Late Telegraph
Convict Who Bomb
ed L A Times Bldg.
In 1910 Passes On
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., March 3
UP) —James B. McNamara, aged
59. convicted in 1910 for the dyna
miting of th Los Angeles Times
Building, in which 21 persons
were killed, died in prison. He
served the first 25 years of his
life sentence here, th n went to
Folsom Prison for five years. He
returned here on February 13th,
telling Warden linton DufLy “I
came back here to die.” He re
cently underwent two operations
for intestinal cancer. He had no
known relatives.
12 Die In l ire
And Collapse of
Theatre Roof
BROCKTON. Mass., March 10
UPl—Twelve firemen were killed
and 16 injured when the snow
laden roof of the 30-vear-old
Strand Theatre collapsed and fire
destroyed the building.
, Approximately 25 men were
trapped when the roof over th
balcony caved in with a terrific
roar. Hundreds of Sunday night
movi: .goers left the theatre less
than two hours before the fire
started.
AMSTERDAM IS ASSESS
ED HEAVY FINE
AMSTERDAM VIA BERLIN,
March 7 — German military au
thorities have fined the city of
Amsterdam 15.000,000 guilders,
nominally nearly $8,000,000. as a
penalty for Nazi occupation.
200 ACRES ADDED
TO SHASTA PARK
WASHINGTON — President
Roosevelt signed a proclamation
adding 200 acres to the Shasta
National Park in California.
Department of Comn
FORECAST, NOA
Fair & continued cold tonight. Tu
wit hincreasing cloudiness & ligh
Data tor 24 Hours
Highest temp — 1 Lowest tc
Total precip this month — 0.06
12 Midnight......
Bam ... .
12:30 p m _____
Tomorrow: Sunrise 6:40
One Year
Highest temp — 26 Lowest te
Graduated
Gold Tax
Is Asked
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A new schedule of gross gold
tax was asked in the House of
Repre entatives, as th Senate
pa-sod unanimously Senator C
H. (Ala.br.rn) LaBoyteaux’s bill <
setting penalties for non-pay-,
ment of mineral taxes.
, Rep. Aimer J. Pet rson intro
duced a bill providing a graduat
ed scale of gross mineral taxes.
Instead of the present three per
cent on a prouction over $20,000,
the Peterson plan is for an ex
emption up to $10,000 then taxa
tion as follows:
S 10.000 to $ 50,000—2%%
$ 50,000 to $ 150.000—3 %
$150,000 to $ 250,000—31 z Tr
$250,000 to $ 350,000—4 % ,
$350,000 to $ 500,000—5 %
$500,005 to $ 750,000—6 %
$750,000 to $ 1,000,000—7 %
All gold produced in excess of
$1,000,000 per year would be tax ;
ed at 10 P' rcent.
Teeth In Tax Law
The LaBoyteaux bill passed
by the Senate without discussion.
It provides that mineral taxes
are payable Decemb r 31 each
year, that if unpaid by January
31 a penalty of 10 percent will
be added and that if unpaid by
March 15 a penalty of 15 percent
will apply. The unpaid taxes and
penalties will also draw interest
‘ at six percent.
J On any occasion in which a
fraudulent return is made, the
l
Territorial Treasurer is authoriz
ed to make a return upon his
own personal knowledge or such
facts as ar_ available to him.
WEDDINGS IN FRANCE
NEED DOCTOR'S OKAY
—
VICHY. France —"Family” has
become th: middle name of the
new French state with its slogan
“Work, Family, Country,” but
the government wants quality as
well as quantity in its families.
Future brides and bridegrooms
will be subject to medical -exam
j ination, Newlywed.s will get
health cards from the state on
which their state of health will
be cheeked. Children will be
kept under medical supervision
until they are six years old.
terce Weather Bureau
E AND VICINITY
esday slowly rising temperatures
t snow beginning about noon.
Ending 1:00 pm Today
mp — -14 Precipitation — T
Total since Jan. 1, 1941 0.94'
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
- -9 59 NNE 4 Clear
- -13 49 NE 3 Clear
-4 52 SE 3 Clear
a. m. Sunset 5:46 p. m.
Ago Today
mp— 13 Precpitation — 0.02
Teachers’
Retirement
Bill Is Filed
A bill for s tting up a retire
ment fund for Alaska teachers
was introduced in the Senate by
Sena’. .;- Edward Coffey by re
quest.
The bill wou'd creates Retire
m nl Fund Board of Control to
receive contributions of teachers
and pay pensions to those aged
or incapacitated.
Payments would start October
1, 1942. Any teacher contribut
ing fior five yjoars or longer
would b entitled to withdraw
75 percent of deposits upon leav
ing her position, but any contrib
uting for less than five .years
wou d not be allowed to make
withdrawals.
An appropriation of $2500 to
start the system is asked in the
bill.
ORDER FOR GAS
MASKS DISCLOSED
WASHINGTON, March 7—'The
War Department disclosed it has
ordered a “limited quantity” of
low cost gas masks for noncom
batants.
Officials said the masks are de
signed to m et the requirements
of a Military Commander pro
viding protection against gas by
noncombatants remaining under
military jurisdiction.
Information says the gas masks
are believed suitable for non
combatants and general civilian
use although not designed for rug
ged use as are the service gas
masks.
For Thai Party
Chop Suev, Chow Mien or any
Oriental or American Dish. Call
Frank Suzuki, rare Polet's Store.
All cooking and serving done at
your home.
ICE MOVED AT NENANA
1917—April 30 . 11:30 a.m.
1918 May 11 . 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3 . 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11 . 10:46 a.m.
1921— May 11 . 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12 . 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9 . 2 p.m.
: 24 May 11 . 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7 . 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13 . 5:42 a.m.
1928— -May 6.4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8 .7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10 . 9:23 a.m.
1!»:J2 May 1 . 10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8 . 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15 ... 1:32 p.m.
1936— -April 30 . 12:58 p.m.
1937— -May 12 . 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6 . 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 .. 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 pm.
If D(E 5HRYiS«ER IAN.lfll P *-A ^ T~If™vy machinery necessary for mass protection
of army tanks crowds this section of the Chrysler army tank plant being built near Detroit U. the
plant, which has a floor s.iaee of about 800,000 square feet, five 25-ton tanks v.ill be rolling out da ly
by Aug. 1, according to present expectations. The tanks arc for U.S. army use
Hollywood
Star - ftiles
Bv Chuck Cochard
HOTLY WOOD rFxc’usivei —
Jean Harlow’s succe or, Rita
Hayworth will sky-rocket to
f me as “The Strawberry
Blond ” after the pic'lire of the
■ same name—just as Jean Harlow
did some ten years ago as “The
P atinum Blonde” — Rita, who is
a natural dark-eyed, raven-hair
ed beauty tells me she is through
; with dancing rol sfor ver—want
ing dramatic parts on'v — and
i with her figure she cond do both.
The payoff is that thou-ands of
women throughout the country
1 have already written Warner
Bros, studio asking for the ex-1
: act shade of “The Strawberry
1 Blonde’s” hair.
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On young person who popped
out of “Andy Hardy’s Pr vote Sec
rotary” is a lad name 1 Todd
Karns handsome son of Roscoe
1 Karns, who made his debut as
nonors. tie nas a very piea^ani
personality-—and is a fine young
actor.
—
Jacki C ■ p r and Ed li. Brack
, en have been replaced by Jimmy
! Lvdon and Charley Smith to por
tray Henry Aldrich and his
friend Dizzy in forthcoming films.
• based on this popular radio
serial.
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INSTRUCTOR DIES IN PLANE CRASH
inn i m ii 11 pi'ii■! «snnMr>UHnur’^ -* in
Soldier from Moffett Field, Calif., guard the charred remains of an
Army training plane which crashed near Sunol, Calif., killing 2nd
Lieut. IV. S. Rutherford, 24, Syracuse, X. Y., and seriously injuring
13 id Lieut. II. (1. McDonald, 24, San Francisco. Roth men wen
instructors.
CHARGED WITH RAILROAD WRECK ATTEMPT
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Three Sacramento bowling pin setters were held i Sacramento, Calif., under bail of 850,000 each on
charges of attempting to wreek a railroad train. >n their way to arraignment, guarded by l\ S.
Marshal Hayden Saunders (left), are the three (le ( to right): Owen B. McHenry. Bernard C. Carter,
and Kenneth A. Lennon (partly hidden). At riglT is an elevator operator.
MUSSOLINI ANI) FRA CO IX AGREEMENT”
Premier Mussolini of Italy (right) chats with Generalissimo Franco of Spain (center) and Spanish For
eign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner during their meeting at Bordighera, Italy. From Rome came th >
announcement that Mussolini and Franco were in complete agreement on war roles of Italy and Sp; '