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VOL. 37. No. 104. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, MAY 2nd, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Karpis, Others Taken Without Shot
biggestnaval appropriation history
Congressional Committee To Investigate Fish Traps
Biggest Naval Appropriation In
History Peace Time U. S. Passed
By House To Bring Navy Par
(By The Associated Press)
VMshing'on, May 2 —
Tne bigger, naval si’f tv
bill ever at forward
the nation was ^ peace, <‘ ir
ryinp more than five hun
dred and thiri y one million
dollars in new ft ids, with
conditional authorization
for the construction of two
new super-batt'-vshipc wn§
passed by the house of re
presentatives by a large ma
jority.
The measure was sent to
an apparently favorable
senate.
A fight which was crush
ed by an avalanche of votes
in the house developed ov
er the conditional provision
for battleships. Their con
struction depends upon the
action taken by any sign
ers of the recent London
Naval Treaty to build cap
ital ships. The treaty has
yet to be presented to the
senate,for ratification.
Huge Diesel Cat
Bucks Snow On
Road Over Sum.
(By The Associated ?p .O
Fairbanks, May 2, —
Bucking snows over Eagle
Summit Divide on the Fair
banks to Circle road, along
the Steese highway is a
giant diesel tractor, the lar
gest ever brought to the in
terior of Alaska.
The big bulldozer is plow
ing and tunneling its way
through drifts, dragging a
sled loaded with thirty five
tons of supplies. In the past
three days it has traveled
thirty miles from the twel
ve mile summit to Porcu
pine Camp. A smaller tract
or is following it drawing a
wannigan sleigh in which
the crew sleep at night.
The larger tractor went
to wrork at Deadwood Creek
clearing a site for a mod~
ern dredge to be installed
there by the Olson & Com
pany, placer operators.
Noted Poet Of
England is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
Cambridge, May 1, —Al
fred Edward Housman. ag
ed 77. noted British poet
and Latin professor, died
here this morning. He had
been ill and in poor health
for some time past.
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Coalition Gov.
Talk Not Excite
Real Politicians
By Byron Price
(Chief Biueau, Associated Press,
Washington, D. C.)
Talk of establishing a
“coalition government” at
Washington is reviving
amid many mysterious
hints of backstage overtur
es and underground nego
tiation.
The subject is most in
triguing. In theory, it
would be a grand thing for
all of the ablest men in the
country to assemble, re"
gardless of party, and put
themselves shoulder to
shoulder in a common en
deavor to lift the nation out
of the depression.
Looked at practically and
in the light of experience
however, the proposal is
seen to embrace many ser
ious difficulties.
In the first place, there is
no assurance that any im
pressive number of first"
raters would be willing to
coalesce. In the second
place there is the question
whether they could get al
ong altogether for more
than five minutes if they
did. Finally, there is the
problem whether the long
established party system
could possibly be torn
down to permit a real coali
tion.
It is an enticing thing to
talk about, and it might
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ALVIN KARPIS, NO. 1 ENEMY U.S.
TAKEN WITHOUT A SHOT
AT NEW ORLEANS
Two Other Companions Caught Same
Time. No Gunplay Evidenced 15y
Manner G Men Officiated
(Bv The Associated Press)
Washington. May 2, —
The Department of Justice
arrrnutUiccu ihut J. ICdg-ir
Hoover, chief of the Bureau
of Investigation personally
led the squad of men that
effected the capture of A1
vin Karpis.
New Orleans, May 2, —
David McGee, Bureau of In
vestigation head here said
that Karpis was captured
in a downtown apartment,
n company with Fred Hun
ter who is wanted for a
huge mail robbery, and a
woman whose name was
not revealed.
He said the three surren
ber( d when called upon to
give themselves up, as ag
ents surrounded the build
ing. They were taken with
out a shot being fired.
St. Paul, May 2, —Alvin
Karpis, the nation’s public
enemy number one, who
was captured in New Or
leans last night, arrived
here today and was immed
iately whisked away by
federal agents, to an unan
nounced destination, in an
airplane which carried
eight G Men.
Karpis was the leader of
the gang which kidnaped
William Hamm Jr., St.
Paul brewer for one hund
red thousand dollars ran
som June 15th, 1933. They
also abducted Edward Bre
mer St. Paul banker for
two hundred thousand doll
ars ransom, six months lat
er.
Karpis was chained to his
seat in the plane, as also
were his two companions
who were captured without
firing a shot, in the first ar
rest ever made in person
by J. Edgar Hoover, the G
Man chief.
Fifteen of the twenty ag
ents with levelled shotguns
automatic rifles and pistols
took the fight out of Kar
pis. He lifted his hands and
yielded his pistol.
Arrested with him in his
motor car near a preten
tious Canal Street apart
ment was a red haired
young woman identified as
"Ruth”, who posed as his
wife; and Fred Hunter, 37,
a suspect in the thirty four
thousand dollar Garrestvil
k, Ohio post office robbery
November 7th, 1935.
Karpis had been known
in New Orleans as "Ed O’
Hara”, a mild mannered
devotee of fishing.
The federal agents refus
cd to give the source of the
tip which resulted in the ar
rests, but a brother in law
of Karpis, Andrew Grooms
living in Topeka, Kansas',
expressed the opinion that
Karpis was “turned in by
a friend”.
“Karpis never had a chan
ee,” said Chief Hoover af
ter being questioned.
D H Williams Of
Anchorage Shot
SdS Over Pool
(By The Associated Press)
Anchorage, May 2, — D
H' Williams, longtime resi
cl -nt of Anchorage, and un
til recent undertaker here,
fired a revolver bullet into
his heart Thursday shortly
after the Nenana ice went
out.
It was reported that Wil
liam’s unsuccessful guesses
in the contest caused him to
commit suicide. His wife
died everal months ago, and
his undertaking business
has failed more recently.
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Fairbanks Cadets Perform Before Col.
Olson Of Alaska Railroad
And Civen Credit
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, May 2, — Ski
equipped cadets of Ameri
ca’s Farthest North Univer
sity drew praise from Col.
Otto F. Ohlson of the U. S.
A Reserve and general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad
who inspected them during
maneuvers here.
One company of thirty,
who drilled on skiis, was a
feature of the spring re
view..
The corps, drilled by Cap
tain C R Huber, cadet com
mandant, included seventy
five sophomore and fresh
men students.
Wendell Erickson, of Ta
coma was awarded a gold
medal by the Dorman H.
Baker Post Fairbanks Leg
ionnaires, for the best drill
ed sophomore.
A second gold medal was
awarded to Harold Culver
of Anchorage.
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Governor Of lice
(Bv The Associated Pi°ss)
Juneau, May 2. — The
Governor’s office today an
nouneed that this coming
week would see the v indup
of relief work in the Terri
torv with the exception of
a small amount set aside
for direct relief through
May and June, when the
forty thousand dollars re'
cently granted the Terri
tory will be exhausted.
No further grants are ex
pected to be forthcoming,
at least until the end of the
fiscal year. The opening of
spring work is gradually
absorbing the unemployed,
it was stated.
(By The Asl-'ocui1 *d Pres'1'
London, May 2, — Sir
Sidney Barton, British Min
ister to Ethiopia, advised
his government today that
Haile Selassie had left Ad
dis Ababa for Djibouti, in
French Somaliland.
Sir Sidney declared in a
wireless message from the
capitol, that Addis Ababa
was the scene of widespread
disorder. He asserted that
the disturbances included
looting and shooting.
i?o\ Of Oranges
Earoiitc 2v Air
1 o IjGV, l roy
(Hy The Associated Pres: i
Los Angeles, Mn\ ’ —■
An eigh'y-five poun <
of oranges started by i ■ a
Governor John W. T
Friday, at Juneau. A!.ia..a.
The shipment signalized
tl:' resumption of fust Pan
American Airw :ys Alaska
service, in add:1. >n to a
.bird"daily schcdu! > to Sea
trie by United .A'ninos to
connect with the r, w far
n li services.
The oranges \\\ re sent
by the California Fruit
Growers Association.
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Butte, Mon!., .-lay 1st—
Striking mine' s it tile Ana
conda Copper bore return
ed 10 work today after a 2
day strike.
Union and company offic
ials s#aid that the decision to
resume work followed an
announcement by Bus Bir
kett, the man the company
refused to fire, that he was
resigning and leaving town
rather than see the miners
strike and be blamed for it
all.
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