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VOL. 1. NO. XIV.
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY,JANUARY 12, 1935.
mwE, 25 aw
A. EARHART
FLYS SOLO
OVER PACIFIC
OAKLAND, Cal. Jan. 12.—Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam landed .here
today at 1.30 PM, just 18 hours .and
15 minutes after taking off from
Honolulu. Thousands greeted the
daring woman flyer who now is the
the first person to have flown alone
across the Pacific, a distance of 2,400
•.miles. Mrs. Putnam admitted being
ftired but added the trip was unevent
ful. She still had gas for .several
hours of flying.
HONOLULU, Hawaia, Jan. 11.—
Amelia Earhart, America’s foremost
aviatrix, hopped off from here at
4.30 P M and after cycling the
town once headed her plane for
California. She is flying alone and
latest reports give her position well
■out in the Pacific. She should reach
California, Saturday mornipg.
Miss Earhart, who is Mrs. George
Palmer Putnam in private lif§, has
an enviable record 'in aviation.
Mrs. Putnam in 1932 made ".the
first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a
woman. But one such trans-Atlantic
solo flight had been made by Col.
Chas. A. Lindherg, from .New York
to Paris in 1927. Mrs. Putnam flew
from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
to Culmore, Ireland, 2,026.5 miles.
This flight aso broke the distance
record for women.
Mrs. Putnam in June, 11928, had
flown as a passenger from Trepassy,
Newfoundland, to Barry Poft. Wales
with Wilmer .Stutz, pilot, and Lou
Gordon, radio man anu mechanic.
Mrs. Pptnam holds the internation
ral speed record for women in a
flight from Los Angeles, California,
to Newark, N.J., \made in August,
1932, and also holds the internation
al speed record for 100 kilometers
for women, made at Detriot, Mich.,
In June, 1930.
CANADA TO ISSUE SILVER
DOLLARS.
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OTTAWA, Can. Jan.12. — Silver
dollars are to make their appear -
-ance in Canada according to recent
■reports 'from ;the Canadian Treasury
Department. Heretofore a silver
50 cent piece has been the largest
coin issued in the Dominion. The
coin, it is said, will be about the
size of the American half dollar but
will be twice as thick.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MISS KETURI AT FT. YUKON.
FORT YUKON, Dec. 18.—Funer
•al services for Miss Keturi were
held in St. Stephen’s Church Dec
ember 8. Dr. Burke read tlie ser
vice. Burial was in the Hudson’s
Bay Cemetery. During the four
months she was here Miss Keturi
had endeared herself to the c,om
:munity.
: PILOT BLUNT BACK ON JOI
MAIL PLANE
Pilot Harry Blunt arrived wilt
the mail plane Thursday bringing
only local mail. Due to the S.S
Victoria running aground at Point
er’s Island below Ketchikan, tht
outside mail did not reach Fairbanks
in time for this weeks trip.
This is Blunt’s first visit to these
parts for some time, he having
j been outside for some months a
: part of which time he spent flying
in Florida.
! Pilots Blunt and Joe Barrows
j flew a new plane from the outside
j to Fairbanks. The plane is a Lock
; heed-Electra 12-place cabin, twin
; motored and will be used by the
, P.A.A.
HEAVY FOG BLANKETS NEW
YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 10.—
Londoners must feel right at home
in New York due to the heavy pea
soup fog which has blanketed the
pity for four days now. All plane
and ship movements are at a stand
still. lBus traffic is also consider
ably hampered. Many transatlantic
ocean liners are unable to get into
the dock to discharge passengers and
cargo. The fog has already cost the
city millions of dollars in delayed
business.
PRESIDENT’S
RELIEF BILL
APPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10.—
Congress approved the President's
budget measure calling for four and
a half billion dollars in one sum to
! be used for relief . The total ex
penditures for the fiscal year of
,1936 are estimated at eight and a
I half billion dollars. Half of this
huge sum will be raised by taxes
and the other half by borrowing.
The tax payer’s dollar is spent in
the following manner: for relief 26c.,
for government 26 cents, for agri
culture 12 cents, the public debt and
interest takes 11 cents and the re
maining 25 cents is used on miscel
laneous expenditures.
GIRL BANDIT DEFIES GOVERN
MENT QF MANCHUKUO.
HSINKING, Manchukuo. —A 16
year-old Kirin girl who turned ban
dit to avenge her father’s death,
refused to swear allegiance to Man
chukuo even under penalty of
death.
Japanese gendarmes captured the
girl, Kuoshashu, near the town of
Padshih, in Kirin province, at the
scene of a bandit gang which had
been pillaging the neighborhood.
Three years ago her father, a
wealthy farmer in Fengtien prov
ince, was killed, presumably by the
authorities. In revenge she organ
ized the bandits and pledged her
self to the overthrow of the existing
government, it was said.
RIOTS IN MEXICO HARASS
GOVERNMENT
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8.—Riots in
annus pa-ts of the republic took a
toll of seven lives. At Mexico City
1000 students staged a riot which
had to be quelled by the militia and
resulted in five being wounded.
Bombs which exploded in the busi
ness section a few weeks ago have
caused the authorities to use extreme
measures to prevent further Out
breaks.
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SUGGEST OLD AGE PENSIONS
AND UNEMPLOYMENT INS.
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j WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 11.—
I A recomendation made to Congress
i by a congressional sub-committee
suggested an old age pension of $50
per month to American citizens who
are over 05 years of age The com
mittee also recommended ..an unem
ployment insurance to be financed
by 1 per cent of the worker’s wages
and 3 per cent of the total payroll
by the employing concern.
ALASKA RAILROAD DECREASES
DEFICIT BY $78,000.
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According to the annual report of
Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
lckes. recently made public in Wash
ington, D. C., the operating deficit
for the Alaska Railroad for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1934, was
$178,973. a decrease of $78,110 from
the previous year.
Improvement came despite a de
crease of 3,967 tons in rail line ton
nage during 1934 from the previous
year, due to lower commercial coal
shipments. The increase in revenue,
the report explained, was caused by
the increased shipment .of lumber,
gasoline, and outbound fish.
The secretary said the railroad has
continued its investigation of the
mining resources in the territory
tributary to it and aided projects
that would contribute tonnage as
well as those that effected the gen
eral welfare of the territory.
Increased traffie for the railroad
was predicted for the future.
“Placer and dredging activities ;n
the Fairbanks district and other
sections adjacent to the railroad in
dicate increased and continued ac
tivities,” the report said. “A water
shortage in 1933 seriously affected
the output of the placer workers.
The outlook for the year 1934 is
very favorable, considering the price
received for gold and indications of
sufficient water for operations.” .
MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
IN U. S. 3. R.
LENINGRAD, Russia, Jan. 7.—
Running past a signal cost the lives
of 23 persons and injury to 79 when
a passenger train bound for Lenin
grad ran into the rear of another
passenger train. Soviet authorities
are investigating.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10
Senator King of Utah, declared to
day that Japan was arrriing seeretly
in violation ol the Versailles Treaty.
The Senator stated that the Nippon
ese had fortified several of her is
lands in the Pacific
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A. X. GRANT SENDS GREETINGS
TO NORTHERN FRIENDS.
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A recent letter from A.X.Grant,
Detroit, Mich., well known as the
former editor of the Kusko Times,
extends “Greetings of the season to
all fr:ends.”
Mr. Grant is in excellent health
! bu*- will have to undergo an opera
i tion "or cataract in one eye. It is
however not expected .to be serious.
SWEDEN OBSERVES 500TH ANNI
VERSARY OF FOUNDING.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Jan. 12.
—Sweden celebrated her 500th an
niversary of its founding. King
Gustave in presenting the 1935 bud
i get to the legislature now in session
stressed Sweden’s great progress
in solving the depression. The bud
get is balanced with $15,000,000 be
ing allotted for unemployment relief
against: $40,000,080 last year.
DB. CONDON
TESTIFIES IN
KIDNAP GASE
FLEMINGTON, N. J. Jan. 10.—
Richard Bruno Hauptmann accused
kidnapper and murdere of Chas. A.
Lindberg Jr., sat calmly apparantly
but little disturbed while Betty Gow
former nursemaid of the Lindbergs
and the last person of the family
to see the child alive, told of looking
into the nursery and finding the
child gone. She told of the hurried
search and how, when it became ap
parant that the child was not in the
house, Col. Lindberg loosing his com-*
posure called Ann, “They have stolen
the baby.”
Edward Reilly, Hauptmann’s at
torney, cross examined Miss Gow
for more than three hours but was
unable to shake her testimony. I
The defense ended the day by
promising, at the proper time, to
reveal the names of the actual kid
nappers, four men and two women,
adding that these persons were
known to the Lindbergs.
Doctor John Condon, known as
Jafsie, took the stand the following
day and told of making contact
iwth the kidnapper and Of paying
the $50,000 ransome money. He
stated that he is positive that Haupt
mann is the mysterious John with
whom he talked and to whom he paid
the money.
A. Osborne, state writing expert,
testified Friday that 391 pieces of
I writing taken from the ransom notes
| corresponded with the handwriting
of Hauptmann.
| It is expected that the trial will
take three or four weeks longer be
fore its completion.
WHITE RUSSIANS SEEK RETURN
TO NATIVE LAND.
PARIS.—The 300,000 “hard-hit”
White Russian emigrants in France
have started a movement calculated
to gain readmission to their native
land.
Most of them left 15 years ago
to escape Red rule.
Now, they prefer even that to
their hopeless lot here.
GREEN URGES
liN EMPLOY?
INSURANT
WASHINGTON.— Unernplgyr"
insurance to be financed wholly 1
a tax against employers of 5 p -
cent on the amount of the p; yro
of their establishments is the p:
posal of William Green, president .■
the American Federation of Labi
Green declared it would open orga..
ized labor’s egislative drive in tb'
present session of Congress.
Mr. Green further asserted that
opposed any direct levy on work*
for establishment and maintena
of unemployment insurance. >
explained that the workers wo
pay the cost of the insurance :
way, as employers always ado
costs to prices and as empb
buy 85 per cent of all goods.
FINLAND OFFERS A $TQ,0CC.0‘
BOND ISSUE FOR SALE IN U.
The first foreign bonds of
for sale in this country in the b. *
four years were a $10,000,000 is- /
paying -1 per cent put up by t
government of Finland for sale
cently in New York and j
It also was the first foreigi
sought in America since pas ....
the newly amended securities
the last congress. Finland ;s
only debtor country so far wh
repaid its loans to the U. b.
when due and will probably li
trouble financing its new bona
here. But just let England, 1
Germany or some of the ther ■ •
faulters try to borrow from ■
SAAR RESIDENTS TO VG’J i
QUESTION SUNDAY
Ge neva, Jan.ll.—Two d-"ys
and the people of the Saar >i
on the plebiscite whether ■
turn to Germany or gc under •
French or League control. £.\ ■
ment is at a high >^tch ’
sympahizers and1 anti Naz A
oring to win votes. An Inter-..'
police force is in charge of ih .
GENEVA, Jan. 12.—Report
Italy has increased her troops on * v
Austrian border were receive ) i ■
today. The Italians fear that in G
event the Saar goes bach to Gen
any, the Nazis may attemp
gain control of Austria, ire indepc
dence of which Italy'.is dtiermin
to preserve.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TAKE
LIVES IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.- Air
accidents took a big increase in
first week of 1935 in J ■ ' > • \ ■
with 23 persons reported
321 injured. The increase i r r
accidents has caused the ■ >.
increase the penalty f U:
driving. State office;
checking drivess. fa- the •
the cars .for .brakes