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VOL 37. No. 78. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, April 2nd, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Grand Jury Investigating Wendel
3 FOR MAYOR-9 FOR COUNCIL ARE FILED
Instruments Post Plane In Mail From Point Barrow
Post Instruments
In Mail By Mirow
From Pt. Barrow
Pilot Hans Mirow of the
Mirow Air Service, return
ed to Nome this morning
completing the first Emer
gency Air Mgiil Flight to
Point Barrow via way
points, from Kotzebue, as
authorized by the Railway
Mail Clerk Marchand.
Pilot Mirow reported that
all of the remaining instru
ments intact from the
wrecked plane of the late
Wiley Post, were shipped
out of Barrow via parcel
post, in the mail which he
flew south from there with
yesterday. That mail is
now at Kotzebue, awaiting
transfer to the Unalakleet
division and from there it
will travel enroute to the
states via Nulato and from
there via PAA mail plane
to Fairbanks and the states.
Wiley Post and Will Rog
ers were killed in the air
plane crash August 16th
near Barrow when they
took off from the lagoon
about fifteen miles south of
that point. Parts of the air
plane were lost in the crash
but what remained was tak
en to Pt. Barrow and plac
ed in the custody of Chas.
Brower, veteran trader of
that northern post, await
ing orders from Mrs. Wiley
Post. Mrs. Post signified
last fall that she would
have some of the parts ship
ped back to the states.
The instruments now in
the mail at Kotzebue, brot
out by Pilot Mirow, com
pose a 45 pound parcel.
Continued on Page Four
INVESTIGATION OF WENDEL
CONFESSION BY THE GRAND
JURY PROCEEDING TODAY
Wilentz And Hoffman Appear To Test
ify: Jafsie Enroute From Bronx
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(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, N. J., April 2,
—Governor Hoffman and
Prosecutor Wilentz were
summoned today before the
Mercer County grand jury
which is investigating the
Wendel confession.
I Dr. Carroll Jones, super
intendent of the state col
ony for feeble minded,
where Wendel was kept for
four weeks by Hoffman’s
investigator Ellis Parker,
chief of the Burlington
county detectives, was the
first witness to come be
fore the jury.
The prosecutor and the
marshal’s office said that
Jafsie was enroute from the
Bronx to testify. This was
not verified by Jafsie’s
home.
County prosecutor An
thony M. Hauck, Jr. accus
ed Governor Hoffman to
day of blocking efforts to
investigate an alleged ass
ault and battery, by with- i
holding needed informa
tion.
Hauck said that five men
in a small sedan visited the
Lindbergh estate yester
day, and ignored demands
of caretaker Joseph Lyons
to leave, asserting they
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FRANCE CALLS FOR PARLEYS
EFFECT A FAVORABLE PEACE
(By The Associated Press)
Paris, April 2, Premier
' Flandin summoned French
ambassadors from London,
Berlin, Brussels and Rome
to a parley here, when the
French officials expected to
present a stirring attitude
again Germany’s violation
of the Locarno Pact.
At the same time Fran
ce expected to employ tac
tics of delay while search
ing for a peace plan more
favorable to the French un
der which a method for the
limiting of Germany’s for
tifications in the Rhineland
would be included.
| France saw Hitler’s pro- j
posals as a cunning plan to
split the Locarno powers
and make himself dictator
of Europe.
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were Lindbergh investiga
tors for the governor.
When leaving they drove
the car slowly against Ly
ons, forcing him to jump
out of the the path.
When efforts were made
to obtain information about
the car and the registration
number, State Motor Ve
hicle Department Commis
sioner Arthur Magee, close
political associate of Gov
ernor Hoffman, sent word
to Hauck saying that Hoff
man had taken the record,
and only from him could it
be obtained.
‘The driver of the car un
doubtedly committed ass
ault and battery upon Ly
ons, and the governor is
preventing me from invest
igating a crime in my own
county by going over and
lifting the entire file,” said
Hauck when interviewed
by reporters.
Lyons said the men in
the sedan demanded to be
let into the house at the
Lindbergh estate, but he
refused.
Forger Is Freed To
Be A Witness
Chicago, April 2, — The
cash with which Stephen
Fitts, convicted forger who
claims to have purchased
five thousand dollars of the
Lindbergh ransom, obtain
ed his release from jail here
was furnished by Governor
Hoffman of New Jersey, it
was made known today.
Mrs. Bernard Finnigan,
wife of Spits attorney, said
“Gov. Hoffman told my
husband he would be very
glad to pay the fine if Spits
would promise to hurry to
New Jersey and furnish
whatever information he
could regarding the kidnap
ing of the Lindbergh baby.
Many Filings
In Coming City
Election April 7
Following are the nam
es of those candidates, pet
itions for whom have been
filed for the city election to
be held next Tuesday at
Nome, April 7th. The filing
time for candidates closed
at the city clerk’s office yes
terday.
It is a noticeable fact
that a great deal more in
terest and comment has
been aroused over this
year’s city election than has
been apparent in Nome for
some years. There are three
candidates for mayor, when
before, hardly two could be
influenced to run; there are
nine candidates for the
council from which only 3
are to be chosen, whereas
in past years only a few
have run for the position.
Many attributable cir
cumstances can be pointed
to as causing numerous on
es to file for the council and
mayor positions, leading
among them, it is believed,
following receipt of various
comment from any number
ol sources, is the question
of the City Fire Depart
ment. Other factors also
have been raised such as
taxes, city management, or
mismanagement, city own
ership of public utilities,
and etc.
A spirited election cam
paign is expected to be un
dertaken during the next
few days and by the time
election day rolls around,
we should see much activ
ity.
For Mayor—
E. K. Johansen
Andrew Sather
Ed. Seidenverg
For Councilmen—
Ernest Balsiger
Chas. Cavey
David L. Gray
Fred Havercamp
W. H. Kelsey
B. J. McConaghy
E.B.“Duffy” O’Connor
Kenneth Rude
W L. Slack
For Treasurer—
J. S. Stangroom
For City Attorney—
Leroy M. Sullivan
For City Clerk—
M. J. Walsh
Member School Board—
Aimer Rydeen
L. E. Rynning
FORAYS BY EMP. SELASSIE’S
PERSONAL TROOPS PROVED
DISASTROUS WED. FIGHTING
Seven Thousand Ethiopians Reported
Killed In Crucial Attack Of War
—
(By The Associated Press)
! Asmara, Eritrea, April 2
—Italy’s northern army &
the personal troops of Em
peor Haile Selassie maneuv
ered carefully toward what
is considered to be a death
struggle in the Ethiopian
war.
i The little rainy season
has set in with vicious rain
storms occurring frequent
ly
Military authorities said
they did not believe the
downpour would retard op
erations.
Ethiopia’s wise little em
peror, Selassie, withdrew
to the heights overlooking
Lake Ashangi, and is await
ing the next phase in the
battle. It is expected to be
an attack by Badoglio.
Selassie launched what
was believed to have been
an opening move in the
struggle, yesterday, throw
ing twenty thousand troops
at the left Italian flank in
an attempt to split the two
invading army corps, which
failed, only after an all-day
battle. It was estimated
that seven thousand Ethio
pians were killed in the un
successful foray.
Rome, April 2, — Sourc
es here sa^d that Badoglio
reported, as a result of the
battles yesterday, that 1st
contacts would be made
with emissaries of Selassie
for negotiating peace out
side of the League. Details
were not made known.
CITY COUNCIL MET ON A. B.’s
LOT PROPOSAL LAST NIGHT
The city council met in
special session last night
with Ed. Seidenverg as ma
yor pro tem. All members
were present.
Mayor pro tem Seiden
verg stated that the pur
pose of the meeting was to
receive the report from the
committee of the Council
on a lot to be used by the
Arctic Brotherhood in a cen
tral location for the purpose
of constructing a large hall,
club rooms and quarters for
a business to be conducted
on the ground floor. He stat
ed that the committee had
called upon Mr. T. Lehm
ann who would agree to
sell the Lomen-Lehmann
property at the corner of
Lane’s Way and Front St.,'
for the sum of $1,500 with
the consent and endorse
ment of Alfred J. Lomen,
who at present, is in the
states.
B. J. McConaghy was al
so interviewed in regards
to his lot on the opposite
corner. The Kelly lot at the
corner of B St. and Front
Street, which was first men
tioned as a desirable loca
tion, was not considered by
the committee because of a
prior lease to the Industrial
Workers of Alaska. Tins lot
is already under option for
$500, it was stated.
When the chair called up
on Mr. McConaghy if he
was ready to state a price,
he arose and stated to the
meeting that he did not
care to dispose of the pro
perty at this time.
Councilman Alvin Polet
said he was of the same op
inion as city attorney Le
roy Sullivan, that the coun
cil should not go on record
as buying a lot for the Arc
tic Brotherhood, as it would
establish a precedent. He
thought however, that if
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