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VOL. 37. No. 68. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, March 21, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Terrors Of Floods Are Increasing
FRANCE ATTAINS GOAL BY CONCESSIONS
Mother Is Charged Poisoning Her Two Daughters
TEXAS WOMAN CHARGED WITH
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POISONING HER DAUGHTER, 12
SUPPOSED DIED PERITONITIS
Officers Plan Exhume Body Of Second
Daughter Who Died Six Ml mths Ago
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(By The Associated Press)
Greenville, Texas, March
21 — Mrs. Velma Patter
son, 34, accused Friday of
fatally poisoning one of her
daughters was silent in the
jail today.
Officers planned to ex
hume the body of her sec
ond daughter when they
found pictures of two child
ren, Billie Fae and Dor
othy McCasland. 11 and 12
years old, suspicious, when
the daughters died only a
month apart,six months af
ter the death of their step
father, Bill Patterson._
Their father, Lester Mc
Casland, was serving a rum
term in prison when his
wife divorced him and mar
ried Patterson. McCasland
is being held as a material
witness.
The woman was charged
with murder when a chem
ist’s report showed poison
had been administered, af-'
ter Billie Fae Patterson’s!
death had been attributed ^
to peritonitis.
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Entire U. S. Fleet At San Pedro
Unexpectedly Ordered To Sea
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(By The Associated Press)
San Pedro, March 21st—
The entire fleet, both here
and in the San Diego areas
was unexpectedly ordered
to sea at 4 P. M. today to
“drill in expeditions, depar
ture from their bases to be
without prior warning.”
They are due to return to
their bases within two days
The fleet had just returned
from five days’ secret exer
cises offshore.
Today’s orders affected
11 battleships, 13 heavy
auxiliary type vessels here,
besides a score of destroy
ers, light cruisers and sub
marines at San Diego, all
under the command of Ad
miral J. M. Reeves.
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Gov. Martin Of Oregon Commutes
Death Penalty 2 Immature Youths
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(By The Associated Press)
Olympia, March 21st—
Governor George Martin
commuted the death sen
tences to life imprisonment
of Merritt Hunter 21, and
Carl Patterson 20.
Patterson killed William
Simpson of Yakima during
a robbery attempt, and Hun
ter, in a jealous rage, slew
pretty Lillian Kanda, his
Japanese-American sweet
heart, near here.
Both were sentenced to
hang last November, but
were reprieved by the gov
ernor.
Martin explained his ac
tion in commuting the sen
tences, saying that he could
not bring himself to believe
that the people desired the
spectacle of hanging two
immature youths.
Post Office Confirmations
(By The Associated Press)
| Washington, March 21 —
The Senate today confirm
ed the appointment of Ser
ena B. Pollack of Anchor
age as postmistress, and
Otto H. Kulper of Cordova
'for postmaster.
PESTILENCE IS GRAVE DANCER
FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE
RAVAGING AREAS
Health Service Establishing Emergen
r r
ey Stations Guard Against Epidemics
Further Storm Warnings Broadcast
Rain and Snow Falling Hard Today
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(By The Associated Press)
Undated. March 21—The
North Atlantic Coast today
saw' the Weather Bureau
hang up storm warnings,as
snow intensified the suffer
ing in the Pittsburgh,Johns
town and Wheeling areas.
The Connecticutt River
has wrought widespread
havoc at Hartford and Mid
dletowm.
The death list todate nutn
bers 167. and fears are ex
pressed that the toll will
mount much higher. Near
ly three hundred thousand
people are homeless over
the entire areas affected by
th floods, and damages are
around three hundred mill
ion dollars.
The fifty-two foot floor
crest of the Ohio River,
which inundated the low
land areas from Marietta to
Cincinnati,is slowly dimin
ishing.
Proctorville, Ohio resi
dents awoke to find them
selves this morning on an
island. Ferry boats hastily
carried them across the riv
er to higher ground.
Hartford & Middletown,
Conn., are without power
or light after a night of ter
ror. Rain today is falling
in sheets adding to the dan
ger of further rises in the
level of the flood waters.
The Quinnebaugh Dam
near Danielson, Connecti
cutt is in danger of being
swept out, as threatened
! storms brought new flood
! danger to the area.
Pneumonia and water
i shortages are one of the big
gest threats now, as the U.
S. Public Health Service
went into action setting up
| emergency chlorination sys
terns.
In Pennsylvania, snow
; hampered cleanup work.
I Twenty»five thousand WPA
workers have been mobiliz
ed in Pittsburgh and more
than six thousand in Johns
town, and are trying in
every way to cleanup the
debris caused by the floods.
Without heat, many are
ill, in all sections. More
than three millions of doll
ars in damages are report
ed in the Johnstown sec
tion. At Williamsport, Pa.,
fifteen thousand are home
less, and the clothing need
is acute. Poor communica
tions are hampering efforts
to determine deaths, dam
ages and re ief needs. Fires
are reported everywhere,
with the temperature sligh
tly above freezing.
The New England states
are facing feeding problems
as industry continues at a
standstill in the Connecti
cut! and Merrimack river
valleys. The Lowell,Mass,
textile mills are all idle.
Rumford, Maine, the lost
town has only one means of
communication—an ama
teur wireless operator, who
se feeble signals are grad
ually becoming weaker, as
his power decreases.
Robert McGregor, a news
paperman flew over Hart
ford and reported: Roofs
of buildings penetrated the
great blanket of water like
tiny islands. Airfield han
gars appeared as titled rafts
and factories surrounded
by water resembled Ellis
Island. Flocks of people
lining the waterfronts ap
peared as black, moving
chains. The Willimantic
Bridge, submerged at one
end, seemed to tip into the
water like a huge roller
coaster.”
The Massachusetts senate
today passed a bill provid
ing that seven hundred and
! fifty thousand dollars be
I appropriated immediately
for relief.
FRANCE MAKES 5 CONCESSIONS
TO GERMANY IN COMING TO AG
REEMENT 4 POWER TREATY
Hitler Is Invited To Make Counter
Proposals To Peaec Plan
(By The Associalecl Press)
London, March 21 — Of
ficial quarters today an
nounced they had invited
Herr Hitler to make count
er proposals to the tenta
tive plan of the four re
maining Locarno members,
tempering the sharpness of
the peace plan as outlined
yesterday.
Anthony Eden told spec
ial ambassador von Ribben
trop, before the latter took
off on his return flight to
Germany that the powers
would be available any
time the Germans were
ready.
French sources reported
that France had made five
concessions,in coming to an
agreement over the four
power proposal announced
Friday, and in return ef
fecting a virtual military
alliance with Great Bnt
lin. Belguim and Italy.
Following are the pur
ported five concessions ag
reed to by France:
1. That France would
take no immediate Rhine
land action as the Locarno
treaty permitted, under its
terms, governing violations.
2. She agreed to the plan
not including sanctions or
punitive action against Ger
many.
o. She dropped the stip
ulation that Germany must
remove her troops.
4. She agreed to drop
the Franco-Soviet pact, if
the Hague Court decided
against it.
5. If the court's decision
is favorable, she is not to
insist that Germany with
draw her Rhineland troops.
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Juneau IVfen Teslify In
Discrimination Hearing
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, March 20 — Ro
bert Kannviden, Eli Lund
strom, George Hall and
John Nelson testified be
fore the Alaska Juneau
Mine discrimination hear
ing being conducted by the
National Labor Relations
Board, that they had been
dropped out of the union
because of radicalism and
other reasons, when they
returned to the mine when
it re-opened after the sum
mer’s strike.
Governor Troy Asks Alaska To
Contribute Aid Flood Sufferers
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, March 21—Gov
ernor John W. Troy yester
day urged Alaskans to raise
quickly eighteen hundred
dollars for the Red Cross
Flood Relief.
“It should be remember
ed he who gives quickly to
this cause, gives doubly. It
would be greatly to the
Northland’s credit if it giv
es more than is asked,”
said the governor.
The special request of the
Governor of Alaska, was
published in yesterday’s is
sue of the Nome Daily Nug
get.
We saw two women’s de
bating teams the othernite
and found ourselves will
ing to embrace either the
negative or the affirmative.
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