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VOL. 36. No. 8. NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1935 Per Copy: 10 Cents.
Tells Details Recognition Hauptmann
“KINGFISH” WANTS MAKE EVERY MAN A KING
Doctor On Trial Tells Of Lifting John Dillinger’s Face
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SHIELDERS OF
JOHN DILLINGER
ARE ON TRIAL
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Jan. 10 — Doctor Harold Bernard Cassidy
testified today in the trial of Lawyer Louis Piquett charged
with shielding John Dillinger.
He said that the late gangster was nearly dead when
brought to him to undergo an operation to be performed by
him and Doctor Wilhelm Loeser, to revamp his features.
The operation took place May 28th, 1934. When first brot
in, Dillinger was saved by artificial respiration. The sec
ond operation on Dillinger was performed on June 3rd, he
testified, when his face was lifted.
The Doctor stated that Homer Van Meter obliterated
his finger prints. He said that his fee was twenty-five hun
dred dollars. The negotiations for the operation, accord
ing to the testimony, were handled by attorney Piquett and
his assistant, Arthur O’Leary. O’Leary pleaded guilty yes
terday, when on the stand.
CONDON HAUPTMANN
SAT TOGETHER AN
HOUR IN CEMETERY
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Jan. 10 —As court convened today the
cross-examination duel between Condon and Defense attor
ney Reilly was taken up where it was left off late yesterday.
It became known that Condon in an interview said he
waited five months to tell the public that he had come to the
end of his hunt for the collector of the ransom money, be
cause he wanted to be fair. He stated that he knew the
search was over when he confronted Hauptmann in the po
lice line-up the day after Hauptmann’s arrest, when the
police gave out the information that “Jafsie” Condon part
ly identified the prisoner. Condon let it go at that without
making any further statements but said:
“I knew that Hauptmann was the man the first time I
saw him in the police station but I refused to identify him
because it wasn’t fair in view of the confusion that existed
at that time and I did not want to do so without making fur
ther tests. . . „
His accent, manner and features gave him away. How
could I forget him after sitting with him for an hour on the
bench in the cemetery.” _ _
Fred Allyn Burned
On Face Badly By
Explosion Torch
Fred E. Allyn suffered painful
burns on the face this morning about
10:30 a.m when a gasoline pressure
torch exploded while he was heating
water in a five-gallon can, prepara
tory to taking the Nome Motor Co.
caterpillar out of its shed next door
to the company's garage.
The torch evidently had little gas
oline in it and a quite a high air
pressure. The explosion hurled the
torch through the side of the shed
and caused a flame to burn Mr. Al
lyn’s face badly. At present he is
recuperating in the Maynard Colum
bus Hospital, where the burns on
his face were dressed. They were
expressed as not being very serious,
but quite painful.
Mag. Sec. Be Added
Saturday the Nome Nugget will
publish another magazine section in
connection with the regular daily is
sue.
If the public is interested in feat
ure news ot this kind, plans will be
made to follow it up next summer.
Help support your daily paper by
subscribing for it.
GUY E. MISH IS
NOMINATED TO
BE POSTMASTER
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, — Nom
inations sent to the Senate today by
President Roosevelt included Post
masters; Guy E. Mish for Nome, Ro
bert E. Sheldon for Fairbanks, Al
bert Wile for Juneau, Richard F.
Brettan for Petersburg, and William
H. Murray for Skagway
Laurel and Hardy
In Funny Picture
To Be At Dream
“THEE DEVIL’S BROTHER,” LAU
GH PAIR’S FEATURE-LENGTH
COMEDY, BASED ON AUBER’S
FAMOUS COMIC OPERA, “FRA
DIAVOLO”
Laurel and Hardy, conceded to be
the most popular comedians on the
American screen, make their latest
appearance in a feature-length com
edy in “The Devil’s Brother,” a
story of a pair of rollicking bandits,
based on Auber’s famous comic op
ero, “Fra Diavolo.”
The picture is reported to be the
most ambitious yet undertaken by
the noted laugh pair of “Pardon Us”
“Pack Up Your Troubles,” its east
including such outstanding names as
Dennis King, the noted singer and
stage star, and Thelma Todd, who
has contributed to the humor of a
long list of screen productions.
Also involved in the hilarious in
cidents of the latest Laurel and
Hardy opus are James Finlayson, Lu
cille Brown, Arthur Pierson, Henry
Armetta, Matt McHugh, Lane Chan
dler, Nena Quartero, Wilfred Lucas
James C. Morton and Cary Har
baugh. The screen adaptation of
the comic opera was made by Jeanie
MacPherson and the picture was
produced and directed by Hal Roach
with Charles Rogers assisting.
The story of the two friends who
turn bandits in retaliation for being
robbed of their life savings just
when they meant to retire is report
ed to be permeated with humor
from its very opening reel to finish.
For instance, Hardy is captured by
a bandit gang and is sentenced to be
hanged. Laurel is given the hang
man’s alignment.
Laurel and Hardy flirt with a coup
le of milkmaids. Laurell waves a
red handkerchief. A bull gets the
waving invitation and charges.
By mistake Luarel takes a drink
containing a sleeping powder, and
presently falls asleep on his feet.
Since it was necessary for him to
(Continued on Page Four)
TWENTY LIVES
LOST ENGLAND
DUE WEATHER
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 10 —The loss of at
least twenty lives was attributed to
thq severe weather which has been
general over much of Europe for the
past few days.
Fifteen persons were drowned
when a fishing trawler foundered
when only a few miles from its
home port, Hull, England.
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First Housing
Loans Are Made
In Ketchikan
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While the local housing committee
still pushes the preparatory work
on the Ketchikan housing campaign,
it was learned by a representative
of the Fishing News that loans have
already been made by the First Na
tional Bank of Ketchikan. Work;
was started by Bert Libe on the
Jack Talbot residence, and this is
the first loan on which work is al-i
ready under way.
John Koel, president of the First
National Bank, in speaking about
the housing loan.program, said: “I
feel that this is the biggest thing
for the’ benefit of Ketchikan that
has ever been offered.”
In outlining the proceedure neces
sary to obtain loans Mr. Koel gave
the following:
1. A modernization loan is solely
for the purpose of repairing, alter
ing, or improving your home or
other buildings. Diversion of the i
money to other purpose is prohibit-;
ed.
2. The loan cannot be for less
than $100 or more than $2,000. The
borrowerer must have a regular
source of income equal to at least
five times the annual payments.
3. The loan can be made for terms
of 1 to 5 years—at the discretion of
the financial institution.
4. Maximum charges, including
interest and all fees, cannot exceed
an amount equivalent to $5 discount
per $100 of a 1-year, monthly note.
5. The property owner must file |
a property owner’s credit statement,
showing his financial condition,
sources and amount of income, and
other information necessary to de-1
termine his ability to repay the
loan.
If the bank considers the improve
ments advisable, and the property
owner able to meet the payments
when due, it can advance the money
on the personal note of the property
owner. No mortgage or collateral
security is necessary unless the
bank officials demand it (or state
laws require it./
4LASKA MATTERS
TO BE PRESENTED
DIMOND, MONDAY
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — Dr. Ernest Greuning, Dir
ector of the Interior Department Division of Territories and
Island possessoins, notified Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
that data would be presented Monday to the Executive De
partmental Committee for Alaska, concerning possible loca
tions for the government colonization program.
Greuning wrote Dimond that the government plans to
move between one hundred and two hundred families to
Alaska this spring. Delegate Dimond has suggested the
Matanuska Valley near potential market and emphasized
the need of road construction from the Valley.
Dimond stated that Greuning favors the completing of
the Anchorage Matanuska Highway. According to tenta
tive plans one hundred and sixty acres will be distributed
per family, and a co-operative sawmill for lumber will be es
tablished. It is also the plan for the government to provide
the farm implements and livestock.
“KINGFISH” SAYS
ROOSEVELT POLICIES
ARE BEYOND HOPE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — Huey Long turned his face
toward the 1936 Presidential election with the cry that the
Roosevelt policies were beyond hope, and with a call to the
country to follow the “Kingfish” in his fight to wipe out all
fortunes above three or four million dollars and make “ev
ery man a King.” !
Unfurling what looked to observers to be his own pres
idential banner, Huey Long said over the radio: “We are in
the third yeaf of the Roosevelt depression with conditions
growing worse.”
‘Kingfish’ Amuses
British Public
LONDON—British public opinion
is observing with considerable in
terest and amusement the political
'“reforms” of Senator Huey P. Long
of Louisiana.
The “Kingfish” is one of the best
known among American politicians
here, where news of his activities
always is lengthily reported.
General concensus seems to be
that “despite his buffoonery Long is
an astute demogogue,” as the News
Chronicle wrote when the intention
of the “Kingfish” to stand as a Pres
idential candidate in 1936 recently
was reported.
Although other metropolitan news
papers refrained from commenting
on the news of his “absolute dicta
torship” in Louisiana through the
speedy passing of 44 bills, the lib*
J
eral Manchester Guardian came out
with a stinging editorial.
“Senator Huey P. Long, dictator,
or ‘kingfish’—in his own term—of
the State of Lousiana, is a demo
gogue with a sense of humor,” it
wrote. “He knows and uses all the
tricks of the American political
‘bo3s’ withoufcjfear or scruple. No
one can tell just how far he is a
mere self-seeking politician, how
far he really, believes in his crude
remedy for the present discontents.
“In a State where people take life
easily he is a whirl of energy. In a
country where public speaking
tends to be pompous and funereal
he is a vigorous and racy speaker.
He has no dignity to lose. Long’s
measures might be challenged in — j
the Supreme Court, on the ground
that they are against the Constitu
tion; but then there is nothing to
suggest that they are. Senator
Long’s Presidential aspirations are
not yet taken seriously. But ten
years ago no one ever thought to
see him rule even Louisiana.”