THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as -secona-class matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of'
March 3, 1879.
•MAY REMOVE EYE~ OF 2-YEAR- j
OLD IN OJIDER TO SAVE LIFE ,
YONKERS, N. Y.—Three noted;
eye specialists of the New York med
ical center who examined Helen Vas
ko Friday, today confirmed an earlier
diagnosis, indicating that the two
year-old child needs an immediate
yye operation to save her life. Fran
cis R.Fay, guardian ad litem for
the child since a court order was is
sued in Hastings, N. Y., directing the
child’s parents to permit the opera
tion, announced today that Dr. Ar
nold J. Smith’s decision that the eye
must be removed had been confined
to the Ne wYork medical authorities.
Mrs. John Vasko, the girl’s mother,
consented Friday to have her child
examined once more, and iildicated
that she might oppose a ruling of the
appellate court no longer if the doc
tors insisted the operation’ must be
performed.
ADMINISTRATION INFLATION
BILL NOW BEFORE SENATE
WASHINGTON.—The Administra
tion’s inflation bill was placed before
the Senate today in the midst of bit
ter part ydispute, which brought ad
mission of defeat from the Repub
lican anti-inflation bloc.
The Senate recessed until Monday
after Senator Thomas, Democrat, Ok
lahoma, offered the inflation measure
as a rider to the pending farm relief
bill. Debate will begin after the
week-end recess. Attacks and coun
ter assaults preceded formal pre
sentation of the amendment. The
Mellon-Mills-Reed bloc was defeated
on every front. A poll indicated the
measure will be adopted by about a
2 to 1 majority in the Senate.
ROOSEVELT AND MACDONALD
CONFER AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON—Putting aside so
cial and diplomatic calls, Prime Min
ister Ramsay MacDonald and Presi
dent Roosevelt pressed forward with
utmost speed today. In their search
for means of aiding economic recov
ery they reviewed the main problems,
but did not officially reveal which
questions were involved. At the con
ference today, it w&s later learned on
high authority, Mr. Roosevelt out
lined the problem facing America and
Britain. It was understood that Mr.
MacDonald said very little but lis
tened authoritatively to Mr. Roose
velt, making occasional remarks.
Neither side, it was said, advanced
any concrete proposal on war debts
or a return to the gold standard. Ex
perts of both governments were
present.
BANKER MITCHELL ARRAIGNED
NEW YORK. — Arraignment of
Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman
of tre Board of the National City
Band, on a supersedeas indictment
charging him on two accounts with
evading income taxes in 1929 and
IPS; postponed today by Fed
-.:;e Frank J. Coleman util
. V VER OF LITTLE GIRLS
FRANCISCO.—A man who
1 to attack a 9-year-old girl
u.l . ..riving her and her sister, 5,
to the Sand Dunes near 3505 and
Taraval streets, Sunday, was hunted
by police today. The girls were re
turning home from an errand when
the man invited them for a ride. He
seized both, when the older gir lob
jected. After the attempted attack
he left the mout near their home.
A PUNK DAY FOE JOHN
CLEVELAND.—Spring air made
John Hunyak feel acrobatic. Grab
bing a light fixture, he tried to pull
himself toward the ceiling. The chan
ielier broke, and John felL Noncha
lantly, he lighted a cigaret, unaware
that the cap of an old gas line in the
chandelier had been torn off. The
resulting explosion sent Mr. Hunyak
and wife to a hospitaL
UNDERWORLD TRAGEDY
PORTLAND, Qre.—Vengeance of
the underworld for the probable fatal
wounding Friday of Frank Kodat, 51
year-old ex-convict, was believed ex
acted today with the finding of the
bodies of James Walker, ex-convict,
accused of shooting Kodat, and June
McLean, the woman whom both as
sertedly courted.
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W. T. VANDERPOOL • • PROP.
FIRE INSURANCE
You should carry a literal rircnnt of fire insurance
for the sake of your credit and your peace of mind,
Needless to, say this insurance should be of the very
highest quality.
That’s the Kind Written By
Alaska Insurance Agency
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Inquire of Knsko Hues.
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SAULPAUGGH, NOTED RACE
DRIVER, MEETS HIS DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO.—Roaring and
speeding around the Oakland speed
way in practice for Sunday’s 150-mile
race, Byron Saulpaugh, famous racer
driver, lost control of his Red lion
Special today and was killed. The
machine, hurtling over the northwest
turn into the backstretch ^lidded and
rolled over three times, but did not
leave the track. Saulpaugh was
crushed under the car. Apparently,
on th esecond and third times it
rolledd over, inflicting a skull frac
ture and crushing his chest, from
which he died while en route to Fair
mont Hospital in an ambulance.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR WILL START CAM
PAIGN FOR HIGHER WAGES
WASHINGTON. — The Americanj
Federation of Labor plans an imme
diate campaign for higher wages to
offset expected increases in the cost
of living, due to inflation.
President William Green said an
increase in the price of necessities
was bound to follow the inauguration
of currency inbation. The deleterious
effect of inflation upon the social and
economic life of the working people,
tlie A. F. of L. president continued,
can only be offset through increases
in wages and through an increase
in mass purchasing power through
out the nation.
PRQSPERITY COMING UP
FOR 1 NEBRASKA FARMER
GILTNER, Neb.—Prosperity is in
sight for George Hillsard, local far
mer. A Chester White sow owned by
Hillsard farrowed a litter of 14 pigs
three days ago. The price of pork
went up. Inspired by this favorable
price trend, this same sow today far
rowed another litter of 11 pigs, 25
in all.
WHY PEOPLE SMILE.
“Aren't you thethought reader who
was entertaining the company a
couple of hours ago by finding
needles and other -small things they
had hidden?”
“Yes.”
"Well, what has kept you here so
long?”
“I'm looking for my hat.”—Tit Bits
(London).
“Why, my dear man, already my
poetry is being read by twice as many
people as before.”
“Oh, I didn’t know yoou were mar
ried.”—Hummel (Hamburg).
“Our mothers can remember the
first kiss of their husbands—our
daughters cannot even remember
their first husbands.”—-Nebelspalter
(Zurich).
Passenger—I wish I .could afford a
car like yours.
Owner—So do I.—Guerin Mesehino
(Milan).
Mrs. Cornwallis—You’re looking
better than I had expected. I heard
that your health was very poor.
Mrs. Nurich—My health .has . been
impaired, but there is nothing poor
about it.—Answers (London).
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