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COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER ISO
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1929.
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CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED AS
TO OUTCOME SEARCH
E1ELSON, BORLAND
SEATTLE, Dec., 21, —FLASH;
The Cutter Chelan left with three
Fairchild planes and six Cana
dian airmen, shortly after 1 p.
m. Saturday, for Seward, the
first and only stop.
> The Chelan was ready to sail
at noon Saturday but waited
the arrival of A. L. Baker, Pratt
and Whitney, mechanics, who
will accompany the expedition
as far as Seward.
The vessel was to cast off as
soon as Baker arrived. The planes
shipped are considered by the
pilots and engineers who will use
them in the search for Eielson
and Borland, as the best equipp
ed for the work which they will
undertake.
Skits will be placed on the
ships when the snow country is
reached while the flying equip
ment for the men included heavy
winter clothing, small stoves, con
centrated food supplies, etc. Ex
tra parts for the three planes
as well as for the planes already
in Alaska.
Capt. Pat Reid, chief pilot of
the expedition who made flying
history in the Northland, also in
the World War, expressed confi
dence as to the success of the
search, just before the vessel
jp left port.
Other aviators in the rescue
expedition include F. Mews, Capt.;
B. J. F-oateh, Capt.; A. O. Oaks,
Major; and If. Packard. The
latter is in charge of the expo
Lion for the Aviation Corpora
tion; G'dford Swartman and
Willie-i Hughes. Reid. Err
and S..-arirnan are pilots while
Hughes will take care of the
planes a: the base, which will
prcbabiy be at Teller.
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SALEM, Oregon, Dec., 23, (JP)~
Governor I. L. Patterson died at
his home here at 8:10 from pneu
, monia.
The Governor’s illness, until
last night, had not been consid
ed serious as it was believed he
was suffering from a severe cold. ;
The physician admitted the cold j
# developed into pneumonia.
Mrs. Patterson was at the bed- !
side continually until the Gov-;
ernor passed away. The public j
had not been informed of his ill- j
and the death announcement !
was received with great surprise. j
Senator A. W. Norblad, of Astoria, ,
president of the senate, automat- j
ically succeeds Governor Patter- :
son, by the state constitution.
FOUR IIBTITLI
KIILFO ST CROSEIN
NEBRASKA CITY, Dec., 23, (/P)
—William, Henry and Frank Fiel
en, three brothers, and Charles
Reimer, were killed instantly when
a light-coupe in which they were
riding, was struck at a crossing
by an Omaha-Kansas City train
going 50 miles an hour.
All four were farmers and ap
parantly out on a joy ride. The
wreckage was carried by the train
for a quarter of a mile.
ALSO PROVIDES FOR TWO
CANADIAN GROUPINGS
IN CONSOLIDATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec., 23,
</Pi—Nineteen trunk-line systems
are proposed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in its long
awaited plan of consolidation of
railroads.
The plan also provides for two
Canadian groupings with five
Eastern lines to be formed and
headed by the Pennsylvania, Bal
timore, Ohio and Wabash Sea
board, the New York Central,
Chesapeake-Ohio, and other key
systems.
These include the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific, the
Chcago, Milwaukee and St Paul,
the Union Pacific, Southern Paci
fic, A1 .‘hisort, Topeka and Santa
'*'3. the Missouri* Pacific and the
t,. i ;<v o, Peek Island Pacific.
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NEIMENEN HAD FEW HOURS
BEFORE ARRIVED FROM
NOME WITH PLANE
FAIRBANKS, Dec., 23, (/P)—
Fire, started by a short circuit
in a light socket, destroyed one
unit of the Alaskan Airways
i hangars here late Saturday nite
| consuming the Stinson Detroiter
| plane, used by Sir Captain Hu
! bert Wilkins and Colonel Fiolson
i in their Arctic explorations, and
] much equipment. It is estimated
; that the loss is $40,000.
The assembling of the Canadian
planes, enroute from Seattle, will
not be impeded as the company
has ample shop facilities in ad
| dition to the hangar destroyed.
The former Wilkins plane was
brought to Fairbanks only a few
hours before from Teller by Matt
Meimeiien; mechanics, engaged
i in repairing the plane, were forc
ed to flee.
PARIS, Dec., 23, <YP)—The
French delegation t othe five
power disarmament conference
next month will consist of Pre
j mier Tardea u. Foreign Minister
; Briand. Minister of Marine Ley
I gues, Minister of Colonies Pietri,
! Ambassador Defleriau.
! The delegation two substitutes
: ' re Rene Massigli and Henry
! Mcyssey. A number of parliamen
| tary advisers will be named later.
OTS liSCOHO,
70 PER5IS ARRESTED
MEXICO CITY, Dec., 23, (JP)—!
An official announcement said j
that discovery has been made of j
several plots against the govern- j
ment and national leaders and j
in connection with same 70 per
sons had been arrested under
various charges.
Twenty are held on an alleged
revolutionary plot discovered in
Tampico and 30 others have
been arrested at the capital
charged with with plotting against
the life of expresident Calles
each swore individually that they
would attempt to assassinate Cal
les.
CONGRESS AUTHORIZES FUNDS
FOR ROADS AND TRAILS
IN FORESTS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 23, (/P)—
The apportionment of a $4,500,
; 000 fund was authorized by Con
gress for the construction, in
1931, of roads in and ajacent to
the National Forests, was an
nounced by Secretary Hyde.
The law requires that the
money apportioned to states
having National Parks, according
to the percentage of the National
Park area and value of the parks
in comparison to the total gov
ernment land in all National for
: ests.
j The amount for Alaska is set
at $459,384 which will be spent
during the fiscal year starting
I July 1, 1930.
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girl doll which is popular this season; at the right is a boy doll. The two
large dolls in the center are proud of their small presents.
cecsson IS SAFE
SCHOONER III:
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GILLAM RETURNS FROM TWO
HOUR FLIGHT SAW NO
SIGN OF EIELSON
NOME, Dec., 23, (/P)—Pilot Gil
lam, accompanied by Olaf Swen
son, took off Saturday in search
for Eielson and Borland but re
turned to the ship Nanuk after
a two-hour flight without finding
any trace of Colonel Eielson and
Mechanician Borland.
Pilot Joe Crosson arrived at
the tradng schooner Nanuk Sat
urday after having become separ
ated from Gillam in a fog while
j flying across Bering Sea from
Teller. Crosson stopped at a na
tive house along where he had
found Gillam had taken off for
the Nanuk. Crosson said he was
out of gas and must now await
until planes bring more or other
arrangements made with the
Soviets to use their gas and re
turn it later.
| Swenson wired that there was
a shortage of dog food and Lo
man instructed Pilot Young to
proceed with dog food to the Na
nuk and with gasoline; also in
structions to use the Soviet fuel
which wall be replaced.
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^SMILING JOS” C SOS SON STILL
UNPEPOK'fe AT THE
SCHOONER NANUR
NOME, Dec., 23, (A5)—Swenson,
j aboard the trading schooner Na~
| nuk, wired the Nome Nugget on
I Saturday that “the icebreaker
Litke arrived at Petropolivsk. It
I left Providence on the 9th south
bound and encountered severe
storms and ice and reported five
punctures in its hull.
“There has been no direct com
munication with the Litke but
it is believed that the planes and
crews (Soviet) were left at Prov
idence and will fly here later
taking the remaining Stavropol
passengers to Providence.
The ships are wintering here;
there is no inconveniences as we
have plenty of fuel and grub. Cap
tain Milsvolrov, of the Stavropol,
with Marion and myself, are fly
ing to Nome as soon as an op
portunity presents itself.
“Pilot Gillam »is starting in
search of Eielson and Borland
i nthe morning. (Yesterday)
ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN
BERLIN, Dec., 23, (A5)—The
Polar flight of the dirigible Graf
Zeppelin, scheduled for next
spring, has been cancelled an
nounced the offices of the Zep
pelin Company.
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