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Entered as secono-ciass matter Au
gust 21>th, 1923. at tie- postofflee at
Tokntna. Alaska, under the Aet of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, May 1 1, 1932.
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN LINDBERGH MATTERS
HOPE *.‘ . N. J.- John II. Cur
' fcis," arrester late today or orders of
' * ‘.Attorney-Ge.K'.-al William A. White,
' " 'was arru: .tftc.l tonight in a special
•court heki on the Linlheigli estate,
•on char.:.is ol obstructing, mstice. If j
•convicted, to; face sa maximum pen
alty of th.ve years "imprisonment or
ui fine of S!,C'|Ot or both, at the ilis
•cretion of the judge.
NORFOLK. — Captain Frank H.. j
Lachmann, of the yacht Marcon, used j
Iby Norfolk negotiators in an attempt'
• to contact kidnapers of the Lindbergh ;
ibaby,- today expressed the opinion j
'that the kidnapers intended to abduct j
•Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. These
tfnen asked no ransom before the
'baby’s delivery, Lachmann said. Theyj
said they would return the child safe:
(and sound and depended on Curtis’ i
good faith to pay them later. Whftt
. ' could they have been aiming at if I
. not to get Lindbergh? He revealed
•officially for the first time that Linde
’bergh was aboard on the cruiser in
:searcjl of the kidnaped child and that
* ihe boat was heavily armed. There
were stores of ammunition as well as
• Browning automatic rifles aboard the
• ‘ yacht Marcon, of Col. Charles Con
• -• .-salvo of Baltimore, every time the
ocraft w'ent to sea.
NORFOLK.—Revelation of a sus
jpected plot by the kidnapers of the
Bindebergh baby to kidnap the fam
ous flyer himself was made at Nor
folk today by the master of the yacht
used by Norfolk negotiators in their
contact with men believed to be the
baby’s kidnapers and killers, accord-!
ing to press reports. John Hughes j
Curtis gave New Jersey police the
nicknames and description of the five
men with whom he negotiated in the
search for the flyer’s son, together
with a description of the boat they
used. This information was given j
every coast guard vessel on the At
lantic to aid their search for the band.1
I)r. John F. Condon, who paid $50,000;
ransom to the purported kidnapers,'
was closeted with the district attorney
in New York, who announced that'
Condon Jafsi, the taxicab driver who j
delivered the ransom note to him, A1
Reich, Condon's body guard, and two
other men would be called before the
grand jury. Erwin Marshall, New
Jersey prosecutor, began investiga
tion of a secret clue said to have been
discovered at the spot where the
baby’s body was found. More than
100 attempts to collect ransom from
the Lindeberghs were reported by his
legal adviser.
HOPEWELL, N. J.—Two rapid de
velopments in the Lindebergh kidnap
ing case led authorities today to be
lieve they were hot on the trail, if
not of the actual abductors of the
Lindebergh child, at least of the ex
tortionsts who capitalized on the
crime after the baby had been killed.
HOPEWELL.—Colonel P. Norman !
Schwartzkopf tonight requested the ;
government of every State to inves- j
tigate the history of every prisoner !
received within any State institution!
since March 1, on the theory that the]
Lindebergh kidnapers may be hiding j
from pursuit in jail.
Many Are Fearful Over
Things That Will Never Happen
Said Representative Edgar Howard
of Nebraska, in a recent House ad
dress:
“You will recall that when we Were
discussing a f£w days ago the bill
known as the Steagall bill we were ,
brazenly informed, when we asked ,
for testimony given by a certain gen- i
tleman in the hearing, that that was i
not good for us, and we did not get |
it. The same gentleman expressed (
great fear that if the average mem- ,
ber of the House should know what .
some member of the committee knew
the world might be turned upside ■
down before breakfast. Ah, my ■
friends, that is a pretty low estimate ■
of the character of the average mem- i,
ber of the House, and I resent it. Oh, ]
I wish that the average member ,
among us could utterly divest him
self of that hideous thing called fear. ,
1 remember when we were discuss
ing, some years ago, the Italian debt
settlement there were some learned
commissioners here from Italy. We ,
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.)
Report of the Financial Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
Located at Flat, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
25th day of April, 1932.
Resources.
Loans and discounts.$38,496.89
Overdrafts . 32.44
Other bonds and war
rants owned. 31,701.50
Due from other banks. 19,885.21
Checks on other banks
and other cash items.. 959.13
Cash on hand. 11,182.50
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in ....$25,000.00
Surplus fund . 10,000.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid . 5,203.18
Demand and time certifi
cates of deposit . 62,054.49
Total .$102,257.67 Total .$102,257.67
United States of America, i
Territory of Alaska, as.
Fourth Judicial Division. ) -N
I, Harry Donnelley, President of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. HARR YDONNELLEY,
President.
(Correct Attest)
M. S. DONNELLEY,
/XT . . , . .. Directors or Partners.
(Notorial seal)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of April, 1932.
‘ D. E. BROWNE,
Commissioner and Ex-OSeio
Justice of the Peace.
were talking about the ability of
Italy to pay
“I remember a dear old colleague
jf ours, now gone to his reward, who I
was one of the fearful kind, and he j
joldly expressed the fear that there
night be international complications
Pefore night if the membership of
:he House should .be permitted to
<now what he knew about statements
made by Mussolini’s commissioners at
that moment in Washington. I re
:all that at that time, thawing great
respect for the elderly gentleman
who made the statement, I did not
reply other than to tell him a little
story which I thought would illustrate
;he utter needlessness of entertaining
fear. 1 do not no wknow ho wbetter
1 might now appeal to my -colleagues
who are afraid to .permit common
members of this House to know what
.incommon members know than hy
repeating that story. Parky Doody
was a professional horse trader. He
ived in a little village near my home
:own. He was the best horse trader {
in the State. He admitted it. For
the information of younger geriflemen •
here, and aJl ladies, I will say that in !
that day it was the practice of the
professional horse traders to get to
gether ■» great band of decrepit
tiorses, usually a few racers, a few
fighting cocks, and perhaps a bulldog
ind travel about the country very
much like a circuit rider, appearing
it each place at regular intervals. *
One day, along to this place where
Parky lived, came » new band of
iorse traders. Parky and the leader
#f the band jockeyed around all after- ;
noon trying to make a horse trade,
md in the evening the trade was
made. The next morning even the
little boys on the street laughed -at
Parky because they had heard their ;
say he had been unmercifully worsted i
n the trade. Parky’s pride was hurt. .
He resolved then and there to get
;ven. He knew that these travelers
would, return to his village 30 days
lence, so he began laying his plans. J
But about 1# days before the travel
;rs were expected to return a couple
>f missionary priests came along and ■
>egan holding a mission in the .little
larish church. Parky was attending
;he mission. He was trying to be
food. He wanted to be good, but he
:ould not forget he had to get even
vith that Hebrew brother. So the
right beforethe travelers were ex
jected to return Parky went over to
;he priest’s house. He called the
’ather out on the porch where none
>ther could hear. He said, ‘Father, 1
lave a question to ask, and upon your
inswer depends ever and ever so
much of. me.’ The father was alarm
id, and he said, ‘What is it, Parky?*
Parky said, ‘Father, would it be a sio
o cheat a Jew?’ The father said.
Why, Parky, of course it would. Why (
lo you ask such a foolish question?’ |
Parky again asked, ‘Would it be the !
same sin to cheat a Jew that it would j
;o cheat a Christian ? ’ The father re- ]
plied in the same manner. Parky j
started to go away, his head hanging j
lown, looking very disconsolate. The
father called to him to return, and
putting his arm around his back and
patting him on the shoulder, he said,
Parky, I would not worry about it;
it won’t happen.” <Laughter.) j
Mrs. Snapper—A burglar got Into
>ur house last night.
Mrs. Rapper—Did your husband
rise to the occasion?
Mrs. Snapper—Well, his hair did.
Nip—It’s funny that Smith should
lave such a bonehead of a son.
Tuck—Oh, I don’t knok. Smith is
i hardheaded business man.
"Now,” said the hypnotist to the
ludience, “I shall make this man for
Setftiverything.”
• Mon!” yelled a man m the
back row, “he owes me $10.”
Geezer—That blonde over there
lias the most wonderful taste!
Beezer—Be careful that the perox
ide doesn’t give you indigestion!
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