The Nome nugget., April 28, 1934, Image 1

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THE NOME NUGGET
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ARMY MEN CAN’T STOP
DILLINGER: ESCAPES
EVERY TRAP SET
UIUjINUKK LUCK HOLDING
(By The Associated Press)
MERGER, April 2 4,Dilllnger’s
luok seems to be holdng out, but
the feeltng i« strong among his
hunters, that he is close to 'his
last stand. Nearly a thousand
picked men are now on the job.
Airplanes brought reinforce
ments of Department of Justice
agents, who are under orders to
I shoo,t to kill.
Dlllinger Is beleived to be hid
ing- either n the north wood coun
try or has beep taken to one
&t ' several hideout* believed to
have been prepared in the Twin
cities.
Tdie casualty list following the
Sunday night gun tights remains
as two dead. four wounded, with
the wounded men in critical con
dition.
The belief that lie was in eith
er on of the twin cities, came af
ter a skirmish which three men
had with deputies In te tiuburbs
of St. Paul, one of whom was be
lieved to be Dlllinger. The car in
which the triq were riding, wan
found, and1 blood stains discov
ered. 1 , l.i,
IHIJJNGKK HTUJi AT EARGK
HAH KlUiKl) l:t
(ny The Associated Piece)
IfBRCBR. April 24. Through
the wooded wilds of the nor'h
country,' with a fresh snow on Min
ground, an army of men hunted
big game, aud the game was the
escaped killer. lMIllnger, who ki'l
ed thirteen men, with his gang,
after he enottpeJd from the • Tav
ern yesterday.
Officers have so-far been utiaole
to pick up his positive trail, b it
capture is believed near.
TWO VtKN BKIAKVKIt
SHOT 1IY MIJJNfiKK
* By The ‘Associated Press) "**
RHtNEUA.NRER, Wisconsin, Ap
ril 26, Two men were shot to death
last night as dozens of federal
and state officers descended on
the north woods resorts looking
JAPAN IS STILL
UP WRONG TREE
WITH LOTS TALK
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(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, April 24, Despairing of
obtaining other powers' sympathet
ic “understanding". for Japan's
recent proclamation of its policy
as regards help in China, the Jap
anese foreign office returned only
a tight-lipped silence today, foll
, owing a request for further in
formation.
The foreign office stated: “Our
statement, haH been made; let oth
ers read it as they will.’’
MUOIE OF NATIONS
HURPRI8KD AT JAPAN
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, April 24. League cir
cles are dazed by Jappn's warn
ing to the world that she will op
pose any foreign aid to China:
"under whatever guise", which
she deems may disturb the peace
of eastern Asia.
Japan Is pictured here as defy
ing the League of Nations right
ln their own home, where she
was pulblicly criticized for her
aggression in her Manchurian-cam
paign.
PROMINENT EDUCATOR DEAD
(By The Associated Press)
MILWAUKEE, April 24, Lebar
Ruesell Briggs, aged seventy-nine,
professor Emeritus and former
dean of Harvard university, and
also a former president of ^tad
cliff e, filled at the home of his
daughter Lucia Russell, today.
_ Jtrigga has liceu_ president of
Downer College. Milwaukee, for
the past several years. He died of
a heart ailment.
i x vKSTKi.vrio\ im<>ppki»
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 24 Ef
t.- t at a .unified regulation of
'ti » t'.octric power indu*-.•». — til
er by legelaton or through a code,
have been dropped for this year.
CHA8. H. ALLEN DIES
(By Tile Associated Press)
LOWELL, Mass., April 22, Char
les H. Allen, aged 86, who suc
ceeded Theodore Roosevelt as As
sistant Secretary of the Navy and
later served 4s first Civil Governor
of Porto Rico, died today after a
long Illness.
RUMORS ROOSEVELT TO
CHANGE, GOLD STANDARD
(By The Associated Press)
MONTREAL, April 23, There
are rumors that Roosevelt is again
to alter the gold contents of the
United States dollar, flying about
the Montreal money markets. The
rumors came upon the heels of a
[sharp change In the price of gold.
for Dillinger, who is believed to
be cornered there.
The dead are: W. Carter Baum,
justice department agent, believ
ed slain by Dillinger or his com
panions, and a <MtI*en shot down
by the police, accidently. Pour
others, are in hospitals, having
'been wounded in two shooting af
frays. The officers deployed over
an area of several square miles,
and at dawn started to close in
on the tavern, resort at a little
■ Bohemian settlement in the woods
I of Vilas county. Only meagre re
ports or their progress have been
'received, ,
TRACK DHXIXGKH MAN
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fB.v The Associated Tress)
| PIP1BL.D, Wis.. April 27 A man
Relieved to be George "Baby Fuce"
Nelson, a quick-shooting gunner
of the Dillinger mob, is believed
to be id close range of the posse,
that is tracking him in the north
woods.
BIIXINGKR KNOWN NOW
' TO HAVK BKKX SHOT
(Oy The Associated Press)
ST. PAUL* April 27, Dr. ('lay
ton May of Minneapolis, telling
of treating Dillinger and another
of his gang, for wounds in -the
shoulders wjjicli they received in
an Iowa bank robbery,’ said that
| lie was given th,e choice of tread
ing the wounds or of hei’ng rubbed
I out with a machine gun. lie is
| being h eld far uvctl on by a gra ffd
ijury on charges of harboring Dill
j inger.
May told of “ being enticed from
his office on March 81st, the day.
Dillinger was wounded, and re
peatedly being threatened with
“dPttth: TfP SllfcT ToT wa1T"Kept un
der close guard by Dillinger and
his henchmen while his nurse Mrs.
Augusta Salt was also held as a
hostage. .
May said that his nurse was
enticed from her home by Dillin
ger and into a car with another
woman and then taken \ to the
outlaw's hideout. She was also
threatened with death unless she
kept bet' mouth shut. The two of
them treated the wounds for four
days.
ELECTION DOPE
______ #
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, April 27, On the bas
is of incomplete returns, Oscar
Olsuu of Cordova is leading Mar
tin Harrais of Ellamar, by 373
(votes for nomination on the dem
ocratic ticket for territorial treas
urer, the only office contested hy
either party.
Henry Roden, prominent attor
ney of Alaska, filed as an Inde
pendent candidate for senator from
the First Division. He will op
pose W. B. Kirk or Allen Shattuck
in the fall. The republicans had
no candidate In the primaries.
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WANTS ALASKA\ FOF.
ALASKAN AITOINTMIvNT
WASHINGTON. April 24. Dale
gate Dimond said Tuesday, that
he would insist on the appoint
ment of an Alakan resideu', for
the position of federal judge in
the Third Division, made vacant
recently^l^ytthe resignaton of .lodge
Cecil H. Clegg.
Dimond said lie hadn't consid
ered any particular man for the
position but predicted, that there
would be a number of candidates
from the states.
He said Justice Department, of- |
ficials had indicated no ehoic** had !
been made for the position He J
further stated that he had been
given encouragement that an Al
askan man would be namet,
DKSDKRADO SI AIN BY IDIJCK
»By The Associate 1 Pre,*)
LLNCODX. (Nebraska. April 2 2.
A desperado was slain- by the pol
ice • utter a ten-mile chase, start
ing on Main Street. A second gun^
man and a fou*rteen-year-old spec
tator were wounded. The latter is
not expected to live. The man re
fused to drop his weapon when
ordered to surrender, and was
shot through the heart. His ca.r
had overturned.
The chase started when the pol- '
ice tried to stop the gunmen’s car
after they had been tipped off.
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
PASSES THROUGH
PANAMA CANAL
>£y The Associate j “(Oj,*),--..,
PANAMA." April 23. The 1'. S.
Fleet bade farewell to the Paci
fic ocean after two years spent in
cruising to most of the United
States' possessions.
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MAOOX AKJUVKS KOK
FLKMT MANKCVKitS
(By The AssbctutPd I resist
MIAMI. April 23, The dirigible
Macon arrived here today front
California, for maneuvers with the
court*! Bed United States Beet, in
the Carribean Sea.
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NPV AIOVKMKXTN HINTKI)
n'HiLK ships Passki>
(By "The Associated Press)
COLON, Canal Zone, Aprl 25.
As the If. S. Fleet's last one hun
dred and eleven vessels complet
ed the transit of the canal, it was
learned that warlike movements
might have occurred; following in
formation bhat attempts were to
have been made to interfere with
the maneuvers.
Authorities said they had.(i«|Ar~
mu tip n through the army intelli
gence. that a conapiracy seemed
in progress to thwart the swift
passage of the flotilla through tJa«
locks. The nature of the purport
ed plot was not disclosed.
AIJ. KHIPH THW ( AMI
i ftv The Jbssoeiated Press i
COIiON, Canal Zone. April 1i.
The last one hundred and eleven
tilth trig craft of the C. S. Navy,
entered the Panantia Cana! late
Tuesday night, some thirtv-dx
hours after the task of speeding
the fleet from tile Pacific ta f.hb
Atlanta ocean had started.
It was at first planned to speed
the fleet through the cans' in
twen'y four hours.
TEXT OF NEW LIDUOR LAW
ADOPTED DY BOARD LIOUOR
CONTROL TERRITORY ALASKA
(Reprinted from the Fairbanks
N'eWK-M i-ner. Aprit 2.'i. l'JJL)
.Copies of the eonipWtr text trf
regulations made by the Alaska
Liquor Board for the sale of in
toxicants in the Territory were re
ceived ill Fairbanks in this week's
mail from the headquarters of the
Board in Juneau. The gist of the
rejcninttnirs- wrre {VrnTn-'d several
days ago.
The legal sale of liquor in Alas
ka will begin May 1 next.
It cau tie sold only in original
packages.and only hetweeii the
hours of 8 a.m. and 1 a.m.
It can lie sold by any person
Unit or corporation,* on lioenes is
sued by the Board ' of Liquor Con
trol, qualified to do business in Al- j
uska, but not in any place of busi
ness where beer is isold by the
glass.
These are the most important of
the regulations issued today by the
Board of Liquor Control. Only
two kinds of licenses are provid
ed for in them: a Retai License
and a Wholesale License. No one
parson or firm can hold both
kinds of licenses. The fee for
<ach is §100.
Business now conducted under
Beer Dispensary licenses where
beer Is sold by the glass will con
tinue To operate under the same
license form. They can handle
beer and wine up to 17 per cent
alcoholic, content. However, <beer
only can be consumed on the prem
ises. Wine handled by them must
be sold for ofT-premlse consump
tion.
One change oi Importance Is
made In regulations for these pla
cos. lep tn trow persons IS years
or over could purchase beer in
fireTit;—Tftrn rTruVraT-THTTs" if accom
panied by parent or guardian could
ajsi) lie served. I'mltr Ilie Board’s
regulation no beer,, wlnfe, or “hard
liquor'* can he sold to anyone
under the age of 21, even though
accompanied bv parent i.or gujtrdL
"ian.
While operators of beer parlors,
or dispensaries, can obtain licenses
for the sale of "hard liquor’’, it
cannot be sold in the same prem
ises as the beer is sold. The reg
ulations affecting this class of
business provides:
"No license to sell hard or
distilled liquors shall he granted
to any person, firm or corporation
having a Beverage Dispensary In
cense issued under the provisions
of Section 3, Chapter 71, Session
Daws of Alaska, 1333, unless the
license to the business to be con
ducted w'ould be on the prmises
separate and apart from the prem
ises covered by a dispensary lic
ense.”
licenses can only he obtained oy
persons residing here for one year
am! citizens of the United States,
or by firms or corporations who
have been qualified for one year
to do business^ In Alaska.
Although sales cannot be legal
ly made until- May 1, shipments
cun be niade from Seattle any
time prior to'that date, it was an
nounced by the Board today.
It was explained that May 1
was fixed as opening date in order
to give everyone an opportunity
to study the regulations and per
mit licenses to be issued so that
business can lie le:.atl\ cnnduotlodi
Tin full fnffit frllriv> j' i --;
Seel ion I Defines Korins
"Kxeept .as herein provided, it
shVeil lie a a law.:'nl in mnanfaetufe,
barter, sell, or possess for sale,
in; oxirat iug liquors in the Terri
;d"< nl'] I’Alaska; Inn this provision
the direction of sum provision
of law, Wherever the term “in
toxicating liquors' is used in tlieao
regulations, it shall lie deemed to
include whiskey, brandy, ruru. -g-itii
wine, ale, porter, beer, hoochinoc,
and all spirituous, vinous, malt and
other fermented or distilled liq
uors. The term beer shall include
aie and porter, and the term ‘hard
and distilled liquors’ shall include
all intoxicating liquors containing
more than seventeen per cent o>f
alcii hoi.
Section 2 On Licenses i ,
“The provisions of Chapter 7t
Session Laws of Alaska, I!t!l3,
shall be extended to Include beer
and wine With an alcoholic con
tent of not more than 17 percent,
and licenses heretofore granted
under Chapter 71 shal^ continue
in full force and. effect for the
period granted, and new licenses
may be granted under the provi
sions and limitations of said chap
ter as extended. All licenses here
tofore issued and all new licenses
are subject to the following addi
tional regulations:
“All sales made under Beverage
Dispensary lcenses as provided In
Section 3 of Chapter 71, Session
Laws of Alaska, 1933, are subject
to the following conditions: *
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