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Volume 36. Number 128 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
Petillo Wins Five Hundred Mile Race
BELIEVE KIDNAPED BOY BE RELEASED SOON
Battle Over French Franc Causes Downfall Of Cabinet
LOS ANGELES DRIVER
WINS 500 MILE CLASSIC
AUTO RACE—3 KILLED
Kelley Petillo Los Angeles Driver Breaks
Track Record By Making 106.24 Miles
An Hour Over The 500 Mile Course
(By The Associated Press')
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31, —Kelley Petillo, hard-driv
ing Los Angeles Italian, won the 500-Mile annual auto race
held here, over a bumpy two and a half mile track, at the
motor speedway, before a crowd of one hundred and fifty
five thousand, who witnessed his triumph, and the death of
Clay Weaterly of Cincinnati, and the possibly fatal injuring
of his mechanic Edwin Bradburn of Los Angeles, who is
believed to be dying with a broken back. Their car crashed
into the retaining wall while tearing around the dangerous
Northwest turn of the track.
Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis was second, being only
a mile and a half behind the winner. The crash of Weaterly
came with less than thirty miles to go. The race was resum
ed when his wrecked car was removed from the track. A
drizzle of rain slowed the racers down to seventy-five miles
an hour, but ceased after about thirty minutes, and the rac
ers went back to full speed.
Petillo drove the entire distance without relief, and
made only two stops for fuel and to change his tires.
Wild Bill Cummings, of Indianapolis, the winner of
the 1934 race, finished third yesterday. He was about five
miles behind the winner.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31, — Pettilo averaged 106.24
miles and hour, breaking the track record, despite the fact
that the race was slowed because of rain.
Floyd Roberts of Los Angeles finished fourth, ten mil
es behind Petillo. Ralph Hepburn, also of Los Angeles came
in fifth. Thirteen of the original thirty-three starters sur
vived the terrific test. Petillo’s time for the five hundred
miles was four hours, thirty-six minutes and forty-seven
seconds. Three other drivers were killed during prelimin
ary trials. In another smashup yesterday A1 Gordon of
Los Angeles escaped with minor bruises when his car
crashed into the wall almost at the same spot where Weater
ly was killed._
The United States
Honors War Dead
On Memorial Day
United States Observes Mem
orial Day. President Re
views Annual Parade
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, May 31, — The Unit
ed States yesterday saluted its war
dead, when veterans and carefree
children took part in a pageant
which was alternately solemn and
martial, and spread from coast to
coast. Men in blue had the seats
of honor and President Roosevelt
joined is the observance of Mem
orial Day, at Washington where a
stand at the White House was pro
vided for a review of the annual
parade.
Monkey Spanked
Biting Master And
Now Adores Him
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May — The ad
vanced methods of child.rearing fre
quently indorsed by Colin Clements,
author, do not work well with mon
keys, he discovered recently. Cle
ments bought a young simian for his
wife. As he held the young monk
ey in his arms it turned around and
bit him inflicting painful injuries to
his nose. A dealer in pets, hastily
summoned, told Clements that he
would have to give the monkey a
good spanking and then it would
know him. Clements did, and now
the animal follows him around with
adoring eyes.
Hitler Offers A
New Air Locarno
Peace Of Europe
Hitler Offers Plan For An Air
Pact Among Four Nations
Details are Not Known
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May 31, — Adolf Hit
ler offered Europe a draft of an
"air locarno”, today, the first speci
fic German proposal for peace bul
warks on the continent.
Copies of the draft were sent sim
ultaneously to Great Britain, Fran
ce, Italy and Belgium, the four gov
erments with which Germany sign
ed the original locarno pact.
The British studied the proposals
carefully, which were kept secret,
but it is believed that Britain will
insist on the signature of an air con
vention of Germany and her joining
some of the general armaments and
security agreements, and a return to
the League of Nations.
Asks Public Try
Save Remaining
Features Of INRA
Asks Massed Public To De
mand of Congress Save
Some Features NR A
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 31, — Out
of a welter of speculation and clash
ing counsels, that followed the death
of the NRA, these developments em
erged to gain attention, after Presi
dent Roosevelt indicated that he was
watching the country's re-action be
fore deciding on a course of action.
It is clear that many New Dealers
hope for mass pressure by the public
to aid them in salvaging features
of the NRA.
General Hugh S. Johnson, after a
conference with the president, off
ered a two-point plan for a strong
er, better and more permanent NRA,
and appealed to radio listeners to
demand of Congress “that every
thing left by the court's decision be
saved.”
Senatorial foes of the NRA show
ed a disposition to examine a/iy
new plans, with a critical eye.
Meanwhile, reports of the spread
in price-cutting, were heard in var
ious sections, but many of the in
dustrial and business leaders contin-1
ued to give assurances that wages
and hours would remain unchanged.
Price cutting was centered on
books, cosmetics, and liquor, and ;
cigarettes are selling for sixty-nine
cents a carton in New York.
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Premier Flandin
Overthrown And
Herriot is Called
French Cabinet Overthrown
Possibility Herriot Will
Be Called Back Again
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, May 25, (Copyright AP,
1935) — Premier Pierra Etienne
Flandin was overthrown because of
his demand for dictatorial powers
to defend the French franc.
Bernard Bouisson, presiding officer
of the Chamber of Deputies attempt
ed to form a new government today
The Flandin government was defeat
ed by a vote of 353 to 202. Flandin
d. Hared that devaluations of the
Franc were inevitable unless his suc
cessor was granted the powers which
the deputies denied him.
Meanwhile the government sought
to stem the flood of gold from the
Bank of France and launched police
action against regulators. Several
banks were searched and many doc
ument seized as officials routed bank
managers from their homes for ques
tioning, in the drive against specu
lators. The names of the banks
were withheld.
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, May 31, — With Bernard
Bouisson unable to form a cabinet,
political leaders said that Edouard
Herriot would probably be culled
upon again to serve as Premier.
Flood Waters Race
Thru Colorado As
Inhabitants Flee
Hundreds Homeless, Twenty
Three Dead or Missing As
Flood waters Continue
(By The Associated Press)
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 31,
—Flood waters still roared down the
steep mountain canyons, after leav
ing twenty three dead and missing,
hundreds of homeless and property
damages running into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
It was the most disastrous flood
in fifteen years, over this harrassed
area. Homes were swept away,
bridges gone, communication, pow
er and transportation paralyzed.
Civil Service Reform
Advocate is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
RICHMOND, Indiana, May 31, —
William Dudley Foulke civil service
reform advocate, died here at the
age of 86, late last night.
BELIEF KIDNAPED BOY
BE RELEASED SOON IS
VERY STRONG TACOMA
Report Receives More Consideration That
Contact Has Been Made With The Kid
napers And Ransom Money Ready
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMO, May 31. — The belief that George was kid
naped by local talent arid has been secreted here ever since
he disappeared last Friday, is strongly believed by a high
ranking city police officer and insurance executive, whose
names were not to be used.
This gave a new twist to the case, when it became
known that George’s grandfather, J. P. Weyerhaeuser who
died a week before George was abducted, carried a two hun
dred thousand dollar life insurance which was left to the
family, and indicates the belief that the kidnaping was plan
ned after his death.
Another report from a trustworthy source said that the
ransom money was ready for the kidnapers and that the
intermediaries would probably F. Rodman Titcomb and
Charles Ingram. Titcomb is George’s uncle, and he and In
gram are both Weyerhaeuser officials.
These reports, with the noticeable relaxation of tension
among authorities strengthened the belief that the kidnap
ers may have been contacted and the parents assured that
George was alive and safe. Another belief also increased
that he mav be released today or tomorrow. The anxious
question on all minds was "why all the delay”.
SEATTLE, May 31, — The Seattle Times said it had
positive information that the ransom money had been as
sembled at the Federal Reserve Bank here, and was sent to
the Weyerhaeusers Tuesday morning, Coincident with the
delivery of the ransom money to the family, was the publi
cation in the P.-I. of the message to the kidnapers, in the
classified column: "We are ready—Percy, Minnie”.
(Continued on Page Two)
W as Near-Tragedy
At Altar London
Late Bride-To-Be
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May — Only the pres
ence of mind of the wedding guests
prevented a belated bride in Lon
don recently from acquiring for a
life partner a man whom she did
not know. Scheduled to be wedded
in the first of two ceremonies, she
was late, so the minister decided to
proceed with the second one. At
this juncture the tardy bride.to-be
arrived and hastily took her place
beside the man the minister had
beckoned to him. The ceremony
was started, but was halted by the
cries of the startled guests of both
couples and the fainting of the oth
er bride-elect.
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Ouake In India
Thirty Thousand
Reported he Dead
Meagre Details of Earthquake
In India Place Number of
Dead Thirty Thousand
fBy The Associated Press')
LONDON, May 31, — A Karachi,
India correspondent of the Exchan
ge Telegraph Agency said that un
confirmed reports coming through,
estimated that deaths caused by the
earthquake now numbered thirty
thousand in Quetta, alone—two
thirds of the population having been
wiped out.
(By The Associated Press)
QUETTA, May 31, — Forty-three
attaches of the military airdrome
here, including one pilot were among
the dead in the quake which struck
here yesterday.
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