KUSKO TIMES
VQLi^IX NO. 17
TAKOTNA ALASKA ,SATURDAY. APRIL 27. 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTS
lElittwriSmith
Record
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■ (ROQSKVELT FIELD, NY Y., April
; J4.—Elinor Smith landed here at 2:02
l p. m. today, with a new woman’s solo
endurance flight record to her credit.
, She. took. off.at 11:10 a. m. yesterday
. and had been in the air 26 hours and
. 21 minutes. The previous record, held
; by Louise, McEhetridge, was 22 hours
. and 8 minutes.
.Miss Smith made a perfect land
ing,, but .had .to .be helped: from her
, plane.
Wans to Make Transatlantic Flight
NEW. YORK, April 25 —A trans
. Atlantia, flight, probably to Rome,
v will .be .the next goal of 17-year-old
Elinor. Smith, Freeport, 111., girl who
Wednesday broke the woman’s record
, for a solo.endurance flight, according
to her mother, who told the plans .at
the Smith home today and said: “The
- backers, have* already put ,up . the
, moiyey.”
\ TWO PASSENGERS AND $40,000
WORTH OF FURS, JUNEAU
TO SEATTLE, VIA AJRPLANE
SEATTLE, April .22.—The Alaska
Washington. Airways airplane Juneau
;-arrived hurt nighi iroru Juneau with
two passengers and a cargo of forty
thousand dollars’ worth of Alaska
furs, the first ever shipped out of
, Alaska.by. airplane. Louis Goldstein,
trader, accompanied the furs as a pas
, senger.
The plane picked up an injured
i man at Ketchikan and brought him
*. to the hospital here. Five hundred
letters mailed Sunday morning - at
, Juneau were received.
ALASKA’S?S. CO. RE-ELECTS
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
SEATLE, April 23.—The stock
holders of .the Alaska Steamship
. Company yesterday held their annual
meeting here, re«elcting the board of
trustees. The trustees later re-elect
•, ed officers as follpws: Stephen Birch
. of New York, president; E. T. Stan
nard, vice president; \V. T. p’ord, sec
retary; C. T. Ulrich, treasurer.
HOOVER GETS JOLT IN MATTER
OF NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT
WASHINGTON,. April 23.—Presi
i dent Hoover’s program to repeal or
postpone effectiveness of .-the national
, origins act of t jieimmig: ration law
■ was defeated in.the Senate immigra
tions committee today, whan the com
mittee voted 4to. 2 to postpone ac
v tion indefinitely on. the question.
Evan Jones and Carl O'sen, who re
- turned here Sunday fn m a trip to
McGrath, depaited fot Ophir on Mon
v <k»y
Mr. and Mrs. Georg j W. Clyde
v were Monday arrivals f r a couple of
v days’ visi.
John &ovak ,wha... v.is a Wednes
j day arrival, returned to McGrath on
Friday.
Frank Larson, aftc>r a visit of a
t couple of days here, left Friday lor
McGrath.
John Repo, who arrived during the
* night from Ophir, left this morning
t forcMcGrat,h
Hoover Asks
Observance
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SAYS LIFE AND PROPERTY IN-U
S. RELATIVELY' VERY LOW,
. OTHER COUNTRIES.
t
Unt
NEW YORK,
Hoover, in an
fellow citizens
dared here todafcr
erty in' the
tively more.uns
civilized country
Hoover delivei fc
annual luncheoi
Press, following
Washington.
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88 DEAD, 200
TORNADOES
April 22.—President
Earnest apne-.'
observe the law, de
that life and prop
ed States- are rela
than in any other
in the world,
d his address at the
of the Associated
which he departed
MURED IN
THAT SWEEP
GEORGIA, jSOUTH ‘CAROLINA
ATLANTA, April 25.—'Two tor
nadoes swept tnrougK South Georgia
and South Carolina last night, caus
ing a death list of thirty-nine. Over
two hundred people were injured. The
property damage is staggering and
hard to< estimate.
.ATLANTA, April 27.—The death
Carolina as a result of Thursday dnd
list in Central Georgia and South
.Friday .tornadoes now numbers 88.
I
t)IL’ MAGNATE SINCLAIR KE
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PXSRI: REHEARING, WHICH
MEANS 3 MONTHS IN JAIL
WASHINGTON, April : 22.—The
Supreme Court today refused a re
hearjrur in the case of Harry F. Sin
clair, roil magnate, wherein he was
sentenced to three months in jail for
contempt in refusing to answer ques
tions propounded by the Teapot Dome
investigating committee.
ROBERT M. HUTCHINS MADE
PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO .U.
CHICAGO, April 25—The appoint
ment of Robert Maynard Hutchins as
| president of the University of Chi
cago was announced last night by the
i university’s board of trustees.
Hutchins, who was dean of the law
i school of Yale University., is the
youngest president of any major
American university, he being 30
years of age hist January.
THAT NATIONAL LAW EN
FORCEMENT COMMISSION
_
WASHINGTON, April .27.—Presi
dent Hoover is seeking.to secure the
services of Associate Justic Harland
Fiske Stone, of the United States Su
preme Court, as chairman of his na
tional law enforcement.commission.
JUDGE CARLOS HARDY FREED
| OF IMPEACHMENT CHARGES
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SACRAMENTO, April 27. — The
j State Senate yesterday afternoon
voted Judge Carlos S. Hardy not
guilty as charged in. articles of im
peachment in connection with the
Aimee Semple MdPnerson affair.
John Krieger ^returned Thursday
from a trip to Ganes, to which place;
he again departed yesterday.
Charlie Goebel, after a couple of
J days in town, left Monday for hisj
i Spruce creek headquarters.
Fred Dubois returned Wednesday
i frm a trip t<? Ophir. y
HARTLEY HAPPY POSSESSOR
OF FIRST AIRMAIL LETTER,
FROM ALASKA TO STATES
OLYMPIA, April .24.—Governor
.Hartley today is the happy possessor
of. the first airmail dette to >.the
states foni Alaska. .The epistle was
from Governor Parks of Alaska, and
.was delivered > by Anscel Eckmann.
pilot, of Ah' airplane .which recently
made a. non-stop flight from Seattle
to Juneau.
“I am confident the .day is. not far
distant when we shall' have daily
communication and service on this
route, and 1 feel sure it willJie of the
greatest benefit to the Territory,” the
letter said in .part.
Crashing)
Airplanes
SIX MEET DEATH IN MIDAIR, AT
, 2.000 FEET ALTITUDE, NEAR
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, April 22.—Six per
sons, including Lieutenant Glenn S.
Kefer, army pilot, were killed Sunday
in a midair crash of the liner Maddux
and a stunting army pursuit plane,
The crash took place at an altitude
of 2,000 feet, viewed by many spec
tators.
USED MACHINE GUN TO STOP
SUPPOSED UUM-RUNNEK
WASHINITTON, A-pril '53.—Assist
ant Secretary Lowrnari of the Treas
ury Department announced today that
the resignation'of James R .Ingram,
a boatswain’of the Coast Guard ser
v;ce, who used a machine gun in try
ing to stop a supposed rum-runner on
Miami river recently,.has been re
Telegraphic Ticks.
WASHINGTON, April '23.—Lead
ing . members of the engineering pro
fession gathered for lunch at the
WhiU; House today on thf occasion of
President Hoover presenting to John
Frits, the medal awarded for notable
scientific or industrial achievements.
m j
Aleutian sai
ports', this
list .tof 271,
interior bom i
i fed
SEATTLE, April 57.—The steamer
for Seward and way
riling with a passenger
. ibout half of whom an
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WASHING TON, April 27—lWiliam
D. Starbuck
Hoover as a
ri.-a.dio commiisian.
at 2 o’clock
Democrat, of' Connecti
cut, has beqn selected by President
member of the federal
NEW YOLK, April 27.—Beginning
tomorrow morning the
clocks of Nciv Yor kand many other
Eastern cities will be set forward one;
hour, and continued till September 29.
WASHING
Spry, comm
Land Office,
his home in
TON, April\22—William
ssioner of the General
died suddenly today at
Balt Lake City, Utah.
SEATTLE, April 22.—Ralph Olm
stead was today appointed inspector >
of police, to succeed the late Joseph
T. Marson.
HEMMEL^MARK, Germany, April
20.—Prince Henry of Prussia, only
brother of the former kaiser, died
here today, of pneumonia.
OOSTOWN, Eng., April 27.—Brit-!
ish professional golfers today re
gained the Ryder cup, winning it
back from the Americans |:
Matter Of
Farm Relief
HOOVER SAYS ENACTMENT OF
DEBENTURE PLAN WOULD
RUING DISASTER
WASHINGTON, April 22.—In -a
letter to Senator McNary, chairman
of the agricultural committee, Presi- ]
dent Hoover last night declared the
enactment of a debenture plan for
,larm relief would bring disaster to
the nation. Hoover said that it would
cost in excess of two hundred million
'■dollars as a result of increased taxa
tion, would encourage profiteering
and bring nor returns to American
farms.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—A farm
relief bill, including the export de
benture.plan to which Hoover is op
posed, was sent to the Senate today
by the agricultural committee, and
Chairman McNary announced that de
bate on the bill would commence to
morrow.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—The
new farm relief bill asked by Hoover |
was passed today by the House. The
bill now goes to the Senate, where a
similar measure but containing the
debenture ’plan opposed by Hover, is j
under consideration.
TWO DEAD, TWO INJURED
" WHEN^r\'-lt»r>E^r-CllA^Tr^i
TELEPHONE POLE, SEATTLE
SEATTLE ,April 2?.--Mrs. die?
vieve Hilton Everett, daughter of;
State Senater Joseph St. Peter ami1
James Douglas, her companion, were [
killed last-night whft ntheir auto,
traveling at great speed, crashed into :
an Eastlake avenue telephone pole.
Her sister, -Miss Verne St. Peter, and
Miss Marie When, who were also pas
sengers, wer? seriously injured .and
may die.
J. P. Lacej, driver o£ the machine, J
is held in jail. The party were Joy;
riding. I
ASKS SURVEY OF AIR ROUTE,
NEW YORK AN1) SEATTLE
WASHINGTON, April .24.—A sur
vey to determine the best air route I
between Nev York and Seattle, to be
called the Wrighti transcontinental.
airway, was asked in a bill today by j
Chairman J*aies, of the .Senate com-|
merce committee.
EXPEDITION FOR MAPPING
ALASKA SOON HEADED NORTH
WASHINGTON, April 23.—The i
naval expedition which is t oeontinuej
the work of mapping Alaska from the j
air will leave San Diego for Seattle!
on May 15, and will sari from Seattle
for Southeastern Alaska on Ma y20.
The personnel will consist of about
thirty men f the aviation ami photo
graphic bureaus.
HUGHES ADVOCATES U. S.
ENTRY IN WORLD COURT j
WASHINGTON, April. 25—-Charles
Evans Hughes, in hi saddress today j
pening the annual meeting of the.
American Society of International j
Law, strongly advocated United
States’ entry into the world court. v
John H. Peterson, following a visit
o fa couple of days here, left yester
day for his Ganes, crook headquar
ters.
Tammany’s
Hew Head
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JOHN F. CURRY, ALLEGE!) OP
PONENT t>F AL SMITH, IS
CHOSEN' CHIEFTAIN
NEW YORK, April 23.—John F
Curry, wealthy insurance nun, for
the West Side, today was elected
chieftain of Tammany Hall, to succ
ceed George W. Olvany, re^ ignad.
NEW YORK, April 24.—The selec
tion of John F Curry, .an opponent
of Alfred E. vSmith, as head of Tam
many Hall, was interpreted by news
napers today a smarting the passing
of the influence of the former gov
ernor
Former ‘Governor Smith. comment
ing today on the election of Curry as
head of Tammany Hall, said: ‘I have
known him for twenty-five years He
is . a man of ability and courago. 1
wish him success ”
MOTOR TRUCK PROPELLED
BY AN AIRPLANE ENGINE TO
FLY OVER ARCTIC TRAILS
SEATTLE, April z3.—.A motor
truck sled, propelled by an airplane
engine, which is expected to fly over
snow trail’- and revolutionize trans
portation in the Arctic, the first mo
torcycle to be sent to the land <jf the
midnight sun, a parsonage for +
■ .^^T-rirTR^tw-r
cargo the schooner C. S. Holmes
scheduh f pte sail . May IF for .T’oiiu
JterNs-v \
LEvjtOOT NOMINATED.
WAS? t i SGTON, April .23 —Presi
dent ilooifcr sent to the. Senate todaj
the nomine trvs af former .Senatro
Lenrool of Wisconsin to be joripi oi
the. United.. States.court of Customs
Appeals
GOVERNOR OF HAW A ft.
WASHINGTON, April .24.—Presi
dent Hoove' today appointed Law
rence M.. Judd to be governor of the
Hawaiian islands. Judd-was bow oi
the islands.
CRUISER PENSACOLA LATEST.
NEW YORK, April 26—The cruise?
Pensacola, of 10,000 tons, and costing
$11,000,000. was launched from the
Brooklyn navy yard today
SOME COM BIN ATION ’.
SEATTLE, April 27.—Col. Paul V
McNutt, national commander of the
American Legion.and dean of the law
school of Indiana University, declared
in an address here today that Musso
lini constituted a good combination
of .Lydia E. Pinkham and Henry . Ford
Charlie O’Halloran,. following de
livery of his last mail of the winter
season -to Flat, returned here Thurs
day, .leaving Friday morning for Mc
Grath.
Charlie -Kontg, who -returned here
Thursday from -a trip to Frank Mc
Cafferty’s place, continued to his
home at McGrath n Friday.
Henry Martella .and Halfdan VViig
who returned during the night .from
a trip to Qphir, left today for Mc
Grath.
Nels Vibe, Little creek, was a
Thursday arrival for a town visit of
a couple of days.
Owen Gray, after a couple of days
in town, returned to. Sprue* creak ot
Fridav