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Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
HEAD PO. INT. A|RWAYs, AND PILOTS RETURN
 FROM VALDEZ FL!CHT

Winging it's way from Valdez in one hour and 40 minutes, the
 seven-passenger Fairchild plane
 of the Pacific International Air.
 ways, Inc, returned Sunday af- ternoon with Edward Lowe, IT,, and Mrs. Lowe, and Pilots Joe
 Barrows and Alonzo Cope. The party left here Saturday for the Prince William Sound
 town making it in one hour and 45 minutes even though they ran into a blinding snowstorm. It had
 been planned to continue on to
 Cordova for a visit but time did
 not permit.
 Today the planes were due to have their pontoons taken of and equipped with skis; then
 hauled out to the radio road cross ing on railroad flat cars, set 1 down on the roadway and hauled 1 to the aviation field where both 1 will take of for Anchorage, pro- l bably. Tuesday.
 Several local friends of mem i bers of the company, were extend : ed an invitation to take a hop, 1 shortly after the planes arrival ! from Valdez. With Operations l Manager Joe Barrows at the stick, 8 most skillfM aviator, the guests were taken for 8 4,0oo
 foot high cruise about the bay <; and obtained an eagles view o1 the country clothed in it's wint<y
 garments. Great trees looked Nike
 straws and the Seward aviation 1 field, about the size of a play
 ing card. The plane rode like
 a limousine, was warm and com i fortable, and there @ clear nnob-
 structed view from the cabin will,
 down; in fact, the thrill which ons
 is supposed to get when up in the
 supposed to get when up in the
 air, was entirely lacking, such
 is the stability of these planes
 and skill of the pilot.
 High in the heavens, the plane hardly seems to be moving but
 as it is gently being brought
 down, the terrain flashes by at
 a terrific speed and one then
 realizes they certainly are going places
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
CATALOG ON FILE

The Mll g. Mine Supply Com pany of Seattle, has placed on file in The Gateway office, a loose-leaf cataloge, showing the principal lines of mining mach inery which they have in stock. The Gateway hastens to add this office in not brokerage but if the local stores cannot supply the need, the file may be. of in- terest. The Mill & Mine Co. is an advertiser of The Gateway.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
A MISERABLE LIFE

is being led by affected with blood and skin dis eases People with skin diseases for years were searching for pains, torture suffering
 box of the imported
 VECHELDE ECZEMA SALVE
 This salve is already in use for p years and achieved results Nc exaggerated assertions made about it. it is however established fact that thousands letters coming in to in which it is gratefully the imported Vechelde Eczema Salve did bring suffering after all methods did fail vechelde SaIve is wonder product; it's effect quiet smooth the release from pains takes place instantly, is blessing for sensitive skin For psos itch. dry and wet scales herpes and all kinds of skin diseases pimp1es bites often few applications necessary to
 get rid of the evil.
 Five Years of Suhermg-At Last Sweet Rest salve has worked wonders Ny daughter suffered from eesema since childhood remedies from doctors failed For years the child had suffered By chance learned about your salve and used It, and a1 twelve days the disappeared Enclosed find money order. for which you will please send mt mors
 2 boxesn
 Vechelde Eczema Saive
 sold in boxes and cost $2ss box C. O. D. s21s Beware of limitations. No Drug Store sell the salre
 Only direct from
 VECHELDE IMPORTING COMPANY 4s4s BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
MAKES COMPROMISE

CHICAGO, Mar, 16, R-The building Commissioners Christian Paschen indicted for the attempt ed income tax evasion made com promise offer of $151 ,586 before the bill was voted by the Feder- al Grand Jury. The compromise offer is in excess of amount of his alleged attempted evasion.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
ASK FOR REPRESENTATIVE

GENEVA, Mar, 16, P)-Aristide Briad, French foreign minister, has been asked to persuade the United States to send a full fledged re. presentative to the wheat confer ence in Rome on March 26.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

Lieutenant Burton of the Alas ka Road Commission, departed Saturday for Juneau headquarters.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

List your labor wants with us: we will endeavor to secure for you the help des1red. Phone Adams l26 or c1An at the M q " Club, Seward, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

A regular meeting of the Sew ard City Council takes place this evening, beginning at 8, in the City hall
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16
AGAINST SOCIALISM

BERLIN. Mar, 16, P)-An ap- peal for a solution of the -anem- ployment problem and eradication of radicalism of all kinds was urged by Chancellor Heinrich Breuning in an address before the National Students Welfare Society. He was very strong in his advocation o! defense measures against the "ris- ing tide of national socialism"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

Haas Candy-Fresb shipment 0n every boat. The Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

Surveyors in a remote region of western Texas discovered ruins of an Indian village four miles long.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-16

HAVE TOD HkA40 faE NEW 'OKEH" RECORDS It sYLV1AS1 THEY ARE WONDEpFUI. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
OLD LETTERS OF HISTORIC BLEND
 FOUND IN ATTIC
They Bore Signatures of Men Who Made U. s. His= tory - They Have Been Declared Genuine

Greenwich. Conn. Feb. 20-(UP)- Letters found in an old Colonial house here bearing the signatures of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lin- coin, Alexander Hamilton and oth- CTS, have been declared authentic by officials of the American Art gal lery of New York city.
 The letters, found by Paul Lock- wood, managing editor of the Stam- ford Advocate while cleaning out the attic of the house which he purchased recently. bore the sigma lures of James Garfield, Rutherford B. Hayes, U. S. Grant, James Bu- channan, Chester A. Arthur, James Knox Polk, John Tyler, Daniel Webster. James Abram Garfield, Ed ward Stanton. and Charles Guiteau. who assassinated President Garfield. A number of the letters addressed to a John Davenport of New York city between the dates of 1860 and 1869. They have been placed in a safe deposit vault in the Greenwich Trust company for safe keeping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
WILL OF GENERAL EDWARDS FILED
 FOR PROBATE
Estate Amounts to Less Than $l0O,OOO - Many Requests Were Made Will Drawn Two Years Ago

Dedham, Mass, Feb 2O-(UP)-- The will If the late Major General Clarence Edwards, who died in Boston last Saturday. was filed for probate ,u Norfolk county court yesterday disposing ot an estate es- timated to be worth less than $1O0,000. To the Bessie Rochester Edwards Memorial he left $25, 5,OOO. Other bequests included: Augustus c. Porter, brother-in-law. $10,OOo; Charlotte Porter Buck. sister-in-law, $1O.000; Chi]dren's Hospital of Bos- ton, $2,u00; Lindsley Hale. his chauffeur, and Louise Clark and Dorothy Jones. domestics, $1,O00 each.
 General Edwards left to the Mas sachusetts Historical society all of his military records, maps, charts, medals, souvenirs and uniforms. The will specified that Colonel John w. Hyatt, the generals wartime aide. could occupy the Edwards estate. "Dunroving" in Westwood. until it was disposed of. Mary Coughlin. a household employe, was left a monthly income of SIS for life. The residue of the estate is to go to Mrs Lucia Edwards Otis of Cleveland, O., sister. Colonel Hyatt was named executor. The will was drawn on July 15 1929.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
SPEAKEASIES OF NEW JERSEY MAY
 BE ONE COMBINE
They Will Complete Organ izatiOn to Defend Them= selves From Attacks in Court and Elsewhere

Jersey City, N. J.. Feb 20.-(UP) A move is under way to limit all prosecutions of speakeasies to actions strictly legal and within the law. and at the same time to reduce the cost of opposing such action. Ralph Eaton. former insurance salesman, has distributed application blanks to speakeasy operators in Hudson, Passaic and Bergen counties-there are about 15,000--for membership in the Beverage Dealers Protective as- sociation.
 It promises to "reduce the ex- penses of harassed speakeasy own CTS to a minimum" by supplying legal counsel. bail. and such neces- sities as are required when one runs afoul of the law. The cost is $l5 plus a $15 monthly fee. The organ ization will have nothing to do with bootleggers or still owners as such persons are unreliable"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
YOUTH WAS vI0LENT IN
 LOVE SUIT
Nineteen-Y Year-Old Student Flyer Entered Bryn Mawr Sub-Deb's Home and Dragged Her Out to Auto and Hid Her Away

Ardmore, Pa. Feb 20-(UP)- Arthur K. Darling, 19-year-old stu- dent flyer of Chestnut Hill, is held without bail on charges arising from an altogether too direct wooing of Elizabeth Converse, Bryn Mawr col- lege sub-deb.
 The charges include assault and battery, carrying concealed weapons and attempted kidnapping.
 Two other youths, William Millen, "A, and Charles F. Simone, 19, also were ordered held. They were wait ing for the aviation student in an automobile near the Converse home, police charged.
 Darling went to Miss Converse's home yesterday armed with a pistol and pair of handcuffs, police said.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
DETECTIVE AND GUNMAN WERE SHOT, DEAD IN SPECTACULAR
 BATTLE IN SPEAKEASY JOINT

New York. Feb 20-(UP)-A de- tective and a gunman were dead to- day after gun battle in a dingy speakeasy on lower Lexington ave nue. Detectives Christopher Sheuing and Dominick Pape of the East 22d street station were rowing the streets last night in a search for the slayer of Frank Mario, Chicago racketeer murdered Tuesday, when they saw two men enter an old red brick house at 49 Lexington avenue.
 "They don't look right to me-" PaRe said. and they followed the men inside. In the speakeasy the men had lined the bartender and four patrons up against the wall. Seeing the detectives. who were in civilian clothes. Sheuing wearing his gloves. one gunman said: Get in line and join the party
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
MRS SCHROEDER AND GLENN DACUE
 WAIT FOR CHAIR
All Hope Has Gone For Young Mother and Her Choir Singer Lover Relatives Bid Them Last Farewell

New Castle, Pa, Feb 20-(UP)-~- Alone in the.r cells in the Lawrence county jail after tense farewell visits of relatives, Irene Schroeder, former waitress, and w. Gleen Da- gue, former salesman and choir sin ger, today counted the house until their transfer to the death house at Rockview penitentiary. Sometime before Sunday night the pair arc to be taken to Rockview to pay with their lives for the killing of Corporal Brady Paul, Pennsylvania highway patrolman.
 Relatives of Mrs Schroeder pald their farewell visit to her last night after their return from Harrisburg where they had appealed to Cover nor Pinchot for a respite. Mrs Schroeders tive-year-old son Don- nie, companion on the flight from Butler to Newcastle. during which Paul was slain, was with them. Mrs Theresa Hess Dague. wife of Dague. and her children Marlys, '. and Delmar, Ii, after an earlier farewell visit to their husband and father re- turned to their home near Wheeling w. Va, last night. They are not ex- pected to visit Dague again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
CANADA RAISED
 TARIFF RATES ON
 AMERICAN AUTOS
Two American Manufacture CTS Have Indicated Their Intention to Open Up Factories in Canada

Ottawa. Ont, Feb 20.-UP)-. Higher tariff rates against American automobiles, the effect of which will be to cause American manufacture CTS to establish plants in Canada. have been imposed by the Dominion of Canada through an order in council, to take effect immediately. The order fixes a discount of 20 per cent from list prices as the basis for determining duty. instead of from wholesale prices, as heretofore. This means an increase in the tar if of as much as IS per cent.
 Two American manufacturers have indicated their intention of estab- fishing plants in Canada as soon as the action takes effect. Some al- ready have Canadian plants. The government. before passing the new tariff. obtained an agreement from all manufactures in Canada that they would not take advantage of the tariff to increase automobile prices.
 ''If they do not honor the under standing. there will be trouble" E. B. Ryckman. minister of the na- tional revenue. declared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
TWO CHILDREN LOST LIVES WHEN
 HOME BURNED

Chicago. Feb 20--(UP)-Two children of an almost destitute fam fly were killed early today and the parents and their six other children were hurt, two of them critically. when fire trapped them in their frame home after an explosion. Only the bravery of the mother. Mrs Anna Havlicek, 38. and the father. Rob- ert. 39. prevented the entire family from being lost in the flames.
 The two children whom the fire men found dead in the blazing home were Leonard, years old, and Dorothy. 3. The father and mother suffered burns and were almost over come ny smoke hefore they jumped from second story window onto a truck which three city truck drivers drove near the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
STRIKERS WILL
 TRY TO CONFER
 WITH EMPLOYERS
If They Are Denied an Audi= ence, Then the Trouble in Lawrence Mills May Spread to Others

Lawrence, Mass, Feb 20-(UP)- Represents. ives of some 400 striking mill workers were to seek a confer ence wilh mill officials today. and spread of the strike was feared if they failed to reach an agreement, or if they were denied an audience. The strikers are combers of the Washington, Aver and Wood mills, who are seeking alleviation from a!- legged excessive duties and release of efficiency experts.
 The Washington and Aver mills are owned by the American Woolen Company. and it was believed the strike rnieht extend to the comb.ng department of that firms Shaw sheen mills in Andover unless some compromise were reached. The National Textile Workers Union. an alleged communist Organization. is backing the strike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
DEAD WOMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
 MURDER CHARGE

Santa Ana. Cal, Feb 20.-(UP)- Although Mrs Guy Bates Post was found guilty 10 months after her own death of murdering Mrs Doris Murray Palmer, attempts will be made to vindicate her spirit, A.. Moresby White. attorney and friend of the former Dresden China dolI' declared to-day. Mrs Post was found guilty in superior court yesterday of killing Mrs Palmer last April in their Laguna Beach home.
 Heirs of Mrs Palmer fought her will which left $1,5O0 to Mrs Post, saying the bequest was illegal be- cause a murderer could not benefit by the estate of a victim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
Million Dollar Job Has Been Offered
 To Calvin Coolidge

Springfield. Mass, Feb 20-(UP)- Calvin Coolidge may be offered lucrative position as head of the New England Dairy Industry at salary r.early three times as large as that which he received as presi- dent of the United States. Such proposal was made at a conference of some 800 3airymen here yesterday ty Edward -Sl.attuck. Amherst dairy man. who suggested that the former chief executive be offered the post under q Gve-year million-dollar con tract. Thus Coolidge's salary, should be accepted, would be $200,000 q year.
 ShattucK's Idea in putting Coolidge in the position of milk czar" would be to revive New. England's da!ry industry. He suggested that each
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
HooverHas The Power To Kill
 Bill That Way
It Is Believed, However, the President Will Affix His Regular Veto and Let Congress Pass It Over His Head-Even His Best Friends COncede Veto Will Not Stand
EVERY MOVE OF
 HOOVER BLOCKED
BY LYLE c. WILSON.

United Press Stan CorrcspOnden)
 Washington, Feb 20.-(UP)- President Hoover is expected to veto, within the next few days, the veterans loan bill which passed the senate last night by vote of 72 to 12.
 Senate and house advocates of the measure are confident of enough votes to override a veto, the house having voted nine to one for the bill. while the senate's approval was in the ratio of six to one.
 But for early adjournment of the house, the bill might have gone to the president last night. It will be signed to-day by Speaker Long worth and then dispatched to the White House.
 This brief delay, according to the Senator Norris, repn, Nebr. and oth- CTS in the senate, may give MT Hoov- CT the opportunity to exercise his right of pocket veto." They as- sert that less than 10 legislative
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
Heroic Sisters Save
 Many Young Orphans

Kingston, N. Y, Feh 20-(UP)- The bravery and presence of mind of a half dozen sisters at Sacred Heart Orrtlanage, West Park, neor here, saved the lives of more than 200 children today when fire burned one of the orphanage buildings to the ground and for time threaten- ed to destroy the entire institution.
 One sister discovered the fire in the school building adjoining the in which the children were sleeping at 2 a. m. She reused other attendants and they wakened the children, many of them under
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
PLAIN CLOTHES
 DETECTIVE WAS
 VERY OBSTINATE
Denied Right of N. Y. Judge to Question His Wealth -He Banked $83,OOO in Six Years Time

New York, Feb 20-UP)-An appellate division inquiry into the magistrates courts of Manhattan and the Bronx met increasing oppo- sition and even open defiance today from plainclothes detective whose bank accounts it had subpoenaed in an effort to trace graft.
 Charles A. Wund, the detective challenged the right of Referee Samuel Seabury yesterday to in- quire into his accounts, on the ground that it was an invasion of constitutional rights. Referee Sea- bury. however, failed to be impressed by the argument. Records introduced into the hearing showed Wund bank ed $83,000 in six years. Besides this. 1t was testified he had lost $20,00O in the stock market.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
MRS DUPONT WAS FOUND DEAD IN
 GARAGE STUDIO
Wife of the Director of E. I. Dupont De. Nem0urs company Was Killed By Carbon MOnOxide Gas

Wilmington, Del, Feb 20.-UP)- Mrs Eugene E. Dupont, wife of q director of the E. I. Dupont De Nemours company, was found dead by her husband last night in a studio over an old garage on her estate. Bogwood, near here. Mrs Dupont apparently was killed by carbon monoxide fumes from her automo- bile. which she had driven into the garage below and left with the motor running.
 She was 45 years old, and a prom inent member of the riding and hunting set. She had many friends In Washington, New York and Phil adelphia. Her daughter Dec mar ried George Weymouth of Philadel- phia last September 6. Mrs Dupont was Miss Euline Moxham of Ken lucky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
LON GW0RTH PUTS NAME
 ON BONUS
Speaker of House Was FOl= lowed By Vice=President Curtis and the Bill Was Ready for Hoover Pocket Veto Explained

Washington, February 20 - (UP) Speaker Longworth of the house signed the Veterans Loan bill to- day almost immediately after con- gress convened.
 Five minutes later Vice-President Curtis affixed his signature to the measure. That was the last for mality before transmitting the bill most certain veto awaits it.
 The measure could not be signed when it was approved by the senate last evening. because the house had adjourned for the day. The law re- duires that bills be signed by the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
Court Of Common
 Pleas Affected
 By Larkin Bills
Attorney Larkin Was the Only One From This City to Appear Before Judici- ary in Behalf of the Measures = Several There to Oppose It NAUGATUCK BILLS
 WERE PRESENTED
(By Democratic Stan Man)

Hartford, Conn, February 21-.At 2 o'clock this afternoon two more ripper bills affecting the court of common pleas of Waterbury intro- duced by Attorney William J. Lar- kin, prosecutor of the court. were to be heard by the judiciary con- mittee. The first bill provides that both judges of the court must con- cur in naming the prosecutor: the second paovides that both judges concur in naming the clerk.
 Last>week the judiciary committee listened to arguments on a Larkin measure which took the power of appointing the judges of the local court of common pleas away from the governor and placed it in the hands of the legislature. Attorney Patrick J Healey led the fight D. yainst this measure.
 The two measures up for hearing today thus give Attorney Larkin
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
CITY OF NORWALK
 WILL SPEND ONE
 MILLION DOLLARS
Bills Passed in Both Houses T0=day-Will Be Used to Give Employment on New Sewer System
BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. United Press Staff COrrcSrOn(lentl !

BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. United Press Stan Correspondent
 Hartford. Conn, Feb 2O.-(UP)- As means of relieving unemploy- ment, a measure authorizing the city of -Norwalk to issue $1,OOO,OO0 in sewage disposal bonds was rushed through both branches of the gen. eral assembly and transmitted at once, under suspension of the rules, to the expressing clerk.
 It was understood construction would commence immediately in or der that men now out of work might be given employment.
 House and senate devoted brief session to routine business after yesterdays flare-up over two meas ures which remove the basis for Professor Albert Levitt's suit to re- move the public utilities commis- siOners.
 The house received a favorable re- port of the military affairs commit tee on a bill to appropriate $6O.O00 for purchase of Fred Stones Star ranch at East Lyme to be used as National Guard maneuvering ground.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20

two years of age, and told them they were having a fire drill and were so- ing to spend the rest of the night III the next building.
 Bundled in their bed clothing the youngsters were led into the cold and for the first time realized thele was a fire. Some were frightened and cried but within a few moments they were safely inside the admin istration building, some 300 yards from the burning structure. Fire men were forced to chop through several inches of ice on @ nearby pond in der to get water and were hampered by high wind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20

dairyman and farmer in the six states contribute $5 annually to it. nance the Coolidge salary. Under the Shattuck plan, the agricultural commissioners of the New England states would organize, with H. F. Jones of Vermont as chairman. and work for the promotion of the su- dustry under Coolidge's direction. Since Coolidge spent his boyhood on Ia PlymcIth. Vt. farm. and since he is known to be keenly interested in agriculture, some of his friends felt the proposed offer might appeal to him.
 From the Coolidge home in Northampton, however. came only the following announcement from his secretary: MT Coolidge refuses to discuss the proposition until it has been formally set before him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-20
JUDGE CANDEE OF N0RWALK NAMED
 BY PRESIDENT
Appointed By Hoover as Supreme Court Associate Justice in the Philippines Salary Is $lO,O0O al Year

Norwalk, Conn, Feb 20.-UP)- Judge Nehemiah Candee has re- ceived word of his nomination by President Hoover as an associate justice of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands. The nomination has been sent to the senate for con- firmation.
 Judge Candee has been active in political and legal circles in Connecti- cut for many years and is judge of the city court here. lie was grad uated from Yale in 1893 and served in both branches of the state legis- lature. He was married in 1901 to Annie A. Chumm of New Haven. They have three children. The Phil ippine post carries a salary of $10,- 900 a year and is a life appointment.