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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 4
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SFSEilE PLiE
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FilLS 10 REPORT
PILOT REID, MECHANICS WM
HUGHES, JIM HUTCHIN
SON WERE IN PLANE
SEATTLE, Jan., 6, (/P)—The op
erator of the Army Signal Corps j
station at Fairbanks messaged
the Signal Corps here that one
of the two Eielson-Borland res
cue planes which took off from
Fairbanks at 9 a. m. yesterday
for Nome, is lost somewhere be- j
tween Nulato and Nome.
No mention as to what happen- j
ed other to the plane was sent ;
nor no detailed information re- j
* warding it.
In the missing plane were Pilot
Reid and Mechancians William
Hughes and Jim Hutchinson.
Major Deckard and Mechanic
Sam Macauley were in Pilot Nie- j
menen’s plane. It is believed this j
machine arrived safely at Nu-1
iato. !
TIPPED B! HUGE
ICE FLOW. FIFTY
FISHERMEN ESCAPE
FIFTEEN MILE CRACK IN ICE
SUDDENLY APPEARED
WITHOUT WARNING
MENOMINEE, Mich., Jan., 6,
'.1*1—While friends and rela
tives on shore watched 50 fish
ermen narrowly escaped death
ji Green Bay when trapped by
a huge ice floe.
A sudden and unexpected
breakup occurred and a 15-mile
crack appeared. Simultaneously,
25 men rushed for the shore.
Others were compelled to swim
while still others were taken off
by a sail-sled boat after having
floated eight miles down the
lake and rescued just about a
minute before the ice swept thru
“Death’s Door” into Lake Mich
igan.
PRINCESS MARIE JOSE
ARRIVES HOME AMID
APPLAUSE MULTITUDE
ROME, Jan., 6, (/P)—Princess
Marie Jose, fiancee of Crown
Prince Humbert of Italy, came
* smiling to Rome amid the bright
winter sunshine and made quick
conquest of the thousands who
hailed her, their future queen.
The royal train arrived with
full military honors; her simple
graciousness aroused the crowds j
to a high pitch.
Accompanying her were the
King and Queen of Belgium, and
other members of the royal fam
ily.
Many local autos made the;
< trip over the Seward-Kenai Lake \
Highway yesterday a pleasure
never before enjoyed this latej
in the season.
n KILLS DAO
AND IBS MOTHER
ST. LOUIS, Jan., 6, (/P)—.Alan
Schumm, aged 17, a freshman
at the University of Illinois, got
his parents out of bed and when |
asked what for replied that he
believed God had ordered him.
He then drew a revolver and I
shot his father William Schumm,
42, to death, then wounded his!
mother twice. Police believe he I
went temporary insane over ab
sorption in his studies.
THE FLIERS ARE
THOUGHT BE LB
NORTON BAY
PLANES BE SENT TO NULATO i
FIND THEM WEATHER
PERMITTING
FAIRBANKS, Jan., 6, (A3)—
Pilot Pat Reid with mechanics
William Hughes and James Hut
chinson, are lost somewhere in!
the Norton Bay region.
They became separated from j
Matt Neimenen after the two
planes ran into fog and snow af-!
ter they had hopped off Satur-!
day for Nome.
Neimenen, with Major Deckard
and mechanic Sam Macauley, re- |
turned to Nulato and other i
planes will be sent there to search !
for the missing fliers as soon
as the weather permits.
Joseph R. Grundy, the Pennsylvania tariff expert,
is an indefatigable worker. He is shown taking a walk
and in portrait.
ANOTHER FAMILY KILLING
GILROY, Calif., Jan., 6, (^Pi
Invading the home of his step
daughter, Mrs. R. Delorenzo, John
Bonfanti shot and killed her, at
tacked and wounded his estrang
ed wife with an ice pick, then
returnred to his home where he
shot and killed himself.
GYPSY WORLD POSTOFFICE
IS ARKANSAS DRUGSTORE
Mrs. W. H. Cole (inset) runs an international
unofficial postolfice for Gypsies in her drugstore (above)
at Fort Wrth, Ark. The typical Gypsy family shwn is
that of M. T. Frank, of the Rumanian branch.
i FAIRBANKS GIRL
i mm BOSTON
HIGH POSITION
WAS FIRST GIRL TAKING DE
GREE MINE ENGINEER
ALASKA COLLEGE
JUNEAU, Jan., 6. (/P)— Miss
Genevieve ParKer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Fairbanks,
is a passenger on the S. S. North
western, due in Seattle January
7, enrcute to Boston where it
is said she will become private
secretary to General Manager
E. W. Metcalfe, the Boston of
j fice of the U. S. Smelting & Re
j fining Company.
Miss Parker was born in Alas- j
ka and was the first girl to take !
a degree of mining engineer at j
I the Alaska College.
| In 1926 she christened the mon
| oplane Alaska in which Wilkins
I and Eielson hopped over the North |
Pole. She is an enthusiastic dog |
musher and won the race in the
women’ drivers Fairbanks classic;
in 1926. She has been with the1
Fairbanks Exploration Company
j since graduation from college.
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; NEW YORK, Jan., 6, (/P)—The
headquarters of the Africa In
land Mission received a telegram
I that Miss Hulda Stumph, aged
63, an American missionary and
a member of its staff, had been
murdered in the Kenya colony.
; The dispatch from Nairobi said ;
she was found dead in a lonely i
cottage, at Kujabe, and had, ;
apparently, been attacked, then
smothered. <
I
BELIEF PLIES
THKE-flFF FBR
NOME, TELLER
; DECISION RESTS LOMEN WHO
WILL BE IN CHARGE OF
ALL OPERATIONS
FAIRBANKS, Jan., 5, (/P)—Two
! planes of the Eielson and Bor
| land relief expedition took-off for
1 Nome Saturday.
Pilot Reid was at the controls
of one with Hughes and Hutchin
! son, mechanics; the other plane
was pi'oted by Matt Neimenen;
-with him were Sam McCauley and
Majod Deckard, as a passenger.
It was planned to make a non
stop flight to Nome if the weath
er held good. Nome reported
! to the effect the sky was over
cast.
Pilot Young will probably take
Neimenen’s place at Teller, al
though the decision rests with
Lomen as to who will be in
charge of all operations.
Major Deckard is to return
here from Nome. Hutchinson is
a local mechanic; he will repair
Gillam’ landing gear at Nanuk.
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HECSRD Fee MOTBR
CJR5_ P/IST TEAR
DETROIT, Jan., 6, (#>)—The fin
ancial position of all the establish
ed automobile manufacturing com
panies never has been better, lead
ing authorities say. Their predic
tion is that 1930 will be one of the
best years in the history of the au
tomobile industry.
When, in 1923, production of pas
senger cars and trucks passed the
4,00,000 unit mark for the first time
the leaders declared that figure
was the standard around which
must be calculated the progress of
future production.
The effort to reach that figure
fell short in 1924 and again in 1927,
but by a relatively small margin.
In 1928 and 1929 production went
forward at full speed.
More cars than industry ever be
fore produced in one year were
turned out in the 12 months just
closed. Exact figures will be avail
able about January 15. Up until
November 1, 5,017,806 units had
been produced, compared with a 12
month total in 1928 of 4,601,130
units.
BUDAPEST LIFE BOATS
SAVE DANUBE SUICIDES
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan., 6, (A5)
—This city possesses a fleet of life
boats whose special mission is to
rescue people trying to commit sui
cide from one or the other of the
five handsome bridges spanning the
Danube between the twin cities of
Buda and Pest.
Within three years 533 persons
btave thrown themselves from the
bridges, and of these 500 have been
rescued by the water police. The
Ifeboat crews carry handcuffs and
lords to restrain the more deter
mined from jumping in again. At
tempts at suicide have virtually
ioubled since the war.