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VOL. 36. No. 10. ’ NOME,-ALASKA SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1935 Per Copy: 10 Cents.
Hops Pacific Ocean In 18 hrs. 16 min.
Hauptmann’s Attorney To Prove Fisch Wrote Notes
COLD DECISION
MAY CAUSE THE
“RUINATION OF
EVERYTHING”
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — Senat
or -Thomas of Oklahoma said that
undoubtedly a discussion of a pro
gram would be held, just in case the
Supreme Court should rule against
Che government in the momentous
gold clause.
Some senators are already discus
sing legislative plans to avoid what
one leading advocate of the cheap
er dollar said if the government
should be turned down in the deci
sion: “the ruination of everything.”
Thomas, although expressing the
possibility of a defeat, said however,
“We have every confidence that the
court will sustain the administra
tion. An adverse decision would
have a demoralizing, widespi ,-ad ef '
feet on the nation, and would ruin
everything.”
Of
World Fame Dead
_ " New York Gty
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—Mme. Mar
cella Sembrich, aged seventy-six,
internationally known opera singer,
died at her home here last night af
—ter an illness of nearly two months.
Death was due to angina pectoris.
ONLY WOMAN ATTORNEY
FORMER VALDEZ GIRL
Mrs. Mildred Hermann, the only
woman attorney in Alaska, having
successfully passed her examina
tion and been admitted to the bar,
was a former Valdez woman, hav
ing married Russell Hermann, well
known druggist. Mrs. Hermann re
cently made her first appearance in
court in a $10,000 libel case in
which she successfully represented
the defendant.
SANTA AND DAD
Child—“God gives us our daily
bread, doesn’t he, Mamma?’’
Mother—“Yes, dear.”
Child—“And Santa Claus brings
us the presents?”
Mother—“Yes, dear.”
Child—“And the stork brings the
babies?”
Mother—"Yes, dear.”
Child—“Then, tell me, Mamma,
just what is the use of having Papa
hanging around?”
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Amelia Earhart Putnam Is First
- ' 4 ,
Person Fly Solo Across Pacific
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Ocean Honolulu To Oakland
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Jan. 12—Amelia Earhart Putnam, the
only woman to fly the Atlantic alone, last night challenged
the Pacific, by taking off at 10:15 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time on a twenty-four hundred mile ocean flight to Oak
land, California. The weather was bad at the time of take
off but naval weather reports said that conditions were
clearing up along the route. v
As she took off from Wheeler Field, the U. S. Army air
port twenty-five miles from here, a bit of humor was inject
ed into the last minute preparations when George Palmer
Putnam, her husband said: “I’d rather have a baby,” than
go through this again. This was his reaction of husbands to
wives who fly.
At seven a.m. P.S.T. this morning, her radio message
to Station KFI in Los Angeles said “All well”, although in
a previous conversation with Station KFI the aviatrix said
that she was beginning to “feel tired.”
She said she was enjoying the scenery and listening tc
broadcasts of murncal programs from different Pacific C*as1
stations.
Putnam said that if all goes well she may continue on
over Oakland to Salt Lake City. Earhart reported that the
plane was cruising at 160 rpjles an hour but could be speed
ed up to 200 miles if necessary.
She calculated that she would reach Oakland, if she
stops there, around 9:00 o’clock PST this morning. She has
flown the Atlantic Ocean solo. This is her first attempt al
the Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12—Although Earhart gave
her “all well” signal frequently to radio stations, she contin
ually refused to answer questions or state her position.
At one time she said: “Am flying high in fog but all
is well.” She was warned of a storm off Vancouver Island
which was forecasted would bring heavy rains and snow tc
the coastal cities. She reported at another time that she
was flying over a steamer.
Amelia Earhart disdained _all warning of foolhardiness
when she took off from Hawaii with a storm, at her heels.
She has flown the Atlantic Ocean twice, was the first woman
to make a trans-continental non-stop flight, and now holds
the woman’s trans-continental speed record. She was also
the first woman to fly an auto-gyro.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 — Mackey Radio reported
that Amelia Earhart had been sighted flying in fog off the
California coast, after she sighted land at 10:49 a.m. today.
OAKLAND, Jan. 12 — Amelia Earhart landed here at
1:31 p.m. today from Honolulu.
OAKLAND, Jan. 12, — Thousands of spectators rushed
to the Oakland Airport today as the huge gold and red air
plane carrying the first person ever to fly the Pacific Ocean
alone, shot out of the sky and came directly in to a landing
without even circling the airport.
Amelia Earhart immediately whirled the ship around on
the ground and headed directly for the hangar. As it entered
the doors were locked to keep the souvenir hunters away
from the plane. The police were forced to battle with the
crowds who sought to shake hands with the blonde aviatrix.
Many of them reached the plane before it was locked
up and were in danger of being killed by the wirling propel
lor. She was whisked away from the airport by a motor
cycle escort. * '... $
Following a steady course almost directly until she1
reached the California coast, Amelia Earhart Putnam flew
2408 miles in eighteen hours and sixteen minutes. On the
latter part of the trip she was forced to fight clouds, fogs,
and wind. Late today she was sleeping and gaining a much
needed rest.
Her first words were “I’m Tired”. She said she had
enough gasoline left to have flown for several more hours.
Airport officials had been worried because they estimat
ed she was overdue at 1.00 p.m. It was feared she might
have gone down in the fog. Army planes and coast guard
cutter who were to have been an escort of honor, missed her.
SWEDEN SHOWS
IMPROVEMENTS
OF RECOVERY
(By The Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 12 — Sweden
celebrated an apparent end to de
pression as the parliament opening
its regular session, commemorated
the five hundredth anniversary of
its founding.
King Gustav, in his annual mess
age, told the lawmakers that the
solution of the problem of unemploy
ment appears near. The government
has been able to balance the bud
get, the King said, without imposing
any new taxes or floating any large
public loans. The National debt will
be reduced this year about forty
million kroner, which is about ten
million dollars. He asked for only
fifteen million for unemployment
relief, as compared with forty mil
lion last year.
HAUPTMANN DEFENSE
DEFIES PROSECUTION
REGARD HANDWRITING
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Jan. 12—Hauptmann’s defense put its
handwriting experts to work on the Lindbergh ransom
notes, in an attempt to show that they were written by
Isador Fisch.
Taking advantage of a week-end recess, the defense also
sought flaws in the evidence presented by the State that
notes were written by Hauptmann.
Reilly, the defense counsel, said: “We will prove that
Fisch not only collected the ransom but also wrote the ran
some notes. The State has produced evidence of extortion
against Hauptmann but so far there is no evidence of mur-|
der. We expect to prove that Hauptmann is innocent of
extortion as well as murder. He merely received unwitt-j
ingly some of the ransom money from Fisch.”
The prosecution stated: “The State is ready to refute
any charge that Fisch had anything to do with this case.”
The state’s attorney, discounting .the injection of Fisch to
the fore in the case, said that handwriting authorities pro
nounced his scrip as being dissimilar to that appearing on
the ransom missives.___
THREAT MADE
KILL SMALL BOY
MONEY ASKED
(By The Associated Press)
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 12 — A
threat to destroy the six year old
son of Thomas Beal, President of
the National Bank of Boston, was re
vealed in demands for twenty-five
thousand dollars, received today.
Warnings that Thomas Jr. would
be destroyed unless immediate pay
ment was made, were first received
two months ago and have been re
peated recently. He and his young
sister are both heavily guarded.
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ALASKA WILL BE
INCLUDED WHEN
BORDER BASES
ARE SELECTED
JBy The Associated Press)
ASHINGTON, Jan. 12—A group
of House members today launched a
movement to earmark the one hun
dred million dollar new public
works appropriation for border air
defense.
According to their plan each base
is to cost from ten to twelve mil
lion dollars and have a permanent
complement of two hundred offic
ers, and fifteen hundred enlisted
men, operating one hundred and
fifty planes. Machine shops, refuel
ing, ammunition, storage, etc., large
enough to accomodate a thousand
planes in emergencies were also in
cluded in the plans.
Alaska was included in the bor
der defense plans. None of the sit
es of proposed bases have even been
tentatively fixed.
Huge Plan To Buy
^ Farm Lands Placed
Before Roosevelt
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—A huge
program to speneb six hundred and
seventy-five million dollars in buy
ing up poor land and retiring it
from farm production, was recom
mended to President Roosevelt by
the National Resources Board. The
program, according to their recom
mendations is to be extended over
a period of 15 years.
The argument stage in the consid
eration of action outlawing gold as
legal tender, will be finished today
by the Supreme Court. It is per
haps the most vital monetary issue
ever to confront the court.
Indications Point
To Fact Bonus Be
Unpaid This Year
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—A sen
ate survey, indicated definitely that
if the present lineup on the bonus
continued unchanged through the
roll call on the presidential veto of
the previous fall, any immediate
payment on the bonus would be
held up.
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