The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1937, Page 8

Schwamm Back To Petersburg M,',',",, Air Stir Simmons and Holden in Search After Flier Is Reported Missing The irrepressible Tony Schwamm, flying ¢ just ‘about the biggest air| schooner seen in these parts for some time, headed bagk to:Peters- Democrats at this afternoon aftef greating in the hearts of air-minded, ast night | Schwamm, flying his Savoa-Mar- chetti Italian-made plane, which isof the same make as those used by the Italian air squadron to nw‘ Chicago Century of Progress Ex- position four years ago, was report ed missing out of Petershurg y afternoon. | AAT Pilot Sheldon Simmons hop- f from the company's local and Marine Pilot Alex Hol- returning on a charter from ka. switched his course over to Predericksburg to seek Schwamm. | Simmons and Schwamm sighted each other approximately 70 miles h of Juneau, near Point Hugh.| Was Not Lost Or Anything | Schwamm today told a reporter for The Empire that “We weren't i Senator Pat H on (left), Senato Misscuri, and § laugh during a conversation at the “harmony” in Washingten, D. C. lost or anything. Our starting mag- | _ neto was wet and I had sent a fellow in to town to get a new bat- tery and booster. After he returned, we got it all fixed up and that was all there was to_it. We were never lost.” After the paths of Simmons and Schwamm crossed, the two pilots flew into Juneau together, arriving shortly after 7 o'clock. Schwamm piloted his plane around Gastineau Channel trying to get together a crew to help dock the plane, “Gee,” he said, “this takes about as many men to dock as a big yacht.” | It was docked at the lower city float, where today a number of lo- cal citizens looked it over. It is a 12 passenger affair, with 6 seats on each hull. However, when Mr Schwamm bought the plane, he said, there were 9 smaller seats on each side. In emergencies, Schwamm could seat twice the mormal num- ber. In the rear of each hull is room for half a ton of freight. Two Issota-Fraschinl engines in tandem provide the driving power for the plene. The plene originally cost $150,000. Passengers with Schwamm are Mr. end Mrs. Carl Anderson and chil- cren, Marian and Corky, and Mrs. Tony Schwamm. Cupid Breaks In Incidentally, since Schwamm left Juneau last Oteober, Dan Cupid las caught up with him. The for- mer Miss Katheryn Schilstra, with whom he became acquainted while sbe was on a tour last summer, be- came Schwamm's bride in New York some six months ago. Fnroute to the North Schwamm ran into trouble right off the bat, flying into “thousands of sea gulls” *~ miles out of Seattle and being forced down for repairs. A wide iwarch for Schwamm was made at this time when he did not report his whereabouts, but Schwamm said: “I didn't know they missed me.” Asked about conflicting reports about his forthcoming plans in the flying boat, Schwamm said he or- iginally had intended to fly to the westward and operate out of Good MEETING 7:00 P. M. CARD PARTY 8:00 P. M. LO.OF. Hall PUBLIC INVITED " Admission 40c News and Bristol Bay, but that he had changed his mind because of the lateness of the season. Instead, he declared, he will re- turn to Petersburg and operate from that base for some time. His plane flies under the banner of the Alaska Airways, Inc., which is backed by Petersburg capital, Schwamm said. In Juneau he visited with many old friends, made during his flying in this city. The trip here, how ever, was made “just to clear cus- toms,” Schwamm said. - A “flying school,” consisting huge cages, has been founded England to teach birds that have always been confined in small cages to fly. of in THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1937. WAYSOUTHTO - WPLEAN'S ARM ?Enginr’ r Reports Placer Mining Booming in Interior On his way south after several| weeks in the Interior looking. over | properties for the Anaconda Cor- ' poration, Harry Townsend, for many | rs a mining engineer in Alaska, | ved in Juneau Saturday aboard | {the Mount McKinley and is stop- | ;‘pmz here at the Gastineau Hotel i { While here, Mr. Townsend plans | La brief visit to the Polaris-Taku | ¥Mine, near Tulsequah, B. C. Mr.| bTownsend was the first engineer| {to recommend the Polaris-Taku| Lproperties to the company now de- Pictured in flight over Anacostia Field, Washington, of 54 new scout bombers being constructed for the Navy, Navy’s Newest Eagle ' D. C,, is the firsi and said to have HOLDEN FLIES | ‘ | i AUTHOR, PARTY TO PETERSBURS jCalch Yukon for States | After Viewing Sitka Yesterday | | Leslie K. Ade, famous author and jeducator of Harrisburg, Pa., and his three companions, Isaac Loeb, Ben Paul Brasley and john D. Hough- ton, were flown to Petersburg yes- iterday afternoon after a flight to !Sitka by Marine Airwa: |Holden. ys Pilot Alex, i | |FIRST HALIBUT IN | WEEK SELLS TODAY 1 The first load of halibut in more !than a week, totaling 10,000 pounds off the Dixon, Capt. Emil Samuel- son, was sold to the Juneau Cold Storage Company today at 8 and ;6.30 cents per pound. | Sebastian Stuart today received {15,000 pounds ©f salmon off the Celtic, Capt. Henry Moy. The Em- ma, Capt. Tom Ness, brought in {15,000 pounds of black cod and |the 31-C-379 brought in a small {load of salmon into the Alaska Coast Fisheries. The Oceanic, Capt. Ole Westby, took ice today. ‘NQTRE DAME SAVANT | ON WAY HOME AFTER VISIT IN ALASKA The party caught the steamship’ Yukon early this morning on the Isouthbuund voyage. {flight to Sitka in order to see the Hhistoric spot, which was not on their original itinerary. They made: the, Returning from an extended stay in Fairbanks where he was the guest of Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, president of the University of Alaska, the Rev. yR. W. Murray, professor of anthro- L veloping it, and, though he is jlonger associated with the mine, re- {tains a paternal interest in it. } Following his visit to Polaris-T: xu, Mr. Townsend will go from here This morning at 9:45 a. m. B. Ear- 0108V At the University of Notre Dame, sailed for the south on the ‘Yukon. ‘The Rev. Murray has been on a survey trip to St. Lawrence Island, Tanana and various other points of ubetantially higher than any existing type of bomber. | . the SH2U-1, the low-wing monoplane carries a ley was flown by Pilot Holden to a 14-cylinder, 750 h. p. engine. |Port Althorp. Holden returned here {at 1:15 p. m. This afternoon he ~|was scheduled to fly Mr. and Mrs. [p. c. Sharpstone to the Polaris- performance s Officially designated as 4 1,000-pound bomb, and is powered with or Bennett Champ Clark (center), ator James F. Byrnes, South Carolina, enjoy a good inner of Democrats MRS. VAN ACKEREN, MRS. ANDERSON TO BE HONOR GUESTS Mrs. William P. Blanton is to entertain tomorrow evening at an informal bridge party honoring Mrs. J. F. Van Ackeren and Mrs. Chester n. affair will be a bon voyage lto McLean’s Arm, where the Ana-| Quartz properties are being un- DAVIS COMMITTED o interest out Westward and in the iconda Corporation is pushing a Ismall lode-gold development. Mr FTownsend declared himself unab covered in several sections of the Interior, Mr. Townsend stated, to make any statements regardir yprogress at McLean's Arm, becausc the had not been on the nroperty fsince early this spring. “The lode ¥is fairly rich though not extensive. {he said. | In regard to Interior mining, Mr , Townsend gave a very favorable re- iport, particularly concerning placer operations. Ground is being turfied over everywhere, he said. There are many new operations, and, all |seem to be doing quite well } The season looks very good, Al- fthough there have been water ishortages in a few districts lately nearly all the outfits have made igood progress. The first snow camc though the strikes are too new for anyone to prophesy much about them. Mr. Townsend’s specialty is lode mining, and he is much inter- ested in the new quartz openings. - MRS. WILSON, SON SAIL SOUTH TODAY Mrs, Jack Wilson and son, Jack, left for the south aboard the Prin- cess Louise. She is taking Jack to the Briscce School for Boys, fol~ lowing which she will stop for a short time in Seattle. Mrs. Wilson plans to purchase equipment for a new beauty parlor |order to raise $100 bond, was TO JAIL TO SERVE | FINE ; OPHEIM HELD Harvey Davis, of Juneau, recent- ly found guilty of assault and bat-| . was sentenced this morning by | U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray. Un-| able to pay the $50 fine put against him, Davis was committed to the Federal Jail here for 25 days 'to serve out the fine. ! Olaf Opheim, charged with al- leged attempting to incite perjury,' and who had been released to his’ attorney, Mrs. Mildred Hermann, in| last evening re-arrested when he was unable to post the bond. | - The first material used to conduct 1 Interior. i S ‘The percussion cap used in cart- ridges was invented by a Scotch minister, FOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Expert, JOHN HOUK, is electricity was not wire but a linen thread. complimenting Mrs. Van Ack- d Mrs. Anderson who are soon for the south to make their homes. Twelve guests will be assembled for the occasion. - India is the world's greatest tea exporting country. yover a wide region of the Interior |early this month, and that is con- sidered by old-timers to be a favor- able sign. An early snow means a late freeze-up, according to the old saw. 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