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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
1
Pilot Matt Nieminen and Mechanician Ceoif Higgins flew from Anchorage to Mount McKinley, reaching 24 000 feet in a record altitude flight. They circled the peak within 100 feet, shot moving pictures, and endured minus 20 degree cabin temperatures during the ascent and descent.
Gas blast levels the fancy Cleveland residence of Raymond Porello where two brothers died in prior trade strife over corn and sugar. He and his family narrowly escape. estimated loss stands at $20,000. Passers by report two men carrying a large box were seen entering the house before the explosion.
Walter B King assistant U S attorney for the First Judicial Division of Alaska with headquarters at Ketchikan is a spectator at the Lyle Whitney Corwin Pryant and McKinney conspiracy trial in Seattle. The piece notes North Carolina in 1900 had no high schools for negroes then 115 exist.
Geneva August 15 report says a League of Nations export import prohibition convention faltered as ratifications lag. United States ratified by Senate nearly a year ago, seventeen states on board but Poland and Germany blocked full entry. Poland cites German trade limits, reducing Polish exports to Germany by about eleven percent.
The record shows Senator George W. Norris reporting $2600 in campaign expenditures. He is linked to a convention with State Treasurer W. W. etc in the Republican primary context. The filing notes the treaty's effect would be negligible due to reduced costs.
Warren K bills testified that Senator Edgar Hurley hired him in 1913 to transport dynamite from San Francisco to Sacramento. Berlin reports rising abstinence lowers Germany revenue from state alcohol monopolies with potential price or fuel changes to offset a projected deficit.
Two of three men found shot to death on an unfrequented road near St. Paul are identified by a bank staffer as part of the Willie Bank robbery gang that stole 142000 in Illinois on July 15. One man is named Harry Silverman. the other’s name is not learned. A separate report notes AFL tensions as insurgents are nearly expelled.
A party of three U S Senators, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Rear Admiral R E Coontz retired, and two clerical assistants will visit tonight and stay through Saturday. They sail Saturday afternoon for Skagway, then Sitka, with Alaska trip plans and a luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce.
Gov Albert E Ritchie voiced Maryland’s exclusion from President Hoover’s Drought Relief Conference at a farmers picnic in Baltimore urging federal aid For Maryland amid severe drought conditions officials in Washington said relief would not overlook any suffering state, though invited governors varied in claim of who was asked to attend.
A new member joined the Juneau City Band, the son of Mr and Mrs Hughes. He arrived yesterday noon, born at St Ann hospital. The boy’s parents are former residents of Douglas. Hughes is a phonist in the band and works at the Alaska Jo.
ST Louis dispatch reports Dales Jackson and Forest OBrine began the 26th day of their endurance and refueling flight after two hours of operation this morning.
Southeast Alaska salmon packing year to date shows a 30 percent increase over 1929 through last Saturday, with Panhandle totals reaching 2,022,304 cases versus 1,555,975 last year. Capt M J O Gon of the Bureau of Fisheries notes gains in all districts, led by Icy Strait.
46 miners trapped in Blakeburn Mine at Coalmont near Princeton B C as rescue teams work in relays. Tunnels are filled with poisonous gases forcing short shifts for the rescuers. Frontier miners face dangerous conditions as efforts continue.
In Rockfort Illinois on August 15 Joe Glovingo reputed bootlegger was killed by a volley of machine gun bullets from a passing car. Police say the attackers intended to kill Tommy Abbott a Chicago gangster who was in the car with Glovingo.
In Naples a surge of exchange brokers targets American visitors. They offer 180 lire per dollar or less, pocketing 55 to 60 lire on a 510 exchange, while protests trigger brokers to 182 lire. Tourists gain only at official agencies or major banks.
In Point Barrow Alaska residents await the schooner Holmes bringing traders mission stores and white supplies as ice grips the beach. The age wanes as shortages persist with past wrecks feared and a crucial ship year looms.
Aug 16 martial law declared in Peshawar and its district after Afridi tribesmen staged disturbances. Troops moved into the area as security measures were stepped up amid ongoing frontier tensions. Bil Howell, 64, was elected executed at Arkansas State Penitentiary after a triple slayer case.
In San Francisco on August 15 Robert E Proctor attorney is elected to the Grand National Presidency of the Fraternal Order of Fugion at the thirty second annual convention. Todiane Fikhart advances to a higher office at the meeting.
Seattle August 15 Government opens its case in the Quor conspiracy trial of Roy Lyle William Whitney Earl Corwin R Le Fryant and Clifford McKinney former Prohibition Bureau officials. A L Hubbard first principal witness and dual rum runner dry agent testifies detailing bribe offers and radio dealings with Whitney and Olmsted.
Mrs Elizabeth McKenna Willis widow of Major R J Willis dies in Goldendale Washington after a life in the old Northwest and Alaska gold rush era. She born Miles City Montana but spent youth on Gastineau Channel and served as postmistress at Treadwell. She leaves husband and two Portland children Robert and Kathleen with James the younger son noted as crowned in the Columbia River on July 6 this year. Robert Lee Wilkins is hanged in the state penitentiary yard for John W Brooks murder in Walla Walla Washington with date Dec 9, 1028. Mrs Miller formerly of Gordon’s invites return to Juneau Yukon Territory home fuller recovery after heart ailment.
Marshall Field third of Chicago, grandson of a famed merchant, confirmed engagement to Mrs. Dudley Coats in Southampton England. The couple may wed within weeks. Nearby, Wrecker Lee Box finished demolishing the Malony Block and is now laying the foundation for the Winn house opposite the Palace Theatre at Franklin Street.
Honolulu report states Marshall Field confirms engagement to Mrs ao amid a mixed news day. A sea tragedy off Honolulu raises nine deaths as a change in temperature is suspected but not confirmed.
VERDUN France Aug 15 Mrs Harolet Bates of Portage Pennsylvania is the first American Star mother to die in France. She died from cerebral hemorrhage after being brought there.
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