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VOL. 37. No. 66. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, March 19, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Germany Condemned By League
FLOOD WATERS THREATEN WASHINGTON
Man Crucified To Cross Sticks By His Story
JOBLESS BRICKLAYER FOUND
BY FRIEND “CRUCIFIED” AND
NAILED TO MAKE SHIFT CROSS
Investigation Reveals He Has Given
Exhibitions As "Human Pincushion”
(By The Associated Press)
Locala, Florida, March
19, —Geo. Timmerman, 39
had nail holes through his
hands and feet as a result
of a “crucifixion” which
Sheriff S. C. Thomas declar
ed to have been faked for
notoriety or sympathy.
The jobless bricklayer
was “found” by his friend
James White yesterday in
a wooded section near here.
Timmerman told a rambl
ing story of being pounced
upon and nailed to a cross.
He stuck to his story, al
though investigators dis
counted his claims.
Reports were issued fol
lowing a probe, which re
vealed that Timmerman
had given exhibitions as a
‘.human pincushion”, all
owing pins, needles and
nails to be punched through
his hands, lips and other
parts of his body.
Police Chief J. H. Spen
cer said: ‘‘He’s faking”.
Timmerman showed no
outward signs of great
pain at the hospital where
he had been taken. He also
had his lips stitched togeth
er. There was little blood
on the make-shift cross. No
bones were broken, and his
hands showed only a little
bleeding from where the
30 penny nails had been
punched through. No charg
es have been placed against
him.
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ARCTIC OC. RADIO BROADCAST
GIVEN IN PAA PLANE AT NOON
: WED. OVER THE NBC NETWORK
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(Continued From Yesterday)
Following is the descrip
tive story of the Arctic Oc
ean flight yesterday com
pleted successfully by the
PAA plane, as told by AP
correspondent Maynard.
“He saw many headlands
sticking out which he re
membered having to sight
by in making hazardous
flights during December
and January of those years
he was making the search.
“After passing the Dio
medes, the plane flew to
ward East Cape, which is
the farthest easterly point
in the Soviet Republic, then
turned north and flew up
the International Date
Line.
On The Air
“At 11 a.m., NBC station
WOEH, the PAA Lockheed
Electra in flight over Ber
ing Straits commenced test
ing with KEI, Pt. Reyes,
California, and received
good returns on signals. As
the hour for the broadcast
neared, however, the sta
tion in California reported
some interference. Prompt
ly at noon, Nome time, Sta
tion WOEH went on the air
over the National Broad
casting Company network
in the United States with
an interview with Joe Cros
son, ace PAA pilot who
told the history of aviation
in Alaska and of vivid ex
periences he went through
as well as those of other
Alaskan pilots and how he
marveled at the progress of
modern radio science in al
lowing radio communica
tion by voice from this
plane in flight to a point
| near San Francisco.
Manager Peck
I “Lyman S. Peck, manager
'of the PAA also took part
in the program, explaining
various angles of the avia
Continued on Page 3
FLOOD MOVES MENACINGLY
INTO W. VIRGINIA AND OHIO
CLAIMING LIVES 71 PERSONS
Potomac River Threatening Capital
Believed Will Rise 20 Feet Tonight
PITTSBURGH WITHOUT ELECTRIC
ITY AM) MAYOR ISSUES ORDERS
AGAINST PROFITEERING
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Mach 19 —The
worst floods in the history
of the eastern section of
the United States, moved
menacingly into western
Virginia and Ohio, claim
ing a reported death toll of
at least 71 persons.
Pestilence, and food and
water shortages greatly in
tensified terror which knew
no bounds throughout the
ravaged sections of the
country where the flood
waters have risen as high
as thirty feet above their
normal flow.
Destitution and misery
are encountered every
where, with thousands
homeless and property dam
age estimated at tens of
millions of dollars.
The Monongahla and Al
legheny rivers are slowly
receding after flooding
many of the smaller towns
along their routes. Pitts
burgh, inundated by the
waters is still isolated by
the Ohio River, which ov
erswept Wellsburg, West
Virginia, last night, caus
ing the deaths of nine per
sons by drowning.
Four were killed in an ex
plosion at Wheeling, West
Va.. where there is seven
feet of water in the main
street.
Flood waters receded
from Johnstown, Pennsyl
vania The Quemahoning
Dam is still intact, al
though the danger of it be
ing overrun and subsequent
ly broken is still acute.
The Connecticut River
broke through dams, wash
ed away bridges and flood
ed towns last night. Bing
hamton is threatened with
a drinking water shortage,
as continued rains are fore
cast.
The Potomac River today
is threatening the capital
of the nation, Washington,
D. C. Officials believed the
river would rise twenty
feet above its normal hei
ght by nightfall. Relief
workers hurriedly piled up
a huge wall of sandbags
along the waterfront, in
frenzied efforts to dam the
flooding waters, in order to
protect the foundations of
the Washington Monument
and the Lincoln Memorial
which are already reflect
ing themselves in pools of
water rear iheir bases.
Nearby federal structur
es, only a quarter of a mile
from the White House and
Capita! Hill are still not in
danger, but the famous
Japanese cherry trees are
directly in the path of the
rising floods.
Army and Navy airplan
es have been moved from
Bolling Field and the Wash
ington Naval Station. The
bridge connecting the cap
ital with the State of Vir
ginia has been definitely
closed and water pipes
have been laid to cross the
bridge.
Numerous Virginia towns
are under water this morn
ing. If the bridge goes out,
rail travel in all directions
will remain uncertain for
some time.
In Pittsburgh the only
illumination is by candle
light, as all electrical pow
er has been cut out, and the
only communication with
the city is by airplane.
Mayor McNair today is
sued orders against profit
eering, after grocery pric
es soared immediately af
ter the city was inundated
by the waters. Rescue
boats plied the streets of
the city, officials of which
have estimated the damage
already done at twenty-five
million dollars.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL
CONDEMNS THE GERMAN
GOVT. AS TREATY BREAKER
Argues Germany’s Action justified Bv
France’s Pad Willi Soviet Russia
(By The Associaled Press')
London, March 19 — The
League of Nations Council
today condemned the Ger
man government under Hit
lor, as a treaty breaker, by
the unanimous vote of its
members, both of the Ver
sailles and Locarno pacts.
Cause of the League's ac
tion was given as, for the
re-militarization of the
Rhineland, ordered dc-mil
itarized at the end of 1he
war.
The League action was
taken just a few hours af
ter General Joachim von
Ribbentrop, special em
bassador sent to London by
Adolph Hitler, had argued
before the members of the
council, that the German
course of action in the
Rhineland, was justified by
France’s military assistan
ce pact with Soviet Russia.
Charley Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
In Singapore Deny Intention Marry
(By The Associated Press)
Singapore, March 18th —
Charley Chaplin arrived
here with his leading lady
Paulette Goddard with the
announced intention “to
hang about this part of the
world for about three
months.’’ There is a streng
thening belief that this time
might be spent honeymoon
ing Neither of them would
confirm any intentions of
marrying here.
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New Manager For Alaska
Railroad Hotel At (lurry
J
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, March 17—A. It.
Raynor, pioneer, was nam
ed manager of the railroad
hotel at Curry after confer
ring with Col. Ohlson.
Raynor has been a FERA
case worker since October,
is formerly of Fairbanks,
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was chief steward on the
Northern Commercial Riv
er boats and was part of the
Alaska exhibit at the San
Diego Exposition.
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Roosevelt Delays Florida Fishing
Trip to Await Flood Developments
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 19,
—President Roosevelt post
poned, at least for twenty
four hours, his contemplat
ed Florida fishing trip in
order to watch develop
ments in the flood situation
; which are rapidly growing
worse and worse.
He had planned to go
there today, but will not
leave now, until tomorrow,
if the situation does not be
come too acute.
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