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VOL. 36. No. 289. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Trial Of Slayer Bremerton Massacre Is Now On
Silver Market
Great Britain
Suffers Collap se
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 11th—The
London silver market whi
ch suffered a collapse yes
terday, was still stalemated
today. One democratic U.
S. senator hinted that Bri
tish financiers were trying
to halt America’s silver
buying policy.
No price of silver has
been fixed in the London
market today—the third
successive day on which
prices went unannounced.
Brokers are awaiting fur
ther information from Am
erican government officials.
In Shanghai, the Chinese
bankers awaited apprehen
sively, indications of the
future course of the United
States silver policy. Anxie
ty was expressed for Chi
na’s new monetary prog
ram if the silver price con
tinues to drop.
The U. S. Treasury pass
ed the word along for the
carrying out of the silver
purchase policy laid down
by congress. Senator Key
Pittman of Nevada, said,
“economic and financial
control in Great Britain is
violently opposed to the
United States silver policy.’
Gen. H. H. Arnold
Says Los Angeles
Could Be Bombed
(By The Associated Press)
March Field, Calif., Dec.
11—General H. H. Arnold,
commanding general of the
Headquarters of the First
Wing of the U.S. Army Air
Corps, said today that 24
well placed bombs could
turn Los Angeles into a
city of dead, while modern
bombing planes could drive
out the population with ap
palling loss of life and pro
perty by centering its at
tack on the key utilities of
the area.
He urged new air bases
for Alaska and the Pacific
Northwest, in a statement
issued on his behalf, during
his absence in Miami,
where he is directing air
manuevers in that section.
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SELASSIE CANNOT ACCEPT
PEACE PROPOSALS: WOULD
ENDANGER HIS THRONE
Emperor Ethiopia Afraid Tribesman
Would Revolt If Lost N. Tigre
Selassie Cannot
Accept Proposal
For Peace Africa
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 11th—The
program designed by Bri
tain and France for peace
in Africa, encountered an
other early obstacle from
an unexpected source, Eth
iopian ''Officials asserting
that EmperorHaile Selassie
would lose his throne if he
dared accept the proposal
as outlined at present.
Addis Ababa authorities
said that Northern Tigre
Max Schmclling
To Fight Louis
New York, June
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Dec. 11—Max
Schmelling. German heavy
weight, today signed up to
meet Joe Louis, the Chica
go black whirlwind, in a
fifteen round bout at the
Yankee Stadium next June
in connection with Mrs.
Randolph Hearst’s Milk
Fund, after the State Box
ing Commission said that
he could not fight Cham
pion Jimmy Braddock for
the title until he had dis-;
posed of Louis.
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Airport Tidbits
—
Pilot Brown of the NAT,
imade a flight to Mary’s Ig
loo today and reports that;
a baby boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Burhker there
this morning.
Pilot Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service, is scheduled to
return to Nome tomorrow,
adverse weather having
j prevented his return flight
today.
province must be kept by
Ethiopia lest the native
chieftains rise in revolt on
the grounds that they could
have defended the province
successfully.
London and Paris are pre
pared to seek the postpone
ment of the League meet
ing scheduled for tomor
row which is to consider ad
ditional penalties.
As a final gesture they
intended to ask the League
Committee of five to take
over the negotiations and
carry them through to com
pletion. No official hint of
Mussolini’s reaction has
been heard from Rome, al
though Paris sources assert
ed he looked upon the pro
gram with favor. Fascists
anticipated further military
advances to strengthen Ita
ly’s diplomatic dealings.
Ferryboat Strike
Ended; Service to
Begin At Once
(By The Associated Press)
Olympia, Dec. 11—Ferry
line operators and striking
employees signed an agree
ment in the Governor’s of
fice today,resuming service
immediately, along routes
which have been suffering
a strike for the past three
weeks.
The governor is to name
three citizens, within the
next five days, as an arbi
tration board to complete
its findings and make an
award to become effective
January twentieth and ex
tend to next October 1st.
NOTICE
The Common Council sit
ting as a Board of Equaliz
ation will meet on Dec. 13,
17, 18th, 1935, at 7 P. M.
Nome Common Council
by M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk.
‘Publish 11,12, 14, 16. 1935.
President Cuba
Resigns In Face
Of Ultimatum
(By The Associated Press)
Havana, Dec. 11—Presi
dent Carlos Mendieta re
signed today as the upshot
of a political quarrel over
the election procedure.
The cabinet, at a post
midnight session accepted
his resignation, and Jose
Burnet, Secretary of State,
took the presidency and re
appointed the same cabinet
Earlier fourteen armed
men were reported to have
wrecked radio station CMQ
and Mendieta cancelled his
schedules for a broadcast to
the United States, via an
other station. His resigna
tion followed an ultimatum
from the powerful Meno
calista Party.
Can't Pay School
Teachers; Mayor
Resigns His Post
(By Tne Associated Press)
Mulberry, Kansas, Dec.
11—Mayor G. H. Gilbert
and councilman John Gau
nce resigned this morning
and seven other council
men threatened to do so,
after a strike of 6 hundred
students protesting the non
payment of teachers’ salar
ies.
The council previously re
jected the proposal to pay
the school board two thous
and dollars for an abandon
ed building, to furnish the
needed funds.
Riot Squads Are
To Prevent Any
Further Rioting
(By The Associated Press)
Peiping, Dec. 11th—Riot
squads armed with swords
and pistols were stationed
at the entrances to univer
sities in the Peing area to
prevent any new student
outbreaks or clashes, as a
result of Monday’s demon
trations by six thousand
students against the North
China autonomy.
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MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER
NOME RESIDENT IS UNDER
WAY PORT ORCHARD WN.
Jury includes Four Women And Ei"ht
Men To Try Leo Hall For Murders
jury Obtained
Leo I la? i Case
Port Orchard
(By The Associated Press)
Port Orchard, Dec. 11—
A jury of four women and
eight men was completed
today for the Erland Point
massacre trial, after Spec
ial Prosecutor Ray Green
wood accused Gus Hall, a
brother of the defendant,
Leo Hall,with “threatening
| state’s witnesses,” and de
manded his removal from
the room. Judge H. G. Sut
ton allowed him to remain.
Prospective juror D. M.
Deal, a Bremerton electric
ian, collapsed during the
proceedings incident to the
obtaining of a jury, which
caused a short recess. Deal
was excused on account of
illness.
Mrs. Peey Peterson Pau
los, Leo Hall’s co-defend
ant, hid her face in her
hands when Greenwood
described the murder scene
Anti-Saloon Leag.
Begins Crusade to
Briiij* Prohibition
(By The Associated Press!
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 10—
Launching a “new crusade’
for prohibition, the Anti
Saloon League of America,
in session in St. Louis, call
ed upon President Roose
velt today to abolish the
use of intoxicating liquor
at all White House and oth
er public functions, and, as
the leader of the movement
to repeal the Eighteenth
Amendment, which move
ment promised that saloons
would not return, “to con
demn publically and em
phatically the violation of
this pledge.’
The resolution was adopt
;ed without comment.
to the jury, following its
organization and oath.
Editor’s Note follows:—■
While not definitely es
tablished at this time, Leo
Hall is believed to be the
person known as Bob Hall
who lived in Nome for sev
eral years. It is unknown
whether there are three
Hall brothers, but pictures
received in Nome, clipp
ings of outside papers, bear
a striking resemblance, in
dicating that Leo Hall is
probably the Bob Hall that
is known by many Nome
ites.
His brother Gus Hall, is
also known in Nome, hav
ing lived here for some
time himself.
Charge is Made
Against Wall St.
Trader Meehan
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 11th—
Charges of criminal manip
ulation in Bellanca Aircrat
Corporation stock prices,
were directed this evening
against Michael J. Meehan,
veteran Wall Street trader,
by John J. Burns, Chief
Counsel of the Securities
Commission, at t ie open
ing of commission hearings
to determine whether Mee
han should be expelled or
suspended from the stock
exchanges. Burns charged
that the creation of an ar
tificial stock price was for
the purpose of unloading.
Arguments On Act
c
Postponed Today
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 11th—
Further Supreme Court ar
ulation in Bellanca Aircraft
Cotton Control Act, were
suspended this afternoop
because of the illness of
Justice Reed.
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