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MONDAY
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i From Nugget Daily Bulletin.)
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KIDNAPPERS RETURN
O'CONNELL
ALBANY, July ill, (/P)—O’Con
nell was returned to his family
at ' dayibreak by the kidnappers
who received forty thousand in
marked 'bills as ransom currency,
so adroitly marked that th*ey
v-'(4 *
wmiId defy all ibut an expert de
tection, and they are expected "“to
leave a ‘trail for the police to fol
low.
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SOLUTION O’CONNEliL
KIDNAPPING PROMISED
ALBANY, July Jl. (JP) —The
solution of the O’Connell kidnap
ping is promised in short order.
Two men are already detained
here tor questioning, (but their
names are withheld. Young O’Con
nell was well treated by his kid
nappers, but is suffering from
shock and nervous exhaustion.
COLUMBIA BASIN
I’ROJ K< T APPR<>VKl>
WASHINGTON, July 29, (/P) —
,The, long deferred ihope of the
Pacific Northwest Was realized
with the approval by the Roosev
elt National Public Works Board
of the first unit of the giant Col
umbia Basin project. Roosevelt
requested that action be speeded
on 'this sixty million dollar pro
ject, the first of a series of devel
opments envisioned to supply the
Northwest with cheap power and
water for more than three million
acres.
AIRPLANE NEWS
Pilot Chester Brown of !hr NAT
returned to Nome Saturday even
ing from northern poin's with
Messrs. Carl Lomen, Clinton Aus
ti Bob Julian and Keith Roberts.
Sunday morning Brown took off
for Golovin with Mr. Rudd", Ole
Stanfield and Sam Taggart, Re
turning to Nome the plane again
took off for Deering with A. V.*
Cordovado and Keith Roberts.
Attorney James Frawlev nude
a trip via plane to Deering Sunday
on business.
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TK*>Y AM) CONNORS 4
KNROUTE TO NOME
JUNE AC, July 31. (/P)—Gover
nor Troy and Collector of Customs
Connors will leave Monday oil a
trip to the interior, going via Skag
way, thence, to Wlhitehorse and
down the river to Dawson, Forty
mile, Eagle, Circle and thence to
Fairbanks via Circle Hot Springs
and Chatinlka. From Fairbanks
they will come to frame by plane
and visit as many other places 1n
Alaska as they can before return
ing to Juneau, They will return
via Anchorage, Seward, Valdez and
Cordova. This Is itlhe first official
visit of Troy and Connors. They
expect to be gone three weeks.
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JOHNSON RETURNS
TO WASHINGTON
DETROIT. July 29, (/Up-End
ing a flying visit to DetTOty. Gen
eral Hugh S. Johnson. Nationuf'
Recovery Administrator, dashed
backy&o Washington, Friday nighy
in an,army airplane with the ten
alive code of the automobile in
dustry. T he agreement was^ not
yet approved by the administrator
nor signed by Henry Ford. It
provides for a maximum of thirty
five hours a week and a minimum
wage running from forty to fDrty
three cents an hour, depending on
the size 0f the city in which the
factory is located, and bars child
labor. Ford said he wanted to
study the code before signing it.
Hearings will be held at Wash
ington in about ten days.
SEAPLANE PILOT
FORCER DOWN
JUNEAU, July 31, (iU)—Advices
from Tulsequah, Saturday said
that ipilot Barr, operating sea
plane Captain William Strong, was
forced down in a slough ten miles
from Tulsequah, B. €. on account
jol a broken cylinder head. He
walked through the wilderness for
several days before he reached
ITnlsequah. He said that there
jwere no passengers .aboard at the
time of the forced landing.
MATTERS ARRIVES IN
NEW YORK
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NEW YORK, July 31, i —
Matt era returned to New York
from Toronto by plane Sunday.
Seven thousand people greeted him
at Floyd - Henilett Field. He blam
ed "that Russian oil" for tile fail
ure of his flight. He said it burn
ed at the rate of two gallosn an
hour. Then when he got into
the Arctic Circle, this reserve sun
ply in the rear tank would not
flow. He explained that he would
have landed and changed oil in
I the forward tank, ibut fog pro
ven’ed him seeing the ground.
The relief plane flown by Alexand
er. arrived two hours before Mat
tern.
AX VOX BEING TOWEL SOI TH
SEATTLE, July 31. (/P) -The
Northland radiod the Coast Cuard
headquarters early Sunday, via
Bering Sea ipatrol, that the Vuyox,
with a patched hull, was trailing
the cutter South, apparently in
dicating that . the Hudson Bay'fc
traders visit to the Canadian Arc
tic posts were either delayed or J
abahdoned for the season. Thel
>
ship w*as oft' Point Lay when the'
message was sent. It is reported
that a salvage ship, belonging to
the same company, is on her way
to Teller to take the Anvox in
tow to her home port kt Vancou
ver. The Northland will convoy
her to Teller.
BOAT MOVEMENTS
The Motorship Good Hope j>f the
Lyng Nav. Co. arrived from north
ern ports Saturday evening with
mail, freight ahd the following
passengers: Mr. Poison from Leer
ing, Sheldon Keok from Wales.
The vessel will sail north on her
return trip with mail. August 2nd.
' M S., New York of the Lyng
Nav. Co. arrived here this morn
ing from St. Michael and way
ports with mail ahd the following
passengers: Mr. Mabtick and Geo
Aulye and wife from Shaktoolik;
Maud Reamer from < tlnalakleet.
The vessel sails again Aug. 4th on
her return mail trip.
TUESDAY
(From Nugget Daily Bulletin.)
NATIONAL GUARD
CALLED OUT
BROWNSVILLE, Aug. 1. (/P) —
Guardsmen with fixed bayonets
moved out to camp and ibegau
patrolling .the highways and the
town entrances in the coal strike
region. There has been no vio
lence since the militia arrived, but
the strike threatened to spread to
other mines. _
COAL STRIKE SPREADING
. i BROWNSVILLE. Pa.. Aug. 1,\
(/P)—The soft coal field strike is
^ijowSng Readily. Twenty., thou
sand joined .the Movement and the
spread to more mines is threat
ened, While ‘the governor moved
to effect peace, the fields are pat
rolled by militia.
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KIDNAPPERS STILL ACTIVE
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UNDATED, Aug. 1, (/P)—A fus
illade of shots riddled the Denver
home of W. B. Ellsworth, whose
wife supplied the police with In
formation leading to the arrest
for kidnapping of Charles Boett
cher. Verne San key is sought as
the ringleader of the St. .Paul
abduction gang.
David Kahan, once wealthy real
estate dealer in Brooklyn, Is miss
ing. His relatives believe that he
is held by kidnappers, who do not
known that he is no longer well
4o do. A survey showed that bIx
States have Increased the penalty
lor kidnapping to death since the
abduction wave started over the
I country.
J ltS< HKL RELEASE!)
nv kff>nafm*krk
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 1. {/P)
—-Urschel, the kidnapped oil m i 1
llionaire, came home unharmed a ,
midnight ending a nine day hos -
!a,ge in , t he .hands .of hist--" abduct
jors, whose swarthy machine gun
linen rushed him Hour a iiridge
i .
j game .in his mansion on July 22nd..
| He went to lied in, good liealtli
j but very tired, H<- made no state
I ment as-to the manner of the neg
otiations, the place of release, or
11he amount paid.
L.W'HHI STARTH
NEW MEASUREj
AHMEUAHAD. Aug. 1, (Jp-)
I With the dissolution of his college |
devotees at Sabarmati today,'Uan
dhi embarks on a now civil dis
!obedience movement in which inr
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dividual acts supplant the mass
campaign for independence. Thir
ty! two meniibers of . the .seminary
lliegan to march ;o Uasvillage to
participate in " the movement. Am
ong them was Mrs. Canrihi and fif
teen other women.
AUTHORITIES FOItSTALL
GANDHI
—
AM EDA.UAIJ. Aug. 1 (A1)—Civil
jauthoritie^,* forstalling the inten
sion of Gandhi to lead the march
of his followers inaugurating t lie
new disobedience movement, early
today -arrested the aged leader, i
ihis wife, secretary and thirty two
of his followers from his ashram
or college of devotees at Sabar
mati. The arresis were made at
the home of Mahatma's host, Seth
Ranchooddass, a wealthy mill own
er.
STEAMER AGROUND :_,
NEAR RltOOK FIELD
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SEATTLE, Aug. , 1. (/P)—The
steamer Hanley is aground near |
Brooktileld, Washingjton, fiPteea
miles up the Columbia river from
Astoria. At 3:^2 a.m. she called
for immediate assistance. The cut
ter Redwing is going to her aid
and is due on the scene at S a.m.
this morning.
BIG FIRE IN BELLING1IA >1
BELLINGHAM, July 2ft. t/pi—
Fire Thursday nighlt threatened
the plant of the Pacific American
Fisheries, and destroyed a block
long of warehouses and commisar
ies, causing a damage, estimaited
bv the company, of fifty thousand,
('hief Bert Sybrant. and a group
of firemen narrowly escaped being
trapped in the flames of a ware
house
GREETS YAIPVILLE
SINGER WITH EGGS
HOLLYWOOD, July 29. (/P).
Jane Thomas uncontrolled impulse
to heave eggs at the ample target
afforded hv the ponderous frame
of David L. Hutton. Jr., on the
vaudvtlle stage, cost' her * twenty-,
five dollars Friday in the Muni
cipal Court. Miss Thomas greet
ed the former Angeles. .Temp}*}
singer with a. barrage of eggs,
‘Thursday night, , whep he mad his
Hollywood' debut. She said she
scored thre'i hits out of five shots.
AIRPLANE news
Pilot Chester Brown of the >}AT
took off this looming for Peering.
He had as passenger^ Keith Rob
erts, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Keenan
and Deputy Marshal Cremer, who
went north to be present at the
sale of the Cordovado mining prop
erty which takes place tomorrow.
Pilot Brown returned to Nome
from Peering shortly after 2 p.m.
today and is making another trip
this afternoon to Golovin with
Mrs. Minnie Fagerstrom.
She (tearfully): "You said (that
if I’d marry you you’d be humble
and grateful.”
He: "Well, what of it?”
iShe: "You’re not. You grumble
and you’re hatefml.”
w cJnesday
("Krom lNugK«t Daily Bulletin )
( II.VIKIMS KK.UD IN
CUriSKI’ lUPDI.VCi
WASHINGTON, Aug; 2, .(#»)
Rejection of all bids received last
Wednesday by thy Navy Dejiart
.ineiit for Hie construction of a
dumber of cruisers, was- urg'd
Tuesday night by Chairman Tram
vyell of the Senate Nav.al Commit
tee in a letter, to Itoos'bvelt, charg
ing that the bidders had been in
formed and knew in advance wlm
each offer would 'be and they de
cided t0 split the surplus. Tran
well named the following bidders:
Bethlehem Shipbuilding.. Corpora
tion. New York Shipbuilding Com
pany, New Port News Shipbuild
ing and Drydock Company and
Cnitctl Drydock. Inc
Kl> I: Ml*L0YMEXT ( AM l’AIG X
APPARENTLY SITVESS ]
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WASHINGTON. July 29.
Tlic rush of merchants—and busi
nessmen to get the blue eagle of
tlie National Recovery Association i
posted in their windows, stimulat
ed to more vigorous efforts the'
men who are Working for the sue- |
cess of Roosevelt's re-em'ployment
campaign^ Tliousa’ids “ltrf 'tele
grams pledging support are reciev
ed every hour. To the post offices
throughout the country., merchants
arc rushing in to file certificates
showing that tihey have put the
agreements into effect.
RECOVERY ACT CAMIMIG V'IaN
WASHINGTON. Aug 2. (/Pi
Country wide mobilization is shap
ing up to throw the force of pub
lic opinion into the National Re
covery Act re-employment " cam
paign. as city after city blossomed
out with blue eagle posters at
testing compliance of merchants
and business houses with higher
wages -anti— shorter week terms of
iRoos«A.A ‘s volanlaiy agreement.
Recovery officials looked for ac
ceptances from six hundred lead
ing citizens invited by telegrams
last night to form state and re
gional recovery hoards.
HOTEL BLOWN I P
BRIAN. Zechosfovakia. July 31,
l(/P)——Ail explosion of undetermin
ed origin blew out the front of
the four story hotel, • Eiiropa. bury
ing scores oT guests in the ruins.
Three 'bodies were taken from the
ruins and twenty-two are in the
hospitals. Thirty missing arc be
lieved to- he dead. Th'e blast rock
ed the whole <“ity. The flames
from the explosion shot* two hun
dred feet in the air.
FORMER V. S. ATTORNEY
KILLED
NEW YORK. Aug. 1. (Ah What
motive led Karl Courl'O'ndt S< buy
At'
ler, former IT, S.. attorney of' Col
orado to veil his identity for-eleveu
days as he lay dying as a result
of Injuries received by ah an to
accident, remained * undetermined.
He' Vivas .forty 'six years of age and
a 'lawyer, 'businessman and leading
figure in Denver for years The
auto knocked him down in Cen
tral Park July 17th., He entered
tohe hospital under the , nanu of
James Evans.
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NOLAX GIVEN
GEOLOGICAL AWARD
WASHINGTON. July 29. (/Pi—
The International Geological Con
gress announced that the Spendia
roff Award for outstanding work
in Geology was given this year to
Thomas R. Nolan of the United
States Geological Survey. Nolan
worked out methods determining
where to look in favorable places
for gold and silver deposits on
the basis of geological formations.
RUSSIAN RISHOl*
TURNS CATHOLIC
SEATTLE, Aug. 1, Return
ing to the church from which Gs
nation broke away nine hundred
years ago, the Most Reverend Via
dimir Alexanderofsky '.of fleatt'e,
archbishop of the Russian Orthodox
ek Catholic Church, niadt ni3
>•.i-mission to Rome. He is now
bishop elect of the Catholic
('ha" ’i, in charge of the Catholic
K u , ii .Mission. His reception is
t hi ;i s of fourteen other Russian
tirt-iuajox. preists who ?askedl_ recep
tion.
Catholic authorities 1n Seattle
said th.it- the Russian bishop /whs
venerated throughout Russia. He
kjiin\ Hen Hi before the Reyolutjryij
anil befriytitled him. „ » :
<iO ItKTWKKN IN OCKTOnV
'AHIHVNV. Aug. 1. (TP) -Mantiey
Streiwl, who affected the release of
O'Connell, was taken into cus
tody for (juestionrrfg in connection
with his part in the negotiations
between O'Connell’s family and the
kidnapped. He handled the, forty
tlLousaiid that was paid for O’Con
ttyll's release. 4
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m u.dim; on the increase
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SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 2. (/P)— ,
Pacific Coast builders in ten of- thg
largest cities more than d.uphlod
the rate of the proceeding year in
the past seven months.
Mil.I.ION NEW JOHN POSSIBLE
' WASH r.XETON, Aug. 1. f/lb A
Million new jobs, scattered hru
otigh the retail shops, big and
small, all over the country, was
held possible because Johnson or
dered into immediate effect the
reducing and the wage raising ag
reement s^u-esented 'by the na‘ion’3
shop keepers.
VOTED EPISCOPALIAN
BISHOP DEAD
j ,y ' , ■■ ....—- ._ v - ' •
-CA.VIP RE MIN ETON, Black Hills,
South Dakota, Aug. 2, (/P)—Bish
op Hugh Burleson, aged sixty-eight
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
formerly Bishop of South Dakota,
and lately on . the staff of the Pre
siding bishops of the church I died
liere.
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surrounding district which the
paper would .like to know abon
and print in this column. Send
them in by telephone, by mail, or
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