Selz Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder
Jerome Selz pleaded guilty to the first degree murder of Mrs. Ada French Rice and received a life sentence at San Quentin. He confessed to killing Rice to avoid blackmail over the former Nome mayor Charles Rice and authorities seek the victim’s body.
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Jerome Selz
Ada French Rice
Associated Press
Redwood City
Calif
Ralph Jerome Selz
Nome
Charles Rice
San Quentin Prison
Selz
Coast Guard Cutter Haida Finds Scarlet Fever on Unga Island
The cutter Haida landed a medical party on Unga Island and found seven minor scarlet fever cases. A quarantine was set, and a registered nurse attends the patients under care.
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Haida
Associated Press
Seattle
U. S. Coast Guard
Unga Island
British Engineers in Spain Protected from Violence
Officials protecting British engineers in Madrid and Huelva Province railway work against extremist threats. Assurances were given to the British Embassy that foreign workers face intimidation while Spanish engineers allegedly starve. State claims arms attributed to Germans.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Germany
Huelva Province
Spain
Liberty League Shifts as Duponts Move to Republican Group
Reports to Congress show Republicans raised 261381 for two months while Democrats gathered 49053. Liberty League receipts plummeted to 64702, with Republicans spending 165599 and Democrats 322900. Duponts are shifting support from Liberty to Republican League amid unlisted major Du Pont gifts and GOP committee donations.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Liberty League
Duponts
Republican League
Dupont
GOP
National Committee
Lammont
Congressional Committee
Notice to Save on Six Month Subscriptions
Readers are urged to prepaid six months of The Daily Nugget to save two dollars. The notice promotes advance payment for subscriptions and calls to act quickly.
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Daily Nugget
Hauptmann's Last Reprieve Deadline Passes
Bruno Hauptmann faced the midnight deadline as his last reprieve expired in Trenton. He paced his cell and maintained innocence in the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder case while Governor Hoffman pressed for further details.
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Trenton
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Hoffman
New Jersey
War Department Alaska Appropriation Totals Published
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the War Department appropriation for Alaska listing key projects and funds: Dry Pass 79000 dollars Wrangell harbor 56000 Petersburg harbor 94000 Cordova harbor 180000 Nome Harbor 10000 Stikine River 600 dollars.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Alaska
Wrangell Harbor
Stikine River
Petersburg
Cordova Harbor
Nome Harbor
Deduction for Business Expenses Rules and Requirements
Deductions for business expenses must relate to maintenance and operation of the taxpayer's business or properties. They must be ordinary and necessary expenditures, a standard upheld by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Board for Tax Appeals, and the courts. Continued on page four.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Board For Tax Appeals
Alaska Relief Funds Sought By Delegate In Senate Vote
Delegate Dimond and William Paul urged a new 000 appropriation in the Interior Department bill for Alaska native relief. They cited about 100 children nine blind persons and other disabled natives needing aid and pressed for increased Geological Survey funding to assess tin prospects amid wartime supply concerns.
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Dimond
William L. Paul
Juneau
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Alaska
Paul
Senate
House
United States
Card Party and Dance by Catholic Ladies
The Catholic Ladies will host a card party and dance with refreshments at Pioneer Hall on March 17 at 9 p.m. Admission is 75 cents.
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Pioneer Hall
Scientists Claim Serum To Avert Influenza
Chicago report from March 13 notes that Uni on Pennsylvania bacteriologists claim to have a serum capable of preventing influenza. They report the Alaska outbreak virus as a distinct immunologic entity and that serums from Alaska match those from Philadelphia 1954 1935 Britain and Puerto Rico outbreaks. Active and passive immunization in animals is possible, offering hope for control.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Horace Pettit
Stuart Mudd
Sergeant Papper
Union Pennsylvania
Alaska
Philadelphia
Britain
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Rhineland
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Alaskan
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Navy
Wahington Herald
Skagway
Robert Essary
Lée Bullard
Orly
National
League Council
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Reich
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