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VOLUME IM. No. 04. NOME. ALASKA. WEPNKSPAY, AUGUST B*. .»:«■Per Copy: IQ eeot,.
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FRANK DORBANDT ARRESTED
AND PLANE IS GROUNDED
AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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ORDERS DORBANDT’S ARREST
FROM PASADENA
(By The Associated Press!
PA9ADBNA, Aug. 22. Marsha 1
Hester, one of the owners of the
Dorbandt plane said that he had
sent ■ word to- Alaska. -asking.^05,
Dorltandt’s arrest and that the
plane be grounded. Kester said
that Dorbandt had been employed
by him as a pilot, and that he
and .Dorbandt flew the plane into
Alaska several weeks ago to es
tablish a freighting route.
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 22, Doti
bandt landed here late Tuesday
and was immediately arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Frank Hoffman on
.instructions front the Fairbanks
j bondsmen there who had with
drawn their backing under whicn
I he was freed under fur Imugglintr
I charges.
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1 Dorhandt said he spent two days
along the Susltna River. fifty
ntorthwest Of Anchorage. He
| is being held here pending an
iattempt to furnish twenty-five hun
t -©
idred dollars bond. He has talli
ed very little.
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FOr.NI>' DEAD ON HIGH
’ SCHOOlt LAWN
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(By The Associated Press>
. DEDHAM. Mass. .Aug. 22, Rev.
j\V. P. Dr.ennan "was found dead
'on the .High School lawn here
last night, believed to have been
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a victim of a heart attack or a
hit and run accident.
AVIATOR FIAT NO NOKTHKRX
ROT'TK AMKRIOA IS
FOK< KI> DOWN
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< By The Associated Press)
- WTOK, North Scotland, Aug.
22,- An SOS message was reported
received Here1 from iJbhn (iriersou
British flier who hopped off yes
terday morning from Reykjavik in
an attempt to cross the Atlantic
via the northern route. He said
he was down in ,a fjord on liie
Iceland coast. The message said:
“I have enough food for ten days;
please search.”
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RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
APPROACH A NEAR
CRISIS IN GERMANY
THREAT OF RELIGIOUS
TROUBLES GERMANY
(By The. Associated Press)
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BERLIN, Aug. 22, Nazi propa
ganda guns fired an anti-Christ
ianity barrage which caused alarm
in Roman Catholic and some Pro
testant circles.
Developments in the troubled
church situation Indicated a fresh
tension despite Hitler’s statement
of “positive Christianity” in a re
cent speech in Hamburg where
he was heading a development of
such.
Yesterday’s broadside was an
Appeal for the abolition of Christ
ianity, and apparently inspired by
Hitler, youths, leaders arid follow
■ers of Goebel, added to the fears
with veiled ^.threats against the
church drive which Bishop Muell
er of the Relsch announced would
"cover every city and county din
ing the period from autumn to
eprlng.” tty "
Another indication of strife was
the hesitancy; of the German Ro
man Catholic Church to establish
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a concordant between the Vatican
and Germany.
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HAYS NBW CHIIM'H DRIVE
IN NAZI GERMANY
BERLIN, Auk. 22, The church
read of the veiled threats agaiftst
the Catholics and immediately
forthcoming was the announce
ment by Meuller of a new church
drive.
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MARTIAL LAW RAISED
FROM VIENNA
VIENNA. Aug. 22, Martial law
was withdrawn at midnight last
night, twenty-seven days after it
had been Imposed as a result o!
the assassination of the late pre
mier Dollfus.
NAVY SHIP DELIVERS n
PRiqiLOFF SEALSKINS
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SEATTLE, Aug. 22, The Navj
supply ship “Sierus” unloaded 6S
462 jsealskins, the seasonal takt
from the PrtbllofT Ielands. Thh
was about one thousand less than
last1 year.
ABANDON ATTEMPT REACH
AGREEMENT WHEAT QUOTAS
(By- The Associated Press)
LONDON. Aug. 22. Attempts.
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to reach an agreement, on expoc
quotas were definitely abandoned
by the world wheat conference,
fwhich has been sitting in session
for the past. week. An unrest rain
ed shipping of wheat by all conn
tries is assured at least until No
vember.
TERRIFIC STORM AT SEA
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(By The Associated Press)
GLASGOW. Aug. 22. More than
thirty passengers were Injured
and one seaman was washed over
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board and drowned when terrific
gales struck the liner “Cameronia"
in mid-Atlantic, enroute here.
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Reports of the storms were re
ceived here when the ship arrived
at Clyde. Statements were that
some waves were more than sixty
feet high, and that the steamship
keeled to an angle of thirty-five
degress. . \
SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERIES
STOCK MARKET
(By The Associated Presa)
^NEW. YORK, Aug. 22, Quiet
and substantial recoveries ruled
tne order .of the day. Stocks,
metals and Tails led many Issues
. lo gains of from one to around
three points, most of which was
held. The close was firm and
sales totaled six handred thousand.
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BANDITS ESCAPE WITH
$427,000.00 AFTER
N. Y, TRUCK ROBBERY
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SfACHINK GUN BANDITS
RSt 'OPK WITH *437,000.00
HROOkl.YN. N l!W YORK
(By The Associated Press)
BROOKLYN. Aug. 22, A dozen
machine gun bandits held up a:i
JfHVouzed truck" which was coll
ecting money from Federal Re
serve Member Banks and manufac
turing companies, to take to tlie
central banks, here today.
The bandits escaped with four
hundred and twenty-seven thou
sand dollars in three speedy auto
mobiles. Two of them were ab
andoned Inter. One imtrliinr took
two men to a speedboat whies
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J headedf ,in'{o upper N’ew York Bay .
toward New Jersey.
Noun of the money dvas found in '
| the abandoned cars. Police ad van j
|ced tile ^theory that the money!
I was tossed .front the truck inti]
juntos and' titlen transferred to' a
■ smaller machine. They also lieliey- |
f^d that tj\tt/. two men who escaped
in the speedboat are headed for a
reiidevotisx to take over the loot.
The ryfiM -up coming shortly af
ter niid-duv wasVfine of the boldest
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and most rfttickiy executed robber
ies in Hrooltlyii police annuls. The
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bandits left one bag containing
twenly-iinfe*, t.housatid dollars, in
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the aphioifivd truck. Scores of
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employees of the ice company iu
front of which the holdup occurred
and many tennis players In near
by courts witnessed the thrre-inin
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ute job.
No arrests have been made up
to this evening in the armored
truck holdup. Police credit a ueuf
arch criminal c riff tier thaTn Ca
pone a,ml (learttiei- than Dillinger.
with pulling Ilie job. Empty mon
ey bags were found crammed be
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neath cigarette vending machines
in Kinner's Place. The bar tend
pi said that ten men ..whom he had
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never seen before, * entered the bar
room about four p.rn. and had 3
round of beer. •*
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DIVORCE OK KAI It It A N KS AND
WIFE REST IN “LAI* OK GODS",
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HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 22} T.’io j
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future of tiie IMckford-KaiWank* j
marriage Vested in "The lap of I
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the Gods." This . j-s i-t he way Mary
I’ickford described i the status of
ilieir once idyllic lifaVi'iage, which
has now found its way to the
divorce courts. Douglas Fairbanks
returned to Hollywood ami was |
met by his wife, tint .refused to ,
give any stdT^inent. Her’s was ■
lhe only comment made after the*
meeting.
DIRIGIBLE MACON VISITS
SEATTLE NORTHWEST
'By The Associated Press)
(SEATTLE. Aug. 22. The latest
U. S. Dirigible Macon appeared ov
er this city at ,7:30 a.m. onf a prac
tice flight. It circled hack | over
Tacoma and headed southwWijd. It
was sighted over Tacoma at^ 8:20
a.m.
MURDER CHARGES MADE
AGAINST NINE MEN
(By The Associate 1 Press)
r PORTLAND, Aug. 22, First de
gree murder charges were placed
against nine of the fourteen men
arrested in connection with yes
terday’s waterfront' shooting.
TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE OVER
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22. The
striking truck drivers and employ
ers reached an accord last night
immediately ending the five-week's
old walkout. Union leaders claim
ed a victory for the workers.
FOREST FIRES ARE
STILL B0RNIN6 OUT
CONTROL THRU N.W.
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lilTTI-K rows MAY UK
lU'KXKI) UY MlJt^K
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(By-Tli^e Associated Press)
SPQKAtNifS Aug. On the
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vaguei*Pss of- the winds rests the
fate of. the tiny town of Avery,
Idaho," ;irf*-it-hose gate rifting for
est fires' Strjfcilicking. while more
than five ijnndred fire fighters
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battled stubbornly to check its
spread. A- slight breeze means
the Abwn's'v doom. Discouraging
repor^j^ wejpb_4£cetved^ front Mon
tanaA'AtM^panada and other sec
tions of % Idaho, where the flames
once believed 'checked, are again
oat of bounds, being whipped by
the winds, /■
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PIKES (O.VTIXVK THKKATKXINf
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(By‘The Associated Press)
SPOldjAmtif. 22. The hott
est forest '.fore In the Northwes
grew hotter today near Avery
Idaho, sh • new armies of flghten
were rushed to the front In ai
attepipt\to shield Avery yet, evei
after - tweK^. uneasy , hoars, th<
flames spreads before a brisk wind
The wind' then" died down and th<
fighters have Hopes of having thi
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firp under control within twenty
four hours. Other fires continue
causing great concern.
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l KIRKS RAGE ON l$KYONI>
CONTROL NORTHWEST
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(Uy The Associated Press)
SPOKANE. Aug. IS, The tire
demon on the rampage in the
Pacific Northwest was again thot
to have been chained h.v thousands
of fire fighters but the red men
ace has again broken loose and is
raging beyond bounds in several
sections of Idabp and British Col
umbia.
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UNITED STATES WILL ATTEMPT
WORJiD WIDE REORGANIZATION
LAROR WORKING HOURS PAY
(By The Associated Press)
W ASHING TON. Aug. 22, The
administration is seeking a way to
• have the world follow1 the United
• States cutting down working hours,
i Officials hope a way wi'l be found
> in the International Labor Or
i ganisation which the U. S. Joined
> this week, in which the United
' States delegation will no doubt
> take a leading movement for
t shorter hours.