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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER lRl
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NINETY MILES COVERED BY
DOGTEAM ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS
NOME. Nov., 30, (/P)—A wire
from Swenson at North Cape
said the Nanuk engineer, Deers- j
aorff, with a dogteam, returned j
to the ship after traveling 90;
mile along the foothills and found
no trace of Eielson or Dorland.
The Russian trapper who saw
or heard Eielson flying on the
date of his departure from the
Nanuk, was interviewed by the
engineer and said Eielson was i
flying slightly off-shore instead
of inland.
Pilot Dorbandt hopped off from
Teller Thursday morning with j
theintention of looking for Eiel- 1
son and Dorland but with his
heavy load of gasoline he was j
unable to gain altitude and had
to return to Teller.
Pilots Graham, with the Nome
monoplane who have been storm
bound on the lower Yukon, ar
rived at St. Michael Thanksgiv
ing Day.
While storm-boundA natives con
structed skiis and changed the
wheels. A heavy snowfall made
this move necessary.
IS* CUBE
BEFORE DEPARTURE EIELSON
SAID NOT WORROY FOR
I1IM 30 DAYS
JUNEAU, Nov., 30, f/P)-The Rus
sian planes cancelled their pro
posed flight to North Cape thus
changing the plans for aiding
in the search for Colonel Eielson,
and are returning to Vladivos
tok aboard the icebreaker Litke.
Weather conditions, said the
operator aboard the trading ves
sel Nanuk, are reported ideal, read
a message to Governor Parks re
layed from Teller which is in
hourly communication with the
schooner.
Pilot Dorbandt was unable to
hop-off from Teller Wednesday
because his engine was not func
tioning properly.
Governor Parks has been ad
vised from Fairbanks that Eiel
son, said prior to taking off on the
Arctic trip, not to worry for him
until he had been missing 30
days as he expected anytime to
be forced down
Noel Wien, former Fairbanks flier
was in Detroit, when he last wrote
to relatives at Fairbanks. He had
purchased a Stinson Junior plane.
Wien does not intend to return to
Alaska and is considering accepting
the Stinson dealer agency for Ohio
or Michigan.
The Alaska Airways has an active
competitor in the Seward peninsula
country in the shape of a Stinson
monoplane which is being operated
by the Nome Airways.
PARKS DOFS NOT SEE
NEED OR ARMY, IVY
PLANES. FOR SEARCH
JUNEAU, Nov., 30, (/P)—Governor
Parks said he was keeping Wash
ington advised about the Eielson
search, also conditions and said he
has not asked for Army and Navy
planes yet as he did not see their
need if the planes already in the
North couldn’t fly under the pres
ent weather conditions.
According to his advices Crosson
arrived at Teller late yesterday and
joined Dorbandt. v
CUTTER CYAN TO
CONTINUE SEARCH
FDA SCI. KA1TAK
UNALGA DUE AT JUNEAU TO
DAY WITH CREW OF THE
LOST SEABIRD
JUNEAU, Nov., 30, (£>)—'The
coast guard cutter Unalga is due
to arrive here today at noon with
the five surviving members of
the halibut vessel Seabird which
was wrecked off Wingate Island.
A message from custom offi
cials at Ketchikan said the Cutter
Cyan left on Wednesday on a
cruise to the Cape Spencer area
in quest of the schooner Kanatak
reported missing at the same
time as the Seabird.
There will be a regular meet
ing, Monday night, of the Seward
City Council. . *
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FOG AND SNOWSTORM PREVENT
SEARCH; WILL TRY AGAIN
WHEN WEATHER CLEARS
NOME, Nov., 30, (A3)—A message
to the Nome Nugget by Frank Dor
bandt said; “There is no news of
Eielson. The Nanuk dog teams have
not returned and it is believed it
will be a prolonged search. The
Russian planes and ice-breakers,
as reported, have returned to Vlad
ivostok on account of ice condi
tions.”
Dorbandt says: “Send the Army,
Navy and Marines plane§ if possi
ble as we need help bad. On my at
tempt to fly from Teller to Siberia
on November 27 it was 34 below
zero at 2,000 feet altitude which
made the motor so cold it function
ed only at half its efficiency, so I
returned to Teller and made an
extra cowling over the engine.
“I started this morning and the
motor performed alright but tlje
fog and snowstorm, up to 15,000
ifeet altitude, stopped me at Cape
Prince of Wales where the crossing
over to Siberia must be made.
1 “I will try again as sodn as the
.weather clears; the temperature at
Nanuk on the ground is 30 below.”
YUKON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Nov., 30, (/P)—The
IS. S. Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co.,
! sailed at 9 a- m. today with 68
passengers, seven for Seward, as
! follows; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Me
| Ivanna, Capt. H. Sorson, W. R.
1 Sproat, C. T. Murray, Mrs. R.
Murray, L. M. Fitzpatrick, and
one steerage.
CONDEMNED LEASER
ROBBERS PLOTTED
TO ESCAPE POISON
LAMAR, Colo., Nov., 30, (£>)—
Ralph Fleagle, condemned leader
of the Lamar Bank robber gang,
was removed from the Denver
county jail to the jail here after a
bribery plot for his escape had been
discovered.
Sheriff E. Alderman said Fleagle
had written a note to the inmates
of the Denver county jail offering j
$10,000 cash to effect his escape and ■
provide a hiding place for him in :
Denver. The money, Alderman said, j
was to be paid when his escape had ;
| been accomplished.
ASHORE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC
I
BUILT IN 1911 AT WHIRTLEPOOS,
ENG., FOR REARDON-SMITH
LINES
I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 30, (/P)—
The Radio Marine Corp., announc
ed receipt of a wireless message ;
saying the British freighter, the ;
schooned Norwich City, has gone |
ashore on Gardner Island, one of
the Phoenix group in the Pacific j
and south of Hawaii.
( The Norwich City is a freighter of i
5,587 gross tons; oil burning. It was j
built in 1911 at Whitlepoos, Eng.,
for the Reardon-Smith Line and
sailed November 19 from Melbourne
for Honolulu.
DARING FLIERS OF FOUR NATIONS SET UP
THIRTEEN NEW WORLD
RECORDS
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Ranking high in new records-for aviation this .year is - Squadron—
leader A. Ii. Orlebar (upper right) of England, who made 357.7 miles an
hour in a seaplane. Lieut. Apollo Soucek of the U.'S. Navy raised the sea
plane altitude record to 38,560 feet. At lower right, Forest O’Brine (left)
and Dale Jackson set an endurance record of 420 hours and 17 minutes.
REPORT !5 MADE
BY RECEIVERSHIP
510,500,000 INDEBTEDNESS DIS
COVERED; ASSETS SAID
BE $6,000,000
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov., 30, (JP)—
b. preliminary report of the re
ceivership of the Foshay Com
pany, and its subsidiaries, was
filed in the Federal district
court and showed an indebted
ness of $10,500,000 thus far
against the Public Utilities Con
solidated Corporation, the hold
ing corporation for the Public
Utility properties.
The report was filed by Joseph
Chapman, and as received de
clares the assets of the utilities
holding company, includes a
claim of $6,000,000 against the
parent concern.
Foshay Company characterizes
the claim as “of a somewhat
doubtful value.” It was also re
ported that “there be an investi
gation of^the affairs of Foshay
Company which may disclose cer
tain indebtedness of the com
pany is illegal and unenforceable.
“ If this should be the case a
number of securities owned by
the Foshay Company, pledged as
security for such indebtedness,
be released and made available
to the general creditors of that
company including the defendant.’
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PRESIDENT SENDS CONGRAT
ULATIONS TO BYRD AND
MEMBERS PARTY
WASHINGTON, Nov., 30, (£>)—
The Capital marvelled at Byrd’s
hazardous and successful flight
over the wastelands of the South
Pole and extolled the courage
and adventurous enthusiasm of
the youthful explorer.
President Hoover sent a radio
message, through the New York
Times, saying;
“We are proud of your courage
and your leadership and glad of
the proof that the spirit of great
adventure still lives in our thots.
Appreciation includes also, your
companions on the flight, and
your colleagues whose careful
and devoted preparation contrib
uted to your great success."
Commander Byrd sent a mes
sage to Gilbert Grosvenor, Pres
ident of the National Geographic
Society, thanking him and the
society for their aid and en
couragement given the South
Pole expedition.
The 18 buffalo released for pro
pagation near McCarty a year ago
ast summer came back to the place
)f their liberation this week, and
vith them brought their offspring!
he calf born early this year. All ap
peared sleek and contented. The
alf showed a remarkable growth
ince last observed.