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DAILY AND WEEKLY
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
*
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 176
SEWARD, ALASKA.
WEDNESDAY, DEC., 18,
1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
f
PLANES ARRIVING; ALL BEING
CRATED FOR SHIPMENT
FAIRBANKS
SEATTLE, Dec., 18, i/P)—The i
Coast Guard cutter Chelan mov
ed to Smith Cove to facilitate
the loading of the three planes
to be used in the Arctic search I
for Eielson and Borland.
One of the planes arrived on s
Monday, by rail, from Chicago; <
► another yesterday from Monti eal 5
and the third was expected to- I
day. They are being crated for .
loading. ::
The Chelan will probably leave •
foi Seward Saturday. *
Major H. C D'eckard is sup- 1
ervising the storing and shipping
ard will accompany the planes
to Fairbanks where they will be
re*, rambled for the flight to
Teller.
The relief expedition is being
ecj nipped with aerial cameras to
pick up clues not visible to the
human eye. j
The Canadian aviators are ex
pected to arrive tonight and will
board the Chelan immediately.
NEVER DISCUSSED FARM BOARD
WITH PRESIDENT; OBJECTS
FARM BOARD’S PLAN
WASHINGTON, Drc.. 17. (JP)—
Julias Buries, chairman of the
board of ilia United States Cham
ber of Commerce, also a grain ex
porter. hi led before the senate
lobby committee regarding activi
ties of the farm board tending over
the stipulated production of wheat.
Barnes said he was sorry farm
board policies had been discussed
“because business was willing to
give the board a chance to get
started”. He also said he objected
to the conference of Chairman
Legge of the farm board and the
board's plan of loaning money to
wheat co-operatives at the current
grain price with the understanding
that the producers share in any
subsequent increase.
Barnes testified he never discuss
ed the farm board with President
Hoover.
MAY “COME BACK”
NEW YORK, Dec., 17, (/P)— Harry
„ Wills, the giant negro heavyweight,
who was last seen in New York
ring more than two years ago, when
he was knocked out by Paulino, was
scheduled to battle Andrea Gas
tano, Mexican heavyweight, in a
10-round bout at the New York
Colosium. Wilis announced that
the result of the fight wall deter
mine his plans for a “comeback”.
ROGERS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Dec., 18, (/P)—The
S. S. Admiral Rogers, of the Pa
cific Steamship Company, sailed
at 10 o’clock this morning for
Alaska carrying 65 passengers.
The Seward list comprises Mar
tin Miller, Rachel Miller, Mrs.
George Blondeau, and two steer
age.
VUE, ALEUTIANS,
HEEISTERFD B¥ A. ¥,
MUSEUM INSTRUMENT
NEW YORK, Dec., 17, (A3)—The
seismograph of the American Mus
eum of Natural History registered
a distant earthquake of marked in
tensity which began at 6:14 a. m
and lasted until 8:7. Tht distance
from New York is estimated to be
4,750 miles. Scientists at the mus
eum believed the disturbance ce*
cured on the floor of the Pacific
ocean near the Aleutian Islands
PASADENA, Calif., Dec., 18, (/P
—Dr. Harry Wood, member of tht
faculty at the seismograph lab
oratory of the California Institut
, of Technology, said a study o
j the records revealed that ;
\ “tremendous earthquake” was re
corded early today and indicte<
| that it had occurred in th
Aleutians or Bering Sea; it last
■ ed four hours beginning at 3:0
a. m. Dr. Wood said the shock
1 were the most serious ever re
j corded here.
| Mi GIST
EITHER IN THE GULF ALASKA
NORTH PACIFIC OR THE
ALEUTIANS
SEATTLE, Dec., 18, (A3)—Failure
of the Alaska radio stations to
report the earthquake is believed
he^e to indicate that the seismo
graph disturbances recorded i.o
many parts of the United States
occurred on the floor of the North
Pacific ocean or at unihabitec
portions of the Aleutian Islands
The University of Washingtor
: seismograph recorded tremblers
beginning at seven o’clock in thf
• mo rung and 12 minutes later wen
■ so violent in vibration that one
• recording needle was shaken fron
, the drum. The tremors continuec
for about three hours.
The center of the disturbance;
wj?rc estimated to be 1.3‘hJ .A
northerly placing it in the Gul
[ df Alaska, in the North Pacific
i or in the Aleutian volcanic re
Sion.
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3" YES, WE MATE NO BANANAS
• NOBLEVILLE, Ind., Dec., 18, {A
3 Thomas T. Butler sauntered infc
f the grocery store of Ira Black c
i Arcadia, and offered to wager h
- could eat 40 bananas in an hou
i Black refused to ‘bet. but said h
e would provide the bananas, if But
- lar wished to make the effort. H
7 ate 41 and Black refused him moi
s fruit when Butler* asserted tilt
- j after an hour’s rest he could eat <
more.
JURY COMPLETED
MOUNT AINVIEW, Ark., Dec., 17, |
(/P)—a jury of mountain farmers
has been completed to try the four j
' men charged with murdering Con- !
n,e Franklin, a farm laborer, near
| here last March.
PAID EXCESSIVELY AND PRO
FIT; STOCKHOLDERS ARE
LOSERS |
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec., 17, (/P)—In
ability of the W, B. Foshay Co., to
keep up its volume of securities
: sales end maintain its volume of
• credit at the banks, were listed as
; the two basic reasons for the rc
i ceivership of his three major eon
i corns, ty Foshay, who gave this ex
planation to nearly 500 stockhold
3 ers.
5 It was his first statement since
£ the receivership. He offered his
, services as the majority stockholder
- to pin the affairs of the company in
order r nd predicted their return to
full ' solvency.
He denied, he had been paid ex
cessively and thus profited while
the stockholders faced losses.
e PTOMAINE POISONING
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 17, (/P)—
e stricken shortly before the curtain
was to have been raised, in the
e show which she is starring, Pauline
e Frederick was suffering from an at
X tack of ptomaine poisoning. Her
.0 physician predicted an early re
covery.
GAS FROM BURNING WOOD IS U FED TO
OPERATE HEA VY MOTOR TRUGivS
BURNERS
GAS
GENERATED
HERE
AIR
INLET
. CLARIFIERS IN
♦ WHICH IMPURITIES
1 ARE REMOVED
AND GASES FILTERED]
Col. Jean P. Imbert of France (i nset) and his brother have developed
a means to utilize gas from burning wood n gasoline engines. The device
was tested on the truck shown. The artist’s diagram shows where gas is
generated and how t circulates thru filters and clarifiers to the engine.
LOlifl PLACED
II FULL CUE
OF RELIEF WORK
BLIZZARD CONTINUES TO RAGE
IN THE NOME, TELLER
DISTRICTS
NOME, Dec., 18, (/P)—Alfred J.
Lomen, manager of the Lomen
Reindeer Corporation, now at
Teller, has been placed in charge
of the Eielson-Borland relief op
erations by the New York office
of the Aviation Corn., of Delaware
which wired him to take charge.
Present rescue plans include
Pilots Crosson, Young and Gil
dam now ready to take-off at the
first opportunity from Teller.
Dorbandt will remain at Teller
as a reserve pilot; also, in an ad
visory capacity.
Gus Masik, Russian dog mush
er, has been employed to go on
the expedition with the aviators
on account of his knowledge of
Siberia.
Lomen instructed the aviators
how to build snow houses as a
protection against storms. Pilot
Neimenen took-off yesterday for
Teller but was forced to return
on account of encountering a
blizzard and fog a short distance
| from Teller.
I difference in time IS 17
HOURS WHICH ACCOUNTS
LATE REPORT
—
TOKIO, Dec., 18, (/P)—The seis
mograph at the Tokyo central
jlabratory registered a distant and
I heavy earthquake lasting two
| hours and believed to have been
i in the general direction of the
; Aleutian Islands.
Trans-pacific shipping has been
J seriously delayed by fogs along
j the East coast of Japan.
| The earthquake is evidently the
| same one which shook the east
ward recording needle off the roll
of a similar instrument at the
niversity of Washington yester
day.
The difference in time between
Tokyo and Pacific, is 17 hours,
which accounts for the variance
between the reports.
BRITISH HUE
1 RECORD FLIGHT
CRANWELL AIRDROME, LIN
COLNSHIRE, Eng., Dec., 17, (/P)—
A Royal Airforce monoplane, pilot
jed by Squadron Leader Joneswil
iliams, which left here early this
! morning in an effort to establish a
| long distance non-stop flight re
icord to South Africa, crossed to the
j French coast to Marseilles this
j afternoon. The next point of the
fliers’ itinerary is Sardinia.