Under the law he must be re
sentenced because his second death
sentence, set for the week of January
13, the exact day being January 17,
expired at midnight, January 18. The
30-day reprieve will expire February
15. Attorney General Wilentz said
he then would ask Justice Thomas
W. Trenchard to sign a new death
warrant. The law provides the new
date must be not less than four nor
more than eight weeks after the date
an which the warrant is signed.
Couldn’t Die Before March 15
The earliest Hauptmann could go
to the chair would be the week be
ginning Monday, March 15, and the
latest the week of April 6, authorities
said.
Attorney General Wilentz reiter
ated today he thought the Gover
nor's statement contained no new
evidence, and If nothing was un
covered by the police he would ask
for a new death warrant under the
provisions of the law.
INDIANKAU
GETS INCREASE
IN 1937 FUNDS
$30,000 for Acquiring
Presbyterian Hospital at
Point Barrow Included
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Alaska
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said
today the Territory of Alaska “fared
better than for the last several
years" in the Interior Department
appropriation bill approved Friday
by the House.
The House rejected an amend
ment by Dimond adding $25,000 for
the relief of orphan, blind and crip
pled Indians but the Delegate said
he otherwise was satisfied.
The bill carries $641,881 for edu
cation and support of natives, an
increase of $15,000 over the cur
rent fiscal year: $340,000 for medi
cal relief. The latter Item includes
an appropriation of $30,000 to ac
quire the Presbyterian hospital at
Point Barrow.
