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WEATHER HALTS
 FLYING ACTIVITY - SIBERIAN PLIERS
MAN NOT USE TAIRCHILD PLANE MECHANIC, PILOTS TESTING
 ENGINE, TROUBLE

s. $. NANUK, Siberia. Feb, 22, tPt No developments have taken place owing to the extremely cold but clear weather which. is, over 40 below with wind.
 The aviators have decided not to use the Fairchild engine and it is not working properly. Young took off in test hop and it functioned poorly 50 he landed. Mecfianican McCauley and Pilots are checking the engine trouble again today.
 It is possible they will use diff ferent plane. The Junkers plane. which left here on the ninth landed yesterday from St. Lawrence Bay after three and one-half hour flight. They reported nonstop flight. Weather has been unfavora- - ble since they left here.
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PHAROAH'S CURSE
 STRANGE DEATH
 CAUSES SUICIDE
lNoUEST VERDICT OF SUICIDE; WORRIED MONTHS DEATH
 SON, LEFT NOTE

LONDON, Feb, g, (R-His mind 1arried by thoughts of the Phar- nah's curse and the recent death of his son, 78-year-old Lord West bury today fell or threw himself No death from a bedroom window on the seventh floor of St. James Court.
 The body crashed thru glass yeranda ceiling 100 feet below ana knocked over a woman. She was so badly cut by glass and effected oy the shock that it was necessary -o take her to a hospital.
 Lord Westbury was dead when picked up The inquest brought ln sound mind. He had worried TOT verdict of suicide while of un- months over the strange circum- stances of the death of his son Richard Bethell, 46, who was secre- 7ary to Howard Carter, whose in vestigations in Egypt revealed the treasures of ancient Tut Ank Hamen.
 Westbury left 8 note saying
 Really cannot stand any more o1 -hese horrors"
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MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN HUNG
 STATE ARIZONA
DELIVERED REVEAL ED UNKNOWN CHAPTER OF
 HER EARLY LIFE

FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb, P, t41-- The name of Eva Dugan, mother of two children, was written on the pages of Arizona history as the flrst of her sex to be legally executed m the name of the sovereign state
 The 52-year-old housekeeper was convicted of the staying in 1927 or IA. J. Mathis, her employer, on his ranch near Tucson.
 Shortly before dawn she calmly walked up the B steps leading to the gallows, smiled as she stood on the trap and while prison officials adjusted the black hood about her head remained unshaken in her resolve to show the world can take my medicine"
 ' She went to her death without making a statement. A telegram delivered to her death cell revealed hitherto unknown chapter of her early life.
 The message, signed Ada Host apple, Seattle, read: "Sympathize with you and I have the greatest admiration for your bravery and grit
 HAda", she said, was an ola friend of the Yukon days. Probably you didn't know it but I was one of those who followed the gold rush into the Yukon" The woman was unfound in a Seattle directory.
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Bodies Auditors Taken To Nanuk

s. s. NAUAK, Feb, 22, tP-With the temperature 50 below zero, Slipneov brought the bodies of Ben Eielson and Earl Borland yesterday to the Nanuk.
 Pilot Reid, who arrived from Mort Cape yestedray with IS cases of gasoline, damaged the landing gear on one side of hte Fairchild plane as he brought the craft down to the hard surface of the Nan uk. It will be necessary to make repairs before it can be taken into the air again.
 The bodies will be taken to Nome as soon as conditions permit.
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McMullen Buys
 Business Property;
 VIII Build Al Once

Announcement was made yeSter- day by P. c. McMullen, local busl- ness man and mayor of Seward, the purchase from Chas A. Teck- lenberg Of the business property located between the Seward Drug CO.,. and Orlander's JeWelry estab- lishment, and immediate construc- tion of a one-story concrete and fire-proof building.
 The deal involves the approHi- mate sum of $15,O00. One of the buildings, now upon the property, is occupied by The Osbo Electrical Shop, the second store building being empty These buildings will be torn down as soon as MT. Osbo moves to a new location. Tn the meantime work will proceed, start ing Monday, in clearing away as much of the present structures as is possible.
 MT. McMullen, who has been g tenant in the Johansen building fol many years, expects to be located in his new structure by July 15.s The interior will be replete in new fur niture and fixtures; two large display windows in the specla front and hard wood floors are m cluded iii the contractors plans and there will be full basemen the same size as the building, 30 b. 9O
 MT. McMullen started men a work today in clearing away DOT tions of the buildings now occupin the property and Contractor Ger hart Johnsen, who has beer awarded the erection job will star at once manufacturing about 10, 900 concrete blocks.
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LOMEN COMPANY
 CHARGED WITH
 UNFAIR DEALINGS
ASKING FOR LEASE OF LAND COMPANY HAS OCCUPIED
 l5 YEARS OWN HERDS

SEATTLE, Feb, 2. (Pp-The Lo- men Reindeer Co.,, Is criticized as occurring ownership of reindeer arazing lands from Eskimos by un- 4air dealings, was wired Governor Parks. asking him to order an TIT pestigation of the situation as soon -ss possible.
 The message said 10. l.. Andrews 4ormer Bureau of Education teacn- 4r at Deering has filed charges with the Department of the Inter ,sr and broadcast thru the Amerl- aan press that thousands of rem ieer have been taken from Eskl- .nos also. that within three years 7he Eskimos' reindeer will all be- ong to Lomen and nothing will pc eft but memories of the Eskimo
 Andrews who is here, said the Lomen O., persuaded Eskimos 70 et it manage their herds and oy uacluding them with those of the company fixed the price at s3 per head for the native reindeer, then charged the natives on an average Mi more than $l per year for hefd- ng their own deer.
 This arrangement, he said, would result in ownership of animals ,assing to the company in three years and said the company also aas applied to the government for .razing lands rightfully belonging lD the Eskimo.
 Loman in denying the alega- ions said his firm merely offereo 10 buy whatever reindeer the EsKl- nos wanted to sell because they mad no facilities for butchering Ne added that Eskinos own 80 per .ent of the reindeer now in Alaska Ind much of that is where the Lo- r1en Co., have had no interest oi control
 He said several hundred Eskimo' themselves are employed as herd srs at liberal salaries and where r1o Iomen ca, is herding deer tol H4kinos He said they charge Es- tfnaos for herding deer prorated oi 4e actual cost to the company
 s. 47-,~i,,,cs arc eaa hlpd tO Dar -ais either in labor or money
 He said the available grazinl
 and has already been apportioae' gy the land Department in flask ao Eskimos and private conpanle gn the basis of size of herds. Tn Lomen CO.,, is asking for a lease RI and it already has occupied for ]
 sears and which had never bee occupied by herds other than thos 5elonging to the company.
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BIG JAPANESE
 ' VESSEL AGROUND
 UNIMAK PASS
OFFICIALS SURPRISED SHIP IN ALASKAN WATERS; OPER-
 ATEDf JAPANESE COAST

SEATTLE, Feb. 22. P)-The grounding of the Japanese steamer Koshuna Maru near Scotch Cap Light, Unimak Pass, was reported to the cable office last night by the Signal Corps operator at Soaaw Harbor about 200 miles from the wreck The message gavc no de- tails except that the ship was leak ing in two of her holds. Officials of the line reported she ordinarily operated in Japanese icoastvyse trade and declared they were slrrsised the ship was in All
 aSkan waters.
 I The vessel was built in 1927 and
 Twas 4,271 gross tons.
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e. N. And N. P. Ky. Merger ApproUed

WASHINGTON, Feb, p, (P)-The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Railway, which is to be known as the Great Northern Pacific Rail- way.
 The Chicago-Burlingt & Quin- cw has been divorced from the sys- tem and has made a truck line ol its own. The merger will als@ ac- Iquire the Portland Spokane & Seattle Railway.
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Plucky Marion SWenson will soon be seeing gay city lights instead of blizzards and the gray vastness of the arctic.
 She and her father Captain Olal swenson, in Seward today, flew from his fur trading ship, the Nan uk, instead of patiently waiting for the ice to break. Since last June Miss Swenson, Seattle high school student, has been on her fathers ship now lock-
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ed i'm the ice off Cape North, Sibe- ria. Many weeks of short rations and hours around an oil stove ln the cabin waited her.
 Then came aviatOrS searching for Carl Ben EielsOn and Earl Bor- fand, lost flyers. The Nanpk serv- ed as a base. Now Marion and hel father are enroute back to civiiiza tion. A trip to New York waits a; la reward to her help.
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Hard Fought Game Goes To The Colleg
 By Score 26 To 20

WOt gamei
 Fans who treked to the S. A. c. gym last night to witness the.I play-off between the Alaska Col lege quint and the fighting Fire men, were treated to basketball classic which ended in a rare display of fireworks
 Trailing for nearly three-quar- ters of the dynamic tussel, Red Kubon, one of Coach Ryans forward charges with a well ex- ecuted free throw, broke the IS | to 18 tie, which moment before had been created by Brumbach, one of the cleverest players who has ever stepped the local floor. The wearers of the purple and Y gold delivered punch in the final quarter that gave them the 26 to 20 game. The achieve ment duplicates their. performance at Cordova, the Varsity having won four out of five games play ed against the various teams of of that city
 The Bremen were well On the way to the coveted victory, oyer- whelming the visitors 3 to 2 in N the early quarter oh basket and N a free throw by Captain Kunz and baskets by Andresen, who started the fireworks, and Shellhorn and Peyton, while Showells field goal was the only retaliation. She'll horn connected for two more Fire men baskets in the second quar- ter. brining the local count to 13
 College fininshed the half at points on two baskets by Brum-
 bach. and one each by Morton
 and Jackson.
 The hot time fin the old town
 came in the 3rd quarter, witt
 Brumbach, College star, doinl ' the heavy work. Peyton, playins Z a fast game at center for th'
 Bremen, in place of Turner wh'
 couldn't get to the game earlier
 scored from the field and the, from the foul line. and witt
 Shelly's goal the Firemen's tota
 reached 18. Putting on a cham
 pionship spurt, however, the Col ! lege, with three fine baskets D - Brumbach, and one by Kubor n and fouls converted by Kubol V land Tom Ek, two swell chaps a If they all are-gained one poir " lead at the finish of the thir N Quarter
 Free throws by Kunz an U Peyton were all the Fire lad x could muster from the now sur ,s reme Collegians, who didn't sto " until their markers reached 26 .v Referee Don Shellhorn han
 dled the game very efficiently fe .n a beginner missing but few play in in the fast game. Jack Rosne: M refereed from the lines. Followir N, the game the members of the o. v, lge team were dined which Woun V up their visit here just right.
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should accept the advice of their technical advisors against agree ina to build for American use the type of cruisers the British want us to have.
 America needs ne said, large cruisers with extensive cruising radius. If the London conference fails he believes 1t will be said that it will be the third one to fizzle because of. British obstinancy'
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NOTIFIED BY RADIO, ILLNESS

JUNEAU, Feb, 22, (Fl--Casey Ser crest, who was notified by K Q M Q broadcasting station, Seattle over q week ago that his wife was serious ly i'll in Seattle, received word ml the Taku district and came here He left on the steamer Northland for the south Thursday.
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OXEN GRADE ROAD

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Feb, 22, (R)-When Jesus Lopez, Mexican farmer recently bought an automo- bile he used yoke of oxen to grade the road from a highway to his home.
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SOURDOUGH DIES

SEATTLE, Feb, 22, (Pl-Edmund Smith, seventh Alaska pioneer and former member of the Seattle law firm of Smith & Matthews, died yesterday. Before coming to Seat tle in 1912 he was school director lat Valdez.
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British Obstindncy Will Cause Third
 Fizzle, Is Feared

WASHINGTON, Feb, A, lPl Chairman Britten of the House Naval Affairs Committee, contends the American representatives to the London Naval Conference
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
FIVE STATES SELECT PARTY
CANDIDATES in PRIMARIES

WASHINGTON. Sept. l6-tP-
Selection OF candidates for Nation
al and state offices was before five
states today In party primaries and
nominating conventions.
Primaries In New York. MaSsa-
chusetts and Wisconsin and con-
ventions in Connecticut and Del
aware complete the choice Of
party standard bearers for the gen.
eral elections seven weeks off. Only
q few nominating conventions in
scattered states remain to be held.
"A variety OF issues. ranging from
prohibition TO chain stores and
banking, have marked the contests
ended by today's balloting. In two
states. Massachusetts, and Del
aware, senatorial candidates were
to be chosen. Gubernatorial selec-
tons yer TO be made In the Bay
state. Wisconsin and Connecticut
AL five states nominated candi-
dates for the house.
Three republicans and five dem
ocrats sought nomination for the
Massachusetts, senate seat now held
BY the Republican Senator Gillett.
who Is retiring. The republicans
were William M. Butler. former
chairman OF the republican ma
tional committee: Eben s. Draper.
former state senator: Mayor An
drew J. Bossyl ellis OF Newbury-
port. The democrats were Marcus
a. Coolidge. former Fitchburg
mayor; former Governor Eugene N
Foss; Peter j. Joyce, a manufac-
turer; Thomas G. O'Brien, former
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16

district attorney, and Joseph r.
O'Connell. formerly q member OF
the house.
Butler and F'oss are dry, Draper
and Coolidge wet. ellis styles him
self moist"
A Delaware democrat was TO be
selected to oppose Senator Daniel
o. Hastings. republican nominee.
Former Senator Thomas +. Bay
ard. a wet. and national committee
man Josiah Marvel. supported by
drys, were the leading candidates
before the convention.
Philip T. LaFollette sought 70
wrest the Wisconsin governorship,
held for three terms by his father,
the late Senator Robert M. La
Toilette, from Walter J. Rohler,
the incumbent millionaire manu-
facturer.
Massachusetts, republicans had
Governor Allen seeking renomina-
ton. opposed by Mayor John ID
Devir Of Maiden. Three democrats
asked nomination for the post.
Governor Trumbull Of Connecticut
and Lieutenant Governor Rogers
were possible gubernatorial selec-
tons Ia the republican convention
Of that state.
Few contests OF importance de-
veloped in the New York congress
ional races.
Lieutenant Governor Ernest Z
Rogers or Connecticut was to be
chosen gubernatorial nominee In
the republican convention OF that
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
GERMANS FIGHT
FASCIST GAINS
Efforts Made to Save Old
Reichstag and Block
Changes

BERLIN, Sept. 16-P1-Chancel-
Ior Heinrich Bruening today sought
a Nmbination Of German parlia-
mentary strengths which win give
him sort OF a majority in the
Reichstag and permit continuation
Of his government.
IN his efforts he has the support
OF President Won Hindenburg, who
three months ago ordered diSSolu-
ton OF the old Reichstag and per-
mitted government by decree when
the body persisted In voting against
him on matters OF financial re-
form.
The octogenarian president. while
fully recognizing the mandate OF
the people In Sundays Reickstag
elections. will. 1t Is said. acquieSce
in no efforts at Sabotage Of parlia-
mentary government by Adolph Hit
ler's Fascists. who amazingly in
creased their representation in the
German legislative body from twelve
70 lot IN the nationwide polling.
The chancellor faced today what
political observers felt was a most
difficult. we'll nigh impossible task.
His own centrist group gained
eight seats In the Sunday balloting
giving them a representation OF SO,
but his life as chancellor seemed TO
depend upon the attitude the So
cial democrats, whose representa-
ton Is 143 in the new body take
toward him.
Prior to dissolution OF the Reich
stag the social democrats consist
emily voted against the government
on matters of Importance, parti-
cularly economic and financial re
form bills. To secure their COLA
boration the chancellor probably
will have 10 make concessions which
will cost him other elements OF his
support, and keep his cabinet ear
the ~precarious bare majority mari
in the chamber.
Hitler's Fascist are demanding |,
voice In the cabinet. realizing full
well that their program Is such
they can work with hardly any
other group in the body. But they
are also well aware that with II
communist votes and a Nationalist
and probably economic party grour
also included in q certain opposi.
ton TO whatever government MAJ
be formed they will be formidable
enough 10 do many things.
The new membership OF The
Reichstag has been set definitely
at 575
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
Services to Be Held
For Valley Pioneer
Especial to The HeraldJ


HARLINGEN, Sept. l6.-Funeral
services are TO be held at 4:30 p.
m. Tuesday at Raymondville for
Mrs. Katherine Miller. pioneer
Valley resident, who died at her
home near Sebastian Sunday night.
The Rev. r.. G. Jayco, pastor OF
the Raymondville Methodist church,
Is to conduct the services, and the
body will be forwarded to Brad
ford, Ill, for interment.
Mrs. Miller, who was S8 years old.
had lived in the Valley for the past
20 years. She was a native of Ire
land.
Surviving her are one son, Charles
Miller. who lives In Illinois, a grand
daughter, Mrs. Robert Ray, OF
Sebastian, and a grandson. Judd
Deyo. of Mercedes.
The body is being held at Thomp-
sons mortuary here until the fun
eral.
Mrs. Ray Will accompany the re-
mains TO Illinois.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
MCCORMICK TELLS OF
WIRE TAPPING BY HER FOES

CHICAGO, Sept. 16-(P-Con-
greSswoman Ruth Hanna A1cCorm-
lex, republican senatorial candi-
date. was prepared today to present
to the senate committee investigat-
ing her s3l7.0O 0 primary expendi-
ture, evidence in support Of her
charges that committee spies tap
ped her telephone wires.
Late last night Mrs. Mccormick
issued q statement declaring that
Senator Gerald r. Nye of North Da-
kcta, the committee chairman, adj
lourned the resumed hearing OF the
senate committee after a ten min
ute session yesterday because he
feared that sensational disclosures
rejecting upon the committee were
impending
Mrs. Mccormick said that two men
who by letter offered their services
because they would rather be on
he- SIDE" were ready 10 testify as
to the wire-tapping. Other witness
es and photographs will fortify the
statement Of the pair, George Z.
Cole and Frank Ortlepp, she said.
Cole and Ortlepp have been kept
In ~seclusion by her, Mrs. McCor-
mick said, despite efforts Of the
committee TO locate them. through
a search participated In by federal,
state and city police forces.
Wire Buxzed on Line
A wire was cut in on the tele-
phone line near her farm at Byron.
Ill. Mrs. Mccormick stated, and
run TO q nearby vacant house where
committee St~enographers took down
her frequent conversations during
the summer with her Washington
ID. c.. office. led her to request the
telephone company to investigate
IT failed to find the tap until a few
days ago, she said. because every
tff1e ! phoned for n lineman ia
inspect my wire, the Illicit listeners
would hurry out and pull down theiE
cUt-in."
Once the wire was found. she add
ed. she with various aides including
the sheriff Of Winnebago county
and a photographer. went to the
vacant house and took pictures Of
the secret line. These she hac
ready today to present the commit
tee.
MY only fear" she continued. Il.
that the hearing viii again be post.
poned. as was yesterdays. since
Gerald r. Nye knows that 7 have
this evidence"
Nye Is Raped
Mrs. Mccormick issued an 400
word statement charging commit.
tee employees with the wire-tappinl
and quoting Senator Nye's denial d
the charge and the statement q
Senator Porter ". Dale, republi-
can, Vermont, member OF the com
mittee that such q proceeding
would be a reproach on the en-.
tire personnel Of the committee"
Il say" she sid. that. If Senator
Nye has had knowledge of the wire
tapping by his employees. he is IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
HOUSTON PAIR
GUN VICTIMS

HOUSTON. Sept. 16.-R-Mr.
and Mrs. George X. Chick were
probably fatally wounded in a
shooting at the woman's house
here last night. Physicians said
they had only a slight chance for
recovery.
About 1890 D. m. Chick and his
wife, who had been estranged for
some time, Miss Eleanor Roark.
Mrs. Chicks sister, and Paul Ste
phens. a mutual friend, were play
ing cards.
Presently Paul and / went into
the kitchen" Miss Roark said. land
George and his wife went out on
the front porch. I heard Mrs.
Chick raise her voice, and ! knew
she was mad.
Il walked into a room where I
could hear what they were saying.
He IA talking low. and she was
talking loud. I Tipped the porch
light on.
There was a scream and q burst
Of gun fire. And there they were
lying on the floor"
Mrs. Chick, who was 81 years old,
was shot twice In the breast. There
we're indications the pistol had been
held at close range. Chick, who
was 80. received four bullets in the
abdomen from the same gun.
He lived at Dallas. but had been
staying at a Houston hotel. His
father is w. II. Chick of Dallas, and
his uncle Is Robert L. Chick, Dallas
probation officer.
She wanted me 10. come back 10
her." Chick said at a hospital, land
I wouldn't"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
z INJURED In
HIGHWAY RACE
Chrysler, Chevrolet, Stutz
Winners in Three
Car Divisions

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico. Sept.
I6.@H1-Automobile racing drivers,
most Of them amateurs, who parti-
cipated in the international races
which officially dedicated the new
paved highway 70 Monterrey, turn
ed homeward yesterday, leaving two
Of their number in a Monterrey
hospital suffering from injuries.
A Ford piloted by "A. II. Uhr OF
San Antonio, with Mechanic Stone,
overturned within one kilometer OF
the finish near Monterrey and they
were in a hospital there today in a
serious condition. Uhr, nevertheless,
was awarded fourth prize in the
class B division Of contestants.
A Gardner phaeton piloted by
Bobbie Darrell of Houston, which
led the race most OF the way, caught
fire near Cienega de Flores, %
kilometers from the finish line, was
badly damaged and dropped out of
the race.
This a was reported to have
been about Is minutes ahead Of the
Chrysler roadster driven by wild
Bill Campbell Of San Antonio,
which won first place in the class A
division. running the 144-mile course
in 2 hours AZ minutes A seconds.
Jimmy Davis Of Temple, IN a
Houston-owned Hudson, was second
in 8 hours 80 minutes.
Earl Allen Of San Antonio, in a
Chevrolet six, won first place in
class B. running the 144-mile course
IN ] hour SIS minutes 20 2-5 seconds.
Webster in q Chevrolet six, took
5econd place. In / hour, IS minutes
SO seconds. Third place went to Hall
IN a model "A Ford, while fourth
place was awarded to Uhr, who was
injured when his car overturned
near the finish.
In class G. the strictly stock car
division, a Stutz. driven by Cecil
Bigsbv OF Houston. won first in /
hour SIS minutes: second BY a Stude-
baker roadster driven BY r. RI. Tee
OF San Antotrio. in l hour So min
utes; third model "A Ford. driven bv
Carlos Leal, in ? hours 20 minutes
SO seconds.