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Volume 36. Number 185. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
JOE LOIS WINS TECHNICAL K. 0.
POST AND ROGERS HOPPED OFF THIS A. M.
Mother Drowns Baby Son And Herself In A Lake
Wiley Post, Will
Rogers Take Off
Flight To Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 7, —Wiley Post
and Will Rogers hopped off from
Renton Airport at 9:15 A. M. today
presumably for Juneau.
Mrs. Post decided not to make the
trip as it may be too strenuous.
She said she expects to join the
party again in a few days, going by
boat.
Rogers said before leaving he may
have to get a fish dinner at Ketchi
kan before going on to Juneau.
Five Men Killed
Train Plunges 110
Feet Into Canyon
(By The Associated Press)
HILLSBORO, Oregon, Aug. 7, —
Five men were killed when a train
plunged one hundred and ten feet
into a rocky canyon early today, in
the rough timber area of the North
west, near here.
The bodies have not been recover
ed yet. The dead are E N Johnson
engineer; F A Walker fireman; A
J Both brakeman all of Wheeler,
Oregon; B A Curtain of Portland,
brakeman and D Frand of Bridge,
Oregon, carpenter.
Gov’t. Efforts Are
Showing Fruit In
Nw. Labor Dispute
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, — The
government efforts toward the set
tlement of the Pacific Coast labor
disputes, to forestall the possibility
of another general shipping strike,
are bearing fruit, Assistant Secre
tary of Labor McGrady said today.
Five Insane Are
Roaming Country
Following Escape
(By The Associated Press)
FULTON, Mo., August 6—Five of
six convicts who escaped from the
criminal insane ward of the Missou
ri State Hospital, roamed the coun
tryside Sunday with sheriffs, depu
ties and armed posses in pursuit.
The men who were classed by au
thorities as among the worst in the
entire ward, escaped by attacking
guards with a sharpened file and
forcing them to open the hospital
doors. One returned voluntarily to
the hospital with the assertion that
poor eyesight made it impossible for
him to keep pace with the other
fugitives.
Bonus To Come lip
In January Session
For Consideration
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Senator
Borah, on hearing of the democrat
ic leaders’ decision to seek to out
law riders to the tax bill such as
the soldiers bonus and farm refin
ancing, indicated his belief that the
democrats would riot succeed in pre
venting a debate on these issues.
Administration leaders decided
that the bonus would be given early
consideration at the January session,
soon after the bonus bill was off
ered in the senate for the next ses
sion, with the paying of ninety-six
percent of the certificate value.
New Deal Defeated
When Republican Is
Elected House Seat
(By The Associated Press)
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Aug. 7th—
The New Deal suffered defeat by
Rhode Island voters today in the
first congressional district when they
elected a republican to fill the vac
ant seat in the national house which
had previously been occupied by a
democrat, an election at which
Roosevelt policies were at issue.
Charles F. Risk, former judge, won
by ten thousand votes over Anton
io Prince. Risk’s campaign plat
form was to “repudiate the Roose
velt administration.”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, —Senate
democratic leaders strove to sharp
en action on the new tax bill for
passage within a week and then
adjourn Congress about August 17.
Inventor Detects
Presence By Heat
From Man’s Body
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Aug. 6—Paul Humphrey
MacNeils. well known inventor, of
Infra Red Ray instruments, and a
native of Niles, Michigan, announc
ed yesterday that he had been dem
onstrating devices similar to death
ray machines, to the British govern
ment for many months.
It was asserted in apparently re
liable quarters that one of MacNeils
devices for locating far-away air
planes by their engine heat was so
delicate that MacNeil's, demonstrat
ing to the Air Ministry, was able to
locate a hidden man by the heat of
his body.
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ITALY CONTINUES PRE
PARE FOR WAR AFRICA
MANY MEN ASSEMBLED
Ten Million Dollars In Canal Polls In 6
Months Is Collected For I Lilian War
Transports Passing Thru Suez Canal
(By The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Aug. 7, —Emperor Haile Selassie said to
day that all foreigners in Ethiopia would be safe in the ev
ent of war with Italy. He said that if the occasion arises, he
will lead the troops against Italy himself.
At Rome, the War Department summoned more poten
tial officers from home and abroad, as the populace was
aroused anew by Premier Benito Mussolini’s order constitut
ing three new divisions, a bare-faced testimonial of his Eth
iopian policy.
All prospective officers of 1909 to 1914 who had not1
completed officers training were ordered to do it by Novem
1 ber 15th.
Official London sources said that England had made
strong representations to Italy regarding the recent violent
attacks by the Italian press against Britain for her Ethiopian
endeavors. No reply has been received yet from Italy re
garding the objections voiced by Great Britain.
Approximately two hundred and forty thousand Italian
troops and laborers have passed through the Suez Canal
during the past six months enroute to East Africa. Italy
paid the Suez administration ten million dollars in canal
tolls on her war transports carrying the men to Africa.
President Issues
Statement About
Fed. Applications
The President July 24th issued a
statement defining the types of pro
jects which shall be within the jur
isdictions of te Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works and
the Works Progress Administration
under the Emergency Relief Ap
propriation Act of 1935
According to this clarification con
struction projects where the aggre
gate cost upon completion is esti
mated to be more than $25,000 shall
be within the jurisdiction of the Pub
lie Works Administration.
Projects of any type where the
aggregate cost upon completion is
estimated to be $25,000 or less and
all non-construction projects of a
type designed to assure maximum
employment principally to clerical,
professional and white collar class
es shall be within the jurisdiction of
the Works Progress Administration.
All applications involving loans
for construction of public works
projects shall be submitted to the
Public Works Administration.
Applications for loans and grants
for public works projects defined
in the President’s statement as with
in the jurisdiction of PWA should
be filed at the office of the PWA
State Director in the State in which
it is proposed to build the project.
Projects for slum clearance and
low-rent housing shall be carried on
by the Housing Division of the
Public Works Administration as here
tofore.
The President's statement direct
ed that any application rejected by
the Public Works Administration
shall be submitted immediately to
the Works Progress Administration.
Projects other than those defined as
PWA shall be submitted to the
Works Progress Administration.
The statement does not govern ap
plications involving projects falling
within the jurisdiction of any other
Federal agency. These applications
will continue to be handled as
heretofore.
The statement approved by the |
President was signed by the Feder
al Emergency Administrator of Pub- 1
lie Works, the Works Progress Ad
ministrator and the Executive Dir
ector, National Emergency Council.
STATEMENT
Defining types of applications to
be considered by Federal Em
ergency Administration of Pub
lic Works and Works Progress
Administration
Part I
In order to assure the expeditious
and orderly handling of the great
number of applications of states, ter
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Mother Drowns 1
Year-OIcl Son, Self
Reason Unknown
(By The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA. Aug. 7, —Authorities
are investigating today the drown
ings of Mrs. Agnes M Jensen, 24,
and her year old son Bobby, in
Louis Lake, seven miles from here.
From the note apparently writ
ten by Mrs. Jensen, and conflicting
statement by the woman's three
year-old daughter, Sheriff L C Hunt
amer is trying to reconstruct the
tragedy which occurred in front of
the Jensen home.
The screams of Ann, who in an
unexplained way, escaped death, at
tracted her father Harold Jensen
from the house to the lake. Ann is
believed to have saved herself by
struggling from the water to the
float on which she was found.
A note discovered on the float said
"Goodbye Daddy-'.
Ann, when her father reached her
said “Mama tried to save us". She
said later that: "Mama threw Bobby
into the water and then me; then
mama fell in."
Jensen, the husband and father,
said he knew of no reason for his
wrife to commit suicide. Neighbors
recovered the bodk*s of the mother
and boy today.
Orders darn el ling
Of Camera’s Pass
port Out Of Italy
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Aug. 7, —Achille Starage,
secretary-general of the Fascist
party, yesterday ordered the cancell
ation of Primo Camera’s passport
because of the giant Italian heavy
weight's poor showing in recent
bouts abroad. Camera’s showing
s a dishonor to Fascism and we do
lot consider him capable of uphold
ng the honor of Italian sport in a
worthy manner.
Fifteen Families
Returning Homes
From Matanuska
(Bv The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 7, —Fifteen more
amilies arrived here last Friday
light on the motorship North Star,
Iisgusted, weary and disillusioned,
lfter several weeks in the govern
nent’s experimental project at Mat
inuska Valley, Alaska.
The entire group looked tired and
worn. A large man with work
worn hands approached a news
ahotographer ‘We don’t want you
aoys to take any pictures, we're go
ng home but we won't tell you
why.”
Fight Tonite To
Be Tough Hangup
Affair-At 7:00 P.M.
FLASH—Chicago Aug. 7, — Joe
Louis wins from King Levinsky hy
a technical knockout in the first
round.
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Aug. 7, —Forty thou
sand spectators expect to see action
i similar to the immortal Dempsey
Fit-po thriller tonight, when Joe
Louis and King Levinsky meet
about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Joe Louis is cool and deliberate
I and is a better strategist and box
er, similar in many ways to Demp
sey.
King Levinsky doesn’t know dan
ger in his style of fighting. Howev
; er, a hangout fight is expected with
Louis favored two to one and even
| three to one, and plenty of takers.
Both fighters are confident, Levin
sky saying that he would prove
! that Louis had been meeting push
overs. Louis said he would knock
out Levinsky inside of five rounds.
Fire Main Contract
Coes lo McConaghv
On Successful Bid
The bids for the supplying of mat
erials for the proposed new fire
mains in Nome under the PWA were
opened and read at the city hall at
1 P. M. today as specified according
to the officially advertised notice.
The following are the bids in
lump sums for the various materials
to be supplied and delivered at
Nome. B. J. McConaghy $12,290.59;
Nome Lumber Company $11,600.00;
and Lomen Commercial Company
$12,312.43.
Immediately following the reading
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Federal Jury Sets
Tax Evader Free
Receives Rebuke
(By The Associated Press)
MALONE. N. Y., Aug 7, —A fed
eral jury today acquitted Arthur
Flegenheimer alias Dutch Schultz,
New York’s Public Enemy Number
1, of tax evasion and immediately
drew a stern rebuke from Judge
Frederick Bryant.
‘It is verdicts like this that shake
the confidence of law-abiding people
in the integrity of juries. It is evi
dent you have reached a verdict
based not on the evidence but for
other reasons. You will go home
with the satisfaction that you have
rendered a blow against law enforce
ment and justice.”