CHIEIUA, ALASKA. KAY. 17, 1931
Special Aviation Edition
ALASKA INT3H3STS AT THS UATIOKAL
CAPITAL
B^ \j« A. S.
GOVERNOR PARKS SUGGESTS A N E W
SITTTATIOi: IN ALASKAN flying
Ho states that aviation compani'os
operating on tho coast of Alaska h.av3
practicaly discarded the use iiwheels
as landing gear, now using pontoons.
In the winter this landing gear^* is
replaced by skiis. .With these they
are able to land on frozen lakes or
steams.
ArrOT-GIEO POSSIBLE FOB ALASKA
Wonderment was expressed Ipst Wed
nesday by so veal Alaskans as to ynst
what was going to happen in Alaska'
with regard to aviation. The thot
was prompted after Witnessing one
of the most specit&aitlar landings po
ssibly ever made. An arto giro or a
windmill piano was brot down in the
presence of President Hoover and
aviation notables, to a perfect"land
ing on a slowing bit of lawn -Sr rranii
ded by towering trees and the so-nth
portico of the ’White S077S0.The big
machine was brot to a stop on the
down hill slope after it-'had roll
ed lessLthan tbn.feot. . Tho-S-resi~dettt
declared the a7ito-giro one of thoo^t
standing improvements in heavier *
than-air-craft,while its ability to
arise 5s descend safely almost verti
cally makes it a practical 8c decided
step forward in aviation.
SCAFFOLD FALLS WITH TWO MEN. ' "
Oscar Breedman & Big Carl Carlson up
standing on the scaffolding"to"thoir
new Cold Storage bldg,not put up so.
strongly, fell with their weight.
Big Carl hurt his hip & 9scar his
arm(right)which was broken, and also
a bone in his wrist.°Dr Gillespie is
hero and set them, b^t co^ld not &oll
whether it was straitas he had not a
X-ray. So Oscar had to go to Cord
ova. ^e came back on the last train.
So Bill Liehe told little Jackie
that if he cotiIo sa# "AMPBLAB"he
C0 77ld have a ride in the airplane.
And Jackie got hr>sy and learnsd the
word to perfection and has said the
word sixty times*, in the last twenly
foiir ho-nrs figuring that if one
"AMP^IBIAB” was worth, one ride that
Sixty wo77ld he worth that manymoie
rides. Cordova Times• R. M.
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BETA'SIASM IB CITY TEEAS- OFFICE
People in Chitina might remem her
Mrs. Fattie Moore ( young pretty and
kind,,T That Geltelmen Prefei^T 0
was lip here with her mother some
■ Oont rase 2
MECHANICAL SYE ADDS TO SAFE*
STY OF AVIATION
17. E. West§rndown,scenentist of
the General Hleotric research la
bratory of Dayton,Ohio described
to Bngeneers Cl^b today a new
mechanical eye. which, can see th
■ r-n two miles of average fog. The
apparatus is designed to' be pla- .
ced on"the tail of an airp lane
and^wo-ld sight the airway" light/
thrrt heavy fogs and reproduce th-, •,
em on th- aviators dashboard.
__Cordova Times ; ,
DR. GIILE3TJS GOESuOtrT TRAIL
' It st»rely was lncky ottr Dr. came,
lots of people have been sick
or , /w ten hrrt lately. Se is on
a tvo three,or fonr day mediLcal
trig . to Kenny Lake . It is fine
to have snch; a skilled doctor in
harro •
Hubby ^Leaving for Uabesnaf ~
"There, my dear, is $3C for -yon
as a little gift, end it meant a
graat deal of hard work to get it.
1. think I deserve a Ittie appla
IT u
nse."
His Wife: (eagerly)""Applnae s?
Why, dear, I think yon deserve an.
-’encore i"
SCHOOL tjGEORS IE SEATTLE GO TO
JttEEATT boy
Alaskans make good in Chit- side
schools.
JOT3ATT — Byron Ela, who forme
rly lived in Junea^, is Eo#l in
the Senior Class at Broadway High
School.in Seattle, will he a
valedictotian# He has 178 hon or
- society points. Last year Byron
had a marvelous record of B4TTffeTT
and 6 "B’S". Sincecoming to .Bro
adv;ay he has 8 tTATsTT and one "BA
His plans“are, University ofTfesh*.
ington journalism, is intere
ested in internaMon languages,
.Esperanto and Eavial.
Cordova Times •’
• GILLAM ELIES OVER IE AMFNBIAN ..
Organ tones of whiring music -
from'the big motor and Gillam ,
i.icirceled over ChitlnaiiiL the. E 5
passenger plane. I7hieh "GI LLAM
AIKHAYS" recently bought. Gillam
was .taking passehgers from Cord
ova to Copper Center. The rosid
once of Chitina wore delighted
that Gillam flew low enuf . that
they co-nld see the new airplane#
INDIAN CREEK Old chief Eicolai
70 years, says this was the war
mest winter he over saw An Ala sin.