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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7549. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FEAR FELT FOR AMERICANS IN WAR ZONE DEADLY DISEASE CERMSREPORTED SPREAD IN PLOT Insurgents Arrest Two Frenchmen Carrying Tubes of Bacilli INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY CHARGE English, French, Spaniards Mixed in Plot to Implant Typhoid, Sleep Sickness HENDAYE, France, July 30. — Spanish Insurgent authorities have announced in radio dispatches that a military court brought quick sen- tence of death against two French- men condemned on charges of plot- ting to spread disease through In- surgent territory. Insurgent Commander Francisco Franco, however, is reported to have ordered the sentence stayed until an International Commission can sttudy the evidence of an alleged international plot to spread typhoid and sleeping sickness among the Germans. The two men were re- ported carrying tubes of the deadly bacteria when arrested. Insurgent sources said all world capitals, as well as the League of Nations are to be notified of the plot. General Franco charged that the scheme was organized in London and involves Englishmen, French- men and Spaniards, some in high positions. Louis Chabrat and Jean Boujennec are named as the men arrested at Fuentarabla. It is re- ported that each received an hun- dred thousand francs for the work. FRESH OUTBURSTS OF WAR HENDAYE, July 30—Fresh out- bursts of land and submarine war- fare on two sides of the Iberian Peninsula are reported to have ta- ken a heavy toll of lives of Govern- ment troops and sympathizers. The Loyalist freighter Mendi is reported to have been torpedoed and two tankers shelled. It is feared that twenty-three were killed on board the freighter. JUST “A RACKET” LONDON, July 30.—Unofficially, Mirow to Try to Crack His Mark, Seattle to Nome Nome Pilot Is Here Briefly Between Planes on Air Journey to States On his way south to make an- other flight north to Nome from Seattle, in an attempt to break his own record of 15% hours actual flying time for the trip, Pilot Hans Mirow hurried through Juneau yes- terday, and is expected in Seattle tonight. Pilot Mirow recently sold his former plane in Nome and will| take delivery on another plane in the Northwest to maké the flight. He arrived here from Fairbanks yesterday afternoon by PAA plane and immediately boarded the Inter-| coastal Airways ship flown by Herb Munter, to continue on to Ket- chikan. Another of the PAA passengers, to Juneau from Fairbanks, Victor A. Stolz, flew on to Ketchikan with Munter also. ———————— OKLAHOMAN IS CHARGED _ INKILLING | MUSKOGEE, ‘Okla., July 30. — County Attorney Bonds today for- ‘mally charged J. C. Fast Jr., 32, with the murder of L. W. McLean, bank-! er and civic leader, following a| shooting at the desk of a bank yes- terday. Bonds said Fast, who is a local automobile dealer, told him that| McLean’s refusal to lend him money to cover an overdraft of between| $200 and $300 climaxed a long, smol-‘, jdering grudge between the two| iramflles, who lived near each other. i McLean is president of the Mus- kogee Chamber of Commerce. WHITEHORSE FAMILY BACK FROM FRANCE Following a trip aboard where’ 'SENATE REJECTS GAS ON HAND |Plane Hits Boat; IN FAIRBANKS | 3 Aboard Injured FOR AIR HOPS | pii ALinley,—of Seward, in P 1 ccident in West Golden Heart City Teems Alaska . . . " . | with Aviation Activity for | warreN, Alasks, Juy 30—Pie |lot Littley, of Seward, and Mr. and | 3 |~ r POIar’Round World T s IMrs. Jack Alexander, of Eggegik, FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 30— Were severely injured last Wednes- Fairbanks today is teeming with day when their plane struck a fish- aviation activity as 10,000 gallons of ing boat on the takeoff. aviation gas, brought here for' The collision ripped away the pon- round-the-world and Polar flights, t00ns of the plane and overturned is on hand. it. g It is estimated that the Russian' One unidentified passenger was plane, which is scheduled to hop DOt hurt, but Pilot Littley sustain- off from Moscow at any hour, would ©d @ broken arm. Alexander was not require more than a thousand injured in the chest and”his wife |gallons of refueling gas here follow- Sustained a fractured arm. ing the Polar flight. | Pilot Bert Roof of Anchorage con- Prince Cantaccuzino, who is ex- tacted Naknek and took the injured pected to fly through here on a to Seward. world flight soon, now has thirty| AREARE ST R barrels of gas and oil available here. It was shipped in by rail re- M A TTEHN PuLAR cently. He also has a supply dis- tributed at Nome and Solomon, which was taken to those points in the past few days. Pilot Hans Mirow, who left here yesterday by PAA plane for Ju- neau to get a plane for his Alaska service, has thirty barrels of gas and oil. Gas and oil is also here for Jim- my Mattern, who is scheduled to at- tempt a Moscow flight, and for an- other round-the-world flier whose name is being withheld. 1 M. V. Beliakov, chief hydro-met- eorlogist, and Sava Smirnov, radio PERMIT GRANTED FOR NEXT YEAR ‘_]immy to Prepare Self and Crews in Interim by Fly- ing Around in Alaska WASHINGTON, July 30.—Bureau |engineer, for the Soviets, who are Of Air Commerce today granted |in_Fairbanks to assist in the flight Jimmy Mattern a permit effective from Moscow, are spending much “only next year” for his proposed time in the Weather Bureau. This flight across the North Pole to Mos= office has been asked to send three COW- hourly reports as soon as the flight The decision was reached g Y.Y' iresentatives and Mattern associ- LA LIGHT SOON ates. Assistant Secretary Johmson EDNl;gN'I‘gNF July 30—Major G. said that both groups agreed that E. Genet, Director of the Royal there are only a few days left this in & Canadian Signal Corps, this after- year in which chances for a safel noon said he has been informed flight are good. hin that - th irqa Johnson said that Mattern will s ey " ‘:l.art devote himself with the advice of Russian Polar flight will “within a tel: dnyu‘.g Government experts to making nec- AN essary survey flights to Alaska and Subarctic regions in order to pre- pare himself and his crew of ground bases for such a flight. EXEMPTIONS FOR * srocs cvorsros | conference between' Commerce Yer .. charges of a germ plot, made by Gen. Franco, Nazi and Fascist chief- |they visited mainly in France, Jose-| tain in the Spanish war, are looked phine, Marie and Lois Jacquot o{‘ upon as just being another attempt | Whitehorse, stopped for a few hours; to arouse sentiment for the invad- ers. — 2 MORE DIE IN EPIDEMIC BETHEL, Alaska, July 30. — Two more persons are dead today in the spinal meningitis epidemic that is spreading daily despite heroic ef- in Juneau last night, during the stay of the Prince Rupert in port. The Jacquots are enroute to their home in Whitehorse. KODIAK MINISTER SUFFERS STROKE Cecil R. King, Russian minister at Kodiak, has suffered a stroke of hospital in Seward in a serious con- dition, according to word received here by Dr. J. F. Van Ackeren, Medical Director of the Indian Bu- paralysis and has been taken to the| forts of Dr. William Corthell, who patrols the river daily by boat. The disease is in a virulent form reau. PRIZE SHOOT SET FOR and is #Iten fatal in three to twelve hours. A special fluid specimen has been sent to Juneau by plane for a test. 4RAILS BEING BUILT TO FISHING LAKES The trail being constructed. by the Forest Service along Admiralty Creek to Admiralty Lake on the SUNDAY, MENDENHALL The prize shoot originally sched- uled for July 4 will be shot Sunday at Mendenhall range by the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club, it was an- nounced today. The affair will be self handicap, 200 yards off hand. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places. Cars will leave from in front of eastern end of Young's Bay, s noW|the Federal building at 8 o'clock completed, according to Assistant gor the range. Regional Forester Wellman Hol- it brook and the crew under Foreman BLACKWELL TO HYDER John Maurstad has moved to Wind-| yance M..Blackwell, resident en- ham Bay where a trail is beinglgineer with the Bureau of Public built on the north shore to a lake|Roads, is leaving in the morning about a mile back from the bay.|aboard the BPR vessel Highway Both lakes, which are being made accessible, are reported to have ex- cellent fishing. The Admiralty creek runs back to the lake, a dis- tance of about three miles. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING INSPECTOR ARRIVES IN JUNEAU J— Charles Graham of Prince Ru- pert, British Col mining in- spector, arrived Juneau aboard the Prince Rupert last night and is to leave shortly for Atlin and Tul- sequah. Mr. Graham expects to sail aboard the Jeanre tomorrow on a routine mlnm._ inspection trip covering the Atlin and Tulsequah area. for Hyder where he will supervise for the Bureau construction of the Hyder dock approach for which the R. J. Sommers Construction Com- WAGE-HOUR BILL About-Faces on Proposal to Exclude Firms Employ- ing Under 10 Persons WASHINGTON, July 30. — The |Senate today reverse ditself and re- Jjected the proposal by Senator Rey- imolds that firms employing ten per- Steel 37%, Pure Oil 20%, HollY| sons or less be exempted from pro- visions of the Administration Wage Hour legislation. The Senate had first accepted without a record vote the proposal. ‘Then, on reconsideration, it defeat-| ed the proposition by a to 32 vote. [ This was considered a victory for, the Administration forces which had been badly battered in a savage all-day attack by Republicans and Southern Democrats. FAIRBANKS STILL , FEELING QUAKES Fairbanks is still feeling earth- quake shocks and the stores have wire and screens over their shelves to keep goods from falling off, ac- cording to a letter received here by Miss Gladys Brewis of the Au- ditor’s office from her mother in Fairbanks. In the letter written yesterdny‘ and brought here by plane, Mrs.| Brewis said that tremors are con-| tinuing from time to time and pre- cautions are still being taken. She enclosed a group of pictures taken pany has the contract. He will stop over for a few days in Ketchikan in connection with road work there. ————————— PHYSICIAN VISITS Dr. Ployd Dunnavan, physician and surgeon of Vancouver, Wn., SCHOOL HEAD, 3 BOYS visited in Juneau Thursday night. He is traveling to Skagway and re- turn on the Prince Rupert. — e —— MEDICAL EXAMINER VISITS |Northwest, A. B Phillips, Superin- Jane C. Yoder, medical examiner|tendent of the Juneau Public School of the Board of Education of De-|and three Juneau youths will arrive troit, Mich., spent Thursday night|here Tuesday on the North Sea. in Juneau while the Prince Rupert, along the Richardson Highway af- ter the big quake of last Thursday and they revealed gigantic cracks) in the earth about a foot wide, and huge slides near, Mile 33, RETURNING FROM CAMP - Refreshed by ten days of outdoor life in a YMCA. camp in the NEW YORK, July 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine DR. FREEBURGER ELECTED HEAD OF SWIM GROUP Committee Perfects Partial Organization—To Meet Again Next Tuesday Dr. George F. Freeburger, repre- senting the Chamber of Commerce, was elected President of the Per- manent Swimming Pool Committee last night as the recently appointed group swung into aection that is ex- pected to lead to the construction of & swimming pool for Juneau young- sters. Walter P. Scott represented the Elks, was chosen Vice-President, jand Mrs. C. P. Jenne, representing Jthe Pioneers’ Auxiliary, was chos- en Secretary. Election of other officers was de- iferred until next Tuesday at 7:30 fn m., at which time the committee t'fll hold its next session. In the absence of Dr. Freeburger, [the Rev. O. L. Kendall, who served {as temporary chairman, was in charge of the entire meeting. | The committee last night did not take definite action, but is expect- {ed to roll up its figurative sleeves next Tuesday and figure out meth- ods of constructing the pool. Sentiment Expressed Sentiment expressed by Mr. Scott, and acquiesced in by other mem- bers of the committee, indicated that the pool will not be a too- expensive structure. | “I would suggest,” Mr. Scott told the members of the committee, l“thfl we follow the example of Spo- ‘hum There they have several out- jor pools that are used by chil- ;two pools, about 50x100 feet in di- mensions, be constructed in Ever- green Bowl. They should be about four feet deep—deep enough for {the children to swim in, but not too {deep for danger. | “Some manner of artificial heat |of " water ‘could be arranged for swimming in summer time. Then in |winter it could be turned into ice skating rinks. It would thus serve two purposes.” Estimated Cost Mr. Scott estimated that pools like |these could be built for approxi- |mately $7,500. He advised that no ‘attempt be made to get the city, already overburdened with debt, to pay for the construction and main- Itence of the pool. He suggested For Juneau I believe - that 7 DIE, 2 LOST AS SHIP TURNS INTO INFERNO City of Baltimore Razed as Flames Eat Through Ves- sel Off Atlantic Coast BALTIMORE, Md., July 30.—All but four of ninety-six passengers and crew members of the liner City of Baltimore, which was menaced by flames, reached land safely today. Two are know to be dead and two are missing. The dead are: J. R. Polikoff, lawyer, of Aiken, S. D. Charles Whealton, member of the crew. ‘The missing are: H. Page, passenger. Cy Hanyie, oiler. The vessels, which plied passengers and cargo between Baltimore and Norfolk, Va., was driven ashore and burned to the water’s line. Navy seaplanes began an aerial search over the bay shortly after down as the liner, bound for Nor- folk, became a floating furnace late yesterday, 14 miles below here. Captain Charles Brooks suggest- ed today that sabotage may have accounted for the “amazing” spread of the fire. Passengers slid down lines, leaped into the water and Ibnats put out quickly from shore |picked up all of them. Daring rescues were made as flames roared out of the lower holds. Within three minutes of the first alarm flames had enveloped two- thirds of the boat, passengers said. s ee—— '‘BARANOF HITS - LOG ON NORTH ~ BOUND VOYAGE (Returns to Seattle for New Propellor — Sailing This Afternoon BULLETIN — SEATTLE, July 30. — Steamer Baranof arrived at 6 o'clock this morning and is expected to go on the dry dock immediately and will then sail north following repairs to stock today is 11%, American Can |that maintenance of outdoor pools 109%, American Light and Power |2t Evergreen Bowl would be vir- 11%, Anaconda 57%, Bethlehem |tually negligible, bécause an at- Steel 95%, Calumet 14%, Common- tendant would be in the vicinity | wealth and Southern 2%, General|at all times anyway. Motors 53%, International Harvest-! The Rev. Kendall introduced a 'er 114%, Kennecott 60%, New Ym-k|'°m’r written by Charles L. Cro- Central 39%, Southern Pacific 47%, Zier, secretary of the Central La- United States Steel 115%, Cities bor Calmcll, stating that his or- vice 3%, Pound $4.97%, ublic '8anization favored the swimming gy . o pool, but did not favor the. city's Sugar 32, United States Treasury Making any outlays either in con- bonds 2%s 99.1, Atchison General |Struction or maintenance of the 2 pools. fours 111%. I . Members at Meeting Other members of the committee, who were in attendance, were: Wo- DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 184.01, rails 52.85, utilities 29.96. ELFIN BRINGS IN | 30,000 POUNDS OF SALMON HERE TODAY The Elfin, c—n_pt— Nels Bjerkness, brought 30,000 pounds of salmon to the e Alaska Coast Fisheries today for the largest shipload of theday. | The Ya Sure, Capt. R. Fitzgibbons, ‘brought 6,000 pounds of halibut and |salmon to E. E. Engstrom. On the !Juneau Exchange today, the New {England Fish Company bought 6,000 ipounds of halibut off the Louhelen, Capt. Knute Hildre, at 8 and 6 |cents per pound. Current salmon prices are quoted at 12, 8, 4 and 5 cents per pound. —————— PROMINENT BROKER HERE Arthur E. Lloyd, prominent oil broker of Wichita, Kan, and his wife, enjoyed Juneau Thursday night while the Prince Rupert, on which they are round-trip passen- gers, was in port. - e OIL MAN IN JUNEAU Carl Pishey, of the Fisher-Lauck 0Oil Company of Wichita, Kan., and his wife visited here last night as the Prince Rupert was berthed here. —————— ARCHITECT VISITS HERE Arthur J. Barclay, architect of Ottawa, Ont,, and Florence E. Bar- clay of the same city visited in the Accompanying Mr. Phillips are on which she is a passenger, was|his son, Bobbie, ,.and John Bav: lmwfl« and Malcolm Faulkner. Capital City Thursday night. They are round-trip passengers on the Prince . Rupert. men’s Club, Mrs. H. 8. Graves; Bus- iness and Professional Women's Club, Mrs. H. G. Wilcox; Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Oscar Olson; Amer- ican Legion, Commander William Johnson; City Council, G. E. Krause; and Mr. Scott and Mrs. Jenne. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Fed- eration of Federal Employees and Firemen were not present. It is likely that methods of raising funds and drawing of plans will re- ceive impetus at the meeting on Tuesday night at which time a com- plete committee roster is expected to attend. 5 The movement for a swimming pool was launched early in July. Since then, it has gathered momen- tum until many civic and fraternal organizations have gone on record as favoring such a municipal .ven- ture. BETTY FORWARD TO | BE HONORED TONIGHT AT BIRTHDAY PARTY For Miss Betty Forward, who is celebrating her eighth birthday, a dinner party is being given at the Charles Forward residence this eve- ning, to which several young friends of the honoree have been invited. Yellow decorations are to provide a setting for the affair, and guests of the evening will be Jean and Ann Thompson, Jane and Susan Williams, Mary Sperling, Lois Allen, dhd Peggy and Bill Forward. her propellor or placing of a new one. Many of the Baranof pas- sengers for the northland transferred to the Dorothy Al- exander which sailed at 9 o'clock this morning. Steamer Baranof, of the Alaska Steamship Company, which left Se- attle last Wednesday morning with 169 passengers aboard, struck a log in Johnstone Strait and turned back to Seattle for repairs to her propellor. The Baranof was expected to reach Seattle late last night, go on the dry dock for a new propellor and be off during this afternoon by 3 o'clock: to continue the trip to Southeast and Southwest Alaska, according to radio advices received by Juneau agent M. J. Wilcox. The delay will put the Baranof into Ju- neau next Monday instead of to- morrow. Juneau passengers aboard the Baranof, leaving Seattle, include Communications Heads Coming, Alaska Gonfah 1Sail Today on Dorothy Al- exander for Conference Called by Gov. Troy SEATTLE, July 30.—Officials of the Federal Communications sys- tem are here enroute to Juneau to attend a conference called by Gov. John W. Troy on communications problems in Alaska. The officials, including Bdgar B. Calvert, chief of the forecast divis- ion of the Weather Bureau; E. K. Jett, assistant chief engineer of the Federal Commission; John B. Rey- nolds, assistant secretary of the Commission, and Eugene Sibley, of the Bureau of Air Commerce. They sailed today on the Dor- othy Alexander, accompanying L. C. Herndon, inspector in charge of the Seattle office of the Commission. FEW DISTRICTS SHOW GAIN IN SALMON PACK Wrangell and Icy Strait in Southeast Improved but Ketchikan Far Behind ‘Wrangell, Icy Strait and the Eastern .district in the Southeast Alaska fishing area are showing increase in salmon pack over last season with the other districts con- siderably under, according to pack figures released today by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. The total pack in the Southeast through last Saturday was 676,099 cases com- pared with 835,562 cases for a sim- ilar period last year. Figures for the various districts with comparative figure of last sea- son for the same period follow: Ketchikan — Reds, 12,974; kings, 674; pinks, 104436; chums, 30,362; cohos, 4,063; total, 152,499; last sea- son, 328,360 cases. Wrangell—Reds, 8,590; kings, 1,- 780; pinks, 78,466; chums, 1,702; co- hos, 17417; total, 107,955; last sea- son 72,502 cases. West Coast—Reds, 7,370; kings, 16,993; pinks, 13,148; chums, 4,555; cohos 4,666; total, 46,732; last sea- son 54,805 cases. Icy Strait — Reds, 22,972; kings, 347; pinks, 85504; chums, 44,506; cohas,i 10,773; total, 164,102; last season, 154,947 cases. Western—Reds, 7211; kings, 22; pinks, 28,736; chums, 42,873; cohos, 1269; total, 80,111; last seasonm, 112,191 cases. Eastern—Reds, 4,432; kings, 7,- 672; pinks, 70,021; chums, 25375; cohos 1,892; total, 109,392; last sea- son, 91,619 cases. Yakutat—Reds, 13,077; kings, 1,- 728; pinks, 454; chums, 3; cohos, 45; total, 15,307; last season, 21,- 138 cases. ‘Totals—Reds, 76,626; kings, 29,216; pinks, 380,765; chums, 149,376; co- hos 40,115; grand total, 676,408; last season, 835562 cases. e — TAX LOOPHOLES Carl M. Frapklin, Pauline Mestre-) zat, Mrs, C, Chartrand, F. H. Mec- Intyre, C. M. qulnm E. Vernon, W. Johnson, W. Jol , Jr., K. Johnson, A. Shuback, Miss A. Her~ ford, M. D). Syverud, Florence Syver- | ud, Mrs., Syverud, Matilda M. George, Virginia George, Dimitria George. Gladys Abel, H. R. Vander Leest, John Swanson,, William Hackett, Elsa Lundell, Violet Crocker, Mrs. Sadie Dunbar, Helen Gordon, Wayne Downey, R. D. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer. R e AUTOMOBILE MAN VISITS Lincoln G. Anderson, manager of the Pelton Motor Company of Los Angeles, and his wife, were Juneau visitors Thursday night while the Prince Rupert was in port. The Rev. A. M. De Sousa of Ala- meda, Cal, was a visitor in Juneau Thursday night while the Prince Rupert was in port. T N, SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HERE Sarah Hamlin, school principal of Westwood, Cal, visited in Juneau Thursday night while the Prince Rupert was in‘port. ' PLUGGED 183 WASHINGTON, July 30.—Mem- bers of ' the ‘Senate-House Taxation committee today indicated that leg- islation to close tax loopholes will apply to 1937 incomes in the hopes of picking up $150,000,000 to $200,- 000,000 in additional revenues. - e DAM WORKERS STRICTLY AFL GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash, July 30. — The Nation's greatest river harnesser became the first .|major government undertaking to, become a closed shop, Harvey Slo- cum, General Manager of the Con- struction Company, said today. He sald he contracfed exclusively with the American Federation of Labor. CHINA ORDERS ARMY TO DRIVE JAPANESE OUT U. S. Citizens Are in Grave Danger as Major Con- . flict Continues, Peiping SEEKING REFUGE IN UNIVERSITY BLDG. Observers ;hve General War Certain Between Nanking, Tokyo PEIPING, July 30.—China today ordered her crack Central Army of 50,000 soldiers into action to drive the Japanese out of North China. As heavy artillery began eating into the historic city, Americans sought refuge in Yenching Univer= sity, south of here. Grave apprehensions are express= ed for American citizens, believed to be five women and three men. Fighting is general throughout Peiping. Japanese are believed shattering remnants of the Chinese 29th Army, the main body of which holds positions across the river. All communications with Yench= ing University are severed. The Japanese seem to be making huge preparations to meet the Cen~ tral Army in a push of troops, tanks and armored cars. At Tokyo, the Japanese - cabinet decided on a series of “second steps.” Officers declared that Japan must attack if the Chinese Army moves iinto the so-called demilitarized zone, TOKYO, July 30.—A major war between China and Japan today was regarded by close observers as being |closer than at any time since the |North China incidents began. GIRL HERO, 15, DIES OF BURNS ATMATANUSKA {Had Rescued Three Young- er Children Before Col- lapsing as Home Burns PALMER, Alaska, July 30.—Mar- ie Snyder, 15, died yesterday of burns suffered in a fire which de- stroyed her parents’ home at Mat- anuska. She had been rescued from the blaze after aiding in the rescue of three other children . She died in the Palmer hospital. She rescued her younger brother Billy, a sister Dolores and another child boarding there, Eugene Pat= rick, by handing them out the win= dow to her father who was on the ladder. She then fainted and he rescued her. Her parents formerly were of Arcadia, Michigan. The home was not saved. The fire was raging fiercely when the fire department arrived. 2 FLYING BOATS CROSS ATLANTIC FOYNES, Irish Free State, July 30.—The Pan-American Clipper IIT today completed its second East- ward crossing of the Atlantic ocean |shortly before moon, arriving here lin 12 hours and 44 minutes after taking off from Botwood, New- foundland. ANOTHER CROSSING BOTWOOD, Newfoundland, July 30.—The Imperial Airways flying boat Cambria, sister ship of the Caledonia, which made the first Atlantic flight, landed here from Foynes, Irish Free State, in 18 hours and 30 minutes, after fighting strong head winds. —_———eee The Weather Forecast for Juneau and vi- cinity, beginning at 4 p.n., July 1'30. Cloudy with occasional [ showers tonight and Saturday; | moderate ‘southerly winds.

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