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VOL 36 Number 261 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Nov. 6, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Pilot Herman and 5 Passengers Safe
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REPUBLICANS CAPTURE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
Flash—Pilot & Passengers Walk Into Eagle—No Details
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Pilot Jack Herman
Of N.A.T. And Five
Passengers are Safe
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Nov, 6, — A
flash from Dawson at 2:15
P. M. today via Pacific Al
aska Airways radio sta
tion at Whitehorse stated
Pilot Jack Hermann and
all the passengers from the
missing N. A. T. plane had
just walked into Eagle. No
details were received.
Snow Storms Today
Prevented Search
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Nov. 6, — Snow
storms today baffled search
ers for the missing plane of
the NAT, pilot Jack Herman
and five passengers.
The storm kept three plan
es grounded today. Pilot Vic
Ross leader of the search hop
ed for a break in the weather
and is ready to take off at the
first opportunity.
Pilot Bill Lavery and Her
man Lerdahl are also waiting
at the airport. Another plane
is ready to take off from Daw
son.
The belief still persisted
that the plane and passeng
ers were safe at some isolat
ed point.
Can Place Hundred
Vessels Readiness
Emergency Service
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 6, — The
United States is in position
to refit and push into service
a hundred vessels now idle,
should a national emergency
create a shipping shortage,
said S. D. Schell, secretary of
the U. S. Shipping Board
Merchant Fleet Corporation
which has just classified two
hundred and seventy ships,
of two million two hundred
and seventy six thousand
deadweight tons, and which
it has under its control.
Schell said that an emer
gency is not anticipated but
that a hundred ships built
during the world war could
be drydocked and quickly fit
ted for cargo duty. Ships
which wouldn’t pay to recon
dition could be used as barg
es to transfer cargo under.
Schell said fifty vessels are
now capable of operation of
which thirty-nine are actual
ly in operation.
PLANES SEARCH FOR
PILOT HERMAN AND 5
OTHERS MISSING SAT
Plane Left Dawson Saturday Not Heard
From Since. Carried Five Passengers
(By The Associated Pressl
Fairbanks, Nov. 6, —Pilot
Jack Herman and five pdssen
gers who left Dawson Satur
day for Fairbanks have not
been reported since the cust
oms office informed the Nor
thern Air Transport, Inc. for
whom Herman is flying.
The passengers are Peter
Funk, Oscar Adamy, Okay
Ogren, W James and a Mr.
George Townsend of Dawson.
Planes from here have tak
en up the search. It is believ
ed here that the pilot was
likely forced down by thick
weather and probably has
been unable to take off on ac
count of snow and slush.
The weather is colder and
clearer today and the planes
which were searching yester
day are out again today.
Pilots engaged in the sear
| ch are Manager of the NAT
Vic Ross, William Lavery,
who have gone via the Chena
river toward Circle and Eagle
: in hopes of locating the miss
ing ship. Pilot Herman Lehr
dahl also joined the search,
combining with the present
hunt a search for the lost Art
Hines plane.
Ross and Lavery are carry
ing food and supplies for the
missing plane if they are need
ed, in case the pilots find Pil
ot Herman and his passen
ger^
Fairbanks, Nov. 5, Heavy
weather forced back to Fair
banks at nightfall today three
airplane pilots who searched
in the upper Chena river
country for the lost NAT ship
piloted by Jack Herman.
Pilot Victor Ross, Bill La
very and Herman Lerdahl re
ported they encountered low
clouds and falling snow in ad
dition to other conditions
which threatened to form ice
on the wings. They flew for
more than a hundred miles
out of Fairbanks but found no
trace of the missing ship.
NAT Here Receipt
Wire Telling Pilot
Herman Is Missing
The local office of the Nor
thern Air Transport was in re
ceipt late yesterday of a tele
gram from its Fairbanks office
including the same facts near
ly as appear in the Associat
ed Press account concerning
the non-appearance of Pilot
Jack Herman of the NAT and
his five passengers enroute
to Fairbanks from Dawson.
The wire requested that
pilot Lynn be dispatched to
Fairbanks as soon as possible,
presumably to aid in the hunt
for the missing plane. Pilot
Lynn left today.
REPUBLICANS GLEEFUL OVER
VICTORY NEW YORK STATE
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(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. G, —Tasting
the sweetness of victory scor
ed in assembly elections in
New York States, republican
j leaders said they saw a turn
' in the tide for 1936.
Democratic chiefs sharply
disputed this. The republi
i cans regained control of the
-assembly and elected mayors
; at Philadelphia and Cleve
i land. They increased their
J majority in the New Jersey
assembly and retained con
trol of the New Jersey senate.
Democrats retained two
New York City seats, and
won overwhelming approval
of democratic governor Leh
mann’s state relief plans.
In the Kentucky democrat
ic gubernatorial election the
result may not be known for
several days.
Republicans elected 82 to
the New York Assembly out
of 150 members, changing the
democratic margin of four to
a republican majority of 14.
Edward W Curley demo
crat defeated Victor Santani
for congress from the 22nd
district by a majority of 23,
000. Wm B Barry democrat
with a majority of 101,000 de
feated Joseph M Conroy re
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Reconnaisance By
Air In Alaska Is
Proposed by Beach
By Rex Beach
(Editor’s Note: The follow
ing article was contributed by
Mr. Beach to the Daily Alas
ka Empire in further amplifi
fcation of his plan, outlined in
the Empire of Tuesday, Aug
ust 27, whereby ho proposed
to double the population of
Alaska and at the same time
materially assist in the devel
opment of the vast mineral
resources of the country, thru
the importation to Alaska of
unemployed American youth
for the purpose of prospect
ing. Mr. Beach proposed to
combine the forthcoming Al
askan Army Air Base and the
National Youth Administra
tion movement in a two-birds
-with one-stone attempt to
supply both a subsistence or
the last generation and a
speedy development of Alas
kan mineral deposits. Details
of the plan follow):
In this plan tor a subsist
ence project for American
youth—which would also pro
vide a means of bringing
about the development of
mineral resources in Alaska
and the doubling if not trebl
ing of the population of the
Territory— the significant,
and, I think, the most practi
cal procedure is to utilize, if
possible, a part of the person
nel and equipment of the pro
posed Alaskan Army and
Navy Air Forces to develop
the mineral resources of the
country.
1— By aerial mapping, and
stereoscopic photography, ac
cording to the technique de
veloped in Canada.
2— By utilizing that person
nel and equipment to. trans
port prospecting units in and
out of mining areas and to
maintain a supply service
therefor.
Believes It Can Be Sold
Although it is to be presum
ed that neither Army nor
Navy will cate much for the
proposal, I believe it can be
sold to them on the grounds
of its sociological and econo
mic importance. Both bran
ches of the service have al
ways been ready to discharge
any duty and lend any aid in
matters of emergency, and
here indeed is a social and
economic emergency whose
solution is of supreme impor
tance to the continent.
The United States Signal
Corps in Alaska has perform
ed a splendid public service
in establishing and maintain
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MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT PERMIT THE
CHURCH OWN GROUND
Catholic Church Appealed Restoration Of
Ri<dit In Mexico, Rut Is Rejected
(By The Associated Press)
Mexico City, Nov. 6. —The
laws and regulations concern
ing religious worship, and the
implanting of socialistic edu
cation in Mexico will be strict
ly enforced, the government
announced, replying to the re
cent appeal by Catholic epis
copates for a modification of
the ban on Catholocism.
Secretary of the Interior
Silvano Barba Gonzales act
ing for President Lazaro Car
denas, addressed an open let
ter to the Catholics inform
ing them that the government
considered unjustified their
arguments for a restoration
of the right of the church to
hold property and impart re
ligious education.
Gonzales said that the chur
ch would not be allowed to
teach religious instructions,
but that the parents might
give their children such in
struction. The socialist edu
cation which teaches no re
ligion will be enforced, Gon
zales said.
Puts On Exhibition
Today for Seattleites
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Nov. 6, —James J.
Braddock, heavyweight chain
pion of the world, shuffled,
waltzed, ducked and boxed
gently through an exhibition
bout of three two-minute
rounds, with his sparring
partner Jack McCarthy, Bos
ton heavyweight.
Braddock stood flat footed
in the last round and let Mc
Carthy wham him on the
chin without any apparent ef
feet on the champ.
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CHRISTMAS FUND BENEFACTOR
MAKES TRIP TO PIONEER HOME
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W. D. Gross, motion picture
magnate of the Territory,who
spent a few days at the Pio
neers’ Plome at Sitka, recent
ly, is greatly interested in the
Christmas Fund for the old
boys at the Home. He is the
originator of the fund and for
imany years has donated part
of the proceeds from each of
his many theatres to the fund.
In 1934 he raised $9 each for
the 120 members of the
Home as individual spending
money.
Mr Gross says:
“I have just returned from a
trip to Sitka and while I was
there I went through the new
Pioneers’ Home with Super
intendent Hansen.
“The Home is a credit to Al
aska and to men who worked
to have it constructed. It is
a fitting monument to the
Pioneer who took this coun
try from a vast wilderness
and built it into a country of
pretty, thriving towns and
cities, with beautiful homes
and buildings.
Pioneers Happy
..“The men that are now in;
the home are very happy and
proud to be part of the home
and to spend the diming years
of their life dreaming and
talking with their friends and
buddies of the days when
they prospected and survey
ed, and brought civilization
into this great country. .
i talked to several of the
hoys who were moved into
the new home. They say t!%|^
they have everything their
hearts desire in the way of
care and treatment, and they
are well satisfied.
“Boys” Fond of Ilansen
I will also, at this time, give
credit to the men who picked
the Superintendent for the
Home. He gives the boys
every accomodation and help
that he can. The boys all
speak well of him and his fam
ily. Mr. Hansen watched for
my arrival in Sitka as he
knew I was coming,and when
I got there he took me thru
the home and showed me
everything. Mr. Hansen was
full of smiles and very proud
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