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VOL. 38 No. 253 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY AUG. 21 1937 ’ Per Copy 10ct«
WORLD FLIER COMING NOME
ALASKA AIR MAIL BILL IS SIGNED TODAY
Searches Arctic: Finds No Trace Missing Russians
Alaska Air Mail
Bill Is Passed
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug 21—Pres
ident Roosevelt signed the Alas
kan Airmail Bill today, just as
Congress completed action on
bills restoring the Reindeer in
dustry to Natives of the territory
and also permitting the city of
Ketchikan to issue bonds.
The Airmail measure authoriz
ed Postmaster James Farley to
provide “difficult or emergency’’
mail service in the Territory of
Alaska at a total annual cost of
twenty-five thousand dollars. The
bill also empowered him to con
tract for all classes of'mail to,
from, or within the Territory for
delivery by plane at varying
rates ranging up to 30 cents per
ounce and 15 cts. per half ounce.
The Reindeer Bill also provides
far government purchase of ani
mals of white operators, and for
their distribution among Natives.
The bill further provides that
white people will be forever bar
red from owning reindeer.
Alaska Tin Co.
Is Incorporated
(Bv The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 21st—
The Alaska Tin Company of Se
attle, incorporated with a capital
stock of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, to do a general
mining business near Tin City,
north of Nome. Incorporators are
Jack McIntyre, a Seattle radio
company man; Gurd Kennedy &
Leslie Roe.
Soviets Believed
Down 600 Miles
North Barrow
(By The Associated Preset
Pilot Ray Crawford of the Mir
ow Air Service, who arrived from
Fairbanks late yesterday with 130
pounds of first class mail, report
ed he had talked with Soviet ag
ent Smirnov, who is directing the
details of an aerial search from
Fairbanks.
Pilot Crawford was requested
to confer with the Soviet repre
sentatives concerning a proposal
to fly gasoline from Nome to Pt.
Barrow by the Myjow Air Ser
vice He informed them that it
would not be entirely practical
due to the fact that nearly as
much aviation gas would be used
on the return trip to Nome each
time.
While in Fairbanks, he suffered
an attack of flu, but is now re
cover, ng.
Pilot Crawford questioned Ag
ent Smirnov as where they believ
ed the lo3t Russian polar plane
had come down, and reported the
Russian representative said pro
bably five or six hundred miles
north of Point Barrow.
Rapist Is Loose
Chicago, Rilled
Student Nurse
(bv Tne Associated Press'
CHICAGO, Aug. 21, — A brick
wielding rapist stole into a south
side hospital Last night and rav
ished and kiiled Anna Kukcta,
•
LOOKING FOR A MUG Mr. and Mrs. T. O. M. Sopwith,
owners of the Endeavours I and D, America’s Cup contenders, are
shown aboard their Yacht Viva In which they came for the new
conquest. They were watching trials at Newport, R. L
ACTIVE SEARCH FOR MISSING
SOVIET FLIERS NOW UNDER
WAY. ALL SIDES POLE
Jimmy Mattern Tells of Flying Hundreds of Miles Over
Arctic Oeean Not Finding Plane. Two Other
Planes Barrow Ready Search
(By ThR Associated Press)
3ARROW, Aug. 21, — Jimmy
Mat tent reported here last night
that he flaw four hundred miles
over tire Arctic Ocean but did
not sight the missing Soviet trans
j polar plane or its fliers.
He declared he found impossible
landing conditions. He flew nor
. th of Point Barrow and then west
until his gas began to run short,
and then put back to Barrow
His tanks were nearly empty
when he landed.
Flying conditions were difficult.
He was forced to fly very low
most of the time.
Meanwhile Bob Randall in the
Canadian plane from Edmonton,
and Soviet pilot Zadkoff w'orked
oil their planes preparing for the
extended search.
BA.R.ROW, Aug. 21, — The So
viet twin-motored hydroplane
Which arrived here from Welland
; northern Siberia, is anxiously aw
aiting favorable weather to com
1 mence systematic hops in search
of the missing Russian trans-pol
j ar plane piloted by Levanefskv,
lost since last Friday.
The plane is in charge of Pilot
Zadkov. Landings made be made
in lagoons or others waters near
Barrow.
eighteen year old student nurse.
' ynd then fled as another nurse
I entered the room.
The partly clad attractive girl
lay on the floor near a bed with
| her skull crushed by a brick
which lay beside the body.
. Three other women have been
slain in the same way during the
| past two years.
The two negros who performed
; the crimes were convicted—one
1 to life imprisonment—the other
was executed.
Two women were recently as
saulted by negroes armed with
bricks, during the last two weeks,
one of whom is possibly the nur
| ses slayer.
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
■■ " —
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
; pamphlet form, for sale at The
j Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
i (By The Associated Press)
; FAIRBANKS, Aug. 21. — Be
fore leaving Fairbanks yesterday
j morning on an extensive non-stop
j hop out over the Arctic Ocean,
| Jimmy Mattern described the
route which he would follow.
“We will fly first to the Arctic
i Coast of Alaska, and try to lo
cate a favorable landing pteee
at the mouth of some river near
est the 148th meridian. That base
will serve for our offshore flights,
ar.d obviate the necessity of com
ing back to Fairbanks after each
flight out over the ocean. It will
save us a round trip of perhaps
to 1000 miles daily, as the distan
ce from here to the coast is ap
proximately 400 miles.
Arctic Bases
“I think we will be able to find
a place on the river bars or
sandspits at She mouth of one of
the rivers suitable for landings
and takeoffs. From such a base
we can fly to the Arctic ice pack
and back as desired, weather
permitting.
Ice Breaker’s Bases
"The Russian icebreaker Kxass
in is to proceed northward, I un
derstand, along or near the 148th
meridian and forge her way into
the pack and establish a base
there. Then we can pick out a
landing place on the ice as near
as possible to the icebreaker, and
from that point fly northward to
the pole or polar camp, or point
of last contact with the missing
plane. Another ice breaker, we
understand, is to proceed to the
eastward of the meridian, and
also take up a position near which
another airplane base may be es
tablished. That would permit
planes to swe epback and forth
over a fan tail sector converging
toward the pole, and in which
the missing plane may be found.
Ford to Ferry Fuel
“The Ford plane will be em
ployed in ferrying gasoline and
other supplies from Fairbanks to
the Arctic coast base. It will de
liver about 800 gallons per trip.
The Ford has a gas capacity of
1300 gallons carrying 1000 in the
fuselage and 300 in the wings.
“My Lockheed has a capacity
of 1130 gallons, but I am cutting
it down to 900 to give more room
I for other purposes. A radio op
erator will be taken along, and
we will have communication with
JIMMY MATTERN
the U. S. Signal Corps by radio
code."
C ol. Benedum Backer
'Ir. rr.y undertaking." says Mat
tern, I ant financed by Col M. L.
Benedum, wealthy oil operator of
iPttsburgh, Per.nsyl vania. Colon
el Benedum ha., many oil inter
ests in hte Stays, ar<j an exten
sive organization, I deem it a
very gracious act on his part to
give 1 f his means in such a great
humanitarian cause ard one
which is sure t i work to the de
velopment of 'he great North
land and the establishment of
world traffic routes of a :at and
lasting importance.”
Mr. Mattrn is aeronautical dir
ector for the Benedum oil inter
ests, whidh maintains an aviation
service with ir try planes f r the
convenience of its staff.
Cantacuzino Is
Enroute Nome
on ^orld Flight
Supposed to Leave Paris
Today In Fast Plane
For Speed Dash
(By The Associated Press)
The United States Weather
Bureau at Nome began sending
airway observations for the fligtit
of Prince Constantine Cantacu
jzino, Roumanian flier, to start
Jfrom Paris probably today.
The fl.ght will be made thru
.Siberia and t'^aviator >9 ached
Mu ed to stop at'Vome,
Weather Bureau officials at
N me would not promise favor
able flying weather although ob
j4i'
servations will be ^.ent every four
hours. At this season very unset
tled conditions occur generally
over western Alaska according
to 7 years of airway records here.
The Signal Corps stations art
Nome, Fairbanks, Juneau Anch
orage and Cordova are standing
by on this flight and every eff
ort will be made to assist in •
successful flight.
Don't Expect Farr
W in From Bomber
(Bv The Associated Press*
LONDON, Aug. 21, — There is
a suspicion in Great Britain that
it may be just as well in the
future if the empire does not
dep nd on Tommy Farr to lift the
u s d s championship pugilistic
crown off the brow of Joe Louis
D droit brown bomber, in their
’itIt? battle in New York Aug. 26.
If Farr is mangled by Louis,
the c immotuvealth will be brac
1 for thi shock. British sports
ui.tt'is ar.* picking Louis to win.
TRILLS FOR TEXAS. Jessica Dragonette (right) and Charles
K oilman, opera singers, receive scrolls of appreciation from Miss
'•my Goodrich (left), representative in New York for the Pan
icrir.in exposition in Dallas. Texas. The singers will appear at
the exposition.