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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
CLEAR ARCTIC
MYSTERY CASE
Explorer, Companion Dead
80 Years Found
On Isle

OLSO. Norway. Aug. 22-tR- "A
thirty-three year mystery Of the
Arctic has been solved by the find
ing on White Island. Fridtiof Nan
sen land. OF the body Of the Swedish
ballonist explorer, August Andree,
by a Norwegian scientific expedi-
ton
Andree took off in balloon from
Danes Island, Spitzbergen, In July
1897. intending to fly to the north
pole.
He and his two companions never
had been seen or heard Il again
The expedition which found An
dree's body reported also the lind
ing Of the body OF one OF his COM
panions. Both were fully dressed and
we'll preserved.
The explorer. born In Grennat
October Is, 1854, Is believed to have
persisted within a very hort time
after the takeoff for the north. His
companions, X. Frankel and N
Strindberg. doubtlessly persisted with
him but today's dispatches coming
from the expedition aboard the
steamer Brattvaag did not say which
was found with him.
For years there have been periodic
rumors that the balloon had beer
found in Siberia or that messages
purporting to be from Andree had
been washed ashore upon northern
coasts.
Solomon August Andree. a Swed-
ish engineer, in 1895 elaborated q
plan for crossing the north polar
region with a balloon which should
be In some degree a dirigible, equip
ped with sails and trailing ropes.
After an unsuccessful effort In
1896. when he was driven back By
contrary winds. Andree and his two
companions took off from Danes
Island. Spitzbergen. July ii. -.7
and we're swallowed up In the north
country.
Several expeditions were sent II
search OF them. The first started
In November. 1897, w1ien a report
was received or cries OF distres.
heard by s~hipwrecked sailors al
Spitzbergen. IN 1893 and 1899 partie.
searched the north Asiatic coast anc
the New Siberia island. and In MAY
1899. DR.. Nathorst. headed an ex.
petition to eastern Greenland. None
OF these was successful.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today TOO
Sunrise tomorrow ........... 600
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
PERISH FROM FIRE ON
 GOOD FRIDAY

COTCHI. Rumania. April 19. P)-Between one hundred and one hundred and fifty men, women and children who were trapped by fire in an ancient church during Good Friday exercises yesterday, perished last night while priests vainly strove to save them but were rendered helpless against the fren- zied rush of the congregation to seek free air and escape from the roaring flames within the old wooden structure, which was more than a hundred years old. The priests regardless of their help lessness stuck to their posts and blessed those who died from the flames as we'll as those who were trampled to death. Only four of the congregation escaped from the building the doors of which op- ened inwards.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
a mad elephant. In Washington he would have had to put up with tariff debates, and in London with the arms conference

Heroes of traffic and travel oc- cupy the front pages of the pap CTS. Dr. Eckner remained in the
 United States to receive a gold medal from the National Geograph- ic Society, and thousands cheered
 when it was learned that Admira! Eyrd was homeward bound. There lis neither medal nor applause for Che -ln- \ Bell of Mansfield, Ohio, Iand his uaine is unfamiliar but let this paragraph bring his faith fulness and the dangers of his calling to notice for brief mo-
 ment before he is eternally for gotten. A railroad engineer, he stuck to his post on tte 24tk of March, while the pasEsAg .rsstrsaI which he was pulling slid to safe ty over his dead body, the mo- mentum checked by the brakes that he had applied.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
INDIAN TROUBLE SERIOUS

CALCUTTA. April 19, R)-A group of a hundred Indian nation alists attacked the police armory at Chittangong and killed six of the defenders including the ser geant A major of a detachment on the eastern frontier has been ordered to Chittangong to handle the situation, meanwhile strong guards have been established over all gun shops in Calcutta and -armored police cars. have taken up strategical positions around head quarters. The all-Indian Congress Committee was raided this after noon and seventeen arrested.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

An insurance company notes that accidental death due to auto disasters is the single form of ac- cidental mortality that is on the increase. With two million more machines in the country this year than last there is no chance that conditions will be bettered in the near future The fact simply is that highways laid out for OK cart travel are being called upon ito bear a thousand fold increase in vehicular traffic. moving at ex- press train speed. Until a new form of road is devised, or unless the rule that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time is abrogated, the motor car, like David will kill its tens of thousands.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
NEW YORK ALASKA GOLD DREDG. co. LEASES KEE-
 WALK GO. HOLDINGS
 ON CANDLE CREEK

The mining property of the
 Keewalik Mining Company locat-
 ed at Candle, which has been op-
 erated for many years under the
 management of E. J. Mathews
 has been leased to the New York
 Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation
 for term of 25 years.
 Ten expert men who arrived at
 Fairbanks recently, from the out
 side, are now in Candle, having
 been transported via alrplane with
 the exception of Manager J. K. Crowdys who remained over in
 Nome to transact business, and
 who is now awaiting favorable weather to go over in a plane. The new company it is learned will place the Candle creek dredge in first class condition and opera tions will commence as soon as
 weather conditions permit No new activities will be undertaken lat present but the new officials will make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the holdings in the meantime
 Manager Crowdy is not a new man in Alaska, he has been asso- ciated with the New York Alaska
 Dredging companys operation oi la dredge in the Kuskokwim sec tion, and is well acquainted with the transportation problems in re. mote districts, as well as the min ling end of the business. The personnel of the new force who came via Nome are: J. K Crowdy manager, R. T. Hirsch . mining engineer, Frank Lott, c
 Rasmussen and F.. A. McDougall 1.-two expert dredge men. Consult Iing engineers Dawson will fly tt
 Candle from Fairbanks in July Those of the crew who made the flight to Candle direct iron
 Fairbanks in the Fairchilc plane
 piloted by Joe Crosson are as fol lows:
 J. H. Payne, dredge master, J N. Stetler, dredge man, Chas. Ran I'dal; chief driller, J. J., Franki
 cook, and Hugh Ford, diesel en
 gineer.
 Leo Loners will arrive on the first Victoria in the spring and vii represent the Keewalik Mining
 Company in the absence of MT
 Mathews. who is not in very goot health and will remain outside ] for that reason.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
CONVICTED MURDER OF WIFE

ANTHONY, Kansas, April 19, {P)-Ben Turner, an elderly salt plant superintendent accused of hiring Jim Strutton, his young employee for a hundred and thir- ty-five dollars. to kill his wife, Mrs. Turner, was convicted of first degree murder which means life imprisonment.
 The testimony at the trial show ed that Turner had asked one woman and two other men inside the past few years, to kill his wife.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
PROTEST AGAINST REVOKING
 MAIL CONTRACTS

JUNEAU. April 1s, P-Ack- nowledging the Juneau Chamber of Commerce protest against re- voking new mail contracts, assist ant postmaster general Glover wir- ed: "The department has no in tention of changing the mail ser vice unless forced to do so. We are trying to provide a justifiable service for which everyone must pay the raised rates. Delegate Sutherland brought the matter up and suggested freight or express methods for carrying mail. The department is unable to understand his attitude"
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
PROTESTS REV0kINC MAIL CONTRACTS
HAD HARD TIME GETTING RID OF WIFE
CONFESSES KILLING FRIEND

ST. LOUIS, April 19, R-The Post Dispatch says in story from Bentonville, Arkansas, that Dr. A. J. Bass confessed that he
 shot and killed William Pearman, his friend on March 26th, in a plot to collect two hundred thous- and dollars in insurance which his friend had under the name of William Folta. In the confession Bass says he was forced to com init the crime by tnree St. Louis gunman who followed closely be- hind his car on the way to Colum- bia, Mo-, the home of Pearman, and who later disposed of his body. Roust Makes His First Solo Flight
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
Roust Makes His First Solo Flight
Thomas Roust, who recent

Thomas Roust, who recently purchased the old Standard plane from the Alaskan Airways, be- ing the plane that Noel Wien first started doing business in the Nome section with and which was taken out of storage and assembl- ed, made his first solo flight yes terday. MT Roust with the aid of others soon had the plane on the landing field, and after mak- ing a pair of skis and attaching sane to the plane, made ready to take off. He has been inter ested in airplanes for several years and has had under consideration the building of one himself. He fin ally decided to purchase the pres ent plane in order to get his fly. ing hours in as well as experience. Yesterday while manoeuvering around on the landing field with the plane, testing out the engine and taxing around, the plane was off the snow befdre he realized it and so being in the air there was nothing for him to do but keep going. He circled around the back of town and came in to- ward the field from the Boring Sea side, handling the plane like la veteran In gliding down to the landing field everything went I fine until landing, when he be- came confused and lost control of the engine, and instead of the plane settling down and stopping, he went into the air again, only for a short distance, as the speed Iof the plane had lost considerable of its momentum and naturally | it turned over on one wing and its nose throwing the pilot out. MT Roust sustained a fractured nose but outside of that, he was unharmed, and says he will have the plane repaired and ready for another tryout within 24 hours. This is his first attempt to take plane of the ground or to make a landing. once in the air he has no difficulty as he has had some
 experience in flying planes between
 Nome and Candle while making
 journeys. He is to be congratu,
 lated for his nerve and persever-
 ance, rather than to be criticized
 like some are wont to do, and as
 usually is the case with some
 people, regardless whether they
 spend their own money for sinking
 holes to bedrock to satisfy theil
 town minds as to whether there is
 gold below the tundra or in tht
 ocean.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

<, nday, Ap-'l :Otll, at 1 DO pm. Drivers must register at Polet's be- s're 1:OO pn,. Satuc'lay. Drawing for place will be held at Polet's Saturday ZOO pm.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

The Prince and Princess of Mon aco have dissolved partnership be- cause her highness wanted to be a surgeon. Perhaps the Prince did not wish competition in the business of skinning visitors at Monte Carlo
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Fred kliner an employee of the Hammon company who was in
 jured last fall is now able to be
 about some and will soon be out saying hello to his many friends.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Dad Wheeler who sustained broken limb last fall is now able to be around on crutches and as soon as the snow disappeares a lit tie will be out on the streets.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Chicago police say that most of the crimes in the windy city are committed by non-residents. Grim inals flock to the green pastures where the cropping is easy and good, and it is up to the force to explain why thugs prefer to pock- ct their blackiacks and emigrate from San Antonio and San Fran cisco to the banks of Lake Mich igan.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Miss LeRoy, government nurse from St. Michael, who suffered fall and was brought to Nome via airplane, is improving at nor nal rate.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Peter Sather, who has been ill in the hospital for several weeks is very much improved now and hopes to leave there shortly.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Ole Hay, who was severely burn ed in a fire some weeks ago, is now very much improved and able ito be about the ward.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Russia has put a stop to the production of Uncle Toms Cab in. It is just possible that we have been too harsh and nasty in our condemnation of Soviet rule
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Dan Anderson, the well known old timer who has been i'll for some time is getting along nicely.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Mrs. Anna Lupp, who was talk en to the hospital last week with a severe cold, is improving nicely under the care of the hospital for ce
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Pilot Bill Graham with the No. 2 plane of the Northern Air Trans port Inc, who left Fairbanks yes terday morning for Nome via Ak iak arrived here about 1:30 p.m. today with mail and J. D. Harlan and B. B. Mozee as passengers.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
AIRPIAANE NEWS

Pilot Vic Ross returned from Shishmaref last evening where he took the mail and Geo. Goshaw. On the return trip the plane made a stop at Teller, for few minutes.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

An NAT plane will make a trip ito Fairbanks sometime during the next week, carrying passengers and mail, and a cargo of fur.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
WASHINGTON CURRENT
 COMMENT

An epidemic of partial paraly- sis prevails in crn.An sections of the country, an: the ma.ady IS laid to jamaica ginger, because some of the paralytics drank that substance and fell sick afterward. It is easy to be led into incorrect diagnosis by confusing sequence with cause and effect. Current conclusions may accomplish good by putting an end to jamaica ging- CT libations, but in the absence of more light, candid medical men must admit that they can tell neither what caused the dis ease in the past, nor how it can be averted in the future.
 Some months ago, a rub'ic of ficial was convicted .afxl .sce yting a bribe, and now jury has de- cided that the man charged with giving him the bribe did not do so. Such state of affairs sets the head of the layman in a whirl and brings to mind the definition of law as the last guess of the highest guesser in power.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

Samuel Pokuk, a native boy who was brought via atrplane from Igloo, with frozen feet, is much better now.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

ADVElSTISERS- Copy for ads In the weekly Nugget must he in this office not later than Thursday 500 P. M
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19
Cannon to right of them

Cannon to right of them,
 Cannon to left of them,
 Cannon in front of them
 volley'd and thunder'd."
 The Canadian House of Com mons has voted to end the shipping of liquor to the United States, and the Dominion bootleggers, bound U. Seward soon will find themsel- yes as badly of as the Light Brigade.
The Nome nugget., 1930-04-19

In the quiet of the jungles, the Prince of Wales is disturbed by othing worse than the charge of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19

mulgated eby the Alaska Commis- sion of the Departments named, and each Commissioner has advised the agencies concerned of it's adop- ton.
 The Commission, composed of Gov Parks, Interior Department; Regional Forester Charles H. Flory, Department of Agriculture; and United States Fisheries Agent Dem his, Department of Commerce, has prepared instructions for several bureaus to follow
 Cover By Specification
 In part these said.
 Hereafter in preparing specified tions for structures to be built and in drafting bills of material to be purchased, consideration should be given to the availability and suit ability of material produced in Alaska for the intended use. Wher- ever it is found that an Alaska pro-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
FATHER HUBBARD
 ADDRESSES PACKED PALACE THEATRE

The Rev. B. R. Hubbard, s. J. the Glacier Priest" last night de. livered an intensely interesting ano informative lecture to an audience that fairly packed the Palace The atre, and he achieved the difficult thing of holding the undivided at- tention of the crowd by his charm ling and humorous presentation o1 a scientific subject.
 Father Hubbard, who is professor or geology at Santa Clara Uni versity, had for his theme his ex- plorations this year and last of the Alaska Peninsula. He took his aud fence with him from the landing to the interior and back, through the worlds largest volcanoes, the Val ley of Ten Thousand Smokes and a mong summits of surrounding mountains. The lecture was il- lustrated with technicolor pictures both~moving and still. They proved the hardships experienced by the expedition, which consisted of Fath- CT Hubbard and three associates, and presented the discoveries and the scenery that produced the com pensating thrills for those who made the trip Motion pictures of caribou herds and ears were among those shown. @
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
EASTERN GAME HUNTERS MAKE
 INTERIOR TRIP
Big Business Men of Boston and New York Take
 Alaska Game Trails

Enroute to interior Alaska game fields a party of four eastern bank CTS and business executives passed through Juneau today on the steamer Aleutian. In the party were: Wendell Endicott, banker, shoe manufacturer, author and ad- yenturer; Gen. Robert E. Wood, President of Sears Roebuck and Company; Col. Latham R. Reed, Wall Street executive; Harold c. Keith, banker and shoe manufac- turer, and George B. Perry, Boston business executive.
 MT. Endicott, who hunted in the upper Tanana River region three years ago with John Hadjukovich as guide, has just had published an account of that visit under the tue, Adventures in Alaska and Along the Trail" He is also author of Adventures with Rod and liar poon Along the Florida Keys"
 He, Col. Latham ana MT. Perry will revisit the scenes of the 1927 expedition under the guidance of MT. Hadjukovich It is one of the finest game regions of Alaska, and MT. Endicott, who has hunted and travelled extensively all over the world, considers it game para disc.
 Gen. Wood will not accompany the hunting expedition as he had planned. He found he was unable to spare the time, so will spend some two weeks fishing on Richardson Highway and the Alaska Railroad, then return to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19

whom proposal blanks are sent should include any local dealers resident in the Territory who han dle such outside timber products and who may be able to bid on the order.
 Explsin Non Use
 When any shipment of lumber or timbers is brought into Alaska by any of the agencies of the above three Departments, the agency mak- ing the purchase shall advise the Commission, care of the secretary of the Commission at Juneau, as to the reasons why Alaska produced material is not being used in that particular case.
 Tt is not the purpose of these instructions to force the use of Alaska produced materials In cases where they are not satisfactory for the purpose intended, where an equally satisfactory material can be obtained from outside sources at a cheaper price, or where Serious de- lays in delivery, or other great dis advantages would result from such use of local products. It aims to in- sure that local materials will be favored in place of outside products where their use will not be attended by any material disadvantage in quality, price, or service.
 "The Federal Government Is now printing a new bulletin on the Me chanical Properties of Alaska Woods" by the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin. As soon as this is available for dis tribution copies will be sent to all agencies of the Government oper- ating in Alaska"
 Factor in Development
 "The use of Alaska products by Alaskans,' the Commission pointed out, "in so far as such products are suitable for the purpose at hand, will always be an important factor in the prosperity and devel- opment of the Territory.
 "The Federal Government by its many and important activities here has clearly shown that 1t is keenly interested in furthering Territorial progress and 1t is believed the vari- ous local Federal bureaus should, accordingly, follow definite prac- tics of making use of local materi- als in their official work subject, of course, to the requirements of suit ability and economy"
 The suitability of local timber products for various classes of con struction is discussed to some .ex- tent in bulletins submitted by the. Commission to the several bureaus. A partial list of Alaska dealers in timber products was furnished them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19

duct will be satisfactory for a pro-
 posed item, the specifications should
 be so drawn as to permit of its use and the dealers in the Alaska ma terial should be given an oppor- tunity to bid in competition with dealers in Douglas fir and other wood from the States, as in the great majority of cases such out side products are also suitable for the purpose. Where there is ample opportunity to obtain competition among dealers in Alaska products the Federal agency making the purchase shall decide whether or not it might be to the advantage of the Government to send pro- posal blanks to dealers in outside products as well.
 When proposals for supplying material permit of the alternative of furnishing either Alaska or out side products, the list of dealers to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
SPORT BRIEFS

Manager John McGraw person. ally looked over Jim Mooney, N c. Sally league pitcher, signed by the Giants.
 Bill Terry's 400 batting average this season has verified the judg- ment of Jewel Ems, Pittsburgh man. ager, who has contended that the Giants first baseman is the best hitter in the National league.
 The Washington Senators have a batting practice pit tche er named Cupid" Child, whom Walter John- son is going to reward by starting in a game before the season ends.
 Melbourne Hunt club has decided to ask the highest judicial body of Australia whether fox-hunting is an athletic exercise. If it is decided affirmatively the club will be ex- empt from taxes on it's lands, ken- mel grounds, and stables.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
AT THE HOTELS
GastIneau


 United States Deputy Marshal c. V. Brown, of Petersburg; H. Bogler of Ketchikan; A. E. Sutherland of Todd, William V. Southeringate, c. J. Keary, and MT. and Mrs. E. Morris and son of Vancouver, B. C.; Bertha E. Magness of Salem, Ore. i; Virginia B. Magnes of Portland, Ore; Robert J. Rice of Tacoma; Ralph Pevick of Taku and c. M Lee of Stewart, B. c.
 Alaskan
 Ernest Gmeiner and Mike Appel of Cordova; Peter Covovich, of Funter Bay; F. Hirch and Louis Stitz of Tenakee; George Reed, Will liam Kelly and c. B. Secrest of Taku; G. c. Worth and w. F. Hardwick of Seattle.
 Zynda
 A. A. Lunberg, Mrs. J. c. Stewart, and Stephen Sarakoff of Seattle; IT. F. Brennan of Ketchikan and Mrs. James A. Robarts of Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
FLORY LEAVES TODAY ON <
 MONTHS INTERIOR TRIr

Charles H. Flory, Alaska Com missioner for the Department of Agriculture, left today on tn steamer Aleutian for a S0-day visit to western and interior points on business connected with his work as Commissioner. He will visit Seward, Anchorage. Matanuska and Fairbanks before returning here.
 A grain elevator with storage space for 6,o00,000 bushels is being built at Galveston, Tex
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19

LET .AimquisG rress Tour Suit. We call and deliver. Phone 528
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-19
DR. RICH WILL INSPECT
 STREAMS IN ICY STRAIT

Dr. Willis H. Rich, chief of the scientific staff of the United States Bureau of Fisheries in it's Alaskan work, left here today on the partol boat Widgeon, Capt. Greg Mangan, to inspect spawning areas in the Icy Strait district. He is expected to be engaged in that work for five or six days, and will return here at the end of that time.