THE RUSKO TIMES
VOL XII NO. m
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 37 1982
PRICE 25 CENTS
Business
Is Better
INCREASE UOPTIMISM SHOWN
IN STATEMENT OF FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD.
WASHINGTON.—Increased opti
mism in financial circles is reflected
in the weekly statement of the Fed
eral Reserve Board,, just made public
The report shows improvement in
several places. Brokers’ loans have
increased about .1111,000,000 in the
New York district, indicating that
professional buyers are entering the
stock market, with a total upturn for
the week of $335,000,000.
The Board also reports a return
flow of {jold into the United States
from Europe in recent months con
tinues. The piled-up total of mone
tary gold in the country now has
veached $4,064,000,000, which, how
ever, is $298,000,000 less than was
held in the United States a year ago.
Another optimistic feature is the
decrease in money in circulation, in
dicating that the people are spending
and that the money is finding its way
back into the Treasury. The Board
reports that $22,000,00 of outstanding
currency found its way back into the
government vaults during the week.
On August 24 the amount of money
in circulation amounted t$o 5,684,000,
000.
John (Happy) Jacobson arrived a
couple of. days ago-from Ganes creek.
Iowa Farmers
Still Fighting
ENGAGED IN ATTEMPT TO PRE
VENT DELIVERY OF FARM
FARM PRODUCTS.
CONC1L BLUFFS, la.—The strik
ing farmers, who are engaged in an
attempt to prevent the delivery of
farm products here, scored a victory
t< day when the pickets who were
arrested earlier in the week were re
leased from custody on bonds in the
sum of $100 each.
The situat:on assumed a serious
aspect yesterday when upward of
one. thousand farmers threatened to
storm the jail. Deputies were sta
tioned about the jail armed with shot
guns and semi-machine guns, but be
fore they were called upon to use the
firearms a compromise was reached
ami the imprisoned men released, in
cluding the twelve who had been sen
tenced to thirty days in jail. Their
cases have been appealed and the,.' are
a't liberty on bonds the same as the
others.
Sheriff Lainson is not making any
attempt today to keep the highways
open, all of the deputies assigned to
that task earlier in the week having
been withdrawn.
Eighty-eight of the striking farm
ers are reported to have been arrested
at Sioux City and the national guard
is said to be reday for action should
the need arise.
The bottling-up of Council Bluffs,
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
By W. A. S.
WASHINGTON, July 25.—Among
♦■he major nominations which remain
ed in Senatorial committee when
Congress adjourned, and in which
Alaska is directly interested, is that
of Judge Kenneth Macintosh, of Se
attle, to membership in the United
States Court of Appeals, Ninth cir
cuit, to succeed the late Judge Frank
H. Rudkin. This nomination has been
held up for five months. The Ninth
eircuit includes the States of Wash
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada,
Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and the
Territories of Alaska and Hawaii
In; the allotment of $42,315,392 for
river and harbor improvements
throughout th ecounry, under provi
sions of the Army appropriation act,
$16,500 is named for improvement
of Nome harbor. There iss still an
unailoted balance of $17,684,603, to he
alloted later when bids for contem
plated work shall have been received.
The Federal Radio Commission has
granted th «application of the Alaska
Radio & Service Co., Inc., of Ketchi
kan, to install new equipment and
move the staion locality. The hours
of operation have been changed to*
the fallowing: - 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.; 5
to 7 p. m.; 10 p. m. to 3 a. m.
Representative Robert L. Bacon, of
New York, has compiled and had
printed in the Congressional Record
tables- showing the collection of Fed
oral taxes from the States and Terri
tor s for the fiscal year 1931, and the
amounts received by States as subsi
i dies. It shows that with a popula
tion of 123,202,600 the total interna!
' revenue collections were $2,428,228,
75-| and th etotal income taxes $1,
860,040,497. The total direct Federa
aid to States was $219,762,574, and
deducting this sum, leaves the tota
amount of revenue paid b ythe States
I to be $2,209,066,180. Alaska’s tota
internal revenue collections amountec
to $lv5,476, composed almost entirelj
of income tax collections, which
amounted to $133,967. After deduct
ing our direct Federal aid of $89,35'i
it leaves a balance paid by the Terri
tory of $46,118, on the basis of a pop
ulation of 59,278. Hawaii’s total’in
ternal revenue collections were $4,
816,475, with direct Federal aid o1
$864,121, leaving net revenue paid b>
the Territory of $3,952,354, on c
basis of 368,336 population.
A Congressman has suggested tc
the Department of the Interior that
it might be a matter of great econ
omy if the Alaska Railroad wevf
closed down from November 1 tc
March 16. The idea was not favored
by Secretary Wilbur, but. be took it
j up with General Manager Ohlson, and
he also reported adversely on the
proposition, so it is expected’to op
erate the railroad as usoaL
Although Congress did not’ make
appropriations for the maintenance
of agricultural experiment? in'Alaska,
G - am and the Virgin Islands, it did
appropriate $30,000 for salaries,
wages and other expenses connected
will the care of he prooeries in he 1<>
( Continued on Page 3.).
which is the gateway to Omaha, is
fairly complete today, with very little
effort being made, by farmers to get
through the blockade with produce.
OMAHA, Neb.—Iowa and Nebraska
farmers, seeking tO' boost prices by
halting the flow of agricultural pro
ducts to urban markets, placed a
blockade around Omaha late today.
Farmers stood guard along the Lin
coln highway and the main road be
tween Sioux City and Council Bluffs,
Iowa, to stop truck shipmentts of
livestock, vegetables, and dairy pro
ducts. The strikers received a set
back late this afternoon when Deputy
Sheriff Harry Walton told four hun
dred farmers that any man stopping
a truck driver or placing obstructions
across the roads would be liable to a
five-year prison sentence.
HOOVER ADVOCATING
SHORTER WORK DAY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Speaking
to members of the business and in
dustrial committee representing the
sveral federal reserve districts
throughout the country, President
Hoover urged the adoption of a short
ened working day as a solution of the
problem developing from the inc
reased employment of labor-saving
machines in business and industry
He made it plain, however, that he
does not believe in “job sharing” as
a means of reaching the desired ends
The address of the President was
made yesterday as the memhers of
the committee gathered to consider
further steps to bring about a loosen
ing of credits throughout the nation
^nd the starting of the wheels of in
dustry.
In his. plea for the spreading r.f
available jobs over a wider range, the
President said, “As a matter of na
tional policy, the shortening of hours
is necessary, not alone to meet the
need of the moment but it may be
necessary to take up the slack in the
future from the advance of labor
saving devices.”
George F. Kflriy, former Alaskan,
and at one time prominently identified
with mining matters hereabouts, but
for the past few years identified
with the Seattle Alaska Weekly, was
an arrival on the coast a few days
ago. From Anchorage Mr. Kilroy
took airplane flight, to the westward,
presumably on. a mining mission.
The steamer Anna Belle, thorough
ly reconditioned and repaired, left
- port last Monday tor McGrath. Also
aboard" for a hrief visit at McGrath
was Mrs. D. E. Clough and Miss
Margaret Clough.
Pilot AI Monsen,, of the Pacific In
ternational, arrived Saturday, bring
ing Outside mail, continuing to Flat
the same afternoon.
Miss Elsie Rieck, accompanied by
Del Thompson, returned here yester
day from a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Speijack, Little creek, making
the trip on riding steeds.
John Peterson, after a couple of
days in town, departed Thursday for
Yankee creek.
Frank Larson, McGrath, was a
vistor here for a couple of days dur
ing the week.
P. W. Carlson-, bringing mail com
ing via Holy Cross, arrived on Mon
day,
Frank J. Guskey returned Thurs
day, from a brief business trip to Mc
Grath,
Items of Importance
In Reecnt News Events
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—After
115 days adrift in a disabled 3U-foot
fishing boat, Captain P. T. Riggs, of
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was recovering
his health today. Riggs left Alaska
April 28 to make a short trip down
the coast, but his auxiliary engine
failed, squalls disabled the mast and
rudder. Finally, after months afloat,
during which he drifted far over the
Pacific and back and was near the
end of his food supply he was taken
aboard by the steam tug Commis
sioner. Riggs planned to sail to
Santa Barbara as soon as his vessel \
is made seaworthy.
ALBANY, N. Y.—Mayor James W.
Walker snatched his own sho from
the 'doldrums today when he clashed
with Judge Samuel Seabury, his rhief
accuser, at the hearing before Gov.
Roosevelt, on removal charges.
Walker, stalking angrily up and
down in front of the Governor’s desk,
shouted at the red-faced Seabury:
“You don’t know what you are talk
ing about when you say the board of
taxicab control was created for the
purpose of monopolizing the cab busi
ness of New York City.”
Three witnesses testified as to the
Mayor’s determination to protect at
all costs the individual cab operators
as against any encroachment by the
big companies.
CHARLES CITY, Iowa.—Miss Ma
rion Stull, a prim little woman, was
kidnaped today by unemployed men
dissatisfied with he r administration
of county poor relief, beaten into un
consciousness, and finally released 30
miles away.
Miss Stull was busy in her office
when seventy-five angered men broke
in. They carried her screaming down
the stairs, threw her into a ram
shackle automobile and drove her into
the country, beating her on the head
and twisting her legs painfully as
they went. They stopped at the out
skirts of New Hampton, where they
charged Miss Stull with partiality in
her work. They finally administered
a final beating and fled.
CHINCHOW. — Japanese troops,
captors of Nanling, in Jehol province
Saturday, today were reported plan
ning further advances in Tue dis
trict, rich in coal, oil and iron.
Nanling was captured after a brisk
engagement between the invaders
and the Jehol regulars. Previously
the Japanese had demanded the re
lease of a Japanese officer, held cap
tive in Jehol.
VALLEY STREAM, L. I.—Frances
Marsalis and Louise Thaden, who had
circled above Curtis-Wright airport
for more than a week, landed their
Flying Boudoir at 2:05 p. m., Eastern
standard time, today, with a new
women’s endurance record of 196
hours.
The former record was 123 hours,
set by Bobby Troun and Edna May
Cooper, more than a year ago, at Los
Angeles.
RENO, Nev.—Two oases for thirsty
divorce seekers—the New York Club
and the Heidelberg Inn—were dried
up by Federal prohibition agents
early today. Every fixture in both
establishments was removed and con
fiscated. The black camel ornate
$25,000 bar of the New York Club
was first. The officers arrested two ,
bartenders and took out the bar, sev
eral cases of champagne, wine, whis
key and gin. The black camel is
decorated with sad-eyed camels. The
Heidelberg was a popular beer resort
four miles south of Reno.
OTTAWA.—Trade agreements be
tween Great Britain and other empire
units, which may deprive the United
States of one hundred million dollars
in trade annually, will be made effec
tive after the Canadian parliament
convenes, October 27. The provisions
were announced Sunday, after thirty
days of debate. The agreement gave
Dominions practically free trade on
natural products shipped into Great
Britain. They gave Great Britain’s
manufactured products a free trade
tariff on shipments into the Do
minion, which means the United
States products will be handled at a
loss in meeting British prices.
POINT BARROW.-The 28 natives
who went from here to board the
derelict trading ship Baychimo, which
was sighted seven miles off shore
early in the week, and who were
trapped on the vessel when a heavy
wind drove the ice-bound ship out to
sea, returned home yesterday, having
been rescued at the edge of the ice
pack by boats which were sent out
for them when it was seen that they
were in peril.
1 ho adventurers reached tne vessel
last Sunday, after ten hours of 1 ard
mushing over the rough ice. About
three hours after their arrival at the
ship it was discovered that a strong
easterly wind had started the ice pack
moving westward, and the natives im
mediately set out for the beach. Be
fore they reached ti e end of the pack,
however, they had been blown thirty
miles off shore. With food supolies
exhausted, the natives scattered in
small groups for the purpose of hunt
ing seals and bears, and finally reach
ed the edge of the pack by Wednesday
night. They were picked up there by
the boats which had been sent to
rescue them, but not until after there
had been consid ruble maneuvering
through leads and around barriers.
The natives say the Baychimo ap
parently is in good condition, except
foor a small crack on one side. They
think with the aid of dynamite the
vessel could be freed and oated to
open water.
NEW YORK.—The finanre commit
tee of the United States Steel Cor
poration has authorized the expendi
ture of $5,000,000 for immediate
plant improvement in several cities,
the announcement stating that the
action was taken for he specific pur
pose of lelieving the unemployment
situation in the several localities
where the work is to be done Tie
money will be expended in Ohio, Illi
nois, Indiana ( Alabama and Penn
sylvania.
Myron Taylor, chairman of the
board of directors, refuses to com
ment on the business situation, but it
is aelrned from sources close to the
Aig corporation that there is a
“much better feeling.”
BERLIN.Five members of Adolph
Hitler’s Nazi party were sentenced to
death today for terroristic acts by a
special anti-terrorist court at Beu
then. The court was created under
recent emergency measures to curl'1
political rioting.