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VOL. 37. No. 149 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 24, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
Keynoter Flays Foes Of New Deal
ZIONCHECK GOES TO PRIVATE HOSPITAL
Two Old Women
Drowned car Ran
Off Ferry Boat
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, June 24, — Trapped
in a careening automobile, as it
tore through a ferry boat guard
rail and dived into twenty five
feet of water in Puget Sound,
two elderly women were drown
ed today, in Gig Harbor across
Tacoma Narrows.
They were Mrs. June Sulli
van 65, of Tacoma, the driver,
and Mrs. George Bancherel, 68,
of Aptos, California.
They died in the submerged
machine before aid could be sent
them, while Miss Estell Shanley
| aged 45, of Tacoma fought fran
* tically to be released from de
taining hands and go to their
aid. She was not released.
A pet bulldog struggled futile
ly in the car at the bottom of
the bay to reach the surface but
was drowned.
It was believed the accident
was caused when the driver be
came confused and pressed the
accelerator instead of the brake.
Litvinoff Wants
Submarines Go
Free Restriction
f* —
CBv The Associated Pr«ss)
MONTREAUX, Switzerland,
June 23, — Foreign Commissar
Maxim Litvinoff of Soviet Rus
sia demanded that Russian sub
marines as well as other war
ships have free passage through
the Dardanelles, at a meeting of
the Lausanne Treaty signatories,
in answer to the Turkish propos
al that underwater craft be bar
* red from the straits which Tur
key wishes to occupy.
More $400,000
Jewelry Stolen
From Socialites
(By The Associated Pressl
GARDEN CITY, New York,
June 24, — Burglars entered the
bedrooms of socially prominent
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Coe while
they slept in their sumptous es
tate here, and escaped with jew
^ elery, which owners said was
worth more than four hundred
thousand dollars.
Neither the man or his wife
awakened. Among the articles
stolen was included a pearl neck
lace valued at three hundred
thousand dollars.
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DELEGATIONS FOR
HIGHWAY ALASKA
BY WAY OF B. C
Alaska and Washington Delegations To
Demo National Convention Record
For International Highway Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 24, — At the request of
the Alaska delegation, the Washington state members
unanimously went on record favoring the construction
of the Alaska International Highway through British
Columbia. The request was made by Arthur Chamber
lin of Deering and met with instant approval at the
Washington caucus at the convention.
Governor Troy was presented with a lei by the
Hawiian group which is sitting in the same row of seats
as the Alaskan delegation. Troy wore the lei around
his neck through both sessions yesterday and last night
and in the big demonstration when Roosevelt’s name
was mentioned. Chamberlin carried one of the Alaska
standards in the parade and Harry Morton of Anchor
age the other. Robert Bender reported that all delegat
es were present.
Carter Class Was
Unable Act Plat
form Committee
(By The Associated Press;
PHILADELPHIA, June 23, —
Governor George Peery succeed
ed Senator Carter Glass, as the
Virginia representative on the
Democratic National Platform
Committee.
Glass’s name, at his own re
quest, was not presented, thereby
ending by him, forty years of ser
vice as a platform builder. He
said he was too worn out by con
gressional duties.
New Tax Bill
Signed Is Now
Law of Nation
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, D C„ June 23,
—President Roosevelt signed the
new tax bill and the one hundred
million dollar Interior Depart
ment appropriation bill today.
The new tax bill is designed to
raise eight hundred million doll
ars through sweeping revision of
corporate taxes and other levies
on holders where subjected to
individual income taxes.
Opponents argue it will be harm
Iful to corporations needing sur
pluses
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Ernest Dellagen
Extortionist Was
Arrested In L A.
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, June 23, —
Ernest Desmond Dellagen, well
tailored and with an Oxford ac
cent, was jailed awaiting the ar
rival of New York authorities,
under a New York indictment
charging extortion in connection
with the alleged extortion case
against Alfred E. Smith Jr., son
of the former New York gover
nor.
Dellagen was also known as
Lord Desmond. He was arrest
ed while getting his mail at the
post office. He denied knowing
of Smith’s charges, but admitted
he knew Catherine Pavlxk, a
blonde woman in the case who
tried to extort money from young
Smith.
Alaska Mail Money
Not Included Bil!
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTN, D. C., June 24,
—The two hundred thousand dol
lar Alaska aviation item was not
carried in the deficiency bill sign
ed by President Roosevelt yes
terday.
He signed another bill however,
to permit the prospecting for
precious metals within the Glac
ier Bay National Monument.
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Court Action On
Sanity Hearing
Zionclieck Off
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June' 24, —
Marion Zioncheck said that he
would be his own attorney in
his sanity hearing Friday.
His wife has paid the two doll
ar marriage licensee fee which
Zioncheck borrowed in Maryland
so they could be married.
WASHINGTN, D. C„ June 24,
—-Court action to determine Zion
checks mental status was called
of! as the legislator started on a
course of treatment in the Tow
son Maryland private hospital.
Loudly protesting, Zioncheck
was removed from the Gallinger
i hospital on a stretcher, and wrap
ped in a “pack" which was tight
ly bound by sheets.
Final arrangements for hi;
transfer were made by the younf
: bride. Authorities agreed U
committing him to a private in
stitution for an indefinte period
Explosion Kills
In Bi<* Factory
C- J
(Bv The Associated Press!
BUFFALO, N. Y„ June 24, —
A man was killed and fifteen
men and women injured in an
explosion today of a high pres
sure compressed air line in the
Trico Products Corporation plant
The blast blew out window,
and ripped apart partitions or.
the fifth floor of the factory,
where the explosion was center
ed.
A spark, believed caused by a
loose piece of metal is blamed.
Selection Jury
In James Case
Proceeds Slow
(Bv The Associated Press>
LOS ANGELES, June 23,
The selection of a jury in the
case of Robert S. James is pro
ceeding slowly.
He is charged with the bizarre
rattlesnake-drowning death of
Mary James, the last of his sev
eral wives.
The state is charging that Jam
es feared the venom might be in
effective, so after sticking his wif
e’s leg in a snake box, he drown
ed her in the bathtub, and then
thrust her body in a fish pond.
Prosecuting authorities declare
he murdered her in order to col
lect her life insurance. The state
demands the death sentence.
,The defense indicated they will
attempt an insanity plea.
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SENATOR BARKELY
KENTUCKY FLAYED
FOE KEYNOTE TALK
I
Confidence Features Speech at Demo.
Convention As Keynoter Criticizes .
Last Four Republican Presidents
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 24, — In a flaming key
note speech at the Democratic Convention, Senator
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky slashed at Republican
leadership, accused the Supreme Court majority of a
“tortured interpretation of the Constitution”, and point
ed to the “astonishing economic recovery under the
New Deal.
He said: “All responsible government must enlar
: ge its field of supervision to protect the weak from the
rapacious. If, in the future, it should further become
necessary to enable the people to work out their dest
iny and protect their fundamental rights, I doubt not
that the people will face that duty with the same calm
intelligence which has guided them in the past few
years.”
His speech left the milling throng of delegates
i hoarse ar 1 weary, after he had poured fire upon the
heads of Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Landon.
He charged that the present Republican nominee
i had urged inflation through printing press money no le
, than three years ago. Barkley praised on high the
names of Roosevelt and Garner and inspired cheem
with his castigation of the American Liberty League,
lie made indirect referrence to Alfred E. Smith w! )
was conspicuously present.
On the conclusion of his speech, the delegates stal
ed their flag standards waving in a trek around the hall,
evey state, and the Alaska delegation taking part. The
convention adjourned at midnight, and ail were tired.
Prominent Men
Aboard Aleutian
Bound Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 24, — The S.
S. Aleutian of the Alaskan Line
sailed from here yesterday with a
i party of distinguished tourists en
[ route over the Yukon River Cir
]cle tour.
They will visit Matanuska Val
ley, McKinley National Park and
the Fairbanks district.
The passengers included Walter
Gifford of New York, president
of Att and Sons; Richard and
Sherman Jackson; E. Reynolds
president of the First National
Bank of New York and director
of the New- York Central Rail
road; and William L. McLaine of
Los Angeles, vice president of the
same line.
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0;ie Four Hurt
Strike Riotin**
o
(By The Associated Press)
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, June 2’,
—-Gunfire kilkd George My,
38, a company guard and vvout i
ed four men in fierce rioti
when a strike closed the Por
mouth Works of the Wheel: ;
Steel Corporation.
It was set off by attempts o'
the company to move food ir )
one of the groups of pickets i
the plants.
Bullets raked the area and en
dangered women and children.
Sheriff Arthur Oakes read t >
riot act. He said about 75 str -
ers and sympathizers engaged \
dozen company guards in a br '
but intense gun fight. Betwe^ i
two hundred and three she.;
were fired.
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