THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. XIII. NO. 17
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1933
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PRICE, 25 CEKT»
Baer Beats
Schmelling
CALIFORNIA GIANT BATTERS
^GERMAN INTO CONDITION
OF HELPLESSNESS.
NEW YORK.—Max Baer, young
<. California giant, ’battered Max
. Schmelling into 'helplessness before
_ a crowd of 65,000 people last nigfht
..at the Yankee Stadium and won the
• fight by a technical knockout in the
.. tenth round of what was scheduled
_• for a fifteen-round bout.
Baer weighed :203 jpounds, and
..'Schmelling 1891-4.
Displaying terrilc punching power,
Baer caught Schmelling-with a bar
rage of rights te the chin in the ninth
and sent the German to ihis corner
- groggy. Baer floored ' Schmelling
early in the tenth for .a-count <Jf nine,
-and tor <ein -again and and battered
the German about the ring as soon
-as he had gotten on his feet.
Referee Arthur Donovan atoppefi
.the bout 1 minute and 51 seconds
-after the beginning of the tenth
'round. "Dempsey -“estimated the re
ceipts from the battle at more than
a quarter Of a million dollars.
E. W. Carlson arrived Tuesday
•from ‘Ophir, ..accompanied by TJ. -S.
Commission® Chris Bolgen, both of
'Whom'returned to'Ophir the same af
ternoon. t
Heat Wave
Kills Scores
VAST STRETCHES SURROUND
ING GREAT LAKES AREA
ARE HARD HIT.
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CHICAGO.—Siizlifjg hot reoorti
breaking temperatures baked vast
stretches of the eastern half of the
nation, bringing-reports of deaths to
approximately one hundred, while
some portions of the affected area,
Hotably the extreme southern and
eastern parts of the great lakes re
gion, are enjoying moderate relief
from high temperatures.
New Yoork suffered frem 92 above,
with one death from heat and two
fmm drowning*. Middle West death
figures are rising. Illinois counted 22
dead in a fhree^days’ heat wave.
Eighteen aTe dead in Chicago, where
the thermometer hit 97. Cleveland
registered 98. 'Eleven are dead in
Ohio from heot and others by* drown
ing. Four are dead in Indiana, five
in Kentucky, four in Wisconsin, and
one m ’Baltimore.
i ‘
Pilots A1 Monsen and.iHarry Blunt,
well known fliers of these parts, are
the latest to enter j into partnership
in the flying game. Their organiza
tion is known as the Northern Pacific
Airways, with headquarters ..at An
[ chorage.
THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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By L. Bartlett
^WASHINGTON, ;May 15.—Ernest
Walker Sawyer, formerly executive
.—assistant' to the .Secretary of the In
terior, member .of the International
.Highway Commission, .and special
representative of the general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, is now
associated with Berkey -Bros. A
Spaulding, ’Ltd., insurance advisors
and brokers, at Suite 80S, -National
Bank of ..Commerce .Building, 437
.South Hill street, Los.Angeles. Mr.
. Sawyer will .be glad to see his Alaska
friends there or to hear from them.
..He is.going to mkae a .specialty of
writing marine insurance on Alaska
shipments. Mr. Sawyer writes:
“I .believe Alaska deserves to -bene
ifit twice o rthree times as much as
. in.Hie past fro mher fishing industry
. -and I..am sure our -new Governor,
Delegate. and -Fish. Commissioner .-will
do a lot to overcome the errors and
mistakes of earlier .years.
t “Alaska has marvelous opportuni
ties in mining and I hope.my friends
there will continue >to write me, par
ticularly on gold and silver proper
ties, if they think I can, possibly aid
- them wit hmoney or otherwise to
-carry on their developments.
“I am sorry. that Alatka *with bU
lions of tons. of coal has no bunker
. facilities for export. It is ridiculous.
‘*1 am a real friend of the Inter
national Highway 4to .Alaska, and »I
hope. Alaska will press forward with
Construction of her .section ’ o ithit
great project. I trust, also that Mat
anuska and Kenai roads will be ex
tended.”
The Washington .Herald of recent
„ date says:
, “A n#*.CT*Mt*«*ti*by the-Ba
| reau. of Fisheries, to save (11,000,000
| in the next two .yeas, may presage
• the first investigation into fiscal af
I fairs of the Bureau, the Herald learn
ed exclusively last night.
“The ne wcontract was negotiated
by Frank T. Bell, newly .appointed
Commissioner of Fisheries. The con
tract, with the Fouke Fur .Company,
of St. Louis, guarantees the Bureau
against futher Joss r and ' assures a
profit.
! "Hints of an investigation into pre
1 vious contracts negotiated by the Bu
rea ucame yesterday after it was
announced that the savings will reach
theyrmUion. mark. Why these sayings
I were not effected before will be asked.
I “The Bureau of Fisheries controls
taking of fur seals from the Prifeilof
; Islands off the coast of Alaska.,} The
I Bueau protects the herds and does the
annual killing. Then it ships the
skins to. St. Louis for curing,K and
dyeing. The St.. Louis company is
the only one in the country, yrith fa
cilities, for this work.
“At the most recent sale.*&>seal
skins the Bureau, sustained** Joss of
$2 each on 75,000 skins npnfrpn hand.
If sold under present conditions, the
Bureau would sustain a lo9ta£»f200,
000 on these seals.
“Essential part of the«co9&ract re
duces from $12A0 tq. ,,$10.50 the
amount allotted the coingpfitti-lor cur
ing and dyeing dkins, ■IV'.eeatdr the
Government $1.3$ to. kill, ,«ach seal
aiid deliver the s$in Leuis.”
The Department of the Interior is
again considering theviop position of
tolls on traffic mqving**vt* the Rich
ardson highway.
The plan, advanced last year and
. i., (Continued ea P*W *•)
Local Notes
The barn of Joe Ferris, located «*
his homestead about .a quater of i
mile above town, on the line of th<
government highway, burned to. th<
ground last Sunday -forenoon, Part 01
the contents destroyed consisted of i
quantity of hay .and grain. Th<
origin of the -fire remains undeter
mined.
Mrs. D. E. 'Clough departed from
McGrath early in the week for Sew
ard, to go into hospital,there in hopi
of obtaining medical relief. Accom
panying Mgs. plough to ,$ewa$d. wai
airs. Oliver Anderson. Recent ad
vices from Seward, however, weri
far from .oqinfarting.
Governmental retrenchment seem:
prevalent in matters Alaskan, as evi
denced by .the fact that the U. S
marshals’ (dBcfes ,qt; Elat, Eaglp .^ani
one other place have been discon
tinued, following instructions fron
the Department of Justice at Wash
iqgton, D. iCL
C. A. Fowled, of the fir* of Twit
chell & Fowler, yell Ipnown reindee:
magnates, was a Wednesday -arpva
here from Flat, this being his firs
visit here for several .years. He. de
parted for f)phir qq Thursday.
Harry Morton, well knowp Anchor
age attorney, and E. R. Tarwater
Anchorage .banker, were Tuesday ar
rivals here •qnwnaBttea£ harness
returning to Anchorage .the follow
: ing day
i ... — - ... ..
•Joe Wills left McGrath ^few; days
ago for the Stony river section, bav
| ing been appointed administrator of
'Ora. Barnhart,. y»hp. recently tofik. Jiis
own life at his.trading^poat there. t
Fred J. SpacJ\, A, Gf- assistant
engineer, returned Ijfgpdap. lroig. a
trip to Cagdle. lgaving ^ain on Wed
nesday.. f05 op overland trjp to -Flat.
Miss JBeth. Marie. .v Anderaon,, Ta
Ebtna tpach^r, exported Wednesday
evening for Anchorage, en route .to
; her formgr ho mg at, Juneau. ,>
! The Puptila dredge on Little creek
\ started operations on June 8, and at
last reports e^rything was working
nicely.
... Mps. ;J. P. Taylor, accompanied by
her daughters Gracie and Bettie, de
parted Wednesday for the Euntila
Ganes creek.
Bernard |eins, U. S. postal in
spector, was a Tuesday arrival from
Anchorage, departing for Ophir the
following day.
Charlie Larson, ’former oldtimer,
after a visit here of sevenal days,de
parted Thursday for Anchorage.
I The steamer Tana is expected to
arrive at McGrath from Bethel on or
about the 21st.
Perry garner, a former well known
oldtimer of tins section, was a recent
arrival here from the Outside.
Dyr Dali was a Tuesday arrival
liorage, leaving fo JRlat -on
from Ancho
Tir-J- naila*
wednesw.
Charlie' O’Halloran departed m few
days age for the Euntila dredge at
Little crepk
Eraie Gove was a recent departure
for the Tankee creek dredge.
f
Warren Alford left a few days ago
the Pntilg: dredge Ganea .creek.
Hems ofi Importance
\IntRecent News Events 1
- m ' uBae^-"^ga. '.mu.1’—
•,* VATICAN *OfTyvr-aihe entire gov- j
ernment of Spain was automatically i
excommunicated from the Catholic.
chunch for signing -antMGathdlie de-,
crees, the Vatican state (department I
announced today after the Pope had
issued a surprise encyclical declaring
the new Spanish religious aws consti
tute® ^rieveusafctack op tl^ state.
MAQJllD.—-Religious orders enroll
ing *1^000 nuns and monks were con- j
verted injto civil, .societies, (hefcame
subject to taxation, .and treasures
wprfh ; millions reverted to the state.
with publication of the new “Reli-,
gious ^Congregations” Ha a»hy Spain. |
The- nerw act is condemned by the j
church officials. It rwas made law
with the, signature hf- President Al-1
cdfa ^pmou^smd ,-provides for conls
cation of art subjects, such as arch
tectu&lly famous tenjple^, and .alltar j
pieces, pahitings and crucifixes be- i
longing to religious ^groups/ The law j
makes andthfr ptep in th^apiroversy
between the Church and the relate.
. J5A*N J'KAN’CiaCQ.—(Huge expan-j
sion in coast building activities is
showji in the May .toutMing .permits,
issued .by .25 of the ,(leading cities,
whi$j .totaled as .compared
to $4,500,000 a year ago.
vtyASHtNG'RQN. r*-Jh* Treasury
pcpartment-ihsB^ called , upon the
Am^riqui^tui)ljip''.to, lep^ the Govern
ment a billion dollars for the purpose
■of launching tjbe .huge Recovery pub
lic works jpxogram,of IfrnRation.and
^current fLnancijjg «eeds.
...The invitation for funds is directed
especially to small balden ef capital,
whom ^Secretary of. the Treasury;
Woodin says the nation wants -as:
partners of the <po>ferqtntnl.
WA&BINGTjQ#—peeping the Sen
ate inquiry for the ^present concen
trated on the Morgan affiliations with
the Vansweringen railroad ^ventures,
tjlie .banking committee ,,>jeted two to
one in closed session to^seek added
power,. If. necessary, to go into stock
deals carried on by Thomas Lamont,
William Ewmg, Harold "Stanley and
other partners. The conjmittee is
setting out to blast any dodbt of their
authority :to examine stoqk transac
tion selecting the {partners’ income
tax payments. '
INDIANAPOLIS.—Hpdiana joined
the ranks pf the repeal:St*tes yesterl
day- ,t Returns from a la^ge part of
the 'Statee ,show a landslide for .the
repeal candidates to .the jState con
vention.
LQS ANGELES.—Ur*. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, who landed r^iere Tues
day by airplane, left unexpectedly for
New 3Tofk after the annonucement
that her son Elliott, whom she came
to visit, would establish a residence
in Nevada in order,.te.penaihhis wife,
Elizabeth to ohtadu.a diveyee an .the
grounds of mceoipatability, The son
is an official of one of the transconti
nental air fines /operating into Los
Angeles.
BONN, Cermany—A hUlewad Ho
henaollem tradition and ffigid house
law since Use fifteenth eaittury was
broken hr the myrigge here if for- .
mer Prince Wilhelm *f Prussia and
Dorotha Von £alvpti, a yjyacious 26
year-old girl ox unequal hirtb. The
prince >9 37.
WASHINGTON—^Nonttnaf ions sen
to the Senate by Preside*! ltooaevel
included the following;
George F. Alexander, of Dregor
for judge of the "First division i
Alaska.
Ralph 3-.'Rivers, df Fairbanks,, fo
United States district attorney fo
the Fourth division.
Joseph A. Mpl>onald, df Tairbanks
marshal foT the Fourth division.
George Forest Alexander, newl
appointed Alaska judge, was Oregon'
United States ..marshal wider Pres
dent Wilson,-and long active in Den:
ocratic circles. H-is father was ..
member •&&Wilson^* Cabinet.
WASHINGTON. — The industril
recovery and public work* bill beg*
its journey through the “Senate wit
the Democrats confident they ca
prevent drastic revisions Which wi
be proposed by the “Republican*. *f)
some new members rtf the 'Democrai
party.
Senator Wagner,^author of the bil
opened the debate after the Repul
lican regulars of the party in confei
ence decided to press for a sales ta
of 11-2 per cent-to finance the thre«
billion-dollae,public construction pr<
gram.
Speaker Rainey ■ said that,-if Coi
gress accepts tjie CoimaRy amem
rqent increasing veterans’ outlaj
without raising taxes, and adjourn
Roosevelt immediately will call ai
other extra -session of • Congres
However, hopes Tor a compromise i
the .ye^erans^e^opomy *dispote wi
expressed- by Chairman Grosser of tl
House steering committee after
conference ef ‘three hours at tl
Wbk# Jfouse.
^CHQRA£%-United- States Di
trict Judg£ “Cecil ,H. . Clegg toda
held, pi the.-case of United States v
David S£. Lawrence, 4hat the act c
the Tfrritorih^+Legislature,. approve
March 22, lUdcf, ,wps void, in that
was. in ^xceas of the power delegate
to the Legislature by the organic a<
of Alaska, 1913, and was also in vi<
latum >oi the .provisions ■ of the Alask
bone dry .act as passed jjy’- Cengres
WASHINGTON.-^AfU^r the-Senat
had extended^uthority ho its comte
for probing th e affairs of Morgan j
Company and for examination of th
stock transactions -wherry the pan
ners reduced the income Jtayes of th
Van Sweringeos, cme-wiiness told c
the special corporation d*vice used i
soiye of tfie Van Sweriijgen railroa
operations in order to escape the t*
payment. i'Ob one occasion liabilH
for tax was, removed firm $13,000,
000. .He also^saidjbusiness is improv
ing but the investigations were tex
rifically destructive.
PHILADELPHIA_Cyrus H. B
Curtis, &5 years j of .-age, noted pub
lisher and philanthropist, who bega!
his career as a newsboy, passed awa
today aftpr ap illness of more than j
year.
ATHENS.—An;- attempt vwaa mad
today on the life of Eleiftherios Ven
izelos, premier of Greece* eight lime:
Knee 1900. The uepublic is daeph
stirued oyer the Mttr, ,^s -Venixaiw
has been the idol of imlHt^s^^GTeeM
For many years, arwj '
strong man of kis^time.