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Oldest Newspaper in Alaska.■ _^__Member of The Associated Press DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION. • ' NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION THE NOME DAILY NUGGET " - ... VOLUME 36. NO. 17. _ NOME, ALASKA; MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1935._ Per Copy Ten Cents Investigating Hauptmann’s Accounts BILL TO CHANGE DATE OF PRIMARY ELECTION u ______,• Jr* . ; A New But Warmer Storm Hits The Pacific Coast Ul _ _ __ _ ONLY TWO BILLS ARE INTRODUCED SENATE (By The Associated Press) JUNEAU, Jan. 21 — Notwithstanding the appeals by both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Sen ate to hurry up, only two bills have been introduced in the Senate. One was a joint resolution from the House introduced Saturday, when both houses adjourned following short sessions. Senator Powers introduced both bills, one providing that persons contributing to the delinquency of a minor be found guilty of a felony and providing a penalty of from one to two years in the penitentiary, or a month and a year in a federal jail. The other measure provided for a change in the date of the Primary Election from the last Tuesday in April to the last Tuesday in March. Representative Green’s memorial urges that Congress give consideration to the Townsend Plan, calling for a pension of two hundred dollars monthly to persons over sixty years of age. BREAK IN THE WEATHER (By The Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 — A new, but warmer storm, hurried in from the Pacific and broke the grip of the great white, cold wave, that virtually parallized wide reach es of the far-west last week. Temperatures are raising all along the coast and inland. Ice is flowing down the rivers, threatening the destruction of the construction of the bridge across the Columbia at Grand Coulee Dam. , The temperature at Spokane reached eighteen below. Trains and busses are halted. Montana is still cold. Seat tle’s heavy snow is melting fast under a warm rain. Farther East the cold still grips the country. Gales and blizzards have left a growing death list. Helena, Montana showed forty-eight degrees below zero. Iowa had five deaths, three in traffic accidents and two in falls. ^ Only the gulf states escaped zero readings. From the mountain states east, heavy snows covered almost the whole northern section of the United States. Traffic acci dents mounted in the west and central west, sub-zero tem peratures came with snow and ice pushing a pall of fog and mist ahead. ALVIN KARPIS PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 ESCAPES (By The Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 21, — The nation’s newest Pubic Enemy No. 1, Alvin Karp is. wanted for a number of kidnappings and robberies, accom panied by Harry Campbell, today shot their way out of a police trap here, and escaped federal officers. Captured were two women—Dol ores Delaney alias Louise Graham, and Winona Burdette also known as Louise Campbell. The Delaney wo man is said to be Karpis's moll, and is about to have a child. She, was shot in the leg, and was the only person involved in the shooting to be wounded, as far as is known. JAPANESE SHIP WITH BAD LIST CUTTER TO AID (By The Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, —The Globe wireless reported receipt of a distress call from the Japanese sh<p “Hokuman Maru”, bound from Van couver, British Columbia, for Osaka, Japan, saying that it had a starboard list of seventeen degrees and was taking water. Her position was sev eral hundred miles west of Cape Flattery. She asked immediate aid and the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Chelan left Port Angeles, Washington for the vessel. The Maru is a freighter with a crew of thirty-five members. • - LOCAL NEWS A marriage license was obtained Monday, today, from the United States Commissioner’s Office, by Miss Frances Nicholas and Harry Long ley, Kougarok dog team mail driver. Bob Larsen was arrested this morn ing and charged with grand larceny, accused of shooting and killing, and transporting reindeer, on the range near Nome. As yet no date for his hearing before the U. S. Commis sioner has been set. The telephone line between Nome and Golovin was reported to be down somewhere in the vicinity of j Spruce Creek and Topkok Hill. Ef forts are being made today to lo cate and repair the line, which is ! expected to be placed in condition again tomorrow, according to the local offices of the Alaska Telephone and Telegraph Co. Pilot Chester Brown of the North ern Air Transport made a flight to Solomon and White Mountain with Samuel Anaruk and Hilma Douglas as passengers. Mr Anaruk return ed to White Mountain and Hilma Douglas was for Solomon. Pilot Brown is scheduled for a flgiht to Fairbanks Tuesday or Wednesday, weather permitting. Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow 'Air Service took off this morning for 'Fairbanks with J. D. Harlan, mana ger of the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields at Nome, and Mrs. Har lan. Pilot Mirow is scheduled to re turn to Nome tomorrow. LATER—Word received by the of |fice here said he was staying over night at Ruby due to strong-head winds and would return Wednesday. Pilot Frank Whaley of the Roust Airways returned to Nome Sunday, from a flight to Fairbanks, Enroute to Nome he was forced by weather conditions to stop overnight at Nu 2ato for several days and then one night at Golovin. Pilot Whaley is due to hop off for Pilgrim Hot Springs and Iron Creek tomorrow, weather permitting. Pilot Jerry Jones of the Pacific Al aska Airways arrived at Nome Sun day morning with the mail, having been delayed by weather in arriving here earlier. Pilot Monsen of the same company, who arrived Satur day, and Pilot Jones, took off again Sunday on their return flight to Fairbanks, with the U. S. Mail. Pilot Robbins of the PA A arriv ed Nome early this afternoon, from Fairbanks, with a large quantity of first class and other mail, in the Fleetster plane of the company. He is scheduled to return to Fairbanks tomorrow with mail. Pilot Robbins made the flight from Fairbanks to Nome, a distance of more than 550 miles mail route, in the record breaking time of 2 hours and 55 minutes flying time The funeral of Mrs. Louise Bloom berg was held yesterday at the Fed erated Church. Services were con ducted by Rev. Norman McCay, fol lowing which the cortege proceed ed to the Belmont Point Cemetery where interment took place. Mrs. Bloomberg was born in Nor way sixty-nine years ago. She came to the United States and in 1897 took part in the gold stamp ede into Dawson via Skagway. From Dawson she came to Nome where she has lived ever since, making one trip to the States on account of her health Chas. Code, manager of the Dream Theatre, had the Paramount News service ship him the weekly news pictures including scenes of the Nome fire. The film arrived Sunday with Pilot Whaley’s plane, and will be shown Tuesday evening at the Dream Theatre. Scenes of the Nome lire, have been , shown in other Alaskan cities, but | this is the first time it will be shown in Nome. It is also believed that this is the first time that film has been shipped via airplane into Nome to be shown to the public here. The scenes include aerial and ground shots of the fire in progress here, and were taken by Frank Whaley, pilot for the Roust Airways for the Paramount News. According I to the reports they are very inter jesting and show the blaze consum ■ ing the entire business district of the city. Two shows are to be giv en Tuesday evening, one commenc ing at 7 p.m and the other at 9:00 p.m. Contained in a letter to the U. S. Marshal, Thos. Gaffney, was the news of the death December 27th, of A1 Kerr, formerly of Nome, from Sup erintendent Eiler Hansen, of the Pioneers Home at Sitka. He reported that Mr. Kerr had been in the hospital ever since his arriv al there. Mr Kerr left Nome on i (the last sailing of the S S Victoria for the Pioneers Home. Mr. Hansen also stated that they expected to move into the new Pion eers Home about January 10th. He informed Mr. Gaffney that all of the other pioneers from Nome and Nor thwestern Alaska, were getting al ong nicely, and wished the people of Nome a Happy and Prosperous New Year. i" TANKER ON FIRE (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 21, — The tank er “Valverde”, a thousand miles east of the southern tip of Florida, report ed that she was afire and that flam es were raging from one end of the vessel to the other. She said she had only two lifeboats left and was heading into the wind, as the flames came back alorjg the deck which is burning fast. ’*There were no boats close to her, to as sist in the rescue. ‘ ] FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS HAUPTMANN ARE BIG (By The Associated Press) FLEMINGTON, Jan. 21 — William E. Frank, U. S. Treasury agent w as placed on the witness stand by the State to give detailed accounts of Hauptmann’s and his wife’s fin ancial standings before and after the payment of the ransom money. He testified that from April 2, 1832, the day the ransom was paid until September 19, 1934, the day of Hauptmann’s arrest, that sixteen thousand, nine hundred and forty-two dollars had been put into Hauptmann’s brokerage accounts. Frank said that the total of all assets which came into Hauptmann’s possession after April 2, 1932, was forty-four thousand, four hundred and eighty-six dollars. The state will also endeavor today to bring in the kidnap ladder as evi dence and try to prove that Hauptmann was near the Lind bergh home about the time of the crime. Justice Trenchhaid showed great interest in the figures produced, requesting that the stenographer read the answer back to him saying “This might be of great importance f to me.” The state is apparently laying the groundwork for the testimony concerning the seventy-five hundred dollar loan the Bronx alien said he made Fisch, and whom he said left . the ransom money in his care. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 — Mrs. Curtis Schwartz, a Bronx housewife said that Isadore Fisch was known as “John” dur ing a trans-Atlantic crossing which she made after the Lind bergh kidnapping. It is unknown if she will be called to testify during the trial. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM A Legislative program, adopted by the Northwestern Alaska Cham ber of Commerce at Nome, Alaska, last week includes such items as the creation of a Territorial Bureau ol Mines, Roads, the Public Works Administration Loan and Grant tc the City of Nome, a Federal Build ing, an endorsement of the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce, Industrial and Agricultural Fairs, the stabilization of gold, an endorse ment of a resolution by the Peters burg Chamber calling for an increas ed bounty on wolves and coyotes, an endorsement of the Ketchikan Chamber’s resolution for a protec tive tariff on pulp products, a re duction in Telegraph tolls, a revet ment for the protection of the Town of Nome, a Community Hall, and an icebreaker. Copies of this program were mail ed to the Second Division delega tion at Juneau, to the Alaska Terri torial Legislature, asking their sup port and consideration in the ses sion for these measures. In regard to the establishment of ! a Territorial Bureau of Mines the Chamber has asked for an appropri ation sufficient to engage a com ^ petent engineer for director, three ! field engineers, one clerk and the ' necessary traveling and office ex penses, and that one engineer be *• [Stationed in each division and that their duties be to assist in develop ing the mining possibilities of each section. A like bill was introduced at the last'1 session and passed the House but failed to get through the Senate. Appropriations for Roads This Chamber urges further appro priations for Roads in the Second Division and an increase in the Fed eral Road Fund. In view of the in creased gold mining activity last season and the increased value of gold, it becomes necessary for the ■further construction of roads thru out the Second Division to develop (Continued on Page Four) RED CROSS Election of Officers, at Dr. Swarta’s office, Wednesday evening, January 23rd, at 8 o’clock. . A good attend ance is desired. Come and help us conduct the affairs of Nome Chapter as they should be conducted. C. W. THORNTON, Chairman. FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral of Miss E. L. Howard will take place at the Federated Church at 2:00 P. M. Tuesday, Jan uary 22, 1935.