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VOL. 37. No. 209 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1936 Per Copy 15cta
Steve Mills Plane Found Wrecked
PLANE HOPPED LONDON THIS AFTERNOON
Spanish Rebels Using German and Italian Guns
STEVE MILLS’ PLANE
FOUND BUT WAS NO
SIGN OF PASSENGERS
MILLS PLANE MISSING SINCE SUNDAY WAS
SIGHTED CRASHED TODAY AND NO SIGNS
AROUND IT OF PASSENGERS
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 2—FLASH
—The Steve Mills plane was
found wrecked near Skilak Lake.
Rescue planes circled the wreck
but saw no signs of life and re
turned to map plans. To go there
they must hike about four miles
from the nearest landing place.
They reported the plane was
fairly well intact and believe the
pilot and passengers may have
left the scene of the wreck and
are walking out of the country.
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 2—Three
planes left here a daybreak to re
sume a search for Pilot Steve
Mills and five passengers, miss
ing since Sunday, who went on
a short fishing trip flight into the
Kenai Peninsula area.
The 3 planes carried observers
and with the weather clear the
planes planned to cover the area
south of here to Russian River
and Skilk Lake, which was the
party’s destination,
i The lake is sixty miles south
the terrain is comparatively flat
[Several oldtimers were unable to
give aid in tracing the plane’s
movements.
Searchers returning here Iasi
night because other planes flew
! over Sunday were unrecognized
The Mills searching party car
i ried emergency supplies of food
guns, ammunition and blankets,
i Kenneth Neese, manager of th«
Star Air Service, searched ovei
Kenai all day yesterday and re^
turned here last night withou
any trace.
With Pilot Mills are Mr. anc
Mrs. George Markle, Mr. and Mr1
Lawrence David and Augustus
Teik, all of Anchorage.
Air Bur. Has
Blamed Pilot’s
Poor Judgment
%
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—Bur
eau ofAir Commerce officials said
that the probable cause of the
transport plane crash killing 12
persons near Uniontown, Pa., last
April 7th, was charged to poor
judgement on the part of Pilot
Otto Ferguson of Kansas City,
Missouri, one of those killed, “for
flying by visual ground observa
tion methods, after descending
through clouds and overcast in
the mountainous terrain at a
point unknown to him, this re
quired flying close to ground,
whereas the safest method is to
climb into or above overcast to
a safe altitude and determine the
planes location by instruments
and radio.”
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 2—The Belgium
and Turkish .governments inform
ed the foreign office here, that
they are enforcing the French
non-intervention proposals with
! regard to Spain.
BETWEEN SEVENTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DEAD AND THREE HUNNDRED
THOUSAND INJURED SPANISH REVOLT
Madrid Bombed by Rebels
And Retaliatory Acts
Taken by Loyalists
Demolish Depots
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 2—(Copyright
uncensored)— Careful estimates
from Madrid placed the dead in
the first five weeks of war be
tween seventy-five and one hun
dred thousand; and the wounded
at three hundred thousand.
Air fleets and big guns used on
both sides blasted a ruin of death
while the United States moved
to get all its vessels from the
danger area.
Rebel air bombers crashed pro
jectiles in Madrid streets while
the government officials mapped
out a cabinet reorganization.
Although Fascist hostages are
chained in exposed places, the
Rebels began a new bombard
ment of Irun, and leaders said
that the hostage exposure would
' result in buildings, water and gas
reservoirs, and government de
fenses would be smashed by air
planes.
Government officials said that
German and Italian made field
guns were also used in the as
saults by the rebels. Govern
ment leaders also said a land at
tack was repulsed by government
troops, and that air bombs killed
several and wounded sixteen at
Burgos’, the rebel stronghold.
UNDATED, Sept. 2—A secret
Rebel airdrome from which Fas
cist planes operated in attacking
Madrid, was destroyed by Gov
ernment bombing planes in a for
est in the mountains surrounding
Madrid. An air battle ensued be
tween Rebel pursuiters but the
government pursuiters came to
the aid of bombers which again
rained bombs on their hangar,
gasoline tanks and ammunition
depots.
Rebels stormed the government
redoubt atop Mount Turiarte with
hand grenades, capturing one of
the last trenches defending the
city of Irun. Twenty men plant
ed a red and gold flag atop of
the flat which was later shot away
by government militia.
One hundred thousand govern
ment militiamen shouted defiance
from Madrid streets answering
Fascist demands to surrender or
we will punish you.
Burgos rebels opened a recruit
ing campaign to swell the Foreign
Legion and insisted that white
clad observers stationed on a
French mountain signaled the
government gunners firing posi
tions near Irun.
Investigating The
Death 2 Japanese
It Was Reported
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Sept.2—The Cen
tral Chinese News Agency corre
spondent at Nanking, reported
yesterday that officials of the
foreign office and the Japanese
consulate had gone to Chengtu,
to investigate the killing of two
Japanese there by a Chinese
mob. General Chiang Kai-Shek,
it was reported, has expressed
serious concern over the incident.
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Two Fliers Hopped
Off For London
P. M. Today
j
Fliers Will Wait in London
For Fair Winds Before
Return Flight
—
(By The Associated Press)
BROOKLYN, N. Y„ Sept. 2—
Dick Merrill and Harry Richman j
who hopped for London this af- i
ternoon, intend to halt several
days there to await favorable
winds for the return trip.
The plane headed northward
on its 3466 miles great circle
route which the flyers planned to
.■follow. The longest over water
■distance is 1992 miles between
Harbor Grace, New Foundland,
and Cobh, Irish Free State, whi
ch they planned to pass over
in ten hours, averaging 200 miles
per hour at an altitude of 13,000
feet.
Richman is handling the planes
two-way radio phone communi
cation system using a thousand
horsepower Wright cycle-1 en
gine which has been on the U.S.
army and navy secret list for ov
er a year and is the first of it
type permitted to leave the Unit
ed States.
Contender Race
Most Children
Was Threatened
(By The Associated Press)
TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 2—Mrs.
Grace Bagnato, 23 year-old con
tender in the Charles Millar $50,
000 Baby Race, over the week
end turned over to the police
threatening letters she had re
ceived which are believed to be
(from cranks.
|
Millar, a Toronto millionaire,
left the prize to go to the Toronto
1 mother bearing the most children
in the ten year period following
- his death. That period ends on
October 31st this year.
Mrs. Bagnato, who is an Italian
[court interpreter, said the letters
'demanded that she share the
prize with unnamed parties or
she would never handle any of
it herself. She is now expecting
her tenth, baby.
(By The Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 2nd—
Jesse Owens, Ohio State track
star and hero of the recent Olym
{pic games, Saturday, signed a
[contract whereby Marty Forkins
REPORT ON BLACK LEGION
RECEIVED DETROIT JURY
DESCRIBED SECRET POLICIES
Bridges Thinks
Will Vote For
Another Strike
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1—A
cost membership referendum was
ordered today by the Internation
al Longshoremen’s Association to
determine whether employers
proposals which the IL.A execu
1 tive board termed',vicious” should
be submitted to arbitration. The
shipowners committee has declin
i ed to renew terms of the award
;made after the 84 day Maritime
strike of 1934. The decision for
the referendum was made after
. the employers and the I.L.A. re
presentative' failed to agree after
five days of negotiations.
Harry Bridges, ILA president,
declared the employers proposals
were “ridiculous" and said he be
lieved longshoremen would vote
for another strike rather than ac
cept them.
Trade Vull Know
No Bounds Thru
Out China Soon
(By The Associated Press)
CANTON, China, August 31—
When China's political situation
has been established, trade ex
pansion will know no limit, Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek told
the Associated Press in an inter
view. The Chinese dictator, one
of the world’s most inaccessible
figures, said, he has done much
to stabilize the country and pave
the way for trade expansion by
bringing Kwantung Province in
to the sphere of the Chinese Cen
tral government.
Foreign interests will share in
the fruits of the vast political
changes we have around the
northwest this summer, he said.
He also expressed his friend
ship with all foreign nations as
willing to consider China as a
good neighbor.
a New York theatrical agent, will
handle his affairs for an indefin
ite period. Bill Robinson, Negro
stage and screen star, has been
handled by Forkins for 31 years.
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A Terrorist Organization
With Political Ambi
tions, Black Legion
JUDGE REPORTS
Robes and Intra-Society
Customs Told Of
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Sept. 2—The Black
Legion is described by an Oak
land County grand jury as a ter
riorist organization with political
ambitions far outrunning its mem
. bers abilities, including'an alleg
ed plot to sieze the government,
presumably September 16,
Circuit Judge George Hartrick
prepared the report which says,
“As concieved the Legion was a
Klan with a vengeance, .■gan:'z«
eel lo accomplish object.; by vio
lience, it was a Black Klan. It
is unable to find evidence that
the legion organization is of Fas
cist character. Evidence of for
eign money financing found its
certain men listed as dicers who
are not possessed uf even average
intelligence in governmental af
fairs or the ordinary e icerns of
life, and do not p ->:ess the quali
ties necessary to attract men to
their command, they are n< t lead
crs nor even \v rthy ft .: wers.
The first two hundred n: mbers
of the Khnsm n \vh dyed their
white robes black as , penalty
of the KKK re .•• ked charter. A
rebel group issued a general edit
forbidding other Klansmen to dye
their robes. Bottle lines were
drawn and they became mortal
enemies, each striving in com
munitiesfor political domination
and control; both giving vent to
prejudices against Roman Catho
lics, Negroes, Jews, Communists
and Aliens. Its certain “Iron
Guard” was the inner unit whic
recruited from Legion members
for duty in some extraordinary
capacity, perhaps as claimed, to
take over government arsenals
and powder magazines when the
spark of revolution was in the
land.”
The report named eighty-six
state, county and city employees
as members of the order. Gov
ernor Frank Fitzgerald announc
ed he would recommend immed
iate action of any state official or
employee whose members the re
port named.
Virgil F. “Bert” Effinger of Li
ma, Ohio, national head and 12
others went to trial yesterday.