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101 RUSSIANS MAROONED ICE
DIMOND PIUDS TERRITORIAL AIRMAIL
PROHI ALASKA REPEALED BY SENATE
101 MAKOOXED ON
BERING KUDOS
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Feb, 22 Crumb
ling ice and a raging gale carried
the grave threat of death to a
hundred and one shipwrecked
victims who are marooned on
drifting ice floes in Bering Straits
where the abandoned steamer
^ “Chelyuskin," sank February thir
teenth.
OTTO SCHMIDT’S PARTY
STORM BOUND
i By The Associated Press)'
MOSCOW, Feb. 22 — Eight wo
men and two amah children, par*
©f Professor Otto Schmidt's exped
tion to Wrangell Island are strand
«d on an ice floe. Storms blocked
all efforts o? rescue expeditions t)
t reach them. Although their food
k plentiful, the ice field is disinte
g; at lug. The ice being driveiT
northward '■y wind darkened hopes
©f rescue.
KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED
0» YEARS
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO. Feb. t?3 — Roger
Touhy and two of his gangsters
were convicted today of the sev
< «nty thousand dollar kidnapping
of John Jack and Barber Factor,
and were sentenced to ninety-nine
years. Officials said the verdict
marked the smashing of one of
- the mosi forajidLaMe .criminal
gaiiisUtions in the countryT Each
of the kidnappers have to serve
thirl y-three ears before being el
» iglble for pardon. The other two
ennvirted were Albert Kart or and
C.ustaf Schaefer.
WORCESTER, Eng., Feb. 23
— Sir Edward Elgar. British com
poser, aged 77, d!ed at his home
today. lie has been ill since an
operation in October.
KIDNAP VICTIM FOUND
(By The Associated Press)
FRBimiOKSBURG, Va., Feb.
23 — Fourteen year-old Caroline
Musante, sought as a kidnap vic
tim, was found today tied to a
tree amid ctrcumstances striking
ly similar to her disappearance a
year ago.
When she disappeared yester
® day, her parents said, they heard
her scream as a car drove away.
Her father, Leo Musante, said he
received a note demanding fifteen
hundred dollars or "Caroline’s
head will be sen.t to you." Last
year she was reported to have
been kidnapped and found bound
to a tree a few hundred yards
from the one to which she had
been tied to today. That time
she said ahe had been threatened
because she knew too much about
another kidnapping.
NEW AIRMAIL CONTRACTS
CONSIDERED
(Dy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 New
a ii mal contracts based on a code,!
in addition to a system which
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would slice millions off the pre
vious expenditures, are reported
to be under consideration by the
government. President Roose
velt put the Department of Jus-I
t’re to work on the legal back- ;
ground of the plan.
The nature of the airmail pro-1
ject is still a secret but it is tin- 1
officially reported that it might j
mean new contracts for private ]
companies that would relieve the]
army* in fly ng the mail. A debate
on letting new contracts is assur
ed. In the House a special rule
allows two hours to talk on a bill
to ^a.v the army for th£ new task.
STORMY SEAS OKE EAST COAST
< By The Associated Press)
UNDATED. Feb. 20 — Distress
culls from two steamers caught
in ragin'g bl zzards off the coast I
of Massacliussetts sent the coast
guard into the furious seas to
their rescue. The schooner, Hor
uce L. Baxter, was also in diffi
culty off the coast of Honolulu.
X K SKAHOARR STORMS
WORST IN YEARS
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Feb. '21 — The
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worst w.nter weather in many
yea is damped down ovier th^
northeastern sealioard states, crip
pling many ships on the Atlantic.
It left several thousand New York
era without transportation for
hours, and tied up railroads thru
out New England. Air mail was
delayed and the storms caused
many deaths and intense suffering.
Sixty mile an hour winds also put
mutfh general shipping in distress.
JOHN HON ASKS FOR
PUBLIC CO-OPERATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—Gen
eral Johnson made an appeal by
radio to the public tonight for
criticism of the NRA by letter or
in personal appearance. These
opinions will preface the general
hearings beginning next week In
which the operation of the codes
is to be studied as a basis for re
making the Administration policy.
General Johnson said that the Re
covery Administration had just
one condition to the receipt of
public comment, which is, that
the NRA will not receive unsup
ported personal assaults; and that
It will take academic conjectures,
not backed by facts, only for what
they are worth.
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ALBERT OK BELGIUM
PLUNGES TO l)K.\TII
(By The Associated Press)
H RUSSELS, Feb. is Albert
the First, King of JJelguint, ptmig
ed to death when ho attempted to
climb Rocher Demarche Les
Dames peak, thirty-two > miles
south of here, Saturday. It was
revealed Sunday that the victim
Was killed by a piece of frost-hit
ten rock which crumbled under
liis hand. King Albert, who has
climbed mountains iu many lands
fell only thirty-six feet, hut with
such impact that his skull was
fractured. He went with oife> per
sonal servant for a brief after
noon outing. His death was not
known to the world until twelve
hours after the accident. Crown
Prince Leopold succeeds h'm, tak
ing" tin? title Leopold the Third.
The coronation service will be
held <m Friday,
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PRINCE OK SWEDEN
• DISOWNED
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(By The Associated Press) I
BERLIN. Feb. 21 Prince Slg1
ward, Duke of Uppland, second
son of the Crown Prince of Swt^l-,
en and now movie director, has
been disowned by the Royal. House ]
of Sweden for. refusing to give
up the girl lie loves. It was an
nounced that King Gnstaf and
the young prince's father opposed
'his marriage to fraulien Erika
Patsek, daughter of a Berlin bus
inessman. who is an- actress in the
studios of the UFA Motion Pic
ture Company here.
KING LEOPOLD THE THIRD
ENTHRONED
(By The Associated Press)
BRUSSEILS, Keb. 23 — The
new king of the Belgians, Leo
pold the Third, was enthroned to
day when the former Crown
Prince took oath today before
both Houses to defend the con
stitution.
BELGIUM MOURNS
KING ALBERT'S DEATH
(By The Associated Press)
BRUSSELS, FVb. 22 — Thou
sands of mourners smashed the
police lines and surged about the
royal palace as the funeral pro
cession for King Albert formed.
Confusion - reigned for the time be
ing as the procession started in
the crowd-lined streets. Princess
Astrid will be by the side of the
Crown Prince when he enters the
city, Friday, as the new King of
Belguim. She is expecting a child.
Rub: “Hey! Don’t strike that
match there. That tank is full of
gas.”
Dub: “I should worry. These
are safety matches.”
repeal I'ltomitmox alaska
PASSED ISA SENATE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. "Feb.. 19
Three hills for the repeal of pro
hibition in Alaska, Hawaii and
other possessions, were passed to
day bv the Senate, .Bills, which
were called up out of order, ask
ing consideration, will permit ten'
itor'es to gain revenue which, the
Senate w s 'told by the delegate
was needed badly.
LEADING POWERS CONCERNED
OVER RELGITAPS ATTITUDE
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(By The Associated Press)
•UNDATED, Feb. 19 As the
world mourned the death., of King
Albert of Belguim. hope was ex
pressed by the capitals of the
great powers thill his death will
lioi disturb, the peace of Europe.
It is wondered how young Leo
pold will handle internal difficult
ies; Including how he will act to
ward Europe's political troubles
of the hour. Chief of these con
cerns Hitlerism, which worries
the statesmen of many countries.
Communists issued a manifesto
calling on the workers of Belguim
to refuse ,to recognize Leopold as
the new king and demand the es-’
tablishment of a republican gov
ernment. Tlie appeal is not ex
pected*. to bear wide influence.
WASHINGTON ACTTUmK*
(By The Associated Press!
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 Ad
ministrator Johnson speak* to
the country today on subjects of
exceptional importance at ten-thir
ty eastern standard time. The
contents of his speech are not be
ng revealed before-hand.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 — Sen- !
timent is growing In the House
for action on a two-billion dollar
bonus bil calls for cash payment j
of the bonus in greenbacks.To- j
day found the administration pre-1
paring a drive to defeat it, or if j
they cannot defeat it, they hope
to compromise it.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 — The
White House strongly opposed a |
measure introduced last March by
Rep. Thos. D. McKeown of Okla
homa, Already a hundred and
twenty-seven representatives have
signed the petitiou. The House forc
ed a vote on bringing the measure
out of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and only eighteen more
names are needed to put the
House' on record. Democratic
leaders generally conceded that It
would pass the House.
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WASHIXTOX. Feb. 2 0 — Dele
gate Dimond rightfully rescribed
'ADska a- haviing been stripped of
progress due this territory during,
the past ten years, as lie carried
light tiii: mail funds for the terri
tory to the House Post Office
Comm tiee He st^id the Alaskan
airniu 1 ’ service has never beeti
subsidized lnit the air service com
panics of tin* north hid for mail
routes in direct competition with
the dog-tennis, When the tyis
j^cre opened ^or contracts ■. j
Iv. air service bids for the main
routes were approximately thirty
seven thousand dollars above the
figure submitted by low dog-team
bidders. He further said. “If ad-,
ditioual funds. ar« not provided,
mail delivery in Alaska will be set
back to the days before airplanes
cut tile traveling time trr the terr
itory. For example: Mail is
carried from Fairbanks to Nome
in from six hours to two day* by
plane and by dog team is enroll*
from twenty-one to thirty days.”
He said the situation is the same
between Fairbanks, and Bethel. He
strongly urged the Committee to
provide service on the main rout
es in the territory by plane, leav
ing small feeder lines to dog men.
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OATHS CHANGING M.KCTION
OATHS MTHORI/iKI)
(By -Thy* Associated Press)
Washington' rFeiTYo — The
tourth bill of those authorized to
day by flip Alaska Territories
Committee fixes the second Tues
day in September of ths year for
the election of thp Alaska Delt
ftate to Congress, and authorizes
the election of members of the
Alaska,, Territorial Legislature to
be held every second year. The
Alaskan Territorial Legislature
would convene on the second Mon
day in January, 1935, and on the
same day every two years there
after. The bill also outlined the
duties of the Alaska Canvassing
Board, which it stipulates shall
consists of the Governor, the Terr
itorial Secretary, and the Collect
or of Customs. The four bills
authorizing Juneau. Wrangell and
Skagway to issue an aggregate of
one hundred and eighty-seven
thousand dollars in bonds for
municipal improvement and fixing
dates for elections nnd convening
of legislature were proposed by
Chairma,, Tydings of the Senate
Territories Committee.
BROOKV1LJL.E, Feb. 20 — Ten
women, widows and daughters of
(Civil War veterans were burned
to death today whe,, fire destroy
ed the infirmary, the Pennsylvan
ia Memorial Home. Five women
were rescued, with a temperature
of eighteen below zero.
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