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VOLUME 35 No. 136. NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934 Per Copy: 10 Cents.
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Trans - Pacific Flier Down In Ocean
SEVEN INDICTMENTS MORRO CASTLE WRECK
Financial Discussion With President And Cabinet
ITALY REFUSES
JOIN JAPAN TO
JUNK TREATY
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Dec. 4 — Italy, Monday,
flatly refused to join Japan in a de
nunciation of the Washington Naval
Treaty. France previously had tak
en similar action.
Mickey Walker Is
K O’D First Time
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4 — Mick
ey Walker suffered his first knock
out at the hands of Paul Pirron of
Cleveland in an eleven round bat
tle here last night, after having been
knocked down in the second round
He was knocked out in the eleventh
round.
GRAND JURY INDICTS PROSECUTOR AND SISTER
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Prominent lawyer* of Southern California volunteered to assist District Atto'ney B..-or ruta after
a grand jury returned an indictment againat him. Indictment* against Fitt* and hie *i*tei. Mr*. Berthel
Gregory (left), charged per/ury In connection wjdtileallmony glven Ifi 1991 In the aensafhmal -Hollywood
"girl mart” case. They followed a three months grand jury investigation Into the errCwmotaricee of the die
miasal of chargee againat John P. Mills who figured in the case. Fitts la shown conferring with attor
neys. Seated: Fitts (left) and Joseph 8cott. Standing, left to right: Jerry GSisler, Jack Gilchrist and
Harold Judeon. (Associated Press Photos)
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TRANS PACIFIC FLIER
LANDS IN THE OCE AN
POSITION UNKNOWN
(By The Associated Press)
OAKLAND, Dec. 4 —Flight Lieut.
Charles T. P. Ulm, George Little
John co-pilot, and J. L. Skilling,
navigator, took off from here at 3:41
p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday
for Australia via Honolulu.
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, Ships
reports this morning said that the
Ulm plane was about four hundred
miles from Honolulu early today.
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(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Dec. 4, Gasoline ex
hausted and off his course, Capt.
Ulm and his two companions land
ed in the Pacific Ocean near here.
Messages from the plane’s wireless
indicated the plane reached the sur
face safely except that they didn’t
know their location. Army and navy
planes are searching for them from
their bases here.
Before and after gloing down U)m
sent a continuous stream of^SOS
messages. He is believed to beWuth
of Honolulu. Ulm said he believed
the plane would float for a couple
of days. He asked for assistance at
once.
INDUSTRY PROPOSES
PLATFORM FOR GOV’T
WHICH LISTS PLANKS
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 — Industry extended a hand to the
administration with a program of cooperation with the new
deal policies, as C. L. Bardon, President of the National
Association of Manufacturers came forward with what he
termed “a platform of industry”; and in presenting it to the
National Industry Council he warned:
“Industry stands on the threshold of public opinion. It
will be praised or condemned as we measure up to the
sound program of industrial recovery.”
The platform advocates a balanced budget by the adop
tion of policies which will stimulate business and restore
employment; an increase in national income; the permitting
of cutting of public expenses to fit the needs; reasonable
taxejs. The platform opposes the payment of the bonus
until it is due and suggests the withdrawal of federal aid
from every state which does not reduce its expenditures to
at least the 1926 level”
REPEAL S FIRST
BIRTHDAY WILL
BE TOMORROW
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 — The
Eighteenth Amendment’s Repeal’s
first birthday occurs Wednesday
and will find the yield to the trea
sury far below some of the official
estimates. Bootlegging is still the
government’s biggest liquor enforce
ment problem.
The estimates for the year will be
about three hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars in excise taxes or some
huhdred and twenty millions less
4han was originally planned.
,o High prices caused high liquor tax
es which is blamed for both low re
venue and bootlegging activities.
Sleeping Beauty Is
Improving Hears
Mother’s Talking
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 — Patricia Ma
guire, a sleeping beauty for the past
thirty-three months, responded to
day to her mother’s spoken word,
showing further improvement.
U. S. And Britain
Object Monopoly
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Dec. 1 — The United
States and Great Britain for the
third time, concertedly notified the
Japanese government of their objec
tion to the Manchukuo oil mono
poly, in diplomatic representations.
GOV’T AIRSHIPS
FOR A SERVICE
ACROSS OCEANS
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — The
Navy Department is preparing to
press vigorously, demands on Con
gress to make ^readable six million,
five hundred thousand dollars, to
bring the man-power of the U. S.
Navy past the danger line, in accord
ance with the annual report of Sec
retary of the Navy Swanson, just
made public.
Swanson said that the Navy
should have an enlisted personnel
or 86,615, or about six thousand
more than at present. The funds to
be requested are in addition to the
regular Navy Budget. The increase
in personnel, if approved, would
bring the enlisted personnel up to
about eighty-five percent of full |
war strength.
YOUTH ADMITS
KILLING A MAN
WRITING NOTE
TULSA, Okla., Dec. 4 — Phil Ken
nemer, aged nineteen, son of Fed
eral Judge Franklyn, was quoted by
Robert Thomas as saying that he ■
had killed John F. Gorrell, Jr., be- (
cause an extortion note Kennemer ]
said that Gorrell had written Horn- '
er Wilcox, Sr., an oil man, demand
ing twenty thousand dollars for ;
threatening the kidnapping of his j
daughter, Virginia. |
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DELEGATE SAYS IDEA
OF COLONIZATION IS
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NOT NEW: BUT COPIED
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 The idea of colonizing Alaskan
lands with farmers came up first, said Delegate Dimond
Monday, during the Wilson administration, when John Ro
nan, mining engineer, formerly of Fairbanks but now of the
Alaska Juneau Mines, urged the course on Franklin K. Lane
then Secretary of the Interior.
Ronan suggested that Scandinavian farmers be import
ed to settle on the lands adjacent to the Alaska Railroad.
The World War however, threw the plan which Lane favor
ed very much, into the discard.
The new idea is to send families from the northern
states of the United States, into the Territory because of the
thousands of unemployed. Dimond said that hard work
would be ahead of such settlers but once the farmers are
operating they should be successful.
He stated: “Alaska however, is no place for weaklings.
Unless the settlers are picked with care as to their farm
ing ability and initiative and willingness to work hard and
long, there will be a great amount of disappointment.”
7 INDICTMENTS ARE
BROUGHT IN: MORRO
CASTLE SHIP WRECK
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 — Seven indictments growing out
of the Morro Castle disaster were handed in Monday night
by the federal grand jury here, against Acting Captain Wm.
F. Warms, Chief Engineer Eben S. Abbott, Henry E. Cabaud
Executive President of the New York and Cuba Mail and
Steamship Co., and the Company itself.
The defendants are accused of misconduct, negligence
in attention to duties which resulted in a heavy loss of life,
fraud, neglect, connivance and misconduct or violation of
the laws of the Department of Commerce.
Officials placed the death toll of the disaster which
occurred off the New Jersey coast, Sept. 8th, at 124 count
ing passengers and crew. Other estimates were higher.
The government announced it would place the defend
ants on trial as soon as a judge is available. If convicted,
they will be subject to heavy fines and imprisonment.
FINANCIAL DISCUSSION
IS HELD BY PRESIDENT
WITH 2 CABINET MEN
(By The Associated Press)
WARM SPRINGS, Dec. 4 — An excellent reception
vas given the government’s latest and biggest financial off
iring which was cheered by conferees about the table, of
President Roosevelt Monday as the huge Public Works and
■ielief program was presented to him.
He put the actual financial and proposed works plan
iide by side in an important luncheon meeting with Secre
ary of the Treasury Morgenthau, and Secretary of the In
erior Ickes. However, he kept his decision to himself.
There is every indication however, that the new Con
gress will be asked for the sizeable sum or more than a
jillion dollars to provide work and jobs until private in
lustry is able to take up the slack.