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VOL. 37. No. 218 NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, SEPT. 12, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Leo Hall Was Executed Last Night
PLAN TRANS-PACIFIC HOP VIA NOME 1937
Leo Hall Was
Executed at 11
P.M. Last Night
(By The Associated Press)
WALLA WALLA, Sept. 12, —
Leo Bernard Hall, aged 34, once
a seminary student, paid with
his life, when he went to the gal
lows in the Washington State
penitentiary for the murder of
Eugene A. Chenvert, one of the
six persons killed in the Erlands
Point massacre March 2<ith 1934.
The trap was sprung at 11 P.M.
last night and he was pronounced
dead at 11;15 P. M.
Hall went to his death with a
wry smile on his face which
widened into a grin a moment be
fore the executioner drew the
black hood over his face.
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2000 Government
Troops Killed
Abortive Fight
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 12, —Rebels
announced last night that two
thousand government troops were
slaughtered in an abortive attack
on the Island of Mallorca.
At the same time both sides
reported a new and violent en- i
gagement at the rebel city of:
Oviedo, which was actually won,!
although the truth was hidden in
conflicting claims.
Rebel commanders declared
that the final attack on San Se
bastian was imminent. They said
the unofficial truce there, involv
ing negotiations for the city’s
surrender had fallen through be
cause the defenders wanted safe
conduct for the militiamen whom
they desired to send to the de
fense of Baltoao.
French northern African terri
tory administrators at Paris said
they suspected a network of na
tive runners was spreading sec
ret agitation among the Moham
medans in connection with the
Spanish troubles.
i Going to School
(By The Associated Press)
TRENTON, Mo., Sept. 10.—Chil
dren starting school will be glad
to tell their parents what 54 con
secutive years of grade school
teaching has taught Miss Sadie
Yates. “Usually children who ha
ve to be whipped at school are
the ones whose parents whip
them,” she said.
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HITLER EXPRESSED
CONFIDENCE IN THE
ABILITY GERMANS
(Bv The Associated Press)
NURNBERG, Germany, Sept.
12,—Adolph Hitler, with hund
reds of Nazi war planes roaring
an aggressive tempo overhead,
declared that Germany would
be overwhelmingly prosperous
“if we had” the rich agricultur
al lands and ore-laden mountains
of Soviet Russia, while speaking
before the labor front, after he
had told thousands of wors'Mp'ul
boys and girls, that Germany
would triumph over Russia “if
the hour ever comes” when there
is a war.
Hitler shouted: “If we had the
Urals; if we possessed Siberia;
if we had the Ukraine; Germany
would be swimming in surplus
prosperity.”
No Returns
—
No further returns in the re
cent General Election were re
ceived today, and totals still j
remain the same.
Pilot Brown To
Hop Off For Pt.
Barrow Sunday
Pilot Chester Brown of the
Arctic Airways, in the tri-motor
ed Ford plane, is scheduled to
hop off tomorrow morning on a
flight to Point Barrow, for the
U. S. Marshal’s office, to return
a prisoner to Nome. The big i
plane is to leave Nome about 51
or 5:30 A. M. Sunday morning!
for Kotzebue via way points,
and from there will fly up the |
coast to Point Hope, Pt. Lay, Wain
wright and Point Barrow.
It is expected the big plane
will remain at Barrow overnight
and return to Kotzebue and
Nome Monday.
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A screamer line appears at the
bottom of page one, and anyone
interested in making a trip up
the coast is directed to contact i
either Miller or Brown of the
Arctic Airways.
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NINTH WEEK CIVIL WAR IN
SPAIN INAUGURATED WITH
REBELS GAINING STRENGTH
(By The Associated Press!
UNDATED, Sept. 12, — The
Spanish Fascist armies and left
ist militiamen inaugurated the
ninth week of the civil war in
Spain, with bloody fighting south
west of Madrid, where chaos
was prevalent throughout many
of the streets.
Beseiged San Sebastian loyal
ists, struggling to stem the ad
vance on the capital in the Tal
vera de la Reina sector, declared
their positions were impregnable,
following the stragetic defeat of
the fascist advance.
Refugees from San Sebastian
told of street fighting between
Basque nationalists and anarch
ists, and dissenting defenders,
as fascist big guns plopped shells
in the outskirts of the city.
Anarchists want to burn the
city rather than let the fascists
have it.
Rebels at Burgos announced
this morning that ten govern
ment planes had been shot
down in central and southern
Spain.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Shows
Malaria Fever
(By The Associated Press)
BOMBAY, Sept. 12, — A blood
test yesterday revealed that the
Mahatama Gandhi was suffering
from Malaria and faced the dang
er of a relapse if he should re
turn to his village home in an
area alive with mosquitos.
French Saving
Wealth In Safe
Ivepping in Italy
(Bv The Associated Press)
TURIN, Italy, Sept. 12, — Bank
ers here reported a rush today
by French citizens to put their
wealth in safekeeping in Italy
and Switzerland. They said that
many had rented deposit boxes
and had deposited bonds, jewels,
and other valuables in them, both j
here and in Switzerland.
French buyers were also said
to be acquiring villas along the
Italian Riviera.
Second Division Returns, General Election’ September 8th, 1936
Dele. Atty. Gen. Auditor Engin. Senator Representatives
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precincts 18 j g : ; s: ; * J 1 J i | m §; | 5 5 § l
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CITY OF NOME . 384 144 115 192 201 284 155 27 316 146 328 197 115 68 184 248 275 72 191 154 286 180 165
LITTLE CREEK . 54 8 3 21 39 12 12 4 47 9 45 17 10 15 6 34 42 14 28 16 53 14 13 1
GOLOVIN . 25 5 6 19 1 20 7 0 11 11 23 7 25 15 5 18 7 1 18 1 3 15 3
BLUFF . 14 1 1967815 10 88060 8 10 7785 10 0
KOTZEBUE . 43 36 33 10 35 38 35 4 38 37 44 35 6 1 32 35 40 2 5 37 39 35 38
FORTUNA LEDGE . 33 4 0 9 28 32 4 1 34 1 37 0 2 0 0 28 30 1 0 35 37 3 4
DEERING .-. 30 1 0 27 4 23 2 1 6 9 27 2 3 0 1 30 22 4 13 24 20 0 0
MT. VILLAGE .. 811077106390010 76017701
CANDLE . 56 34 29 18 40 47 33 5 53 34 60 29 12 3 29 43 52 24 14 38 47 26 39
TAYLOR . 25 5 3 11 18 24 5 3 29 2 16 17 0 2 23 22 29 6 4 5 22 7 6
COUNCIL... 11 6555 15 44 13 6 13 7564 5539499 10
SOLOMON . 26 2 3 4 4 18 7 2 17 8 13 14 4 3 10 8 16 21 6 8 10 12 6
TELLER . 23 5 9 5 13 11 10 7 5 21 15 11 5 2 16 8 13 4 4 5 10 18 13
ST. MICHAEL . 645155415382201 68017634
UTICA .
UNALAKLEET .
HAYCOCK .
KIANA.
SHUNGNAK .
STUYAHOK .
TOTAL . 738 256 213 331 406 543 287 60 596^ 300 646 346 189 122 311 500 555 159 301 349 554 332 302
Japanese Fliers
To Fly Out Of
Nome In 1937
'By The Associated Press)
FRESNO, Calif., Sept. 12th—A
trans-Pacific flight in 1937 with a
hop from Seattle to Nome thence
non-stop to Tokyo, is included in
the plans of two Japanese pilots,
Benny Chojin and John Takemo
to, who are here from Alameda
to confer with local Buddhist As
sociation members on plans for a
practice flight from Los Angeles
to New York, October 20th.
Italy To Spend
Huge Sums For
Preparedness
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(By The Associated Piessl
ROME, Sept. 12, — The Italian
Cabinet today, under the watch
ful eye of II Duce Benito Mus
solini, voted extraordinary appro
priations for land, sea and air
forces "to proportion our mili
tary preparations to the necessi
ties of the international situa
tion.”
The cabinet also approved the
increases in salary, averaging
about eight percent, for six hun
dred and fifty thousand govern
ment employees, and added to the
wages of many thousands of pro
vincial and municipal workers.
Fire Navy Yard
Was Deliberate
States Captain
(Bv The Associated Press)
BROOKLYN, Sept 12, — A
small fire, “undoubtedly deliber
ate”, was discovered aboard the
U. S. Cruiser Indianapolis Aug
ust 25th, while it was undergoing
routine overhauling in the Navy
Yard.
Captain C. A. Dunn, yard mana
?er said the fire was due to a
short circuit in some of the aux
iliary power cables. The damage
was confined to the cables. Two
nails were found in one circuit
in the fire room.
The Captain said “the Yard
has no one under suspicion at
the present time.”
THINAN, China, Sept. 10. —
More than fifty Chinese women
were jailed for wearing “ultra
modernistic” clothes. Governor
Han Fu Chu, according to report,
personally arrested three of them.
Arctic Airways Ford For Barrow Sunday 5:30 AM
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