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CLAIMS IT WAS NOT AIMEE WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM ON JOUR NEY LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.—Ormiston, in a statement which the Examiner published, said: “I made the ac acquaintance of Miss X in Seattle. She is a nurse.” He detailed wander ings from the time he left Miss X until he was found in Harrisburg, Pa. “I left Carmel May 22 and arrived at San Luis Obispo May 23. We rested at a hotel. Continuing in the evening, we arrived at Santa Barbara. I was stopped by Wallace Moore, a newspaper reporter. He told us he was looking for Aimee McPherson. After viewing the woman in the car he was satisfied that she was not Aimee McPherson. As we drove on we quarreled over the matter and Miss X asked to be taken to a hotel. She was met in the hotel by reporters and others. I went to Oakland May 31. A long distance call from Miss X at San Mateo. She asked me to come immediately and see that she was taken to her home in Seattle. Everybody was following my blue coupe, and I had no privacy whatever, so rented a Ford coupe and drove to San Mateo and brought Miss X back to Oakland. There she boarded a train for the north.” LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.(/P)—1The Times said Attorney Keyes has start ed a new investigation to determine Aimee McPherson’s whereabouts when the supposed kidnapping took place. His investigation is centered, on the hotel registration at El Paso two days prior to Aimee’s reappearance. A woman remained there a day and a night after June 21, and went west on the train which arrived at Douglas about 10 hours before Aimee was found at Agua Prieta, across the : boundary. He also began to check ! Ormiston’s movements and the claim | that he left Miss X for Chicago about June 20. Aimee said: “I don’t care what they claim to have uncovered in the way of transcontinental jaunts. I already have stated I was not Miss X. He said his companion was Miss X. I was not at Carmel and that settles that.” BRITISH SHIP SENDS S. O. S. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—The receipt of an S. O. S. call from the British steamer Clertoon, which left Balti more on December 26 for Queens town, Ireland, was reported by the Independent Wireless company at 10:35 p. m. Sunday night. No details of the incident have been received. CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 4. (/P)—Neville, Stack and Bernard Leete, British pi lots, who started from Hendon, Eng., in two baby moth planes on December 13, arrived safely at Amman, Pales tine. They are going to Australia. j Barber Shop i « FRED MILLER \ ] Tub and Shower Baths i OPEN SUNDAY A. M. The Absolute Limit of Prac cal Sensitivity. Ideal for Alas ka Fans. Completely Equipt with all Accessories. For sto rage battery operation. §165. For dry battery operation, §165. Inquire R. J. Kerston, radio op erator, S. S. Alameda, for fur ther information. NUDE OF FASHION One of the variations of the Eton crops this season is to have a lock of ; hair drawn from the back underneath the ear. It is not easy to train these ! back locks to lie perfectly flat, even | with the aid of brilliantine, so the i i English miss has brought out some original earrings to help. Now the rebellious locks are passed through a ring small enough to hold it firmly, yet not to small to spoil the line of the hair. Flashlights and Fresh Batteries. : Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. Try our Seattle ice cream. Sylvia’s. s Look for the REDUNE \round the Top Goodrich 5 Hi-press Rubber Footwear J Leather Top Driver m Here5s a Shoe that Says “Wear”! i I Strong, husky rubber soles that WEAR like a pig’s nose; finest grade black leather top; well made throughout and backed up by half a century of experience on the part of the maker. That’s the story of this Goodrich “Driver”. Best value on the market for all ’round wear—widely used by lumber men, farmers, hunters, surveyors, etc. Come in and let us show it to you. I Leon Urbach SEWARD’S STRICTLY CASH STORE Start the New Year Right Spend Your Dollars Where They Buy Honest Merchandise! I Men’s one buckle Arctics.$2.50 Men’s four buckle Arctics.$3.50 Ball brand Overshoes with 16 inch wool lined brown canvas leggings, while they last, at per pair . $3.00 Heavy Mackinaw Mitts, per pair . 75c Heavy Wool lined leather Mitts, per pair . $1.50 All Toques and Aviation Caps, each ..$1.00 B. & H. Bulk Coffee, ground to order, per pound .50c Select local grown Potatoes, per Cwt.$3.50 Canned M/lk, case.$5.00 Corn on the Cob, 7 cans .$1.00 Special Amunition Special ODD LOTS OF RIFLE, PISTOL AND SHOT GUN AMMUNITION AT 25 Pet. OFF Broken Lots Restaurant and Dinnerware at special reductions GAME TRAPS SNOW SHOES SKIS FLASH LIGHTS AND GUNS | Don’t Let the Fuel Question Worry You Phone Madison SO for prompt deliveries of Coal and Wood. Healy River Lump and Nut Coal Premier Lump, Nut and Mine Run Coal, by the suck, ton or carload lots. Also dry or green Cord Wood, all lengths. “QUALITY FIRST BROWN & HAWKINS CORP. Seward, Alaska CANDY COTTAGE ENTERTAINS Members of the Seward Girls bas ketball team were guests of the Les lie sisters, proprietors of the Candy Cottage, yesterday afternoon. Re freshments were served and an en joyable hour was spent in playing the recent games over, verbally. Miss Patricia Ray, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Ray, over the holidays, accom panied the Alaska College basketball team, of which she is a member, to j Anchorage yesterday. Three games will be played in the Inlet city, then back to Fairbanks and class rooms. The winter catch of herring proved disappointing according to arrivals in the city Sunday from the Westward The fish failed to make an appearance with the exception of a few thousands of barrels none were packed. Miss Martha Rathjens of Fairbanks a house guess of Miss Patricia Ra] during the holidays, departed for the Interior yesterday. Scheaffer’s Lifetime Pens and Per cils. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. incense and Incense Burners. Scha lerer’s Alaska Shop. w. A. C. ELECT TONIGHT Election of officers tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the S. A. C. by the Seward Woman’s Athletic club, and it is par . ticulariy requested that all members | be on hand. Attorney H. F. Morton was a pas senger on the S. S. Alameda for Val dez on a week’s business trip. He | returns on the S. S. Victoria. ! —' .— • - t’ A. B. Cummins, manager of the Alaska Railroad hotel at Curry (Deadhorse), departed for the States Sunday where he will spend a few weeks vacation. It is reported locally that Rev. and Mrs. Thomas and children will arrive in Seward tomorrow from Anchorage en route to the States where they may maye their home. It is said the 1 Episcopal parsonage has been closed. Fred’s Kitchen “Eat With Us and Avoid Indigestion FRED SCHRENGER, Proprietor OPEN 7 A. M. TO 8 P. M. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS The best the market affords and nothing but The Best Served Inventory Sale HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES FURNITURE AND NOVELTIES J. L. GRAEF Phone Madison 87 Seward, Alaska