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VOL. 36. No. 297 NOME, ALASKA, Friday, December 20, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
LAVAL STATES HE CONTINUE AS PREMIER
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TALKS IN PROGRESS WITH
SMALL MEMBERS LEAGUE
STOP ITALY CASE ATTACK
Premier Laval Decides Not To Resign
At This Time-Trusts LeBrun
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 20, Prem
ier Laval of France decid
ed he would not resign, af
ter a conference with Pres
ident LeBrun and Tightest
members of the cabinet.
Laval said today: “There
may be an epidemic of re
signations, but I do not
feel affected.”
The French press pictur
ed France as the last great
t power of the League hold
ing out against the peril of
a "general European war.
High British sources dis
closed that the government
in recognizing the immin
ent danger of war following
the failure of the peace plan
r has launched a bold drive
to mobilize other members
of the League to meet a pos
sible Italian attack. Talks
are already underway with
a number of the principal
powers in an attempt to
gain iron-clad assurance
that these nations are ready
to bear their part of the
burden in case of a sudden
unexpected attack.
Italy’s northern army to
day defeated an Ethiopian
force south of Abbi Addi,
about twenty-five miles
west of Makale, inflicting
considerable losses.
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Death Early Alaskan Pioneer
Recalls Story Funeral Pyre
Pennock Island Pioneer
Resident Who Came To
North in 1885 Was Wait
ing for License To His
“Crematorium” When
Death Struck.
Richard Bennet, 75-year
old recluse who lived on
Pennock Island, was found
dead in his cabin home re
cently by N. O. Hardy, dep
uty United States marshal.
The man apparently had
died of heart disease, says
a recent issue of the Ketch
ikan Alaska Chronicle.
He had been seen last by
a neighbor, Conrad Benson
who reported to the marsh
al’s office that no sign of
life existed around Ben
nett’s cabin. When last seen
he was cutting fire wood.
Mr. Hardy investigated,
making the trip to the is
land on a cutter manned by
members of the coast guard
vessel Cyane’s crew.
Bennet was found dead
in bed apparently as though
he had retired after finish
ing his wood cutting and
died in his sleep from heart
failure.
The death of the elderly
man and the fact that he
was cutting wood when
last seen brings to memor
ies of officials an incident
of last summer in which
Bennett was featured.
Authorities were puzzl
ed one day last July when
a young man reported to
them that a man near Ket
chikan was dangerously in
sane.
Deputies Investigate
Deputy United States
Marshals Martin and Hardy
listened politely to the
young man’s story of some
(Continued on Page Two)
Democrats Of
4th Division In
Convention, 0 K
(By The Associated Press 1
Fairbanks, Dec. 20, —
Fourth division democrats
in convention approved o
the federal administration
extended to Governor Tro;
a vote of appreciation an<
endorsed Delegate Dimond
and territorial officers Aud
itor Frank A Boyle, Attor
ney General James S Truit
and Highway Engineer W
A. Hesse.
They also endorsed fo
the legislature Joseph E
Crosson for senator an<
■ Tom Lamore, Louis A
I Smith, Leo Rogge, and Dai
i Green for representatives.
21 delegates were electee
to the territorial conven
tion. Six members of th
divisional committee wer
elected.
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Not Enough To
Eat Big Spuds
Matanuska Val
Not Enough People To Ea
Potatoes
The Associated Press)
Chicago, Dec. 19, —Mei
are men, up in the pionee
colony of Matanuska Vail
ey, but not men enough ti
eat Matanuska potatoes.
This was the report bro
back by Captain Eugene J
Carr, the former Army offi
cer who is in charge of thi
172 families moved to Mat
anuska by the relief direc
tors. Why, the captain said
“One potato, out there, i
enough to feed a family
They grow to weigh fou
pounds. Cabbages weigh 2
pounds. Peapods are 10 in
ches long.”
The Matanuskan pioneer
are reenacting the days o
early settlers in the Unit
ed States, Captain Car
said, building their owi
churches, settling their owi
legal difficulties.
“The women and mei
there are ones who cai
stand the gaff, like our cov
ered wagon pioneers” hi
said. “By hard work the?
are a happy lot today. Ev
ery family has a comfort
able home and their gran
Alaska Game
Comm. Ends
11 lli Session
(Bv The Associated Press) j
Juneau, Dee. 20, — The
> Alaska Game Commission
t which ended its eleventh
. annual session here yester
r day, adopted a resolution
1 asking the Advisory Board
. established by the migra
- tory bird treaty act under
■ the Department of Com
!• merce, to divide Alaska in
-,to three zones for migra
tory birds, a move which
' was previously recommend
•'ed by requests of sports
1 men and chambers of com
•; merce.
1 The services of one or
more expert coyote trap
1 pers was also requested, as
- a great damage had already
- been inflicted on wild life
5 in Alaska.
Advices Say Jhn.
Dunn to Oppose
Dimond, Dele.
i
fBy The Associated Pr°ss)
1 According to private ad
vices received from Jun
eau, John Dunn, former
Clerk of the United Stat
1 '■‘S district court of the 1st
Division in Alaska, will be
- a candidate to oppose An
> thony J. Dimond for dele
gate to congress from Al
t' aska. Presumably Dunn
• will run as a Republican.
- At least he served as clerk
? of the court several terms
- under the Republican ad
- ministration. He was replac
: ed by Robert E Coughlin,
> democrat, and has been re
• siding in Southern Calif
’ ornia since retiring from
office.—The Alaska Fishing
■ News.
l aries are filled for the win
ter.”
The birth of a baby in
| the settlement always is
( occasion for a big celebra
tion, the captain said. Cap
tain Carr was full of praise
for his colonists.
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DEATH OF THELMA TODD
Head Waiter Trocadcro Cafe Told To
Keep Mouth Shut lit Todd Case
(By The Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Dec. 20, —
A kidnap warning received
by a head waiter at a cafe
where Thelma Todd, movie
actress attended her last
party, today inserts a new
mystery into the puzzle ol
how she met death, as the
county grand jury prepar
ed evidence which foremar
George W. Rochester said
strongly indicated that she
had been slain.
Alex Hounie, the waiter
told the police that twe
men forced his car into the
curb last night and shout
ed: “You’ve had your warn
ing, so take it easy!”
He produced a postcard
which he received through
the mails—"Head waiter,
Trocadero, Los Angeles—
Withhold testimony or kid
nap trip”. A guard was
thrown around Hounie’s
home today.
Search Kidnapers
Centers On Farm
House Hide-Out
—
(B.v The Associated Press)
Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 20,
—Special squads of feder
al agents searched a tumbl
ed-down farm house ten
miles from here described
as the hideout of the Milne
kidnapers. Persistent re
ports that the abduciion
would be solved before
midnight were heard here.
The house is the keyspot
of a coast to coast hunt for
the abductors of the youth,
who told the agents that
four men lured him into
an automobile, blindfolded
him and held him captive
for four days.
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Natives ^in Basketball Games:
Proceeds Are To Go Xmas Fund
The two basketball games
played at the gymnasium
of the Office of Indian Af
fairs school between Nome
Grammer School and 1 lie
Native school, and the
Nome High School and the
Alaskans resulted in a vic
tory for the two native
teams.
The first game was be
tween the two grammer
schools and the final score
was 15 to 13 in this game.
The final score in the game
between the Alaskans and
the High School was 25 to
20. Both teams were play
ed before a capacity crowd,
many of the spectators hav
ing to stand up and child
ren occupying seats on the
floor. Both games were
close all the way thru and
thoroughly exciting.
The amount of money tak
en in as proceeds of the
game will be donated to the
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\m. Legion Post
(Bv The Associated Press)
Anchorage, December —
Anchorage members of the
American Legion went to
Matanuska to install offi
cers in the Territory’s new
est post of the legion,
known as the Matanuska
Vailey Post No. 15 and con
-isting of 40 colonists. Neil
Miller is commander of the
new organization of ex-sol
diers.
More than 400 colonists,
miners and others attend
ed a dance in celebration
of the occasion.
Sidney C. Raynon of An
chorage, senior vice com
mander of the Alaska de
partment, presided.
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