• One-Gun Man
Wounds Self
Faces Charge
A shooting spree in a Fair
* banks hotel last Monday brought
a double-barrelled r suit for Rob
ert E. Carter, young Ladd Field
truck driver.
In St. Joseph's Hospital with :
flesh wound in his back and hip,
where a .33-calibre bull t enter
ed and emerged, Carter faces a
probable criminal charge of dis
charging of firearms within the
city limits while intoxicated.
Crackling Shots
Crackling .-hots heard from his
room roused other occupants of
th. hotel about 10:30.
Residents of the hostelry said
that after firing shots inside his
room, the truck driver stepped
A into the street, blasted away at
the sky, then ran back to his
room, locked the door, and pull
ed the trigger again.
Accidental Wound
Carter’s wound was apparent
ly inflicted accidentally probab
ly as he practiced “fancy shots”
while aiming backward over
shoulder by looking into his
mirror. The mirror was shot to
bits, and bullets spraying from
the gun penetrat d the walls into
adjoining rooms, according tc.
Patrolman Elmer Tampinen, who
took the “one-gun man” into cus
tody.
By the time the policemen ar
rived, Carter, bleeding from his
injury, was preparing for b:d be
4. bind the locked door of his room
hotel attendants said. The door
; , was unlocked with a pass key.
Charge Filed
A complaint charging Carter
^ with discharging an automatic |
pistol within the incorporated
limits of the city while he was
■under the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor was filed in the office
of the United States attorney by
Agnes Barry, hotel housekeeper,
who notified th-g police when she j
heard the shots.
Conviction on the charge car
ries a maximum penalty of a fine
of $1,000 or one year’s imprison
ment, or both.
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E N VO Y— At the request of
F.O.K., Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
w ill tour South American coun
tries, to foster better intcr
Amcrican understanding through
theatrical arts.
906 Axis
Planes Lost
In Mid-East
LONDON — The British Air
Ministry announc' d that German
and I'nlian plane losses in the
M:ddle East war theater had
br n P' 0 planes destroyed since
January 1.
Of this number the Italians lost
77'!, while the Nazis tost 213 air
craft.
British Royal Air Force los s
for the same period totalled only
02 planes, many of the British
pilots were saved.
\^est Coast
Gets Tin
And Rubber
LOS ANGELES, — The Nether
lands trade commissioner an
nounced that henceforth tin and
rubber shipments from the Eas'
Indies will b unloaded at Ln
Angeles, instead of at easterr
ports.
The change will be made to
ronserve shipping facilities, and
save each vessel in the trad
about two months below the
round trip through the Panam;
Canal to the east coast.
The tin and rubber will naovi
rast by rail from Los Angeles.
Floating Mine
Is Sighted
In Facific
SAX FRANCISCO - The Unit
•d S •'■ v"w Hv-1rng,,aphic
einnnr d yesterday that
a floating n ire wa - sighted in the
eastern !’• V, 'bout 250 miles
north of s ila. *r' dentilv of
♦ he s’’in v-y h -i" ; cl the mine
was not announced. It was be
. vi 1 tl e fl at- J
•••■ay fr a me t" i e harbor
'naked d by the J p; nese.
T >9 a - was first reported
in vicinity of the Phil
■a pine?.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Receives Threat
ening Note
e
LOS AXGFLFS. — Extra pre-1
autiens w r? taken to guard
h Eler •' r R sevel f wing
ports .ha: she had received a>
'."eaten ng r.ote.
All-'. R :<*velt was # id to have
tsceived tin thre.P ning note1
vhile staying at th • home of
screen actor Melvin D uglas and
his wife. The contents w re not
eveal d.
Secret Service re n;s increased
heir vigdar.ee after hearing cf
the incident. Mr . Rons veil L fill
ng speaking ngagements on the
West Coast.
SEC HEAD—Edward C.
Eicher (above), 62, newly
named chairman of Securities
Exchange Commission, formerly
was a congressman from Iowa
and has been on commission since
1938. He succeeds Jerome Frank,
who becomes a federal judge.
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1800 Planes To
le Made Monthly
BUFFALO, N. Y„ — An avia
tion expert says that airplane
construction in America is rapid
ly gaini g mom ntum. President
John J u-tt of the Aeronautical
Cham! or rr C mmerce of Amer
ica j Ms that by September of
this year, 1,800 planes will b ■
idling ,.!T a-'sembly lines every
nonth.
JAPANESE ENVOY’S
WILE IS VERY ILL
LONG BEACH. Calif. — The
wife of the chancellor of the Jap
anese legation in Panama, Mrs.
Neiko Nishkawa, was in a critic
al condition in a hospital as a
r suit of an accident involving
three automobiles. Mrs. Nish
kawa was riding in the Lo.s An
geles Japanese consul’s chauffeur
driven limousine. The crash oc
cured in nearby Wilmington.
RECRUIT’S BIG FEET
A RED (ROSS PROBLEM
DENVER — Private Herbert
Tigar »i Lowery Field is wearing
holeless socks again.
Tiger had worn out his supply
he brought when entering the
Army as the Army was unable
to find any big enough. The quar
termastor was ev n hard pressed
to find shoes size 15AAA.
But the Red Cross heard of
his plight, bought plenty of yarn,
and members sat down and knit
ted Tigar two pairs.
EX-MILLION A IKE
IS FOUND DEAD
PHILADELPHIA The one
time millionaire and fight manag
er, Max (Booboo) Hoff was found
dead in his West Philadelphia
home. H;s wife discovered th
body on the floor beside his bed.
Deputy Coroner Edward Mur
phy said that morphine tablets
had been found on a bedside
table and that an autopsy would
d teimine whether or not an ex
cessive number of tablets had
been taken.
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
The Nom Nugget carries sev
eral forms of printing blanks for
y iur convenience — dredge logs,
drill logs, mining deeds, placer
and lode location notices, vouch
ers.
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COMEDO W N AT FORT BENNIN C—-“Parasols” filled the sky when (>0 men from (he 501st pararliute battalion staged
--® mass jump at Fort Benninc. Ga. Thev u«*nt aloft in three army transport planes, carried two ’chutes—one for emergency use*
KLEMMER BETTERS 440 RECORD
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Grover Klemmer, University of California sprinter, set a new meet
report! of 17.4 seconds in the 440-yard dash in his duel with ( tiff
Bourland of Southern California in the dual meet at Los Angeles.
Trailing them, and in third plate, was Far Froom, also of the Uni
versity of California. Southern California won the meet 74 to .‘>7.
Mock Attack On
Fori Knox Fails
FORT KNOX. Ky. — The First
Armored Brigade prevented n
mock attack on the gold ston d
at Fort Knox.
Th Brigade’s 6,000 men and
600 vehicles were formed at Mam
i moth Cave, about 70 miles south
of the Fort when word of the
l threatened attack was received
The Brigade rush d to the For'
'to establish defense positions be
: fore th theoretical “enemy”
icould cross the Salt River and
• move on toward the Fori Knor
'gold stores.
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WOMAN, 68, CUTTING TOOTH
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BERLIN, Md. (/P) — The false
' teeth of Mrs. Amanda West
White fitted fine for a whil , then
the lower set began to “buckle.”
She went to adentist prepared to
buy a new set, but he fixed it
after an adjustm nt. At 68, she
was cutting a wisdom tooth.
KRKISEER KEEPS
1 GETTING BETTER
NEW YORK -The condition
■ of Fritz Kreils r, the noted violin
■ ist, is said to be improving.
I He is under treatment at a hos
pital for injuries suffer d when
truck down by a truck at a
1 street intersection.
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JIINTITLETS’
UELATIVK IN WAR
LONDON. The Kind's five
little wards, the Dianne quintup
le ta, have their own personal re
presentative in the Imp rial fare
Among the latest contingent
Ca uidian troops to land in
Ingland i> Sapper Cam Bonne, a
lative of the Dianne family,
he French-Canadian military en
tine r announced upon his arriv
1 .1 that he represent the Family
Dionne, including the Quintup
! iets in the Imperial forces.
The new Canadian contingent
inded fully iquipp d for service.
TESTIFIES BRIDGES
WAS "SACKED COW”
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Howard Rushmore, „uvernment
witness in the Il.'.rr Bridges de
IJortation hearing at Sail Fran
cisco, testified B idgos was treat
;d as “a sacred cow" by the
Domunist publication Daily Work
ir during the time Rir.amore was
in the staff.
Department ot Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy with intermittent light rain and snow tonight. Tuesday
cloudy and slightly cooler with decreasing cloudiness and rising
temperatures in afternoon.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 40 Lowest temp — 29 Precipitation _ T
Total precip this month — 0 Total since Jan. 1. 1941 — 1.57
Temp. Humidity Wind W'eather
12 Midnight.... , 32 85 ENE 8 Clear
Sam —— --— - , 30 96 E 5 Cloudy
12:30 p m..... 32 88 SW 5 Drizzling
Tomorrow: Sunrise 3:16 a. m. Sunset 8:44 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 46 Lowest te mp — 29 Precipitation — 0