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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 90.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
MONDAY, APRIL 21. 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
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PURPOSE IS TO TEST UPPER RE
GIONS OF THE AIR FOR
AIR-LINE TRAFFIC
LOS ANGELES. Arpll 21. —
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh have form* d a team to con
duct experiment in high altitude,
cross country flying. He is the pilot
and she is the navigator.
The Colonel announced that his
bride, the daughter of Dwight Mor
row. diplomat, is prepared to make
celestial observations to guide him
on a one-stop transcontinental
flight that will be started tomor
row.
The flight is the first of a series of
experiments designed to test upper
reaches of the air. at elevations of
between 10.000 and 20,000 feet, for
prevailing winds currents advanta
geous Co fast express and passen
ger sendee on commercial air lines.
QUILT KI HOP
mss the com
NEW YORK, April 21. OD—The
official elapsed time for Lind
bergh's hop was 14 hours, 23 min
utes and 17 seconds, not allowing
for 22 minutes and five seconds
refueling at Wichita. The Colo
nel’s face was tired, dirty and
drawn, but his wife was smiling
and enjoying the excitement.
An orderly crowd of thousands
welcomed their arrival.
MACHINE GUNS ARE
PLACED STRAGETIG
POSITIONS HOLE CITE
JERUSALEM, . •- oril 21, ^.—Ma
chine guns have been placed in
strategic nositio1 ’ on all the main
streets of Tern ilem to prevent
possib’e troub’e owing out of the
Christian and Mohammedan holi
days. Armed soldiers have beer
placed on guard in front of th;
former Russian compounds, now
the courthouse.
A party of Jewish residents, whc
wanted to drive to Amman, ir
Transiordania, to see the Nebi Musa
Nebi Musa, important feast in the
Mohammedan religious calendar
were barred by the authorities, whc
said they could not guarantee then
safety.
SHIPPING WARNED AS
TO FLOATING TARGET
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. (JP)—
An airolane heaw bombing targe
was located floating off the coas
near San Pedro, according to wore
rFoP'-’H nt the branch hydrograph
ic office.
The targets consist of a platforn
12 by 12 feet, secured by four spa;
buoys 200 feet apart. Shipping i:
urged to avoid the area until th<
obstacle can be removed.
Alaska Steamship Company's latest addition to its fleet
The SS. ’ 'Aleutian
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LONE GUNMAN KILLS
THE MEMBERS OF
CHICAGO GANGLAND
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TRIPLE EXECUTION BROKE
i EASTER PEACE IN FAMOUS
CITY OF ‘IRON PINEAPPLES’ !
CHICAGO, Apr. 21. (fP)—A triple
gangland execution broke the
Easter peace when a lone gun
man, in the Blue Hour saloon on
the south side, shot and killed
Frank Del Re, 33; and Joseph
Special, 28, proprietors; and Wal
ter Wakefield, 30, a bartender.
The assassin then sped away
in a machine. Records of the
slain men provide numerous rea
sons for the killing as the pro
prietors were listed at police head
quarters as bootleggers and rac
keteers. Wakefield was believed
killed to seal his lips.
JAPAN TO MOSCOW
SEATTLE, April 21, ^—Com
mander Slipenov, Soviet airman,
announced he would return to
Moscow by plane from Japan. The
plane will be shipped to Japan on
a Soviet ship but the fliers will go
to San Francisco in a few days to
sail from there.
IT MKS OUT
PfiOVIOENOE PRISON
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 21. (/P)
—Three men were shot, one pro
1 bablv fatally, in the yard of the
state prison when a fierce riot
broke out.
After a Massachusetts autcmo
■ bile, bearing men and arms entered
> the large gateway of the institu
tion, guns were distributed to men
who at once commenced to fire a
broadside of shots.
MORE EXPERIENCE
CHICAGO. April 21. {JP)— Gerald
Byrne, young pitcher who came to
the Chicago White Sox from Michi
gan State College late last season,
has been sent to Springfield. 111.,
for the Three Eye League for more
experience.
[ FOUR DIE PLANE CRASH
JERSEY CITY, N. J„ April 21, (JP)
—Three passengers and the pilot
t of a Colonial Airways plane, bound
• from Albany to Newark. w v:e kill
3 ed when the plane crashed into a
? power station on St. Pauls Avenue
and wras consumed by fire.
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I BASEBALL I
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SUNDAY’S GAMES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 2; Oakland 7.
San Francisco 3; Missions 5.
Portland 4; Sacramento 1.
Los Angeles 15; Hollywood 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 4; Detroit $.
Washington 0; Philadelphia 9.
New York 3-2; Boston 4-7; first
game 15 innings.
St. Louis 7; Chicago 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 1; Cincinnati 2.
Pittsburgh 5; St. Louis *; 10 in
nings.
Philadelphia 2; Ne^ York 3.
Boston 10; Brooklyn 8.
SATURDAYS GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
i New York 2; Philadelphia 1.
i Chicago 4; Cincinnati 3.
; Boston 7; Brooklyn 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
i Washington 6; New York 3.
i Athletics 5; Boston 3.
• Cleveland 2; Detroit 0.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
1 Oakland 9-9; Seattle 6-5.
Hollywood 4; Los Angeles 3.
Sacrament 12-6; Portland 3-3.
San rFancicso 14-13; Missions 3-0
LEAGUE STANDING
NATIONAL
j New York 3 0
Pittsburgh .... 4 1
Boston 2 1
Chicago 3 3
St. Louis 2 3
Philadelphia 12
Cincinnati . 2 4
Brooklyn . 0 3
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 3 0
Detroit . 3 2
i Washington 3 2
Boston 3 3
Cleveland 2 2
St. Louis 1 2
New York 0 4
WESTWARD BOUND
Passengers for the Westward on
the Redondo included: For Seldo
via—D. Buvick, E. P. Murphy, Bar
ney Murphy. For Uganik—Ennis
Neckeroff, Ed Gamble.
CANNERY CREWS
Cannery crews for Drier bay,
I Nellie Juan and Port Ashton came
up from Seattle on the S. S. North
western.
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MISS LAUGHLIN HOME
Miss Genevieve Laughlin. pop
ular member of the local family,
returned from the States on the
S. S. Northwestern.
i FEDERHL EMPLOYEE
! SHOOTS UNO KILLS
| SHOT HIM IN THE BACK FIVE
OR SIX TIMES WHEN PASS
ED ON THE STREET
! BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla.. April 21.
| OP)—Sheriff Clark of Calhoun
j county was shot to death in the
; street by J. T. Blackwell, Federal
S government employee.
Blackwell, witnesses said, appar
ently without warning drew a
pistol as Clark passed him on the
street and fired five or six times
into his back.
Blackwell was imprisoned, await
ing investigation. There has been
ill feeling between the two for
some time.
SPENDING BILLIONS
WASHINGTON, April 21. (jP)—
Secretary Lamont said the award
ing of the $303,000,000 public con
| struction program during the first
| quarter of the year in 37 states
1 indicated his estimate of seven
'billion for the year will be ful
! filled.
TIE? FOUND GUILTY
! IF “RED MW”
NEW YORK, April 21. (£>)—
: William Z. Foster. Robert Israel
; Amter and Mary Reynolds were
! found guilty of the unlawful as
sembly of the “red Thursday” riot
I last month in Union Square and
; were sentenced to indeterminate
i penitentiary terms which may run
i anywhere from one day to three
i years at the discretion of the
| state board of parole.
38 BLOWN TO DEATH
| LISBON. April 21. UP)—Reports
from Macao. Portuguese China,
said that 38 working people, both
men and women, were blown to
death there when lightning struck
ja factory, causing an explosion.
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first degree murder
TOPEKA, April 21. (/P>— Plans for
ithe return of Major Charles A.
| Shepard to Kansas for trial on a
charge of first degree murder were
'announced by authorities after a
federal grand jury here had in
dicted the Denver army medical
corps officer for the alleged poi
soning of his second wife.
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CHILDREN ATTENDING
ALASKA SCHOOLS
The schools of the Alaska Rail
road belt are rounding out a fairly
successful year and improvement
and growth is noted in many of
them by L. W. Breuer, commis
sioner of education, in Seward Sat
urday, southbound following a trip
to the Interior.
Anchorage is at present concern
ed with the erection of its new
$50,000 high school plant which
they hope to put to use next term.
Speaking of new school buildings,
Wrangell, by an overwhelming
vote, decided to erect a new plant
at the cost of $50,000. It will also
be an up-to-date modern building
for use of both the elementary and
high school classes.
Encouragement has been receiv
ed in the matter of a conference
of superintendents and principals
to be held at Juneau in the near
future to discuss educational and
school problems of the Territory.
It is likely that there will be a small
turnover of administrators, thus
making this meeting more valua
ble and desirable. School board
problems can very well be brought
out at this time. It is hoped that
| he cooperaion of all city school
| boards will be had if at all possible.
| Interest is being shown in a pro
posed summer school for the teach
ers of Alaska. The president of
;the Alaska College and the regents
;have endorsed such a move. It is
thought that the college could
; handle it more satisfactory as the
necessary administrative machin
ery is already available. The con
ditions may materialize so that a
school can be held the summer of
,1931. A number of teachers have
shown keen interest in such a move
and a thorough canvas thru a
questionaire will be made this
coming winter to determine furth
'er information and data relative
to the advisability of a summer
{school for teachers.
| Figures to date show a favorable
igrowth in the enrollment of pupils
in the schools. The year 1929-30,
ishowed slightly more than 5.000
i pupils enrolled in the Territorial
schools. A larger enrollment is
looked for during the term soon to
lend.
, For the information of the read
ers there were approximately 10,
000 pupils enrolled last year in all
1 the schools of the Territory. The
Territorial schools showed about
5,000. the Bureau schools approxi
mately the same number, and the
Mission schools accounted for about
1,000 pupils.
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DOLLAR LINE BESIKS
I SITU CRUISE ABOUT
WORLD FROM FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO. April 21. uPt—
With the sailing of the President
Harrison from New York this week,
the Dollar Steamship Line com
menced its 150th world cruise.
Since inception of the round-the
world service the Dollar Steamers
have travelled over 4,000 mil’s in
regular service. Heading westward
from San Francisco and New York
the ships make stops at all the
principal ports of the world, com
pleting the globe circuit in 14
weeks.