Vol. 1. No. Vi.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,NOVEMBER Ut. 1934.
PRICE, 2IS CE^Tfi.
New Deal
Upheld in
Elections
WASHIGTON, Q.C. Nov. 7.—
Election returns clearly .shewed that
th people of the United States are
for the President and his New Deal
administration.
In 43 states elections were held
for governorship, *ith Democrats
retaining or winning the majority of
the offices. The standing of the
pai .y governors is as follows, Dem
ocrats 38, Republican 8,. Progressive
1, and Farmer-Labor I.
Philip LaFollette was elected gov
ernor of Wisconsin on', the Progres
sive ticket. Lehman of New York
was reelected governor in that state
by an unprecedented majority. He
polled 1,000,000 more votes tnan ms
Republican rival, Robert Moses, In
f Gaifornia Uptcrfc>SinClair, Democratic
nominee in the race for governor
ship of California, lost to Gov.
Merriam, Republican, by 250,000.
Statistics on the standing of
both houses at Washington is as
follows:
Democrats, Senate 09, House 320.
Republicans, Senate 25, House 103.
Progressive, Senate 1, House 7.
Farmer- Labor, Senate 0, House 3.
EDDIE RICKENBACKER IN
TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT.
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 7.—Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, famous Ameri
, can ace, made a transcontinental
flight, flying from Los Angeles to
Newark in the time of 12 hours and
3 minutes. He failed to break the
transcontinental record of 10 hours
and 2 minutes. Pilot Rickenbacker
• was flying a- special tri-motored
plane.
Merriam is
Victor Over
U. Sinclair
California’s bitterly fought con
i' flict for, governor '.ended in the pres ■
ent incumbent Merriam winning by a
majority of 250,000 votes.
Shortly after the election was as
cured, Merriam promised a new deal
for California :saying that the times
, were changing and that new meth
ods of hapdling the situation were
necessary.
Sinclair Charges a gigantic elec
tion fraud in. California and has ask
ed for a j<p^*gfesional investigation.
He also said Chat he would write a
book entitled, I, Upton Sinclair, can
didate for Governor, and How' I got
Licked.
DUBLIN,tLe. Nov. 7.—Paul Tug
well, better, known as one of the
“Brain Trust” advisors to the presi
dent, arrived here today on a sight,
seeing tour. Mr. Tugwell plans to
return to the states after visiting
places of interes in Ireland. Some
reports say that Professor Tugwell
went pm-posely away on a vacation
to be away from the election fuss
being held at home.
SOUTHEAST ALASKA LINE RE
PQRTED PURCHASED BY
BIG COMPANY.
From the Anchorage Times we
read that wore! has been received j
there to the effect that the business j
and equipment of the Alaska South
ern Airways, which has been operat
ing out of Juneau and other South
eastern Alaska points, has been pur
chased by the Pan American Air
ways or affiliated interests, and will
be operated as a part of the large
company’s system now operating in
Alaska. The plane Baranoff. piloted
by Gene Meyring, which was wreck
ed with one fatality and several in
jured, near Juneau a few weeks ago
belonged to the Southern Alaska
Airways, and is understood to have
been taken over with other equip
ment by the new concern .shortly
before the accident. „
It is understood that the P. A. A.,
which has the winter mail contracts
for Kuskokwim and other interim
points, covering .the period from No
vember 1 to May 1 each year for
four years, plans to install radio sta
tions of its own at McGrath and
Bethel .and several other points fru
its o.wn use.
Flyers End
Hop Across
The Pacific
OAKLAND, Nov. 5.—Sir Kings
ford- Smith and P. G. Taylor landed
here today after Dying from Hono
lulu, a distance of .2,408 miles. The
fying time -was 14 hours and '59
minutes, 2 hours less than the time
they expected to make the jump in.
This flight was the last leg of their
journey from Australia to the U.S.,
which is 7,g00 miles by the route
they followed. Kingsford-Smith
flew on to Los Angeles after a
brief rest in Oakland.
Gold Yield in
U.S. Shows
An Increase
NEW YORK.—Gold production in
the United States in September was
284,000 fine ounces, the Bureau of
Metal statistics reported. This is
the -highest output since the Bureau
began its monthly figures in ’32 and
represents an increase of 45,000
ounces, over August.
January to September the output
was 2, 107,000 fine ounces .against
1, 759,000 ounces the .‘same period
last year.
RUBY, Nov. IS.—Pitot Si^sseen o!
the Star Airwpiys ..arrived here today
bringing as a ,g^sseng.er .Mrs. Fred
Johnson.
■Waino Ruptilla arrived Mi,-, town
today with hie team of horse;-. Mr.
Puntilla twill- use the* team t< ;haul
some wood-.'fOi ^he townsfolk
SAD NEWS OF THE DROWNING
OF MRS. ANDERSON AND TWO
BABIES AT HOMER.
Anchorage Times of Nov. 5 tells
of the sad drowning of Mrs. Alfred
Anderson and two babies of Ho
mer, in the wreck of the Monson
mail boat from which Fred Morion
and Ed Anderson narrowly escaped.
Mrs. Anderson who was visiting
in Seldovia had taken passage for
home on the Monson mail boat which
was partly loaded with lumber and
supplies, leaving Seldovia Tuesday
morning.
Arriving at Homer shortly after
noon, the men decided to go up
Homer slough landing. The slough
is navigable only at high tides and
is considered dangerous on account
of rocks and breakers.
The mail boat struck an ebbing
tide which caused the breakers to
roll over the bjpax s stern. 1 he;
water filled, the- .fp^ine leaving the |
boat at the mercy of the waves.
Fred Munson was washed over
board while attempting to launch
the life boat and with great diffi
culty managed to reach shore in an
exhausted condition. The boat listed
and filled with water, drowning the
mother and two. babies in the cabin.
Ed Anderson and another man
managed to hold on to the doomed
craft untili a rescue party attracted
by the shouts of the almost exhaus
ted men. rescued the two men. Mr.
Alfred Anderson was a .member; of
the rescue party not knowing that
his family was on the doomed boat.
Mrs. Anderson before her marriage
age was Miss Richardson and taught
school at Homer.
WEDDING BEpLS RING IN
, .TFif&OTNA.
At a quiet ...ceremony in Ophir,
Johnny McCliung well known em
ployee of the A. R. C., and Miss
Hazel Huntington of Seattle, were
' united in marriage by Commissioner
Jessie Howard.
The bride arrived from Anchorage
via plane Monday. The couple were
taken to Ophir by Ed. Adams, of
the A.R.C. Upon their return they
were entertained at dinner by Mr.
and Mrs. Adams.
During the day the Pioneer’s hail
had been decorated and an evening
reception was tendered the happy
couple after which refreshments
served and several hours of dancing
enjoyed.
i Although the bride came as a
j stranger to the community the many
intimate friends of the popular
groom soon made her one of their
group.
AJtP. EMPLOYEES RETURN TO
THEIR JOBS.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.— Em
ployees of the A.&P. Tea Company
of this city who went on strike last
week returned to work today. The
strike came about as a result of the
attempt to unionize the 2,200 em
ployees into one union. A compri
mize was reached which was favor
able to the empoyers and strikers.
■Three hundred stores were effected.
Items of Imp
In Recent
SAN. PB'DKO, Calif. Nov. 8.—The
Pacific Fleet of the United States
Navy returned here today. The
fleet returned from nymoevers in the
Atlantic which included a review by
President Roosevelt. In all 2-5 ships
and 32,000 men, are expected to be
located at the.,Nan Pedro base this
winter. *•
KETC1KAN. Nm. 8.—Jack Fay,
noted for nib one man bonus army
march to Washington, was arrested
here today an a warrent of unpaid
bills.
NOME, Nov. In— The steamer
Baldwin last snip to unload at Nome,
left today for the state. The Bald
win had 5,000 tons of freight for
Nome and will stop at a few .coastal
points on her way to Seattle.
Wyomin
Desires an
Epic Plan
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A program I
strikingly similiar to that which won |
for Upton Sinclair the Democratic
nomination for governor of Cali
fornia will be laid before the next
Wyoming legislature by the Wyo
ming State Federation af Labor.
The chief feature of Sinclair’s
EPIC plan (End poverty in Califor
nia) is that the state shall put un
employed persons to work in idle
factories and on unused land.
Wyoming proposes that:
“The state shall acquire, lease, or
cause to he taken over idle lands
idle mines, factories and refineries,
and operate the same hv unemployed
to supply the needs of the unemploy
ed, or for state requirements. But
the products from such operations
shall not be placed on the open
market.”
The state federation o^ !ab v also
adopted an amendment to its Casper
convention urging that the state
abandon the contract system in pub
lic works in favor of a plan in which
the state, counties -and municipali
ties would control constitution, using
only Wyoming laborers.
FRENCH CHARGE NAZI INFLU
ENCE IN SAAR.
GENEVA, Nor. 9.—Charges that
the Nazis have 10,000 secret agepts
in the Saar district fur the purpose
of influencing the people of the Saar
to vote in favor of returning to Ger
man rule, were made today by
French authorities to League offici
als.
The plebiscite-will be taken in Jan
uary, 1935, and - both France and
Germany nr<- very desirous of ob
taining ishe. rich .coal, deposits in the
district
Sir Job' ,.Simon, British foreign
minister, offipajlj,-, stated that Eng
land , intends ,»«.* Nit-iii in neutral in
the matter.
ortance
Kcws Events
PORT TOWNSEND*— Three men
including William Bayes of Juneau
are held for Seattle police on charges
of .stealing a cifr and attempting to
mb a service station. Hairy Chisle,
op< rator, raid thej struck him with
a hammer which stunned him. He
then drew a pistol and fired twice.
They fled hut were rounded up later.
GENEAVA, Nov. 5.—Accusations
were made today that the Japanese
have fortified four ol the Ladrone
Islands which were mandated to hej
by the League a few years ago.
NEW YORK. Nov. 7.—In a Zi
cord breaking run the German liner.
Bremen, crossed the Alantic from
Cherobourg. France, to New Yorl
in ,4 days, 15 hours and 27 mins.
INVESTIGATION OF HOLLY
WOOD SUICIDE.
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 7.—A mild
sensation was paused among movie
circles today when a grand jury sub
peoned all records an file relating to
the death p£ Paul Bern, husband of
Jean Harlow, mo\ie actress. Bern,
it will be remembered, was found
d-ad about two .years ago with a
bullet wound in the temple and a
pistol at his side. At that time a
jury, pronounced it a case, of suicide.
SPEAKER TELLS OF EARLY
-r DAY'S IN NOME
Speaking before the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce recently at
one of its popular weekly mid-day
luncheons, Elmer Regd’s reminisc
ences = of Nome in the old days were
entertainly and humorously told. He
traced the history of Nome, then
known as Anvil City, from the first
gold discovery in 1898 through the
exciting years that followed
In 1900 the name was changed ,to
Nome, derived, Mr. Reed believj
from the Eskimo, Ka No Me mean
ing "I don't know.”
Gold on the present beach line was
discovered in 1899 by a soldier ane
approximately 88,000,000 was tajcej
out. In U'OO the town mushroome*
to a growth of approximately 80/00
people. The living conditions v,en
picturesquely and humorously de
scribed by Mr. Reed. George Schu
macher, now of Douglas was Nome’s
first fire chief, and Billy Eddy, cr.
Douglas, the first chiet of police.
The speaker paid a high cumpli
ment to Judge James Wiekefshan
for his constructive work when m
came to Nome in 1901 and “cleanec
up the awful mess,” following fine
conviction of former Federal offici
als in a San Francisco Federa
court on charges relating to mini.a
sc. .... . in Nome during their in
eumbency.
In 1904 J. C. Brown discovered the
now famous third beach line, which,
Mr. Reed said, has produced more
than .one nundred million dollars, and
will be a producer for years to come.
He alu said that the Hammon in
terests JUtV ■ 8 year of work in sight
andt--believes that the area ha. »
g.ooo, mvure.—Anchorage Times'