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Volume 36. Number 165. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. JULY 15, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
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New Legal Battle Pending—Mrs. Waley
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Court Of Appeals
Says Federal Govt.
Cannot Condemn
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(By The Associated Press)
CINCINNATI, July 15, —The 6th
District United States Court of Ap
peals held that the federal govern
ment had no power to condemn land
for the use of public housing pro
jects.
The court’s action sustained Jud
ge Charles Dawson of Louisville,
who held the condemnation for such
purpose was illegal, through failure
to come within the government’s
power to condemn lands for public
buildings, parks, fortifications and
arsenals.
The action has directly affected
the one million, six hundred and
eighteen thousand dollars housing
project at Louisville, Kentucky, and
indirectly effects the hundred and
sixty million dollar housing program
for more than forty cities.
Bastile Day Parade
Paris Exciting As
Million Men March
fBy The Associated Press)
PARIS. July 15—A million French
men marched in the Bastile Day
parade today as troops stood guard
and 600 airplanes darkened the sky.
Threatened riots failed to material
ize. Energy was consumed in count
less speeches and the unfurling of
red flags throughout the land.,
In Paris 100,000 reds marched past
the bastile and it was estimated that
500,000 popular frontists paraded in
an anti-Fascist demonstration which
required four hours to pass a given
point. School teachers and railroad
workers joined with intellectuals
and anti-Semitic guards. They
were reenforced by the regular poli
tical factions under their parliamen
tary leaders.
Left wing demonstrations in prov
incial cities brought popular front
marchers to more than 1,000,000.
Prevailing order was due to gov
ernment precautions in keeping rival
demonstrators separated. White
labor groups staged their manifesta
tions in the Eastern section of Paris
while the Nationalistic Croix de Feu
under Col. Casimir de LaRoque par
aded down the Champs Elysees.
The greatest demonstration of re
publican strength occurred when the
popular front combining socialists,
communists and radical socialists
marched to the Bastille in perfect
order. They took complete posses
sion of the eastern end of Paris all
afternoon.
Brilliant sunshine flooded Paris
for the feature of the day the Mili
tary review with President Lebrun,
Premier Laval and all ranking mem
bers of the government taking the
salutes of France’s fine soldiers as
they marched down the Champs
Elysee.
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Are To Investigate
Causes of Airplane
Wrecks In Holland
—
(By The Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, July 15. —Auth
orities today ordered a rigid investi
gation of the series of disasters
which have occurred to the planes
of the Netherland’s air lines, foll
owing Sunday's tragedy, when six
people were killed at Schiphol Air
drome, in the crash of a giant Fokk
er plane into a dyke and its con
sumption by (lames, soon after tak
ing off for Hamburg.
This is the third “flying hotel” of
the Netherlands which has been
j wrecked in little more than six
months time.
Thirteen passengers and one mem
ber of the crew escaped through a
small rear door. Two English pass
engers and four of the crew were
killed. There were no Americans
aboard the ill-fated airplane.
Eclipse Of Moon
To Be Witnessed
10:12 P. M. Tonite
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 15, — The en
tire United States will be the main
seat tonight of a total eclipse of the
moon, the first, for the whole coun
try since 1927. No one will have
to stay up all night. Most folks
won’t even have to be up late as the
curving edge of the earth’s black
shadow cuts the side of the moon
at 10:12 P. M. Eastern Standard
Time. That is the moment when
the moon touches the black cone of
the earth's shadow which extends
about eight hundred and sixty thou
sand miles out into space. The
moon will enter the point about
two hundred and twenty-six thou
sand miles out.
10,000 Chinese In
Hankow Section
Drowned Floods
—
(By The Associated Press)
IIANKOW, July 15, —Chinese ad
vices today estimated that ten thou
sand persons perished in the flood
waters of the Han River which surg
ed through a dyke near Kanyang,
and overwhelmed a large area of
the thickly populated countryside.
Members of a Chinese motorboat
crew saw the bursting dyke while
crossing the river. They said “It
was a horrible sight. A wall of
water literally leaped the breach,
sweeping everything before it—live
stock, houses and humans. Surviv
ors must have been pitifully few.
The people were taken utterly by
surprise.” ,
Two-thirds of Kanyang itself, ad
jacent to Hankow, is estimated to
be under water.
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WILL ATTACK VALIDITY
LINDY LAW WHICH MRS
WALEY WAS TRIED ON
(By The Associaled Press)
TACOMA, July 15th—The assertion “Life is nothing
without Harmon, anyway.” came from Margaret Waley, as
she was convicted of the kidnaping of young George Weyer
haeuser. Her defense counsel planned further legal battl
ing to keep her from prison, which lias already been decreed
her husband.
A motion for an arrest of judgment as well as a new
trial will be argued before Judge Cushman, Wednesday, the
date set for imposing of sentence.
Waley is now back in McNeil Island. “I’d rather not
call him anyway,” John Dore said during the closing hours
of the trial.
He said he didn't call Waley because “he had testified
that George had been taken to Idaho, and by putting him
on the stand he would have bson proved a perjurer and liar.”
Dore said: “Waley concocted the story about the Idaho
trip in an effort to avoid the state kidnap law, with the death
penalty." ,
Asa basis for legal moves for a new trial, will be Dores
contention that the Lindberg law is unconstitutional on the
grounds that congress can legislate “only on facts and not
on presumptions.”
Associate Counsel Stephel O’Brien said that the law
was based on the presumption that if the kidnaped persons
were not freed within 7 days, they had been taken across
state lines.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
Washington, June 27, lih56.
The Senate has passed the farm
tenant bill, but there remain such
details as consideration by the House
the President’s O.K. and so on. Per
haps its most interesting provision
is that tenants and others may bor
row money for farm improvements
and the purchase of homesteads.
About a billion dollars will be made
available. The sentiment against
the bill finds its clearest expression
in the statement that it is not well
for the federal government to be
come a landlord.
It is said that a “share the wealth"
measure will pass Congress within
a few clays. Assuming that it goes
through and is put into operation,
and that everyone gets his share,
about five days will elapse after the
sharing before another sharing will
be in order.
In the trouble between Italy and
Ethiopia, the African nation hopes
to band all Mohammedan peoples
together against Italian action, on
the ground that the Koran charges
Moslems to help the Ethiopians in
time of trouble. Unless Moham
medans stick closer to their bible
than many Christians do to the pre
cepts of their corresponding sacred
volume, Ethiopia is likely to be left
holding the sack, so far as aid from
the quarter mentioned is concerned.
Col. Lindbergh has constructed a
device for promoting the circulation 1
of the blood. His invention will
have to work pretty well to quicken
our pulses to the rate that they
reached when, in the late spring of
1927, vve heard that the Lone Eagle
had set his plane down safely in
Paris after the memorable trans
Atlantic flight.
Washington differs from most cit
ies of approximately the same size,
in that in the capital everyone goes
to work practically at the same
hour and knocks off practically at
the same hour, thereby producing
a traffic Congestion that is hard for
the street cars and busses to handle.
The District authorities wish that
a subway were available. There are
two things that never fail to attract
attention. One is a falling tree, and
the other is a large hole in the
ground. It is to be suspected that
Congress will look into the subway
suggestion long and closely, before
making the necessary appropriation.
In the mean time, visitors to Wash
ington and workers in that city had,
better plan to do ther local travel-!
ing on the surface of the ground.
According to the Washington
Treaty, a U-boat shall not sink anj
unresisting merchant vessel before
removing human beings to safety,l
and England is planning a confer
ence the object of which is to make
the U-boat clause thoroughly and
generally effective. The submarine
operations of the last war left a bad
taste in the mouth of the Allies and
Germany was under deep damna
tion. Strange as it may seem, the
Fatherland now promises to refrain
from unrestricted sinking by U-boats
regardless of whether or not other
powers act likewise; whereas Italy
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Story Told NAT
Plane Crash But
No One Injured
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Pilot Chet Brown of the North- j
ern Air Transport returned to Nome
Saturday from Tanana and Ruby
with J. C. P. Skottowe, Geo. Ander
son and Manager Vic Ross as pass
engers, following three days of the
most exciting experiences in the |
company's history.
The three passengers left Fair
banks Thursday with Pilot Lynn in
the No. 1 Stinson junior plane to j
contact pilot Brown at Ruby. About
twenty-five miles southwest of Tan
ana and about 15 miles from Kal
' land's Roadhouse, eight inches of
j one blade of the propeller flew otf
and the quick action of pilot Lynn
1 in shutting olf the motor undoubted
ly saved the the motor from being
pulled completely off the nose, and
a resulting serious crash to the pass*
I engers.
Trie piano glided down .slowly and
a landing was effected in a small
clearing. Going in to land pilot Lynn
used the tree-tops to cushion the
fall and the plane landed on its belly
after the landing gear had been
sheered off and the right wing
crushed. The passengers were all
safe as was the pilot, the plane not
even nosing over. Mr. J. C. P. Skot
towe, of Fairbanks, representing the
West Coast Groceries Co, who wore
glasses did not even remove them,
and he suffered only a mild shake
up but no injuries.
This was about 3 p.m. Thursday.
About 1 P. M. Friday pilot Brown
flew over them and then into Xana
na, returning with food and walk
ing shoes for the passengers.
Pilot Art Hines from Fairbanks
flew over dropped supplies. Pilot
Brown notified them by note he
would have a pontoon plane pick
them up and then notified the Paci
fic Alaska Airways. Pilot Monson
flew down on floats and directed
them to walk to a lake about six
miles distant, and he waited there
for them, later flying them into
Tanana.
The passengers and pilot Lynn
made the walk through heavy un
derbrush in about 6 hours, carrying
some baggage and food. Arriving at
Xanana early Saturday morning,
they went to bed and slept for sev
eral hours, before proceeding to
Ruby and Nome with pilot Brown.
The fuselage of the plane was not
seriously damaged in the crash, and
the motor and many other parts can
be salvaged, although no efforts
will be made to salvage the plane.
Both Mr. Skottowe and Mr. Ander
son were high in their praise of
the excellent manner in which pil
John Lynn handled the situation,
landing the plane without even a
minor injury or bruise to the pass
engers, and of the fine work in get
ting everybody out of the country
in which they had landed.
Manager Vic Ross, despite the loss
of the plane, was especially satisfied
by the way pilot Lynn controlled
the plane in making his landing,,
and was pleased to note that the I
Italy Continues To
Increase Her Army
Sent East Africa
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, July 15, — With war be
tween Italy and Ethiopia increasing
ly regarded as inevitable, Mussolini
today ordered the mobilization of
another regular army division, and
the creation of an additional division
of the Blackshirt Militia, and also
the immediate construction of ten
new submarines,
The communique said, “the accel
erated rhythm of military prepara
tion in Ethiopia forces us to pro
ceed with additional measures of
military character.”
The new orders bring the num
ber of regular army divisions destin
ed for East Africa to 55 blackshirt
divisions. They also created a means
by which Italy will have at least
two hundred and fifty thousand men
in service against Ethiopia should
war begin.
Bond Election To
Take Place Tues
day — Tomorrow
j
The long-scheduled special bond
election of the city of Nome, in con
nection with the Public Works loan
and grant, takes place tomorrow..
The polls will be open from 8 AM
to (i PM., for qualified voters to cast
their ballots. Any property owner
whose name appears on the last as
sessment roll of the city of Nome,
for purposes of municipal taxation,
is qualified to vote on the question
of bonding.
It is the duty of every qualified
voter to cast his or her ballot, and
thereby register the proper opinion
on the five separate questions of
bonding included on the ballot.
Neglect to vote by qualified vot
ers, works a hardship not only on
the voter himself, but jeopardizes
the interests of neighbors and fel
low tax payers and property own
ers. A full expression of those
qualified is imperative for the good
of all. A full vote has the influence
of directing favorable consideration
by federal authorities, so do not
neglect to vote—see that as many
votes as possible are cast.
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record of the Northern Air Trans
port in carrying passengers during
its entire existence had not yet been
broken—Half a million miles of fly
ing without a single injury to either
passengers or personnel.
The propeller which caused the
accident, was a newly re-condition
ed one which had not been on the
plane more than 150 hours. It had
been approved by the inspector of
the air department of the gov
ernment. A flaw was discovered in
the metal after the landing was
made.