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Volume 36. Number 124. NOME, ALASKA, SAT URDAY, MAY 25, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
Wealthy Timber Man’s Son Kidnaped
PRESIDENT TAKES STAND ON BONUS PAYMENT
Judge E. Coke Hill Resigns—Harry Pratt Is Mentioned
Appropriation Bill
For Navy To Go
To President Soon
Naval Appropriation Bill May
Be sent To President In
Side of Next few Days
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 25 — The
largest peacetime naval appropria
tion in the history of the United
States, totalling almost half a bil
lion dollars and including funds to
start the construction of twenty-four
new ships, and build 555 new planes
will probably be sent to the White
House within the next few days. It
war. 'pproved by *l . yester
day. The senators*included ship
building which had been trimmed
previously by the house, and thus
the measure goes to the committee
of conferees..
Introduces Bill To
Abolish Fish Traps
In Alaskan Waters
Salmon Fishing Be Restrict
ed Alaskans It' Dimond
Bill Passes Congress
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 25, — Sal
mon fishing in Alaskan waters will
be restricted ito residents of the Ter
ritory only, if the bill introduced
by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond be
comes a law.
The biill provides for the elimina
tion of fish traps in Alaskan wat
ers and 'that Alaskans be given the
sole privilege of fishing salmon on
Territorial banks.
Disposses Mr. And
Mrs. Andrew Bahr
Of Apart. Houses
Superior Judge J. T. Ronald
Issues Writ Dispossessing
Mr and Mrs. A. Bahr
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE May 25 — Superior
Judge J. T. Ronald signed a writ of
assistance today directing the sher
iff to dispossess Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Bahr of their two apartment hous
es. The state supreme court refus
ed to prohibit the writ after the
sheriff’s foreclosure sale to the life
insurance company. The apartments
represented the life savings of the
noted reindeer herder
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SON OF TIMBER MAN IS
KIDNAPED TACOMA ON
FRIDAY NO WORD YET
Son Of Wealthy Timber Man In Tacoma
Kidnaped While Enroute Home From
School For Lunch At Noon Time
(By The Associated Press')
TACOMA, May 25—A widespread search is underway
today for nine-year old George Weyerhaeuser, son of John
Philip Weyerhaeuser Jr., wealthy timberman, who disap
peared mysteriously Friday, enroute home from school for
his lunch.
After hours of frantic worry by friends and relatives,
Charles Ingram, assistant manager of the Weyerhaeuser
Timber Company, late last night revealed that the boy was
missing. He refused to comment on the report that the
family had received a ransom note Friday night.
The boy was the grandson of the late John Philip Wey
erhaeuser Senior, nationally known timberman, who died
May 16th. The last ones reported to have seen the boy was,
the schoolboy patrol at the Lowell School, as he walked to
ward his home only a few blocks away. When he didn't
arrive at home, which is one of the state’s residential show
places, friends and school-mates aided police in a futile |
search for him, around the neighborhood, the hunt extend
ing to the outskirts of the city, toward evening.
The Weyerhaeuser family came west from St. Paul in
1914, but have been active in the lumber and timber indus
try since the start of the century. George’s father was the
vice-president of the company which has holdings in Canada
and well into Oregon. Another son of the late founder of
the dynasty, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, lives in St. Paul..
That branch of the family is active in timber and pulp mills
in addition to banking, in that section
The missing child was born at Lewiston, Idaho. He
was described by Ingram as having dark eyes, dark curly!
hair, long trousers, a sweat shirt and tennis shoes on, whom
he left school. George was to have called at the Annie |
Wright Seminary about five blocks away, and go home with
his sister Anne, aged thirteen. He never arrived at the:
seminary and his sister went home after waiting some time
without his showing up. The family didn’t become alarm
(Continued on Page Two)
Little Wins The
British Amateur
Golf Supremacy
American Wins British Ama
teur Championship Is the
First American to Win
(By The Associated Press)
STANNES ON THE SEA. May 25
— Standing off a great closing chal
lenge by Dr. William Tweddell, the
American, Little captured the Brit
ish amateur golf championship, one
up in the thirty six-hole final match
held today, and thus became the first
American and the third man to win
the title in two successive years.
Little led his medico opponent
three up at the half way mark and
then was seized with a bad attack
of the jitters, while his rival shot
steady golf and the advantage was
wiped out on the thirtieth hole.
Little regained his poise sufficient
ly to win two of the next three
holes. They marched to the thirty
fifth and the Briton lopped one hole
off his deficit as he almost holed
out from a trap for a birdie three,
but won with a four as Little rapped
his second shot into a swarm of spec- 1
tators and into the rough, and could
only make a five.
Little then won the 36th hole.
FOUND—A key ring with keys on
it. Owner may have same by iden
tifying and paying for this adver
tisement. ,
Judge E. Coke
Hill Resign From
c
Fourth Division
Judge Hill Resigns As Judge
Of The Fourth Division
Harry Pratt Mentioned
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, May 25. — Judge
F. Coke Hill of the Fourth Division,
with headquarters at Fairbanks, sent
in his resignation Friday to Wash
ington, D. C.
Judge Hill is a hold-over Repub
bran. It is rumored here that Harry
Pratt, attorney for the Fairbanks
Exploration Company, may be ap
pointed judge,
—
PRATT RECOMMENDED
_
| WASHINGTON, May 25—Dele
1 gate Dimond said that Harry Pratt,
attorney for the Fairbanks Explora
tion Company, was reommended to
succeed Judge E. Coke Hill of the
Fourth Division, who resigned yes
terday. Pratt was recommended by
Dimond and the Democratic Organi
zation of the territory two years ago
but no action was taken by the Jus
tice Department until Hill's resigna
tion was received.
Dimond said he understood that
a successor to Judge Hill will be
named in u few days, and that Att
Pratt if said to be under considera
tion by the Justice Department for
the vacancy post.
Agrees To Settle
Ethiopian Dispute
By The 25th Aug.
Great Britain and Franee For
ce Italy to Arbitrate Ethio
pian Dispute Soon
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, May 25, — Italy capitu
lated Friday night before the tena
cious pressure of Great Britain and
France, and agreed to a compromise
proposal toward a settlement of the
Italio-Ethiopian dispute.
The League of Nations council ad
opted two resolutions to arrange for
arbitration of 'the dispute unless the
incidents between the two nations
have been settled by August 25th.
At that time, if need be, the coun
cil will be convoked in special ses
sion to deal with the situation.
Benito Mussolini gave a last min
ute sanction to the resolutions which
also included reference to the stand
ing Italio Ethiopian treaty prohibit
ing recourse to armed force.
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PRESIDENT MAY BE IN
MIX IP OVER STAND ON
CASH BONUS PAYMENT
President States Will Veto Any Hill With
Rider On It For Cash Payment Of The
Bonus—Even The Most Important
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 25—Administration leaders are
fearful that President Roosevelt has invited trouble for his
legislation program by saying that he would veto any meas
ure to which a cash bonus rider was attached.
With this flat declaration, the president’s advisors are
apprehensive that opponents of some of the administration’s
bills will join forces with the bonus bloc, to attack this pay
ment rider.
Roosevelt said he would veto even the most vita! ad
ministration bill if it is sent to him with a cash bonus rider.
His comment came at a time when the bonus forces are al
ready planning a move of that kind.
Will Inspect Many
Barracks In Ninth
dorps Area Soon
Will Make Inspection Trip To
Chilkoot Barracks Alaska
Says Area Commander
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA. May 25,Major General
Paul B. Malone, Commanding the
Ninth Corps Area, paid a brief vis
it to Fort Lewis Friday. He plans
to return May 31st on a general in
spection trip, later leaving for Chil
knot Barrack, Alaska for an inspec
tion.
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 25 — Army
orders Friday assigned Captain Far
rin A. Hillard to Chilkoot Barracks
from the Presidio at San Francisco.
NRA Has Three
Weeks If Congress
Does Not Agree
NRA Men Planning Jam Leg
islation Through For Ex
tension for Two Years
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON May 25 — Rac
ing against time to prevent the NRA
from passing out of legal existence
three weeks hence, the keymen of
the Administration forces in the
house put their heads together and
are planning an effort to jam the
1
Green in Support
Roosevelt Issues
Labor Statement
Green Backs Up Wagner La
bor Relations Bill In A
Speech In New York
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 24, — Green
called the Wagner Bill the "Mag
na Carta of Labor”. The assem
blage before which Green spoke ap
proved resolutions demanding the
passage of the Black-Conncry thirty
hour week bill.
Green voiced his full support of
President Roosevelt at ‘he same time
assailing Herbert Hoover. He call
ed him a “discredited leader ”
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers declared “that
there can be no doubt in the minds
of any reasonable observer that the
real forces which brought about the
movement for only nine and one
half months extension of the NRA,
were primarily concerned with its
destruction. They are opposed to
genuine collective bargaining and
industrial democracy.”
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extension of the bill through that
chamber.
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
wenft on record as sympathizing with
the principles of the Wagner Labor
Relations Bill, the measure which its
backers are pushing complimentary
to the NRA’s colletive bargaining
provisions.