THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. XIII. NO. 24.
TAKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY.. AUGUST 5, 1933.
PRICK, 25 CENTS
To Construct
21 WarsMps
ROtfflEVELT APPROfTES- PEANS
THAT WILL PUT THOUSANDS
OF> MEN TO WORK.
HYDE: PAJULn—President Rboee
velt last night approved plans of the
fOivy for-, the constructio nof 21 new
warships in.. the nfogram to spend.
$£38,600,000 .under the naval*.building
program,.
The President,1, cere fully- anai/zed
the bids recently received by the
NfcvyOepsatmant. H& approval sigv
nals the. immediate start lor . the. work
of providing jobs for thousands in
Government and private shipyards.
The ship-Utailding plan of the Presi
dent .cornea. unddr the public works
pjrogram and is intended to give the.
American fleet the strength allowed
under existing mural limitation agree
ments^..
J„: BL Mertie, . memhfer of thtfe field;
staff of the ..Geological Survey,, was a.
recent, arrival1, beret coming from
RCby and puna(; throng hi'. Poorman
and RlibJr en..iroute.. SEr. Mertie this
summer is covering- thte- fieifl from
Ruby, on tke^ Yukon, to Gfrooked, on
tbdtffiiiskfihkusT.yijintihg’>tlie scenes of
vwious mining, activities^ He left a
couple at. days since for a visit at
Ganes-czaek, and followinghis return
htfre ist aehfedtaled to leave for Flat.
Roosevelt in|
Big Appeal
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: SUBMITS- AGREEMENT Of PLAN
j TO RAISE. WAGES AND CRE
ATE EMPLOYMENT.
To Every Employers
1. This, agreement is p*|rt of a na
tion-wide plan. t®. raise wages, create
j employment, and thus increase, pur
chasin gpower and restore business.
That plan depends wholly on united
action-by all employers. .For this rea
son 1 ask you, as an employer* to do
yoour part by signing.
2. If it turns, out that theugeneral
agreement bears unfairly: on any
group of employers they, can have'
that straightened out by presenting
promptly their proposed Code of Fair
[Competition.
FRANKLIN Bi ROOSEVELT.
The: White House, July .27, 1933.
PRESIDENT'S REEMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT.
(Authorized by Section in National
Recovery Act)
During the period of the Presi
dent’s emergency reemployment drive,
that is to say, from August 1 to. De
cember 31, 1933, or to any earlier
date of approval of a Code of * Fair
Competition to which he is subject,
the undersigned hereby.' agree with
the President as followsi.
(1) After August 31,j1938, not to
empay any persem under 16 yearn .of
| THE MUKLUK TRAIL
By Bob Bartlett. |
WASHINGTON,. July IK—Jttsfciba
fftre this news letter “was sent to
preset «r—was made of in
iffi&l allotments under the public
works sat.
A. substantial sum was allotted to
Alaska out of thfe. first allocation of.
yMKKWMfe)
One aullioa dollars is to lie ad-'
vanced to the Alaska Road Commis
mimt, fac canataactkm ofreadv- and
$96,000 for construction and improve
ment of. air. fields—
Irr additMm, *230,000 is allotted for
reco*ditio2unjC.th£ Alaska Railroad.
It is expected the money will" be
nude mailable, immediately and the
nature ofjthe work to he undertaken
by the A* KL G. and by the railroad
«mm that the greater pgrt of *every
dollar expended' will go to labor.
Botegate -Dilhaed iahigMy pleased'
that Alaska waa included^ in the po
litical snUhhiou receiving- initial
graph. Ks - eflbrta .to that end have
been ein i laHini Naturally the would
laaVIe iliiind tW allotment made ear
lier, considering the shortness of the
Alaska lwridnc seaaon^ but while the
|mM» writs administration set-up
wws Be&gr perfected itwas impossible
to f—Mineatiiwi for the Terri
tory. ehhadOC other parts of the coun
try. HBb allocation, however, comes
as splftaaBri mare at a .time when it
warn fuel ad apportionment would be
naader at wmAf.m late date that no
work could be comnaencedin Alaska
Delegate XKaaond is very sensible
of the ftett that all sections of the
Thdtaay will not -be benefited- - by
.ihto-nh for the A. R. C. and the
nihad.
Hl« fnr^fal plans for aarly money
| grants have embraced the entire
] range of public works m Alaska; and
i now that funds have started .to flow
out of the natiohal treasury it is
hoped that further allocations! will
soon be made.
Horace U. Albright, retiring di->
rector of the national park service,
informed the Delegate that there is
no doubt but that $250,000 will soon
be made available for eftfcnsion of the
Mt. McKinley Park, road to- Wonder
Lake..
Further good news came this morn
ing when Dr. W. Carson Ryain, di
rector of education for the Office of
Indiair Affairs, announced that $115,
000 is included in the public worki
program at this time for construction'
projects in Alaska. Fifty thousand
dollars of. that amount will be mede
immediately available. It is likely
that building of the Douglas school
will start at a very early date. Other
| Indian schools are also to be started.
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Dir. Philip S. Smith chief of : the
Alaska branch of the U. S. G*&M»*ical
Survey,, plans to leave WwJ>8i|toro
tonight, an his annual trip, toiaftfaslra.
has appoin ?Dj,b em&K cmfac jfwyjt
On recommendation of Delegate Di
mond, the Postoffice Department> has
appointed Guy Tvdo*m|riive>>#
Oie vicinity of Bixdl Lake, on' the
Richardson highway*, Thd^DfMgate
also reoommendeA tWl tUiofSh: be:
moved for the presewt WriMiihhnnt
owned by Mr. and Ifrst/Rffimfcdw* and)
a few miles northiof. lffliiiidihk No
one eauld he found ktt3 HMhalwhrtn wrill
!ng to accept anpmtnnt,hHMtn>
mosal to the fox farm had mati been
)Caetieeed «kfaieJK<
age, except that persons between 14
and 16 may be employed (but not in
manufacturing or mechanical indus
tries) for not to exceed 3 hours per
day and those hours between 7 a. m.1
and 7 p. m. in such work as will not.
interfere with hours of. day school.
2) Not to work., any. accounting,,
clerical, banking, office, service,, or
sales employees (except outside sales
men) in any store, office, department,
establishment, or public utility, or on
any automotive or horse-drawn pas
senger, express, delivery, or feight
service, or in'any other pace or man
ner, for more than 40 hours in any 1
week and not to reduce, the hours, of
any store or service, operation^ to be
low 52 hours, im any 1 week, unless
such hoyrs were less than. 52. hours:
per week- before July. 1, 1933, and im
the latter case nob to reduce sue hi
hours at all
(3) plot to employ, any tactory. on
mechanical worker or artisan, more
than a maximum weak of 35u hours,
until December 31, ,1933, but with the
righ to work a.-maximum week. of. 40)
hours for any. 6 weeks within this
period; and not to employ any worker
more than 8 hours.-in any, 1 day
(4) The maxiraumi hours; fixed; ini
the foregoing paragraphs (3) and (3>i
shall not appy to employees; in estab*
lishments employing, not. more than.
two persons n towns of. less. than.
2,600 populationswhichhtowna are not
part of .a. larger i trade area; nan to
registered pharmacists, or other pro
fessional . persons employed in their
professionmor to employees in a. mam
agerial or executive capacity, who
now receive more than. $85'pe week;
nor to empldyvsee oa emergency-maiiu
tenance and repair work; nor.- to very
j special cases where restrictions ocf
j hours of highti ysldlled workers- om
coontinuous processes.;would unavoid
ably reduce.prediction,. but, in any
such special .case, ati least, time and
one-third shall, be paid for Hours
worked in- excess* of. the^ maximum.
Population for the purposes of this
agreement shhll.hbe determined by
-reference to-thev 1930 Federal.census
es); Not.topayya.Tyy of, the classes
of empoyrea intentioned in paragraph
(2) ess than $$53par week in any eity
of oven 560,000 population, or in the
immediate trad* area; of such city;
nor less -than i$$4v5D per week in any
city of between 250,000 and 500,000
population,-or in,the immediate trade
area of suefcycity;'nor less than $14
per week in anyrUy o£ between 2,500
and 2&$D06 population, or in the im
,mediate, trade area, of such- city; and
in townsof leas than 2,600 population
ti increase all wages by not less than
than? 2D per cent, provided that this
shall not require wage sin excess of
$12 per week.
(6> Nor to pay" any employee of
the clwaw mentioned in paragraph
(3 Hess. than. 4CL cents per hour unless
the hourly rate for the same class of
work, oil July. 15, 1923, was less than
40 cents pehour,,it| which latter case
not to pay less, than the hourly rate
on. July 16, 1829* and in no event less
than 30 cents per hour. It is agreed
that this paragraph establishes
guaranteed minimum rat eof pay re
gardless of whether the employee is
compensated an the basis of a time
.rate or. on a piecework performance.
OT Not toreduce the compensa
tion few employment now in excess of
the minimum wages hereby egreed to
(notwithstanding that the hours
woi-kinf in sndt ' M^doyment may be
hereby reduced) m to increase the
pay for each tfmperfsation by
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4.)
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
MANAGUA, Nicaragua.—A sudden
and terifying series of explosions at
Campo de Marte arsenal in this city
spread death and terror among thou
sands Sere today. It is thought that
fully thirty national guardsmen are
dead and injured as a result of the
explosions.
Fifty thousand inhabitants were
participating in the traditional fiesta
when, the first blast occurred. The
merry makers were nealjr panic
sticken. and rushed wildly through the
streets.
It is believed the disaster was pure
ly accidental in origin, but the popu
lace, not knowing what had happened,
was thrown into a state of tense ex
citement.
Houses were shaken violently and
bullets and shells were hurled in all
directions oarer the city as though a
bombardment were in progress. A
lags pistol was hurled through the
roof of a house a quarter of a mile
from the scene of the explosion.
The president made a statement in
which he said that part of the arsenal
exploded.
The entice country was peaceful
and there was no cause for alarm at
the time, and the people again have
subsided and seem satisfied that the
aair was accidental.
CHICAGO.—Norman JJietz, presi
dent of the Independent Milk Pro
ducers of Northern Illinois, made the
statement yesterday that the associa
tion dees net intend to comply with
the new federally approved code. The
milk producers and dealers organisa
tion, known as . the “Qiicago Milk
Shed*” ha added, invites prosecution
in order to test the new regulation,
and they contend the code is an abuse
of governmental authority.
Dietz, said th eorganization mem
bers will continue to sell milk at a
cent and a fraction a quart when it
is called for by customers. The code
price is ten cents a quart.
The officials said that any viola
tions of the code will be prosecuted.
The code will be effective tomorrow.
The proposed suit is the first intima
tion of outright opposition to any Na
tional Recovery Act provision.
WASHINGTON.—The U. S. Ship
ping Board yesterda yapproved the
applicatio nof the Northland Trans
portation Company for a loan to aid
in the construction of a new steel
combination passenger and freight
vessel estimated to cost $450,000. Ttye
loan will be for three-fourths of the
cost of construction and will not ex
ceed $350,000.
HYDE PARK.—President Roose
velt opened a special inquiry into the
means of battling the kidnap racket
in a conference with. Mpley.
The President Is determined to give
full federal cooperation with all
the States in their efforts to stamb
out the outrages*
Observers are Inclined to place
double significance .on the visit of
Holey to the President. He has bead
at odds with Cordell Hull, Secretary
of State, over State Department pol|t
cies. There are .persistent rumof|
prevalent that Motey- will be given $
new assignment.
POONA, Indus.—Mahatma Gandhi,
noted Indian fcoder,vwaa sentenced to
a year in jaiharr charges in connection
with the proposed civil disobedience
campaign. Shortly after being sen
tenced, he was. released.from thp
, where he ha dbeen taken just before
; the trial. He has been re-arrested on
I refusal to comply with terms ojf.his
i release, which included the provision
; he should refrain from any further
* activities which might be construed
as disobedience of the law.
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—President
Roosevelt has requested Moley to
mnl c a specie.! sttudy of kidnaping
and racket e*r; .np with the :nder
st*ndLr„' be >s to reta.n his Stn*. * Me*
jpartiric- o ffice ar ’ return to it later
The i'-tv .nt sa; 1 he is asking
Moley ie tii.t'ertake a snn.nl survey
o. ■ of comba mg crime nt the
request. ■ f Attorn" - (lei ernl Homer
S. Cu r.ni nv.fc- Moll'-- is an authority
on crime
The I'r.v .lont insist s there is noth
ing be i’u-1 the MoV. j appointment,
but it is pointed out that Secretary
of State Cordell Hull is to visit the
President shortly.
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WASHINGTON.—The major buy
ers’ drive to assure purchasing power
was bolstered up by the N. R. A.—
National Recovery Act— wage-rais
ing and job-creating program, to be
used to the utmost in stimulating na
tional recovery as promised by Recov
ery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson.
The drive tto bring about better
times will be pushed with every ounce
of energy, Johnson said, as soon as
conditions are ripe for the big push,
and that will mean as soon as indus
try and business have complied in suf
ficient volume with the terms of vol
untary re-employment agreements
and permanent codes.
Johnson says fair practice will put
millions of new money into circulation
through medium of payrolls.
The movement of industry and bus
iness to join the N. R. A. campaign
continued in full swing. Fresh re
ports pouring in fro mall directions
tell of mounting numbers having
signed the agreements.
NEW YORK.—Nathan Baskowitx
I was released by his kidnapers under
! the nothing down and easy payment
plan, e was seized Monday night by
five gunmen, and a ransom note was
sent asking for $35,000. His brother,
known as Artie Bass, announced that
Nathan did not have 35 centts to hia
name. A few hours later Nathan ar
rived. in a taxicab at Fugart Bowl,
Coney Island. His brother announced
shortly before that he would not have
such a large sum handy at the mo- ,
ment, but his credit was good and he
could pay $2,000 in time.
WASHINGTON.—A „ million new
jobs scattered 'throughout shops big
and small all over the country is held
to be a possibility because of Hugh S.
Johnson, administrator of recovery,
having ordered wage-raising and
hour-reducing programs to go into ef
fect at once. This program is based
on the agreement presented by the
nation’s shopkeepers.
SEATTLE*—The management of
the Alaska Steamship Company an
nounced today that.two more ships of
its fleet now laid up, the Oduna and
the Latouche, will be commandeered
for service.this-week on account of
heavy busiijess^with Alaska.
With; the .adijition of these two
Bhips the, company will have 14 out o
total of 16tofW3ted lSy the company in
| service, withtthe^heaviest schedule .by
the company., di^riag.tha last Abase <