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VOLUME VX. NUMBER 111.
SEWARD, ALASKA, i IURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENT6
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SECRETARY OF STATE IN RADIO
BROADCAST SCORED U. S.
ADMIRALS STAND
WASHINGTON. June 19. (/P>—
—The following developments oc
curred in Washington in the con
sideration of the London Naval
Treaty.
First the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations adopted a reso
lution censuring President Hoover
and Secretary Stimson for with
holding data on the treaty negotia
tions
Second, the resolutions declare
the Senate under its treaty making I
power is entitled to access to all
records and documents relating j
to the treaty.
Third, the Secretary of State, in ,
a radio broadcast, scored the
United States Admirals who have
taken a stand against the treaty.
WASHINGTON. June 19, CP)—
Congress will adjourn wihtout ac
tion on the Philippine Independ
ence question which has been the
subject of intensive harings and
has aroused more interest than for
many years past.
A bill making possible independ
ence at the end of a five-year pro
bationary period has reached the
Senate calendar having been ap
proved by a majority of the Com
mittee on Territorial and Insular
Affairs but the opposition is suffi
ciently strong to prevent any action
at this session.
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FINE FOR SWELLEIIS
BOSTON, June 19, (TP)—The Bos
ton Traveler says that the new Ca
nadian law prohibiting exports of
liquor to the United States has sent
‘'the most completely organized and
equipped armara of rum ships ever
reported” surging down the Atlan
tic seaboard.
The Traveler quoted Capt. Wil
liam H. Munter of the United
States Coast Guard and an uniden
tified wholesale booze runner and
says the pictures drawn by the two
rally in nearly every way.
FIGHT POSTPONED
CHICAGO, June 19, (TP)—The 10
round fight between Otto Von Po
rat and young Stribling. scheduled
for the Chicago Stadium, was post
poned until Friday nite due to an
injury Stribling received in train
ing. Stribling damaged his left
hand while boxing in his first
workout.
NUDE FROM WAIST UP
BERLIN. June 19, (TP)—A num
ber of German fascists, in a heat
wave, after being ordered by the
police to remove their uniform and
brown shirts following a govern
' mental edict. The fascists walkeu
the streets shirtless, in other words
nude from the waist up. They were
not molested.
NO CHANCE COLLISION
\ WASHINGTON, June 19. (/P)—
i The dismantled and ba ttered Navy
submarine 0-12 has been charter
ed by Capt. Hubert Wilkon for
$1 a year: The sub was built by
Simon Lake. Commander Danne
hower said the sub would proba
I bly move no faster than four
knots an hour thus eliminating
the danger of collision with ice.
THOUSANDS CHEER AS
! BYRD ASSIN SETS FEET
! 1M11TTIN TUIF
NEW YORK. June 19, (P)—
, The aerial conqueror of both ends
| of the earth. Rear Admiral Byrd,
i set foot again, at 10:40 a. m., on
j the turf of Lower Manhattan
! from which hf sailed 16 months
| ago for the white wastes of the
' Antarctic.
! Surrounded by sea, sky and
! land by roaring planes, harbor
I crafT and cheering thousands.
' By: d disembarked from the city
welcoming tug Macom to receive
ins third and the most boisterous
i greeting ever tendered him for
his achievments.
PADRE IMPROVING
SAN JOSE, June 19, UP)—For the
first time in several months, since
Father Jerome S. Ricard, venerable
Padre of the Rains, warded off an
!attack of heart-disease, he was re
ported to be improved excepting for
'a slight cold of the head and chest.
WASHINGTON, June 19, (JP)—
The United States Bureau of Labor
Statstics reported at length on its
inquiries into the standard of living
of a family of five which lives on a
salary of $7 a day from workers in
! Henry Ford’s plants.
The survey will be used to fix the
: wages of Ford European workers, j
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STRONG DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, June 19. (IP)—
IA strong defense of the naval offi
cers who have opposed the Naval j
I Treaty at meetings of the Senate j
! Committees was made by Senator
Oddie
FAMILY MID STATE
WILL RE FUST TO
GREET THE Mill
WASHINGTON, June 19, (IP)—
A family and home state greeting
will be the first that Rear Admiral
Richard Byrd will receive upon his
return to the United States from
the South Pole.
Former Governor Harry Byrd,
I brother of the explorer, will head a
I party of Virginians who will fly to
| sea as the first to welcome the
home-comers from the bottom of
jthe world
The Byrd ships are due to dock at
New York early this morning and
the big welcome that has been
planned by the metropolis.
RESOLUTION LOOMS
LONDON, June 19, A Republican
resolution will be staged in Spain
| during King Alphonso’s absence in
an attempt to dispore of the mon
archal government, according to
uncensored reports from Madrid
I published here.
1IMLKKS
I A! ELLSWORTH
ItlMABdTE
UNDER ICE FROxM SPITZBER
GEN TO ALASKA IN SUB
MARINE NEXT JUNE
PARIS, June 19, (/P)—Captain
Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lincoln
Ellsworth announced collabora
j tion in the attempt next year to
j reach the North Pole by means
|of a submarine.
Captain Wilkins issued a state
ment saying the expedition will
be known as the Wilkins-Ells
worth Trans-Polar Submarine Ex
pedition.
1 Commander Sloan Dannehower
will be the master, and Dr. H.
Sverdrup, chief of the scientific
staff. The expedition plans leav
ing New York for Spitzbergen next
June traveling under the ice and
across the North Pole: they ex
pect to reach Alaska late in Aug
ust.
Ellsworth has not decided yet
whether or not he will participate
j personnally.
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YESTERDAYS GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New xorf 4; Pittsburgh 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2; Pliladelphia 7.
These are the only games
scheduled.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 7; Oakland 5.
Missions 4: Hollywood 6.
Los Angeles 5: San Francisco 15.
AUGSBURG, Germany, June 17,
(TP)—1“A loaf of bread, a jug of min
eral water and a gimlet beside me
in the packing case” sang Konrad
Koelb as he shipped himself to
Chicago which was ‘paradise enow’
to him
The outfit was labelled “Chemi
cal Laboratory Glassware, With
Care,” but it got only as far as
Hamburg. There inquisitive police
pried off the lid.
Konrad explained that with the
gimlet he had planned to bore air
holes after his box was safely
stowed in the hold of some boat.
MIGHT INTERVENE
WASHINGTON, June 18, (IP)—
'Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr.,
| sounded a protest against suspen
sion by the British government of
I Jewish immigration into Palestine.
jMr. Fish suggested the United
States might intervene in behalf of
jits Jewish nationals.
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GOES TO WORK
WASHINGTON, June 19, (/P)—Al
len Hoover, son of the President,
.iust out of school, already has a
.job. He will go to work in a few
days for the American Radiator Co.:
REBELS ADVANCING
SHANGHAI. June 19, (/P)—Being j
thrown back in their drive upon j
the sister cities of Wuchang, Han- ’
how and Hanyag in central China,;
| (Yang Tzse Valley) the rebels ad- !
vanced in several other sections,
making the government troops still
more precarious
FOR UNEMPLOYED
WASHINGTON, June 19, </P>—
A move in Congress to head off un
employment by rushing thru a
$30,000,000 battleship moderniza
tion program, thru the disclosure
that the American Navy has been
denied permission to send an offi
cer aboard the new German battle
ships.
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CODE OF HUD
CHICAGO, June 19, (£>)—1The
Chicago Tribune, in an editorial,
took cognizance of rumors that Al
fred Lingle, reporter, who was slain
by a gangster, himself had been
allied with the gangsters.
It is said the assassination, at
first regarded as a threat to the
press, in some quarters, now was
being explained as the result of
Lingle violating the gangland’s
code.
The Federal government will be
asked to join the cleanup look
ing into the incomes of the police.
Alderman Arthur F. Albert pointed
out “that's the way police captains
were jailed in Philadelphia.
DELUGE OF RAIN
LONDON. June 18, (A5)—A deluge
of rain hit London flooding the
fashionable West End district. His
toric Westminister Hall had five
feet six inches of water in the
basement and traffic was stopped
in places. Several deaths were re
ported
WASHINGTON. June 19, (/Pi—
Cnarging that the Shipping Board
tells the House Merchant Marine
Committee to go to-when in
formation is sought on its ship
sales activities, Acting Chairman
.Lehlback demanded the Rules
Committee’s approval of his resolu
tion for an investigation.
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Professor George W. Gasser has
j bee appointed director of co-op
erative extension work at the
Alaska College.
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! BEING MED, SAID
i WASHINGTON, June 19, (£>,—
;The government’s rich Elk Hills,
Calif., naval oil reserve is in danger
of drainage by private companies
holding land adjacent to it, Admir
al Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval
operations, told the House Naval
Committee.
Congress should take immediate
steps to protect this reserve which
was leased by the ex-Secretary of
the Interior A. Fall and won back
in the oil scandal, or there u'ill be
a constant drainage, the Admiral
declared.
The passage of a bill, permitting
the government to buy the private
holdings was urged by the Admiral.
NEW WORLD S RECORD
NEW YORK, June 19. (^Pi—Flying
to a height of close to six miles in |
a seaplane, and carrying a load of
1,110 pounds, Boris Sergievsky
claimed a new world’s record for
the performance.
DECISii BESTS
WITH FISK STATUS
OLMSTEAD SAYS DELIVERED
CASH AND GIN EVERY
WEEK TO HIM
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, UP)—
Upon the decision of U. S. Com
missioner Fisk depended the re
moval to Seattle or freeing of
ClifTird McKinney under indict
| ment for bribery
Olmstead testified yesterday at
McKinney’s extradition hearing
that he paid McKinnon $3,000 to
further his gubernatorial amb*
t tions.
Attorney Revelle in turn said
McKinnon had informed him
that U. S. agents were tapping
his telephones. Olmstead said he
delivered gin to McKinney every
week and gave him from $50 to
$100 at the same time.
HEALTH PROMOTION
CRIME H TIERS!
SALT LAKE CITY, June 19, {&)—
Belief that public health promotion
is the most effective way to combat
the increasing crime wave was ex
pressed by Dr. W. C Hassler, San
Francisco, at the opening session of
the convention of the Western
Branch of the American Public
Health Association here.
Dr. Hassler, president of the as
sociation declared it is his belief
that healthy persons do not com
mit crimes and he declared healthy
persons overlook faults of others
and are devoid of murderous im
pulses or the inclinations toward
petty crimes.
CONSRESS SOJOURNS
JUNE 11 PERHAPS
WASHINGTON, June 19. (,P)—
Adjournment of Congress June 22
appears likely unless a filibuster
against the Rivers and Harbors bill
develops. The filibuster is threat
ened by western states seeking to
! have the Secretary of War make
I the arbitrator of the water division
from Lake Michigan.
DISFAVOR SHIPMENT
I WASHINGTON, June 18, (;P>—
The U. S. government has decided
to inform exporters that it looks
with disfavor upon the shipment to
Soviet Russia of arms, munition
and planes designed for use in war
fare.
WON NOTABLE VICTORY
WASHINGTON, June 18, (IP)—
Pro-treaty forces won a notable
victory when the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee by a 14 to 2
vote, defeated Senator Johnson’s
motion for postponement of action
on the treaty until President Hoo
ver disclosd to the committee all
the data bearing upon the negotia
tion of the pact.
KILL PROHI AGENT
GOLDBORO, N. C., June 19, (JP)—
Two suspected liquor runners, fired
on four prohibition agents who
were pursuing them in an automo
bile, killing one and wounding an
other.