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VOL. 37. No. 77. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, April 1st, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
H’ptmann May Get Longer Reprieve
SAYS DANGER 2nd RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
Bering Sea Patrol Ordered Into Service For 1936
Hitler’s Plans
Presented Eden
By Ribbentrop
(By The Associated Press)
London, April 1, — Von
Ribbentrop, special Nazi
agent sent by Feurher Hit
ler to discuss the Rhineland
remilitarization, conferred
with Anthony Eden, Brit
ish Foreign Secretary, for
more than an hour today, de
tailing Hitler’s proposal of
a virtual new Locarno pact.
One of the points enum
erated was that during the
next four months of nego
tiations, the German, Bel
gian and French borders
were to be controlled by a
commission consisting of
one representative each
from Great Britain, Italy,
and one from some neutral
power.
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POSSIBILITY HAUPTMANN’S
STAY EXECUTION MAY BE
EXTENDED PAST THURSDAY
—
Letter To Governor Hoffman Persists
In Innocense: Flays Many
(By The Asso
Trenton, April 1, — The
possibility that Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann’s stay of
execution may be extended
beyond Thursday night,
grew with the announce
ment today, that the Mer
cer County grand jury pon
dering the Wendler confes
sion, had adjourned until
tomorrow.
An unidentified person
age was again injected in
to the case in Bruno’s fare
well letter to Governor
Hoffman of New Jersey,
Bering Sea Patrol Ordered Into
Active Service To Convoy Seals
I _ .
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, April 1, —
The Bering Sea Patrol was
ordered under way today
by Rear Admiral Harry G.
Hamlet, U. S. Coast Guard
Commandant, Captain Ral
ph W. Dempwolf in charge
of the Guardsmen receiv
ing the go ahead signals
at Seattle.
With special officers and
scientists, who from now on
until the northern night
drives them back, the Coast
Guard will protect the seal
herds during the Pribiloff
breeding season, fill Eski
mo teeth, perform opera
tions on remote islands,
marry those who have de
cided to winter, swear out
warrants, make arrests, sit
as a federal court, try vio
lators, aid the lighthouse
service transport govern
ment freight, and continue
in their spare time charting
the ocean floor.
Commandant Hamlet or
dered the Coast Guard tug
Lapwing at Astoria to pro
ceed north as an escort for
the seals. April 15th, the
cutter Tallapoosa will re
lieve the Lapwing at Dix
on’s entrance near the boun
dary line between Alaska
and British Columbia, and
accompany the seals to the
Pribiloff Islands.
From Unalaska, Captain
Dempwolf will direct the
activities of the Lapwing,
Northland, Tallapoosa, Che
Ian, Haida, Morris, Sho
shone and Alert, which
vessels at present are in
San Francisco, Seattle and
Juneau.
MRS. HEWITT IS
GROWING WORSE
—
Jersey City, N. J., March
31—The condition of Mrs.
Maryon Cooper Hewitt,
wanted in San Francisco on
charges of mayhem brou
ght by her daughter, was i
reported extremely grave
by physicians who have
been attending her since
she took an overdose of sed
ative several weeks ago.
She is under technical ar
rest as a fugitive from Cali
fornia.
dated Press)
sent when he believed he
would be executed last ev
ening.
The letter described Isa
dore Fisch’s friend, the pur
ported employment agent,
who Hauptmann met at a
public library and gave him
two job applications to fill
out. Bruno said he believ
ed his handwriting was
copied from these applica
tions and inscribed onto
the ransom notes, in this
way.
The missil further criti
cized and asked why “Jaf
sie” why he hid “so many
things which he new”. It
criticized the prosecution
for not producing direct ev
idence such as fingerprints,
and footprints.
Hauptmann, in his last
writing, reiterated his dis
dain of the kidnap ladder.
He attacked his former de
fense counsel Reilly for
sending important witness
es home without bringing
them on the stand.
His final words in the let
ter were “the electric chair
means an end to my trem
endous suffering!”
French Officials
Forecast Failure
Hitler Proposals
(By The Associated Press)
Paris, April 1, — French
officials today forecast the
rejection of Hitler’s propos
al, as an evasion of the vit
al question of the violation
of the Locarno pact.
They want, first, the
Hague or some other tri
bunal to pass on the legal
ity of Germany’s act, and
they also want answers to
Premier Flandin’s ques
tions asking whether Hit
ler really would renounce
aggressive intentions.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
.Special Correspondence)
Nothing is surer than
death and taxes. A man dies
but once, whereas taxes
press their claims in divers
ways, and several times a
yea>\ It is safe to state that
most persons think more
about tax levies than about
their final exit from the af
fairs of the world. So it hap
pens that the public eye is
focused most frequently
upon what the government
is going to do with regard
to collecting the money it
needs.
The plan to make a heavy
inroad upon the undivided
surplus of corporations is
likely to be modified. Al
though corporations seem
due to receive a hair cut,
they will not be shorn bald
headed, it is said. They will
be permitted to impound
money enough to keep
them going and help them
over industrial stretches
where the sledding is poor.
One result of the measure
under consideration is that
the number of citizens hav
ing a taxable annual in
come of more than a mill
ion dollars will be increas
ed from less than a hund
red to almost three hund
red. Thus it can be seen
that the proposed tax law
holds anxiety and peril for
us all.
Washington reports its
first holdup in five days.
Day by day, in every way,
we are getting better and
better, to quote Dr. Coue.
Mr. Hitler has moved
troops to the boundary de
fined by the Rhine. France
has set her armies in mo
tion in the same direction.
Mr. Mussolini has commit
ted Italy to the French side
if something happens. Eng
land tells Germany not to
start anything, but wishes
more time to think matters
over. All this sounds a good
deal like the commotion
that started the World war.
It can only be hoped that
all concerned will go no fur
ther than such defensive
demonstrations as national
pride may dictate. France
and Germany are tradition
(Continued on Page Three)
DANGER ANOTHER RUSSIAN
JAPANESE WAR IF FIGHTING
CONTINUES IN MONGOLIA
Mutual Assistance Pact Between The
Sov iets, Mongolians To Stop Japan
(By The Associated Press)
I Undated, April 1, — A
.24-hour battle, which in
formed Soviet sources as
serted contained danger of
! another Russo - Japanese
war, was reported at Mos
cow to have ended at 4 P.
M. today on the border be
tween Manchoukuo and
'outer Mongolia.
The Russians said the bat
tie was fought in Mongolia
and the Japanese say it
took place in Manchoukuo.
Each claimed that the
other used airplanes. One
Japanese source implied
the use of poison gas.
Moscow reported that
Manchoukuoans and the
Japanese troops were forc
ed to retreat from Mongol
! ian territory.
Mongolia recently con
cludeda mutual assistance
pact under which the Sov
iets are pledge to aid Mon
golia in case of an unpro
voked aggression.
The Soviet spokesman,
speaking of the current bat
tle, said that serious re
sponsibility would devolve
upon the Japanese if the
fighting continued in Mon
golia.
The inaccessibility of the
area as well as the censor
ship prevented detailed ac
counts being broadcasted.
Competent Tokyo auth
orities said that if Mongol
ia’s claim of invasion was
correct, they were inclin
ed to believe the border
troops acted without Tokyo
orders.
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Rex Beach Supports Aviation Alaska
in His Latest ^ritinjjs On Subject
—
j
Rex Beach, famed writer
and well knowrn former Al
askan, comes to the support
of theNorthland again with
an article in the current is
;sue of the American Maga
zine under the title “Alas
ka, The Flying Frontier.”
In his interesting story,
Mr. Beach tells of airplane
pioneering in Alaska and
; the great need for further
promoting aviation as a
means of developing min
eral resources. He strong
ly urges that the govern
ment should help the priv
ate operators out with sub
sidies in making flying eas
ier and better in the Terri
tory.
The article is illustrated
with pictures of Joe Cros
son and Joe Barrows of the
PAA, and Bob Reeve of
j
Valdez, all veteran north
ern fliers.
CONFESSES KILLING
IIIS OWN BROTHER
Santa Rosa, Calif., March
31,—Jimmy Charles, aged.
28, confessed that he hack
ed his brother, Donald, a
Cazadero rancher, to death
with an ax during an argu
ment at their country home
He went out to call him
to supper, he said, and be
came embroiled in a heated
dispute. “When Donald
struck me,” Jimmy said, “I
picked up an ax and hit
him on the head. Then I
got a rifle and shot him.”
The trouble with the Am
erican government is that
the people expect too many
: favors. •