THE KUSKO TIMES
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VOL. XIII. . NO. 22.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, .JULY 22,, 1933.
JPRJOE, 25 CEUfTli
Mat era Off
For States
BOUND-WORLD FLIER REACHES
FAIRBANKS, CH WAY TO
OUTSIDE.
FAIRBANKS. — James Mattern,'
noted round-the-world flier, who met
disaster when his plane crashed at a
point about M miles from Anadir, ar
rived here toda yin company with
Pilot Richardson from Nome, to
-«rhidh place Mattern was recently
brought from S beria by a Russian
pilot. Mattern will leave immediate
ly for Spokane.
NEW YC|RK.—According to details
obtained here regarding the experi
ence of James Mattern, round-the
world solo flier, he lived 16 days in
the wilds of Northern Siberia in a
manner fully in accord with the best
Robinson Crusoe tradition.
Reports from Moscow say that Mat
tern crashed and suffered severe cuts
and bruises. After that he was com
pelled to live off his emergency sup
plies and small game which he shot
before being located by his rescuers.
He built a crude hut for shelter
against winds and rains.
Mattern was only. 14 hours out of
Khabarovsk when he began having
motor troubes. Finally the motor
failed entirely, and as there was ne
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Flier Wiley I
Halted at Flat ;
i
!
PLANE DAMAGED, REPAIRED,;
AND ROUND-WORLD FLIER
SPEEDS ON.
FLAT, July 20—Wiley Post, famed
round-the-world flier, made an unan-'
nounced stop at this places today, an
wvent wh.ch caused several .hours’;
loss of time in his attempted speed :
record.
After levying Nome WUey,. in .jus \
fast Lockheed Vega plane, crossed
the Yukon near Ruby; carried on up j
the Yukon dbove Tatiana, jafc A time
when visibility was not good. <Circ
ling aroundj he itook a course west of
Mount McKinley.; then dropped hack
toward the Yukon; again near Holy;
Cross. He then sighted the Ki»*ko
kwim, which stream he followed up
until ihe came to "Fhft,, about noon. ■"!
Sighting the wireless station, Post
circled -around a few times, and then I
made a landing, on a small field, in
which, carried on through the edge of
the field, the plane’s propeller was
damaged and his landing gear also i
slightly damaged.
The wireless station at Flat imm'e-'
■diately reported Post’s arrival there,
also telling of the damaged condition
of his plane.
Pilot Winchell, who was in. Mfia
Grath at the time, immediately flew
to Flat to give Post ail possible as
THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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By E. L Bartlett.
WASHINGTON, July 1—The post
offices at Haines and Hyder ar? to h
relegated to the fourth class, accord
ing to recent announcement maV* by
the Post-office Department. Previously
the postmasters in charge of those
offices have been presidential ap
pointees. Mrs. Loretta C. Hill, act
ing postmaster at Hyder, has been
recommended by Delegate Dimond
for permanent appointment.
Alarmed at the long continued ab
sence of Albert Fink, and fearing foul
play, residents at Hot Springs, on the
Tanana river, wired Delegate Dimond
after earlier efforts to organize a
search for Mr. Fink had failed.
United States marshals in Alaska are
pot authorized to incur expenses for
searches of that character and a spe
cial order was necessary. The Dele
gate placed the matter before .the De
partment of Justhice, the result being
that a deputy was directed to proceed
from Fairbanks to search for Mr.
Fink.
iA conference this week in which
Commissioner of Indian Affairs John
Collier, Territorial Commissioner of
Education Anthony E. Karnes and
Delegate Dimond participated, was
the opening move in the endeavor to
have the Federal Government assume
a greater financial responsibility in
the education of Alaska Indian chil
dren.
At the present time the Territory
is paying for the education of several
hundred of Indian children, a charge,
it is befiafietifc.which should properly
be borne .bft. thJQttce of Indian Af
fairs.
i Commis^fwiV- T was very
{Sympathetic to the representations
| made by Mr. Karnes and Mr. Diipond.
Suggested to him was ap entirely
new policy with respect to ^education
of Indian children.
Under the plan proposed the Terri
tory would take over the Office of'In
dian Affairs schools, and the Federal
Government would pay into the Alas
ka treasury certai nstated sums to
pay the costs of operating the Indian
schools.
Responsibility for medical care, or
natives would still rest upon tie Of
fice of Indian Affairs.
Before any such plan aa this'Could
be put into effect appropriate legisla
tion would have to be passed by Con
gress.
Commissioner Collier promised to
study carefully the suggestions placed
before him.
His approval would, inwall likeli
hood, he necessary before ..Congress
would act.
Commissioner and Mi&jf&trnes de?
panted yesterday afternoon fof Chi
cago, where he will atthwdcthe an
nual meeting of the National Educa
tional Association. Hel than'will re
turn to his keadquarfcflUtet JiA Juneau
and prepare for an eytentLed survey
trip which will take him, to^acbools
along the coast, oufc'tttel.br westward,
the lower Kuskokwimr |.*uid, Yukon,
Seward Penmsulahhndilthestlnterior.
Mr. Karnes will«U* until
late in October.
Mrs. Karnes *ttjiithejf.iqhildy who
heve been visiting, relatives in Min
nesota for the last ecfUpje of months,
will remain in the States until about
the 1st of November. From Minne
)Coj»tinu*d. on, PjPfe 3)
sistance. Othe rassistance also was'
forthcoming from Fairbanks by Joe
Crosson, who was bringing parts to
refix the damaged plane.
Post was rather fatigued after his
flight to this place from Siberia, and
the mishap gave him aa1 opportunity
to take a few hours of needed rest at
! the wireless station here.
Following completion of repairs to
I his plane Post teqKrerfF for Fairbanks,
flying over Takotna about 5 a. m., ar
riving at Fairbanks about 6 a. m.
The plane is a speedy one, averag
ing around 190 miles an hour. He
had ample.gasoline when he,landed at
Flat.
From Fairbanks, Post is scheduled
to fly to Bdmonton, thqnce to,Toledo,
| Ohio, and Ne wYork 'City.
NEWrYORK, Juy 22.—Wiley, Post,
noted aroond-the-word flier, arrived
here; early this evening, fojlopring the'
compdetioir of his -worid flight, .receiv
ing a .tremendous pvation.
Loeal Nates
j' J^obfrt £>reis, accompanied by ^jis:
son, with jLloyd Bauer as pilot, wdre
Sunday ^arpyais hei# from McGrath,
to which point they flew • with their,
own .an*phibian>- plane direct from
Chicago. ; MTj £>reis ip .a consulting
| mining engineer Of wide eafperience,
among thg late .fields visited by .him
being SpUth. Afrieg^-Japan and Rus
; sia. Mr. lire is is here to inspect and
examine properties eontipdled :byC. L.
j Baker and John Rieck otfc.C%nps cre^k.
i'lMjf.J Dkreis f^xppejpqd , himself as well
pleased with,what he had sp far seen
qf this action.
C Glayde Nybwg, former w^H-kpown
oldtamer, at Poor
man, was amor g>>ina ■ week., arivals
here^; He nsports acbivUiea at- Poor
man almost ■at.a-;stands.tilJi ao fpr as
mining is >. concerned *,■ owing to the
lack of water. :.He reports that forest
fira o« the other side of Cripple have
done sump dgmage, one bridge on the
mail, route qn_the ,road between’Crip
ple) and Ppprman having .been wiped
out^-by. the i}§ines.
The steamer- Tana, Captain Frank
Murray, left this morning for Bethel
*»p her, ge(9pndvdown-river trip, to con
nect with>»the» steamer WJL Tupper,
the latter being scheduled to leave
Seattle on August 10. Among those
going down on the Tana were Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gondry.
Hary '‘Buckskin” Harris, a former
well known oldtimer of this section/
but for several years past located at
Poorman and Ruby, passed away at
Ruby about three weeks ago, accord
ing to reports recently received here.
Cause of death was not stated.
Mrs. Charles Konig, after a visit
of some days at Anchorage hospital,
where she underwent an operation
appendix trouble, returned to Mc
Grath yesterday, greatl yimproved.
F. J. Spach, in charge of Alaska
Boad Commission activities in this
section, returned a couple ofdays ago
from mi official visit to Flat.
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Frank Guskey, Warner Alford and
Ralph Anderson, after a visit of two
or three days at McGrath, returned
here today.
Emil Anderson, superintendent *of
Yankee creek dredge, was a Sunday
visitor.
W. T. Vandepool, after a visit of a
couple of days here, returned Sunday
.tp, McGrath.
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
1
LONDON.—After having saved .the
life of the world economic conference
by hjs oplef, to ’fightvfc^ the finish
against .adjournment, Roosevelt pro
vided his delegation with more am
munition to strive for success of the
parley, *by transmitting . a message,
the intent pf which is .to carry on an
American campaign for world-wide
price pe^vyery.
,The ^Americans are jubilant over
the prospec of being ^able to present
concrete proposals to the parley to
support-their desire fior the treatment
j of the full original ageiida.
However, the gold leaders declare
' Roosevelt’s program was designed to
. solglifyt whatt they characterized as
the “doliar-sterling" cbloc, comprising
the United. States, Great Britain and
a number .of smaller states, and ic as
I sist in opposing the European gold
| standard -nations.
The French concede defeat in try
ling to limit the: world economic con
ference work.
PARIS—The fight to'jnaoftta'yt.the
gold standard wap fornva)fy organized
by representatives of six countries
holding two-fifths of the>worJd’s sup
ply of gold. A secret agreement, be
.tweejt banks of .France, Holland,
Switzerland, Belgium. Poland and
a^4 Italy isi;undefstood. to have ..been
effected for .gratis of. sutipor.ting cur
.rengy by .means of direct, methods
aimed at, throttling speculation
■against gold
*, LONDON.—r 4 dramatic- struggle
over the currency question has devel
oped in the British family of nations,
with the dominions insisting that the
imperial government unhitch.-, the
t>ound sterling from the French franc
and other gold currencies and reduce
its value along with the ^hiewcan
dollar.
WASHINGTON. — Pension rolls
were lightened almost one-half /today
by Roosevelt’s economy prpgram.
Expenditures were.qut frpm $827,
940,000 .to estimates for the year of
$581,988*000. Not all of the reduc
tion conies-out of the benefits ,form
erly paid ex-soldiers. Fifty millions
will be the reduction of the ppm0*
priation set aside yearly to pay the
bonus due ip 1945.
CHICAGO.—Britain js-^demaiiding
that the United States produce '‘Jake
the Barber” Factor, millfopajre. stock
operator, on grounds .that he is evad
ing extradition. England bases its
accusations against Factpr, who was
reported kidnaped in New, Ycttk a
week ago, on the claim that he swin
dled British investors, out of $7,000,
000. . An appeal by Factor bo prevent
extradition is pending,
ST. PAUL,—Dr. W. H. H^Bberg
was kidnaped, ^rugged and shot, and
afterwards released by three men
who had plann^l to mutilate hint, be
told the ^polige^last -night.
Dr. E. C. Epgberg found Hedberg’s
car after it fcpdjbeen bit by a train.
Engberg .said the had been selected
to perform -a fpetilation operation on
.a/raas ,hetd(B^.r)ot-seen .and did not
know and Ji^ refnsed. The police said
the intended victim was Hedberg.
Betti doctors said they were lured
from, their homes by false calls and
.were.salami. . man.
! WASHINGTON,—The Admisistra
i turn further spread its .efforts today
, to put .more. men to, work immediately
j.at,IMBher pay and thus .Obtain in*
: creased purchasing power, which is
necessary .for -real ^losperity. The
Department -of I-abar calked officials
of .26. States to shape file ..framework
i for .new cooperative employment ser
j vice.
At ..the suggestion .Roosevelt an
effort, is being made U> curb the spurt
.production but. at the .'same time as
sure new jobs„apd more, pay
WASHINGTON—President 'Roose
velt last .night signed the cotton tex
,ti«e code, first under the na.tio.ual re
i eovery act,, fixing $12 and $114 as the
j minimum wage for the -South and
! North, respectively. A 40-hour .work
l week is provided or all,miU employes.
With the approval. ,,fb\ President
Roosevelt of the textile code, upward
, of -400,000 cotton textile mill ■(•m
j ployes will'begin work within a few
i days in the United' States.
OLYMPIA. — Employment oT at
least 10.000 men in addition to those
i who wiir.be given regular work on
j State .projects, in the next 18 months
at a tentative minirmirr wage <of 50
‘ cens an hour for unskilled labor is
foreseen by the director .of highways.
Lacey Murrew says the outcome of
Federal aid employment. .w?K be
brppgbt abost by Acceptance through
thejGoyprnment of the pregrain call
ing fog- the total estimated expendi
ture of about. $84)00{000 in .this Slate
under the-provisions of the industrial
recovery act.
>. S1BATTIJC-— Thp prosecutof f office
announces thatv John Francis, office
manager for the-.Pacific-Fruit&. Pro
duce Company; ihas noOfessed do em
bez%lii}g- $49,000 from his employers
during the iast six years, Ac cover
losses, in,mining stock'‘‘investments.”
LONG BEACH. — Three -Eastern
•Crew«y, representing Yale, Harvard
and Cornell,, won from,, the Western
eights.
.Washington made the best time
over the '2,000-meter Olympic .course,
namely, 6 minutes .and >40 seconds,
but Yale, and ^Cornell won the lrst
heat, eliminating California and!
Washington,,, flarvard came in sec
ond, eliminating. University ,ob Cali
fornia of Los Angeles.
LONG BEACH.-»~Iii * wild driving:
finish Washington won the national
■int$r-coUegi?te .splint rowing regatta
Saturday by finishing six feet,ahead
of Yale. Cornell came ip .third, and
Harvard foprth.
The winner’s, time, -was -6 minutes
38 4-5 seconds, which is -10 seconds
slower than the course record.
LONDON,—The American delega
tion presented a .resolution to the
economic commission of the world
economic conference calling for
shorter hours of labor and increased
wages in proportion to the ri^e in
prices.
JUNEAU.—A settlement of- the
fishermen’s strike at Yakutat has
been .effected. The fishermen 'com
promised with the packers, at 15«cents
a pound to-be paid far Ted sslmen.
Libby, McNeill & Uibby have beet?,
paying 13 cents^Thi fishermen wasv