THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL X NO; 38 TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. OCTgEBR 4 1980 PRICE 25 CENTS
Ralph Wien, Fathers Delon
and Walsh Killed in Crash
Of Airplane At Kotzebue
HOLY CROSS, Oct. 13.—The Cath
olic plane Marquette Missionary, pi
loted by Ralph Wien, with Father
Delon, pf .the Holy; Cross Mission, and
Father. Walsh aboard to earth, killing
al three instanty.
Pilot Wien, following a test flight,
had returned and; picked up the two
priests. After rising he circled the
field once, and in making back his
engine seemed to stall, while at a
hfeight of.about 400 feet, nose-diving
to earth and burying the nose of the
ship down into the frozen ground.
The crash occurred on the Kotzebue
landing field at at. 3:45 p. m. Sunday.
Brother. Feltes, co-pilot of. Wien, was
not with the party in the flight.
The red monoplane christened Mar
inette Missionary, and planned for
use in Alaska by the Jesuit mission
aries, took off from Roosevelt Field,
New York, on July 5, heading first
for Buffalo. At the controls of the
six-passenger Bellanca was George
Pickering. Passengers aboard were
the Very Rev. Phiip I. Delon, S. J.,
in charge of Jesuit missions in Alaka;
Brother J. J. Feltes, Jesuit mission
ary, also a fllyer( and Walter H.
Kade, Detroit aeronautical engineer.
The plane was flown by easy stages
to Seattle, then to Southeastern Alas
ka, across the Guf of Alaska to Sew
ard, thence to Fairbanks, which lat
ter place it left only a few days ago.
Ralph Wien, pilot of the ill-fated
ship, leaves a wife and two children
in Fairbanks. He had been flying in
Alaska for tre past two years. His
brother, Noel Wien, a former Alaska
flier, is now' located in Minnesota.
Another Oil
Investigation
PRIVATE OIL INTERESTS STEAL
ING LAND FROM GOVT. OIL
RESERVES, CHARGE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—That pri
vate oil interests have, been stealing
land from government oil reserves in
Goorado was the charge made today
by Ralph. S. Kelley, head of the field
division of the General Land Office in
Denver.
Kelley says these interests have ac
quired fro mthe Government 800,000
acres of oil shale land for $250 an
acre and that the lands carry fully
forty billion barrels of oil.
The Senate committee on public
lands indicates ehe right to investi
gate Kelley’s charges and it is certain
that that committee wil give a thor
ough investigation of the same.
GORDON STEWART NORTH
COTT PAYS THE PENALTY
SAN QQUINTIN, Oct. 2.—Gorden
Stewart Northcott, 23 years of age,
convicted of murdering three boys on
his Wineville, California, chicken
ranch, was hanged at. the State prison
here today
50 QUARTS OF DRINKABLES
FOUN DABOARD AIRPLANES'
GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Eight na
tional reliability air tour pilots land
ed here from Lethbridge, with Henry
Russell leading.
Frank Hawks, transcontinental
flight record holder, referee of the
toor, was fined $30 when customs
men took six quarts of sherry from
his plane.
Other pilots and passengers in the
nine accompanying planes were re
lieved in all of some 50 quarts of
beer, whisky-and sherry found in the
ships.
W. H. Jones, of the firm of Green
berg & Jones, Cripple mining oper
ators, was a yesterday arrival for a
short stay here.
Ernie Gore left yesterday for a
brief vist at Ganes creek.
New York
Democrats
RENOMINATE ROOSEVELT AND
DECLARE FOR REPEAL OF
18TH AMENDMENT.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 30.—Franklin
D. Roosevelt, incumbent, was today
renominated by acclamation for gov
ernor by the Democratic State con
vention here. Lieutenant Governor
Lehman was also renominated.
\ The platform adopted declares for
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead Act, and restoration
to the State of the right to control
liquor.
MAY SELL”THEIR PRODUCTS
WITHOUT INTERFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Grape
I growers and other fruit producers
j may sell their products without in
terference if they are distributed for
legal purposes, Director Woodcock of
the prohibition bureau announced to
' day.
j EMERY VALENTINE WILLS
ESTATE TO OLD FRIEND
JUNEAU, Sept. 30.—Ernest Lee
Pulver, intimate friend and business
associate for many yearsi was named
sole heir by Emery Valentine, whose
will was filed for probate..
Monetary bequests ranging from
$1 to $5 0a month were made to sev
eral other persons. The value of the
estate was not given. It includes
property in the- business section of
Juneau. The Valentine block and also
a jewelry store are included.
JOHN LIND, FORMER GOV
ERNOR OF MINNESOTA, DEAD
MINNEAPOLIS.—John Lind; for
mer governor of Minnesota and con
gressman, who once went, to Mexico
as the personal representative \
President Woodrow Wilson, died at
his home after an eight months’ ill
ness.
Tom Saknoff left Friday fOr a brief
visit at McGrath,..
PRESIDENT HOOVER HOPE
FUL; DECLARES WORST OF
GREAT DEPRESSION IS OVER
CLEVELAND, Oct. 3.—“Any re
cession in American business is but a
temporary halt in the prosperity of
a great people,” President Hoover de
clared in an address before the Amer
ican flankers Association hele last
night. The President asserted that
the worst of the depression is over.
Telegraphic Ticks
SEATTLE, Oct. 3. -Superior Judge
Frater this afternoon sentenced Ev
erett Zell, 12, to indeterminate time
at the state training school for boys
j for his imprisoning of Frank Nolan,
! Sheila Nolan and Sheila Dailey in the
basement of an unoccupied house.
BOISE, Oct. 3.—Judge F. A. Diet
rich,of the United States Court of
Appeals of the Ninth circuit at San
Francisco, died suddenly here oday in
his automobile in which he started to
drive to San Francisco.
SEATTLE, Oct. 3.—Daniel Hobon,
former policeman, was today sen
tenced to serve one year in McNeill
Island penitentiary, following his
conviction on a c(j^trge of releasing
j city jail prisoners lor money.
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—H. A. P. Myers
was appointed Wednesday by Gover
nor Hartley to fill the vacancy in the
Superior Court.
| NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Daniel
Guggenheim lied here yesterday.
LONDON, Oct. 3.—Lord Berken
head died here today.
LEPROSY MAY BE CURED
BY RECENT DISCOVERY
—
HONOLULU.—A new product that
| may revolutionize the methods of
1 treating leprosy has been discovered
; by 'the University of Hawaii chem
! ical department.
! The preparation is derived from
| chaumoogra oil, which has been used
; successfully in the treatment of lep
| rosy, but the new product is a water,
i soluble substance, where previous de
! rivatives have been only insoluble.
Experiments on dogs have proven
J that the derivative rapidly enters the
| blood. A step forward, it is believed,
! has been accomplished by the in
j ventors.
AGED PRINCESS WEDS.
LONDON.—Princess Marie Char
lotte Constance de Broglie, 73 years
old, was married to Prince Louis
D’Orleans Bourbon, infante of Spain,
cousin of King Alfonso, at the Lon
don register office.
The bridegroom is only 42 years of
age. The prince and the princess
j looked radiantly happy as they left
| the dingy little civil office.
' BERT ELDRIDGE IN NEW STORE.
I Bert Eldridge, MrGrath mercan
tiler, is now comfortably located in
i his newly-built store quarters. The
new structure is conveniently located
alongside of his large warehouse.
The shelves are filled with new stock,
taken from his well-filled warehouses
and there is an air of freshness and
! newness prevalent on all sides.
i .. "
Mrs. W. H. Jones, after an absence
of several months, returned here yes
yesterday from Cripple, coming over
from Ophia with P. W. Carlson.
Coming over from Ophir with P.
! W. Carlson on Friday were: Mrs.
W. H. Jones, Albert Ivey, Christian
Rolgen, Del Thompson, Billy Lodge.
Communist
Activities
! SEATTLE LEADER WOULD SUP
PLANT AMERICAN EMBLEM
WITH RED FLAC.
SEATTLE, Oct. 3—Testifying be
fore the first congressional investi
gating committee, -James Opanrahan
leader of Seattle communists, brag
godly asserted today that he would
supplant the American Flag with the
red flag, and that communists here
and esewhere in this country would
bring about a change in the present
form of American government by
force if it could not be accomplished
through the ballot.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 3.—A crowd of
! six hundred communists last night
' attempted to break away from a po
i lice escort and head for a public hal
where President Hoover was speak
ing. They were held in check by the
police and finally dispersed.
SEATTLE, Oct. 3.—Communists1
activities in the United States is a
real danger, Representative Hamilton
Fish of New York, chairman of the
House special committee which is in
vestigating communists’ activities in
the United States, declared today,
j The committee began its Seattle in
! vestigation this morning.
RASKOB ESTABLISHES FUND
OF $2,000,Go VFOR HIS SON
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The New
: York Daily News says John J. Ras
! kob has set aside a trust fund of
$2,000,000 for his son and the lat
] ter’s bride, which will become oper
! ative upon the marriage of John Ras
kob Jr. to Minerva Aaronson, sec
l retary in a New York brokerage
| house. They wil be married next
' spring. She is 19 years old.
j The New York World quotes Ras
j kob as saying: “John is a working
j boy. He is employed by a firm near
; Boston, and isn’t going to be set up
| in business.”
’PHONE LNKS ALASKA
WITH NEW YORK CITY
KETCHIKAN.—Edward Morrissey,
publisher of the Ketchikan Chronicle,
talked with Jackson Elliott, assistant
general manager of the Associated
Press, in New York, over the tele
i phone today, marking the first con
versation from Alaska to the Eastern
coast.
Morrissey was aboard the yacht
Belmont in the harbor. He said he
heard Elliot plainly and Elliot re
ceived his voice clearly.
Calls were sent by a portable ex
perimental station to Vancouver,
British Columbia, and thence by land
lines to New York.
Later the circuit was arranged to
permit C. H. McLean, engineer of
the British Telephone Company, to
talk with C. P. Edwards, director of
Dominion radio, and E. Hawken, dep
uty minister of marines, both in Ot
tawa.
LEO LOMSKI TAGES A BEATINO,
CHICAGO.—King Livingby, Chi
cago light-heavyweight, knocked out
Leo Lomski, the “Aberdeen Assas
sin,” in the fifth round of a scheduled
ten-round bout. Lomski was knocked
down twelve times in the. first round.
A. H. Twitchell was a Fridas
parture for McGr.
ness visit.
World Series
Champions
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS WIN:
SERIES FROM ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS.
I
First Came—Athletics 5, Cardinals 2.
1 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.—Setting
a world series record, the world’s
champion Athletics combed Burleigh
Grimes for five hts, all for extra
bases, and converted them all into
runs to beat the St. Louis Cardinals
5 to 2 in the opening game for the
championship today before a crowd
of 32,295 fans, including President
Hoover.
i Although the National Leaguers
I slammed Robert Moses Grove, south
paw of the Athletics, for a total of
nine safe hits, they were able to
score only in one inning, while the
i world champions made every hit off
Grimes count. Home runs by A1 Sim
mons and Mickey Cochran, triples by
I George Haas and Jimmy Foxx, plus
' a rousing double by Jimmy Dykes,
| combined to start the Athletics off
i triumphantly in their fight to retain
! the world’s baseball championship.
Second Game—Athletics 6, Cards 1.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2. — The
Athletics steamrollered the St. Louis
Cardinals today with another heavy
hitting attack, knocking Flint Rhem
out of the box, capturing their second
world series victory by the score of
- - - rv* -
0 to 1.
Geoige Earnshav, big right-hander,
held the National Leugueis to ’ six
h'ts and struck out ueht before
I £2,29' fans, who commuted $151,735,
j exactly duplicate figures for the
| opening game.
Third Game—Cardinals •">, Athletics 0
j ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4.—The third
! game of the current world's baseball
j series was won today by the Car
dinals by a score of g to 0.
On their home grounds, St. Louis
made an easy victory of it. The Car
dinaLs got five runs on a home run
hit and ten hits, with no errors. Phil
adephia made seven hits, no errors.
The attendance was 42,000; weather
excellent.
4th Game—Cardinals 3, Athletics 0.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.—The Cardinals
took the fourth game in the world
| series today, defeating the Athletics
; by the score of 3 to 0. Attendance,
j 40,000.
Filth Game—Athletics 2, Cardinals 0.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.—Driven to des
peration after dropping two in a row
to the Cardinals, the Athletics tight
ened in pinches today and recaptured
the world series lead, with a score of
2 to 0. It was a no-score game up to
'the ninth inning, when Foxx strut-!;
a home run, also driving in Cochrane.
There will be no game tomorrow,
as the teams journey hack to Phila
| delphia for the sixth game.
Sixth Game—Athletics 1, Cardinals 1
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8.—Behind
the wondefu pitching of George Earn
shaw, the Athletics today won their
second consecutive world's baseball
championship, crushing the St. Louis
Cardinals by the score of 7 to 1 in
the sixth game. It gave the Athletics
the seres, four games to two. Sim
mons and Dykes of the Athletics each
made home runs.
David Eson, after a brief town
eft yesterday for his head
.... rs on Ganes.