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VOL. 37. No. 296 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DEC. 15. 1936 Per Copy 15ctS
FAR EAST SITUATION TIGHTENS RAPIDLY
Harry Brunette, Wife Captured by Federal G-Men
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ARRESTED
GANGSTER
AND WIFE
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25-Year-Old Bandit Forced
Give Up When Guns,
Bombs, Etc., Used
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, — Fed
eral agents blasted an upper West
side apartment building for forty
five minutes, with a siege of gun
fire, tear gas, and hand grenades,
which resulted in the capture of
Harry Brunette 25-year-old des
perado and the wounding and
capture of his wife.
J. Edgar Hoover, leader of the
attack, said that Brunette was
wanted for the kidnaping of a
New Jersey state trooper, and
also for a number of bank rob
beries in the middle west.
His wife was shot through the
thigh during the battle which
ended when Brunette gave him
self up after being nearly blown
to pieces by the attacks.
Residents for blocks around
were aroused and firemen were
called out, daring bullets to ex
tinguish the flames which had
been ignited when grenades were
exploded inside the apartment.
Meeting Tonight
Due to a lack of a quorum the
city council was unable to hold
its regular meeting last night.
The meeting will be held tonight
at 8 P. M. and after regular or
der of business, the meeting will
be adjourned and the council
will sit as a Board of Equaliza
tion on the tax roll as made up
by City Assessor M. J. Walsh.
Honeymoon Couple
Arrived Seattle
From Nome
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 15, —Honey
mooning Mr. and Mrs. Isadore
Fix, accompanied by the bride’s
geranium, growing in a tin can,
arrived here by plane from the
north today.
They came all the way from
Fix’s mining properties in the
Kougarok section north of Nome.
Mrs. Fix is the former Mrs. Ed
na Christofferson of Portland,
Oregon, who a few years ago
made an aerial search for the
ghost ship of the Arctic, the Hud
son Bay Co., steamer Baychimo.
She is taking the geranium to
her father Martin Bissner, 89, of
Vancouver, Washington, as a tok
en of the North.
Attention Called
Oldtime Column
News events 1900
Attention of readers of the
Nome Daily Nugget is drawn to
the column in this issue, contain
ing newsy items from files of
36 years ago lest October. The
names appearing in the column
will no doubt bring back many
memories to old sourdoughs. In
one .item in reference to the
opening of the new court house
at that time, some fifty promin
ent attorneys and business men’s
names appear, most of whom
have gone over the “last divide,"
and it reminds your editor that
out of all the names, there was
only one person, who returned
to Nome last summer, to carry on
mining, that was Gustav Seiffert.
He will return to Nome this
coming spring, again, with min
ing equipment to be used in the
Kougarok section.
From time to time, as space
permits, the Nugget will repub
lish some of the interesting items
of other early day issues. The
next will probably contain an
article described as “Another de
feat for McKenzie” who was ap
pointed Receiver by Judge Noyes
in 1900 concerning valuable min
ing properties around Nome.
Enroute Nome
A telegram today to the Mar
shal’s Office at Nome, from U. S.
Marshal Thos. Gaffney, said he
sailed aboard the government
charter boat Gen. Gorgas from
Seattle this morning for Alaska.
" MADRID RUSHES DEFENSE AGAINST FASCIST SIEGE
Here is an air view of a portion of the city of Madrid, showing a group of public and government build
Inga, where preparations were rushed to defend the Spanish capital against encircling Fascist insurgents’
forces. Rebel planes terrified the city with their first daytime raids. (Associated Press Photo)
Missing Airliner
Reports Forced
Landing in Utah
Low-lying Fog Forced The
| Plane Land Last Night
(By The Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 15, —
Officials of Western Air Express,
operators of the transport plane
with four passengers and a crew
of three which left Los Angeles
at 11 P. M. last night and which
was last heard from in a radio
message at 2:27 a m. over Mil
ford, Utah, declared the plane
made a forced landing in south
western Utah, following the re
turn of a searching plane here
this forenoon.
The pilot declared the landing
was made necessary by low-ly
ing fog.
Aboard are pilots J S. Samson,
William Bogen, stewardess Glad
ys Witt: passengers Mr and Mrs.
John Wolfe of Chicago, H. W.
,Edwards of Salt Lake City, and
G. Christopher Dwight, who is ill.
Aeronautique
Flying Medal
Went Mrs. Post
fUy The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, Dec. 15, —Joe
Louis, the Brown Bomber from
Detroit, the man who received
his first knockout from Max
Schmelliing, German heavyweight
title contender, knockout out Ed
die Simms, in the first round of
their bout last night with a sing
le punch, in the time of 26 sec
onds.
Simms rushed out of his cor
| ner with a left jab for Louis’
1 midsection that was short.
Louis shot a left and right to
his jaw, larruping the left point
of his chin, and Simms slumped
to his haunches and was counted
out.
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HOLIDAY HOURS
SIGNAL CORPS
Anchorage, Dec. 9, 1936
SIGNAL CORPS, Nome.
Inconformity with executive
order of November 27th, holiday
hours will be observed where
practicable from I P.M. Decem
ber 24th to include December 26,
also January 1st and 2nd.
However, due to anticipation
of a large volume of trafllc, there
will be no curtailment of sched
ules and hour of operation on
December 24th. MASON.
Special Power of Attorney forms
SiNO JAP RUSSIAN
RELATIONS ARE ON
ROAD TO A CRISIS
(By The Associated Pr»ss)
TOKYO, Dec. 15, — Foreign
minister Hachiro Arita told his
cabinet last night that he be
lieved Dictator General Chiang
Kai-Shek was slain last Friday
night, because Dr. H. S. Kung
lias taken over the Generaliss
imo’s position as civilian head
of the government.
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang,
mutinied and captured the gener
al at Sianfu but the Chinese gov
ernment insists that Chiang is
still alive.
Tokyo observers said that if
Russia has had a hand in the
mutiny, Japan could not remain
on the sidelines because of the
danger to its own peace and se
curity.
NANKING, Dec. 15, —W. H.
Donald, adviser to the Chinese
government telegraphed that he
had personnallly seen General
Chiang Kai-Shek at Sianful and
had found him in good health
and spirit.
He declared however, “that in
tensive negotyiations would be es
sential before the crisis is reliev
ed” and he will be released.
MOSCOW, Dec. 15, — Rela
tions between Japan and Russ
ia are believed to be entering a
critical stage as Russia refused
again to sign the treaty allow
ing Japan to fish off the coast of
Siberia.
The old treaty expires at the
end of this month. It is under
stood that the Russian position
is tantamount to a final warn
Probes Dock Strike
Rear Adm. Harry G. Hamlet, repre
sentative of the new federal man
time commission, pictured as he
Arrived for a session of the fact
finding hearings he was conducting
at San Francisco in the walkout of
37,000 Pacific Coast manna woi k
era. (Associated Piess Photo)
ing to Japan to denounce its
'anti-communism treaty with Ger
many, or the Soviets will with
hold cooperation with the Jap
anese government.
Official spokesmen for the Sov
iet empire, at the same time, ve
hemently denied any part in the
Chinese mutiny, and placed court
terchargrs that the Japanese irn
perialstic policy had precipitated
the crisis.
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Louis Knocked
Out Ed Simms
In First Round
<Ry The Associated Press)
TULSA, Okla., Dec. 15, —The
late Wiley Post’s airmen friends
from distant parts of the nation
joined with Oklahoma admirers
Monday night in presenting his
widow with the Federation Aero
nautique Internationale Medal,
awarded for the most outstanding
contributions to aviation in the
year 1933.
Mrs. Post did not respond
with any remarks, but stood with
a smile on her face, as she wist
fully thanked the crowd of four
hundred and fifty persons, who re
sumed their seats to gaze for a
long time at the big gold medal.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Pioneers of Alaska and friends
are requested to attend the fun
eral of the late Samuel U. Swan
son, at the Federated Church
Friday, Dec. 18th, at 2 P. M.
Double-Header Baseball Games, Wed. Dec. 16th
8 P. M. Alaskans vs Huskies Public School Gym—Benefit Community Xmas Fund Hammon vs Commercials 8 P.M.