TIMES
VOL. XIII. NO. 27.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1933.
PRICE, 23 CENTS
Meets Death
In Flames
ITALIAN FLIER, HEADED FOR
BAGDAD, CRASHES AT FLOYDF
BENNETT AIRPORT:
NEW YORK.—Depinedo, one of
Italy's most famous airmen, met. at
flaming death at dawn when his huge
plane.crashed up, at the*start, of his
take-off for Bagdad'. The tremendous
load of gasoline caused the plane to»
swerve from the runway and hit the:
fence of-the. Moyd Bennett Airport.
In a second it was- in a roaring mass
of flames. The flier was burned be-r
ypnd recognition..
The scene was one of terror. Spec
tators shuddered, covered, their eyes*
as they.saw.the fire enguf the airman.
Field officials, said the flier had
jumped, attempted to crawl away be
fore ..the fixe killed Him. He. was
found near.: the plane.. Flames; held,
back attempts to rescue.
Michael Hickay (teach, naval mat
chinists mate, was. badly, burned' in
the facet-whfle trying to reach Depi
nedo with/:m fixe extinguiaHer.
The.steamer-Tupper. left Bethel for
Seattle last. Friday, the Tana leaving,
that, port on the same, day for up
river.
Chris. Nelson, was. a Friday arrival
from Little, creek.
Stupendous j
I Grime Costs!
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NATIONAL COUNCIL OfF 76 IMS
CLOSES DEPLORABLE CONDI- j
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TIONS EXISTING IN.U. S.
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WASHINGTON.—The startling in-j
formation has been issued here by the i
National Council of Seventy-six,!
formed, in July, that crime is costing
the United States annually the enor
mous sum of $13^800,000,000.. .
In additional information aso is is- j
sued by the council that crime, each.;
year takes a tol from, the citizenry of J
America of 12,000 persons murdered, |
while 3,000 are kidnaped, and 100,000 |
assaulted.
Fifty thousand persons annually
are robbed, while 40,000. homes, and
other places each year. are burglar-,
ized.
More than $100,000,000 in property]
is lost annually through incendiary
The. vast costs include maintenance,
fires.
of police forces, cons tabuary organ
izations. and. other officers of the aw,
maintenance of prisons and the like,
and the loss of property..
The National Council was organ-,
ized in the effort to arouse.public sen
timent against the enormity ot .pi“e<
vailing cri meand seek to educate the.
people as to the lurking menaces of
criminals and to seek a remedy. j
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BrJMf Bartlett.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2i.—The ret-j
port of the American section of the
. International Highway Commission
has been printed and released. Aa
the report was, made, directly to the
President^, it was. necessary for the
delegate to secure the personal a Re
proval of therchief executive for im
mediate public distribution.
The report is.a favorable one.
Its meet., important conclusions,
ffbm the standpoint of friends of the
highway* probably are:
1. The commission declares the
highwayprojeettb be. a feasible one..
2£. The commission urges an early
start of construction of the. Fair
btnkswDsMa soetion irrespective of
the highway, as? anr entity.
This last recommendation haslong
been urged by highway, proponents,
their argument being that building
o£ a road from Fairbanks to Dawson
would be convincing proof of. the.
benefits of n road through to the
States land would act to hasten con
struction of other sections of ' the
Gbpibs of the report have been
mailed .to chambers ol commerce*
newspapers, governmental officials,
both Federal and Territorial,, and to
others, hi dlaalf ■ The ywill go to
every member «f Congress, to li
br‘aries,.to automobile and tire manu
factorem nnd oSi omppmes through
out the land, lktm pinned to secune
fbr the repost alf possible publicity.
The total length of the highway
from Seisttle te> Fairbanks would be
^256 miles. fry no? means dbes that
mean there is thatbrnneft construction
tie he accomplished! VAbeedy 1,073
ndles of road mu frill leaving. 1,183
bn he finished—
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TKere already is in use, tof'bourse,
a highway from Hazelton, British
Columbia. Eight hundred and eighty-j
two miles separate thees cities. From:;
Hazelton to the boundary .of Yhkon
Territory new construction would
total 520 miles. There is a road 5CF>
miles south to Hazeltonj... Ia i Yukon
Territory hew construction would
total 480 miles, with 50. miles already
built. The international highway, ac
cording to present s plans;.., would
branch off the Richardson highway
at McCarty, 91 miles from Fairbanks,.
From McCarty to the boundary is a
distance of 91 miles.
The conclusions ant} recommenda
tions of the commission are- gjyen
here for the benefit of those who may
not see the report:
1. The highway is a feasible pro*,
ject and can be built at a reasonable
cost, which- should not exceed $2^000,
000 for the Alaska section and. $12,
000,000 for the Canadian section.
z. it tne project is aoDp^ea.. tne
, stage-construction process is favored.
That is to say, th einitial standard
should be no higher than is required'
for the estimated traffic, and improve
ments to higher standards i would be ;
made as demanded iqr;tit$ciMaits
funds may became available.
3. Financing is ETtmaril^ the re
sponsibility of eadfeobthd nations
concerned for the seetfatn ofl thevroad
within its own jurisdiction, t and' any
departure from tbSiiqpqiMldnld
be covered by international agree
ment. The Alnabn MBctedawofitha .rand'
should be financed in abstat the same
ratio between federat-aial^iotaKTdnda -
as obtains undo'tMdakhd tPwqfi
act in the sparsely aettled' Stkttq re
sulting probably in about 9 Oper cent;
)Cwtoni-«s FmJt
CANADAIAN GOVERNMENT
TO REFINE U. S. GQLD ORES
OTTAWA.—Regulations governing
the importation of gold concentrates
from the United States to-be refined
in Canada probably will be announced
shortly, stated the Finance Depart
ment yesterday.
During the afternoon the Cabinet
wrestled with the question, but no
statement was available when the
ministers adjourned. It is the fact
the regulations are are to be , an
nounced indicates the request of- the
United States miners has been) grant
ed.
Minister of . Finances Rhodes an
nounced the Dominion JaSis. decidfed to
permit the shipment of gold ore con
centrates, precipitates.- and unretorted
amalgam from the United States to
Canadian smelters. After the gold
has been through .the- smelters it will
-be sent to the Canadian mint, refined
and then shipped to the Department
of Finance for tha world:market-. The
department is to act as agent.
The cost of. refining. and shipping
and necessary expenses, plus one per
cent handling, chargee,. wilL be de
ducted.
Water iii the Takotna. river is still
at one of the lowest stages ever
known and the matter of getting up
supplies from McGrath is getting, to
be, or rather is, most serious. Not
a load up to date has come up on the
Sea Wolf, which ordinarily ^rqnld
have landed, several loads heref . b®>
this .time. The warehouses at Me*
Grath are.filled with? freight, destined,
[for this place, and plenty mere to
arrive .on-the Tana. A number of
fimTill frrigbtutffj some of which have
been..busy far some weeks bringing,
-up .oil and. other supplies, are now
busier than ever in an. attempt to
jtake care of. new business, offered,
(due to the general belief that there
tis itte hope.for rains to. bring up the
waters of Takotna river to a point
sufficiently, highu. to float the larger
freighters.
A. H_ Twitchell..returned hee yres
iterday from a visit to the reindeer
headquartrs of Twichell & Fewler,
,over in.the D?Ria.section, after a visit
there of about three weeks. During
his absence he and Mr. Fowler 'busied
themselves in the laying out. of an air
plane. field, from, which,, during the
winter months especially, ehe field
will be available for airplanes, thus
making it easy for shipment of rein
deer products. The new field is more
than 1,500 feet lopg, although not
quite finished. Mr. Twitchell also re
ports that Waino Kaskinen, on Moore
creek, has also been busy on a new
airplane, field, from which Mr. Kas
kinen Has hopes that planes may be
able to take off light. Tha field is
bOO feet long, but will be fur
ther extended.
William H. Lehmann, officer in
William H. Lehmann, offifficer in
charge of the lend wireless station,
suffering with' a mean case of ton
silitis, left Thursday for Anchorage,
to go into hospital there for medical
treatment. Arriving the same day
from Anchorage was Richard Heyser,
a welt Known oldtimer of the North
and long connected with the Signal
Corps, who is now on charge at the
local office
Fred J. Spach, superintendent in
charge of. A. R. C. construction in
this section, left 4K few days ago for
business visit at Medfra.
Charlie Nichols was a Thursday de
paxturefq? Little creak.
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Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
NEW YORK.—A showdown on the,
charge that some politicians arework-j
ing hand-and-glove with racketeers
and gangsters is due today on the ]
eve of a campaign in which embattled
fusionists, led by Fiorello H. La
:Guardia, who will seek to drive Tam
many fro mthe City Hall.
, The county grand jury took the
tmatter in its own hands by inviting
George Medalie, federal attorney and
prominent Republican, and Judge
Frederick Kernochan, Democrat, who
recently hroke with Tammany, to ap
pear and name the politicians whom
they charge are in league with gangs
ters and racketeers.
PARIS.—Immediate aid for de
pression striken Austria by lifting
restrictions now existing against
Austrian exports is being arranged
jby France and England and probably
will be arranged by Italy.
France proposes to remove or re
adjust her quotas on goods from Aus
tria pending consideration of a vast
economic reorganization in Austria
Hungary by the Little Entente.
The French plan contemplates
prompt aid as an essential remedy to
Wtustria’s grave situation. It is be
lieved here England and Italy will
take the same view.
ST_ LOUIS.—An epidemic of sleep
ing sickness in this vicinity took two
deaths in 24 hours, bringing victims
of. the strange malady, encephalitis,
or inflammation of the brain, to four
teen, while 149 art reported ill with
the disease.
. It is said by public health officials
that the epidemic is by far the most
serious the country has ever known.
Dr. J. P. Leake, sent from Wash
ington, said ther- eis no danger of a
plague, and there should be no undue
alarm, but it is very serious, as
science knows very little about the
disease.
CHICAGO.—After battling 18 in
ning sin an effort to decide the final
game of a series between the New
York Yankees and the Chicago White
Sox, the two teams deadlocked as
darkness ended the game. They endec(
the game with the tie score of three
to three.
The game set a new season’s record
for endurance in the American
League and tied the mark the Giants
and Cardinals made in the senior cir
cuit.
The game was closely fought from
the start, with Charlie Devnes and
Milton Gaston, pitching scoreless ball
for eight innings, after which they
were relieved by Hank Pennock and
Red Faber.
Each team got 11 hits, all singles.
RHINELANDER, Wis. — Trapped
In the act of picking up $5,000 which
they had tried to extort from a
wealthy hotel man, George Gooroe,
John Rogers was.shot to death and
John Stokie was captured by the po
lice as they beat over the cash.
The police say the two men had
threatened Goodxoe with death.
NEW YORK-—The entire village
of Fleishmann* with a population of
some 800, lying: below the dam of an
overflowing mountain lake in New
York, was endangered as raging
storma swept inland, leaving a trail
i of many dead and injured and caus
| ing damages running into millions of
\ dollars.
The inhabitants awakened in the
i middle of the night to find the town
| half flooded. The emergency gates
in the lake already are three feet
under running waters. Frantic ef
forts were started to reach the ma
chinery which controlled the gates.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Six residents
: of Wakarusa, Indiana, were killed and
ten injured when a truck which had '
been converted into a motor bus, in
which they were returning from the
World’s Fair, was sideswiped and
wrecked by another truck. One side
I was torn off the makeshift bus, which
careened widly down the road, strew
j ing the passengers, both dead and in
I jured, for several hundred feet before
i going into the ditch.
The heavy’ truck stopped but a mo
] ment after sideswiping the bus, and
i when it was apparent that many were
injured and killed, speeded away.
Twenty-eight persons were in the
bus. Motorcyce cops and others are
searching the country for the driver
of the truck which disappeared.
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WASHINGTON.—The- two domi
nant industries, coal and automobiles,
face the necessity of accepting the
| &RA fair practice code stripped of
phrasing designed to keep their work
I ers non-union or of trying to battle
their way out of the industrial con
; trol fold.
The opinion prevails that both the
I coal and automobile industries will
| work out policies similar to those
i adopted by the steel industries with
! satisfactory programs for the em
' ployes and employers at home.
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I HONOLULU.—The police are be
I lieved to have broken up an organ
i ized movement to import firearms
I and distribute them to aliens. Offi
| cials of Hawaai said they have made
a doaen arrests recently in connection
with unregistered firearms.
Four Filipinos were arrested Sat
urday when they sought to claim an
express package containing guns.
Thomas King, a Chinese merchant,
’also was jailed after he admitted hav
ing imported firearms without regis
tering them.
SEATTLE.—Out of faded memory,
Bernard Price Bitter man, 28, Denver
department store executive, attempted
to recall the events of his eight days’
disappearance. He was uncertain as
to whether he had been kidnaped.
Physicians described him as an am
nesia victim. He was found roaming
aimlessly the streets here. He said
he remembered having an argument
with someone in a car and remem
bered riding on a train with the
blinds down, saw ships somewhere,
and finally recalled his own name.
His parents at Denver were notified.
LOS ANGELES. — The Spanish
War Veterans convention, in annual
session here, jeered speakers explain
ing the pension reduction. The con
vention demanded the national recov
ery act be repealed.
William.Armstrong, of Racine,
Wis., was ekited-commander. Next
year’s convention will be -held in
Pittsburgh.