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VOLUME 35 No. 146. NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1934. ’ $_._^ Per Copy: 10 Cents.
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Bandits Kill Parents, Baby Deserted
District Attorney Fitts Indicted By L. A. Grand Jury
GRAND JURY PASSES
INDICTMENT AGAINST
BURRON FITTS EX-DA
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(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 — The Los Angeles County
Grand Jury, Friday night returned an accusation against
District Attorney Burron Fitts, containing twenty-one
charges of misconduct in office and asking for his removal.
Eleven of the seventeen grand jurors voted for the accusa
ation against Fitts.
His sister, Mrs. Bertha Gregory, who was also his sec
retary, was previously indicted on perjury charges in con
nection with the statements she made during the investiga
tion of Fitts office in 1933.
The Grand Jury accusation against Fitts, contained
seven specification, including the statement that Fitts
sought to balk the prosecution of his brother-in-law George
Gregory, former President of the California Reserve Cor
poration, who was recently indicted allegedly for defraud
ing the investors.
Fitts in a statement, charged that the accusations were
“politically inspired and illegally returned.”
Raises Price On
Reindeer Meat In
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Nome Own Deer
At a board of directors’ meeting
of the Nome-Douglass Reindeer
Association held Thursday evening,
the prices on newly butchered rein
deer meat killed were raised from
the level at which they were set a
year ago, on all deer killed from
their herds.
The new prices listed are as fol
lows: by the carcass 15 cents per
pound; half carcass 18 cents per
pound, front quarter 15 cents per
pound; hind quarter 20 cents per
pound. It was also learned that
merchants selling this reindeer meat
will market it on the same basis.
At the same meeting an election
of a new board of directors took
place, those being elected for the
next term being as follows:
President Phillip Asaruk, Vice
President James Brandon, Secretary
J. J. Wheeler, Treasurer Norman Lee
and one other Henry Stanley.
Norman Lee was the only one of
the former board who was re-elect
ed. At present approximately three
hundred reindeer are being brought
into the corrals at Fort Davis for
butchering. According to the ar
rangements they should have been
in the corrals this morning, but the
herd was reported to have stamped
ed last night back into the foothills.
Returns To Nome
With NAT Plane
After Visit North
Mrs. B. J. McConaghy was a pass
enger to Nome on yesterday’s air
plane from Candle Mrs. McCon
aghy has been visiting her sister Mrs.
Goodrich at that place and return
ed here with Pilot Brown of the
Northern Air Transport Inc.
BURNING WAX
COMES CLOSE
FIRING TOWN
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(By The Associated Press)
ALMSFORD, N. Y., Dec. 15 — A
fire, sent flowing through the streets
by burning wax, was brought un
der control after it had threatened
the general destruction of this town
of only about four hundred per
sons.
Damage was estimatd at one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. The
fire started in the Old Colonial Hall
housing the wax works. Five build
ings were destroyed and twenty
families driven into the bitter cold.
All escaped injury.
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ilJ.S. REFUSES TO
TALK IF JAPAN
KILLS TREATY
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(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 15 — Last minute
efforts 4>y the Japanese to escape the
single responsibilty for the break
down of the tri-power naval conver
sations, failed Friday night
Admiral Isjroku, the Japanese dele
gate, visited Admiral Wm. H. Stand
rey of the American delegation and
urged that the Americans abandon
their intention of formally terminat
ing the conversations the day that
Japan renounces the 1922 Washing
ton Naval Treaty. This the Ameri
can delegation refused to do, stand
ing firmly on their original decision
to end negotiations. Japan’s renun
ciations of the Treaty are expected
December 20th, and aall discussions
with Japan will cease as far as Am
erica is concerned.
GANG BURGLARS
HOLD UP TOWN
GET ONLY $2,000.
(By The Associated Press)
WILLARD, Ohio, Dec. 15—A gang
of eleven or more burglars shut the
neajptfy village of North Fairfiled,1
having about eight hundred resi-^
dent, off from the outside world, and
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then set off seven charges of high
explosives, bombing the village
bank. They escaped with about two
thousand dollars, after shooting at
one man who appeared on his back
porch They dared the towns people
to stop them. The light and tele
phone wires were cut, while they
worked for nearly three hours in
the bank, trying to get the money.
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Seventeen Men Are j
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Missing Attempts
To Rescue Crew
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LIVERPOOL, Dec. 15 —Seventeen
men perished during attempts to
rescue the crew of the British freight
er Usworth, as wild seas reduced
the ship to a helpless hulk.
TELLER NEWS
Teller, December 10
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
The first “Nuggets” to reach Tell
er since the Nome fire arrived here
December 4th. It seemed like wel
coming back an old friend and many
comments were heard on the fine
appearance of the paper.
Teller is having the kind of winter
you read about but seldom see.
Port Clarence is still wide open and
the snow is fast disappearing. The
only drawback to this otherwise per
feet weather is the fact that most
everyone has already cut, hauled,
and piled all his ice for winter and
this is also fast disappearing.
Miss Ethel Marx of Igloo is spend
ing a few days in Teller.
Mrs. B. Havercamp of Teller Mis
sion spent a couple days in Teller,
coming over on medical duty.
John Muller and Chas. Thompson
made a trip to Nome with freight
for the Lomen Commercial Co.
The Misses Edith Thompson and
Metta Muller drove to Nome for
Thanksgiving. They were disappoint
ed in not being able to see the “Es
kimo” b\it had a very enjoyable
trip.
Miss Adella Vollmers and N. B.
Tweet were the winners of first
prizes at a Bridge Party given
Thanksgiving evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Tweet. Mrs.
N. B. Tweet and John Read won the
consolation prizes!
LOST—One 32x6 truck tire moun
ted on rim. Return to Nohalico and
receive reward.
BANDITS KILL PARENTS
BABY LEFT TO DIE BUT
IS SAFE—WAS RESCUED
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(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 15—Three months old Priscilla Stam,
whose parents were murdered is being taken care of by the
Rev. Geo. Birch, a Canadian Missionary, who said that the
baby’s parents had been slain by bandits, apparently with
the object of embarrassing the Chinese Government in its
relations with the United States. The Stams’ were citizens
of the United States.
The bodies were found abandoned in a battlefield, the
little baby was found crying and hungry, also abandoned.
Chinese people harbored the infant in a rice basket until
they began the long trek to Wuhu. The Chinese mother
nursed the baby along the route. She arrived here beaming
brightly.
Details of the events preceding 4he execution were dis
closed by a letter from Stam to the Mission here. The Stgms
were forced by their captors to walk most of the distance
they were taken after their abduction, carrying their young
daughter.
Stam'implored the outlaws to permit his wife and
child to return to Tsingtes, promising the sacrifice of his
own safety for theirs. His offer was refused. The bandits
took all of his family’s personal and household effects, also
the Mission relief funds which he kept in his home.
First Meeting Of
Tax Board Last
Night 2nd Monday
The Nome City Council, sitting as
a Board of Equalization, met last ev
ening in session for the reading of
the new assessment tax roll.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerk, who is al
so City Assessor, read off tne assess
ments on real and personal pro
perty in the City of Nome. The
Council asked for any comments
from those attending, either as com
plaints or alleged discrepancies
One or two people offered comments
and wished changes made in their
assessed valuations. However, the
council took no action on their com
ments, and the roll stands as was.
Another meeting of the Board of
Equalization is scheduled for Monday
evening at 8 p.m. the time being
set by motion and carried. Mean
while the roll stands in abeyance,
and will not be passed on as com
plete until not later than December
21st, according to the law.
The Council has the privelege of
assessing to 100 percent on both real
and personal taxes. It was learned
that the basis for assessment on
Front Street, in the business dis
trict is governed by a uniform rate,
per foot of frontage, and in addition,
the location is taken into effect in
the assessment on real property.
Further meetings will be held un
til the council is satisfied that the
roll stands fair and impartial and
that all who have legitimate com
plaints to make have had ample op
portunity to appear and state their
cause.
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Community Xmas
Committees Will
Meet Tomorrow
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The Community Christmas Tree
Committee chairmen have been call
ed together again by Chairman
Bloom and will meet at 3 p.m. Sun
day, (tomorrow) in the native
school, to discuss further plans and
arrangements for the staging of the
1934 Christmas Tree celebration.
Meanwhile Chariman Farrell of
the Good Cheer Committee with J.
D. Harlan and Leonard Smith assist
ing him on the committee, are pre
paring for a meeting to be held Mon
day evening, next. They are pre
paring lists among the citizens of
Nome *
Chairman Alvin Polet of the Fin
ance Committee has completed ar
rangements and plans for the financ
ing of the celebration and states tha^<
his committee expects to start arourfd
Monday for the purpose of ac^fting
donations and subscriptions^fo the
Community Xmas Tree Fuira, which
money is used to carry out the var-1
ious phases of the presenting of this'
celebration.
A worthy cause deserves the sup
port of everyone, and the Nome
Community Christmas Tree Celebra
tion is one of the causes which®are
so worthy. The celebration does
much for the public spirit of Nome
and the observance of this function.
The ideal attached to the present
ing of such a program is one which
has been kept alive by all Christ
ian nations down the ages. It has
been Observed in Nome in the form
of a Community Xmas Tree so that
everyone in the city may be given
the opportunity to assist in the ob
servance of Christmas.
The Nome Daily Nugget is prepar
ed to do your Job printing.
AUSTRIA NOW
TROUBLE WITH
THE GERMANS
(By The Associated Press)
VIENNA, Dec. 15 — Austria is con
sidering an immediate representa
tion to Germany concerning the
shooting to death of two members
of the Austrian Frontier Patrol by
alleged “Austrian Legion.”
A German official announcement
said that the patroLJia^ suddenly
been confronted by three men who
opened fire without warning. The
indignity occurred on the border
near Erl. The patrolmen said they
were even unable to remove their
own rifles from their sholder
straps, the shooting was so rapid.
FINLAND ONLY
NATION MAKE
DEBT PAYMENT
(By The Associated Press)
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. 15,
Remarking on their promise to pay
the war debt owing to the U. S., of
ficials stated “It's the only honest
thing to do.” Finland has already
sent its banking connectioA to the
United States with two hundred and
thirty thousand dollars due in mid
December, on its national war debt.
Formal payments will be made to
day.
Making the war debt an issue in
general, Risto Ryti, Governor of the
Bank of Finland, told the Associated
Press:
“It wmuld stimulate confidence if
all nations paid, but I believe that
it has become necessary for America
to make re-adjustments.”
Other nations however, including
England and France will be absent
again with the debt payments. Fin
land’s payment will mean the re
ceipt of about one cent on every
twenty dollars owed.
WAR DEBT DAY
SMALL ONE FOR
UNITED STATES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec 15—Another
War Debt Day brought the United
States only two hundred and twenty
eight thousand, five hundred and
thirty-eight dollars, out of six hun
dred and twenty-nine million doll
ars due or past due from foreign na
tions. Finland was the only nation
to make payment. The total of debts
now owed to the United State is
twelve billion dollars.
COMMITTEE MEETING
All Chairmen of the Community
Xmas Tree Committees are request
ed to meet at 3,p.m. Sunday in the
Native School. All others interest
ed are also invited.
Chairman Bloom
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