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France Declares “No Man’s Land” Is Impossibility
(By The Associated Press)
Redwood City, California,
March 11
the Redwood City Cion pro
peri v of Mrs. A
Rice, who was slain by
Ralph Jerome Selz, was
made by her third, hu band,
Charles Rice, a former May
or of Nome, through a Seat
tie attorney, Earl Phillips.
Rice secured a divorce in
February, 1935.
Coroner William Crosby
said that attorney Phillips
is here contesting the own
ership of the cottage and
the surrounding acreage.
He also announced that a
deed, transferring owner
ship to Selz, signed by Mrs.
R'ee was found. Crosby
oho su’d that there was a
chance hat the shaver who
is serving a life tc in in San
Quentin may regain title to
the cottage, wnich .Mis.
Rice is said to have traded
to him for valueless min
ing stock. Officers theor iz
ed that she may have been
slain when she learned that
she was duped and protest
ed. Selz said that the kill
ing was accidental although
he pleaded guilty to first de
gree murder.
Daniel Hoan. Socialist Mayor Mil
waukee Running For Reeleetion
(By The Associated Press)
Milwaukee, March 18 —
Daniel Hoan, socialist may
or is seeking reelection to
the office which he held for
twenty years. He was nom
inated in the city primary
vote but three non-partisan
opponents who piled up
twenty six thousand eight
hundred eighty nine more
votes than his sixty four
thousand nine hundred six
ty four. Sheriff Joseph H.
Skinner is second with six
ty thousand five hundred
seven votes.
FRANCE DECLARES CREATION
OF A NO MAN S LAND ZONE IN
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RHINELAND AN IMPOSSIBILITY
(By The Associated Press)
London, March 18th —
French sources declared
that any Paris government
agreeing to the British
draft of the security pro
posal, envisaging the joint
Franco-German demilitar
ized zone, policed by the
League, would sound its
own death knell and fur
ther insisted that no gov
ernment could face the
present nationalism after
Germany’s Rhineland occu
pation and before spring
elections dare to subscribe
to any plan by which the
territory be policed by for
eign representatives. “The
Council of Guilt rejected
the plan flatly.” In its meet
ing tomorrow it will pro
bably brand Germany as a
treaty violator.
The British emphsized
the report of draft specul
ation was unconfirmed and
recalled that the joint de
militarization proposed by
Hitler, whose plans the
British promised would be
considered in due course.
The aroused French are be
lieved to be ready to de
mand a show down while
other excited French assert
ed that the creation of a
No Man’s Land along the
placid Rhine, where the
French and Germans have
clashed for centuries is im
possible.
NOTICE
The regular Tuesday
meeting of the Nome Busi
ness Men’s Volley Ball
Club has been postponed
until Friday of this week.
WORST FLOODS SINCE 1889 EX- .
PF.R'ENCEP IN JOHNSTOWN &
PITTSRIIRGIL PENNSYLVANIA
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Jrt Lower Cilv f freeis
SEVENTEEN DEATHS REPORTED
COMMUNICATION LINES
CRIPPLED
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ORDERS IMMEDIATE
MOBILIZATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES
FOR RESCUE WORK
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, March 18—Sev
enteen deaths are confirm
ed and many others report
ed and communication lin
es are crippled An effort is
being made to check the
surging floods which spread
death and damage and mis
ery through the East. Loss
es are feared to be in the
millions while thousands
are homeless and hundreds
marooned Transportation
is demoralized and snow
and tornadoes caused suff
ering in other areas.
.Johnstown, Penn, exper
ienced its worst flood since
1889 in which 2,235 perish
ed. Hundreds of people
were isolated when sixteen
feet of water from the ram
paging Conemaugh River
flowed in the streets. Sem
es were rescued by Nation
al Guardsmen who ween
rushed to the scene by train
with food and medicine.
A bursting dam at Ross
iter killed four in western
Maryland. Northern Vir
ginia suffered under ten
feet of water as did Cum
berland. Maryland.
Pittsburgh’s main down
town streets were Hooded
and row boats were used.
Several hundred children
are marooned in North Car
olina schools. High winds
unroofed buildings near t he
coast and parts of New
York and Pennsylvania had
snow.
President Roosevelt or
dered Federal agencies to
quickly mobilize rescue
work with Secretary of
War Dern heading a com
mittee providing govern
ment equipment.
New Hartford, Conn., —
Dozens of buildings were
reported to have been
swept away as a result of
the collapse of Greenwoods
Dam on the Farmington
River. Fears were express
ed that there may have
been some lives lost.
Pittsburgh —Fire threat
ened to spread after break
ing out at the Waverly Oil
Works. The banks of the
Allegheny River are flood
ed at Lawrenceville. Near
by oil tanks exploded with
a roar and flaming oil fired
adjacent buildings, endang
ering the firemen. The
cause for the explosion was
undetermined.
Dawsonites Who Attended Fairbanks
Ice Carnival Striken Scarlet Fever
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(By The Associated Press)
Dawson, Yukon Territory
; March 19—All public gath
erings were banned today
i as a result of the city being
1 under quarantine. The
j residents who journeyed to
the Fairbanks Ice Carnival
were stricken with scarlet
fever upon returning to
their homes. It is not thot
that the disease will become
an epidemic but schools
churches and theatres are
, closed.
ARCTIC OC. RADIO BROADC AST
GIVEN AN PLANE AT NOON
TODAY 3C NETWORK
■ >111c1 cj to * *t onc* ('! i h
in met nt year; tod y w lam
iiic a v
p'ane piloted by .1 e Cros
son and copilot Walter llall,
Lyman S. Peck, Manager o
the PAA in Alaska, t ■> Na
i ional Broacasting Con
panv engineers, D maid
Thompson, announcer and
J. W Baker, technician and
Russell G. Maynard, Nome
Associated Press corres
pondent completed success
fully a flight into the Arc
tic Ocean to the point
where the Arctic Circle
meets the International
Date Line, north of Bering
Straits. The AP correspond
ent was taken along on the
High! through the courtesy
of the Pacific Alaska Air
ways.
The short wave radio
broadcast consisting of an
interview with Joe Crosson
and Lyman I?eck was given
; l . . . file
M i 1 . 1V M C' ;Sl.D '
. .1 minu before
• . . . : 0 i\ l .|IK
F low.;' p a d. . dec]
, v ul' the »i. ;h: '■ com the
• me the phmo Id" Nome
this morning as told by AP
V: rre ponticnl .Maynard
who made the Hi. hi.
“We left Nome at 10:10
this morning heading north
westerly for Te’.Mr and
Cape Prince of Wales which
is the farthest westerly
point on the American con
tinent. Enroute up the
coast from Nome we sight
ed various historic points
including Sinrock, where
gold was discovered as ear
ly as 1807. Flying at an al
titude approximately ten
thousand fed we foil >wed
along, the high range of
mountains known is the
Sawtooth Range.
“After passing pMMr it
(Continued on Pane Twol
Charge Officers Accepting Bribes
Merely Cigars From Grateful Alan
J c
(By The Associated Press)
Portland, March 17th —
An unidentified citizen com
plained to the prosecuting
attorney that he Saw three
officers accepting bribes.
An investigation disclosed
that the lather of Lou Atm
Markle of Anchorage, was
:.'resenting cigars and Lou
Ann’s photograph to Pat
rol men Fred T. West, Wil
lis Spivey and vice-operat
ive T. C. Mulligan in ap
preciation hr donating
blood to save her life from
a leg infection. _
Juneau Loses First Place As Most
Populous City Alaska to Ketcliican
(By The Associated Press)
Ketchikan, March tan—
Juneau lost first place as
the most populous of Alas
kan cities when an annexa
tion proposition was car
ried unofficially by a count
of ninety-one per cent of
Ketchikan’s voters and sev
eney-six percent oi t_,nar
coal Point's three hundred
and seventy-two residents
which gives Ketchikan a
population of four thousand
one hundred sixty-eight tc
Juneau’s four thousand
forty-three.
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, March 17th —
The Labor Relations Board
which is holding a hearing
on discrimination charges
against the Alaska Juneau
Mine, adjourned its pros
ecution to request a per
mit to cheek the payroll foi
names.
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