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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 184.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, December 28, 1929.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
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PILOT NIEMENEN WILL PRO
BABLY ACCOMPANY ONE
TO NOME, TELLER
► FAIRBANKS, Dec., 28. {IP)—'Two
of the Fairchild planes are prac
tically ready to take to the air
and the third should be by early
l this morning to permit tests to
morrow, Sunday.
The departure for Nome and
Teller will be either Monday or
Tuesday, it is understood.
Pilot Matt Neimenen is re
turning here from Anchorage to
accompany the Fairchilds to
Nome.
The Nome radio station has
not been heard from since Dec
ember 24; the cause is unexplain
able as it has an auxiliary pow
er plant. The supposition is that
a fire has put the station out
of commission.
The signal corp this morning
dispatched a plane from Teller
*o Nome to ascertain the cause
and to return to Teller and re
port to the Fairbanks office.
OSLO, Norway, Dec., 28, {/?)—
Captain Risser Larsen, who is
participating in an Antarctic
exploring expedition from the
Steamer Norwegia. reported to
the newspaper ^ dens Tign that
fee and his tallow airman, Lieut.
Lutzow Holm, had discovered a
new land between Enderby Land
and Coats Land.
The two airmen left the Norwe
gia in their plane and alighted
on open iee near the land and
took posession in the name of ;
their country, according to inter
national forms.
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SEG01D EXPEDITION ;
TO BE SENT BT SOVIETS j
MOSCOW, Dec., 28, (JP)~ Com*
inander Mejaniov, of the Soviet
^military air force, announced an
additional Russian expedition of
three planes will be sent shortly |
to join in the search for Eielson
and Borland- The planes will be
specially equipped and the pilots
provided with specially made
clothing, fur-lined and a food sup
ply sufficient for several months.
“TUFFY”* WINS FIGHT
NEW YORK, Dec., 28, (£>)—
*Tuffy” Griffiths, of Sioux City,
battered his way to a decisive
10-round victory over the veter
an Clevelander, Johnny Risko, in
the heavyweight feature. Grif
fiths failed to score a knockdown
but he won by a large margin, on
points, staggering Risko with
frequent rights to the head.
SOVIETS INSTRUCTS
WRANGELL COLONY
WASHINGTON, Dec., 28, (A5)—
The Soviet have instructed the
colony of scientists and Eskimos on
Wrangell Island to send daily radio
reports on weather conditions to J
Nome for the benefit of fliers aid
ing in the search for Eielson and
Borland.
Secretary Wilbur advised, infor
mally of the action in a communi
cation to the secretary which came
indirectly in response to the re- |
quest from Secretary Wilbur who J
sent the suggestion of Stefansson ,
thru to the Governor of Alaska.
WILL OPPOSE THE
PROPOSAL LIMIT
POSTS BE [\m
REPRESENTATIVE PITTENGER
SEES A LOT OF DANGER
OUS POSSIBILITIES
WASHINGTON,* Dec., 28, (/Pi
Representative Pittenger, repub
, lican from Minnesota, announced
that he will oppose the proposal
of the Treasury department to
| limit the number of ports of
entry from Canada.
“I can see a lot of dangerous
possibilities in the plan under
consideration. If Secretary Mills
c oses the highways from Cana
da it is possible that great incon
venience will be caused the peo
ple of my district which extends
for a considerable distance along
the border.
“It :.s only fair to the people
affected to have a chance and to
know what the government offi
cials and bureaus plan to do.”
TO BE OR NOT TO BE, IS THE j
QUESTION; OFF AGAIN, ON |
AGAIN, FINNEGAN
BERLIN, Dec., 28, (/P)—■*The f
Aero Arctic Society issued a state- j
ment saying the projected North ;
Pole expedition of the dirigible |
Graf Zeppelin has been called off j
for 1930 but that they ful\y ex- i
pected the flight to be made in
1931.
On December 23 the Berlin of- ;
fices of the Zeppelin Company j
announced the flight had been j
cancelled; that there had been a i
difference of opinion between ;
Dr. Hugo Eckner and Capt. Wal- \
ter Bruns, secretary of the Aero j
Arctic Society, as to the feasiblity
of the proposed flight. I
Dr. Eckner said that neither
he nor the Aero Society had been
1 able to obtain insurance.
| The Zeppelin Company is turn
ing to other pro jets for further
I demonstrating the serviceability
' r)f the Zeppelin as a means of
conveyance over long distances.
Among other flights planned is
| one to Latin America. Captain
Bruns said he still hoped to se
cure insurance.
AVIATOR LOST
OSLO, Dec., 28, (,P)_Rear Ad
miral Burd has been asked to
! assist in the search for the Nor
wegian aviator, Lief Lier, who
! accompanied the Norwegian whal
j or Cosmos to the Antarctic. Lier
| has been missing for 40 hours.
The request was made by the
j owners of the Cosmos; 16 whal
: ers are searching for the flier
| who was making a reconnaissance
flight.
SEARCH FIS FIND
TRACE TEI HUES
PRINCE RUPERT, Dec., 28, (ZP)
—A long and diligent search has
failed to reveal any traces of a
party of 10 Indians—five women
and five men—who sailed from
here Christmas afternoon in a
small trolling boat for Kitkatla
where they expected to arrive
before 10 o‘clock that night.
There is considerable open wa
ter between the places and it
is believed that the small craft
swamped.
PARKS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS
OBTAIN DAILY REPORT
WRANGELL ISLAND
WASHINGTON, Dec., 28, (A3)—
In response to a suggestion from
j Explorer Stefansson, Secretary
Wilbur has asked for further
aid from Soviet Russia in the
search for Eielson and Borland.
The Inferior secretary also re
quested Governor Parks to ask
i the Soviet radio station on Wran
1 gell Island to send a daily bull
| etin on weather conditions.
Lomen and Stefannson tele
, graphed Secretary Wilbur their
! appreciation for his prompt res
ponse to the previous suggest
ion that the Soviet government
be asked to aid in the search.
,ar
C. Miller, the well known and
popular assistant purser of the
'Queen, received the appointment as
!purser before leaving Seattle.
PALM BEACH PREENED FOR W INTER;
NEW CLUB TO SET SOCIETY’S PACE
Palm Beach started the winter season December 15 when the Break
ers Hotel (lower left) was opened. The new Whitehall club (upper right)
will open New Year’s eve.
10 STATION ST
IK BUIS TO
GUI KiS
CREW AND FAMILIES LOST
EVERYTHING; DEFECTIVE
FLUE
NOME, Dec., 28, (£>)—The gov
ernment radio station burned to
the ground Wednesday morning.
It is believed the fire was caus
ed by a defective flue.
The station was located about
one mile from the city and the
fire department had difficulty in
reaching the scene over the snow
covered tundra.
The building was lined with
| asbestos but the fire ran around
the inner walls causing the roof
; to fall in.
A small amount of equipment
! was saved and communication
I was established Friday with St.
| Michael, 250 miles away. SOS
i calls were sent out before the
j roof caved in but it is not known
whether it picked up the daily
! newspaper service.
| The station crew and their
families are homeless and have
lost everything.
i AWARD CARRIES $25,000; WILL
ERECT A SUITABLE MEM
ORIAL
NEW YORK, Dec., 28, (/P)—
The Woodrow Wilson Peace Prize
for 1929, amounting to $25,000,
| has ben awarded to the League
j of Nations for “10 years service
| in the cause of world peace.”
j Sir Eric Drummond, the per
I manent secretary of the league,
j accepted the award tentatively to
final acceptance which rests with
j the council league which will
j meet in January.
| Newton D. Baker, president of
of the foundation, said in an
nouncing the award, that “the
money is expected to be applied
by the league to erect a suita
ble memorial to Woodrow Wilson.
The new building will be erected
by the league at Geneva.”
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! CONFESSES TO KILLING
THREE: MS MID
KNOXVILLE, Dec., 28,
Confronted with a blood-stained
overcoat of one of his victims,
Theodore Harris confessed that
he killed Jones wife and their
j nephew. Harris admitted he got
! mad when the nephew cursed
him and called him. a negro. He
killed him then went upstairs and
killed Mrs. Jones, dragged her
downstairs then waited in the
! garage for the doctor and killed
him. Harris came here to marry
Gertrude Kelley.