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VOL. 37. No. 90 NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, April 16, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Italians Advance on Capitol Ethiopia
Man Arrested Attempt Kidnap Children of Leopold
THREAT KIDNAP CHILDREN OF
KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM
RESULTS MAN S ARREST
Motherless Children Guarded While
Poliee Effeeted Capture Ex-Convict
—
(By The Associated Press)
Brussels, April 16, — A
threat to kidnap the mother
less children of King Leo
pold of Belgium, was dis
closed today with the ar
rest at Liege in eastern Bel
gium, of a former convict.
Nicholas Elsen, aged 31,
confessed this morning to
writing letters to the King
threatening to abduct his
children, whose mother,
Queen Astrid, was killed in
an automobile accident last
summer.
Unless one hundred and
thirty two thousand doll-'
ars was left in the woods
near the border city the
convict threatened to go
through with his plan.
The police laid in wait
twice, in attempts to cap
ture the alleged kidnaper,
but failed. He was finally
traced through the letters,
he wrote. Meanwhile the '
children were kept closely
guarded.
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Partial Solution $590,080 Bond Theft
Announced By Federal Dep’t. Justice
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, April 16, —
A partial solution of the
mysterious theft of $590,
000 in bonds, taken when
a clerk stepped for a mom
ent from his cage in the D.
S. Trust Company, of New
York, in December 1934,
was claimed today by the
Federal Department of Jus
tice.
J. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation announced to
day that eight men had
been arrested, and three
hundred and ten thousand
dollars of the bonds recov
ered.
Those arrested were list
ed as Charles Hartman,
William E. Evans, Theo
dore Crowley, Gabriel Mar
osi, Earl F. Palmer, all of
New York, and Paul Alex
ander, Washington, D. C.,
and Rocco J. (George) De
grassi of West Palm Beach
Florida.
All except Marosi, Palm
er and Alexander have had
criminal records._
Increases In Gold
Production 1936
Seen at Meeting
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, April—(Special)
-The billion dollars’ worth
of gold that was mined last
year and set a world’s pro
duction record is not the
highest production will go,
it was asserted at a meet
ing of the American Insti
tute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers in New
York recently. With old
producers throughout the
world still increasing their
production. John Croston,
Boston mining engineer,
stated, “Such new opera
tions as are taking place in
South Africa, Russia, Can
ada, and new areas in the
United States, Alaska, and
primarily in California’s
Mojave Desert, 1936 will
far exceed 1935 in gold pro
duction.”
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Not True Bill
Brought Grand
Jury on Wendel
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, April 1G, —
Prosecutor Erwin E. Mar
shall, of Mercer County,
New Jersey, announced to
day that the grand jury in
vestigating the charges
that Paul H. Wendel kid
naped the Lindbergh baby,
had voted a "not true bill’,
which will have the effect
of absolving Wendel of any
guilt in this matter.
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Save Three Men
(By The Associated Press)
Moose River, Nova Scot
ia, April 16, — Engineers
set up a diamond drill to
bore a five inch hole 140
feet into the ground to try
to send food supplies down
to three entombed men w^io
may still be alive, in the
eavein yesterday in a gold
mine here.
Michael Dwyer, Nova
Scotia’s minister of mines,
expressed fear that there
was little chance of finding
the men alive, but added,
he had not given up hope.
Naval Program
Slowed Because
Of Many Strikes
»
(By The Associated Press)
Washington. April 16, —
(Copyrighted by AP 1936)
—The delay in the comple
tion of at least 42 of the 76
warships being built to
bring the U. S. Navy up to
treaty strength, was disclos
ed by the Navy Department
this afternoon.
Naval officers said the de
lay was caused by the short
end week, end of the old
NRA, strikes in private
shipyards.
Many of the ships were
started while the NRA was
still in effect.
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gains in the ads appearing
regularly in the Nome Dai
ly Nugget.
ITALIANS ONLY THREE DAYS TO
ADDIS ABABA AW AY: MOTOR
COLUMN IS ADVANCING
Fascist Authorities Says Expect The
Early Fall Of Capitol To Eml War
(By The Associated Press')
Undated, April 16, With
Addis Ababa only three
days away. Italian soldiers
started by motor lor the
Ethiopia eapitol.
With this startling revel
ation, Fascist sources indi
c. led they believed th con
summation of the conque.-t
.'•as at hand.
It was believed by the
military staff that not more
than one thousand warriors
stood between the motoriz
ed column and the eapitol
in the war on Abyssinia.
It was suggested that the
only barrier in the way of
a satisfactory conclusion to
the hostilities, would be
the imposition of more sanc
tions against Italy under
the leadership of Great Bri
tain.
The Fascists said they
would win against _the sane
lions, as they had against
the Ethiopian warriors.
Reports from the League
conference room indicated
that things w r< not gain.'
anv too well, with liltU
reason to assume that Mus
solini intends to make
peace on other than h.L
own terms.
France, fearful of evi nl
ualitics, surveyed her own
military strength to be c< r
tain she had sufficient pow
er to defend herself in case
the whole system of collec
tive security should collap
se.
French military officers,
with those of Great Britain
and Belgium continued the
conference in London con
cerning plans for coopera
tion in case of any sudden
act of aggression on the
part of Germany.
Democrats Point To Record Totals
Votes Cast In The Illinois Primaries
(By The Associated Press >
Chicago, 111., April 16, —
Members of both major par
ties professed to see gains
in the results of Tuesday’s
state-wide primary elec
tions.
The Democrats pointed
to one million, one hundred
and fifty-eight thousand
votes for President Roose
velt, and a record total of
one million, three hundred
and seventy-five thousand
votes cast in the democrat
ic gubernatorial race, with
eighty percent of the pre
cincts reported.
Knox and Borah togeth
er drew six hundred and
ninety-six thousand votes,
while a seven-man republi
can gubernatorial contest
attracted one million and
twelve thousand votes.
Governor Henry Horner
was renominated by the
democrats. C. Wayland
Brooks former marine lieut
enant. won the republican
nomination.
EASTER TRADE BEST
OF ANY IN YEARS
New York, April—Easter
buying gained momentum
early the first week in Ap
ril, retail sales to a new
high for the year were re
corded, indicating the larg
est Easter merchandising
season since 1929, Dun and
Bradstreet, Inc., said.
The gain in all retail trade
over the preceding week
was 20 to 30 per cent,while
over a year ago the aggre
gate was 10 to 18 per cent
greater.
Woman Hanged,
Britain Sore At
Federal Action
(Bv The Associated Press)
Birmingham, England,
April 16, —Mrs. Dorothy
Waddingham, aged a 1, the
mother of 5 children, was
hanged at Windsor Green
prison for the poison slay
ing of a crippled patient in
her Nottingham nursing
home.
King Edward himself
was the only person who
cuu-d have s<iv< u ;ru wom
m by a last minute re
•'riovCt iis iluniv' S „vrc ijrv
S " John S.mon had d. nied
the appeal for elua. nay.
A wave of p it, st iiaru
oul Great Britain over the
hanging, was raised today.
England Sends
New Tyne War
Craft To Med.
iHv The Associated Press)
London, April 16, —
With tension and uncertain
ty mounting in Geneva, t1''
British Admiralty hu1
a new, secret type of
submarine craft to G.
tar to act as a bulwark . r
the British grand fleet sc i
tered throughout the x\Ied
iterranean.
Fifteen especially design
ed ships, described as mine
sweeping trawlers, have ar
rived at Gibraltar hom En
gland within the p -st week.
ALASKA VENTIYES,
INC., SllimVf ORE
OUT OF Si WARD
The Alaska VenL A ns’.
Edward Borup, manager,
went into production rec> n
tly when the initial ship
ment of ore, about eight
tons, was shipped south on
the S S Yukon. Shipments
will go to the Tacoma met
ier regularly from n >\v on,
says a recent issue of the
Seward Gateway.
Drifting is going ahead &
conditions are looking sat
isfactory, Mr. Borup estim
ating shipments of 20 tons
every two weeks will be
going out steadily.
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