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French-British Sign New Agreement
HAUPTMANN SHOWS SIGNS OF DESPONDENCY
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Hitler Says Germany Will Consider Own Interests First
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
ENTER INK) ALLIANCE
FOR AIR PROTECTION
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LONDON, Feb. 4 — An Agreement between Great
Britain and France over the “proposal to legalize German
armaments also including a scheme for simultaneous settle
ment of the all-important European problem of the increas
ing dangers of war,” was announced Sunday.
It was also revealed that the two nations had agreed to
a military air alliance binding them to come to the aid of
' each other in case of aerial attacks in the field of aviation.
The new accord was regarded as the most binding al
liance undertaken between two nations since the World war
with the possible exception of the secret pacts. Italy, Ger
many and Belguim were invited to join the alliance as'eqtial
partners.
Great Britain and France also bound themselves to
insure the integrity of Austria, and paved the way for the
return of Germany to the League of Nations.
COAST TEAM IS
WINNER OVER
N. Y. GIANTS
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 4th—A
pickup team of the Pacific Coast All
Stars,defeated the New York Giants
professional football team 9 to 0,
Sunday.
Phil Sorboe, former Washington
State halfback, Mike Mikulak, for
mer Oregon fullback, Bill Smith of
Washington U., and Ike Peterson of
Gonzaga were prominent in the all
star plays.
Smith kicked a field goal in the
first period. Howard an end, for
merly with St. Marys, scored in fhe
fourth period on an intercepted
pass, racing fifty-four yards to a
touchdown. Sixteen thousand peo
— pie attended the game in the Mult
nomah Stadium here.
Gold Decision Is
Postponed Until
In The Future
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 — The
gold clause cases were postponed in
definitely by the Supreme Court, to
day, which centered its attention on
contempt William P. McCracken Jr.,
the right of the senate to punish for
assistant Secretary of Commerce
in the case in which the former
was sentenced to ten days in 'jail
for failure to produce data request
ed by the Airmail Investigation com
mittee last spring.
WANTED — A prospector’s forge,
Inquire at Nogget Office.
Public Meeting To
Be Called 8 Hour
6 Day - Week Bill
A notice in today’s edition of the
Nugget carries the request for the
opinion of the miners of the Sec
ond Division regarding the eight
hour six day bill introduced in the
legislature by Representative Nor
dale of the Fourth Division.
The following telegram was receiv
ed from Senator John F. Devine of
the Second Division requesting such
an opinion:
Juneau, Feb. 3, 1935.
Russell Maynard, Nome Alaska
Bill was introduced by Nordale for
eight hour six day week stop Want
know within five days opinion of
niners of Second Division stop Please
ask Secretary of Industrial Work
ers of Alaska call public meeting
take vote, also in Candle and oth
er camps where communication av
ailable. Wire opinion direct or via
you regards. Signed: Devine.
S. David Mazen secretary of the
Industrial Workers of Alaska was
approached as were other parties re
garding a public meeting for the ob
taining of a vote on the question. Mr.
Mazen inserted a notice in today’s
paper calling for a public meeting
to be held in St. Joseph’s Hall to
morrow evening at 8 p.m. to discuss
and vote on the question.
The Industrial Workers of Alaska
have already gone on record as fav
oring the passage of such a law, and
their resolutions calling for such
passage were sent to Juneau. How
ever, there are undoubtedly many
who do not favor such a law, and it
is understood that despite oonflict
(Continued an rage Four)
GERMANY DECLARES HER STAND
REGARDING MAKING ALLIANCES
WITH THE NATIONS OF EUROPE
(By The Associated Press)
BERLIN, Feb. 4 — An editorial Sunday in Adolph Hit
ler’s newspapers “Voelkischer Beobachter,” said that when
Germany considers entering any international agreement,
“as a free and equal party, she shall consider her own inter
ests first and foremost, and not the interests of others.”
Officials of the foreign office refused to commit them
selves on any definite statement regarding the Anglo-British
agreement.___
SENATE PASSES
ON NOME BILL
FOR $100,000.00
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb. 4—Approval of
the Senate was given the House
Memorial asking Secretary Ickes of
the Department of the Interior that
one hundred thousand dollars be al
loted for reconstruction purposes in
Nome.
The Hess bill providing for absen
tee voting was also passed. Repre
sentative Lingo introduced in the
House, Saturday, a bill asking that
five thousand dollars be appropriat
ed from the Fourth Division road
funds for the rehabilitating of roads
in the Nanana district.
The House Committee on education
recommended that the bill designed
for the abolishing of the 1933 school
law, not be passed.
The proposal for a free discus
sion over the Sirovich bill calling
for the abolishing of fish traps with
in eleven months, was finally referr
ed to the fisheries committee.
Black List To Be
Retaliatory Move
By United States
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—'The Gov
ernment took steps to retaliate
against antagonists in international
trade by blacklisting nations which
discriminate against American goods
First to go on the list is Russia
with whom negotiations toward a
settlement of the Russian debt ow
ing to America, collapsed last week
thereby blasting hopes of any im
mediate trade revival between the
two countries.
There will be no tariff reduction
on Manganese as was granted Brazil
under a reciprocal trade agreement
signed Saturday Russia sells'almost
half o( the manganese purchased
abroad by the United States.
HAUPTMANN IS
GOING ON 6th
WEEK OF TRIAL
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(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Feb. 4th—Peter i
Sommer, handwriting expert, re
turned to the witness chair this
morning as the Hauptmann trial
opened on its sixth week, with the
possibility that it might end this
week end.,
Detectives spent the last week-end
checking up on Sommer. The re
sults of their inquiries gave the
State ammunition for a renewed at
tack on the Sharpe-Fisch narrative.
Sommer contended that he saw a
man resembling Fisch and a woman
resembling the Sharpe girl taking a
baby resembling the Lindbergh1
child, to New York from the Jersey
side of the river, on the night of the
kidnaping.
Arthur J. Trost, a New York paint
er, asserted that Fisch offered to sell
him “hot money,” three months af
ter the kidnapping. Defense attor
ney Reilly however, rejected his
proffer of testimony and accused
him of being a stool pigeon for the
State.
Hauptmann showed increasing
evidence of despondency over the
week-end. His mental condition
was in marked contrast to his ex-j
huberancy after the conclusion of
his own testimony. He saw his wife
and son in jail, and wept when the
child was taken away. He felt very
bad, his wife said.
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Airplane Magnate
Dead In Germany
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(By The Associated Press)
t DESSAU, Germany, Feb 4—Dr.
Hugo Junkers, airplane and engine
manufacturer, died in Munich on
his 76th birthday, yesterday. He
succumbed following an operation.
Mail the Nome Daily Nugget to
your friends, and let them know
about the re-building of Nome. —
FATHER HUBBARD TO -
STUDY ESKIMOS KING
ISLAND: CHECK IDEAS
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 — The belief that a new clue to
the origin of the Eskimo and perhaps American Indians,
may rest in the spoken language of the natives of King Is
land, in Bering Sea, was expressed today.
Father Hubbard is planning to ferret them out before it
is too late. He believes that the language, roots, and tradi
tions of the§e living Eskimos give good or better clues to \ .
their origin than past history, as is being worked out by
archeologists who are reconstructing the past from relics
unearthed.
Father Hubbard integds/o study ^he native Jaoguage
and folk tales, *and then ’compare tfiem with tfiose of the
Asiatic tribes in order to find a possible connection.
He will be aided by the dictionary of Father La Fortune,
another Jesuit Priest now in Nome, who has spent thirty
years, off and on, on the island, which is about one hundred
miles from Nome.
Only 165 of the tribe remain and they live high up on
the side of the island, being the only known cliff dwellers in
the Arctic. The natives are almost pure blooded, and have
been little changed by the white man’s civilization. Hub
bard expects to spend a year on King Island^
GOLOVIN NEWS
(Nugget Special Correspondence)
JANUARY NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Knight spent
the week end as guests of Mr and
Mrs Arnold Undem.
Born to Mr and Mrs John Ost,
Jan. 16, a daughter, Romona Leona.
The Tucker boys from Bluff were
business visitors in town the middle
of the month.
Fourteen dog teams went from
Golovin to attend the basket ball
game at White Mountain. The
Nome team won the victory in spite
of the enthusiasm of the crowd for
its home team. A picture show fol
lowed the game.
Edward Punak and Anna Juktuk
were married by the Rev. ' R. H.
Pearson, January 18th.
Arthur Peterson left for Nome the
last of January to get work and es
tablish his home in Nome.
Those pupils neither tardy or ab- :
sent during the month of January
were Lois and Lincoln Ost, James
and Philip Dexter, Myrtle, Floyd
and Joyce Fagerstrom, Paul McCar
thy, Sophie Otton, Minnie McCaf
ferty, Martin Olsen.
Nathan Ost is spending a few days
at home before resuming his work
in Nome. *
Miss Mollie Dexter visited friends
in Council the first of the month.
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RESCUERS ARE
IMPRISONED IN
CREVICE ON MT.
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 4— Bill
Blanchard, aged 24,and Joe Dansels,
26, both of Portland, slipped while
ascending a steep part of Mt, Hood,
near the peak, and plunged a thous
and feet down the side of the moun
tain.
They were rushed here for treat
ment; it is believed both will recov
er from serious injuries, following
their rescue by a s Portland nurse,
Miss Maxine Faircourt and her com
panion Olie Lien.
Two other Portland men, Charles
Anderson formerly of Idaho and Les
ter Smith aged twenty-five, a hotel
clerk, who also tried to rescue the
victims, are still imprisoned in an
ice canyon on the side of the moun
tain. A rescue is being organized.
Dies Of Exposure
After Frozen In
A Railroad Car
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 4—Leonard Hug
hes, aged 19, whose legs were froz
en when he took a nap in a box
car during a recent cold spell, died
Sunday as a result of the exposure.
One leg had been amputated in a
futile effort to save his life.