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VOL. 38. No. 4. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, JAN. 6, 1937. Per Copy locts
President F.D. Attends Joint Session
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Appeals to Roosevelt to Intervene Maritime Strike
OTHER
APPEALS
TO PRES.
Many Join in Appeal To
Roosevelt To End The
Maritime Strike
(Bv The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6, —
Representatives of city and state
governments joined with private
groups in the growing plea for
presidential intervention to end
the coast maritime strike.
Peace moves took an optimist
ic turn today. One front of em
ployers and the radio and tele
graphists union are arranging to
resume conferences today, foll
owing a disagreement yesterday,
which met their first efforts.
Owners and longshoremen are
to discuss terms again, it was
disclosed.
Governor Merriam telegraphed
President Roosevelt ask]mg his
^'personal intervention". The Cal
ifornia church council represent
ing half a million members join
ed in such a request, following a
similar plea by Mayor Rossie ov
er the radio last night.
Former Nomeites
k Seen On Visit To
States Recently
U. S. Marshal Gaffney, telling
of his trip East recently, related
meeting many former Nomeites
and o'Jdtimers, including the fol
lowing:
“At Washington I met Misses
Eileen Walsh and Kristie Sather.
They are both holding positions
of trust and requested that I ex
tend their best wishes to their
many friends in Nome.
“Art Chamberlain, former re
presentative is employed in the
Land Office and appears to en
joy capital life. Met Dr. Gruen
ing, Dr. Gordon and a number of
other officials who have been in
Alaska, and received most cour
teous reception,
‘‘Jerry Sullivan and his nephew
Jerry Carrol just arrived in Wash
ington the day I left there. Met
Dr. Philip Smith, head of the
Geological Survey, and one of
Alaska’s beet friends.
“At Seattle met crowds of Al
askans. The general sentiment
regarding mining on the Seward
Peninsula was most favorable,
and from what I heard I look
forward next summer to the most
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FIRST LADY VISITED HALLS CONGRESS
DICTATION
LAUGHTER
LEGISLATION FOR
AN ARMS EMBARGO
1ST ON CALENDAR
Members of Congress With Main Point of Passing An
Arms Embargo, Postponed Action Listen
President’s Speech Today
fBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 6,
—The National Congress plan
ned to push immediate action on
, the Spanish arms embargo, but
turned aside first to hear an op
timistic report by President Fran
klin D. Roosevelt on the state
of the union, differences over
spending, monetary and other
policies forgotten in the general
i desire to speed the arms ban, af
I ter the State Department a few
days ago reluctantly issued two
permits to export seven and one
quarter million dollars worth of
munitions and airplanes to Spain.
The task of securing such legis
lation will carry into the week
end.
The counting of the electoral
vote before a joint session of
the two houses of congress took
place at 10 aun. PST. The Presi
dent’s address to congress took
place an hour later.
RUMOR UNFOUNDED
The rumor started yesterday af
ternoon that the searching party
sent out to investigate the disap
pearance of Lloyd Kindier, had
returned with him, alive, but bad
ly frozen, was proven foundless
today.
Checking up with the U. S. Com
missioner’s office today revealed
that no information had been re
ceived there as far as they were
concerned, and they believed the
party to be out searching yet.
How the rumor started could
not be ascertained and it is now
believed to be entirely false.
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Prisoner Shot
, In Front Of
Olympia Jail
(By The Associated Press}
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 6—In
front of the police station in Oly
1 mpia, Burrell Gadkin, 25 years
old, a parole violator from the
Oregon Reformatory at Eugene,
was shot in the left arm by Capt.
of Detectives Ray Hays of the
Olympia police department.
Capt. Hays explains that Gad
kin drew a pistol as he was leav
ing the police automobile, which
had brought him to the station,
and said:
“I am going now.”
Take to Cover
Capt. Hays and Policeman John
Jennings, driver of the police au
tomobile, took to cover. The cap
tain ordered the prisoner to drop
his gun and when the latter re
fused to obey the order, the offi
cer fired one shot. The bullet
took effect in the prisoner’s left
arm without hitting any bone. &
there wild, be no complications
from the wound. The wounded
man is under guard in a hospital
in Olympia.
Suspected of Burglary
Oadkin had been picked up in
Olympia by Capt. Hays as a bur
glary suspect. The prisoner has
admitted that he escaped from a
sheriff in Oregon while being
taken to jail December 16.
EXCERPTS
OF SPEECH
CONGRESS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 6—
Excerpts of President Roosevelt’s
speech before Congress called for
an “enlightened” interpretation
of t.he Constitution to harmonize
[congress and the courts in meet
ing “present national needs”.
Standing before a joint session
[of Congress without mentioning
| the Supreme Court by name, he
sa d, “a liberal interpretation,’
rather than “an alteration” of the
Constitution was needed, and re
affirmed the belief that the NR/
objectives were sound;“the NR/
! statute has been out’awed bu'
the problems have not, and the}
are still with us.”
The president was greeted wit.1
shouts and cheers when he said
“it was high time that democrac}
assert itself”; when militarisir
is leaping abroad and added that
the process of our democracy
must not be imperilled by th«
denial of essentia’, powers of £
FIRST CITIZEN ADDRESSED CONGRESS
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free government".
As the first cargo of munitions
and airplanes, destined to Spain.
. slipped out of New York harbor
on the Spanish steamer Mar Can
ta Brico.President Roosevelt urg
ed quick action to halt such ship
ments; and further said that
; sor'" nf^‘he dying statutes should
be extended quickly; also that
the deficiency appropriation must
be swiftly made for re'ief pur
poses. He then stressed on the
far reaching problems needing a
solution such as Housing, Farm
Tenancy. Social Security and un
employment.
The president further said: the
‘over production as well as un
der production and speculation—
those are the three evil sisters
who distill troubles of unsound
and disasterous deflation.”
Mrs. Roosevelt and the.l son
James were present as the Chief
Executive, in a cutaway coat,
delivered his message. The
House and galleries were jam
med to overflowing.
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Eagle Lodge Starts
Alaskan Drives
| For Pension
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Petition Urges That There Be
$40.00 Per Month Minimum,
And No Exclusions.
Ketchikan members of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles will can
vass the Territory for signers of
a petition to be presented to the
territorial legislature for an oLd
age pension with a minimum of
$40.00 per month.
This was revealed as a commit
tee prepared to circulate the pe
titions, which have been printed,
as well as a form letter to go to i
Eagles and others of the Terri-!
tory.
Harry G. McCain is chairman]
of the Eagles old-age pension
committee, assisted by E. W.
Brown, Percy G. Charles, H. H.
Henning, and Ernest F. Jones,
secretary.
The Petition Reads:
“We, the undersigned citizens
of the Territory of Alaska, here
by respectfully petition and urge
that old-age pension legislation
be enacted by the thirteenth ses
sion of the territorial legislature
to employ the following provi
sions:
*T. That there be no excluded
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Governor Martin
Asked Roosevelt
Intervene Strike
(By The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wn„ Jan. 6, —
Governor C. D. Martin of the
State of Washington declared to
day that he had telegraphed Pres
ident F. D. Roosevelt asking the
leader of the nation to inter
vene in the Pacific coast mari
time strike.
When questioned Governor Mar
tin declined to disclose the text
of his message to the chief ex
ecutive. I
C dv. C. D. Martin
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FIVE ALIENS ESCAPE STATION
BY SAWING WOODEN BARS IN
WINDOW-OFFICIALS LOOKING
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 6—Five aliens
who were held in the Federal
Immigration Detention Station in
Seattle for deportation proceed
ings escaped by sawing through
the inch thick bars of a window
and lowering themselves 50 feet
to the ground with a rope made
of blankets.
Seen by Night Watchman
The night watchman saw the
last of them running away in the
darkness toward nearby railroad
tracks.
The fugitives were housed in
the second floor dormitory of the
station. They used soap, which
had been darkened to hide the
marks of the fling of the bars,
which work must have taken sev
eral days. After the bars were
sawed, they were pulled upward
j and the window was opened.
Wed., Jan. 6th, First Indoor Baseball Games Season
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