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VOL. 37. No. 188 NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, AUGUST 8 1936 Per Copy 15cta
RUSSIANS HOP
ON FLIGHT TO
JUNEAU SAT.
Left Seattle This Morning
For Flight To Juneau
Via Coastal Route
BAD WEATHER
Late Report Said Fliers
Landed At Bella Bella
Half-way to Juneau
BULLETIN
Last minute advices re
ported that the Soviet plane
enroute to Alaska had land
ed at Bella Bella, about one
half way between Seattle
and Juneau, on account of
adverse flying weather,and
probably would not reach
Juneau before tomorrow.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 8—The Russ
ian plane piloted by two Soviet
fliers, enroute to Moscow via
Juneau, Fairbanks and Nome,
departed from Seattle for Juneau J
this morning where they will!
stop for a day or two acquainting
themselves with landing and fly
I
ing conditions in that section be
fore hopping for F?:rbanks.
* •
At Nome it is expected they
will arrange for telegraphic infor
mation as regards flying weather
at East Cape, Siberia, just across
the Bering Straits from Capej
Prince of Wales on the Alaska
coast, before hopping off from
Nome. ,
Gasoline and motor oils will al
so be taken on at Nome thru the
Lomen Commercial Company,
local agents for the Standard Oil;
products.
The pilots, who have been in
Nome before, will be given a
generous welcome and they will
no doubt be .glad to return to
Nome, whose hospitality knows
no bounds.
M. ZIONCHECK JUMPED TO DEATH
Neutrality Agreement Is Pending
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
NATIONAL
St. Louis 5 Chicago 14
New York 9 Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 5-1 Cincinnati 1-0
AMERICAN
Chicago 1 Cleveland 8
Boston 2 Washington 3
Coast Games
Sacramento 1 San Francisco 3
Oakland 3 Los Angeles 1
Missions 4-9 Seattle 1-2
San Diego 2-10 Portland 3-0
Flood Warnings
Sent Out Due
To Rise River
(By The Associated Press)
LA JUNTA, Colo., Aug. 8th—
Flood warnings were sent East
of here as the Arkansas River
rose to bank level of . i gh. feet
four inches. The head water
crest was caused by heavy rains,
and both Lamar and Las Andi
mas, east of here were warned.
Authorities of the latter place
reported that the town of Tove
was evacuated and familes were
living near the river bank.
Southeastern Colorado, which
was formerly in the Dust Bowl,
has been harassed by floods and
threatened floods during the past
week.
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FEATS OF G-MEN BRING A
, THRILL TO SISTER-IN-LAW
OF BANDIT JESSE JAMES
(By The Associated Press)
KEARNEY, Mo., Aug. 8, — A
blind 83-year-old woman, once
intimately associated with some
of the most famous of the "bad
men” of the old west, is follow
ing with interest the round-up
of kidnapers and public enemies
by department of justice agents.
She is the widow of Frank
James, brother of the notorious
Jesse, and lives in the 114-year
-old log house where Jesse Jam
es was bom. Her Late husband
was once a member of the ban
dit gang and she had several nar
row escapes while with him dur
ing his career of crime. She
persuaded him to throw himself
upon the mercy of the governor
of Missouri, however, and he
died an esteemed farmer.
Her son, Robert James, said
recently: "She has had us read
to her every word of the careers
of Dillinger, Bailey, Karpis, Camp
bell, Mahan, Robinson and the
rest of them. She comments on
the facts those stories bring out
that crime never pays and that
even the cleverest of criminals
are eventually caught in the net
of the law.”
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GERMANY JOIN WITH
FRANCE NEUTRALITY
PACT AROUND SPAIN
_
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 8, —General Franco marched at
the head of Moroccan troops today in what Burgos reb
el headquarters described as a thrust at the heart of
government power in Madrid.
Other reports placed him in Seville. Liberals as
serted a substantial victory over fascists in hammering
attacks throughout the nation.
Loyalists have been defeated in the Badojoz and
Caceres engagements in the south, by native troops.
Germany joined in the French-sponsored eight
power neutrality agreement today, in principal, but
maintained a reserved stand that Russian neutrality
must be assured Germany, they said before a general
European nonintervention policy can be effective. The
Nazi government announced its
intention to protect German na
tionals by force if necessary, al
though they were standing for
peace.
War Developments
Rebels asserted that two gov
ernm&nt planes had been shot
down near Altode Leon Pass.
In Madrid the Cortes parlia
ment was suspended indefinitely.
In the liberals drive against
political enemies, the government
continued to seize religious pro
perty and hoard money.
Mourning for Germans
The Nazi Party’s foreign de
partment in Germany ordered a
fortnight’s mourning for the four
dead Germans killed in the Span
isii civil war, over whom Ger
many protested and emphasized
demands on Spain for reparations.
Suggests Neutral Zone
With a great naval force in
display around the peninsula's
coast, the British press suggested
an international neutral zone
around Spain to be patrolled by
warships of the nations signing
the hands-off accord.
A Lisbon newspaper’s Seville
correspondent quoted the rebel
General Capollano as saying he
had been compelled by force of
circumstances to execute "quite
a large number of people.’’
GEORGE ANDERSON
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Better Watermelon
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(By The Associated Press>
CHARLESTON, S. C„ Aug. 8,
jDr. Charles F. Poole, plant ex
pert, is looking into the genet
ics of the watermelon.
He and his coworkers are con
ducting research to ascertain in
heritance factors of the plant
with the aim ultimately of devel
oping a melon combining the best
features of various brands.
The chief difficulty now with
watermelons is that each plant
requires a different land space
in which to grow, said the Doc.
He says he will study them with
the view toward growing one
having the market standard
rind—thin but tough—as well as
sweetness and symmetry.
And he wants a wilt-proof
melon.
Crime Take Money
—
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Aug. 8, — Selling a
hitch hiker a ride is a crime in j
Italy because it defrauds the
state railways, according to a sen
tence just issued.
Mrs. Martina Testa of Perugia
was found guilty of defrauding
the state because her chauffeur,
Ernesto Patrizi, accepted money
from friends whom he took to an
other city in her car.
Both chauffeur and owner were
fined $125 each.
PUBLIC MEETING
SUNDAY
The Salvation Army will
hold services at the City
Hall, this Sunday at 3 P.
M., August 9th. Everybody
Welcome.
Signed:
Adjt. Miss C A McKinnell
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
It was raining over the western
half of Alaska this morning and
along the southeastern coast.
Flying weather was poor to
day in the lower Kuskokwim
Country, in the western mountain
region, and on Seward Peninsula.
The Arctic low pressure area
has moved southward during the
past 24 hours and now embraces
most of Alaska.
The temperature was almost
constant during the past 24 hours
the highest was 53 and the low
est 51 and 0.83 inch of rain has
fallen.
Anti-New Dealers
Say To Abandon
The Demo. Party
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Aug. 8th—Asserting
that the Democratic Administra
tion disclosed ‘‘perversion of the
heart and spirit, which can neith
er be remedied nor condoned,” a
group of anti-New Deal Demo
crats called upon members of the
Democratic Party to abandoii
President Roosevelt. However,
they made no mention of support
ing Gov,. Alf Landon out of def
erence to southerners.
850 Lb. Crankshaft
Flown Council
From Valdez
A crank-shaft for the dredge
of Fred Mebes and Henry Gumm,
operators of the North Star
Dredging Company, at Council,
was flown Friday from Valdez to
Council, where the dredge has
been out of commission for the
last three weeks, it was reported.
Pilot Noel Wien of the North
ern Air Transport, picked up the
850 pound crank shaft from the
boat at Valdez and flew it to
Fairbanks yesterday. Pilot Chet
Brown, flying for the NAT, brot
it to Council last evening in the
Fokker plane of the NAT, and
then continued into Nome.
This is believed to be the first
instance of its kind where such a
large and important piece of
dredige machinery was sent in
via the inland passage and then
flown into the Nome and Seward
Peninsula mining section, nearly
one thousand miles of air trans
portation.
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ZIONCHECK IS
DEAD IN JUMP
TO PAVEMENT
W AS SUICIDE
Leaped 5 Stories to
Death On The
Pavement
TO INVESTIGATE
BULLETIN
Seattle, Aug. 8, — Re
presentative Zioncheck
of Washington jumped to
his death here last night
from a room on the fifth
story of the Arctic Bldg.
(liy The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 8, — Repre
' sentative Marion A. Zioncheck,
, the eccentric young man from
1 the state of Washington, to the
national congress plunged to his
.death late Fjjiday night from his
I fifth floor room in the Arctic
.Building here, while his wife
looked on. _
Believed Suicide
The body was taken to ihe
county morgue where Coroner
j Otto H. Mittelstadt, after a brief
, investigation said ho believed the
; congressman had committed sui
cide. ~ **• -a —
A note was found in their room
apparently written by Zioncheck
who had filed for re-election ear
ly this week, by the Coroner, as
reading:
*’My only hope in life was to
improve conditions of the unfair
economic system. ’
Seattle, Aug, 8, —Reports
this morning indicated Depart
ment of Justice agents would
investigate the death plunge of
Marion Zioncheck.
SEATTLE, Aug. 8, — Coroner
Mittelstodit su d this afternoon
that three Departs:, tnt i Justice
men and King County sheriffs
would investigate the events lead
ing up to Zioncheck’s five story
plunge last night.
A Department of Justice agent
and Coroner Mittelstadi confer
red for more than an hour to
day apparently on the Washing
ton Representative's death. The
agent left by a rear exit.
Not Divulge Conference
Mitrtelstadt declared he would
not divulge what happen during
the conference in his office. He
did say however that he and an
other physician will hold a post
mortem on the body later today.
An inquest has officially been
set for Friday August 14th, but
Mittelstadt said it might take
place at almost any time.
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Public Meeting Sat. Aug. 8,9:15 p.m. Dream Theatre
Sen. Henry Roden, Independent Candidate for Attorney General Will Address The Citizens of Nome At 9:15 P. M.