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VOLUME 35~ No. 141. _ NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1934 ,1,1,11, win Per Copy: 10 Cents.
Huns, Slavs, Serbs All Ready To Fight
500 ARRESTED IN NARCOTIC RAIDS SUNDAY
Search On For Escaped Convict And Kidnapped Man
BALKAN STATES ARE
NOW MIXED TURMOIL
INSULTS TO CITIZENS
(By The Associated Press)
MARIBOR, Yugoslavia, Dec. 10—Travelers from the
border said that the Hungarians were arming citizens along
the frontier. Yugoslavas portrayed tremendous prepara
tions to resist the invasion of Hungarian troops, who for
some time have been concentrated near the frontier. Trav
elers said that the arming of civilians was an additional pre
caution.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 10—Very much alarmed, the cabinet
met in a special session to studv the^ critical state of the
Yugoslavia and Hungarian relations. * Reports are being
received that the populace is becoming aggravated, as news
reached here that Hungarian refugees were being mistreat
ed by Yugoslavian officials.
SZEGED, Hungary, (Copyright) Dec. 10—After inter
mittent forays across the frontier into Hungary, Serbian
troops attached to the Yugoslavian army retired temporar
ily, relieving the highly dangerous situation, as opposing
forces remain only a short distance from the frontier.
However, their presence is a source of great anxiety to
Hungarian officials. A Hungarian news agency said that an
organization of armed men made midnight raids on evacuat
ed Hungarian homes in Yugoslavia, carrying off valuables.
A Serbian detachment entered the country only three
miles from here and challenged the Hungarian border force
to fight. Only strong disciplinary action by Hungarian of
—^ fleers prevented a battle. The situation is tense. Among
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WILL ADVOCATE BASES
FOR AIRCRAFT ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Forward strides in the de
velopment of the Pacific Northwest wiU be urged by Con
gressional members from that area during the coming ses
sion of Congress and before the President. l
No accurate figures of the prospective development are
available but it is estimated that they will ask for a half
billion dollars for major projects including the enlargment
of Grand Coulee Dam, flood and erosion control on PUget
Sound, control and navigation on the Columbia River, and
power development on the Willamette in Oregon; the open
ing of Snake River for navigation, additions to the Puget
Sound navy yard.
The establishment of major army air corps bases in Al
aska and the construction of at least the Alaska portion of
the proposed International Highway from Seattle to Fair
banks via British Columbia and Yukon Territory, will also
be advocated.
The installation of radio beacons and direction finders
along the North Pacific coast from Seattle to Alaska and
through Canadian territory to aid aerial navigation, will
also be a big point.
Engineers estimated that the Alaska portion of the
highway will cost around two million dollars, and the estab
lishment of air bases in Alaska about ten million dollars,
exclusive of fiying equipment.
Congressmen said they believed that a program calling
for the construction of extensive military defenses along the
Washington, Oregon coast, Aleutian Islands and the main
land of Alaska, would be placed before Congress.
SAM GAYLORD
DIES BATH TUB
HOTEL YAKIMA
(By The Associated Press)
YAKIMA, Dec. 10 —Sam M. Gay
lord, about sixty years old, well
known Nome and Seattle mining
man, was found dead in a tub of
water in his bathroom in the Donn
elly Hotel here, when attendants
went to arouse him. The coroner is
to perform a postmortem to deter
mine whether he died of fractured
skull or was drowned.
He came here last night with C.
W. Pepiow of Seattle and made an
appointment to see some people to
day. He to Tfeep hl^appourt
ment and did not respond to tele
phone calls. Noting a light in his
room, attendants entered and found
the body in the tub.
Sam Gaylord was in Nome last
summer and went out on the last
boats from here. He has been min
ing in the Casa de Paga section
north of Solomon for the past thirty
years. It was noticed last summer
that he was apparently not in good
health, but his death at this time!
comes as a shock. Further partic
ulars as to his burial and funeral
will probably be announced at a
later date.
POST MAKES 2nd
HOP ALTITUDE
RECORD— SAFE
(By The Associated Press)
BARTLESVILLE, Dec. 10—Wiley
Post made a second hop into the
stratosphere"in his remodeled mon
oplane, “Winnie Mae.” He landed!
here with thp, belief that he had set
a new altitude record of around
5$,000 feet. He was in the air for
'two hours and twenty-six minutes.
The present record of 47,352.2 feet
is held by Lieutenant Renator Don
ati, of Italy. Post’s barographs will
be sent to Washington for calibra
tion. /
TOKYO TURNS
DEAF EAR ON U.
S. STATEMENT
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Dec. 10 — Officials of
Japan turned a deaf ear to Ameri
ca’a warning yesterday by Ambassa
dor Davis at London, that a costly
naval race would follow the abroga
tion of the Washington Naval
Treaty. .
In answer naval propagandists
were quoted as accusing the United ]
States of desiring to expand its na- <
val strength “for the subjugation of '
the world.” 1
NARCOTIC RAIDS OVER
UNITED STATES RESULT
NEARLY 500 ARRESTED
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—During the night narcotic
arrests all over the country approached the five hundred
mark, with raids being climaxed by the seizure of fifty thou
sand dollars worth of Japanese morphine from the liner
President Jackson at Seattle.
Collector of Customs Saul Haas reported that the mor
phine was done up in one pound packages and concealed be
hind the paneling in the bathrooms, on the liner. The
smugglers planned to send it ashore by light rope from the
port holeife before the ship'sailed for the Orient. v
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The government smashed a
heavy fist down upon the country’s dope peddlers and ad
dicts, and promised further blows in a concentrated nation
wide drive against illicit narcotics.
Federal Narcotics Agents in every major city executed
a series of swift raids upon dens and dealers. More than
four hundred were arrested, and the number is still grow
ing. Thousands of dollars worth of narcotics were seized.
Scores of automobiles used by the purveyors were also con
fiscated.
Harry Anslinger, Narcotics Commissioner said that it
was a good day’s work, but “we hope that we will do even
better next time. Of course it is too much to say we have
broken down the drug industry, but we certainly put a big
crimp in it.”
SEARCH FOR ESCAPED
CONVICT UNDER WAY
ALSO MAN KIDNAPPED
(By The Associated Press)
ELLENSBURG, Dec. 10 — Central Washington is be
ing scoured for the escaped Martin Hogan and his accom
plice, whose name is not known. Hogan aged, twenty
three, was convicted of a hold-up and assault. He is now
wanted for the shooting and slightly wounding of Thos.
Stoves, Cleelum druggist. Clarence Freeman, theater man
ager was kidnapped by the men and is also being searched
for, following the sensational jail break of Hogan, yesterday.
Deputy sheriff Gus Lindeman, night jailer, was retir
ing when a man knocked on the door and entered on a ruse
that he needed treatment for an injured hand. He produced
a pistol and ordered Lindeman to release Hogan, which was
done. .
Lindeman was then locked in Hogan’s cell. The two
men then rushed away and coming upon Freeman ordered
him to drive them away.
WINS THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE FOR
WORK ON L of N.
(By The Associated Press)
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 — Arthur
ienderson, President of the League
tf Nations Disarmament Conference
vill be awarded the Nobel Peace
jrize Monday, it was learned.
Council Meets Tonite
The City Council will meet in reg
ular session at 8 p.m. this evening
to take up matters of civic business.
CARD PARTY SATURDAY
The Catholic Ladies will give a
Card Party Saturday, December
15th, at 9 p.m. Refreshments will
be served. St. Joseph’s Hall, Sted
m»» avenue, place formerly used by
John Liehtenberg after Are,
i
ROOSEVELT IS IN
FINE HEALTH AS
HE WORKS NOW
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Glowing
with good health, President Roose
velt worked today on a unified re
covery effort, and informed sources
! say he may ask Congress for the ap
| propriation of at least four billion
dollars on a program of two distinc
tive features; to provide work for
millions now drawing direct relief
funds and the government’s desire
| to coordinate spending into one
. broad program in which the money
I spent will serve not only to relieve
[ present needs, but advance Rooee
] velt’s long term plans for more ab
1 undant life.
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WINTER HITS <
EAST COAST AS
MERCURY LOW
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Dec. 10—Winter spread
I in a cloak of icy temperatures and
j snow over eastern United States.
In mid-Atlantic a Japanese freight
er the “Victoria Maru," floundered
helplessly after its bridge had been
torn away, and the captain and chief
\
officer had been killed and the third
officer missing, due to winter
storms.
Other liners are also behind sche
dules. The cold wave spread rap
idly into Florida today.
(By. The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Dec. 10 — Wintery
blasts left at least fifteen deaths in
their wake and appeared to be mod
erating with rising temperatures to
day. Storms pushed over the north
ern states from the Rockies to the
middle west, and finally enveloped
the East. Before moderate relief
came, the thermometer was as low
as twenty-four degrees at Rochester,
Minn., ten below in upper New York
fourteen below in Illinois. There
were seven dead in Michigan, three
in Washington, where a state bus
accident took one life due to wea
ther, one in Illinois, two in Iowa, and
two in Wisconsin.
SEARCH BEING
DROPPED FOR
PACIFIC FLIERS
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Dec. 10 — Hope dimm
ed that Ulm and his companions
would be found alive. The Navy
abandoned their search for him and
the Army is to decide today whe
ther its planes are to continue the
hunt.