Vol. 1. No. XVII
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 2, 1935.
PRICE, 23 G3NTS
FOUR DIE IN
PLANE CRASH
WHITE PASS
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 31.—Four
persons were killejd today near
W kite Pass, Canada,. when an Inter
national Airways plane piloted by
Muelisson crashed Jnto a mountain
side. Members of ,the White Pass
Railroad snow-*plow crew found the
wrecked plane with, its 4 dead occu
pants. The passengers killed we:e
King, Larson and Nural, mining men
from Dawson to wliei'e the plane
was enroute, when the tragedy
occurred. It is not exactly known
what caused the accident, but it is
believed that either fog or a snow
storm was responsible. Pilot Muel
isson came North last fall and leaves
a yvife and -child' in Seattle.
Chinese Pirates
Active in Seas
Near Hong Kong
HON®, KONG, Feb.2.—After be-|
ir.g in the hand? of pirates for,76^
hours, 75 American, British and j
Scandinavian passengers arrived in
port today. The ship with the pass-i
engera was.enroute to Hong Kong
when 12 Chinese, who had boarded
her at Shanghai seized the ship
killing several of the. Russian guards,
The pirates then began transferring
the ship’s cargo to. that of their
own vt# sel which appeared at that
time. A plane*, in, the meanwhile,
had been sent out to search for the
ship and seeing the; pirates at work
circled over tham. The pirate#
then fled leaving the passengers
unmolested and the ship proceadecf
to port.
McGrath Trapper
Reports Large
Wolf Increase
McGrath—Eniar Carlson returned
xni$ weqjc from a very successful
trapping season in , the vicinity of
Roan give?*. roadhouse on the old
Rainy Pass trail. Mr. Carlson had
a fine catch of fur which included
Lynx, wolves and coyotes, ten of
the latter and two huge timber
wolves. Mr. Carson reports that
the number • oi wolves and coyotes
are increasing, rapidly and unless
measures are taken to exterminate
them game will be entirely depleted
in that district. Last year, Mr.
Carlson sai^a, few ewoM. or coyote
tracks could be seen following the
caribou, but now the wolves have
banded and travel, in packs. Where
ever he saw cariboo or moose tracks
wolf signs were also evident. That
they have tremendpusly increased
is certain by , their eerje howls
every night about..the cabin of Mr.
Cardson, who- adds that,-if.he left
his cabin for any length of time
he was sure to find coyote and wolf
cracks on his .rgtmni.n;.
MINERS TO RECEIVE GOVERN
MENTAL AID..
| WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1.t
! A bill was introduced in the House
j asking an appropriation of $10,000,
000 to aid in the development of
mining property.
The measure provides that a
miner may borrow a maximum »f
$20,000 to develope promising prop
erty.
BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS FOB
AIR BASE IN ALASKA.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fab. 2.—
Two bills are before Congress for
the establishment of a major air
base in Alaska. Delegate Dimond
submitted his bill calling for the
location of the base at Fairbanks
or vicinity. Should the bill pass
several emergency fields at various
j*laces in the Territory, would also
have to be established. Rep.
Dockwiler is also urging the erection
of air bases in Alaska having
introduced two bills for that purpose.
The bills were set for a hearing
on Feb. 11.
U. S. SUPREME COURT TO DE
CIDE ON GOLD CLAUSE.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 2 —
Monday the United States Supreme
Court will give its raomentuos deci
sion on the Government’s abrogation
of the gold clause. Should the
Court decide that Congress had no
right to stop payment in gold of
gold certificates then new legisla
tion would immediately have to be
taken to make readjustment. The
Government, it is reported, is pre
pared to meet any decision reached
by the highest court in the land.
Mild Epidemic
Of Flu Reported
At Fairbanks
! FAIRBANKS, Feb. 2.—The flu
epidemic which has been prevailing
in Fairbanks for the past week is
j reported under control. * Over 500
' cases have been reported althoough
I only a few were of the critcal kind
The hospital is full of patients with
Doctors and staff working overtime
: All schools and theaters are close*!
i until the flu epidemic is thoroughly
past. Two deaths have occurred
! from pneumonia which developed ax
: a resiflt of the flu. Several of th:;
| coastal towns also reported mild
j cases.
| DOCTOR TOWNSEND GIVES
' TALK BEFORE CONGRESS
j WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 31 —
i Dr. Townsend, expounder of the old
i age-pension-plan bearing his name,
was permitted to give a twenty
i minute talk before the House today.
: Upon the advice of a physician,
under whose care he has been since
coming East, Dr. Townsend did not
answer questions an his economic
j plan.
Thirst Drives
Hundreds to
Suicide in War
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. 31.
-Reports from the Gran Chaco
battle front state that the fighting
armies are suffering horribly from
thirst and that hundreds are com
mitting suicide to end their agony.
Further reports say that both sides
are massing huge forces for a deter
mined effort to end the two and a
half year war for the possesion of
the rich oil fields in the disputed
area.
SS. YUKON DELAYED BY LONG
SHOREMEN’S STRIKE IN JUNEAU
JUNEAU, AAA. Jan. 31. —The
Steamer Yukon was delayed over 2
days at this port due to a long
shoremen’s strike. The strike >re
sulted when the longshoremen’s de
mand for a higher wage was denied.
After unloading a few perishables
the Yukon proceeded north and s
expected to arrive in Seward Sun
day at 6 p. m.
WITNESSES
GIVE ALIBI IN
KIDNAP GASE
FLEMINGTON, N. J. Jan. 28.—
At the opening- of the Bruno Haupt
mann trial today the prosecution re
sumed his cross examination, show
ing the defendant a note book which
contained drawings and plans believ
ed to have been made of places
i near the site of the Linderbe^g home
where , the kidnapping took place
Hauptmann looked at the book, with
surprise but said he had not. made
the drawings tho he did not denj
ownership of the note book.
The fallowing day, Hauptmanr
was trapped by the prosecution in
to admitting that he had Ked 2
flruwlinflf Viie tYinnatr rlnalimvo mif)
Fisch but .maintained the main par
of his story intact, fie. stated tha'
he had never met Fisch. until afte
the date of the kidnapping and tha
while they had been,, interested ii
stock dealing together all . transac
tions were carried under Haupt
matin’s name.
After .leaving the stand Haupt
mann professed himself as well sat
isfied with the impression.he believei
Tie had made on -the jury.
Mrs. Hauptmann fallowed, testify
ing that on the night of . March Isl
when the kidnapping occurred, he
husband had called at the baker;
where she was employed; waited fo
and took her hornet She said tha
he was also at home in'her'com pan
the. night the ransom money wa
paid by Or. Gondon.
E. Carlson, a Swedish carpentei
testified that .on the night of th
kidnapping he had seen Hauptman
in fojit of the bakery where Mr
j Hauptmann was employed, on th
| day of the kidnapping.;. He*;
1 OISON HOOCH TAKES TH1KT
TWO LIVES IN NEW YORK.
UTICA, N. Y. Jan. 29:—Thirty
two deaths have resulted in the past
few days from poison liquor in the
State of New: York. I is believed
that the poison liquor is originating
from “mushroom” distillers who
are buying denatured alcohol and
endeavoring to extract the impur
} ities, thus creating a cheap booze.
I Among the 32 deaths are four wo
men and it is feared, that many
more will die before the purveyors
of the death-dealing liquor are ap
prehended.
POLITICAL RIOTS TAKE FIVE
IN URAGUAY, S. A.
MONTEVIDEO, Uraguay. Jan.29.
—Five persons were reported killed
today in political riots which broki
out when members of an opposition
party demanded the resignition of
the present head of the government.
It is asserted that objection was
raised to t'ie dictatorial methods
being used by the party in power.
MRS. FRED DU BOISE RETURN
ING ON NORTHWESTERN.
• Mrs. Fred Dubois is a passen
ger on the Northwester^, which is
expected to reach Seward Friday of
next week..
Mr. and Mrs*. Dubois left Takotna
a year ago last fall with their life
savings, amounting to about $20,000
Shortly after arriving in Seattle
they were buncoed out of almost
the entire amqjmt.
Mr. Duhoise returned last fall and
his wife is now on her way to join
him here where they will attempt to
make a new start.
U. S. Senate Re
jects Adherence
To World Court
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 29.—
1 The United States Senate today re
jected the protocol for American ad
herence to the World Court at Gen
1 eva, by a vote of 52 to. 46 against
a two-thirds majority being nec
essary for its passage.
President Roosevlt urged passage
of the measure and so suffered hi:
1 second major reversal since takini
office, the first being when the St
Lawrence River project failed t<
pass in the 73rd Congress.
America is unofficially repre
sented at the League by F. D. Kell
ogg, who succeeded Hughes th
first American representative ii
Geneva. America’s action was re
’ caived with keen disappointment i
Europe.
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sure that he could not be mistake:
s as Hauptmann had laughed at hin
in a way he did not like thus un
* pressing the incident on his memorj
2 J. M. Trembly testified Thursda;
1 that the ransom notes were not ii
• Hauptmann’s handwriting that h
2 found very little resemblance ex
4 cept in one word.
British SpeCdking
Arrives in N. Y.
NEW YORK, J. n. 29.—Sir Mal
colm Campbell, note cl British speed
king, arrived in N w York today
with a new 7-ton speed auto with
which he will end a\ or to break his
world record. He expects to make
| the try on the san^s at Daytona
I Beach, Forida, ' ’ this spring.
The specially constructed British
racer, which is mivned Blue Bird,
has 2,500 horsepow* r am* Sir Camp
bell hopes to do better than 300
miles per hour. So great is the
speed of the car that a five mile
run will be necessary to bring it to
a stop after it has reached its top
speed.
REPORT GIVEN
ON MINERALS
ALASKA 1934
During 1934 Alaska, together
with the rest of the world, faced
uncertainties and difficulties that
deterred business interests from em
barking on many new enterprises
or pressing vigorously on already
established projects except as spec
ial favorable conditions appeared
to encourage such ventures. A low
price for all the mineral commod
ities other than gold continued
through the year, though the prices
were somewhat higher than in
1933. A serious disruption of ship
ping facilities, brought about thro
ugh strikes and labor difficulties
in May and June, hampered the
sending in of necessary equipment,
machinery, and supplies for many of
the mining camps and so had an
indirect though very real effect in
reducing the output of minerals.
On the other hand, the climatic
conditions that effect mining, such
as length of season and percipita
tion, were on the whole favorable
throughout the camps in central
Alaska, which yield the greater
part of the plaier gold. In south
Wt'MCI 1*
eastern AiasKa ana in
Alaska, notably in most of Seward
Peninsula, the season was unusally
dry, so that the supply of water
for mining purposes was scarce and
! many of the mines had to curtail
or suspend operations for part of
the s< ison. This condition affected
not only the placer mines, which are
ordinarily very dependent on water
supply for most of their operations,
but also some of the smaller lode
[ mines that use water in milling
their ore.
The value of the production of
copper from Alaska has for many
years been an important item in
j the annual inventory of the mineral
output of the Territory, amounting
to the enormous total of more than
$214,000,000. With .the recent de
cline in the price of copper, however,
it has no longer been profitable to
- continue the operation of the large
i Alaska copper mines, and they were
i closed down in 1933 and remained
- inoperative in 1934. This condition
. of course should not be interpretel
? as inlicating that these deposits have
1 been exhausted and have perma
2 nentljr ceased to represent import
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