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TAKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY.. OCTOBER 21, 1933.
PRICE, 25 CENTS
Favorable for
Y.P. Highway
PUEUC WORKS SAID TOf RAVE
MADE EIC ALLOTMENT, FOR
CONSTRUCTION. WORK.
WASHINGTON.—For* constructs or
of the. proposed, International High
way from Seattle, Wash.,, to. Fair
banks, Alaska, $18,006,000 is.-reported
to have been set aside by the Public
Works Administration, which appor:
lotlrf most., of the funds to. projects
destined to give work to unemployed
per^QIMC.
Cor.firmatiow. of the project was
refused from the office, of Secretary
of the. Interior Iekes, whose depart-:
ment ..has jurisdiction over the Public
Works Administration.
The International Highway Com
mission is expects^ to. meet , in Olym
pia, Wash., November 13, to discuss
the.question of financing the Cana
dian part of the ..project,. The High
way has been approved by Canada,
but.she. has delayed agreeing to com
strue, on because of lack of funds.
By United States^ members at the
International Highway Commission
the i total cost of the project is esti
mated at $18,000,000, the sum thal
the Public Works Administration, is
reported to have allotted the enter
prise.
Of the total cost,, only $2,000,000 is
estimated for United States territory
and $16,000,000 for Canadian.
Murder at
Kantinsha
rrrANK JTLES, TRAPPER, FOUND
IN CABIN WITH HEAD.
CRUSHED..
t (Fairbanks News-Mmer.y
Frank Jiles, trapper and prospector
. in the Kamsbna district, was found
dead with His head crushed several
days ago in his cabin, 35 miles from
Lake Minchumina, according to in
. formation brought to. Fairbanks by
...William Swoborgia, a. resident of
Kantishna. Outside the dead man’s
cabin all his dogs were dead.-on their
chains.
Mr. Swoborgia came to Fairbanks
in a plane piloted by Frank Pollock.
Mr. Swoborgia received the report of
the. Jiles tragedy from Indians. No
motive for the crime and no clue to
the perpetrator was suggested by
natives.
1 Charles A. Trundy, United States
i commissioner at Kantishna, has start
ed an investigation. There is no dep
uty marshal at Kantishna, and the
J marshal’s office in Fairbanks is
. awaiting instructions from the
United States Attorney's: office rela
tive to .the sending of a deputy mar
. shal to the scene of. the reported
crime. United States Attorney Ralph
Rivers is conducting an inquiry.
Mr. Swohorgia reported the matter
to Bam-White, game Warden, with
headquarters in Fairbanks, and to
THE MUKLUK TRAIL
By 'Bob Bartlett.
WASHINGTON, Ofct. 14.—A bill
which Delegate Dimon dwill endeavor
to have. passed as speedily as possi
ble when the second session of the
Seyenty-third Congress convenes in
January will be one advancing, the
date of the Alaska election.
Since , approval of the last amend
ment to the Constitution does away
with. “lame.duck” sessions of. Con
gress and provides for the meetting*
of that body in January instead of
March it will be necessary to bold
election in Alaska considerably e an
liar than in the past in order to cer
tify the election of the Delegate by
January.
It is probable that the bill will
win provide for the election to be
held, early in Septembers Enactment,
of the measure will mean that consid
erably ;. more votes will be case, as
many electors will be in the Terri
tory in September who would have
gone South by .November
Harold T. JestUnd baa been appoint
ed acting postmaster of Bethel, suc
ceeding Claud M. Link. This , is a
presidential office.
The following article appeared this
morning in the Washington Herald;
“A Federal, ‘grubstake’ to put m
employpd mew. to work mining- gold,
in placer fieldis war urged by Presi
dent William Gneen, of the American
Federation of Bftbbr;.
“Declaring tha'-proposal to be-thor
oughly sound' and calling upon Presi
dent Roosevelt; fa.adopt, it* Green
said:
“‘A President'who has- shown Ins
seam of tradition and worn-out cus
toms should find this proposal inter
ing and alluring. I hope he finds it
worth s broad-scale triaL’
“Cellaring there is still plenty ai
gold in the hills of well-defined placei
regions,. Green added:
“ ‘Prospectors will find it, pan it
or dig it, an dturn it into the chan
nels of commerce, to back up credit
to many times its value, to feed those
who mine it and to relieve communi
ties or unemployed workers. Newly
fledged placer miners, barring some
strike, will not get rich, but the)
will gain a wealth of renewed faith
in themselves and their country.”*
A vigorous effort is being made b)
Delegate Dimond to secure early ap
proval by the Public Works Admin
istration of the program calling fas
the expenditure of $315,700 in behalf
of A1"v* Indians and Eskimos.
While it is true that the lateness of
the season will preclude start of work
in many parts of the Territory this
year, nose the less it will be possible
to launch public works at. onew.'. in
some sections and the other prpjedts
could be commence dearly in .the
spring. The. Delegate hasieoafefmd
with many officials with respectdo.the
program and has strongly urged&hM;
die requested funds be. niprinriavail
afala.
At the request, of Delegalp Jiksiai,
the House committee^ oroiimwBsi
harbors has passed m> resabstidWigm
refuge harbor at SestasnLt
Aaahcl Curtis,
the Ijnited States marshal’s office.
White was acquainted with Jilcs.
“He was about 45 years old and
unmarried, so far as I know," Mr.
White said. “He devoted himself, to
trapping and prospecting-. He was
very energetic. He had lived in
| Alaska more than 20 years."
PILOT NEECE AND PASSEN
GERS ARE SAFE AND WELL
The most welcome news coming
over the radio in many, a day was
that received last night which stated
hat Pilot Ken Neece, W_ A. McGee,
Jack Nixon of Med fra, and one other,
a gentleman from Flat, for all of
whom much apprehension regarding
their safety has been prevalent for
several days, had been located by
Pilot Jack Waterworth of the Star
Airways on what is known as Shell
lake, a, few miles from Stillman lake,
on the other side of the pass going
from hare to Anchorage. Mr Water
worth was not able to make.a landing
at the-spot, but he was able to elicit
the information tha the party were
ali safe and well, although they
were strongly in need of something
to eat. Pilot Waterworth, it wav
stated by the radio broadcast, was
to return to the scene today with food
supplies and whatever else may be
needed for the relief of the party.
Mr. Collins, former assistant game
warden stationed at McGrath, but for
several months past engaged in min
ing operations over in he Ruby, sec
tion, was a yesterday arrival, coming
via Ophir. Mr. Collins,-is headed for
the Outside, on a visit to his home
in San Francisco, but plans ;to return
during the early spring.
The Takotna wireless station dis
continued all operations Ufere Thurs
day, and from this time on all. busi
j ness formerly filled bj& tiht dfcparfe
jment of the Signal Corps will be
taken care of by the new. radiophone
system recently installed at Mc
Grath by the N. C. Co.
Charles Cowan, well known Mi
Grathite and oldtimer of this , section
for many years, was a Wednesday
arrival,, haainjg. come to assume ad
ministratorship of thet F. 6. H.
Spencer estate,, to which, he waa re
cently appointed.
Pilot A. J. Valley arrived at Mc
Grath Tuesday, having as a passen
ger Mrs. Oliver Anderson, en route
to- Bethel a join Mr. Anderson, now
stai aaed at that place.
W, N. Cuddy,. Anchorage attorney,
was a last Saturday arrival, remain
ing over Sunday for a hrief visit
here.
Dave Strandberg, accompanied by
his son, was a Monday arrival from
, Anchorage, leaving on 'Tuesday for
Cripple.
Frank Meier, Ophir mining man,
was a Tuesday arrival for a brief
business visit, returning to Ophir on
Wednesday*.
J. ft Peterson and Claude Nyberg,
after, a town visit of a few days, re
turned to Ganes on Monday.
E. Jl Guake yand Chris Petersen
returned' here Wednesday from a
hrieC business visit, at McGrath*
Jack McDonald well known old
timer, was a Thursday arrival from
Flab.
Oman Gray and Henry Peel were
mad arrivals from, a visit over
Ofetu way
Items of Importance
In Recent News Events
WASHINGTON.—Early purchases,
of gol din foreign markets were de
cided upon. Sunday by President
Roosevelt in furtherance of a plan to
extend his price-lifting, gold-control
campaign to a world basis. In going
into international markets, the Presi
dent's intentions are to assure the
States greater control over the mone
tary situation, to stimulate commod- (
ity prices, and to bring nearer his
goal of managed currency. While de- J
tails of his purchase plan have been'
worked out, they are kept secret.
With foreign quotations surging
upward in response to the President’s
decision to invade world gold markets,
the Roosevelt administtration today
pushed he domestic price of newly
mined gold to a new high for the
present movement.
The United Stttes Treasury’s quo
tation today was $31.96 an ounce,
which is 15 cents higher than the j
Treasury’s price Saturday.
The price of gold on the London |
market advanced today 37 cents an!
ounce, bringing the London price to
$31.49, which is 47 cents below the
United States Treasury's quotation.
NEW YORK.—Wall Street’s rean
ctio to President Roosevelt’s plan to
buy gold abroad is not definitely man
ifesed yet, but a majority of the opin
ion is to the effect that the new move
is an unavoidable step in the mone
tary policy on which he has embarked.
WASHINGTON. — Discussions as
as to payments on Britain’s war debt
to the United States will continue an
other week, if not longer, the United
States Treasury Departmen and the
British embassy in Washington an
nounced today.
The announcement was occasionad
by reportsments that' the conversa
tions had come to a standstill.
NEW YC,RK—Fiorello H. La Guar
dia, Fusionis Republican, yesterday
yesterday swept into office on the
turbulent political tide as mayor of
American metropolis by a lead of
more than 250,000 votes over his clos
est opponent, Joseph V. McKee, In
dependent Democrat.
John P. O’Brien, veteran politician,
and Tammany candidate, was snowed
under by an avalanche of votes, and!
finished in third place, a decsive de
feat, and a victory for La Guardia,
who was avowedly out to skin the
Tiger.
Outstanding among the reforms
promised by La Guardia is the aboli
tion of county government;, within the
corporate limits of the city of New
York, claiming one government suffi
cient for the millions residing in
Greater New York.
PARIS.—France intends to default
on the installment payment due De
cember 15 on her war debt to the
United States.
This decision has been reached by
the cabinet organized last week with
Senator Albert Sarrauth as minister,
according to information emerging
from official circles today.
WASHINGTON—Increase is urged
for Public Works Fund, the amount of
which was originally fixed at about
$3,000,000,000. The fund should be
raised to $5,000,000,000, according to
some officials, among whom is Secre
tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.
The sum of $2,000,000,000 of Public
Works funds has already been allot
ted. About one-fourth of the allotted
sum, or $500,000,000, has been with
drawn from the Treasury.
NEW YORK.—Mayoralty contests
of wide interest were held in many
big cities of Ohio, Connecticut and
New York State.
The Democrats had control of the
mayoralty in New York City and ill
Cleveland, but made off-setting gains
in other cities.
' In Cleveland, Harry Davis, Repub
lican, won over Ray Miller, Demo
crate incumbent.
In Boston, Frederic Mansfield,
Democrat, was elected mayor in a
six-sided contest.
The Democrats made striking gains
“up State” in New York. Buffalo
elected a Democratic mayor for the
first time since 1914.
Poughkeepsie, the nearest city to
the home of President Roosevelt, has
named a Democrat mayor for the first
time in four years.
Rochester is Democratic for the
first time in 30 years.
Courtland went Demorratic for the
first time since its incorporation, 33
years ago.
Jasper McLevy was elected mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., and becomes
the first socialist ever elected mayor
in the State. The majority of the city
council also are socialists.
WASHINGTON.—The U. S. Trea
sury may soon issue silver certifi
cates to the extent of $11,000,000, to
be backed up by the silver received
on the June war debt payments.
Treifury officials deny that this
will be considered inflationary, as the
certificates will be used in the normal
course of business to replace other
forms of currency as they are turned
in at the Treasury for redemption.
WASHINGTON. — Encouragement
of publicly owned power plants, even
where they compete with those pri
vately operated, ois closely followed
as a policy by the Roosevelt admin
istration through the Public Works
branch. Every effort is being made
to stimulate public plants, both those
developed as a Federal enterprise and
as community or or municipal pros
pects.
A report is ready for Congress and
desoigned to provide a yardstick.
Many officials claim the findings
are the result of pressure aimed at
some private companies for the pur
pose of forcing them to reduce rates.
NEW YORK.—The death knell of
America’s eighteenth amendment was
sounded yesterday when citizens of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah march
ed to the polls and voted those States
into the wet column, piling up a total
of 36 States against nationwide prohi
bition.
Repeal won in Pennsylvania, ac
cording to incomplete returns, by
something like six to one, while n
Oho the vote was about four to one.
Utah became the last State to rat
ify the repeal by the ballot.
North Carolina and South Carolina
voted in favor of retenton of the
eghteenth amendment, and are the
only States to date to have lncd up
n the dry column under the repeal
test at the polls.
DETROIT.—Governor Comstock of
Mchgan has -caRed-a specal sessonl of
Michigan has xalled a special ses
sion. of the State legislature to pre
pare -a state system of liquor sales.