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VOL. 36 NO. 105 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
330 Cases Flu Ravaging Point Barrow
49 DEAD MANY INJURED UPRISING PHILIPPINES
Romance Ends by Married Woman Killing Her Lover
Gov. Troy Tells
Of Alaska Before
Big Party Leaders
—
Gov. Troy Lunches With
Federal Officials Tells
High Hopes Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 3—Gover
nor John W. Troy was honor guest
at an informal luncheon given by
Assistant Postmaster General Har
lee Branch, today.,
He told government officials that
Alaska was on the verge of the
greatest development in history. He
said that because the government
owns over ninety-nine percent of
the land, it is only reasonable that
it should carry a proportionate bur
den of territorial development.
The governor said that the govern
ment costs were exceedingly low
considering its holdings. He prais
ed the Matanuska colonization pro
ject as a major step toward agricul
tural development.
In picturing the future he predict
ed that motoring would be possible
from Seattle to Fairbanks.
Other guests included were Vice
President Garner, Speaker Byrns,
Postmaster General Farley, Attor
ney General Cummings, Delegate A.
J. Dimond, Emil Hurja and several
senators. No politics were discuss
ed said Harlee Branch.
Romance With A
Married Woman
Ends In Shooting
Shot Three Times By Woman
Who Anxious Break Off
Romance Is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
CENTRALIA, May 3—A purport
ed romance between E. J. Nixon,
aged 50, a mining operator, and Mrs
Harry E. Clark, wife of a Ceneralia
barber, was uncovered by authori
ties today, who said there would be
no further investigation into the
slaying of Nixon, whose body was
found last night.
Mrs. Clark was held by the coro
ner’s jury which blamed her for the
shooting which took place near here.
Nixon was shot three times as he
stood on the road near Mrs. Clark’s
car after meeting her there.
The police said she admitted the
romance with Nixon and said she
wanted to break it off, and that a
quarrel ensued which resulted in
the shooting.
Searchers found her hidden in the
woods after the shooting.
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INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
AT POINT BARROW 8
DEAD IN PAST 10 DAYS
Pilot Jerry Jones Of Pacific Alaska
Airways Waiting Take Dr. Swartz
(By The Associated Press)
POINT BARROW, May 3—Fighting a heroic battle
despite a lack of adequate facilities, Dr. Henry Greist said
he believed that the crest of the influenza epidemic which
claimed eight lives during the past ten days, had been reach
ed.
He said he did not know how the epidemic had affected
Wainwright and other communities to the south.
Three hundred and thirty cases developed before the
epidemic was discovered. Greist has two nurses and one
native helper. The sick were placed in halls, the dining
rooms, and the basements of houses. An airplane brought
the wrong vaccine just at the critical time.
The dead included A. H. Hopson, an Eskimo mid-wife
and her husband Isiah, a noted whaler.
E. O. McDonnell, of New York, a vice president of the
Pan American Airways was ill but has recovered. Greist
and his assistants are also ill. A shortage of foods, fuel and
a famine in canned milk makes the situation acute.
Pilot Jerry Jones of the Pacific Alaska Airways, with a
Fleetster plane of that company was ordered to stand by at
Nome for several hours today, pending further advices from
Barrow, as to whether the services of Dr. Rex F. Swartz
would be required.
He is enroute to Barrow with medical supplies and it
was urgent that he be held here until the crisis had been
reached in the epidemic at Barrow.
Wind And Rain
Does Damage In
2 Eastern States
Horses Running in Kentucky
Derby Saturday Are
Scared Lightning
(Bv The Associated Press)
LOUISVILLE, May 3rd— Furious
wind storms, accompanied by lightn
ing killed three persons, and drench
ing rains spent themselves eastward
after spreading damage over sec
tions of western Kentucky and sou
thern Indiana.
At Churchill Downs where the
thoroughbred racing horses are on
edge for the Kentucky Derby tomor
row. no damage was done, but the
sensitive animals were excited by
the thunder and lightning.
More than a hundred homes and
fifty business buildings here were
stripped of their roofs. Part of
Louisville and other nearby towns
were without lights for a time.
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Part Of Fleet In Out
Bremerton 3 Flours
Part of U. S. Fleet Sails Into
And Out Of Bremerton
With Much Secrecy
(By The Associated Press)
Bremerton, May 3—Part o( the U.
S. Battle Fleet, which is maneuver
ing in the North Pacific left here as j
silently as they came, three hours
after their arrival. It is unknown
i what their destination is.
President Packing
Corp. Dead Calif.
James K. Armsby President
, Packing Co. Dead Calif.
(By The Associated Press)
ROSS, Calif., May 3rd—James K.
Armsby aged 68, the founder and
president of the California Packing
Corporation, and a director of the
Alaska Packers Corporation, died
here this morning oi pneumonia, j
Conciliator Sent
To Alaska Event
Fishing Trouble
Pegues Requests Conciliator
Alaska During Coming
Salmon Season
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 3—The De
partment of Labor said that Charles
J. Post, conciliator, leaves Seattle
Saturday for Alaska for thp salmon
season, at the request of John E
Pegues, Territorial National Emer
gency Council Director,who believes
there may be opportunity for his
services in case of trouble.
Man Accused Of
Extortion Plot Is
Deemed Be Insane
(Hv The Associated Press!
SEATTLE April 30—Supported by
affidavits from seven physicians of
the Washington State Hospital for
the insane setting forth that in their
opinion Gray II Hilsman, 23 years
old, of Atlanta, Go., is demented, a
motion for the indefinite postpone
ment of the young man's trial under
the federal Lindbergh law was
granted late yesterday by the Unit
ed States district court in Seattle.
The motion was made by Jeffrey
Heinmann, attorney for Hilsman.
The young man is charged with
extortion under threat of murder.
He is reputed to be the son of weal
thy parents who live in Atlanta. He
was a law student at the University
of Washington, and was a friend of
Frank E. Case, prominent real estate
and insurance man of Seattle, and
Mr. Case's daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Case.
Hilsman is declared to have at
tempted to obtain $1500 from Mr.
Case by means of written commun
ication that contained a threat
against the life of Miss Case.
Two Men Are Free
After Kidnaping
Two Men Kidnaped And Are
Brought Back Safely
(By The Associated Press)
GALLUP, New Mexico, May 3—
Robert Minor, a New York radical .
journalist and an attorney David
Levinson, are free today. Ten un
employed are facing mass murder
charges. The two men were kid
napped from the old Spanish plaza
by a group of hooded men in autos.
During the kidnaping several men
were killed. '
/
UPRISINGS AND RIOTS
IN PHILIPPINE IS. AND
49 DEAD 31 ANY HURT
Communistic Leanings Given Cause
Trouble Over Island Independence
(By The Associated Press’)
MANILA, May 3—A sudden Sakdalista uprising against
the projected new Philippine Commonwealth left a trail of
at least forty-nine dead‘and many injured, from bloody out
breaks and disorders.
Three provinces controlled by the Sakdalistas are in
favor ot immediate independence for the islands. They op
pose the leadership of the senate by President Quezon.
Forty were wounded as the constabulary fought off an
uprising early this morning.
MANILA, May 3—A plebiscite for the ratification of
the commonwealth constitution is planned for May 14th.
Under the independence act of the American congress, the
Philippines must go through a ten years transitional period
before obtaining their freedom.
The situation was described as very grave, in a report
to the Governor General’s office, which said that the Sak
dalistas have communistic leanings. They already control
three provinces. For a time scattered disorders also oc
curred in another province where the provincial governor
was held hostage for several hours.
Extremists seized the municipal building at San Ilde
fonso for five hours during which they proclaimed “Philip
pine Independence.” They hauled down the American flag
in favor of the Philippine emblem. No attack is feared on
Manila.
Are To Conduct
Investigation On
F.E.R.A. Actions
HOPKINS OF FERA NOW
BEING WATCHED IN
NEXT MOVES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON May 2—Members
of the senate are preparing today to
conduct a sweeping investigation in
to the handling of relief funds, the
motion being voted on yesterday.
They are watching FERA Admin
istrator Hopkins today, to see if he
will make good his latest threat to
withhold federal funds from states
refusing to make requested contrib
utions.
Numerous developments pointed
to the possibility of an immediate
showdown on the Federal Emerg
ency Relief Administration’s efforts
to force state officials into line.
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Britain Increase
Air Force Time
German Program
r
Air Ministry Britain Build
In Air In Step with
Germany Now On
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May 3—An authorita
tive source revealed that a draft of
a plan for a western European avia
tion pact, had been drawn up and
had been taken under consideration
in Paris. Rome and London.
With the receipt of information
here that Germany has facilities for
building one hundred airplanes a
month as replacements, the Air Min
istry of Britain went ahead with its
decision of meeting Hitler's chall
enge in the air. It undertook a new
program for substantial increases in
British fighting planes, airdromes,
and the Royal Air Force personnel
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