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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME 35. No. 151. r ~ " NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934 Per Copy: 10 Cent*.
Giant American Built Plane Crashes
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS TONIGHT
Emperor of Japan Signs Papers to Abrogate Treaty
MELBOURNE DERBY AIR
PLANE CRACKS UP AND
SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
(By The Associated Press)
BAGDAD, Iraq., Dec. 21—The giant, American-built
airplane, “Uiver” the pride of the Royal Dutch Airlines was
found wrecked and burned, with its seven occupants dead.
The plane crashed in a desert thunderstorm, ten miles
south of Ruthawells. Scouting planes found the wreckage.
This is the same plane which placed second in the recent
Melbourne Air Derby. It was called the flying hotel.
The plane was seeking new laurels in a speed flight
from Amsterdam to Batavia, Java, when it crashed. The
victims were Professor Walch of Batavia University; M.
Beretti, Director of Aneta, the official news agency of the
Dutch East Indies; M. Kort, businessman; M. Beeknan, com
mander in chief; pilot Van Steenbergen; second pilot H. A.
Walewyn; engineer, C. Van Zadelhogg who also served as
wireless operator.
The last radio message from the craft early yesterday
said that the plane was in difficulty during the storm.
FREIGHTER IS
IN DIFFICULTY
NORTH PACIFIC
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 20 — Creeping
along under her own power, after
losing much of her log cargo in a
heavy storm, the British freighter
“Benlawers," eleven days out of Port
land, Oregon, headed for the Orient,
is now on her way back to Victoria,
B. C.
Her life boats were smashed, her
superstructure was damaged; and
her ventilator comings had been
carried away when the Sanyo Maru
picked up her distress calls and re
layed them to the Coast Guard here.
She is about four hundred miles
southeast of Dutch Harbor. The
cutter Tallapoosa left Juneau today
under orders to aid the ship despite
a second message from the stricken
vessel saying that she did not need
immediate assistance. She carries a
crew of forty.
FEDERALS ARE
.. •
TO INQUIRE IN
TO TAX SYSTEM
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 — In a
move intended to prevent the over
lapping of taxes, the President dir
ected the Treasury to investigate,
Federal, State and municipal tax
systems. A national conference on
taxation next summer may result
from this inquiry.
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SUICIDE BELIEF
GROWS ALMOST
BE CERTAINTY
(By The Associated Press)
CARMEL, Dec. 21—The growing
conviction that Mrs. Schaffner wad
ed to her death in the ocean, today,
became nearly a certainty, when
the police announced the discovery
of one of her slippers at Cook’s
Cove, near the place where her trail
ended.
School Children To
Get Vacation Period
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The Nome Public School and the
school of the Office of Indian Af
fairs completed their work for the
first part of the winter and will now
have a Christmas vacation over New
Year’s. The students and school
children will have about two weeks
to enjoy themselves without having
to go to school, but will return to
their studies again.the Monday fol
lowing New Year’s Day.
Dec. 21 Is Shortest
Day Of Year Today
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Today is the shortest day of the
year,' according to all astronomical
scientific data. Dec. 21 of each year
is considered to be the day when we
have the shortest number of hours
of daylight. Today Nome probably
received as much sunlight as was
coming to her. From now on the
days will begin to get longer, and
the winter will not seem to "be so
long; with more sunlight and day
light returning to the North.
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SHERIFF & SON
ARE GUARDED
BY OFFICIALS
(By The Associated Press)
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 21 -
Sheriff T. E. Gant, defying threats
of violence went about his duties
today under the protection of a
guard of thirty militiamen, as an
aftermath of Wednesday’s rioting
which cost three lives, when the
court called a mistrial of the negro
charged with assaulting a young
white girl.
The negro is now at Nashville.
The sheriff said that both he, his
under sheriff and his son had re
ceived many threats snce they |iad
returned from spiriting the negro
away.
PICK THE MOST
OUTSTANDING
PICTURE YEAR
(By The Associated Press)
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21st— The
screen writers guild announced the
annual selection of the six outstand
ing motion pictures for 1934. First
place went to “It Happened One
Night.” While five awards were
made six stories were announced,
because two tied for fifth place. The
other awards-Were:
Second, “The Thin Man”; third,
“Hopse of Rothchild”; fourth, “^)ne
Night Love”; or fifth place, “The
Gay Divorcee” and “Of Human
Bondage” were tied.
These pictures were selected from
377 pictures produced from January
1934 to November 6th, 1934.
BIG BUSINESS BEGINS TO
f '
CLEAN HOUSE— WITH A
NEW SET REGULATIONS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Big business, as represented
by 2,350 of America’s greatest corporations told the Securi
ties Commission that it must reveal much hitherto carefully
guarded data including the salaries paid to high officials.
They also ordered that the bonuses and other profits of the
three highest officials of a corporation be disclosed.
This was but one of the many things included in the
new set of regulations, announced Thursday. The regula
tions also cover the details of what the business giants must
do to have a legal right to sell securities on the stock ex
changes. The rulings affect millions of investors who hold
between sixty and seventy billions of dollars in securities
of the large companies.
THE WAR-TIME
INCOME TAXES
BEAR SCRUTINY
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The war
time income tax returns of Hugh
Johnson, Alexander Legee, and sen
ator elect Joseph Guffey of Pennsyl
vania, besides others high in govern
ment world war councils, is now un
der scrunity by the Senate Investi
gations Committee, carrying on in
vestigations into the munitions scan
dal.
The committee is seeking to learn
who ordered that the tax returns of
Bernard Baruch and others, destroy
ed. The committee members are giv
ing no indications that they think
there are any irregularities, but they
expressed the determination to scan
the documents 'of all men connected
with the war industries board which
mobilized the nation’s resources, un
der the direction of Baruch.
EMPEROR SIGNS
PAPERS TO BACK
OUT OF TREATY]
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Dec. 21—Emperor Hiro
hito today affixed his ‘Imperial Seal
to the documents concerning the
Japanese abrogation of the Washing
ton Naval Treaty.
Newspapers here today charge
American "obstinacy” with the re
sponsibility of the breakdown of the
tri-power naval conversations.
Well Known Man
88, Passes Away
(By The Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21st—Col.
Henry Hester aged 88, “The Father
of Cotton Statistics,” died here to
day of infirmities.
INVESTIGATE ALLEGED
FRAMING CONNECTION
CONSTRUCTION SHIPS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—A sweeping inquiry into
what Chairman Nye called “Amazing increases” in the re
cent costs of warships, was ordered by the Munitions in- -
vestigators, saying they wanted to determine if there had
been any collusion in bidding.
Some investigators said they had evidence from private
companies that prices for the construction of naval destroy
ers had doubled between the fall Of 1933 and the fall of 1934.
Meanwhile Pierre Dupont called for an exhaustive
study by the wisest minds to devise a practical plan to elim
inate excess profits in wartime.
He said that the Dupont Company was already on record
as favoring such elimination.
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POLARITES 33
ALASKANS 25 IN
BASKET BALL
The basketball , game last night
between the Ajlaskans and the Pol
arites proved to be a good clean, j
fast exciting game of ball. A large
attendance filled the seating capac
ity along the four sides of the play
ing floor, at the native ’ school gym
nasium.
The game started fast with the
Alaskans taking a good lead in the
first quarter and retaining it for,
most of the half. The Polarites!
evened the score near the end of the
first half and when the whistle
blew were two points ahead.
With the beginning of the second
half both teams played harder,!
faster and much more expert ball.
The Polarites gradually drew away!
in the lead from the Alaskans and
were never headed during the re
mainder of the game. The final
score was 33 to 25 in favor of the j
Polarites.
The proceeds of the game go as a
direct contribution to the Commun
ity Xmas Tree Fund. According to
all estimates about seventy-five to
eighty dollars were taken in both
from the sale of tickets and admis
sions at the door last night. The
apparent enthusiarm displayed by
the public in attending the game
leads to the belief that in the fu
ture perhaps several more games
may be arranged and some good
basketball talent developed. There
are several teams in town who are
playing basketball merely for ex-!
ercise and enjoyment, arid they may
issue challenges, according to the re
ports, for a series of games, probab
ly some time after the first of the
year.
Last night’s game was the first
basketball game played in Nome
since last spring. Before the fire
most of the games were either play
ed in the Eagle or A. B. Hall, but
since then, the native school gym
nasium of the Office of Indian Af
fairs has been used for athletic act
ivities.
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BIG PROGRAMS
AT COMMUNITY
XMAS TONIGHT
TKe Community Xmas Tree Cele
bration takes place tonight, one pro
gram at the Methodist church and
the other at the Federated Church,
both starting promptly at 8 p.m.
The school children of the native
school and the public school have
been practicing for some time on an
excellent program and according to
the reports something very speci.il
is in view for the general public
when they attend the celebration
this evening.
In addition to the program, gifts
are going to be handed out to each
and every child in the community
who comes to the affair. Santa Claus
will be in attendance to hand out
the gifts and see that all the little
kiddies have a good time.
I he preparations for the programs
have been completed and the big
moment takes place at 8 p.m. when
the celebration gets under way. At
tend this celebration and enjoy the
unique privelege of observing and
joining in with the rest of the com
munity in an observance of Christ
mas, in a community way.
ATTEMPTING TO
CONVICT INSULL
SON STEALING
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 21—A criminal
court jury here today deliberated
an the state’s embezzlement charges
against Martin Insull, son of Sam
uel Insull of traveler fame.
The defendant’s action of draw
ing three hundred and forty-four
thousand dollars from a middlewest
utilities company treasury to bol
der a sagging market account, was
aranded as theft by the state pros
scutors.