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VOL. 37. No. 186 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
NEW DICTATOR
GREECE MADE
MANY DECREES
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Europe’s Latest Dictator;
Starts Out Make Him
Self Secure Ruler
DECREES ISSUED
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Martial Laws, Censorship,
Among Executie Orders
Made In Greece
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(By The Associated Press)
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 6, —
John Metaxes, Europe’3 newest
dictator Wednesday set about to
crush, with a series of decrees,
what he called an attempted com
munist revolt.
The chamber of deputies was
dissolved and martial law de
creed. A rigid censorship was im
posed after an alleged communi- j
ist supported the calling of a
twenty-four hour strike.
More Than 60
Entombed Blast
In English Mine
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(By The Associated Press)
BARNSLEy. Vork, England,
Aug. 6, •— More than sixty min
ers are reported to be entombed
in a coal mine, by an explosion
which occurred last night.
Rescue crews brought out
eight bodies this morning.
They said they had little hope
that any of the remainder were
still alive. The blast was foll
owed by Are.
Bunkhouse Fired
(Bv The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Aur. 6, — The orient
al bunkhouse of the Pacific Sal
mon Corporation al Port Allhorp
was destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The cause of the blaze is un
known. Airplanes rushed blank
ets and food there today.
Senator Roden
Speak Saturday i
Nite at Theatre
Senator Henry Roden, of the
present Alaska Legislature, will
speak to the public of Nome
which is invited to attend a pub
lic meeting at the Dream Theatre
this coining Saturday evening at
9:15 P. M.
His address will undoubtedly
concern his candidacy and other
political -feature’s of this year’s
campaign for the elections to ter
ritorial offices and positions.
Senator Roden who was also a
member of the first Alaska Leg
slature in 1913, is running as an
independent candidate for the of
fice of Attorney General.
A. F. of L ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM
Airplane Crackup Kills 8 Persons
Louis Lane And
Son Leave For
Trip To States
Louis Lane, accompanied by i
his son Allan, were outgoing pas
sengers on the Pacific Alaska Air j
ways Electra plane today,enroute
to San Francisco, via Fairbanks. |
Mr. Lane, who is a son of Chas. !
D. Lane, the well known Califor
nia mining man who with the j
Lane family came to Nome dur
ing the gold rush days of 1900,
establishing himself here in the!
mining industry, built the famous
Wild Goose railroad from the.
Sandpit across Snake Riv. ot the'
Lane pumping station and across
the tundra to Anvil creek.
The name of the operating com
parry-was known as the Lane In
vestment Company. Chas. ID.
Lane branched out from Nome
and became interested in mining
claims at Council, and other plac
ces, notably among them being
the Hurrah quartz mine near
Solomon. This property was min
ed in the early days and some]
million or two in gold extracted
when the mine for some un-!
known family dissorder, was clos
ed down, and has remained in
that position until recently, when
thru court action Louis Lane re
ceived title to the property of the
Lane Investment Company.
Louis Lane, arrived in Nome
this spring with his son, and they
have been busy getting things
shaped up for placing the mine
in operation again. Samples of
the ore at different levels and
also samples of the old tailing
piles which were made last win
ter and this spring, indicate that
the ore will pay handsome re
turns, especially after the install
ation of new and modern equip
ment is installed.
Before leaving for the Outside,
Mr. Lane stated that he was tak
ing additional samples of the ore
with him, and after a complete
analysis of the ore is made in the
states, the necessary equipment
in the way of machinery will be
agreed upon and shipped to
Nome or Solomon this fall so
that installation work can be
done this winter and the plant
made ready for milling early in
the spring.
Bus Overturned
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(By The Associated Press)
HUNTINGTON, Pa„ Aug. 6, —
An eastbound bus overturned 12
miles west of here killing at
Least one unidentified woman and
injuring eleven others.
8 PERSONS DEAD IN
CRASH OF AIRLINER
VICINITY ST. LOUIS
ESTIMATES COMPILED BY THE RED CROSS IN
SPAIN S MOST SAVAOE POLITICAL
REVOLUTION IN HISTORY
(By The Associated Press)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. <3, — All
eight persons aboard a Chicago
and Southern airliner were kill
ed in an unexplained crash near
the Lambert, St. Louis airport,
last night.
The wreckage, strewn through
a plowed field, was not found un
til early morning, about four
hours after the crash.
Investigators had only the air
plane’s instruments intact, and
the story of eye witnesses to aid
in determining what caused the
tragedy.
Searchers found the bodies of
Pilot Carl Zier of Chicago and
co-pilot Russell Mossman of New
Orleans, with their arms locked
about each other, about 50 feet
from part of the wrecked cabin,
and the bodies of the passen
ger.;, many of which were badly
mangled and scattered about
the twisted parts of the main
fuselage.
Ralph Sharpe, an eye witness,
said he saw the plane bank steep
ly and turn back toward the air
port. He said he heard a crash
a moment later, after the plane
had disappeared over a small
knoll, which obscured his view.
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NOME & SEWARD PENINSULA
SECOND COLD PRODUCTION
AND ONLY TIN PRODUCER
(Continued from Yesterday)
Higher selling price for 1935 madi
the value of the silver derived
from all sources much more than
in the preceding year.
The revival of copper minint!
at the larger properties in 1935
was among the noteworthy inci
dents of the year in the Al id;
mineral industry. These min \s
near Kennicott, in the Copper
River region, together with small
er mines from whose ores copper
is recovered as a byproduct, yield
ed 15,056,000 pounds of copper,
having a value of $1,249,760.
Among the districts whose lode
mines yield principally gold but
which furnished concentrates
from which some copper was ob
tained are the Nabesna and Bon
nifield districts of the Yukon re
gion and the Ketchikan district
of southeastern Alaska.
The lead produced from Alaska
ores in 1935 amounted to 1,630,
000 pounds, which at the average
selling price for the year was
worth $65,200. Most of it was
recovered as a byproduct in con
nection with the mining of gold
ores in southeastern Alaska. The
quantity of lead was some 49,000
pounds less than in 1934, but as
the average price of lead was 4
cents a pound, or 0.3 cent higher
than in the preceding year, the
value of the output in 1935 was
some what more.
I Coal to the value of $501,600
was produced in 1935 from Alas
ka mines, principally in thp Mat
anuska and Heuly River fields.
No Alaska coal is exported, but
’6,554 tons was imported from
the States, chiefly from Washing
ton, and 15,707 tons from foreign
countries, chiefly British Colum
bia, so that the tot; I consump
tion of coal in Alaska in 1935
amounted to about 160,700 tons.
No notable new developments
were recorded in the Alaska coal
industry during the year. That
coal deposits are widely distribut
ed through the Territory is well
known, as well as the fact that
many of them contain coal of
high rank. The main problem
that the Alaska coal industry
faces is to find or develop mar
kets for its products. Attempts
to open new markets in Alaska
for the local coals are meeting
success as mining and general in
dustry develop, but the growth
is slow.
The principal mineral commod
ity that is included under the
heading “Miscellaneous mineral
products” in the foregoing table
is the group comprising platinum
and the platinum metals. There
was a very great increase in the
output of these valuable metals
from placers in the Goodnews
Bay district in 1935, and the con
Soviet Pilots Got
To Frisco, Now
Enroute Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
OAKLAND, August G, — The
Soviet fliers Sigismund Levan
efsky and Victor Levchenko ar
rived at Alameda airport from
San Pedro Wednesday night.
They said they intend to take
off for Seattle Thursday at 10 a.m.
Deposits Banks
Half A Million
More This Year
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Aug. G, — The de
posits of eleven Territorial
banks as of June 30th exceeded
by more than a half million dol
Lars, the deposits of the corres
ponding date, a year ago, said
Territorial Treasurer Oscar G.
Olson, in a report issued Wed
nesday.
Deposits June 30th were
$7,988,455 as compared to $7,- |
440,592 for last year.
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tiriuulion of lode mining in tiro
Knsaan Peninsula resulted in sup
'plyig c risiderable quantities of]
! palladium. No petroleum was
I
produced in Alaska in 1935, arid j
; 111!' marble quarries were also in
active. Limestone from quarries
on Dail Island, in the Ketchikan I
district of southeastern Alaska,!
was shipped to the States for use;
as a constituent in the produc
tion of cement. Included also in
the “miscellaneous” group is the
TIN Ore produced mainly from
placers in the western part of
Seward Peninsula, around Tin
City, about 100 miles from Nome.
These and other Alaska deposits
in 1935 yielded more tin than
during any other year since 1916.
Some quicksilver ore was mined
in the Kuskokwim region, and
revival of development in that
area was in progress. |
The foregoing notes are taken
from a comprehensive report of
the United States Geological Sur
vey, entitled “Mineral industry
of Alaska in 1935," which was
prepared by Philip S. Smith and
will form one of the series of
similar reports that the Geologi
cal Survey has issued to describe
the progress of Alaska mining
each year since 1904.
IDEAS LEWIS
American Federation Lab
or Doesn't lake The
Chiseling of Lewis
ULTIMATUM MADE
Lewis Told Be Suspended
Unless Workers Unions
Separated by Crafts
(Uy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. G, —The
American Federation of Labor’s
Kxeoutive council voted last
night to suspend ten unions now
in the committee for industrial or
gariizatiori unless they withdraw
from that group within thirty
lays, otherwise the unions led by
John Lewis, president of the Un
ited Mine Workers, numbering
more than a million workers in
various’ lines will be suspended
indefinitely.
Lewis and his followers believe
in organizing the workers in any
industry into one union,* while
the American Federation f Lab
or wants them organ, d by
crafts.
Estimate Business
15 Percent Belter
Than In Julv 1935
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, I) C, Aug. 6,
—Administ ration experts estimate
that business activity I month,
was 15 percent ahead of the mon
th of July 1935.
The estimate w < god with
the Department of Commerce
ststament that unempl yment
was decreased by fh ■ million,
two hundred thousand workers
from March 1933 to April 1936.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 3 San Francisco 7
Sacramento 4-2 Los Angeles 0-5
San Diego 4 Seattle 1
Missions 2-5 Portland 3-2
AMERICAN
Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 6—A
night game.
Cleveland 6 Detroit 4—10 in
nings.
Chicago 4-9 St. Louis 16-9—
»econd game called in 7th: rain.
Philadelphia 9 Washington 6
New York 7 Boston 2
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 3
Boston 4 New York 8
St. Louis 4 Chicago 1
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Public Meeting Sat. Aug. 8,9:15 p.m. Dream Theatre
Sen. Henry Roden, Independent Candidate for Attorney General Will Address The Citizens of Nome At 9:15 P. M.