TIMES
Vol. 1. No. XVIIL
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 9, 1935.
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FLEMINGTON, N. J. Feb. 9.—As
his trial nears the close Bruno
Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping
. and murdering the 19 months old
child of Co. and Mrs. Chas. Lindberg,
.appears morose and seems to be
losing much of his self assurance.
. Attorney Reilly having produced his
last surprise witness, review of testi
. mony will begin Monday.
Prosecuting Attorney A. Hulk will
open for, the state and asserts that
. a few hours will suffice for the
state. Attorney . Reilly will follow
-and is expected to take a' full day.
. It s thought that the case may reach
the jury by Tuesday p.m.
At the close of testimony Mrs.
HaupLmann asked Bruno to see a
priest which he refused.
The defense moved for a verdict
i of direct acquittal which was denied.
Mrs. Dwight Morrow and three of
the maid’s friends are ready to
. account for the entire time of Violet
Sharpe on the date of ..the kidnapp
ing to refute the claim of the de
fense that she was seen March 1st
on a N. J. to N. Y. .ferry with •*
child in her arms, accompanied by
Fisch.
It is rumored that Hauptmann may
ask permission to make a personal
plea to the jury of four women and
eightvmen. Such a procedure would
be setting a precedent which is not
likely to be granted in so importa.it
a case.
General opinion in Flemington is
that Hauptmann will be convicted.
Tornado Sweeps
Texas--12 Dead
Scores Injured
DALLAS, Tex. Feb. 9.—A tornado
which swept through Texas today
left 12 dead and 55 injured in its
wake. Thousands of dollars damage
was reported and 50 families were
homeless in Dallas which was the
worst hit. The storm swept up
from the Gulf of Mexico and died
down as it swept northward.
WINDY CITY GANGSTERS WALK
OFF WITH $1,000 PAYROLL.
^CHICAGO, HI. Feb. 9.—Four men
. armed with shotguns and automatic
: rifles walked into a wholesale drug
firm today, forced 14 employees to
-lie a on the .floor then compelled the
vice-president of the company to
< open the safet and coolly walked out
' withal,000 in payroll money.
A letter dated Dec. 22nd, 1531,
received in the last mail from Roar
.5. -Klingenberg, better known ^
“Dad” to his many friends in Flat,
extends the Season's Greetings from
Norway to-his Alaskan friends. Mr
Klingenberg will soon be returning
to resume his. posit ion with the North
land Mining Co. of Flat. We are
looking forward to “Dad’s” narra
tive of his trip after a 28 year's
. absence - from the. iold country.
Takotnan Taken
To Fairbanks
Seriously III
Charlie Cowan who was taken
seriously ill earlier in the week was
moved by plane to Fairbanks, Fri
day. Piiot Neese of the McGee
Airways arrived Thursday in response I
to a call for a plane making the
crip in stormy weather. Remaining
in McGrath overnite Pilot Neese
was in Takotna early Friday morn
ing. It was still snowing but radio
reports stated fair weather in' Fair
banks so the sick man was loaded
on the .plane which arrived safely
in Fairbanks. Mr. Cowan was smi
tering from an attack of what r.ppnr
antly was Flu and is now restmg
comfortably in the hospital at Fair
banks.
SIX INDICTED FOR HARBORING
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
MIAMI, Feb. 9.—Six persons were
indicted today for harboring gangster
i Alvin Karpis, America’s Public En
emy number 1. Karpis is wanted for
numerous robberies and especially in
connection with the Bremmer kid
napping case. The government is
i determined to arrest all people who
assist the deperadoes to evade the
|aw.
Mexico Prepared
For Impending
Political Strife
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.—Although
no rebellion has yet broken out
Mexico City police are prepared for
one. They claim that a contemplated
revolution will soon take place and
that the leaders are known to the
police. It is further stated that the
religious issue will be used as an ex
cuse but the real reason is said to
be political. Police claim that as
soon as the revolution breaks out
they 'will arrest the leaders.
DEAD MAN WHO COMES TO LIFE
REGRETS RESURRECTION.
From Arlene, England, comes the
strange tale of a man who came
back to life after being dead for
several minutes. John Puckering,
an Engish gardener, died on the op
erating table. Doctors massaged his
heart not with hope but as a matter
of duty. Four and one half minutes
later Mr. Puckering was alive and
conscious and today is .back at his
work none the worse. Puckering
criticised the doctors for reviving
him and stated that he had seen
wonderful sights and had been a -
mong extremely happy people.
juENINGRAD.—A pension of 200 j
rubles a month was awarded - to I
Mrs. Provera Fakeyev, wife of *!
railway worker, because she gave
birth to quadruplets. Mrs. Fake
I yev gave birth to a daughter at home.
J She was taken to a hospital where
; two more girls and a boy were born.
The boy died hut .the three girls are
doing well.
POST TO FLY ACROSS CONTIN
ENT IN STRATOSPHERE.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. — Wile*
Post, ’round the world fiyer, has gone
stratosphere and will endeavor 4c
make a fight across the continenl
at an altitude of 30,000 to 40,’ GO D
cost expects to attain a speed ol
350 miles per hour in the rarefied
upper air. He will use a specia'
breathing gear. Post hopes to Hi
the 3,000 miles from Los Angel .f
to Manhattan in less than 10 hours
The Winnie Mae is now being pre
pared for the flight.
Flat and McGrath
Included in Plan
l or Class A Field
WASHINGTON, D. C.—At the
suggestion of Dr. Ernest Gruening,
Director of the Division of Territor
ies and isand Possesions, Delegate
jLdmond has recently prepared and
submitted a program lor air devei
cperncnt and construction of air fields
in .«.aska. This program has Leen
made up after consulting the Alas
ka xtoad Commission officials, the
bureau of Aeronautics, the Army Air
Corps and many others. It calls for
an intregratfcd system of routes
touching practically all points of Al
aska and would require an expendi
tare of approximately $1,500,000.
it is planned to construct. Class A
fields at the following places:
Ketchikan, Juneau, Boundary, Tana
cross, Fairbanks, Tanana, N.ulato,
Koyuk, Kome, Nenana, McGrath,
Fiat, Bethel, South Eork,. Sqwentna,
^.n.horage, Seward,. Copper Centex',
VaiCi*.z and Cordova, and auxiliary
fields at many other places to ser e
all the requirements of air travel
and commerce. A route has been
planned from Ketchikan to Juneau
and thence along the coast of the
GuLi of Alaska to Cordova and Val
dez with auxilliary fields at five
places between Juneau and Cordova
The existence of these would make
this route much more attractive than
t is at present with no land field
existing between Cordova .and Jun
eau.
GOLD CLAUSE
DECISION YET
IN ABEYANCE
WASHINGTONS DjC C. Feb. Jb
No decision will be given Monday
on the Gold clause.case was announ
ced today by Chief/ Justice Charlef
Hughes. Unofficial! reports statec
it may not be given until March . 4
Should the nine judges of the Su
preme Court rule against the preseni
administration's policy of gold own
c-ship the public debt would be in
creased by 70 .Million dollars unless
new legislation was immediately
taken. As February 12th is a Stocl
Exchange holiday it had been hopec
that a decision would be reach'd
Monday so that steps could be taker
by the governments in case .of ar
adverse rulipg.
i Alaska Shipped
I $2,182,697.54 in
J Furs During 1934
According <to data compiled by the
Alaska Game Comtnission furs ship
ped from Alaska numbered 319,760
pelts valued at $2,182,697.54 during
ihe year 1934. That does not include
$10,333.00 worth of foxes shipped
from the Pribilof Islands. The fol
lowing is a detailed report of the >
fur shipped:
Black or Glacier 272 $ 272.00 j
Species Number Value
Beat
Polar 34
612f>0
• Beaver 60,897
516,406.00
2,528.61
| Coyote 439
' Fox
Red 23,880
Crass 1,370
Silver 1,Q00
’303,514.80
31,98950
46.570.00
308.00
1)7,123.20
391,794.93
18.30
15,501.12
2.55
68,415.96
529,979.28
97,317.76
52,843.32
17.30
k *),85i.82
16.654.00
976.50
| Black 14
\\ hite 4,288
Blue 11,223
Hare 183
Marmot 17
Marten 4,866
Mink -57,858
Muskrat 133,3X2
Otter .3, 897
Squirrel 173
Weasel 14,278
Wolf .757
Wolverine .279
Totals 319,
$2,182,597 54
Standard Oil
To Evacuate
Louisiana State
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NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 9.—Offi
1 cials of uhe Standard Oil Company
met today to plan arrangements for
1 moving their holdings from the
! State of Louisiana. Alabama an
i nounced that she would make -spec
' ial allowances for! the Company to
move its refineries and equipment
to that state. Huey Long, Standard
Oil’s arch enemy, has had levied
j special taxes on that company with
the result that they have decided to
remove. all their .holdings from that
state.
LABATT KIDNAP; SUSPECT AR
JtESTED IN KENTUCKY.
COVINGTON,—r A man registered
as Kingdom Pete Murray, of Cov
ington, a salesman, was held here
in connection with the kidnapping of
John S. Labatt, wealthy London,
Ontario brewer. Labatt subsequent
ly was set free. The arrest was the
second of a Covington man in con
nection with the kidnapping. Pre
viously David Meisner, of Covington,
surrendered in Detroit, protesting he
was in Covington at the time -of
the. kidnapping and knew nothing
of it.
The average income of employed
families in America has been estim
ated at $1,700. It has been asserted
that 60 per. centf of the national in
comes range from $1,000 to $2,000.
Tn 1928. the nationaj income was 81
billion dollars.
SENATE FAVORS
GAME CONTROL
BY ALASKANS
JUNEAU, Feb. 2.—Proposed ab'U
shment of the Alaska Game Com
mission and the transfer of its
powers to the Alaska Legislatre
was approved .yesterday by the Ter
ritorial Senate. The .joint memo: ml
on the subject, was introduced first
in the House by Representative II
Lyng of the Second Division, was
unanimously adopted by, the upp. r
branch of the Legislature. Alaska
game regulations are now under the
authority of the Biological Surve ;,
which is a bureau of the Department
of .Agriculture.
The Senate yesterday also approv
ed the following resolutions:
That the Fpdfral Aid Road Act
b.e extended to include Alaska.
That Alaska fisheries be trans
ferred from Federal to Territor; i
control, as provided by a bill- intro
duced in Congress at the instance
of Delegate Anthony J. Dimomi.
That no fishing boat or fish in;:
gear he seized on the suspicion or
the owner’s violation of fishing re aq
uations and that •such seizure ' ■*
forbidden until the guilt of th<‘ sins
pected owner has been established
in court. This memorial \ya.- intro
duced first in.ihe House by Repre
sentative F. J. Barnovich of tin
First Division.
GERMANY TO HAVE TRAINED
ARMY OF 400,000 MEN.
BERLIN, Ger. Feb,. £>.—German>
today announced that she would
build her present .army, ■ u> 400,' ut
men. It is proposed to use. member?
of the Nazi storm tnoopers as wei1
as a compulsory training of. civilians.
An extensive training jvcijJod ^of le
months is proposed- Germany claims
her new army will ‘be .uflud purely
for defensive purposes.
OKLAHOMA CONVICTS TUNNEI.
WAY OUT OF PRISON.
McALESTER, Okla-—Waking their
second break for freedom, four con
victs tunneled their way out . of the
state penitentiary liere. .Three of
them were, reported to have conmn
deered a taxicab, while. the other
fled on foot.
All four of the convicts were in
mates of the: prison tubercular ward
and were members of the party of
seven which engineered a .successful
break from the prison last .Sept. 21.
The men were,'Coney Coffey, sor
ing 25 years for robbery; Charlie
Points, serving a life term for the
death of J. D. Gates, an Oklahoma.
City policeman in ‘1930; Yern Broth
ers, serving 20 years for robbery, and
Earl Williams, serving 30 years for
robbery in Pottawatomie County.
■Two of the escaped convicts left
the taxicab at HodlenyiQe, Okla.,
Warden Sam Brown, said. Ti e third
continued to Sharwnee where he fled
from the cab when it? ran out of
gas.
An early search failed to disclose
any trace of the three convict- afir
they left the cab. The fourth, pre
sumed on foot, was also believed :
have temporarily jn^de^gaod hi
cape