Northwest History. Alaska. Aviation Cargoes & Passengers.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Indian lasses; Fairbanks; Alaska; cargo pilot; Noel Swien; flight; Wiseman; the Arctic Circle; stowaways; Alice Tobak; Mary Ulen; Florence Ulen; movie; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Arctic; Indian; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89657

Indian Lasses Are Stowaways: Alaska Pilot Carries Queer Cargo; Ask To See First Movie. INDIAN LASSES ABE STOWAWAYS Alaska Pilot Carries Queer Cargo; Ask to See First Movie. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 22. —(U.E)—The strangest cargo pilot Noel Swien ever carried in the hull of his tri-motpred transport plane looked over new wonders of civilization today after seeing their first city, their first movie and taking their first plane ride. When Swien landed his ship at Fairbanks after a flight from Wiseman, inside the Arctic Circle, be found three wide-eyed little Indian girls stowed away in the tail of his ship. "We want to see a picture show," explained fur-clad Alice Tobak, Mary Ulen and Florence Ulen, each nine-years old. Fairbanks' two and three-story buildings struck them as objects of wonder. Yielding to their demands to see a movie, Swien tok them—and sat through the entire show twice. Later they rode in the city's only elevator, but were not unusually impressed after their plane ride. Swien radioed assurances to the girls' parents that their children were safe and he would return them on his next trip to the far north outpost.