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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 183.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HUGE INGREASE
II APPROPRIATION
ALASKA lillS
INCREASE TOTALS MORE THAN
ENTIRE APPROPRIATION
OF 1923
SEATTLE, Dec., 27, (A°)—The
bill already passed by the lower
house of congress, is said by Dr.
Jonathan Wagner, chief of the
Alaska division office. Bureau of
Education, to provide a total of
$1,192,451 an increase alone of
more than the entire appropria
tion of 1923.
The money is divided as follows:
Repairs and operation of the
schooner Boxer, $75; in
dustrial school at Shoemaker
Bay. $171,000; medical relief for
natives including operation of
seven hospitals and the hospital
boat on the Yukon river, $260,
761; three new schools for Non
dalton, between Iliamna and
Clark Lake, Akiajak and Tuilk
sak, between the Kuskokwim and
the Yukon rivers; new buildings
at the present schools at Quin
hagan, Akutan, Sleetmute and
Unalakleet; buildings for the new
industrial school at Shoemaker
Bay, to include administration
and school building and a dor
mitory to accomodate 500.
Additional money added to the
house bill will permit the con
struction of a new building at
Nome and others at Eklutna and
.Xanakanak; a teacher at White
Mountain.
The medical fund, in addition,
makes possible more nurses for
Nome, Sevoonga, St. Lawrence
Island, Mountain Village and Ta
naka.
A new hospital is recommended
for Mountain Vi age and a tu
bercular annex for the Juneau
hopital.
Effective January 1 administra
tion offices will be opened up a: '
operated independently from Alas
ka Railroad funds.
The Alaska * Railroad appro
priation provides for new equip
ment, maintenance and operation
of the line.
BFJU1Y SICK, ay
ii puns
PANTAGES HAD ANOTHER AT
TACK WEDNESDAY; TAK
EN TO HOSPITAL
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 27, {IP)—
Two physicians testifying at the
hearing of Pantages plea for a
temporary release from jail on
bond, testified that he had suf
fered “three dangerous heart at
tacks” and that he was “gen
uinely sick.”
Pantages is awaiting the deci
mno on his appeal from the one
to 50-year sentence. He was re
moved from the jail to the hos
pital Wednesday following an at
tack.
Ifflfl IS OFFERED 1
Bf THE SOVIETS
FOB NEWS OF FLIERS
MOSCOW ,Dec„ 27, (A3)—'The
Soviet authorities issued an ap
peal to the population of north
eastern coast of Siberia, to join
in the search for Eielson and
Borland. The Soviet government
has offered a reward of 2,000
rubles ($1,000) to any persons
indicating the whereabouts of the
plane or America naviators.
HIRED BORDER
PflTRDL PLUG
SMUGGLING. BOOZE
PORTION OF PROHI PLANS
ANNOUNCED; HOPE LIMIT
PORTS ENTRY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, OP)—
Flans for prohibition enforce
ment, which will include a unified
border patrol and limitation of
a number of ports of entry from
Canada, will be submitted by the
Treasury department to Congress
as soon as the joint congression
al committees considers the ques
tion of names.
Under Secretary Mills, who
at President Hoover’s suggestion
made the announcement, said
the congressional committee will
study consolidation of enforce
ment agencies had not been acted
upon.
And in addition the limiting of
ports of entry requires the con
sent of Canada. The plan prov
ides for an intensive border pat
rol under the direction of the
coast guard to prevent smuggling.
THEN LAYS THEM OUT FOR
BURIAL GOES INTO WOODS
AND SUICIDES
WALNUT COVE, N, C., Dec., 26,
(/P)—Suddenly becoming insane,
C. D. Lawson, slew his wife and
six children and after laying them
out for burial, went to the woods
near his home and killed himself
with a shotgun.
At home were the bodies of his
wife, 38; Marie, 17; James 7;
Raymond, 5; Mary Lou, four
: months.
The mother and the oldest
daughter were shot in the chest
by the same gun with which the
; father suicided.
With James, Raymond and
I Mary Lou, all beaten to death with
| a blunt instrument, neighbors
; found the bodies of Carrie, 14;
| and Mari Belle, 10; in the to
| cacco barn, a quarter of a mile
| away. They were shot in the
back.
Arthur, 19, visiting an uncle
a few miles away, was the only
member of the family to have
escaped. He was prostrated with
grief when he learned of the
tragedy.
THREE, FOUR DAYS YET
FAIRBANKS. Dec., 27, <40—
The Eielson-Borland rescue ex
pedition arrived by train from
Seward and the planes were im
mediately removed to the han
gars for assembling. It will pro
bably be three or four days be
for the planes can be tested and
be made ready for the flight to
Nome and Teller.
SEARCH RE DWELLINGS
WITHOUT A WARRANT
1ST SERIOUS ERIE
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 27, f/P)—In
vasion and search of private dwell
ings without a legal warrant, con- j
stitutes one of the most serious evils <
of present day law enforcement, j
Federal Judge Paul J. McCormack j
of Los Angeles said on his return j
from New York. It is a gross mis
use and denial of the constitutional
rights of citizens and a menace to
life and liberty, the jurist declared.
TERM HAD TWO YEARS YET TO
RUN; RESIDES AT SPO
KANE, WASH.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 27, UP)—
1 Johnston B. Campbell, member of
j the Interstate commerce com
mission since 1921, has tendered
! his resignation to President Hoo
ver. He will retire as soon as a
! successor is selected. Campbell,
whose residence is at Spokane,
! will return to the practice of law.
He was selected for commission
! service during the Harding ad
ministration and was particularly
endorsed by farm organization in
the country during the more
; active period of the controversy
over rail rates on agricultural
| commodities.
He is classified as a republican.
His official term had two years
more to run.
GOVERNMENT
HEN
SEEK TO R
“ORLEENS”
EVIVS
MOLASSES OF HISTORY
ii. 8. PAINE (inset) federal chemist, predicts the return of the nol
le sses boat to the Atlantic ceaboard. Sailing schooner (above) awaiting
its cargo of barreled molasses a generation ago. Sugar cane (upper right),
the piccaninny’s stick candy.
SECRET 1HK
i EftRLY
EVACUATION; FOCH
GERMANY SEEKS REVENGE,
LATE MARSHAL WROTE;
GRAVE SITUATION
PARIS, Dec., 27, (/P)—A secret
warning by the late Marshal
Foch against a premature evac
uation of the Rhineland, was
revealed to the French chamber
of deputies and precipitated a
parliamentary storm
Aristide Briand, foreign minis
er, expressed amazement saying
he knew nothing of the document.
The Marshal’s warning was
made known to President Dou
mergue and Premier Poincare in
October, 1926, Briand told M.
Reibel, former under-secretary of
state who read the note.
It created a “sorry situation”,
Foch’s letter said that Germany
was becoming more populous and
i stronger and the “vanquished na
| tion, which wishes revenge” is
| “guided by temperament different
from ours.” He wrote that “she
remains a redoubtable neighbor
1 and peace can be maintained only
! by risk for she runs to revenge.”
! The letter declared that the
Rhineland occupation guaranteed
1 France’s security but added that
I when French troops return to
I their territory, France will find
: herself in an exceptionally grave
| situation.
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I
: FOR PURPOSE OF TESTING
SHORT WAVE RADIO
COMMUNICATION
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26, f/P)—
| The fliers of the Army Air Corps
j will advance early in January
I over a 3,500 mile “battlefront”
| from Detroit to Spokane to
| measure endurance equipment in
j sub-zero weather and for the
purpose of testing the value of
short-wave radio communication,
the War department announced.
Tentative plans call for a
“combat in the front yard of the
Arctic Circle against shock troops
in winter snow and sub-zero tem
peratures.”
January 5 is tentatively set as
the day when 13 pursuit planes
and two army transport planes,
equipped with skiis instead of
landing wheels, will start from
Selfridge Field for Spokane by
way of Duluth, Grand Forks,
Glasgow and other intermediate
points. The return route will
take the fliers through Helena,
Butte, Miles City, Bismarch, Far
go and Minneapolis.
PITTSBURGH, Dec., 27, (/P)~
Burliegh Grimes, famous Pirate
pitcher, is accused of desertion and
non support of his wife in a peti
tion filed in court.