, the
Soviet government intensified
the search for Eielson and Bor
land.
Two men, one of whom figured
prominently in the rescue of the
Italian dirigible Italia survivors,
Ivan Chukhnovsky, and pilot
Strabue Aleseev Steriligov, leave
tomorrow' for Krasnoyarsk, cen
tral Siberia. They hope to leave
there January 6 for the north
in a powerful seaplane to take
up the search.
Captain Molzorov of the S.
S. Stavrapol, has been instruct
ed to send out two searching
parties to investigate the re
ports of the natives that they
had seen a plane and the other
reports of camp-fire smoke in
an isolated place.
One parry will explore 75 miles
west of North Cape and the
other will search the coastline
as far as Kiliuchinsk Bay. Search
.parties will also be sent out
from Wrangell Island toward
North Cape.
REM THE IS
REFECTED RE REEERIT
EXIGM
LAREDO, Tex., Dec., 30. i[IP)—
Merchants of Laredo learned that
Mexicans living south of the Rio
Grande, no longer would be per-. J -
ted to carry small imports, duty
free from the American side.
.Nonces oi tins measure by the
Mexican government against Dis
trict Attorney John A. Valio, for his
attempt to arrest General Calies,
was posted on the Mexican end of ;
the international bridge. Trade
from Nuevo, Laredo and other!
points on the Mexican side of the 1
river have contributed a considera- |
Me portion of Laredo’s retail com- ;
merce.
VERNON, Texas, Dec. 30,(/Pi
All six members of the family
of J. H- Haggard, were found
shot to death in their poverty
stricken home Sunday.
They apparently had been
dead since Wednesday. A note
on the door read; “All dead." It
was signed by Haggard.
The Coroner beleived Haggard
had shot his motherless children
then killed himself because of
their poverty. The father was
from six to 18 years of age.
PLANE CRASH
HEARNE, Texas, Dec., 30, (&)—]
A barnstorming plane, piloted by :v
Miss Dorothy Stocker, 17, crash
ed killing two negro boys, Kel
sey Hearne, 7; and James Hearne,
9; brothers, and seriously injur
ing two others.
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NOME. TUESDSY
PLANES WILL KEEP TOGETHER
AS A SAFETY PRECAU
TION
FAIRBANKS, Dec., 30, (/P)—
A temperature of 30 below and
poor visibility is prevalent here
as the Fairchild planes are be
ing prepared for the Eielson
Borland search.
The planes are expected to hop
to Nome and Teller Tuesday,
Capt- H. A. Oakes said, adding
that the planes will search Si
beria until they find Eielson and
Borland or learn their fate.
The Canadians are equipped
for every emergency and all
three planes will keep within
sight of each other while in
flight as a safety precaution. Al
so to make sure of every bit
of ground passed over will be
thoroughly scrutinized.
TESTING PLANES
FAIRBANKS, Dec., 30, (/F*)—
The relief expedition began tests
and flights yesterday morning
when the first Fairchild was sent
up and cruised around town; the
others followed early in the af
ternoon. Moderate weather brot
a warm and hazy ceiling.
SEffiH CM
TO Sill AREA
ffl MILES 11K
BELIEVES MOSCOW REPORT OF
FIRE NEAR CAPE SAME
REPORTED BEFORE
SEATTLE, Dec-, 30, (#*)-—'The
Moscow report caused R. S. Poll
ister, Seattle representative for j
the Swenson Company, to con- ;
tend that the Swenson report j
that he heard the plane iwthin
50 miles of his vessel should res
trict the search of the rescuers
to that area.
This, despite the Moscow re
port which signifies that Eiel
son and Borland drifted 300
miles southward off their course.
This was the last report re
ceived of the course they were
on; he also believes that the
Moscow report of fire near Cape
Vankarem is the same as re
ported by Swenson a few weeks
ago.
DUD15 SWEPT
HI IE; SEVEN OEM
LONDON, Dec., 30, (JP)~ At
least seven persons were killed
and a greater number injured
during a southwest gale which
swept over England and western
France.
The weekend wind reached a
velocity of 80 miles per hour at
Scilly Isle where a woman and
j her daughter were killed and four
others severely injured. At the
height of yesterday’s gale a
| house was wrecked at Manehes
1 ter.
HIS AND THEIR OWN
NEW YORK, Dec., 30, (/P)—'The
board of aldermen raised Mayor
Walker’s salary from $25,000 a year
to $40,000. The board is also con
sidering raising their own salaries
from $5,000 to $7,500.
THUDS ESSES
LID!! SEIZES
?H DRIVES
IDAHO OFFICIALS GUILTY OF
WHOLESALE VIOLATION
BOOZE LAW
WASHINGTON, Dec., 30, (JP)— j
Drives by prohibition authori- j
ties resulted in the death of
three alleged rum runners and
smugglers; the coast guard
; seized 5,000 cases of liquor; three
officers in Virginia and Califor
j nia were critically wounded.
' And in addition a federal
jury at Couer da nene, Idaho,
returned verdicts of guilty
against 24 out of 29 officials at
Mullen, Idaho, and others, who
were charged with wholesale
j violations of the liquor law.
Here, in Washington, Rear Ad
miral F. C. Bullard, commandant
of the coast guard, said the ser
| vice “meant business” and had
j “no use for gentle words or
; amiable gestures.”
ELECTED CHAIRMAN
BERLIN, Dec., 30, (/P)-Ernst
Scholz, floor leader in the Reich
stag, of the Peoples Party, has
been elected to succeed the late
Dr. Stressmann as the party nat
ional chairman.
OLD STYLE JUBILANT CHRISTMAS WAS
ENJOYED BY THE HOOVERS LAST
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Christmas was a jolly time at the White House this year, what with
the little shouts of Herbert Hoover 111 (left) and Peggy Ann Hoover.
HUNDREDS THOUSANDS DOL
LARS ALLEGED LIQUOR
CAPTURED
NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec., 30,
(/P)—Three liquor smugglers were
killed and a fourth critically
wounded when three rum boats,
with cargoes valued at $600,000,
were seized Saturday night and
early Sunday morning in a drive
by the coast guard against the
rum runners.
The killed and wounded were
on a speed boat which attempt
ed to escape; guardsmen sent
a volley of machine gun bullets
; through the cabin of the speed
boat which was entering Newport.
Rhode Island harbor. It had 500
; cases of liquor no board.
! A few hours later a second
patrol boat found a converted
sub-chaser, the Flor-del-Mar, off
Spagwan Reef but it was on fire
but extinguished prior to the
arrival of the patrol. A load of
, 4,000 cases of assorted liquors
: was found but the rum crew
made its escape to shore.
Sunday morning a third coast
| guard boat captured the fishing
! boat Roamer off Long Island,
| New York, and confiscated 500
| cases of liquor. The crew, wara
| ed by the presence of the patrol
| by a shot from shore, escaped
j in a small boat.
!
S01ITIIOS SEES
i -
j LOS ANGELES, Dec., 30, (/P)—Of
ficials of the Western Air Express
.lines made an announcement that
jit will extend its coastal line to
jLong Beach, San Diego and Agua
entente, making it the first time
tile Air line has invaded the air
field south of Los Angeles.
The new line will be an extension
of the present San Francisco-Los
Angeles line. Flag stops will be
made at Long Beach and San Diego.
Planes at the southern end of the
run will land directly in front of
the Agua Caliente hotel.
BUCK THODFS LED
OK WHITES, SUIT
LONDON, Dec., 30, (/P)—Advices
received in London said that troops
of the Wset African frontier forces
led by white officers had fired upon
j riotous mobs in the town of Opoba
in Nagerea, killing 20 natives. The
advices said that the troops had ar
rived just in time to save several
(factories from being looted.
The trouble was blamed on a fall
in price of native products princi
pally palm oil.
Firemen’s Annual Mask Ball New Year s Eve