24 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
1
The Flemington trial nears closing while Arthur Koehler returns to reveal more about the ladder and Hauptmann. Reilly signals the defense will press alibis for the kidnapping night and ransom payoff, with a possible bid to dismiss the indictment.
O Kraft Kodiak fur dealer can pursue a $16000 damage action against government officials in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. He sues Marshal H P Sullivan Deputy Marshal E H Boyer Commissioner A F Stowe and the National Surety Co for his arrest seven years ago on a charge of buying skins from an alien lacking a sales license. The court held no answer was required on the Alaska case technical point.
Washington dispatch reports the United States will not pursue ex Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern’s trial. Unpublished State Department files disclose the Senate's Versailles Treaty ratification failure removes U S from prosecution role. Allies decline extradition steps without U S help.
The 21st American Game Conference adjourned after voting to delay the national duck shooting season. final length to be decided by Congress. Rex Sweet, 26, an aviator, was critically injured when his plane crashed near Seattle while rescue crews aided him and riverbank workers battled rising tides.
Col. Henry L. Doherty, head of the 1935 Birthday Ball for the President, urged leaders who raised a million dollars for the Warm Springs Foundation to intensify efforts in 1945. Funds will be divided with 70 percent for handicapped child rehabilitation in local units and 30 percent to a Roosevelt national commission for broader paralysis research. He warned the disease could spread if not aggressively fought, noting its lesser priority compared with other illnesses.
The Alaska Packers Association plans a two dollar dividend payable February 12 to stockholders and reports railroads will build about two hundred thousand freight cars. Each car costs around three to four thousand dollars, with car demand rising as traffic prospects improve across the industry.
Jan 24 Nome Alaska reports House action with bills proposing a one dollar annual license fee for residents and twenty five dollars for non residents to fund dam purchases. A second Murray measure aims to end all contract labor in the territory with exceptions. Martin seeks a federal loan of 100000 dollars for new Nome projects.
A weather system slams the nation with nearly one hundred deaths and widespread hazards. Floods in the south claim fourteen lives while lowlands in Washington flood, and thaws and rains threaten Idaho. Temperatures rise in the west and Canada with moderation forecast for the East and Southeast. In Tokyo, planes drop bombs along the Jeho Chahar River near the Great Wall.
Senator McNary introduced a resolution calling for a survey of the International Highway route from the United States to Alaska and authorizing the President to negotiate with Canada. It proposes two million dollars for Alaska construction and one hundred thousand for the survey, with Fairbanks named as a northern terminal and no construction funds until Canada agreement is reached.
In Gilberton a colliery blast killed twelve miners and injured seventy one others while endangering two hundred workers in the mine. This disaster sent rescuers and authorities to the site as ventilation and safety questions were raised.
Dream Theatre open to public with a March 6 1935 style event at Bon Marche farehouse with daily shows from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
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