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VOL. 36. No. 11. _’_________
President to Make Another Message
PROSPECTIVE WITNESSES CUT FROM 75 TO 50
Saar Plebiscite Votes To Return To Nazi Domination
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ALASKAN DIES
OF EXPOSURE
3 MORE NIPPED
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 14th—Frozen
severely during a storm on an at
tempted crossing of Valdez Glacier,
George E. Martin of Seattle, aged
38, died shortly after being rescued.
His companions suffered frozen
legs and arms, according to word
received from Valdez. He was ac
companied by Gene Miller, Ray Tip
pen, and an Indian. They left the
Ramsey Rutherford Mine for Valdez
on the usual six hour trip, but in a
storm became exhausted. Tippen
remained with Martin, while Miller
and the Indian pushed on to Valdez.
A rescue plane flown by Bob
Reeve found them still alive, but
Martin died shortly afterward. Tip
pen had both feet and several An
gers severely frozen. Martin leaves
a widow and daughter, both living
in Seattle.
AMELIA FLIES TO
LOS ANGELES TO
VISIT MOTHER
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14—Amelia
Earhart Putnam flew here this morn
ing from Oakland to visit her moth
er Mrs. Amyotis Earhart. Sunday
she had intended flying to Washing
ton, D. C., but unfavorable weather
conditions prevented the flight.
LOCAL NEWS
The special committee meeting
which took place Saturday, regard
ing legislative measures to be brot
before the attention of the Board of
Directors of the N. W. Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce, took action on
several matters of development for
the Second Division.
A full report on the activities of
this committee composed of A.
Polet, O. S. Weaver, and W. A.
Oliver, will be forthcoming in an
early issue, when the report is made
to the Board of Directors.
The Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No.
1, met yesterday, Sunday, in a meet
ing to take up matter of organiza
tion pertaining to the Pioneers.
Igloo No. 1, voted to appoint Jam
es Frawley, John F. Devine, How
ard Lyng and Garnet Martin as rep
resentatives to the Grand Igloo or
der of Pioneers of Alaska, meeting
which is to convene in Juneau, Feb
ruary 14th.
Several other matters pertaining
CONGRESS NOW BUSY
WORK ON REMEDIES
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 — Congress’will be face to
face with the first of its major tests this week, notably, so
cial security.
President Roosveelt is planning to attack this problem
in a special message in two or three days. He is being de
luged with demands for the Townsend plan. Legislators
are looking forward to Roosevelt’s ideas on old age pensions.
It is believed that forty-eight dollars monthly would be sug
gested. Another belief was that the figure would be thirty
dollars a month.
Two old controversies will be renewed this week. Wee,
nesday, the House Ways and Means Committee will decide
how fast it will handle the bonus bill.
Friends and foes of the world court subject are clear
ing their throats for much oratory on the proposal to have
the United States enter the court.
As for the old age pension, veterans on Capitol Hill say
that never before has the mail brought such an avalanche
of demands as are now being dumped in their offices on the
Townsend Plan. Some legislators are known to be anxious
about the consequences of supporting the Administration’s
more conservative plan. *
PERKINS DOESN’T LIKE TOWNSEND PLAN
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 — The Townsend Plan, paying
pensions of two hundred dolars a month to all persons over
sixty years of age was termed “economically and socially
unsound” by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, in an in
terview, contained in a magazine article.
Miss Perkins, however, favored old age pensions which
would give adequate relief. She said that the Townsend
plan would take twenty-four billion dollars a year, which is
more than half of the national income in 1933. She point
ed out that this was equivalent to giving nine percent of
the population more than half of the entire income of the
country.___
to building and socials to be given
this winter were discussed and laid
over until another meeting. A reg
ular meeting of the Pioneers is to
occur Jan. 23rd, when nominations
for officers for the ensuing year will
be taken up.
Work commenced Saturday on the
second stcl'y of the Nevada build
ing, owned by Henry Burgh, for the
completion of a dance floor and gen
eral hall for social affairs.
It is expected that the work will
be completed in about two weeks,
when the hall may be rented for
social gatherings and dances, during
the remainder of the winter. Ac
cording to Mr. Burgh’s plans at pre
sent the hall may be used until
spring, at which time it will be con
verted into hotel rooms and apart
ments. Meanwhile the work is
being rushed so that accomodations
may be in readiness for those
groups now planning on several
card parties, socials and dances.
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CITY COUNCIL
WILL HOLD BIG
SESSION 8 P M
A regular meeting of the Nome
City Council will be held this even
ing in the office building of the Of
fice of Indian Affairs, where Mayor
Swartz’s residence is situated.
Considerable business, it is report
ed, is to come before the meeting,
including the issue regarding the
grading and dragging of the main
streets. Due to the fact that sev
eral days have elapsed since the
last snow-fall, and cold weather has
set-in, partially freezing somb of the
snow drifts in the middle of the
streets, not much can be done to
ward dragging the snow and level
ling the streets. It would be neces
sary for a grader to be taken over
the streets and many of the snow
drifts cut down. The meeting is to
convene at 8 p.m. this evening.
The Nome Daily Nugget to prepar
ed to do your Job printing.
TERRITORIAL
LEGISLATURE
IS IN SESSION
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Jan. 14—Pending the
arrival of three senators and nine
representatives on this afternoon's
boat, tiie 12th Territorial Legisla
ture will probably only organize
temporarily.#
The program for this morning is
for Judge George F. Alexander to
administer the oaths to Representa
tives who are here, at noon. At
| one o'clock he is to swear in the
Senators.
Both Houses are to hold a short
^sesisimt under temporary officers and
then adjourn. If the S. S: North
western should arrive by three p.m.
today both Houses might recess un
til all members are present and
then proceed.
■ None of the legislators are discuss
ing probable officers for either
House, hut are waiting for a full
membership.
French Criticize
Plebiscite Unfair
Rule Terrorism
(By The Associated Press)
SAARBRUECKEN, Jan. 14—Anti
Nazis today virtually conceded they
were defeated in the plebiscite, and
the residents of the Territory voted
to restore it to the Fatherland.
The votes will be counted late to
day. Frenc.h officials in Paris criti
cized the plebicite “unfair, and con
ducted in an atmosphere of Nazi
terrorism.”
With machine guns for watch dogs
the ballot boxes await the counting
of the votes at five p.m. today. More
than ninety-eight percent of the pop
ulation voted, according to present
estimates. " ,
It is the concensus of opinion that
the Hitlerites were overwhelming
ly victorious. Such a result was
contained in a statement by Max
Braun, leader of the anti-Nazi or
ganization, who claimed that the
voters were subjected to duress,
whenrhe discussed the vote.
He said it was the “worst psuedo
democratic election ever held ex
cepting Germany’s farces and res
ponsibile quarters failed miserably
to live up to their guarantees for a
free election.”
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SAYS STATE OFFERED
HAUPTMANN CLEMENCY
—OFFERS REBUFFED
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON. Jan. 14—Hauptmann ended the week
end recess with Osborne on the stand, again retracting his
identification of Hauptmann's handwriting, as that on the
ransom notes.
Attorneys on both sides discounted the announcement
by Abe Samuelson, a Bronx carpenter, that he built the lad
der for Hauptmann and two other men and women, a fort
night before the kidnapping occurred.
The prosecution said that it had checked the story and
it appeared to be mostly “bunk.” Reilly, the defense att
orney characterized *.he *story as “another Sunday night
blast.” .
To hasten /he trial, the State has placed full emphasis
upon the handwriting testimdny, curtailing other evidence
and cutting the number of prospective witnessess from sev
enty to about fifty.
It was learned from a responsible prosecution author
ity that the Slate has twice offered Hauptmann clemency if
he would give a complete account of the crime, naming the
other involved. The offers were rebuffed.
Henry Slig, a former roommate of Fisch, and also an in
timate friend of Hauptmann, who may be a defense witness
said “I am prepared to tell what I know and I think the story
will indicate that Hauptmann is not guilty." He also said
he couldn’t believe that Fisch actually kidnapped the baby
but “1 believe that Hauptmann was given the ransom money
by Fisch.”
HANDWRTING IS IMPORTANT
FLEMINGTON, Jan. 14—Shortly after Osborn took the
stand, the prosecution asked who wrote the ransom notes.
He said: “In rh'y opinion Hauptmann wrote them.”
“Why do you say so?” asked the assistant attorney gen
eral Joseph Lanigan.
. “Because, in my opinion, the evidence is irresistable,
unanswerable and overwhelming,” replied Osborn. With
this the state turned the handwriting export over to the de
fense for cross-examination.
Hauptmann showed more than ever, the strain of the
trial. A prison guard said he displayed a new hesitancy, as
a stutter creeps into his speech. He is eating .sparingly and
the prison pallor is becoming more noticeable.
Marie Dressier
& Polly Moran
Wows In Politics
MARIE DRESSLER SCORES AS
HOUSEWIFE WHO BECOMES
TOWN’S MAYOR
At last—a new star.
Not that Marie Dressier wasn”t
really a star before—but now she’s
officially one in “Politics,” Metro
Goldwyn-Mayor’s hilarious drama of
elections and city political life being
shown Tuesday at the Dream Thea
tre.
And what a star Not only does|
she figure in some of the biggest
laughs an audience ever enjoyed,
but, in other parts pf the picture,
presents character delineation rang
ing from the pathetic to a dominant
personality routing an entire city
government.
Miss Dressier plays a housewife in
a small town who, when racketeers
kill the daughter of a neighbor, re
solves to clean up the town. She or
ganizes the women’s vote, runs for
mayor with Polly Moran as her pol
itical manager, exposes graft and
braves the underworld, routes rack
eteers—and even even calls the wo
men of the town out on strike
against their husbands to win the
campaign. And how she does!
Polly Moran and she have hilar
ious sequences in the political rally
and stage a dramatic quarrel, too.
Charles F. Riesner, who directed the.
pair in “Caught Short” and “Reduc
ing” was again at the megaphone in
the new production.
A specially interesting cast sup
ports Miss Dressier in her -first star
ring picture. The romantic interest
is taken care of by twcfyounger play
ers, William Bakewell and Karen
Morley, who are specially accept
able in their particular roles, while
the chief villian is John Mil jam