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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 5.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REID MAY HAVE OVERSHOT
COAST AND FLOWN OUT
OVER THE ICE
NOME, Jan., 7, •{&)—No word
lias been received from the miss- !
ang Fairchild plane or fliers.
Pilot Dorbandt, who hopped
off Sunday morning, flew as far
as Unalakleet, 200 miles from
Nome, and on the return flight
to Nome was forced to land at
Solomon, 36 miles from Nome,
due to heavy fog flowing in from
the ocean.
Dorbandt reported in from Sol
* omon over a telephone inform
ing Manager Lomen that he
found no sign of the missing
Fairchild plane, piloted by Pat
Reid. Dorbandt also said perfect
visibility was observed from the
^ Koyuk river to Unalakleet where ;
\ the missing plane was expected
* ^ found.
Keiu may have reache* t*
foothills leading to the
and from the mouth of the river
overshot the coast and gone out
over the ice in Norton Sound; or
he may have returned to the
« Yukon river.
President Grosvenor, of the
Aviation Corporation, wired Mr.
Lomen, manager of the Alaska
rescue operations for Eielson and
Borland, authorizing Lomen to
spare no expense in the search.
Grosvenor appointed Pilot Cros
son in charge of the Siberian
rescue operations.
Lomen is in daily communica
tion with Crosson who is still
at the trading schooner Nanuk
for flying operations there are at
* *. standstill owing to storms and
no visibility.
Pilot Gi!lam’s plane is await
ing repair parts for the landing
gear which was wuecked recent
ly.
BIG STM PR
OP SIBERIAN COAST
NO OUNCE TO FLY
NOME, Jan. 7, (/P)—Pilot Cros
son. wiring from the trading
ehooner Nanuk on the Siberian
coast, says that a big storm is
on and that there is no chance
to do any flying.
It is also stormy at Teller and
at Solomon; the visibility is also
poor at Nome and it snowed the
greater part of the day.
Pilot Matt Neimenen and Major
Hi Deckard may leave Nulato and
go to Unalakleet to keep a look
out for the missing Fairchild
nlane piloted by Pat Reid. Dor
bandt is delayed by the Solomon
storm.
ORGANIZE “RICE TRUST”
TASHKENT, Turkestan, Jan., 7,
(JP)—The Soviet government has
organized a “rice trust” with a cap
ital of about $4,000,000 to raise the
rice crop to 1,400,000 tons. Most of
Russia’s rice comes froc centra]
Asia and Trans-Caucasia but some
of the plantations in the areas are
to be moved to the lower Volga dis
trict and the northern Caucasus.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jail., 7, (/P)—
King Winter spread his whiteI
mantle over the Northwest states!
as California looked up into clear
skies after a general wetting
which extended to Southern Cal
ifornia for the first time in four
months. Unsettled and colder
weather is promised for the1
Northwest.
OAOS. BRIDGES
Tim.
i c.. 10100
ALASKA CABLE MAINTENANCE
APPROPRIATION SET AT
$300,000
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, (^Pi
Lacking definite conclusions from
xj Hoover’s economical
j of the War Department,
the Hoise Appropriations Com
mittee reported the supply bill
for the fiscal year 1931 calling
for an expenditure of $435,000.
This is an increase of $44,000
over the current year and pro
vides $800,000 for roads and
bridges in Alaska and $300,000
for the Washington-Alaska Mil
itary Cable System maintenance.
DROPPED DEAD
LISBON, Jan., 7, (JP)—Donna
Marie Tavares exchanged a state
lottery ticket for one of a higher
number. She dropped dead when
the first ticket won the capital
prize of $250,000.
ElElSd ABLE TO
EKIST FOR LOIS
PERIOD, ARCTIC
PROFESSOR POINTS OUT HOPE
ULTIMATE RESCUE OF
MISSING FLIERS
MOSCOW, Jan., 7, (/P)—Pro
fessor Karpinsky, of the Russian
Academy of Sciences and chair
man of the academy’s polar ex
pedition, stated that even if
the first two months of the pre
sent search for Eielson and Bor
land, prove fruitless, by the Sov
ient expeditions, and negative re
sults continue to be reported, ul
timate hope of finding the air
men should not be abandoned.
Professor Karpinsky pointed out
that Colonel Eielson, because of
his previous experience iin Polar
regions, will probably be able to
exist for a long period on the
frozen icepack providing he fail
ed to reach shore.
He expressed the opinion that
rescue parties should look for
! the two Americans west of Cape
North rather than east- He is
urging searching parties to ex
plore the coast west of North
Cape as far as Cape Shelagski
which is west of Wrangell Is
land.
S MUCH BUSINESS REMAINS
| WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, (A3)—
S Faced with the incompleted tar
j itf bill, the controversy over pro
hibition and a host of othe:
j questions, may necessitate tin
solons remaining at work unti
summer. The Senate and Housi
reconvened yesterday after a re
cess over the holidays.
SHE INSTITUTIONS
BENEFICIARIES MILLIONS
!
NEW YORK, Jan., 7 —Former ,
President Cabin Coolidgformer I
Governor Alfred Smith and Jul
ius Rosenwaid of Chicago, the com- j
mittee of three prominent citizens
chosen by executors under the will j
of the late Conrad Hubert, an-1
inounced the names of 33 institu
itions which have been selected by:
Ithem to receive approximately $0,- \
i 000,000.
I _ _
GBEHL STORM
ii, MIL 5*
| SMQTES COAST
EVEN CALIFORNIA GETS A
TASTE OF FURY OF THE
ELEMENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 7, {&)—
1 Freezing temperatures in the far
west followed in the wake of the
general storm which swept down
: out of the north.
The fury of the elements, rain,
I snow and hail, gave even Cali
i fornia a taste of real winter
weather.
That the storm would pass to
day was the prediction of the
; weather bureau which forecast
' | abnormally low temperatures for
the region west of the Mississippi
THEILE REAPPOINTED
1 WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, </P)—
2 Cari Theile was reappointed, by
- President Hoover, as Secretary
of Alaska.
— .---==■
LOOKS LIKE FIVE TITLES IN ROW FOR OSARK CAGE TEAM
Down in the Ozark country they are planning on another Southwest
conference basketball championship. The Razorbacks have won four in a
row, titles, and they are stronger than ever this year. Eight six-foot soph
omores replace two veterans who graduated. Captain Schoonover and Ken
Holt are the key men on Coach Bassett's team.
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PUT OFFERS II
MU SHOOT AT
SERVICE INTERRUPTED THREE
TIMES IN 1929 AND THEN
BUT BRIEFLY
In an interview with Mr. S- M.
Graff, president and general
manager of The Seward Light
and Power Company; who is de
parting Saturday for the States,
a number of interesting things
concerning the local plant were
made known especially the splen
did service rendered the commun
ity during the past year, 1929.
Mr. Graff said: “During the
year 1929 our service was inter
rupted three times, as follows;
I "On Sunday, Mlay 26th, two
I hours and 47 minutes.
On Wednesday, August 7th, two
| hours and 15 minutes.
“On Sunday, October 13th, one
hour and 27 minutes, a total of
six hours and 29 minutes or an
average of about a minute per
day for the entire year,
j “Each shut-down was adver
! tised in the Gateway from one
| to two days in advance and in
; each case power was off during
Uhat part of the day when arti
ficial light was least necessary.
“This, undoubtedly, is boast
ing,’ Mr. Graff added, “and, as
a matter of fact, we do feel a
bit ‘eockey’ about our record. So
; much so that we have a hundred
; cigars (name your favorite brand)
I for the crew of any electric public
| utility in Alaska that can equal
the above record.”
ELUTES WILL
CHf 91 IS I
IIITJT CONFAB
HOOVER ADVICES THEM TO
“BUCKUP” OUTLINING
GENERAL POLICY
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, (JP)—
President Hoover gave a stirring
talk to the members of the Amer
ican delegation to the London
Naval conference and their tech
nical advisers at a White House
breakfast.
This was the Chief Executive’s
last meeting with the delegation
before its departure Thursday
for the British capital and it
was the final gathering of the
entire group before embarkation.
Secretary Stimson, chairman of
the delegation, said after break
fast that President Hoover had
given them a “buck-up” talk re
viewing the world situation in
his inimitable way and, in gener
al, outlining the American posi
tion.
The Secretary said that the
meeting showed no difference in
opinion among the group indi
cating they will carry on as a
unit; it was also agreed that
Stimson will be the sole spokes
man for the delegation at Lon
don.