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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1930.
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ANCHORAGE. Sept , 2, Special
to The Gateway—Indications are
that the Senatorial investiga
! tion committee will not finish
their work here until Tuesday
< today' afternoon.
They are now examining the
executive department of The
Alaska Railroad with respect to
enumerating the personnel and
the mechanical forces and it is
expected a further paring down
will be forthcoming.
Rut, it is said, this condition
will be only temporary, gauged
by a statement of one the party
9 in order to effect readjustment
and manifest deficit and will
probably take effect within a
few months.
Senator Howell said the re
sults of the inquiry, with res
pect to response and informa
tion furnished, has been entire
ly .satisfactory.
It ls known that the senti
r.ent of the committee leans |
•eward a fuller form of Terri
; rial government coincidental
v.*h the readjustment of opera
;n of the railroad.
From bits of information gath
«:ed the prospect is there is a
ming era of prosperity as was
r‘dieted in the Seward Gate
ay by former Governor Wm A.
' :'lier. of New York.
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’ EW YORK. Sept 3. iJPf—Coste,
«i' of French fliers and compan
Maurfce Bellonte were winging
ir way westward on their peril
flight from Paris to New York.
The pair left Le Bourget airport
in Paris in their plane. ' Question
Mark." at 10:54 a. m or 5:54 a. m.
. w York daylight saving time.
Shortly after midnight the Air
Ministry of France received the
i. lowing message from the French
.•-;r Rochambea "Are com
.. . nicating with airplane signals
i*h Cestes plane whose position
. 6:20 Greenwich time was 51.26
-h and 16 degrees west, route
t'S speed 100 miles per hour, wind
four and misty.”
~h» steamship Brmen later re
c ed that 2 30 Greenwich meri
ting the plane wras at 48 36
h and 3200 west. At three o
k the Air Ministry announced
. the liner Ille de France re
df ved a message from Bellonte
g|"7.ng the Question Mark’s posi
as over the loop at the head of
■non river in southwest Irc
,e plane was flying at a high
-ude. Before Coste took off he
he hoped reach New York ,
;) hours which would end the*
at 9 45 p. m
FIRST GLIMPSE, CHILD
; GLAMIS. Scotland, Sept-, 2. (/P)—
King George and Queen Mary had
their first glimpse of their new
grand child, daughter of the Duke
and Duchess of York. They ac
companied the Duke to the castle]
land made an extended visit during
which it was reported they discuss
ed a name for the child.
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WILLIAM FAIRMAN IN GOOD
HEALTH AGAIN, AMONG
THOSE RETURNING
SEATTLE, Sept., 2, OP)—'The SS
Aleutian, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, sailed from here1
Saturday morning at 9 carrying j
102 passengers of which 37 were j
for Seward as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bell and j
sister Clauden; Father Cunning
ham. Mr. and Mrs. J. ^urge, j
Mrs. C. Snead, Miss C. Robinson, j
Mrs. A. E. Adams, A. E. Arm- j
strong, Mrs. T. Mehunt, R. H. ;
Waltz, Mary O. Osterm^n, W.
E. McDonald, J. Duncan.
Alice Campbell, T. W. Holan- j
der, Mrs. Prary. W. S. Jermyn,
Jean Downey, J. H. King. Mr
and Mrs. G. Augustine, Robert
Augustine, W. A Browne, Rev.
F O'Connor. Rev. P. J. Delon,
Revv. G. J. Feltis, D. Stevens,;
Mrs. N. J. McCullough, Miss J. j'
McCullough. Miss M. McKen- |
zie, Mrs. G. Marsh, Mrs. E. R. <
McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Bashes, Mrs. M. D. Sheppard, j
William Fairman, Mrs. T. G.
Cox. Miss E. Brown.
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SUNDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5; New York 1
Philadelphia 2; Boston 1. Bill j1
Shores allowed Boston three hits; *
>nlv one after first inning.
Detroit 4; Chicago 1. Tom >
Bridges and Rookie allowed Chica- 1
*o four hits. |{
Chicago 17; St. Louis 6. Cleve- c
and scored 10 runs in the seventh.
NATIONAL LEAGUE j
Cincinnati 4; Pittsburgh 1. ,
Brooklyn 14; Philadelphia 3; five
aome runs.
St. Louis 8; Chicago 3 Hallahan J
fanned 12, allowed four Chicago
aits, three in the eighth inning, j
New York 4-10; Boston 3-14. Mel- |
nt and Ott, of the Giants, got,
;hree homers, double.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ^
Oakland 2-2; Seattle 3-6. e
Los Angeles 10-6; Frisco 8-5. d
Missions 1-9; Hollywood 4-8.
Portland 5-6; Sacramento 1-6; I
he second game was tied until the v
15th inning when called on ac- |c
ount of darkness.
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HUNTING PARTY T
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The hunting party, arranged
by Mayor P. C. McMullen and r
Mrs. McMullen, rpoved a huge
success for the game. The party ,
returned last evening with emp-;
Ly game-bags but content. One
)f the party said, “It was so far 1
ap to the lake, we didn’t want.
o lug a moose or bear all the i
vay back.” However they had
in exciting time tramping hith- j e
r and yon with the expectation j s
T any instant encountering a: ^
Dear or other formidable ani- j r
mal. * r
• EDITORIAL
OUR HOMELAND
“If it were not for the Sew
ard-Fairbanks railroad, there
would be few, if any, ‘Midnight
Sun’ excursions, nor would there
be a McKinley Park,” avers Ban
ker E. A. Rasmuson, at Juneau.
What helps the railroad belt
helps all of Alaska, he stated.
Thanks, Mn Rasmuson.
We did not ask for the rail
road in the first place. The gov
ernment built it to exploit Alas
ka coal, then got “cold feet.”
However, we are thankful for it,
of course. But Alaskans have
nothing to be ashamed of. It is
the government which should
bow7 its head.
The attitude that Alaska is
on the defensive, is erroneous.
There should be no resentment
towards the, present investiga
tion, as we have heard express
ed from arrivals from the In
terior; rather, a helping hand
should be extended the Senator
ial party by giving them our
ideas of right and wrong. They
have repeatedly stated they are
here for the purpose of helping
us toward our destiny in the sun.
Could more be offered than
that?
And while we appreciate the
fact tourists come to see us. we
do not believe passenger traffic
will solve or cut down the defi
cit Congress complains of. We
aelieve and have always so stat
ed the first move toward devel
Dpment should be in extension of
:he system to those resources
which we have mentioned so
nany times we sometimes grow
weary.
But the all important fact of
restrictions must not be over
ooked. Until these chains are
;mote asunder, progress in Alas
ka will not go forward one iota
"aster than it has developed
luring the last 20 or 40 years.
We know the Senators will ap
)reciate these thoughts. Whether
hey agree with us or not. We
nay be all “wet” but at least
hese are part of our reasoning.
A country worth living in is
vorth fighting for. This is our
lome where we will live on until
he “Grim Reaper” calls it a
lay.
SHOWER OF FLOWERS
Will SHEET VENTURA,
RESCUERS OF TAHITI
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept-, 2, (JF)—'
/ith the program rounded out in
very detail San Francisco’s two- !
ay welcome to the rescuers of the
assengers and crew of the Tahiti:
waited the arrival of the Ventura
ith Capt. W. R. Meyer and his
rew.
The finishing touches were plac
i on the plans by Chairman J. J.
ynan Ja., and the joint reception
immittee representing the city
le Junior Chamber of Commerce.
First to greet the Ventura will be
Standard Oil airplane which will
lower the rescue ship with flowers
iitside the Golden Gate and drop
wreath over the Matson liner’s
mnel.
Owing to the Destroyer play- j
rs having to return to their |
hip early Monday afternoon, |
aseball game between the Per-1
y and U. S. S. Discoverer was;
ailed off. * 1
LONG ALASKA FLIGHT
| KETCHIKAN, Sept., 2, (/?)—
\ Flying their own Gypsy Moth
| plane, two Boston pilots arrived
| for a big game hunt in Alaska.
Tney flew all the way from Bos
ton where one is employed in a
| bank and the other in an attor
ney’s office. The njen were F. M.
Blodgett and L. M. Lombard.
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IN DEFEAT BEFORE
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SIGNAL CORPS AGAIN SLIP IT*
OVER SPEEDY SQUAD NAVY
BASKET-MAKERS
Both teams fighting with every
thing but their teeth, the Signal
Corps Sunday night at Dreamland
Auditorium, brought defeat on
board the Navy with the breath
taking score of 20 to 12 in favor of
the Army
Ray Manthey, previously playing
for the Ponies, rung them up in a
row to dry for the Army while
Turner, star Army Basketier, back
ed him up. Drake’s team, concen
trating their efforts in an endeavor
to block the Army’s plays, failed to
follow up their own plays, thus al
lowing their star basket shooter,
Johnson, to be foiled in nearly his
every attempt to chalk up scores
for the Navy.
Some one had apparently killed
hogs as a new pigskin came on the
floor for the first play, replacing
the dead ball used in the games
Thursday night.
Iron Horse Manthey called them
close the first half, but relinquish
ed his throne to Don Shellhorn at
the beginning of the las half, in
order to prepare for the second tilt
the evening, between the Perry’s
squad and the high school winners.
FIRST QUARTER
The game started with a winning
salvo for the Navy w-hen Drake
nonchalantly dribbled to the Navy
goal and dropped the ball thru the
basket. Ray avenged the Mules by
getting the ball after a short tus
sel and making good once and re
peating himself as soon as the ball
was in play again- Johnson, strug
gled thru a sea of arms strove j
vainly but Turner’s gang were too
well on the alert. With lightening
like rapidity the brown globe was,
at the other goal. In the ensuing j
battle Turner fell and time was
called for him. However, he im
mediately came back into the play.
MacDonald, heavy Navy guard
was fouled by Ray and made good
for the free throw- Ray, avenging
angel for the Army, retaliated with
a field goal for the Donkeys. Turn
er fouled Fullerson who missed and
the first quarter ended 6 to 3 favor
Army. i,
SECON DQUARTER j,
Noble came in for Croken begin- ’.
ning the second quarter. Drake t
threw on a personal foul but miss-;
ed. The ball shot down the oppo
site goal and Ray again burned one r
home for the Army- Getting the
ball again Drake made good for ^
the Wasmuth and Fullerton got
even with Turner on his previous
foul but Turner missed. Following n
the ball to the Navy goal, Fuller- f
ton, thru fast passing, put the ball n
into the hands of Johnson who, on ^
a split second’s margin, placed it v
home and chalked up two more
points for the Navy. The Mules j.,
?ave Turner combined cooperation a
when he got the ball and he took it p
3owrn to the goal to be sunk for
two points for the Army. Drake c
then grabbed it on the jump, drib- t
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As predicted, we were taken
snipe hunting, but there were
no snipes. We believe we were
being kidded.
Ditto, out pet sea crab and
pal, walked up main street yes
terday and remarked the health
of Seward youngsters. We have
not seen pallor among you. We
know people who would give
millions for the health you all
enjoy.
Holding hands ' don’t go! If
any hands are to be held we’ll
hold 'em, and that goes for the
blushing person we * know is
reading this.
His nibs, accompanied _by the
“rolling pin slinger” and our
adopted Ernestine and Lois were
among those present when chow
was piped down in the ward
room on board the Wasmuth
Sunday night.
When this goes to press there
wont be any an animal left in
these parts. We saw bluejackets
overhauling machine guns Mon
day and with “Chicago” Joe on
the but of these the Elks;, the
Moose and the Odd Fellows
can’t possibly dodge.
We will “pipe down” about
our basket making powers but
there’s lots of things we’re geod
at that you havn’t seen us do.
How about a game of Ace Duce?
Ah Ha! Now we have you, you
big wildcats, thomos cats, nouns,
pronouns and adjectives, you
wont take us on for a game of
that old salty sport, Ace Duce.
We’ll be gone anyhow, probably,
when you read this.
Bucey, you are certainly 1 one
way”—three girls and nary the
glimmer of an eye-lash. Also,
Edna, we would have accepted
a bite of that candy, or what
ever it wras you and Georgia
were eating. Likewise, we were
eoid—the game left us so—and
eould have made use of that
lise red coat, Wilma. Ditto, who
’limbed to the overhead feeli
ng) and reported the game
from that advantageous posi
;ion has turned in his writeup
is follows: “Navy sunk by mar
gin of three waves, a fouled
iropeller and a large mass of
;ea-weed. Maud and Capt. An
;ell did good work on opposite
sides (of house) passing ball.
Irmy rung in star H. S. player
0 beat Navy first game and H.
5. dug up another star to beat
sjavy second game. Girl in
‘Jacob’s” coat took one on the
lose. Turner, for Army butted
lench—bench unaffected by
•ruel treatment. Sinbad got in
•lever foot-work keeping ball
rom under table thus helping
naking baskets for the Navy.
Vas overcome by odor of onions
md forced to descend. While
:oming down, tripped over con
versation between two young
jeople but cannot repeat. Lady
n red dress on stage won for
^rmv and H. S. by broad smile
iistracting Navy's attention.
Hazel and Hope we wish you
lany snappy returns of the day.
Note to “Ed”:—Put following in
ice large type; this dirt was brot
1 by “Ditto”, our pet sea crab
Flood threatens Seward when
lember of hiking party Saturday
3ll into river raising high water
lark highest in 20 years. Unfor
jnate’s cry of anguish frightened
rild and domestic animals beyond
oundaries. Call of whistler mis
iken for mating call of love-lorn
s bather emerges from icy (spell
lease) waters.
Hear Ye! We got our leg of
hicken to naw on. And not only
hat, but we were offered some
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