Vol. 1. No. VIII.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,November 24, 1934.
I’KICK, 25 CEIv'i'Si
CASE OF NRA
VIOLATOR
DISMISSED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Unconstitu
tional is the National Recovery Act,
according to a. decision handed down
recently in the United States district
court in Birmingham by Judge W..I. j
Gribb. He dismissed a Federal in-1
dictment against a lumber dealer,'
who was charged with having vio
lated the National Recovery Admin
istration Code for Fair Competition
in the Lumber and Timber Industry.!
. The lumberman is W. E. Belcher
of Alabama. •
The case has been made a test
case. Attorneys representing the
National Recovery Administration
and attorneys for Belcher have
agreed to hasten an immediate ap
peal from Judge Gribb’s decision to
the United .States Supreme Court.
NOTED FINANCEER RETURNS
FROM EUROPE.
NEW YORK.—J. P. Morgan ar
rived on the Majestic recently from
Europe. The hanker graciously re- j
ceived reporters and posed for the
cameramen. He commended Eng
land’s handling of the economic sit
uation and stated that the English
were making rapid progress toward
recovery.
HUNGARY IS
ACCUSED BY
JUGO-SLAVIA
GENEVA, Nov. 22.—Jugo-Slavia
lodged a formal complaint against
Hungary today, charging that Hun
gary by harboring the assassin band
responsible for the death of king
. Alexander, had direct complicity
with the assassins. Jugoslavia
demanded an investigation by the
League.
‘"This accusation coming at a cru
cial time is causing much concern in
European capitals. . Hungary did not
reply.
K1NGFISH AIMS FOR PRESI
DENTIAL CHAIR IN 1936.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Nov. 19.—
Huey Long, great American fili
busterer, announced his intention -fco
run for president in 1936 on a third
party ticket .with an anti-Roosevelt
platform. -By setting up a model
government in Louisiana, Long ex
pects to gain the confidence of the
people. He believes the Republican
party will have no show in the 1936
elections.
HUGE BUDGET FOR DEFENSE.
TOKYO, Nov. 22.—The Japanese
budget for 1935 asks for one billlion
yen to be appropriated for national
defense. A billion yen represents
$290,000,000 in American money.
Last year’s budget carried 821,000,
> 000.. yen for-the same, purpose.
HUGE BEAR TRACKS IN THE
YENTNA DISTRICT.
What bears lack in numbers in;
the Yentna district is made up in
size, said Joe Lanier, who with John
Haynes and William Johnson recent
ly returned from a prospecting and
small development project carried on
throughout the end of the season,
says the Seward Gateway.
Tracks made by one huge brute
travelling in their diectian measured
12 inches across, a discovery that
prompted Lanier .to suggest to his
friends that they go on while he
backtracked to find where the' tracks
originated. The same great beast
must have loitered about camp
where the men worked as similiar
mammoth tracks had been traced
near the cabin.
The best part of the trip was a
35-mile water course on a raft es
pecially built by the men, taking
them to Susitna station on their re
t\*rn. After that they crossed coun
try for .28 miles over the old govern
ment trail to Nancy then to Willow
thru the swamps and over windfalls
each man carrying 60 pounds. At
Willow they caught . the train for
Seward.
Mr. Lanier reports that the gold
is right on the surface, about eight
inches deep, and that it runs $4 and
$5.per yard.
The outstanding liberality of the
miners and trappers of the region
brought high praise from the trio
of prospectors, cabins, boats and
supplies being placed at their dis
posal, with authentic information
always on tap.
FINLAND DESIRES TO FLOAT
LOAN IN UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 20.—
Finland wishes to take advantage of
the Johnson Bill, which provides
that foreign nations paying their
war debt instalments to the United
States be given privilege of borrow
ing money in this country, and wants
to float a $10,000,000 bond issue.
Wall Street bankers are said to be
in favor of granting the loan.
ICKES ASKS FOR MORE MONEY
BUREAU OF MINES.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 20.—
Secretary of the Interior, Ickes, in
a recently published article, says
more money should be appropriated
for the Bureau of Mines. He also
stated that he would make this
department a scientific rather than
a political office.
WILL SAIL AROUND WORLD IN
. A 52 ROOT BOAT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—In
the smallest craft ever to attempt
such a .trip, 'two youths 21 years of
age named Long and Dwight start
ed out to circumnavigate the world.
In a 32 foot ketch provisioned with
food and water for six months they
sailed from this port intending tu
make their first stop in Hawaii.
They have a small dog with them
and expect to make the trip in five
years.
TO SEARCH FOR GOLB WITH
AN AIRPLANE
NEW YORK.—Convinced after
three years of prospecting in Alas
ka that the Territory “is still
reeking with gold,” Merril K. Rid
dick announced recently in New
York that he was organir ng an
aerial expedition to go after the
yellow metal treasure.
He said he spent three advent
urous years in the North and that
he knows of “800 unexplored areas”
there.
He claims to be a son of a for
mer Representative in Congress
from Montana.
MUST SIT DOWN TO DRINK
BEER AND WINE.
OLYMPIA, Wash.—Drinking beer
wine or any other intoxticating li
quor at bars is forbidden by a regu
lation that was adopted recently by
the Washington State Liquor Board,
in session in Olympia, and that will
become effective January 1.
Consumers must.* sit at tables or
counters.
The Liquor Board explained that
the purpose of the regulation is to
eliminate the repetition under the
present liquor conrol system of the
I disorderly conduct that obtained in
barrooms in pre-prohibition days.
FAGiST PLOT
REVEALE9 BY
GEN.BUTLER
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—In a sen
sational disclosure to the congress
ional committee on Un-American
Activities, Major General Smedly
Butler declared that he had been
approached by a gi-oup of Wall
Street financeers to head a Fascist
organization which would march to
Washington setting up a Fascist
dictatorship with himself as leader.
He further stated that $3,000,000
was to be placed, at his disposal.
Furthermore, General Butler claim
ed to have evidence to prove his as
sertion.
Additional disclosures revealed
that the march was to start from
the CCC camp at Eldridge, Wash.,
where 500,000 men were to be
trained for the Fascist movement.
Government officials are investl
gating the whole matter.
Nov. 21.—Gerald McGuire appear
ing before the investigating com
mittee today, denied thet charges
made by Smedly Butler. In replying
to McGuire’s testimony. Gen. Butler
reiterated his former charges.
TAKOTNA PUBLIC SCHOOL
Report for the month ending Nov.
23, 1934; The following pupils were
neither absent nor tardy: Freddie
Oats, Vesta O’Halloran, Vilma O’
Halloran, Viola O’Halloran. -Jean
Alfred was not absent.
Ethel Winbauer entered and Vera
O’Halloran re-entered this month.
Orah Dee Clark.
-Teacher.
DETROIT, Nov. 22.—NRA offic
ials rejoiced today due to the fact
that Henry Ford finally accepted
the Administration Codes for the
Automotive Industry. For the first
time since the codes went into effect
a Ford dealer competed successfully
and sold a truck to the government.
’’RESIDENT TO SPEND THANKS
GIVING IN GEORGIA.
WARM. SPRINGS, Ga. Nov. 19.—
President Roosevelt, after a brief
tour of the country, has settled
himself here for a Thanksgiving
visit.
JAPAN WILL HAVE BIG WAR
SHIPS IF DENIED PARITY.
LONDON.—If Japan at the naval
conference in January in London
does not get naval parity she seeks
with, the United States and Britian,
it is declared the Nippon government
plans to construct a number of war
ships of an entirely new t\ no so
powerful that some of the categories
for world fleets, now outlined by the
Washington and London 'limitation
naval treaties might be useless.
Under the Washington and Lon
don treaties the sea strength of the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan is based on a ratio of 5-5-3,
with Japan limited to the lower
figure.
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MEXICO MAY BANISH THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
MEXICO CITY.—Investigation
the attorney general of Mexico intc
charges that Catholics have planned
an armed movement to overthrow
the Mexican government may result
„in th^ ,cl(^sj|jg.*bp^ieverj ^ Catholic
church in the country and in the ex
pulsion of every Catholic, priesi
some observers of the situation saic
recently.
SITKA MAN
MAULED BY
BROWN BEAR
SITKA, Nov. 22.—Wm. ‘Wild Bill
Martella is in the local hospita
suffering from severe lacerations
a few broken bones, a puncturec
lung and a partial scalping. Mr
Martella met three Brown bears
while out hunting on Nov. 19.
Martella, who was cruising in ..
small boat saw the bears making foi
the hills. He landed and decided tc
see where they went to. One of the
big fellow's returned and in an effort
to escape Martella climbed a tree
but the bear clawed him down
After severely mauling the hunter
the bear took to. the. hills. Martella
was able to make his way unassist
ed to Sitka where his chances ot
recovery are reported favorable.
It was the second encounter with
in a month that Martella had with
the big Brown brutes. The first
one occured severa weeks ago wher
he surprised one who attacked and
knocked him down but didn’t cause
any serious injury.
TWO GIRLS
SLAIN BY
NEGROES
Roanoke, Va., Nov. IS.—Three
negroes were arrested today in con
nection with the brutal slaying of
Alice and Helen Hill, sisters, at Clif
ton Forge, Va. Philip Jones, one of
the accused, is said to have confessed
to the double slaying.
Soon after the discovery of the
bodies of the .young girls with theh
heads smashed in, the three suspects
were arrested and rushed to jaP
the whereabouts being kept secner.
to avoid a lynching.
GOLD BEACH PROSPECTORS
MAKE MONEY.
' . SEWARD—With the coining -TT.
cold weather on Cook Inlet .and tin
! approaching freezeup there is slack -
| ing of activities along the golc
, beach bet, ranging with the best re
turns of pay from Deep Creek, just
below Ninilchick, to Anchor Point.
But Ted Crawford, who is ir,
Seward from Ninilchick,, reports t<
the Seward Gateway that investiga
tions above Ninilchik in the vicinity
of The Highlands disclose an arat
that it is felt can be worked to ad
vantage. He was able to get in .oijly
a few weeks’ work himself, hut in
that tiriie recovered about four
i ounces which he brought, with hiir
to Seward.
John Kelly, another visitor from
Ninilchick, also speaks favorably .of.
the chances of winning good pay
days on the gold beach and recalliec
! that Charles Danielson, who has
been washing gold along the beach
for years is retiring for the winter
j more than ever satisfied with hb
| season’s work.
Among the Ninilchik residents
1 who have made good in initial ef
forts are Knute Armstrong and
Frank Cooper, the latter bringing
in 12 o 14 ounces after the usua;
season of salmon and clams.
The finding of the beach gold has
Renewed speculation as to locatira
of the mother J ode/with the announc
ed purpose on the part of some tc
investigate the back country with
the hope of locating the body of orf
that furnishes the beach placer.
NAZIS ENDEAVOR TO ELIMIN
ATE PROFITEERING.
BERLIN, Nov. 21.—In an effort
to eliminate profiteering Nazi lead
ers have assumed dictatorial powers
over price fixing it was revealed to
day. Dr. Carl Gurtler has been
given complete charge of price reg
ulation. A fine pi 1000 marks will
be levied on any merchant who does
not comply with the fixed price.
STUDENT SLUGS COEDS.
DENVER, Colo. Nov. 22.—Jack
Churches, 18 year old student, con
fessed today that in an effort tr
see how long he could live a life of
crime and evade the law, he had
slugged 9 co-eds, broken into several
fraternity houses and stolen his
mother’s radio. He claims that he
had no intention of injuring the girls
-and-struck. .them. with, his—hand, .