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R.F.C. SPENT NINE BILLION SINCE ITS ORIGIN
Known Flood Deaths 141-Other Hundreds Missing
Boy's Lips Sealed
Sammy Murray, 7, thews how
clothespins wors plsceC on the lips
of second grade pupils at Oklahome
City by their teacher, Elisabeth
Miller, to keep them from talking
"It was a game," she Slid, "the chi!
dren thought up themselves. I didn’t
realise it would hurt." The school
principal said Miss Miller "Just
mads a mistake” and declared shi
would remain at the school. (Atso
ciatod Press Photo)
Confessed Plotting
<By The Associated Press i
MOSCOW, Jan. 27, — Ivan
Kniazeff, former Soviet southern
railway chief, a confessed plotter
testified with sixty three other
persons also on trial, that he had
killed “a thousand persons” in
train wrecks which he had organ
ized.
He accused a Japanese “Mr. X”
of planning to infect Russian
troop trains with deadly germs.
Salute The Colonel
Leone Wakefield, eenlor co-ed at
the Unlvereity of California at Lot
Angeles, was chosen honorary col
onel of the Institution's R. O. T. 0
regiment. Selection was made by i
secret committee of Scabbard an<
Blade, military fraternity. (Assoei
a ted Press Photo)
750,000 HOMELESS IS
LATEST CHECKUP AS
CONDITIONS WORSE
Flood waters sweep into Mississippi River Near Cairo.
Illinois. About one week guessed and Crest
Create Super Flood In South
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Jan. 27, — The
known dead caused by flood con
ditions throughout devastated ar
eas of the middle west, has now
reached a total of 137, with the
estimated homeless mounted to
750,000. Total damages were es
timated at three hundred million
dollars.
Kentucky dead 53, three hund
red thousand homeless. Health
Commissioner at Louisville esti
mated that two hundred more
are dead of disease directly at
tributable to the flood.
Regular soldiers moved into
several areas today to aid refug
ees and local authorities, while
airplanes brought police and med
ical supplies into numerous dist
ricts.
Three fires burned themselves
ou t during the night. The known
Ohio dead is 13 with estimated
homeless one hundred and three
thousand. The Ohio river stopped
rising at Cincinnati, and is now
holding close to the 80-foot lev
el. Firemen used much of the
emergency water supply to ex
tinguish an apartment house fire
this morning. Electricity and wat
er supplies functioned intermitt
ently.
Illinois dead 6, homeless fifty
thousand. Relief workers worked
to evacuate a third of the thirt
een thousand residents of Cairo,
where the Ohio fell six inches
from its record peak of 58.6 feet.
However, it was predicted it
might rise again to 60 feet. The
Gl-foot bulwarks reach only to
the 60 foot level.
SEATTLE, Jan. 27—Checkups
late today reveal that the known
flood deaths number 141. The
dead by States follows:
Kentucky fifty-three.
Arkansas twenty two.
Missouri fourteen.
Ohio thirteen.
West Virginia ten.
Indiana and Tennessee, both, 9.
Illinois 4ix.
Pennsylvania three.
South Carolina one.
Mississippi one.
In addition to the death toll,
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Extends Life Of
RFC Until June
1939; Signs Bill
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D.-C., Jan. 27,
—President Roosevelt Tuesday
signed the bill extending the life
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, one of the govern
ment’s major leading agencies to
June 30th 1939.
The bill also made similar pro
vision for three allied units—
commodity credit for corporation
export and import thru banks,
electric supervision, and farm
home authority.
Chairman Jesse Jones of the
RFC said a fortnight ago that his
agency had paid out nine billion
five hundred m.llion dollars since
its creation in 1932 and had been
repaid more than four billion,
five hundred million dollars.
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PROSPECTOR, 75, PROVES OLD WEST STILL LIVES
The spirit of tha old days of the Wart was shown by Frank Blondin (right), 75-year-old prospector, who
found two of hit horse* shot to death, arrested Herbert Hess (left), 22. and his brother Jess. 21, and
marched them 19 milea to jail at Reno, Nev., while armed only with his shotgun. "It wss io walk at all,"
tha doughty "desert rat" commented. Prosecutor Ernest Brown said the Hess brothers, h twn In jail, ex
plained they killed two wild horses for coyote bait. (Associated Press Photo;
Investigating Will
O C
Of George Browne
c
ft.lv The Assnria’efl .
SEATTLE. Jan. 27, — Prosecu
tor B. Gray Warner announced
he would make a full investiga
tion into the circumstances of
the will under which it was claim
ed the late George Browne left
twenty thousand dollars of his i
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FARMER PLOWS UP A FIRE
V
It actually happened. Walter Heck, 22, plowed up a fire In hla field at
Lawrence, Kaa., and waa burned about the face before he could run to
aafety. The aheet of gaa flamea, ehown here, waa believed to have
been etarted when hla plow hit a pipeline. They downed electric trane
mlealon llnea and halted a train before they were extingulahed. (Aeae>
elated Preea Photo)
estate to his housekeeper Miss
Charlotte Mundem.
Superior Judge Robert Jones
suggested the case be submitted
to the prosecutor after holding
that the will was forged, and up
holding the claim of Miss Har
riet Ridgeley Browne of Brook
lyn, New York, an adopted daugh
ter.
The case is expected to be ap
pealed to the State Supreme
Court. The adopted daughter was
cut off with one hundred dollars.
Miss Mundem said she found
the will in the effects of George
Browne.
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News Of Death
Of John Nester
Received Nome
The sad news of the death of
John Nestor, formerly of Nome,
was received in a letter on the
last mail by Marshal Thos. Gaf
fney. Mr. Nestor was struck by
an automobile at Long Beach,
California, where he has resided
for several years. The accident
occurred early in the month of
December last, from which he
never regained consciousness. His
remains was taken to Seattle for
interment.
Mr. Nestor was one of the real
old sourdoughs of Alaska. In
company with his brother Tom,
he came down the Yukon and
landed in Nome when it was a
tent city. Afterwards the broth
(Continued on Page Four)
Two Memorials
Introduced By
Coffey in House
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 27, — Two mem
orials by Coffey were introduced
in the House yesterday asking
Congress to consider seriously,
appropriate action by treaty or
otherwise, prohibiting Japanese
fishermen who are making terri
fic inroads in the Bristol Bay sec
tion, as their floating canneries
can fish anywhere under no re
gulations whereas American fish
eries are regulated.
The other memorial cites the
Alaska colonization program as
an example of what can be done
toward developing Alaska, and
urges Congress and the President
to continue the plan in the Ter
ritory, particularly in view to
ward the establishment of a col
ony in the Homer district.
Committees are settling down
to studying bills. Senate commit
tees are meeting. A bill was pass
ed reimbursing the Craig School
Board one hundred and seventy
five dollars for building rental.
LOST—A RIFLE, a Carbine
Winchester Crag made!, fastened
with a webing sling for packing.
Was lost during the storm of the
night of Jan. 22nd, between Dry
Creek and the Power Plant. Re
turn same to Dave Colgate or
leave it at Nugget Office.
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