The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-26

tiOn ana uance was Tn progress for the naval officers. was received and Mattern and his party went there.
 As soon as, possible after arriv- ing at the Governors House, Jim my" found his way to the kitch- en. and between conversation and autograpfftng managed to drink six cups of coffee and sat innumerable sandwiches Jimy says ever since his days. of mSager food supply in Siberia, and lack of good American coffee, he just, can't catch up on his eating and coffee consumption. |s .OHt of N. Y, June
 Jimmy Mattern left New York City early in the morning of June Ia He. made a direct hop to Oslo, the first ever recorded, then to Berlin, on to Moscow and after various. other, hops in which he experienced bad weather and motor l;trouble finally came down at Kha lbarovsk, Siberia. Hopping off from there he, crashed enroute to Nome was, finally rescued. taken to. Ana dir and after much delay flowr to Nome in a, large Soviet plane with five, fliersr and mechanics, Al Nome, he joined the .Ellis-reliefers party. flew to Fairbanks. The
 party left Fairbanks yesterday
 afternoon at ,s;3o o'clock. stopped
 at Kluane Lake, te refuel anc |enjoy coffee and doughnuts, ther hopped for, Juneau. ..
 | ,.s5 M off for East .a 4 At, 4:40 o'clock this morning th'
 seaplane Chichagof. :. again soaret ||into, the, air with. Pilot Ellis, Me,
 chanic,, Sasseen., Mattern and thu I reliefers, their destinations Ret
 chikan and Prince Rupert. II clear
 ance for the, plane was secured a Prince Rupert, the intention wa ito fly to Terrace Lake, B, O., where
 the, reliefers' plane was left il
 charge of Harold Person, Pilo
 Ellis was to deposit his party there
 and return to Juneau. Mattern ant
 the others continuing to Edmonton
 which was expected to be reached iithis evening Mattern planned t fly then. to, Chicago and, hop fo
 New York.
 Mattern's future plans for worl(
 flight depends upon circumstance
 and conditions as he finds then
 when he returns tc' New York. si
 16 Days Lost asi
 Jimmie Mattern lived the six. teen days he was lost in the wild of Northern Siberia in the bes 1Rqbinson Crusoe tradition,
 The plane he was flying arount the world crashed in a hilly spo near the Anadir River; he suffered cuts and bruises; when his ohoco. Hate and biscuits gave out, he shot small game. and. while he awaited a boat to take him downstream built a crude hut for protection against the cold.
 r Mattern was only fourteen hours tout of .Khabarovsk when his motol began to sputter.
 Plane Crashes | He found no place to land his Century of... Progress in the wild terrain, and he pressed on, finally the engine failed and the plane crashed three miles from the river on which Anadir is situated.
 | Its propeller was bent, the right wing smashed, the fuselage and motor damaged. Mattern was hurt painfully but not seriously.
 l Hoping to get aid. he started for the river. The journey, made diff cult by the hilly countryside and his ignorance of his bearings, took eight days. His food gave out after three days. Then he made good use of the fishing tackle and rifle he had with him.
 He built house of scrub growth, flor the weather was cold, and wait Sd by the river six days until on June. 2o fishermen in two boats passed They heard his shouts and took him to their camp. eleven tmiles from Anadir. Shortly after Iwards' he went to the coast. and Ia Soviet Guard went to his assist E4nee :ssff.s tssz s.s fs,- l.qrs.s !.