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MATTKRN ARUIVKS NOME
VIA SOVIKT SK.YRLAN'K
TKLLS 1NTKRKST1MJ HTORV
Mattern, two Russian pilots, two
mechanics and one navigator ac
tive*! Nome Thursday in a big sea
plane two motored in tandehi.
They took off fronn Anadyr Wed
nesday about five p.m. in the after
Jioon after spending considerable
time fueling tile plane.
Mattern in describing the flight
from Anadyr said “I thought the
flight from New York to where 1
landed in my plane was full of
^Drills but this flight has them all
shopped. We got ready to leave
Aradyr Wednesday noon but the
steamer which carried the aviation
gas for the Russian plane got
stranded on a reef hut finally man
aged to get up the Anadyr fiver
tar enough so we could unload the
.gcs and refuel the plane. We
jitC.de about eight different attem
pts at getting off the hay at Ana
dyr each time taking out some of.
rthe gas. At last we damped off
about seventy five gallon's and
managed to take off ifbout five
p.m*. in the afternoon. We flew
following my charts which were
the only ones available across Si
btiian headlands but due to tog
and adverse weather conditions
were forced to head for St. Law
rence Island. W-e sighted St. Law
rence Island and then headed for
Nome from Northeast Cape
After leaving St. Lawrence we
flew for about two hours and when
about fifty miles from Nome fog
shut down and we were forced to
re*urn to the island. At all times
during the crossing the weather
conditions were against us. We
returned to the island, sat down at
Northeast Cape and spent the
night there just like Eskimos.
We had sleeping bags and plenty
of provisions hut I had not been
feeling well and put in a bad
night. The next day the sun
came out and the weather was
perfect so about noon we took off
again for Nome. The Russians
were unable to speak English and
1 was xinable to speak Russian so
» we had a hard time making our
selves understood but finally con
veyed information we had about
one hour fifteen minutes gas left
and would take at least an hour
and a half’s gas to get to Nome.
We figured out by map that Catpe
Rodney On the Alaskan shore was
closer by about five minutes so
we set the course for there but
due to fog on Alaskan coast we
con Id not see.
With aibout thr.pe minutes’ gas
left, land showed up and was I
glad to see it? During the last
twenty minutes of the flight until
we ran ont of gas about five
miles from Nome along the beach
I paced up and down the fuselage
of the plane thinking and almost
certain that here I was agatu
about to gig^down for aibout two
weeks out in the Bering Sea and
no one to know the difference
where we were. We sighted land
and • about the same time the
motors stopped and we landed
close to the beach in a short time
tug boats came up the' coast and'
hooked on to the iplane and towed
us down to Nome harbor where
we were afbe to go ashore.
During the preparations in leav
ing Anadyr Eskimos and Russians
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POST HOPPED FOR Al/RERT.l
FAIRHAuNKS. July 21.. £P)
Wiley Post hopped off for Edmon
ton. Alberta at 5:45 p.m.. Fair
banks time.
POST ARRIVES AT EDMONTON
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EDMONTON, July 22. (/lb Post
arrived at Edmonton at 8:07 a m.
E.S.T. Me was greeted by five
thousand people. He had boon
in the'air'nine , hours and twen'v
two minutes from Fairbanks on a
-fourteen hundred mile flight. He
was not reported until five min
utes flying time out of here. His
time was faster than his and
Gaftlty’s time od't of Fairbanks*
which was one hundred and sev
enty one "hours and fifty seven
rniutes compared with one eighty
two hours and forty two minutes.
Post and Gatty time.
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NOME ENTERTAINS
SOVIET AVIATORS
The Nome City Cout'ci! and
Nome Cham tier of Common e. in
behalf of tlie city of Nome ex
tended to the crew of the Russian
plane a hearty welcome ’ast even
ing. iAjS they were desiHi.s of
•leaving early Saturday morning
plans for a party were hurriedly
made. I„ the (presence of the
Nome City Council and the Dir
ectors of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce. President
G R Jackson addressed the ment
Ibers of the relief expedition in
a fitting welcome.
Ait the conclusion of Mr. Jack
son's remarks the Russian Com
mander re&po'nded expressing his
appreciation for the many cour'
esies and wonderful hospitality
received and expressed the hope
that next year«when Jimmy Mat
tei'n makes another attempt that
it may prove successful.
Mr. Jackson then introduced
Baron Friedlander who spoke in
Russian and presents] to each of
(the aviators a Nome gold ring
bearing the word Nome and the
du e 193 3. Each of the Russian
flyers expressed their thanks to
the people of Nome.
Mayor Tarnutzer, acting for the
City of . Nome -then offered 'them
the key of the city, and expressed
the hope that their return home
I may be safe and that they ex
tend to the people of Russia the
good wishes of the people here as
well as our thanks for their ass
istance in assisting Mr. Mattern.
Jimmie Mattern in well chosen
remarks expressed his thanks and
appreciation for the reception ac
corded to his rescuers and to him
self. He now fully realizes what
was meant when he heard of the
Nome hospitality
Refreshments were then served
and everyone got together and
ihad a good time.
The names of the Russian fly
ers are as follows;
Alexander Levanexsky
Gregory Cher inia sky
Boris KreloiUtkl
Victor Evanovttch Levelinko
Boris Sergeeff
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Slightly -used 85 CaterpUler in
good condition. Inquire Mort
Powell.
To cave writing letters, mail a
. M>|>y of The Nome Nugget on plane
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VOIA NTAKY CODE
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5 WASHINGTON, July 21. |/P)
j Roosevelt approved Thursday even
ing the voluntary governing code
of minimum wage- and shorter
working hours i American indus
try. It called for an agreement
! by employers not to. employ, after
: August 31 of this year, any per
I son under sixteen, except three
i hours during the day time, and
not interfering with the school of
the child. Child labor is absj
lu'ey prohibited. No worker can
I exceed the eight 'hour day any
[more. Employers must agree not
|to employ accounting, clerical, or
banking Services, or sales employ- '
[ees more than fifty hours in one
jweek, and*not to reduce (he hours \
of service to the pubic, below fifty j
two‘hours a weekj unless they less!
ened to fifty two before July l.j
-his year.
They also would agree* not to i
reduce -the hours at all factories'!
and mechanical workers limited
to thirty-five hours, until the end
of the year with the right to* a
maximum of forty hours a week
for any six weeks during the per
iod.
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I KMI’MIVMKNT ON INCREASE j
NEW YOK'K. July 21. i/P) |
Dun and Bradstreets review says
that su'bstantiinl additions are
still being tnud.e. to employment
and payrolls The flow orders are
quickened rather than diminished
with buyers dicing pressed by the
broadening sweep of the rising
markets. "Many of the later are
provided with an additional ele
ment. of strength bv the adoption
of the industrial code, thus .ex
cluding the possibility of any
weakening from the ■ firm position
now held."
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE KOI I,Elf
SEATTLE. July 21. (/P)—Efforts'
to escape were made by two U.S.
prisoners from Alaska. Joe Moren
and John Muttyko leaped over
hoard from the steamer Yukon in
Seymour narrows, only to he held
thy the British CoWfiW RT s
at Albert Bay after they were
picked up by a Canadian boat.
They stole life preservers from the
ship and their reluctance to ex
plain how they got the preservers
caused the Albert officials to hold
jthe prisoners. Marshal Harvey
|Sulllvan will go to ‘Albert Bay to
|get them and take them to Mc
Neils Island They had not been
limiissed for several hours.
TRADING IN FOOD
H TUFFS STOP 1*101)
'WASHINGTON. July 21. (if*)—
Trading in grain and provisions
■futures has been suspended in the
Chicago and Kansas City boards
of trade following a wild session
yesterday. Minneapolis may fol
low. The moves have been app
roved by the Wallace administra
tion, which is ready ito take what
ever action it can command, if
necessary, to stop the mass man
ipulation of stocks in commodity
markets, by operators, seeking pro
flits ouly for themselves.
SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR
SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.
MATTKKN KKLIEI KXPKIHTION
EAt.KKLY WAITING I'KILMISSIOX
| FLY ANADYR GET MATTKKN
Tire ^folldwifiK I»" .a week's re
sume of the story of the Maltern
relief party and the arrival of
Maltern ithiis week vtt Soviet sea
plane.
Tlie Mattern relief expedition
which arrived Nome Monday July
10 to go get Jimmy Mattern, round
the' .world flier who crashed near
Aniidvr, and return him to Nome,
is sitll eagerly awaiting permiss
ion and the perfecting of arrange
ments for them, to land in Siberia.
According to present plans the
Russians are to bring Mattern to
Nome, but it is understood that
plans are being perfected for Bill
Alexander and the rescue exped
ition to fly to Anadyr and allow
Mattern a plane to continue his
solo (light hack to New York.
i’uiike several expeditions which
in tic past, have been .in the air=
plane held in search of some per
son lost or believed crashed, this
party is operating on the basis of
close personal touch with Mattern
when all of them were buddies to
gether in New York. Bill Alex
ander. head of the expedition, was
one of the first pilots connected
with the r.s. Navy during the war
who flew a plane on pontoons. In
tlie east lie operates a private
business of his own. doing com
mercial advertising with airplanes.
He generously pp-t his own busi
ness aside tn organize and bring
tin's expedition to Nome to look
for Mattern. Alexander has been
in Alaska before and at one time
was closely allied with the late
Colonel Ben Wilson in the early
days of flying Approximately
eleven years ago Alexander pro
ffered- the plan of seaplane livin':
front Now York to Nome, through
the Conadiatj Territory which is
directly linked front one end to
the other by chains of lakes. This
plan was described and told to
Sen. Janies, Frawley at that time
by Alexander when both were in
New* York'. They have been in
timate friends before and since.
Thomas Abbey, member <>t the
rescue expedition now in Nome, is
"a "rriOtoivvcTn policeman fn '""ftr'oofi
lyn, who offered his assistance on
this trip and who is away from
New York on sixty days furlough.
He is closely allied with Irving
Friedman, President of the Kings
Brewtng Co , New York, who gen
erously offered to help finance the,
rescue expedition.
Fred Fetter.man, the third mem
ber of the^e.vpedition in Nome, is
one of the head mechanics of the
Ijockheed Factories, the firm which
built Mattern's ship. Fettermun
•personally rebuilt and tuned the
plane which Mattern was flying,
both on his first, attempt and this
his recent try circling the globe.
It is understood, that upon Fetter
man’s return to the States, he will
immediately he placed in charge
of the delivery of about, fifteen
Lookheed panes to a European
nation
The fourth member of the group
Harold Person is an expert mech
anic from the east . who was de
tailed by Alexander to remain in
Terrace, British Columbia, with
the Bellanca plane of the expedit
ion and have it in readiness so
•Mattern gets back to United States
territory.
Bob Ellis, the <pdloC of the Lock
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| ln ‘ tl plane now in Xotnfe river at.
Fo:! Davis, *.\;■ rks far the Alaska
’Southern Airways at K-etchikan,
jiinrl Juneau. He is an experienced
. Alaska n -idiot who has done much
I f 1 > i11 u in' southeastern Alaska. He
was formerly associated with thd"
Washington Alaska Airways which
i firm used to operate schedules
} from Seattle to southeastern Ala
ska. He also worked at one time
I for the Alaskan Airways of »itu
! erior Alaska. „
A1 those connected with this
j rescue expedition deserve a great
Ideal of credit in making an at-"
j tempt to go look for Mattern when.
I most of the world believed him
dead. They still have hopes that
they will soon see Mattern either
i, Anadyr or at Nome.
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SOVIHT SKA PLANK LKAVKS
FOB KIBKKI.W POUTS
Tile Soviet seaplane which brot
i Jin’ini'y Matter,, to Nome from Si
irtria hi>?fpeil off at 1 p.m. today
!i..f Fimnia‘Harbor, near East Capo
’Siberia, enroute on their return
it rip to their base on tbe Black
i Sea. The plane wll touch at all
j Siberian settlements anti will do re
lief work bet,ween Cap Serge and
iH'vanRell Island, where ...» Sr , ;“t
| vessel has bee,, ice locket! since
last year I„ case the vessel is
unable, to reach the island the
plane will proceed to Kolyma river
thence to Lena river, and from
there will follow the Lena river
to Yakutz. in the very heart of .
Siberia thence to Irkutsk and back
•to the Black Sea. A trip never
before contempated.
MATTER N BELIEF SHII*
LEAVES NOME TONIGHT
RETI’RN1 N(i TO N. Y.
The .Matter,) relief party with
Jimmy MaJ.tern will hop off to
night on their return trip to New
York via Terrace. B.<\, where the
party will go aboard Uie .plane
piloted' by Bill Alexander back to
•New York The pontoon plane
in which they leave Nome in will
then retur,, to its base at Juneau.
SOI Til VOTES FOB REPEAL
* UNbATEI). July 2 0. (JP)—Re
peal meets its nineteenth test in
Tennessee today, which has been a
dry quarter for a century. With
Arkansas and Alabama voting for
repeal yesterday, eighteen state*
voted to wipe out prohibition from
the Constitution, Oregon vote*
tomorrow. Kepealists express con
fidence enough that when other
states take action, the eighteenth
amendment will be a thing of the
past by Christmas.
WOODLEY AND
PASSENGERS SAKE!
ANCHORAGE. July 22. (/P)—
Pilot Art Woodley, reported thru
amateur wireless as forced to
land at Port Heiden, Bristor Bay.
Sunday, while on a trip to Egegilc
and Animachak craters, escaped
with his passengers, but the plane
was abandoned in the surf. The
iparty were taken to Egegik as
they missed the Polar Bear.
NOTICE
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Dr. Ii.J. Seeley, Dentist, has en
gaged office space at the Hospital
where his services will be avail
able.
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