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TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 i!*SG
PRICE 25 CENT*
Becomes Law
FBOTH HOUSES PASS MEASURE
^OVER VETO OF PRESIDENT
HOOVER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—
The veterans loan bill was made into
I: low today over the veto of President
-t Hoover.
The Senate voted decisively to
* overrule presidential opposition. This
.v action, coupled with a similar deci
sion. yesterday by the House, put the
■ law into immediate effect.
The act authorizes World war vet
« erans to borrow up to half the face
rvalue of their adjusted compensation
certificates, an estimated average of
$500 being made available to each of
i w. the 3,497,000 ex-service men who
hold insurance.
The Senate vote was 76 to 17.
! SAMUEL HILL, SON-IN-LAW OF
LATE J. J. HILL, PASSES ON
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.—Samuel Hill
* 6T Seattle, noted good roads advo
>- cate, capitalist, philanthropist and
close friend of Queen Marie of Rou
*. mania, son-in-law of the late James
- J. Hili, died last night at the Portland
- Hospital.
SHE HAS THIRTEEN SPADES;
FAILS TO TAKE A TRICK
ST. LOUIS.—Mrs. Fred Meyer to
night held 13 spades in a bridge
game, but failed to take a single
trick.
It happened this way:
Mr. and Mors. Meyer were playing
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Preeston
- Johns. Mrs. Meyer was the partner
of Johns; Mrs. Johns was paired with
Meyer.
Throughout the evening the bid
» ding had been conservative. Sudden
ly it leaped up. Starting with one
spade, a bid by Mrs. Meyer, it mount
' ed to six clubs, the offer of Mrs.
- Johns.
It was Mrs. Meyer’s turn to bid.
“Darling,” she turned to her op
ponent husband, “what does one do
when one has 13 spades?”
And that broke up the bridge game.
TEN SAVE DFROM ICE FLOE
AFTER 50-HOUR BATTLE
BUFFALO.—After a 50-hour bat
tle with winds, snow and fog, the
' coast guard yesterday brought to
shore ten men, the last of 57 saved
since Saturday.
They were adrift on ice floes in
Lake Erie. A blizzard snapped off
sections of ice where they were Ash
ing. Nineteen men and a nine-year
• old boy spent thirty hour son one
floe.
A hundred tiny fires made from
< driftwood were sighted from a plane.
The men were chewing half-cooked
fish when found.
John “Happy” Jacobson arrived
- last Thursday from Ganes creek, left
1 for McGrath Friday, from which
place he returned here yesterday,
« coming up with Chris Nelson.
George W. Clyde, after a stay of
■■ about three months over in the Tols
' toi section, was a Saturday arrival.
Frank J. Guskey, after a brief visit
: at McGrath, returned here yesterday,
• coming up via airplane.
Wickersham j
Will Fight
WILL OPPOSE SALE OF ALASKA
CABLE SYSTEM TO PRI
VATE INTERESTS.
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.—James Wick
ersham, Alaska Delegate to Con
gress, on his arrival here today en
route to Washington, announced that
he would fight with all his might
against the Hoover administration
bill to sell the Alaska cable system
to private interests. He cited that
the present service of the system is
efficient and satisfactory to the peo
ple of Alaska and the country gen
erally. He left for Washington to
night.
• !
LIEUT.-COL. OLMSTEAD WILL
SUCCEED COLONEL GRIFFIN
SEATTLE, March 1.—Lieut. Col.
Dawson Olmstead will succeed CoL
Griffin in charge of the Alaska Cable
on July 1, it was announced today by
the Ninth Army headquarters.
Col. Griffin has been ordered to
Honolulu.
WET PRESS OF THE NATION
LEADS DRY 2 TO 1, TEMPER
ANCE SURVEY INDICATES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A conclu
sion that the nation’s anti-prohibition
newspapers as a whole have approxi
mately double the circulation of those
favoring the dry law was reached to
day by the Methodist Board of Tem
! perance.
In a survey of 1,346 daily papers,
having an aggregate circulation of
32,994,609, the board placed only 520
, of these as definitely “wet.” Their
I combined circulation, however, was
! estimated at more than 21,000,000, or
64 per cent, while that of the 809
“dry” papers was 10,488„553, or 32
per cent. There were 116 papers,
mostly of small circulation, described
as “neutral.” I
The Methodist Temperance board
aso made available the figures of an
other survey, covering 1,438 news
papers, of which 37 per cent were
said not to give prohibition an "even
I break,” while 35 per cent were de- i
! scribed as “biased” in handling prohi
' bition news. Board officials said that
not all of these, by any means, were
| “wet” papers.
NATIONAL SWEET TOOTH
GROWING BIGGER YEARLY
| WASHINGTON, D. C.—The na
tional sweet tooth is growlhg bigger,
or maybe one should say sweeter.
At any rate those who stuff them
selves with candy bars, bonbons and
what not ate in 1929 all of 12.98
| pounds for each man, woman and
child in the country. That was
i 96-100 of a pound more apiece than
was eaten for each man, woman and
child the year before. t
The Commerre Department placed
the total for 1929 at 1,574,074,293
pounds, which is considerably more
ihan the most imaginative youngster
would wish for. i
Peter Michels returned today from
a trip to Cripple, proceeding xm his
way to his home home at McGrath
this afternoon. i
Chris Nelson returned here yester
day from, a brief visit at McGrath.
BOWLES, PORTLANB CAPITAL
1ST, AND FORMER SECRETARY '
ON TRIAL AT HILLSBORO, ORE
HILLSBORO, <Oii*.,;Match 3.—Jur
ors were accepted today in the mm
der trial of Nelson >C. Bowles < and
Irma Louches, Portland capitalist and
his former secretary, who are accused
of the murder of Bowles’ wife.- The
case was transferred on ichange of
venue.
Linde Back
In Seattle
RECEIVER NAMED FOR PUGET
SOUND SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION.
SEATTLE, March 3,—Harry C.
Johnson, state director, was appoint
ed receiver of the Puget Sound Sav
ings &' Loan Association this after
noon. The court named the law Inn
of Hugh M. Caldwell and John P.
Lafette as counsel for the receiver.
Johnson, the new receiver, gave a
bond of $200^000.
Adolph Linde, former president of
the Puget Sound Loan & Savings As
sociation, under arrest, charged with
embezzlement, arrived Saturday af
ternoon from New Yor.. He was re
leased a few hours later on a $15,000
bond.
ST. GODDARD WINDER IN
OTTAWA DOG DERBY
OTTAWA.—Emil St. Goddard of
The i-as, Manitoba, repeated last
year’s victory today, winning the an
nual 100-nule international dog dorby
and the Chateau Laurier gold cup,
$1,000 prize.
Shorty Russick of Flinglon, Mani
toba, had the best time for the last
two days, but St. Goddard’s big lead
of the first day was too much to over
come.
St. Goddard’s total time was $
hours 18 minutes 43 seconds. Rus
sick’s time was 9 hours 22 minutes 40
seconds. Mrs. E. P. Ricker of Poland
Springs, Me., the only woman en
trant, finished third, with a total time
of 9 hours 39 minutes 14 seconds.
Dan McGinty, after a stay of sev
eral months in the Poorman section,
returned here last Saturday. He re
ports all the oldtimers there pros
pecting and working, as well as hope
ful. A lnd of some importance, he
states, is that of Bill Kelly and
partner, Mr. Odengard, on Wolf
creek, who recently uncovered pay.
Their claim is above that of Gragen
Brothers.
Percy Hubbard, flying his own
plane from Fairbanks, was a visitor
here Monday, afterwards leaving for
McGrath to visit his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Hubbard. Returning to
Takotna yesterday, he flew to Flat,
on which tri phe was accompanied by
Tony Lindstrom and Milton Rice, the
latter returning here in the after
noon and Mr. Hubbard again proceed
ing to McGrath.
Mrs. George* Clyde, driving her
own team, made the round trip to
McGrath on Tuesday.
Arnulf Hjelde arrived from Ganes
»n Sunday, departing for Ophir on
Monday.
Death Takes
Mme. Melba
FAMED VOCALIST PASSES ON
AT AUSTRALIAN HOME AT
ACE OF 65.
MELBOURNE, Feb. 29.—Nellie
Melba, famed soprano vocalist, died
at her home here today.
Nellie Melba, born in Australi in
1866, made her debut at Brusses in
1887. Her first appearance in Amer
ica was. at New York in 188 as
'“Lueia/’ and her remarkably clear,
rirh and sympathetic voice won ira- i
mediate-recognition. After that time
she was considered in the front rank
of operatic sopranos.
E. COKE HLL CONFIRMED AS
JUDGE FOR THIRD DIVISION j
WASHINGTON, .Feb. 24.—The |
nomination of E. Coke Hill as judge
for. the Third Alaska-rlii'ision was re
ported favorably today by the Senate
judiciary committee.
PLANNING .STAlt AIRMAIL
ROUTES FOR. ALASKA
WASHINGTON.—A uOO^mite belt
of inland Alaska, with shelter supply
huts at 30-mile intervals, is Postmas
ter General Brown’s, idea for an air
plane star route service with all mail
delivered. He said this plan would
accomplish in 48 hours what takes
six weeks or more by dog teams.
Two postoffice planes would shorten
the route to Alaska. One would be
from Beattie -northward and the -other
an extension of the St. Paul-Winni
peg-Calgary route. They would save
a few days’ time and the speedier
actual delivery would be more desir
able.
Brown pointed out that the service
is needed because Alaska is nut grow
ing.
j -
Lan French, Signal Corps operator
stationed at Iditarod, was taken sud
denly ill early yesterday morning. -In
a message sent on. his-early -morning
run to Anchorage, Mr. French, very
briefly, reported he had high tem
perature and indicated that he- would
! like advice as to what >te do. He
' missed his next run at 10 o’clock with
Nulato, the operator at the latter sta
tion reporting to headquarters. Head
quarters at Anchorage sensed that
Mr. French must be seriously ill, for
a plane was dispatched almost imme
diately to go to Iditarod and take
him to Anchorage. This plane, which
left Anchorage at 2 p. m. yesterday,
it was learned today, was forced
back, with the result that Mr. French
is still at Iditarod. It was also
reported today that Mr. French is
somewhat improved and it is thought
ne was suffering from an attack of
pneumonia.
Mrs. Ralph Anderson, at McGrath,
following the birth of a daughter
during last night, was reported in a
rather critical condition early this
morning. Following receipt of this
news, Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt, kindly
nurse, started at once fer McGrath,
going down with Jo Oates. Mrs. Ivar
Chilstrom and Mrs. Frank J. Guskey,
sisters of Mrs. Anderson, also left,
during the forenoon. Report from
McGrath late this afternoon was to*
the eect that Mrs. Anderson was con
idcrably improved and thought to
be aut of all danger. ,
Doings At
iWashingon
MUSCLE SHOALS BILL VETOE®
BY HOOVER—NAVAL APPRO
PRIATION BILL PASSES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2B.-Ootk
houses passed the naval appropria
tions hill, carrying $358,000,000.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—Presi
dent Hoover today vetoed the Muscle
Shoals bill, stating that he was op
posed to the government entering
into competition with its citizens.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.— The
Senate lobby committee today began
investigation of the charge that an
unnamed Senator had received $150j»
000 from a sugar company while the
tarig bill was before Congress.
PUBLISHER MUST PAY WIFE
$*..->,000 IN BACK A LIMONI
WASHINGTON;—Edward 'B. Mo
Lean, *«“vspaper publisher, was or
dered to-'pay ‘his -wife' $65-i000 back:
alimony ard $7,500 a monthr for sap
port of -herself and her -three chil
dren.
• The -ruling was banded down by
Justice' William Hitz of the district
supreme e*«rt in separation proceed
ings between the McLeans
The decision was handed down af
ter McLean and the American Seem
ity & Trust Company, which held?:
for him the estate of his father, the
late John it. McLean, reacted ar.
agreement with Mrs. McLean, thr
former Evelyn Luciile Walsh. Mc
Lean also was ordered to pay $7,(W6
in fees to his wife’s attorneys.
WAB REJECTED FOR CIVIL
WAR. BU THEALTHY AT 9t<
JONESBORO, III.— Drake H.-Ren
dleaian, who-was.rejected fo-r service
in the Civil -war because-of physical
disability,-has just celebrated his 90tb
birthday-in? re
In a birthday interview, Rendle
man, who is in-excellent health, said:
“$If people would worry less, eat
more corn bread -and Jess sweets, they
would be healthier and live longer.”
SCHOOLHOUSE AT CROOGED
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
CROOKED CREEK, March 1—The
school house here narrowly escapel
destruction yesterday fey Ire. ■Quick
work on the part of residents in tear
ing off several sheets of non on the
roof and panels inside saved the
building, with damages estimated at
$50.
School sessions will be delayed two
days, while repairs are being made.
The Ire was caused by a defective
flue.
PTARMIGAN AND RABBITS IN
FLAT-IDIT A ROD REGIONS
FLAT, March 2.—A return of ptar
migan and rabbits is noticed in in
creasing numbers this winter by trap
pers in the Flat and Iditarod regions,
Mink are more numerous, but other
fur animals are scarce, especially
foxes.
CLnt Winan and Miss Bertha Albi,
well known oldtimers, both of whom
section for the past year or morej
were among yesterday arrivals here.