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VOLUME 85. No. 89. NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST. 1«," 1934 P«i Copy: 10 wnts. ^
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ALL POLICE FORCES
* CANADIAN BOV’T
AFTERJIDNAPPERS
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
AFTER JtlDNAPPERH OF
IABATT
(By The Associated Press)
TORONTO, Aug. 16, The Pro
vincial Criminal Investigation De
partment cancelled all holidays
and leaves and is now mobilizing
every available investigator to
bring back al've the kidnapped
Labatt.
His brother Hugh is In a hotel
prepared to pay the ransom, but
is surrounded by police and cur
ious bystanders, which has so far
prevented him from malting con
tact with the kidnappers.
He was named as the go-between
in a note from the kidnappers, it
was announced by a spokesman of
the family, shortly after the twen
ty four hour time limit had ex
pired in which the kidnappers had
ordered the ransom paid on pain
of death to their captive.
Uneasiness grew at the Labatt
home as the hours passed with
out any word froi^i the victim, and
the inability to contact the kid
nappers. Tile Northwest Mounted
Police will al$o join in the search
FRANK OORBANDT
FAILS TO APPEAR
COURT SEATTLE
DORBANDT DOESN’T ANSWER
COURT SUMMONS
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 16. Frank Dor
bandt, Alaskan aviator failed to
appear In court today to answflr
the charKe .filed by Miss Marjorie
Sellers, aged nineteen, alleging
that Dorbandt was the father of
her seventeen months' old child.
The girl’s counsel told the court
that it understood that Dorbandt
wanted the charges changed to Al
aska and taht the bondsmen would
surrender him In that juilsdlction.
This court set the cas*. for Sep
tember 12th, saying that If the
state was not ready then, it would
dismiss the action.
CITY WRAN6ELL
WATER SUPPLY
NEARLY DEPLETED
CITY OF WRANGELL ALMOST
WITHOUT WATER
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(By The Associated Press)
WRANGELL, Auf. II, Drink
ing water here is being rationed
out by buckets as a combination
of dry weather and the require
ments of seven sea-food canneries
reduced the supply to the van
ishing point. >
The rationing is to continue
until rains replentish the city res
erv>otr. Meanwhile water is being
hauled by trueks to houses. The
canneries are bringing water for
their use from nearby islands.
SUBSORIRH FOR THH NUOGKT
•1.50 MONTH BY MAIL 1
HINDENBURG’S WILL
SUPPORTS HITLER
PROGRESS GERMANY
HIXDK.N BURG'S WIU, IS
RFAI> SUPPORT HITLER
• By The Associated Press)
BERLIN, Aug. 16. The dead
hand of the late President, von
Hindenbtirg was brought into Hit
ler's campaign for a renewed ex
pression of popular approval, thru
a declaration giving unmistakable
recognition to “The decisive strida’
14d by Hitler in tlie upward strug
gle of the Herman people.
"I thank Providence for per
mitting me to see in the evening
of my life, the hour of recovery,”
the aged field marshall wrote in
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bU “yoli-tlcat w'.lV.” »lp» *4
11th this year. The will was pith
lished today after von Papon had
delivered it to Hitler.
FOREST FIRES
STILL RA6ING
PASSED CONTROL
FOREST FIRES STILL
RAGING TODAY
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(By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Auk. 15, Forest
tires continue going out of bounds,
with the mopt dangerous sections
being in central Idaho. Wyoming
still, reports here the conflagra
tion still beyond control.
FLAMES STOPPED IN ONE
SECTION CONTINUE OTHERS
iI3y The Associate Pre=s)
Spokane, Aug. 16, Victory -was
proclaimed last night in the So
lway National forest in Idaho, bat
other parts of ’the northwest still
report fire conditions Irf a critical
stage.
ITALY WITHDRAWS TROOPS
AUSTRIAN BORDER
(By The Assocl&ted Press)
ROME, Aug. 16, Italy today
ordered th« withdrawal of troops
concentrated on the Austrian bor
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der since the time of the Austrta i
Nail Putsch. The troops started
leaving for their regular camps this
afternoon. ,
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NO FISHING IN COLUMBIA
RIVER DUE STRIKE
(By Tho Associated Press)
ASTORIA, Aug. 6. Not a fishing
boat 1s In operation on the Col
umbia River though salmon are
running at a rate that would make
record catches In many of the
common fishing places.
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The long pending strike of the
gill-netters and cannery workers
went into effect last night, despite
jtlie rumor of last minute protes s
I from some of the fishermen. lTn
I
ions voted the strike when tile
cannery price for salmon was re
duced form six cents to four cents.
| SOVIETS HEM EVE JAPAN
| ATTEMPT TAKE It AlMVW
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Aug. ff>, f’ii.' Savin'
TRUCK DRIVER IS
VICTIM OF TALKING
SICKNESS IN OHIO
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MAX HAS TALKING NIt’KNUHS
(By The Associated Press)
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MOUNT OLKAD, Ohio, Auk. IjS.
Through the night > and into the
day a man lies talking without
end, here.
Donald Campbell, aged thirty
two. a truck driver, is suffering
from “talking sickness." l>fe is
weakening finder the nervcfits
strain and fever under, which he
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labored for the past ten days, now
going on his eleventh.
His wife is watching over him
while his little daughter wonders
at the strange words and remarks
which continue to pour from hit*
mouth.
,llis affliction has been diagnos
ed as a form of encephalitis, 4ti
illness akin to sleeping sickness
but that the effect is just the opp
osite. ,>
-today ;• Midi's th.it Japanese
militarists plunned to take over
the Chinese Eastern Kailway aften
declaring a state-of military law.
This was followed by dispatches
telling of the arrest of nearly
twenty Russian officials. employ
ees of the railnfad. by Japanese
and Manchuktio forces, who charg
ed them with attempting to con
ctx't a revolutionary plot.
GOV. ROSS RECEIVES
MOST VOTES
(By The Associated rress)
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. lti, Of, Ljja
forty-nine thousand, nine hundred
and sixty-three democratic votes
cast for Governor in two thirds
of the precincts, an unofficial tab
ulation shows (hat Governor Ross
received jAwenty-soven ' thousand
and tw’enty-nine. and the combin
ed vote of his two opponents to
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I taled twenty-two thousand uiuo
, hundred and thirty-four.
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I SHU T 111 IJ.ISH ATTITUDE
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(By The Associated Press)
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I NEW YORK. Aug. HI. A shift
took place today in the bullish
attention from inflation shares
such as nonferrous metals, to
building supply stocks because of
the home renovating campaigns.,
however, this . failed to stir any
enthusiasm in stocks. Price trehdst
were mixjed and close. The curb
was Irregular, Bonds showed a
good tone.
I vocation Notices, Powers of At
torney. Iceases, Deeds, etc., on
sale at the Nugget Office.
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GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON
PREDICTS REORGANIZATION
NBA WITH ANTI TRUST
PREDICTS REORGANIZATION
OK NATIONAL RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, The re
organization of the NRA under a
hoard ot control within three
months, was forseen by General
Hugh 8. Johnson, together with
the possible creation of an agency
to harmonize the NRA and the
Federal Trade Commission on the
Anti-Trust Laws.
AUE1> CANNERY MAN DEAR
(By The Associated Press)
.. SEATTLE, Aug. 15, Thomas Me
Hugh, aged seventy-two, founder
of the Arm of Montague and Mc
Hugh, Bellingham deep sea sal
man company, died here follow
ing a short Illness. He played an
active part In the opening of Al
askan trade during the longshore
men’s strike this spring.
SPARK IN MARKET ,
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, A buying
flurry carried many leading stocks
up trom one to more than tfcree
points. Most advances were re
tail. The close was firm. Finan
cial markets brightened generally
as bonds rallied briskly and kept
most ot their gains.
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