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GET YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT THE Seward Drug Co ! Elvwn Swetmann, Prop. 1 PHONE MAIN 132 • Shells, 90c a box ;J Limited supply of 10-12-16 I ■ and 20 guage shotgun shells 1 at this price; also a good as S sortment of new and second 2 hand shotguns and rifles. • Come in and see these guns. j J.LGRAEF Seward, Alaska 2 Hardware, Stoves, Ranges. DISCOVERER GOES TONIGHT The MS. Discoverer will leave this evening for Anchorage according to i Capt. Heinie Berger. The Discover |er is awaiting the arrival of Capt. jpete Sather from Nuka Bay and if j he does not arrive by this evening, ! Capt. Berger will take L. V. Ray ; and a mining engineer to Nuka Bay. The Discoverer was beached : yesterday while several sprung ' seams in its hull were calked. The i Discoverer was refloated on the first j high tide. TESTIMONY HEARD TOKYO. Aug. 25. — Testimony ; regarding a plan to assassinate an an American ambassador and con ! sul was offered during the court martial of 10 naval officers charged with assassinating Premier Suyoshi Inukai and other terroristic acts • in May 1932. i Seward Bakery and Lunch j FULL LINE OF BREAD AND PASTRIES : SPECIAL ORDERS New Dutch Oven Any Amount Shipped Anywhere Telephone Madison 82 ■ *J Please order your picnic buns day ahead. 5 Loin of Pork Roast 23 cents per lb. Store Hours 9 A.M. to 6 P. M. Waechter Brothers Co. Phone Main 130 Seward Hotel Mrs. D. J. McKenzie, Prop. SEWARD, ALASKA MODERN REASONABLE Rooms with or without bath SPECIAL RATES BY WEfeK OR MONTH i AT MC MULLEN’S You Will Find a Complete Line of HEINZ S 57 VARIETIES of PURE FOOD PRODUCTS P. C. McMullen Telephone Main 34 Dry Cleaning Good Pressing I Do Not bother with the drudgery of washing at home. Send for our representative— —and your washing is done. 10 POUNDS ROUGH DRY. Minimum only $1.25 10 POUNDS H. K. FINISH. Minimum only $2.00 SEWARD STEAM LAUNDRY HARRY KAWABE. Prop. We call for and deliver Phone Main 149 SECRET HUNT FOR j SUNKEN GOLD SHIP Bound for an unrevealed destina- j tion to work on a sunken gold ship, the four-masted barkentine Con queror, formerly a proud unit of the sailing fleets of the Pacific, will tow to sea from Seattle within the next few weeks, equipped as a sal vage vessel and carrying a crew of deep-sea salvage experts. The Conqueror was purchased re cently from Capt. James A. Hersey, her veteran master, by the Romano Marine Salvadge Company of Seat tle. She will be equipped with a diving bell and other salvage ap paratus. Her destination is being kept a secret by her new owners. BOND WHISKEY MUCH IN DEMAND COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 25. — Right in the middle of the Sum mer, with the temperatures in the; high 90 s, Ohio physicians find that j coughs and colds are Increasing!, among their patients. Sale of bonded whiskey, for med icinal purposes, has sored 300 per; cent in two months as the results 1 of prescriptions they have issued.1 < Wholesale and retail druggists re-; j port the pickup is “astounding." !< FOREST FIRES \ STILL RAGINGj i ! SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 25. — ^ £>ix small forest fires still raged in ] this area last night but they were ( said to be under control by Civil ian Conservation Corps boys. In Oregon it was said that 2.000 j men were engaged in fighting the blaze there which has destroyed 1 over 350 square miles of that state’s ( finest timber stand. * NAVAL DISPLAY \ IS IMPRESSIVE■ _ ^ YOKOHOMA, Aug. 25. —Emper- \ or Hirohito, supreme commander of; one of the most modern war ma-1 chines on earth yesterday reviewed ! the Imperial Japanese navy in the final maneuvers of the annual war * games. More than a million of Hirohito’s 6 subjects packed and crowded in all possible vantage points and saw the navy pass in review before the slender, erect ruler. One hundred and 80 war planes flew overhead. A rock train was to leave An chorage at one o’clock today for j Seward. Mr. and Brs. Harry D. Arend,! of Nenana. arrived in Sew-1 ard on the SS. Yukon from Seattle, en route North. Kodak finishing, enlarging, and framing.—Alaska Shop. GEO. ANDERSON in Seward soon Expert Piano Tuning Pianos—Sale or Rent Leave messages eare of Yan Gilder Hotel EXPERT BARBERING Harry Bowers NEW SHOP Next To Orlander’s H. A. Overhalden (Hans) Carpenter and Cabinet Worker WORK BY DAY OR CONTRACT PHONE MADISON 45 Seward, Alaska i i t i i i i i i i i i i i i i j STANDING BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT In keeping with President Roosevelt’s National Reemployment Agreement and in furtherance of National Recovery, we are pledging ourselves to do our part. Therefore beginning with Mon day August 21st 1933 and while the National Emergency exists, our store will be open for : business from 9 o’clock A. M. to 6 o’clock P. M., with the exception of boat days when the store will open at 8 o’clock A. M. While aiding in the N. R. A. program to the full est extent, we are also cognizant of our service to our patrons and which service we are trying to keep unimpaired. To make this program a complete success, we bespeak to our patrons and the citizens at large, their good will and full co operation, by phoning, mailing or wiring their orders in time, so that the outlined working schedule of our employees can be maintained, and without curtailment of our store service and efficiency. e BROWN & HAWKINS CORP. Seward“Quality First”Alaska GLOOMY TENSION LONDON, Aug. 25. — A gloomy ension prevailed among the dele gates of the London wheat con erence today as a result of the tumbling block thrown into their nidst by representatives of the Sov et nation. The Soviets want a lim tation agreement drawn up which s almost twice as strong as the Delegates from England, the United States and several of the large vheat producing and consuming lations were prepared to go. The onference is now deadlocked. TODAY’S WEATHER The weather data for this morn ng was Seward 56, part cloudy, aim; Tunnel 40, part cloudy, calm: Anchorage 50, cloudy, calm; Was lla, 55, part cloudy, calm; Curry 5, cloudy, calm; Broad Pass, cloudy aim; Healy 44, cloudy, South wind; Jenana, 50, cloudy, light Westerly dnd; and Fairbanks 40, clear and aim. The observations were made .t 7 a.m. Henry J. Emard, Anchorage can leryman, accompanied by Mrs. Em rd, will be among the passengers eaving on the SS- Yukon this vening for Seattle. Nicholas Biddle and Harold T. Green, of Philadelphia, arrived in Seward today on the SS. Yukon foe , a moose hunt in the Kenai region. They are registered at the Van. Gilder Hotel. NIGHT SESSIONS WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. —Night sessions were resorted to last night by the National Recovery Adminis tration to bring coal, automobile and retail trades under the ‘ Blue Eagle.” PROFESSIONAL CARDS Dr. A. D. Haverstock PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Seward General Hospital E. P. Harwood ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Seward, Alaska For Fire Insurance Curtis R. Morford AGENT Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts Attorney-at-Law Notary PubHc Dr. R. D. Livie DENTIST Phone Madiaon 108—Tecklenberg Bldg. Picture Flaming and Enlargements. Developing and Frinting Seattle Ice Cream, Candies, Tobaccos, Flowers Made To Order Overland Hotel On the Main Street MEL A. HORNER, Mffr, SEWARD, ALASKA Seward Light & Power Light Power and Telephone Service Contractors and dealers in electrical sup , plies* and appliances OUR TELEPHONE IS MAIN 0 Leading Brands Legalized BEER Billiards—P o c k et and Carom Cigars, Tobaccos and Candies