The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1936, Page 7

POST AND ROGERS KILLED IN AIR CRASH~De ath strikes in the north Alaskan wilderness to snatch the vacation plane of Wiley Post and Will Rogers from the sky. These pictures show the wreckage in which they died and the scenes in Glandale (left) and Oklahoma City as thousands mourned the belo ed humorist and gallant 'round-the-worid pilot. (Associated Press Photos) TRAGEDY AT SEA—In the murk of a January night the liner Mohawk collides with a freighter, sinking off the New Jersey coast with a loss of 45 lives. The scene of the disaster is marked by a mast of the ili-fated vessel. Below, bodies of victims. (Associated Press Photos) KIDNAPED — Ransomed for $200, 000, George Weyerhaeuser, 9, of Tacoma, Wash., heir to a lumber fortune, wi released unharmed after seven days in the hands ol kidnapers. Two of his abductors are -ehind bars. (Assoclated Prest POy toward Germany machine. (Associated Press Photo) GER&ANY REARMS—Troubled Europe turns an apprehensive eye Reichsfuehrer Hitler openly denounced the Ver- aallles treaty and pulled aside the curtain on an impressive war HAUPTMANN CONVICTED—Bruno Richard Hauptmann is convicted of the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby and sentenced to die in the electric chair. He is shown entering the state penitentiary at Trenton, N. J. (Associated Press Photo) ITALIANS INVADE ETHIOPIA—Premier Mussolini's dream of an empire in Africa, with repercussions threatei lag another European war, held the foreign news spotlight in 1935. Pictures at left portray the Italian side of the conflict: Fascist troops ma~:hing deep into Ethioplan territory; the death-dealing planes of the “Desperate” squadron, and natives who surrendere: of the Italian dictator. At right are Emperor Haile Selassie and his regular and irregular defenders. News of 1935 in Pictures St pulsing with dramatic events that held the world, the year 1935 matches past in picture review. Flashes from the yeéar's news happenings are made vivid in this As ted Press prezentation of moementous events—dezth in Alaska of Regers and Pest . . . sterms . . . scinatiens . . . tragedy at sea. Germany rearms . . . Premicr Mussolini huris his Fascist columns intc an undeclared war with Ethiocpia. New Jersey justice z¢ks the life of Bruno Rich- ard Hazuptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby ... . kidnapers hold fer ransem the young son of a wealthy Tacoma lumberman, The Supreme Court declares NRA unconstiiu- tional and the Blue Eagle ceases to heat his wings. Progress is written as a flying beat sweeps aerces the Pacific on a new route to the Far East via the air. d to the Roman leg!as saluting a huge portrait (Assc: ‘ated Press Photos) DISASTER RODE WITH THE WINDS—Dust storms over a wide area strip the weste soil; a September hurricane roars out of the Caribbean sea to kill and destroy in Florida show a dust cloud about to engulf a farm in Oklahoma and a funeral pyre of hurricane victims in the Florida keys. (Associated Press Photos) NEW AIRLINE OVER PACIFIC—The glant China Clipper roars over the Pacific on its first regularly scheduled flight to tht Philippines on an alr route that m oon extend to China. Postmaster General Farley is shown checking mail dispatched on the inaugural flight. (Associated Press Photcs) BULLETS END CAREER OF LONG-—Senator Huey Long, “dictator” of Louisiana, is mortally wounded by Dr. C. A, Weiss in the Louisiana capitol. Pictured here are the gun of the assassin, and the scene at the state house as thousands attended the senator’s funeral. (Associated Press Photos) lains of top e pictures sourt declares NRA unconstitd tional. Donald Richberg, nationa recovery administrator, Is pictureq beneath NRA's once-famous symbol as he learned the murgn decislony (Associated Press Photo)