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VOL. 37. No 167 NOME, ALASKA, WED. JULY 15, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
2 Steamers Collide, 250 Passengers Landed Safely
Woman Killed, Pilot Hubbard and Another Injured
PASSSENGER BOAT
FREIGHTER HAVE
COLLISION IN BAY
Governor of Maryland Aboard Vessel
Carrying Automobile Dealers’ Con
vention. No One Seriously Hurt
(By The Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, July 15, — Governor Harry W. Nice
of Maryland and two hundred and fifty other passen
gers of a passenger vessel which collided violently with
a freighter off Seven Foot Knoll, were landed safely
early Wednesday morning bringing accounts of a har
rowing night on Chesapeake Bay. Scores were jolted
Britain To Make
Available More
_ i
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 13—Great Bri- '
tain proposes to spend an extra 1
750,000 pounds for unemploy- '
ment relief, now costing 38,000,
000 pounds annually, new dole
regulations issued by Labor Min
ister Ernest Brown, disclosed.
The regulations increase bene
fits for some 200,000 unemployed '
and provide gradual reductions '
for about 60,000 others. The rules
must be approved by Parliament.
William Paul To
Defend Himself
i
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, July 15, — William ]
Paul, native attorney of Alaska,
traveling with the senatorial par ,
ty, after being six and one-half
months in Washington, D. C., in
connection with getting the
Wheeler-Howard act extended to
Alaska, said today, he would de_ (
fend himself in court.
He referred to charges brought
against him in the federal court,
alleging unethical practices and
asking his disbarment. His case *
is set to come up August 6th.
Paul declared that the Wheeler
Howard Act now places Alaska ]
immediately in a position in the
sharing of a three and a half
W million dollar appropriation, the |
total now available for Alaska
being three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, when the nec
essary organization has been done
to qualify under the act.
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collision. The passenger boat
was the State of Virginia and the
freighter was the Golden Harvest
of San Francisco, which collided
in the darkness last night.
None of the passengers were
believed seriously injured. A
floor show was in full blast at the
time of the crash, as the Vir
ginia was bringing Baltimore As_
sociation of Automobile Dealers
into port from a two-day sea-go
ing convention.
The ships’ whistle blasts halted
the funmaking and some of the
girls became hysterical. A few
of the men knelt praying on the
deck. ,
Ferry Rescued Them
The ferry Pittsburg brought
the passengers to port from the
decks of the freighter to which
they had been transferred after
the collision.
The Virginia and the Harvest
still remained lucked tightly to
gether hours after the accident.
The captain of the ferry boat
said the freighter had pushed
the steamer aground to prevent
her sinking.
Governor Nice said “I was sitt
ing at the top of the stairs, and
the impact of the two vessels
knocked me to the bottom and I
received a bruised arm. There
was much excitement, but no
hysteria or panic.”
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Admits Complicity
Ransom Kidnaping
(By The Associated Press)
ST. PAUL, July 15, — Edmunc
C. Bartholomew, former Besen
ville, Illinois postmaster pleadec
guilty in the federal court her<
today of conspiracy charges ir
connection with the hundrec
thousand dollar ransom kidnap
ing of William Hamm Jr., St
Paul brewer, admitting to th<
same degree of guilt as did Alvii
Karpis yesterday.
These two pleas left John Pei
fer, St. Paul nightclub owner a
the lone defendant, indicted a
the “fingerman”.
The government alleged tha
Bartholmew’s former resident
was used as the kidnap hideout.
PRESIDENT ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD SPEAKS TO
SENATORS INVESTIGATION
Arriving At Juneau Senatorial Party
Hears Critieisms Investigation From
Alaskan Native At Hearing Held
- (By The Associated Press)
i JUNEAU, July 15 — The Senatorial Investigation
Committee headed by Senator Elmer Thomas ran into
■ criticism Tuesday when Cyril Zuboff. president of the
i Alaska Native Brotherhood, appearing before the com
i mittee declared that if money could be spent for the
making of such trips as the senators were on, it could be
t put to some good use such as building a sanatorium
j which would do the Indians more good than all the
investigations put together. Zuboff said “We have been
Copyrighted Story Includes Charge
Of Sister That Joe Louis Was Doped
Was They All Deny Use Hypodermic
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, July 15, — The sister of fighter Joe
emphatically denied the copyrighted story in the Chi
cago Evening American quoting her as charging that
Louis was given a hypodermic on June 20th, the day
he was knocked out by Max Schmeling in New York.
“I neber made any such statement and there ain’t
nothing to it at all.” Mrs. Eulalie Barrow Gaines, Louis
sister said.
Louis and John Roxborough, one of his managers,
were equally emphatic in denials of the charge. “Why
that’s just a big lie”, Joe said, and “absolutely there is
not a scrap of truth in it. Rox
borough said that the real reason
] of his defeat is, as Joe Louis has
i repeatedly said—‘‘I forgot to
duck!”
What It's All About
Chicago, July 14, —An Evening
American copyrighted story quot
ed Joe Louis’ sister Mrs. Eulalia ;;
Barrow Gaines of Detroit as say
ing thait Louis was given a shot
of dope the day Schmeling kay
oed him.
It declared that a sworn affi
davit containing a charge had
been mailed to the New York
Athletic Commission, chairman i
John Phelan, putting the comm is ;
sion in the position of having to i
force a showdown.
Private detective agency head i
Sheridan Bruseax said he heard
Mrs. Gaines make the charge in
a hotel here July 2, saying that
Louis had told members of his <
faimily that he had been given ; i
a hypodermic in the left arm on i
the day of the fight, for high blood
pressure, and that his arm muse- '
les had refused to relax, making <
it impossible to keep up his left i
arm. i
It was not stated who gave him :
he hypodermic.
At Detroit Mrs. Gaines said
‘there just ain’t nothing to it. I
lever made such a statement.”
John Roxborough declared "I
vas with Joe every minute and
here isn’t a scrap of truth to
my dope statement.”
Strikes Mexico
(By The Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, July 15, — A
wenty-four hour strike of Mex
co’s twenty thousand oil work
■rs started today.
The capital is faced with an
wen more alarming situation,
vith a walkout set for noon
i’hursday by Mexican light and
lower company employees, the
ompany which supplies the fed
>ral district and parts of all the
ive surrounding states.
Oil strikers are seeking twen
y-five percent higher wages and
ither benefits from the Huasteca
Petroleum Company, a Standard
Dil Company of New Jersey sub
;:diary.
investigated uy aignmvu senuiuis.
congressmen, supervisors, direc
' tors and department heads. Ever
Zionchock came up last summer
ihut 'he Indian is still the sarm
poor Indian,”
Asked Suggestions
Senator Thomas asked him tc
give any suggestions he mighl
have.
ZubofT enumerated, the elim
ination of fish traps, a barrier ag
ainst outside fishermen, limita
tion of herring plants, more strin
gent liquor control, as among the
things wanted by the Indians
\ when department heads called
|
■ among them.
Flory is Accused
Charles FI* :y, regional forest
er, who was accused by Indians
of discrimination in CCC camps,
claimed he was so instructed from
Washington, D. C., but did not
produce any copy of instructions.
Thomas said “The record here
must show that the Indian has
been discriminated against in
the matter of the CCC, if any
thing further is done.
Baby With Out
Side Heart Died
Tuesday Night
(By The Associated Press')
EDMONTON, Alberta, July 15,
—The three-day-old baby born
with his heart on the outside of
his body died late Tuesday night
in the University hospital here.
No operation was performed.
Dr. E. Hitchin, acting superin
tendent announced that surgeons
earlier had said the child had no
chance of remaining alive.
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AIRPLANE
ACCIDENT
1 KILLED
Airplane Accident Results
Death Of One Injury
To Two Others
PERCY HUBBARD PILOT
One of Women Passengers
Killed. Others Suffer
Serious Injuries
One woman killed, and
1 woman & man seriously
hurt in airplane crash to
day near Fairbanks drew
attention this afternoon to
a well known flier of Al
aska, and one who has suff
ered a e’y-at deal of misfor
‘[tune during the past year,
—
Reliable reports this ar.ernoon
obtained through the Pac::i<: Alas
ka Airways radio stati. :i at
Nome, from sources in F; irbanks
revealed that Pilot Percy Hub
bard and a woman p -enger
were seriously injured— ■ njken,
bones and concussion—and an
other woman passenger was kill
ed in an airplane accident which
occurred near the University of
Alaska grounds, outside of Fair
banks a few miles, today.
No Details At Hand
No details were avail as to
what caused the aecide-t or in
which airplane it occurred. The
names of the two women pass
engers could not be obtained at
the hour of going to prom. Fur
ther details should be received
tomorrow.
Hubbard Known Here
Pilot Percy Hubbard is well
and favorably known in this sec
tion, as well as in Fairbanks,
where he is associated in the
management of the Service Mo
! tors.
He is an experienced pilot and
aviator.
Accident Last Year
Hubbard, last summer suffered
an accident when out looking
for the missing pilot Art Hines,
his partner, w'ho disappeared in
an airplane and was never found,
with “Tubby” Nordale. and Mr.
and Mrs. John Lonz of Fair
banks on a flight between Daw
son and Fairbanks. At the time
of his accident last year he re
ceived broken ribs and burns.
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