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MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS*—“Don't. gpt> ex
titfed, sister,” said one machine gua
t>aiidit to the, phone operator today
, -while his pals robbed the North
American branch of the Northwestern
National Bank of $175(000. “Don’t
get excited yourself,”' replied Miss F,
"Weinard, watching..the robbers perpe
trate the most daring and most profit
able bank holdup in the history of
the Twin Cities-.
The handits took $50,000 in cash,
$125,000 in bonds and some non-ne
gotiable collateral, escaping in nn au
tomobile in which a. seventh compan
ion was waiting
Three ol the victims- reached for
alarm buttons which would have
brought squad cars speeding from all
directions, hut. were slugged for their
* trouble he fore they could sound the
buzzers. The, robbery took place so
rapidly that, witnesses could not de
* , scribe the invaders, even though they
wtfre unmasked, and could not tell po
lice in which direction they fled:
C. F. Lottsfeldt was a Monday ar»
.rival from Anchorage,-to which place
2k? returned on Wednesday, traveling
with Pilot* Barnhill... • «*
Lindberghs
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BELM5TED NO EARLY ACTION ;
BY NEGOTIATORS MAY BE '
EXPECTED,
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NORFOLK.—Dtean Dobson Pea
! cock, returning today by airplane 1
| from New Jersey, where he held a
J brief conference with Colonel Lind- ;
! bergh yesterday, appeared to main- 1
I tain the same air of optimism that 1
has marked his attitude since be was '
called in on the case more, than a 1
week. ago. He indicated bis belief 1
that the Norfolk negotiators are 1
reaching a position where they will !
be ready to carry on final negotiations J
within a few hours. |1
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BALTIMORE.—The yacht Marcon,
coaled and ready to steam to sea at j,
a moment's notice, has been requisi
tioned for a tri pt othe 12-mile limit '
in connection with the Lindbergh
, ase, Mrs. Charles H. Consolvo said
iodhy. Colonel Charles H. Consolvo,
hotel owner,-was asked by one-of the
three Norfolk negotiators presumed
to be in contact with the kidnapers of 1
the. Lindbergh baby to permit the use
of his yacht for the mystery trip, ac
cording to his wife. Mrs. Consolvo,
said her information was that all
three of the Norfolk citizens—the
Rev. Dobson Peacock, John H. Curtis,
andrReas Admiral- Gwjp Hu Busrage-— 1
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25*r-Dete- !
jfqlte Wickersham was not given much
encouragement last fall, by the War ‘
Department to believe that army air-1
training camps would be established. 1
Jn^ Alaska in the year 1932. But a re- !
cent reading of Anchorage and Sew<- j
ard newspapers indicated- that later '
consideration of this project was uote 1
encouraging and that the camps were ''
a ^possibility within the. near future.. ‘
However, an effort to have this report ’
verified was soon blasted in an inter- 1
view with. Assistant Secretary of
War Davidson,.who also wrote a. let
ter as follows:
Washington, Feb.. 23, 1932.. !
My Dear Sir: !
In regard to your inquiry* I want *
to- maka it perfectly clear that the .
statements attributed to ma in. the [
Seward.. Gateway of, Monday, Feb. 8,. 11
1932, are incorrect. I pointed1 out to c
Mr. Mortons, that, whie it would be *
desirable seme time in the future to
loiste Army air. corps personnel and
equipment in Alaska, it was impossi
ble to do so for the* present. Cer- ,
tainly no suggestion was made that j
air corps planes would conduct a sur- g
veV of the Territory this spring- j]
From the above you will see that the /
orbspects of locating air corps units „
in Alaska are very, remote. I regret, f
the situation, but thtnlf l sheuld bring t
it-fr&nkly to your attention. }
Sincerely yours* g,
B. Trubkf Davison, q
Assistant Secretary of'War.. C(
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The Department of the Interior Be- a
1efet that the continued operation of si
Ma^uskp. agricultural e^peri
nental station is essential and neces
sity to the carrying out of the land
and settlement project along the
Alaska. Railroad. Governor Parks has 1
ecommended the transfer of the sta-:
ion. to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
ind having the scholars of the Eklut
ia school operate the farm. M. D. :
Snodgrass, agricultural development.1
i^ent of the railroad, advises he is 1
inxions that the railroad should have 1
nrisdictioB until provision is made 1
or the Territory or Federal Govern- (
nent to operate the station. : 1
In the third of a series of lectures ‘
iy Dr. Ales Hrdlica, curator of phys- :
cal anthropology at the Smithsonian 1
nstitution, he last night revealed the ’
lescent of the people of the Alaska *
‘en insula. The present lecture course 1
i the result of research of the Insti- *
utioa since 1863 and brings the study i *
f these ancient Americans up to the!
(lost recent survey conducted by DrJ
Irdlica on Kodiak Island ast sum.-:1
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A good idea of the growth of com- t
•ercial aviation in Alaska is given in |
guises prepared by Ernest Walken
awyer. Commercial aviation s
* appearance nine years ago* in t
laaka. A special experimental' air- s
tail contract was made to cnrrss, mail i
rom Fairbanks t» McGrath* , ar. dis*- i
i»ce mt about 306 miles. When this s
fstem was inaugurated,. pyitfj was f
sing transported by dog re- ii
uired 17 days to make JNr-tajps,. t
impared with 2 hougs p*il«fffi*arih- 0
tea Bp the first air Srjp^-iBftmufo* t
i vantages of air rmailiasSMVd4imas*b-ji
rated, progresa in thetkWaattfpmeat r ti
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would areompeny li«r husband on
lome port of a sea voyage within
»oxt day or two.
NORFOLK.—’The Norfolk phase of
be Lndbergh kidnaping ease • settled
iowti today to the watchful waiting
stage with the information of a. ryg
ilar Scheduled seri'a of daily , rrooa
•onfereuces. Rear Admiral Guy.H.
Surrage, U. S. S., w» appointed nffi
■i*l spokesman by Ins two fellow ne
gotiators with a group of men .who.
,h rough an intermediary, claim paa
lession of the kidnaped Charles A.
Lindbergh, Jr. Tha only positive
itatementa Burrage made at the two
■onferences today » era that there had
ieen no developments and that Re and
lohn Hughes Curtis, the principal
jegotiator, had gone to the naval base
o thank authorities there for lending
m airplane to. them. Regarding .any
'uture negotiations, Burrage said the
future will' only tell. He accepted *
mggestion that the present stage wu
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Balancing
The Budget
PROPOSE DMEASURE CARRIES
TAXES EXPECTED TO YIELD
$999,000,000.
WASHINGTON—The House moved
larmoniously and with unexpected
peed today toward enactment of a.
evised $1,261,000,000 tax bill. Three
tours after a new plan was submit*
ed nearly half of it had been adopt
:d. The spur for such unusual speed
uas applied by Speaker Garner in a
;peech warning the House that the
vorst panic in history might follow
allure to inform the country swiftly
hat the budget would be balanced,
rhe most important tax adopted was
i 3 per cent levy on automobiles, 2
'«r cent on trucks, and 1 per cent on
iccessoriea..
WASHINGTON—A sobered House,
terr.ly bent on balanc.ng the budget,
proceeded swiftly, today to vote more
nLiious of dollar* in new taxes. At
he end of the day a total of $286,
>00,000 in new taxes had been, added,
ouching the American citizen at
nany points of his every-day life,
rhe levies included corporations, the
>ters, soft drinks, letters, telegrams
tnd telephone messages. This brought
o $443,000,000 the total taxes voted
n two days since Speaker John N.
iarner took the floor with his earnest
>lea for a tax bill that would balance
he budget and sustain the credit of
he United States.
WASHINGTON.—The House to
ight elided its tang and arduous
truggie with the revenue bill, com
leting consideration of a measure
hat new carries taxes aggregating;
9m&W3m to-halapct the budget.
The steel market was hit in today's
ese;an an the bill,,which i» ready for:
ftnaf rote tomorrow. Separate votes
ull'he taken on. controversial items
1 the biff, including the oil and coal
npart taxes, as WfU as the once re
peated manufacturers sales tax, be-!
we the final actfcuy -The House, held
i: sesman late tocesn piste considera
ob of the meaaarf, added f255,000,
3® today to tfaa bfll by a series of
□res eeverinf stable markets trsns
ctisnv commodity msrketss. bond
an*actions, ficepnis, real estate sad
ind transfers. j
\ Items of Importance
r In Reecnt News Events
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“BEARDED MAN’* 1’HEXING
.TUBILEER BEDROOM WINDOW.
wCHICAGO.—The housewife of West
.Clhcjiga who ’phoned the station that
. a: bearded. man was looking into her
bedroom window caused police only
trouble.-IChe. officers discovered that
the “bearded man” was a nanny goat,
which -they..brought to the station
house, today..and locked in a cell.
While ..the, bluecoats were worrying
vhakto do with one goat, the arrest
ed one .gave birth,to.another.
ESKW1MO WIN Sk ALL-ALASKA
DOG RACE. AT. NOME.
i NOME—The.Eskimo .Kegatenluk
| mushed his. . teanx._ofc..pQwerf u dogs
; across the .finish-line,.here, late today
1 to win the..I5&*mile-AIL Alaska dog
race, while a~thr<yig_o£ Northern folk
yelled themselves:-.hoarse. — Kegaten
luk’a total elapsed .time was 15 hours
30 minutes 7 seconds_He bettered by
I more than an. .houtLthe. record estab
lished last year..by.AL Carey, white
driver.
WILD Sl*ENDJNGLOEG¥
BROUGHT TO. A CLOSE.
i LOS ANGELES.—A .wild spending
orgy, during which one*thousand-dol
iar bills were flashed-and. .centuries
spent without E siiation. are. said to
have resulted- today in two. youths
being jailed on suspicion, of possess
ing part of the $37,Q00. stolen, from a
Racine, Wis., bank, last December.
Receiving hints mahout': thq; youths’
activities, detectives — entered.. their
room in an obscura boarding .house
today and found more than-$10,000 in
currency in a battered brief-case.
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15 KILLED IN POLITICAL
RIOT. COLOMBIA.
BOGATA, Colombia.—.Fifteen .per
sona were killed in a political riot at
Guaca, in the province. oL.Caciarcarira,
it was reported topight.. Liberal.and
Conservative political. .factions ..en
gaged in the fighting, in-.which, many
were wounded. MeagerirepoclsT.due
to disrupted communicatiomy-said 30
houses were burned. . .Troops. have
been sent to the scene to. restore
order.
DE VALERA’S REPLY. J'O
BRITAIN SAID TO BQ.3LE31DY.
DUBLIN.—Final dr aftfof President
Eamon De Valera’s reply_ta.Britain,
insisting on annulment.oLrthe.oath of
loyalty to King George. and*retention
of land annuities heretofore, paid
Britain, was expected. to_be before the
Cabinet today. ApprovaLof the note
is considered certain*44$spit<' warn
ing from London ,thaththe»oat.i con Id
not be repealed ancLthat.the.aiu- jJS
must be continued. '
LOS ANGELES.,^** r delay in
investigation of IJie&K . tooney case
has caused further. , .pqnement of,
a decision as to -wb ict.' the convict
trill be pardoned f'^naC Sian Quentin
prison. Governor ..Jujiaesi Jtolph, Jr.,1
today said he had:nt*fway.of knowing
when the investigatory’ ^report would
be ready and 'that.ai'decision would
have to wait until it had been com
pleted. vf
MOONEY CASE HEKS?
| HAWAII HAH NO RACIAL
! QUESTION, SAYS HARROW.
HONOLULU.—Women ns juror.*
seem unable to agree with male ve
hiremen, so Clarence Harrow is con
tent that the panel that will hoar the
Kashawa honor slaying case will be
composed entirely of men, he indicat
ed today. “Events which have hap
pened in Honolulu occur elsewhere,"
he said, commening on crimes ugainst
women. “They happen in highly civ
ilized places, like Chicago,” he added,
in a sarcastic tone,
“Hawaii, despite its melting pot of
many race sand cross-breed strains,
has no racial question,” Harrow said.
“In Hawaii women are not eligible
for jury service. The last triall I had
with women on the panel resuted in
disagreement," Harrow said. He said
he would be ready to open the trial
of the four Americans accused of the
second degree murder of Joe Kaha
hawai Monday unless his health inter
feres.
ANXIETY REMAINS OVER
FAR EASTERN SITUATION.
WASHINGTON.—Anxiety over ths
Far Eastern situation has not abated,
Respite the lull in hostilities and the
shifting of the spotlight to other
scepes. Signs are multiplying that
, China may yet be goaded into com
| mitting some act*of folly, thus pro
; viding the Japanese with an excuse
; for completing the job they, started
j out. to do, whatever that job may be.
A 2-YEAR-OLD RESCUED
AFTER TRAPPED 12 HOURS.
PICHER, Okla.—Two-year-old Ger
ald Collins, his face dirty and tear
stained, was rescued tonight, after
being trapped for 12 hours in an
abandoned lead mine drill hole near
here. The little boy, who fell into the
hole while playing this morning, was
.uninjured. Aso soon as rescue work
ers brought him to the ground level
he ran into the arms of hia mother.
The child was exhausted when car
ried up a ladder from the 18-foot
level where his fall into the 10-inch
hole had been checked by jagged
rocks. The infant’s voice was hoarse
from frantic calling for help, while
almost the entire facilities of the
Trestate mining area attempted to
save him. A steam shovel company,
with air drills, and a squad of expert
miners excavated a hole ten feet long
and eight feet wide along the baby’s
trap to effect the rescue.
HOOVER REITERATES OPPO
SITION TO SOLDIER BONUS.
WASHINGTON—President Hoover
read at his weekly press conference
today a statement reiterating his op
position to a soldiers bonus. The na
tion’s credit would be irretrievably
- indermined by full payment of the
war veterans’ adjusted compensation
certificates, at an estimated cost of
two bilion dollars, the President said.
DE VALERA’S REPLY READY.
DUBLIN.—President Earaon de
Valera’s reply to Great Britain, re
iterating his intention of abolishing
the oath of the king and retaining the
land annuities, was approved by the
Free State Executive Council today.
Edward W. Dulanty, Free State Com
missioner in London, was expected to
come j ere to convey the reply
B. Thon*as, Dominions .Secretary.