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TAKOI'NA ALASKA. SA'J LKUAV. JANLVKY V. H‘i
PRICE 25 CENTS*
Frank Manley Minerals of
R-aches End Territory
EJ D COMES AT SAN FRANCISCC*
HOME,—CREDITED WITH E&
TATE OF SHMIOMOOt,.
,3ft. N FRANC:CD.—Frank* Manley,
well known mining man of Alaska,
d ed at hi| home hero yesterday.. Mr,.
Manniey had not been feeling any too
we., for several months, but death,
eanic quite unexpectedly.
Mr. Manley operated more or less
extensively in. different parts of
Yukon Territory and Alaska. He first
came North, in 189T, and was among
early stampsders into, the Klondike.
He later, left that camp for Fair-:
hanks, after which’ he went to Mitr
arod and the Hot Sprinngs districts,
in a.l of which he operated extensive
ly and with much success. Mr. Man—j
ley to rsome years past operated in ;
Shut hern Ghlifbr.niai ad fields, near
Bakersfield, in- wHicH* he.' also, is satdi.
to..have been most successful. He is
said to have left an estate totaling J
about
DEMOCRATS ABANDON HOPE j
OF BALANCING BUDGET:;
WASHINGTON. — The Democrats !
Have abanndoned hopes of enactment.!
of .budget balancing during, the pres* j
«nt. session of Congress
A -1_tVint nlnno aw/i cat 1
far a special session of Congress afr j
ter. March.4, Vice; President-elect Gar
ue* sai dtbat the new. Congress will
tackle the. budget situation, and said
that he could, hut will not, tell when,
the special session, will be summoned* .
Anothenwisit will he paid to Presi
dent Hoover by President-elect Boose-•!
velt this week, but the subjects pla»-j
aed for discussion are being kept a sen !
cret. It.is believed that special .con* i
sideration will be given the war debts,
situation.
Twelve strategically situated House
members belonging to the.ways and;
means committee,, having jurisdiction
aver revenue legislation, agreed to
drop alL tax proposals between now
and March 4.
Consolidation of. the. Agricultural
and Interior Departments will be pre- ■
sen ted soon in. the Senate by Senator j
Britten, who estimates the change
will save.at least $150,000,000 an-.j
Dually. i
MOSCOW.—The entire population!
of three Cossack settlements in the
Kuban region, totaling 45,000 persons {
according to the .1929 census, was er--<
fled into the far North today as the j
first move of the Government’s plans j
for wholesale shifting of population.
Wafnot Puntila, manager of the
Little Creek: Dredging rompany, who
has beem on. the Outside for the past:
few weeks*, is due to return to Ta
kotna at almost any time, having ar
med at McGrath, yesterday.
Miss EbielJ&.M. Rieck, after an ab
sence of some!months, spent mostly
at Fairbsadu.lani7 Anchorage, was an
arrival Taesdapgffiam the latter point,
coming oyea'mrif&iBHct 0611.
Charlie'Gudbel.vffom his headquar
*• tars at Ganes ereek^ .yus a yesterday
arrival fociartau&UUttQess .visit.
Henry SJaWellfc incn£'H Peterson,
aftar a.hrief visit in townv returned a
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( ■yi.I* WAS THE. ONLY MINERAL
THAT SHOWED INCREASE
DURING 1932.
WASHINGTON.—The Department
of the Interior announces, through ad
vance statements prepared by Philip
S. Smith, of the Alaska hranch of the
Geological Survey, that mines in
Alaska are estimated to have pro
duced minerals valued at $10,938,000
in 1932, as against $12,278,000 in
1931. The total value of the mineral
output of Alaska since 1880 is appror
imately $652,000*000-. The figures for
1932, which are preliminary esti
mates and consequently subject to re
vision, are taken from the Goelogical
Survey’s annual report on the mineral
resources of Alaska, nonw in prepara
tion. The source of this mineral
wealth was approximately as follows,,
the 1932 figures being estimates:
Gold: 1932, $9,530,999; 193d, $9,
507.000.
Copper: 1932, $531,000;. 1931,, $1,
877.000. ..
Silver: 1932, $73,000;, 1931, $102,
000.
Coal: 1932, $535/100; 1981,. $656,™
900
Other minerals (lead,., petroleum,
marble, tin, platinum, etc.): 1932,
$260,000; 1931, $236,000.
General Conditions;.
The genenral condition of industry.
in tne uiutea owaLes uunug au
versely acected Alaswa mining devel
opment. This condition, was. in large
measure attributed to the lovtuprices
that prevailed for all ..the. ..mineral
comities except gold. . F<nt instance,
the average selling price .of copper
and lead during the '.year were less
thann three-fourths-oftbe prices that
prevailed during 1931y. which, it may
be remembered, was also a year of
especially low prices; At the current
prices for these- metals .there was. not
onnly no incentive to speed up pro
duction at the already known minnes
or to search, for extensions of these
deposits ,but there was a decided ten
dency to curtail production and opera
tions. so far as. practicable. It was
extremely difficult if .not. impossible to
interest capital to undertake many
Aew mining ventmires, evenn tnhough
there was. some stimulation in pros
pecting and simple:mining operations
that could he carried on by persons
who otherwise would have been unem
ployed.
Weather conditions have at all
times an. effect on. mininng operations
in Alaska, and in 1932*the effect was
especially noticeable. The snonwfall
during) the winter, of 1931-32 was un
usually heavy, so that, the season of
1932 was late- im opening- This! caused
delay in starting massy,v**#Ltbd placer
mines, but war. advantageous in naf
fording a plentiful supply of water
for their operation*, The. summer
was marked by. exceedingly heavy
rainfall, and. alUmugMimmanyt camps
this waa advantageous in. maintain
ing a large- supply cf water;., else
where it waa a., se riousi batbi imp, for
it occurred ihi destauciuieiv jv«biine„
putting thee transportation'. facsbties
out of cianauHasm forfdong. jffqiwfc
All the raQfcasdd<expeapencadxfe4iKy
lamage to tfcein trliiia andt&kfdfefes,
so that they wene r indMetthh - for
weeks at a stretch-/- and-even - wagon
roads and trails wear rendered im
passable.
(Continued ate Page. 3.) . ;
j PILOT REEVES^ UNRKPORTED;
LEFT McGRATH FOR: NOME
WITH FOL'R PASSENGERS
Much apprehension ind.awuKiy ex
ists regarding the whereabouts and.
safety of Pilot Reeves* who left Me*
Grath on Tuesday headed for Nome
and who has been’ unreported.aincr
that time.
Traveling with;. Pilot Reeves, on
their way to Nome, were Olfe Hayes.
Mrs. Hayes and their two children*, a
boy 7years old and an Jnnfanl if 4
months.
. The plane apparently d»d not. react
the. Yukon, for- Reeves wa&.un reported
from either Kaltag or Unalaklik.
Several airplanes are now scouting
the section, over which Reeve* might
have flown, in hopes of locating .the
missing plane, flier and passengers. .
REGARDING DISAPPEARANCE -
OF CHARLES .THDMPSON AND
WIFE AT TIA JUANA*. MEXIGtt
(Fairbanks New»rMiner.>
It has been definitely established
that a plot of some sort was formed,
against Mr. and Mrs. Charles-Thomp
son which may possibly have resulted
in their deaths.
One of the latest developments i*
the senteneimg gf Hugh J^cdetamY*.
Thompson’s, partner in a.Tia Juana
-distillery, .to a federal.’, prison for
smuggling liquor.
; - The Ifian-Diago -Son is carrying, pn>
an active investigation .into the. dis
appearance, and in*, a special wire re-,
coivedhy i the Ne.ws’-Miner .from that
paper the-facts learnned since _they
were ace ported missing are disclosed.;
Jhe dispatch follows*
.- “Friend .aof. Thompson,’beta.and.at*
Tia Juana are asking the United.
States, for. an-investigation of their j
disappearance December 5 through'
William Smalev United States consul
at Ensenaha-....
“The San Diego ^sheriff ! and,. .Tia
Juana.police closed an earlier inves
‘ U^OllUIl -i/CCUIUUCI'J. AU wwiv** OKC
nouncement that Thompson had
abanndoned the Tia Juana venture to.
return to Fairbanks. '
“Hugh McClemmy, partner of
Thompson in the Red Top distillery*, is
no win jail, awaiting transfer to a
Federal prison for, smuggling liquor..
He told officers at the time of the dis
appearance that the couple had left
for Alaska. The purported telegram,
indicated that they were returning to
Alaska.
i “Christmas, greetings received hy)
Thom MucCeachron, Tia Juana friend,
ostensibly from Thompson, led to re
opening of. the case. The signature
was apparently a tracing, expert* of
the. Banco de Pacidi at Tia Juana,
told MaCeachron, and che address had
been. written, by .a different hand. The
discrepancy led friends of the Thomp
sons to. keep their investigation*
alive on the theory that someone was
attempting to support the theory that
the Thompsons, were on a trip.”
Other news was received in a letter
to the News-Miner which said that
McClemmy had a shady reputation
and asserted that the: Thompsons dis^-j
appeared just about. Hie time that the
Red Top distillery had completed the;
manufacture of the 40,000 gallons of
alcohol allotted to it by the Mexican
government. This had led some
friends of the Thompsons in Southern
fornia to believe the Thompsons had'
■Seen spirited away—or, scan bluntly,,
kidnaped—pending the sale of the
- alcohol and pocketing «T the protfia*
by those who wished Thompson a»
goad.
couple of days ago Co (bar Qaamm
creek headquarters. . ,
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
SAN. FRANCISCO*—A two-alarm
lire, believed to have been caused by
a gas explosion, in the basement of a.,
three-story, stucco apartment building I
at 1454 Greenwich street, .today, rout
4d" families from 12.apartments,. The,
fixe spread, quickly,, sent smoke and
Aamea high intothe air,, attracting a.
.argp crowd, .
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PHILADELPHIA. — A settlement
was reported to have been reached to- j
day between Libby Holman Reynolds j
and members of her late husband’s;
family over, the $15,000,000 estate of
Smith Reynolds..
STOCKTON.—William Farley, 16„
West Virginia adventurer, .died in a
hospital here today of injuries in
curred when he slipped and fell under j
the wheels of a Western Pacific j
freight train. -
—
LQNDON.-r-A strike, ., of railway
employes of. the major ..British lines
-appeared likel ytoday_ after the Na
tional TJhion of Railwayman -refused
uok accept wage reductipnB^ gppproved
by the railway owners..
)
. TOK30.—The wariggmear of the
Japanese grand >■ fleet- wilt;- bte; > held
earlier rthkiu had b£e»”;WPe#®«t,..thin
jiear, an admiralty spokesman said
tbday, ■ and it' was believed That.. the
maneuvers -would cover the region of
The Marshall and CAroKria. Inlands,.
SALEM'/Ore.“—Oregon is virtually
<jextnin to be forced to go on * vrar
r ant-Mats' within ten-days, it ft* an
nounced today by Rufu5:H«lwa8f..tll*
State treasurer.
; . BAY' CITY; Mich.The-total of lnes
levied and collected i'rf United'States
District Court here -during December
‘was 5 cents, Assistant-United States
Out Clarence _ Pfettjji announced' to
day. Five first-tinyr-ppphibitiritti law
violators pleaded r ■ guilty and were
fine done penny..each/
SACRAMENTO—A vrobber suspect
identified as James. Ndr-man, 25, pa
roled convict of SdfiuFranciseo, was
dead here today andda police officer
was seriously wounded as- the rasult
of a running gup,’ battle..
PASADENADr. Albert Einstein;
Grznan scientist and proponent of
peace, will make two addresses in
English this week/ against war, the
first at the Uaiveraxtyh of California,
the second in the FAsadena civic audi
torium.
SOUTH BEN D; Ind.^-Hewtly W.
Hunk Anderson, .head coach at Notre
Dame sateef thfc- death of Knute
Rockne, today,vsigned a contract to.
continue as- head coach- in 1933,
KEEL,,Germany—Germany’s pocket
battleship; of-JO,000 tons, equipped;
witA. enough Iguns to place it on equal
terms-, with tothCr ships twice its size,
hugam ti&al’Yuns today. It is capable
rifat speeriibf 26 knots and a cruising
radihis of 140,000 miles without ra
fSBISA-Lid}^ Wary Bailey, fam-j
mot- BriUKh'^fiiyr/ TTHsninc since Sun-j
&*T,.a*K *>ten foirnd aTive on the'
M%ar river arAfrica, the French airj
■hhUy^aBawinctd today. I
HOLLYWOOD.—Lola Lane, mo
tion picture actress, will file suit for
divorce against her husband, Lew
Ayres, also of the screen. Ayres an
nounced. today, “We have agreed to a
settlement.”
CHICAGO.—A aon who stole a
Bible because the only on ehe his 117
year-old mother had was destroyed
homewhen fire destroyed her Kansas
City home, was sentenced today to
seven months in nthe House of Corl
rentieo and fined $100.
SAN PEDRO.—Fred Rebell, who
arrived here two weeks ago after
sailing the 18-foot sloop Elane across
the Pacific from Australia, alone,
was held by Federal officers today and
faced possible deportation. He was
taken into custody, charged with hav
ing overstayed his time limit of 60
days provided in a seaman’s passport
issued in Hawaii November 4.
rnur.;\ i anz.— Winnie num
Judd, condemned killer, is mentally
and physically unsound, it was charg
ed today, as motion was made to
strike out all her testimonny at the
preliminary hearing of J. J. Halloran,
prominent Arizona man, accused as
an accessory after murder.
WASHINGTON.—Freedom for the
Philippine Islands was granted today
Ity . the United States Government
; whten the Senate confirmed the atti
tude of the House of Representatives
fchd voted 66. to 26 to override the
veto of the President in respect to the
independence hill.
Both houses have now overridden
the chief executive in the matter.
> Independence for the Philippines
will be achieved by the stand taken
Uaken by Congress within 10 to 12
years, provided the Philippine legis
lature accepts the act of Congress
within that time
OLYMPIA.—A bill offered in the
Senate would impose a $10 fine on
anyone soliciting a ride on the high
way, except in cases of accident or
emergency, the passage of which
would ban appealing thumbs from
the roadsides of the State.
Undeterred by cold weather warn
ings and food and shelter difficult to
obtain, 200 unemployed of the ad
vance guard of so-called hunger
marchers arrived a tOlympia yester
day to appeal to the Legislature. The
main force is scheduled to arrive late
tonight.
FRENCH FLIERS IN RECORD
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
NATAL, Brazil..—Jean Mermoz,
French airman, successfully set down
the huge tri-motored plane Rainbow
here yesterday, after a record flight
of 14 hours and' 2 minutes across the
South Atlantic ocean from the coast
of Africa. They carried mail for
South American cities.
Mermoz and his six companions be
..._ At, . £_-a- A*_ a. 1_t.S. . •
VWUIC MIC •**»** (licia VU UICMIUHI. Ill
Africa and Have dinner the same dav
in Brazil.
The fliers averaged 140 miles an
Hoar m»r-the course ■
Adhuces from. Fairbanks are to the
effect that no true bill was found by
the grand; jury against Carl F. Lotta
feUt,liie tOlack of evidence, and that
th»-«*ae against him, an naccounting:
charge; ras been dismissed.