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VOL. 37. No. 80. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, April 4th, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Details Of Hauptmann Execution
ITALIAN AERIAL ATTACK IS MADE TODAY
Indians Who Never Saw Plane Brought To Nome
A New Aircraft
Carrier Slides
Down The Ways
(By The Associated Press)
Newport News, Va., Ap
ril 4, — Mrs Franklin D.
Roosevelt today broke a
bottle of champagne over
the prow of the new air
craft carrier “Yorktown”.
This was the first launch
ing of a new ship under the
Roosevelt naval construc
tion program. It cost nine
teen million dollars.
Wrangell Man
c
Is For Instructed
Delegates Landon
(By The Associated Press)
Wrangell, April 4, — R.
N. Scruby, Wrangell dent
ist, delegate to the repub
lican convention at Doug
las, has started a campaign
to obtain an instructed Al
aska delegation for Gover
nor Alf Landon of Kansas.
Scruby, a former Kans
asan, formerly lived at Cor
dova and Kennecott before
moving to Wrangell.
His activities are co-relat
ed with those of Oscar S.
Stauser, Kansas publisher,
in charge of the Landon
campaign in Kansas.
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DETAILS OF EXECUTION OF
BRUNO HAUPMANN TOLD BY
OFFICIALS, AND WITNESSES
Declared He Seemed To Await Saving
By Something Definite. Tangible
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, April 4, — The
execution which was set
for eight p.m. last night,
was delayed on account of
witnesses.
Hauptmann ordered a
hearty dinner and appeared
only slightly nervous prior
to the execution.
As executioner Elliott
slipped the death helmet
over Hauptmann’s face,
Judge Thomas W. Trench
ard said “the repudiated
confession of Wendel was
incredible and out of har
mony with all known facts”
During the execution the
Rev. John Mattiesen, Haupt
mann’s spiritual advisor,
read the Lutheran German
ritual.
Mrs. Hauptmann receiv
ed the news of her hus
band’s execution with sobbs
and cried: “Oh God! Why
did you have to do this?’’
She immediately called
for her baby, as physicians
tried to quiet her.
There appeared a slight
sneer on Hauptmann’s face
as he walked with quick,
light steps to his death. His .
face was pale and his arms
were held closely to his sid
es by the guards. His hair
had been shaved off for the
second time this week.
The Warden said Haupt
Foreign Secretary Eden Refuses To
Accede French Proposal Conference
(By The Associated Press)
(By The Associated Press)
London, April 4, — For
eign Secretary Anthony Ed
en of Great Britain today
rejected the formal request
by France for a meeting of
the remaining Locarno
signatories at Brussels, Ap
ril 8th, pointing out that a
session of the league com
mittee is set for the 13th.
and has already been call
ed.
He said the French pro
posed conference is unde
sirable to Great Britain at
present, and asserted that
the League meeting would
afford ample opportunity
to exchange views and pro
posals for European secur
ity.
mann was confident appar
ently to the very end that
something would save him.
“He seemed to have hope
all the way through that
something would happen
to save him. He did not
lose his courage, but at no
time did he smile.
He was in fairly good spir
its all day anti never seem
ed to' give up hope. Most
of the time he spent with
his ministers,” said the pri
son warden, when pressed
for details of the execution.
Governor Hoffman again
refused to grant a reprieve
wh n Fisher asked for an
other stay of execution just
one hour before Bruno’s
death.
Trenton, April 4, Bruno
Richard Hauptmann utter
ed no word after he enter
ed the death chamber, said
wintesses.
Doctor Howard Weisler,
prison physician announc
ed after six physicians had
examined Bruno twice,
that “this man is dead.”
Hauptmann did not even
struggle in the chair. He
was pale and very weak as
he was led to the chair by
the two guards.
Once he stared with pain
in his eyes, at the fifty-five
witnesses who were crowd
ed into the little chamber
with its dirty white walls.
He was quickly strapped
into the chair and at 8:43
p.m. Robert H. Elliott, offi
eial executioner gave him
the first shock.
A few witnesses sickened
at the sight of the execu
tion, were helped out of
the chamber.
When Lloyd Fisher, de
tense attorney, left the war
len’s office he said “All I
:an say is that this thing
s the greatest tragedy in
the history of the state,
rime will never wipe it
DUt,”
Lindberghs Are
Left By Sel\ res |
England, Today,
— i
(By The Associated Press)
Weald, Kent, England,!
April 4, — The Lindbergh
family arranged to remain
in England for many more
months* possibly until the
end of the year, their close
friends said today, even
though Hauptmann has
b en executed for the kid
naping and slaying of their
first child.
The family, apparently
unaware that Bruno was
dead, last night slept peace
fully and uniterrupted ev
en when his death was flash
ed to the London papers.
Friends said that Colon
el Lindbergh was maintain
ing strictly to his resolve,
never to discuss the case
again.
Man Swallows
False Teeth And
(By The Associated Press)
Boston, April 4. —Quick
action by the Lawrence,
Mass., police probably sav
ed the life of James Gar
row, aged 40, of Island
Pond Vermont, from stan
gulation, after he had swal
lowed his false teeth.
Garrow stumbled into
headquarters and shakily
wrote “I swallowed my fal
se feeth. Am dying for the
lack of air.”
The police brought him
to the general hospital
where he was given temp
orary relief, as preparations
were made to operate.
Later, attendants said he
would probably recover.
The danger of immediate
strangulation is past, they
declared.
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AERIAL ATTACK BY FASCIST
PLANES CONCENTRATED ON
AIRDROME ETI HOP. CAPITOL
Italian Airplanes Attacked Addis Ahaha
Today: None Are Injured
(By The Associated Press)
Addis Ababa, April 4, —
A squadron ol' Italian air
planes attacked the air
drome today of the Ethio
pian capitol, machine gun
ning two Ethiopian planes,
firing one with incendiary
bullets.
Five planes flew over the
capital city for forty-five
minutes precipitating fihe
evacuation of the populace,
but dropped no bombs.
Immediately the flyers
appeared they concentrat
ed over the nearby village
of Surkayi, where both the
airdrome and wireless sta
tion arc situated. The wire
less station was not dam
aged said first reports.
Natives from the sur
rounding territory were
crowded in the capital for
Saturday’s market day.
At first the crowds in pan
ic, started streaming for
the countryside, but when
evacuation orders were re
layed through the city, it
became orderly. Foreigners
went to their legations, oth
ers took refuge_in trenehes
and dugouts.
The planes descended to
an altitude of only three
hundred feet while turn
ing their fire on the two
Ethiopian planes outside
the hangar. The Emperor’s
mm toured the capital to
inspect any damage and
learn if there were any vic
tims, after the planes left.
More Shocks Are
Fell At Helena
fn Snow Storm
The Associated Press)
Helena, Montana, April
4, —Earthquakes were felt
again here as a heavy snow
blanketed the city. A shock
>: four seconds duration oc
curred at 1:39 a.m. MST,
and another one at 1:53.
The total quakes since last
October’s major disturban
ces number l,81fi. There
were three inches of snow
at 9:00 a.m. and still fail
ure.
Pilot Frank Whaley Tells Story Of
Indians Who Never Saw An Airplane
Alaska, the air-mindecf
territory!, really has resi
dents who have neither
seen an airplane or an auto
mobile, according to a story
told here today by Pilot
Frank Whaley of the Nome
Airways.
Pilot Whaley returned
last night from a 1,000 mile
flight, on which he had to
search out Indian villages
along the Lower Yukon
River section and as far
south as Scammon Bay, be
low Black River. He had
as passengers the following
Indians from those sections
“Bad Mike”, Susanna, and
Mrs.Babtise, from theBlack
Rivpr section: Lauren te
(Little Girl) from Pastolik
and Ernestine fro'm Kwi
guk, all of whom are to be
witnesses in proceedings be
fore the grand jury.
Pilot Whaley who left
Nome early Friday morn
ing and completed a flight
of about 1,000 miles, return
ing last night, said that
when he landed at some of
the small villages where
these witnesses were living
they stood in awe, and of
ten in fright of the great
winged-monster from the
skies. Some who had seen
a plane before said that the
others never laid eyes on a
plane in their lives. Pilot
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