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VOLUME 36. NO. 98. NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Son Kills His Parents For “Revenge”
HITLERITES ARE ACCUSED DESTROYING PEACE
U.S. Treasury Announces An Increased Price on Silver
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
STATE SUP COURT
& WIFE MURDERED
Son Admits Killing His Parents
He Says For “Revenge”
(By The Associated Press)
AUSTIN, TEXAS, April 25—Charged with the murder
of his parents Howard Pierson, aged 21, the son oi William
Pierson, Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court, was
reported by officers to have confessed to the crime, for “re
venge.’’
Deputy Sheriff Sam Rogers quoted the former Univer
sity of Texas student as-saying that he lured his parents tc
a lonely road and then shot them, but that he refused tc
explain what he meant by revenge.
The youth first told the story that they were killed by
highwaymen, when he and his father attempted to resist
them. Officers said they had a witness who knew of the
boy’s plans, before the killing occurred.
After Howard was formally charged with murder he
led the officers to the spot where a pistol, a small broom, his
father’s watch and a purse were found.
Young Pierson, who is a clean cut, handsome boy, would
only say that he killed his parents “for a reason.” He ex
plained how he lured them out on the road on the pretext
of viewing the scenic drive. He first shot his mother and
then his father. Then he sent a bullet into the heads ol
each of them “to make sure they were dead
Next he shot himself in the arm and concealed the ar
ticles mentioned above. He returned v/ith a story of rob
bers, arriving home yesterday.
Justice Pierson was a member of the Texas house of
representatives from 1901 to 1903 and was once Judge of
the Eighth Judicial District. He became a justice in 1921.
Will Attempt
Keep Austria
Independent
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, April 25 — General terms
of the convention to preserve Aus
tria's independence were accepted
by six of the nine interested pow
ers, it was learned today, as France
and Italy prepared to issue invita
tions to. the Danubian conference to
take place at Rome in June of this
year.
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INFORMATION
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Legislature during the past session,
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Polar Bear
Hunters Are
Still On Job
According to information received
yesterday the party of polar beai
hunters who flew to Point Barrow
with pilot Jones in the Pacific Al
aska Airways Fleetster plane, have
separated to carry out their hunting
plans.
T. B. Wilson, vice-president and
general manager of the Alaska
Steamship Company, and A. L. Hag
er, president of the New England
Fish Company are at Wainwright
and the others in the party includ
ing E. O. McDonnell and Roderick
Towers of New York are at Barrow.
The report stated that the plane was
flying yesterday to Wainwright from
Barrow to contact the Wilson-Hager
party and find out what success they
had had.
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35 Thousand
Marine Workers
Startle Shipping
—
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 25 — The Mari
time Federation of the Pacific, the
new amalgamation of thirty-five
thousand marine workers, “startled
the waterfront world this morning 1
by declaring that they will support
the oil tanker strike and dissent- 1
ing longshoremen to the limit, even
to the extent of a general strike
vote.
The federation is much more pow
erful that the organization which
tied up the Pacific Coast last sum
mer with a general marine strike.
Action will be taken, however, it
was stated, only if efforts to neg
otiate difficulties fail. The Marine
Federation is now completing their
organization here.
To Replenish
Metropolitan
Watersheds
(By The Associated Press)
DENVER, April 25 — Snow to re
plenish metropolitan watersheds
with water, and widespread moist
ure for the Rocky Mountain slopes,
and torrential rains in Nebraska
brought relief to many drought
areas today.
. “ ■”
rwo Changes In
Regulations Of
Bd. Liq. Control
(B.v The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, April 25 —Two changes
n the regulations of the Board of
..iquor Control were made effective
oday. One sefs the age limit at
fighteen instead of twenty-one, of
jersons who may enter a liquor
lispensary, but sales must not be
uade to anyone under the age of
wenty-one.
The change permits youths to en
er pool halls, candy stores, and such
}laces carrying on business in con
unction with dispensaries.
The second change prohibits the
granting of wholesale or retail lic
enses to common carriers. This rul
ing was aimed particularly at boat
which take aboard cargoes in tlu
states and peddle from the ships ir
Alaska ports.
Pilol Chet Brown
Flies To Valdez
firing Passengers
r r
Pilot Chester Brown of the North
ern Air Transport took off yesterday
ifternoon about five thirty p in. foi
Fairbanks and is scheduled to re
;urn to Nome with passengers and
express Friday, weather permitting
TREASURY PRICE OF
SILVER 77.57 CTS AN
OUNCE ESTABLISHED
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 25 — The Treasury price oi
77.57 cents an ounce for newly mined silver, was established
Wednesday night by presidential proclamation.
The new price is effective on all silver mined on or after
April 24th. For the last fortnight the treasury has been
paying 71.11 cents for newly mined metal, and for more than
a year before the price at the mints were 64.5 cents an ounce.
The proclamation said the action was necessary “in the
interests of the United States.” It had reference apparent
ly to the recent rapid rise of world silver prices, which had
lifted the quotation in London to 71.6 cents an ounce.
Increased Silver Production Anticipated
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 — Increased production of
silver from mines is predicted by many westerners as a re
sult of the boost by the treasury of the price for newly min
ed domestic ore.
Even still higher prices are mentioned as necessary to
boom operations. Some Utah mining circles considered
the new price of 77.57 cents an ounce as furnishing addition
al proof of plans to carry out provisions o£ the Silver Pur
chase Act which will ultimately bring the price to the stat
utory position of one dollar and twenty-nine cents an ounce.
J
HITLERITE GERMANY
ACCUSED DESTROYING
CONFIDENCE EUROPE
(By The Associated Press')
LONDON, April 25—Ramsey MacDonald, in one of the
strongest indictments of Hitlerite Germany ever made by a
member of the British government accused that nation of
destroying European confidence in the outlook for contin
ued peace.
In an article written for the News-Letter, national labor
organ, he charged the Reich with “besetting the road to
peace with terror, and Germany has acted in such a way
as to destroy the feeling of mutual confidence in Europe.”
(ft'riiiuiiv Has Lost Honor Aiul Sympathy
LONDON, April 25—The article said there were Nazis
in high authority who were not even giving lip service to
the cause of European stability.
“Germany has acted in such a way as to destroy the
feeling of mutual confidence in Europe. It asks other na
tions to accept a verbal pledge of pacific intentions which it,
itself would not accept from her neighbors. Other nations
cannot be pacified by such assurance and can show ample
justification for their refusal. Germany has not won the
honor and sympathy which it sought,” said MacDonald’s
article.
Pilot Mirow To
Hop to Fairbanks
Tomorrow Morn.
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service made a round trip flight
to White Mountain today with Dr.
Rex F. Swartz and Lyman S. Brew
ster as passengers. They picked up
a sick native person at that place
and brought him to the hospital
here.
Pilot Mirow is scheduled to hop
off from Nome for Fairbanks via
northern points tomorrow morning,
weather permitting.
Program given by the
NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
AND SISTERHOOD
Gymnasium of Native School
Thursday, April 25, 193 5, 8 o'clock
1. Translated Song.
2. Playing Kick Ball.
3. Race with Seal Bag.
4. Instrumental Music.
5. Fishing.
6. A Game of Old Styles.
7. Ahhulhamakok—A story.
8. Mixed Quartet.
9. Fishing for Flounder.
10. Old Style Seal Hunting.
11. White Man Trading.
12. Making Drum Sing by Itself—
A story.
13. Keeahluk— A story.
14. Hunting With Bow and Arrow.
15. Dance— By Three Women.
Dorhandt And
Destaffany Each
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHIKAN, April 25 — Frank
Dorbandt, Alaskan flyer and Lyman
Destaffany, Seattle fur trader were
both fined seven hundred and fifty
dollars each, when they pleaded
guilty through their attorneys to a
misdemeanor charge of the posses
sion and transportation of unlicens
ed furs.
The government did not press
other charges in the indictments
against the two men, when they re
versed their previous pleas of not
guilty.
James A Pierce also pleaded guil
ty to a misdemeanor with the pair,
but his sentence was deferred.
Pierce is now in Portland, Oregon.
Today’s B. B. Scores
National League
Boston 1, New York 2.
Pittsburgh 0, Cincinatti 6.
American League
Washington 0, Philadelphia 10.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 25, — Fishermen
went ahead with plans for a coop
erative marketing agreement while
Toilers and salmon buyers still re
named deadlocked in a controversy
ever weight reductions.