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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 541.
SEWARD, ALASKA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CITIZENS RALLY TO LAST
CALL AND CLOSE GYM
CONTRACT
All difficulties t h r e a tening !
prospects of local athletics this j
winter were overcome when
more than 40 citizens, respond- j
ing to the “last call” of Seward j
Athletic Club officials for a final
meeting to carry on or discon
tinue plans for this season, met;
last night in the Arcade Club J
Rooms, Arcade Building, and j
laid plans for carrying out an i
annual program of sport activi
ties in the local gymnasium.
The most serious problem,
that of meeting the increased
rent, was settled when a five
minute recess was declared and
Pres. Sylvia Sexton at the sug- j
gestion of Gus Manthey, sent j
for Fred C. Miller, owner of the
Dreamland building, which has;
heretofore been occupied for
gymnasium activities. This action j
resulted in a compromise of the
rental figure, Mr. Miller consent
ing to the acceptance of $50 a
month, the same rental as in
former years, but stipulating the
club must rent the building for l
six months.
Election of officers was then
the order of business. Wm R.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 30, <^P>
—State and national efforts to
relieve the unemployment situa
tion brought the following de
velopments.
Boulder Dam work will be!
speeded, the Veterans’ Bureau j
announced, and plans to cons- •
truct hospitals with an expendi
ture of $2,000,000. Additional wor
kers will be employed over the
holidays and preference will be
given to the needy.
Governor Young was asked by
a San Francisco citizens’ com
mittee and the state department
of industrial relations to take
immediate action in the unem
ployment situation.
uiojlraislE
HEARD BN BRITAIN'S
PROBLEMS THRU KING
LONDON, Oct., 30, </p)_ King
George read from the throne
in the House of Lords his first
address ever prepared by Labor
ministers to deal with the prob
lems of the British Empire.
In the shadows behind the
bar which seperated him from
the colorful actors in the royal
pageant, stood the Laborite
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon
ald who, with his colleagues, put
the words of the royal pronouce
ment into the monarch’s mouth.
LEAVE FOR BERLIN
CROYDEN, England, Oct- 20. (/P) j
—Boyd and Connor, trans-Atlantic j
aviators, left here in their plane j
Columbia for Berlin on a tour of j
Europe.
DORBANDT-CSPt M
IN BRITISH CQLUMBIN
BUT WINS FOB SIS
ATLN, B. C., Oct., 30, UP)—
Pilot Frank Dorbandt and Mech
anician Alonzo Cope, of the In
ternational Airways of Alaska,
who are stranded at Paddy’s
Lake, 50 miles south of here be
cause of shortage of gasoline,
sent word that Captain Burke
and his two companions had
landed safely at Laird Post on
October 10 and that Burke took
off October 11 and was seen
50 miles from the take-off head
ed south and going strong.
The weather was unfavorable i
that day, he said. Dorbandt and i
Cope reached Liard Post Tues- i
day. Gasoline is being rushed
to the American fliers and it is
believed they will return here as
soon as weather permits.
WASHINGTON, Oct.. 30, \JP)— j
Secretary of the Navy Adams
said an appropriation for con
struction of the ZRS-5, the sec- j
ond the navy’s two superdirigi- j
b'es, had been included in the
navy budget to be presented to!
Congress in December.
Hastings Ingiass, assistant sec- j
retary of the navy for aeronau- j
tics, said the navy had asked:
for an appropriation of one and1
one-half million dollars for the .
construction of the ship.
The total appropriation sought j
for navy aircraft, Secretary In- j
galls said, was about $32,000,000. !
HUGE BRITISH PUNE
HAS 1B7-F0DT SHI
ROCHESTER, England, Oct- 29.
-Hurling her ten tons through
the air apparently without effort,
the float seaplane Valetta is being j
given her final test flights here.
Designers of the ship claim it is
the largest of its type in the world.
Capable of carrying 17 passen
gers at a top speed of 140 miles an
hour, the high wing monoplane
still has several tests to make to
determine her maneuverability and
climbing powers, but so far the
ship has met the expectations of
her designers, Short Brothers.
ANOTHER ARGENTINE PUG
NEW YORK, Oct. 29. (/P)_Jose
Lectourer, manager of Justo Saur
ez, Argentine lightweight who has
become somewhat of a sensation
here, says he is importing a boy
who is jusst as good—one Jorge
Azar, 21-year-dldl welter- Azarjie
says, has won 21 fights in South
America, all by knockouts.
“MISSING LINK” AND QUARTZ
CREEK ROUTES NOW
AWAIT BUILDERS
The survey of the so-called “mis
sing link” to connect the Seward
highway at Mile 14 on Kenai Lake,
running along Kenai Lake and
Trail Lake to the present beginn
ing of the Moose Pass highway,
has been completed. Likewise the
survey of the proposed Quartz
Creek highway which will connect
Moose Pass with Russian River
is finished. When either or both
of these highways is or are finally
completed is now up to the gods
who control the destinies of Alaska
roads.
F. E. Swartz, survey engineer for
the Bureau of Public Roads has
just come in to Seward from the
Quartz Creek job; having com
pleted the Kenai Lake work some
time ago- He goes on the SS. Yu
kon to Cordova where he will make
a ten-mile reconnaissance survey
to pick out a possible route for a
highway from Cordova to Nelson
townsite at the head of the bay
northeast of Cordova. This road
is evidently planned for the aid of
the canneries in that vicinity. Fol
lowing this wo: ; ne van gu tu iuk
utat to lay out a street about a
mile and a half in extent between
a native village and cannery
town.
In speaking of the work here the
stretch of new highway necessary
to connect the Seward highway
with the Moose Pass road will be
12 and three-tenths miles, he said.
It follows the shores of the lakes
and will make one of the most
beautiful drives in Alaska, in his
opinion.
The Quartz Creek road will take
off nine miles from Moose Pass sta
tion on the Moose Pass highway at
Bear Creek and will go down Bear
to Quartz Creek. It then proceeds
down Quartz Creek to Kenai Lake
and along the east side of the lake
to Cooper’s Landing where there
is a road of about six miles down
Kenai River to the mouth of Rus
sian River. There are great hopes
that the work on this road will be
started next season as it will open
up one of the finest game countries
in Alaska, adding altogether about
20 miles to the Moose Pass system.
It is this road that may eventually
be extended across Kenai Penin
sula to Kenai town, Cook Inlet,
and open up what is considered one
of the finest grazing areas of the
entire Alaska coast.
GREAT RESOURCES
PARIS, Oct., 29, </P)—1The gold
reserve of the Bank of France
mounted to nearly two billion
dollars with indications that the
yellow metal will continue to
flow in for several weeks. Re
ports are current that France
will use her great financial re
sources to stabalize Europe eco
nomically.
ENGINES WORKING WELL
LONDON, Oct- 30. (#*)—A page
from the log of the R-101 was in
troduced at the government’s pub
lic inquiry and it showed that the
engines of the ill-fated dirigible
were working smoothly nine min
I utes before the ship crashed to the
earth at Beauvais, France on Octo
ber 5.
GRIGSBY WHINE UP
C1PMGN IN BURSTS
REE) HOT OBNTQHY
WRANGELL, Oct., 30, iff)—
Grigsby, Shattuck, Sampson
and Boyle spoke here last night
I to practically the same audience
1 as the Republicans L° 3ek,
receiving better respor
Grigsby successfully reiuted
charges against him by Wicker
sham with reference to the
Jones bill and lie gained many
| adherents by his outspoken de
: fense and in terms of biting sar
; casm
j It is the concensus of opinion
among Democrats that they will
swing some Republican votes and
many split tickets are predicted.
mm dus
BELIEVED TO BE' IN
DRAGNET BF THE U!
KEWANEE, Illinois,Oct. 30. UP) —
Officers are believed to be closing
in on the kidnapping gang which
abducted Earl Yocum, Galva, 111.,
banker who, was released yesterday
after he said he paid the demands
of his abductors. The trio eluded
capture last night when they fled
from where they were reported to
; have received the final pay off—
about a half mile west of here—
when they were surprised by three
highway policeman.
One shot was fired at the kid
nappers who returned one shot and
then fled afoot. But the trail of
the three was lost.
| WASHINGTON MI
HUS TUNGSTEN ORE
i
SPOKANE, Oct., 30, —Persis
tence of thetungsten ore has
been disclosed on the property
of the Tungsten Mining and Mill
ing company, in Stevens County,
Washington.
The ore is said to have an
average width of 18 inches and
hand jigging produced wolfra
mite concentrate of 74 per cent
content and sheelite of 78 per
cent.
The operations have encour
aged the company to install
tables, engine, crusher and rolls
for a 30-ton plant at a cost of
$10,000.
PRESIDENT U. OF CALIFORNIA
Berkeley, Oct., 30, (JP)—Before
an assemblage of more than 10,000
persons who thronged the Hearst
Greek Theater, Robert G o rdon
Sproul was inaugurated as the 11th
president of the University of Cali
fornia.
nil ITALY SHAKEN
Bl TEMBLOR WITH
TOLL MY LIVES
BUILDINGS TUMBLE AND TELE
GRAPH LINES GO OUT OF
COMMISSION
I ANCONA, Italy, Oct., 30, (#)—
; Twenty-seven are known to be
dead from a heavy earthquake
I which shook 13 towns and prov
inces, the latter Ancona, Pesaro,
and Macebata.
Great property damage is re
: ported. Five are dead here, 20 at
j Senigallia and two in the sur
rounding district.
Among the towns d a maged
were Arezzo, Revenna, Frabriano,
Fano, Magerato, Mondalfa, Mor
ozzo, Grottamare, Faenza and
I Barazzo.
Communication has been res
| tored to the quake ridden towns
| today and military units are be
! ing rushed into the region and
■ will reach there today. The area
| extends many miles along the
Adriatic coast across the upper
portion of the Bootleg, throug Um
brian and Picenum hills, the
| middle of the northern range of
j the Apennines, and far to the
north of the disaster of last July.
Practically the entire peninsu
la was shaken. The government
immediately sent re^f. Because
o: the crippled and inadequate
communication service, all re
ports are brief.
HUS IS PRESiOEHT
(IF IMA AS CHOICE
OF MILITARY JUNTA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct., 30, </P)
—Getulio Vargas, leading figure
in the Brazilian revolution which
began October 3 was definitely
| chosen for the provisional pres
idency of Brazil.
He will succeed Washington
Luis, ousted by a movement of
military and naval leaders one
week ago.
The choice was made at a
meeting of southern revolution
ary representatives with the of
ficial military junta. Rio was
quiet after the police riot last
Tuesday in which over 100 cas
ualties were reported.
WILL HOLD ALASKA RIO
BEARING ANIMALS, FEW
SEATTLE, Oct., 30, (/P)— AH
foxes from Alaska and the'Paci
fic Northwest bound for Sweden
will be held in quarantine at
Gothenburg not longer than 14
days to determine whether they
are diseased.
Seattle shipping men have
been notified to this effect. To
day, 50 foxes and 300 mink will
leave for Gothenburg going to
New York by rail then transferr
ed to a Swedish vessel.