THE KUSKO
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VOL XIII NO. 1
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. APRIL 15 1D33
PRICE 25 CENTS
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73 Meet Death as Akron,
World’s Biggest Dirigible,
Crashes Off Jersey Coast
NEW YORK.The world's biggest
airship, the U. S. S. Akron, crashed,
in stormy, darkness off the New Jer
sey coast, early today, hurling into
the water five officers and crew of
men, of whom. 73 are.-dead or still
massing, The Navy Department has
virtually abandoned hope for the res
cue of the missing officers and men., j
The Navy blimp 13 crashed in the j
ocean off Beach Haven, . N. Y-, while
searching for survivors of the Akron.
Lieutenant Commander David Cum
mins was dead , when he- was brought
to the Atlantic City hospital,, officials
there said. The body of Pasquale
Bettio, another member of the erew,
was recovered by the Coast Guard
several hour slater. One other marc
was believed. missing, and four were
saved.
Lieutenant Commander Cummins,
who bad been scheduled to go out on
the .Akron Monday night but was not.
taken along, went out on the Blimp
on his. own insistence.
DELEGATE DIM0ND INTRO
DUCES BILL TO REPEAL I
ALASKA MINING LAW, 1912.
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, in.
gress entitled “An Act to prohibit
the House of Representatives, on.
March 20, introduced the following
bill, amending the Alaska mining
law, which was referred to the com
mittee on Territories:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House, of Representatives* of. the.
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Act of Congress
entitled “An. Act to modify, and
amend the minin glaws in their appli
cation to the Territory, of Alaska, and
for other purposes” (-37 Stat. L. (242
243), approved August 1, 1912r be,
and the same is. hereby,-repealed.
Section 2. That the general min-j
ing laws of the United States, so far
aa the yare applicable to placer min
ing claims, are hereby extended to
and declared to he in full force and
effect in said Territory of Alaska:
Provided, That nothing, herein shall
be held to change or affect the rights
aaquired by locators or owners of
placer mining claims heretofore lo
cated in said Territory under the Act
herein repealed.
CUMMINGS TO BE RETAINED1
AS ATTORNEY•.GENERAL
WASHINGTON—President Roose
velt has appointed Mayor Frank Mur
phy of Detroit, as Governor General, j
of the Philippines. j
Murphy’s selection means that'
Homer S. Cununings will be retained
as- Attorney General. He originally
was selected fars.the island governor
ship, but changed, to a Cabinet post
fallowing the death* of Senator Walsh
of Montana. ..i
Recent arriuaiioat. McGrath: include
Cfcptain Frank-Murray, who comes to
assume the plated oitttlte. Tana made
vacant by th&jdeath.some weeks ago
of - Captain Ge&egerrA;>Gfeenp. Also
arriving at McGrath Sr as Frank Mor
timer, wel lknown purser of the
Tafaa—
The dramatic, story of the lfcat
hours of the Akron, told in the fash*
ion of Navy reports, was related by
Lieutenant Commander H. U. Wiley*
one of the tbvee survivors. Lieuten
ant Commander Wiley was on duty
when the Akron began to run into the
worst part of.the storm. He changed
his course as the wind and lightning
became more severe. But his huge
craft began to descend rapidly. Amid
glare of brilliant flashes which lit the
heavens* the crew began dropping,
ballast to keep the craft at a high
altitude. But the fury of the wind
ncreased and the Akron continued, tw
drop steadily. When the storm
mounted suddenly, a blast of wind
ripped along the envelope, damaging
the rudder and causing the stern tc*
dip.
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett*
chief of Naval operations, Comman
der Harry C. Cecil, Naval Depart
ment Commander, F. T.. Berry, Lake
hurst Naval Air Station, were also
bboard and reported lost.
EEV. E. J. CUNNINGHAM A
VISITOR FROM HOLY CROS
Rev. E. J. Cunningham, for the
past twelve, years stationed at Holy
Cross Mission on the Yukon, was a
Tuesday arrival, coming with Pilot
Steve Mills. It was the first visit
of Father Cunningham to this sec
tion and, incidentally,, the first visit
of any other priest during the past
15 years. The flying time from Holy.
Cross was two hours, at which
Father Cunningham commented that
it was a trip of a week for a dog
team.
Holy Cross Mission, on the Yukon,
which was established by Rev. A.
Rohaut in the year 1890, now con
sists of three fathers, five, brothers,
eleven Sisters of St. Ann, and 175
children. It is the largest Catholic
Mission in Alaska, with its extensive
farm, a. dairy herd of fifteen cows, as
well as a reindeer herd. Potatoes and
many kinds of vegetables are also
grown, all tending to make the farm
a great aid fit supporting the .Mission.
Departing from here Thursday on
his return to Holy Cross, Father Cum
ningham said he wished to thank the
people in these communities for kind
nesses shown to Brothers Feltes. and
Lapeyre, during their airplane trials
a year ago last winter; in which the
whole community at Holy Cross also
wishes to give like expression.
Also leaving with. Father Cunning
ham for Holy Cross wore, Emma and
Clara Konig, of McGrath,-and Elsie
and Josephine Condry, ,of iBig River,
to enter the Mission.
Jerome Elliott, oldtfcner i of‘ the
Iditarod section, passed away..>at’An
chorage hospital. & few days i ago.
Departing from Iditarad, Mr. Elliott
went to Anchorage,. and later took
a farm in the. Matasuska valley; -
was a member of Iditarod Igloo- -
Mrs. Frank Lott wasm Tfiesdafr' ar
rival by airplane, leaving the ..follow
ing day for her hemn'-at Akiak-.
D. E. Clough was among early in
the-week visitors, returning to, Mc
Grath on Wednesday.;
ALASKA'S NEW GOVERNOR.
KN ROUTE BACK TO JUNEAU
SEATTLE.—John W. Troy, recent
ly appointed Governor of Alaska by
President Roosevelt, arrived here
Wednesday night from Oakland and
eras greeted -at the Boeing Field with
a large crowd of well-wishers,, include
hag Chamber of Commerce officials.
Mr. Troy said he would wait until
he gets back to Alaska before- he an
nounces has program,, “but will, say
the national administration is friend
ly to and understands its
problems.’* He- declared that Alaska,
is just embarking on what may prove
one of the greatest eras in her devel
opment.
Alaska's new Governor will speak
Thursday night with Governor Clar
ence D. Martin at the Jefferson
Roosevelt banquet here, and wilt fly
north Friday on his way to Juneau.
Commenting on national affairs,
Troy said Roosevelt ia as- complete a
dictator as Mussolini; that President
is a dictator because the people want
a man who can solve thei'e. problems
and willing to give.-him-a free rein
to do SOi" '
Beer Flows
In 19 Stales
JUBILATION AND JOLLITY SEEN
EVERYWHERE-.—TW($ EASES
FOR. PRESIDENT..
> I
llndatedu—Thump* oL bungstanter*
oa counties* kegs drummed' a long:
loot beverage hack- toj AgnriycJm
scene* tadagr^wlKnJndul Beer cueists
of a territory populated. Bp about
seventy millions as nineteen, States
and the District of oGlumbia lifted
the. tfafcrteem-yesr ban.
Jubilation and jollity were wide
spna. damoag friends of the bever
age, lets foes voiced criticism, and
warning.
Taro cases-were taken to the White
House immediately after midnight,
j brewers- giving it to the President.
] On Broadway, New Yorkers parad
j ed behind a h earse lettered “Near
' Beer la Dead", while a band wearing
-’bright uniforms, played dirges and
drinking songs..
j Chicago’s celebration was surpris
ingly good, with from one hundred
thousand' to two hundred thousand
jbarrels speeding to distant points.
So it went throughout the country
where lawful.
HEAVY CASUALTIES SUS
TAINED BY CHINESE TROOPS
SHANGHAI. — Heavy casualties
were reported here today as fighting
between Japanese and Chinese troops
continued unabated below the Great
WalL Driving relentlessly in their
campaign to rid the sector of Chinese
troops, the Japanese killed five hun
dred defenders in a battle raging
>areund Lengkow .reports said. The
Chinese were driven bade after a 47
hour fight. Japanese losses were 26
killed and 100 wounded. The Japan
ese lost eight soldiers in a pitched;
battle near Chiehlingkow. Ten were
wounded..
Game Warden Uddie Hallson was
among the week's visitors, during
which he made a trip to Ophir before
returning to McGrath.
Erase Gove, following a visit of
almost three months on the Outside,
I retained here Tuesday..
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
LOS ANGELES.—Ten thousand
dollars reward, offered for the cap
ture o fWilliam Edward Hickman,
executed slayer of little Marion Par
ker, yni1 canceled hy the Los Angeles
city council today. The action fol
lowed a court decision last May deny
ing the reward to two uards and
Buc Lieuarlen, Pendleton, Ore., offi
cers who capttured him.
NEW YORK.—Ernest Torrence,
veteran stage and screen actor, en
route with his wife from Los Angeles
to England on the Empress of Britain,
was stricken suddenly ill just before
sailing time today and was. removed
on a stretcher to the Lenox Hill hos
pital. His case was diagnosed as
muscular rheumatism.
SEATTLE.—The first degree mur
der case against Marcelino Julian,
who ran amuck here Thanksgiving
day, killing six persons, went to a
jury of ten men and two women this
afternoon. The State asked the death
penalty, and the defense pleaded for
a verdict of- not guilty by reason of
insanity.
BURBANK, Calif.—With his for
mer wife, Blondie Ann Harding, bid
ding him an affectionate farewell,
Harry Bannister, actor-editor, left to
day by U. S. Air Lines for San Fran
cisco, to sail late today for China to
become a flying war correspondent.
WASHINGTON.—The State De
partment today invited every country
having a diplomatic mission in Wash
ington. to exchange ’■ < \vs with the
United States on problems to arise at
ths .-etrming world economic confer
TOKYO.—Viscount Kikfjiro Ishis,
member of the privy’ council and for
mer foreign minister, informally ac
cepted today the appointment to head
Japan’s delegation to the interna
tional -economic conference at Wash
ington.
ROME—Minister of Finance Guido
Jung will represent Italy at Presi
dent Roosevelt’s informal foreign af
fairs conversation Washington, it
was announced-tw^#' Premier Mus
solini instruetod.-tlte-Jtalian ambas
sador at 'Washi^QB-'to notify Mr.
Roosevelt of Jung’St'designation and
to express Mussolini’s regret that
Business at home prevented him from
visiting the White House.
McCOOK, Neb.—Glen Hughes, 22,
and Willard Button, 29, were killed
Tuesday night when a dual-controlled
airplane which they were flying lost
a wing 300 feet aloft and fell in a
cornfield near the airport.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary of La
bor Perkins informed the House labor
committee today that she hoped the
Black 30-hour-work-week bill, pre
ferably with some modifications,
would be passed at this session of
Congress.
PORT WORTH, Tex.—A jiggsaw
puzzle, entitled The Conquerors, in
terrupted a city-wide campaign to
rid Fort Worth of liquor stills today.
Eight Federal investigators, two
members of the city vice squad and
the United States commissioner spent
two hours over a table on which the
pieces were spread
t *
ALEPPO, Syria.—Miss Jean Bat
ton, British woman flier, attempting
a new woman’s record from London
to Australia, was flying toward Bag
dad today, the third leg of her jour
ney.
Captain Robbiano, of the Italian
army, attempting the same flight, has
not been reported since he took off
from here for Jask, Persia.
Capt. William N. Lancaster, seek
ing to break the record for a flight
from London to Capetown, took off
Oran, Algeria, on the second leg of
his journey.
LIMA, Peru.Egorts to recover the
bodies of 300 persona buried a fort
night ago under a landslide at Tanta
Bay, in northern Peru, were aban
doned today when continued heavy
rains converted the village site into
a small lagoon.
FRESNO.—Mrs. Cecilia Morales,
who stabbed Florenzio Gonzales to
death during a drinkin gparty, today
was sentenced to a maximum of ten
years in San Quentin prison.
AUSTIN, Texas. — Homesickness
weighed heavily on Paul C. Smothers,
paroled from the Texas penitenitary.
He left a note for his father saying
he had “done something,” to go back.
; Walking into police headquarters to
1 day, he was charged with robbery in
a 95-cent filling station holdup.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The last legal
I cloud over the Golden Gate bridge
; was removed today bya decision of
! the State supreme court which upheld
i the legality of the rate of interest on
| its bonds. At the same time, necee
i 6ity of building models of towers to
j test wind stress and vertical and lat
eral loads on the Golden Gate bridge
1 was pointed out to span directors by
three consulting engineers—Dr. O. H.
! Ammann and Leon S. Moissie, of New
; York, and Prof. Charles Derleth, Jr.,
: of California. The models would cost
$12,000, a sum far less than was
spent on similar tests for the Hudson
river bridge, the engineers reported.
NEW YORK.—Major League base
ball openings today, curtailed in three
cities because of unfavorable weather,
attracted crowds totaling 100,000, ac
cording to a compilation. Last year
six opening-day games attracted a
total of 116,500.
WASHINGTON.—Captain Paul B.
j King, 38, son of Senator King, Dem
! oerat, of Utah, was killed Tuesday
night in a seven-story plunge from
his hotel room.
FLORENCE, Ariz.—A hearing to
determine the sanity of Winnie Ruth
Judd, condemned to hang April 21 for
the slaying of her former friend,
Agnes Ann Leroi, will be held here
Friday morning before Superior
Judge E. L. Green, The hearing was
granted at the request of Warden A.
G, Wralker of the State prison, where
Mrs. Judd is an inmate, and forms
what most observers contend is the
blonde nurse’s only remaining chance
to escape the gallows. There still
remains possible legal moves, but
even her attorneys believe these are
doomed to lailnre.
HATTIESBURG, Miss.—Paul Wex
ler, 20, condemned murderer, starved
to death in the county jail here, the
county. coroner .reported today.