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VOL. 38. No. 256. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1937 Per Copy 10ct«
Wilkins Reports Failure Of Search
ALASKA AIRMAIL SERVICE IN FOREFRONT
Soviet Gunboat Questioned Victoria At East Cape
CANADA AND UNITED STATES
WILL MEET IN OCTOBER TO
DISCUSS ALASKAN AIRMAIL
Two opposing aerial routes connecting Alaska with
the outside world cause difference opinion.
Of Importance to Postal Dept.
(Bv The Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 25,
—Canada and the United States,
each eager to oontrol Alaska’s
profitable air lines, will settle
their problem next October ar
ound the conference table.
The prize is a rich one,- postal
officials say, involving the right
to fly large shipments of gold*
platinum and furs from the in
terior and other parts of Alaska,
to the outside world.
Federal officials here quietly
made plans to inaugurate a week
ly schedule from Juneau to Fair
banks via Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, subsidizing private lin
es with airmail contracts, and
planned shorter schedules from
Fairbanks to outyling and isolat
ed regions.
Harlee Branch assistant Post
>
master General said they were
all set to go, when they discover
ed Canada was preparing to in
^ augurate an airmail service be
tween Edmonton and Fairbanks
vi Whitehorse and Dawson.
Because each country must se
cure the other’s permission to
fly over the other’s land, both
projects are at a standstill.
Branch said other matters are
to come up in October, which
will be a good time to discuss
the Alaska situation.
Was in Nome 1934
Assistant Postmaster General
Harlee Branch visited Nome the
fall of 1934. just before the huge
fire which destroyed the business
district here. In company with
Pilot Joe Crosson and a New
York official 6f the Pan American
Airways, he flew to Uelen, Siber
0 ia, where they remained over
night, returning the next day.
It was believed at that time
that his visit to this section and,
the short hop across Bering
Sea to East Cape, Siberia, was
the forerunner of active airmail
service in Alaska.
Since that time continued eff
^ orts have been made in various
quarters to secure the establish
ment of air mail in the Territory
and between Alaskan and the
States. Today it appears more
likely than ever before.
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Some Features
Court Measure
Still Objective
fBy The Associated ^ress)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 25,
—President Roosevelt served no
tice today that some features of
his reorganization Supreme Court
biil remain his objective.
He made his first public state
ment on the court situation since
congress shelved his demand to
enlarge the tribunal, with a
White House announcement that
he had signed the bill changing
judicial proceedings of lower
courts.
The President said the bill still
“leaves entirely untouched any
method of relieving the burden
now imposed on the Supreme
Court.”
He said the measure “registers
a moderate, limited advance into
the field which calls for further
and more complete exploration.”
Chinese Force
Landing Parties
Return to Ship
(By The Associated Pressi
SHANGHAI, Aug. 25, — Ex
plosions of hidden Chinese min
es and the withering fire of se
cret machine gun nests which
riddled Japanese regular army
landing parties, prevented, for
the time being, the debarkation
of 42,000 troops.
Suffering heavy losses, the Jap
anese advance forces were slow
ed or possibly haltr altogether,
i and there will be no further
troop landings until a more fav
orable moment arrives.
An official Chinese announce
ment said that five hundred Jap
anese out of fifteen hundred who
tried to land at one point, were
drowned in the Whangpoo river(
and the remainder were driven
back to their ships.
The announcement also stated
two Japanese warships founder
ed in the Yangtze.
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MONSON TELL'
LATEST ON
SEARCH
Ten planes now engagec
In Search. Krassin is
at Wainw'right
Pilot A1 Monson of the Pacifn
Alaska Airways, who arrived ir
town today from Fairbanks, hac
considerable new information tf
tell regarding the search plan:
for. the missing Soviet Flier Lev
anefsky and his five companions
Vartanian, Soviet representa
tive in Fairbanks is reported tf
have arranged for the charter ol
the 10-passenger Sikorsky flying
boat of the Alaska Clipper Ex
press, which has been operating
between southeastern Alaska arid
Seattle.
Another Plane in Search
Pilot King Baird of the Clipper
p'ane was reported to have stay
ed overnight at Kluane Lake, en
route from Juneau to Fairbanks.
Upon his arrival at Fairbanks
it is understood he will load the
radio equipment, supplies and
Soviet agents there, and then de
part of Aklavik, where from ad
ditional searches will be made
out over the Arctic ice pack for
the 4-motored Soviet plane which
has been missing since Friday,
August 13th.
Matter at Fairbanks
Pilot Monson declared that Jim
my Mattern and H S Jones his
navigator landed at the Fair
banks airport last night from Pt.
Barrow. Jimmy is reported to
be “dickering” with the Wien
Alaska Airways in Fairbanks, for
the use of their tri-motored Ford
plane to be placed in service to
refuel his Lockheed, pictures of
THE MATTERN LOCKHEED PLANE WHICH IS IN SEARCH
JIMMY MATTERN AND H. S. JONES LOOK FOR SOVIETS
which appear in today's issue ol
the Daily Nugget. This move, il
was understood was being taker
with the consent of Mattern’s
backer, to replace the refueling
plane piloted by Garland Lincoln
which cracked up Saturday near
Fairbanks. If arrangements arc
concluded, it was said, the auxil
iary gas tanks from the wrecked
plane will be placed in the Wien
Ford plane, and the ship press
ed into service.
Wilkins Back from Hop
Monson also reported that Sir
Hubert Wilkins and pilot Hollick
Kenyon, who made an extensive
searching flight yesterday out ov
er the Arctic from Copper River
on the Arctic coast returned late
}
last night without having seen
any sign of the missing Soviet
plane.
Krassin At Wainwright
The Soviet icebreaker Krassin
was reported by Monson to have
been unable to get through to
Barrow and was now at Wain
wright “hove-to”, and possibly
discharging the four planes and
supplies at Wainwright, from
whence they could fly into Bar
row and commence active flying.
Transporting Gas, Handicap
In addition to the movements
of ten airplanes now engaged in
the search, it is understood that
the greatest problem to over
■ come in carrying on an inten
sive airplane search for the
missing Soviet fliers, is the han
dicap of getting airplane fuel in
to the remote sections to be used
as bases.
Monson reported that river boat
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VIC TOUCHED
AT E AST CAPE
0\ CRUISE
The S S Victoria of the Alaska
Line arrived in port this morn
ing. loaded outgoing passengers
from here and departed enroute
i to Seattle at 9:30 A M. In addi
tion to the list of outgoing pass
engers published yesterday, the
following took passage: Harry
Phillips, Geo. Madsen, and Har
I ry Davis.
The first port of call will be
the Pribiloff Island, then Dutch
| Harbor, False Pass. Sand Point,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle
On its voyage to East Cape
Siberia, the Arctic Cruisers were
initiated into the Realm of King
Neptune, above the Arctic Cir
cle.
While lying at anchor off East
Cape, it was reported a Soviet
Gunboat pulled along side and
demanded to know what the Vic
; toria was doing there.
Soviet officials from the boat
boarded the Victoria, it was said,
i looked over their papers and
permits to land passengers; were
very courteous and business-like
and gave their approval. Pass
engers were taken ashore there
by skin boats it was said, and
enjoyed their visit to Soviet ter
ritory immensely.
W as Bad Bla/e
(Bv The Associated Press)
BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 25-The
men of Oil Center were without
u gathering place after fire had
destroyed all the places they us
ed as spots to meet and talk over
crops and politics. The blaze
swept through the pool parlor,
barber shop postoffice, and the
general store.
Tommy Farr Is
Ready Meet Joe
Louis W ed. 26th
(By The Associated Press)
LONG BRANCH, N. J., Aug. 25
—Tommy Farr, the British chal
lenger who will meet Joe Loui»
for the world’s heavyweight
crown August 26th (tomorrow),
completed training today after
polishing off his stable mates in
the last six round workout. The
British champion was growling
with assurances he would beat
the Brown Bomber with his right
; jabber.
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