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GOLD ORE MAY RE SHIPPED
WASHINGTON, July 29. I/P)—
Relaxing slightly the stringent reg
ulations against 'exporting gold
the U.S, Treasury decided Thurs
day that ore and gold concentrates
could he sent abroad, but the ban
• remained against exporting smelt
ed or imperfectly refined gold.
' Earlier , Attorney General Cum
mings told newspaper men that
gold hoarders who refused to re
turn "-gold to the government in
response to executive order, would
be prosecuted within three weeks.
CAB DRIVER KILLED
SETTLE, July 29, (/P)—Robert
R. Elliott, aged forty, a cab driv
er, was shot dead through the
nec-k while he was seated drink
ing, and his body thrown- out. He
was not hobbled. The taxi was
found near the railroad yards. It
is believed that the slayer stole
the taxi.
OLI.I E LEE STRATTON HANGED
WALLA WALLA, July 29. (/P)—
Oliie Lee Stratton, the murderer
of William Frawley, his former
ana:y; 'r’ My, w&* banged Friday
morning at the state penitentiary.
He asked the prison officials to let
him die without making a state
ment from the gallows. Frawlev
was retired at the time he was
killed on August 26, 1931. Strat
ton \fras unemployed at the time
of the slaying. The motive was
alleged to be robbery
STtH’K MARKET VERY SLUGGISH
NEW YORK. July 29. (/P)—
Storks almost went to sleep in
one of the lightest sessions since
the start of the bull market.
Prices tended to drift irregularly.
They went lower from the opening
as "commodities tended to turn
soft. The dollar gyrated uncert
ainly. Foreign exchanges closed
moderately heavy, with the Curb
soft. Bonds with foreign lists
soggy.
LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS
• FATALLY
SEATTLE. July 29. (*>)—Boyd
G. Goebel, the missing merchant
and broker, aged sixty, and Mrs.
E. Ritchie, thirty, were found shot
to death in the Virginia Hotel.
He apparently shot the woman as
she entered the door and then
killed himself. One of the three
notes signed by Mrs. Ritchie said
the couple mutually agreed that
death was the only way out of
their love triangle. Goebel was
missing since early yesterday.
POLICEMAN DISMISSED
FOR CATTLE STEALING
SEATTLE, July 29. (/P)...Arthur
Pauschert, formerly a Tacoma po
liceman, was dismissed for con
duct unbecoming an bfficer. He
was accused of cattle stealing and
charged with grand lafrceny. He
tnrne»d them over to an accomp
lice, C. J. Wilson, who sold them
In Tacoroi! Wilson was sent to
prison before on a chrage of cattle
atealing.
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ItOOSKVKI/r J’KAIKES
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EON I >ON. July 28. (&)—-Ilo'os.*
velt, in a dramatic message to Mc
Donald. ripped the labels ol fail
ure from the World EConomi*
Conference, which many delegate*
were busily affixing by speeches at
the fianl plenary session. Roose
velt gave the delegates credit for
the work they had done, and told
them that results are not always
measured in terms of formal
agreements, but jn better Minder
standings by the nations of t!,e
problems of other countries.' ID*
added that he did not regard the
World’s Conference as a failure
PLANE STALLED IN IRELAND
DUBLIN. July 28. (/Pi The
wheels of the plane in which the
AusU'alian flier and his two com
panions plan to fly to North Am
erica sank in. the" sands at Port
Marock airport, near here tes'ill.
ing in the injury to five persons.
PUinks were being pushed under
neath to raise the plane and the
machine slipped, pinning three
'persons under the fuselage. Two
of them were fliers. One had to
be taken to the hospital.
< ON EE RENTE KOFYA NT
„ AFTER M ESS AGE
LONDON. July 28. (/P)—'The
President’s message enabled the
conference to adjourn for lunch
in bouyant spirits, instead" of the
heavy atmosphere caused by con
tinued criticism which the speak
ers voiced in the morning session.
The delegates were like school
boys released after -a sever.) lec
ture and then received a word of
praise from the teacher. They
laughed and chatted with the Rus
sian delegate, who launched the
most bitter broadside of criticism
during the entire sessiot.. He
said that the practical results
were zero and that a comparative
ly small shock might be sufficient
to let loose the terrible disaster,
war. after outlining bis views to
the effect that the conference
failed.
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GREAT INEREASE
IN RE-EMPLOYMENT
WASHINGTON. July 26, (/P)—
Hugh Johnson, Administrator of
National Recovery, estimated that
between five and six million work
ers Will be re-eniploye<l before
Labor Day. He said that nothing
can stop Roosevelt’s economic pro
gram. — A White House attache
said a deluge of messages came in,
the greatest in history. offering
Roosevelt support. Industries are
forming new codes, offering sup
port, paying higher wages and em
ploying more men. Johnson, in
an address said: “Nothing will
hamper the President’s program.
The power of the people, once
aroused and united, is the most
irresista'ble firce in the #orld.’’
SENATOR CANNON OP
UTAH DEAD
DFJNVER, July 26, (/P)—Frank
J. Cannon, aged seventy-four, for
mer U.S. Senator for Utah, and a
militant fighter for the silver capse
died after three weeks illness.
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MATTKK.N IN APTo \(’<TI>KNT
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WINXIPBU, July J ', t/pi Soon
after landing here Inrni Regina,
the auto in which Mattern was
being taken to the i ity from the
landing field, collided with an
other, which it damaged consider
ably. "It would have been a
strange climax to my experiences
if I»»had broken niy neck in an
automobile' accident, Mattern re
marked as he took off for Tor
onto.
S. S. NORTH WESTER N
I* A SSEN< iEUS ARRIVE
SEATTLE, July 29. /p)—EightX
six passengers of the liner North
western, beached at Eagle river
Tuesday, after Ktrikjtgg a reef,
arrived here Friday with the Al
eutian as did also forty members
of the crew.
ALASKA (JETS 1*1 RLR WORK
ALLOWANCES
WASHINGTON. July IS. f/P|—
Allocation of funds under the
huge public works program con
tains 1 items for Alaska These
Alaska items include:
, Rebuilding tb>* towers of three
lights for the *tft-otection of ship
ping. $60,000. Automatic lights
for the protection of shipping.,
$16,000.
Alaska Raid Commission—for
road construe! ion, $1,000,000:
for airfields, SfHi.oOO.
Alaska Railroad—for construc
tion of engine and round house at
Curry, $20,000; for recondition
ing railroad. 8190,000.
For Pribilof Islands For re
conditioning and repairing build
ings used in connection with fur
seal activities. $3,000.
Bureau of Fisheries—For re
eonditioning/ami establishing of 22
weirs to tally the escapement of
spawning salmon, and for repair
ing weirs In salmon streams
86,000.
Details of other projects for
Alaska are not yet available.
MATTERY ARRIVED
AT HAZELTON
- RAZELTON. II. -6., July 28, (/P)
—Mat tern arrived here at 5:44
p.m Pacific Standard Time. Wed
nesday. Alexander and members
of the rescue expedition remained
here and will fly their original
plane hack to New York. Mat
tern. anxious to return to New
York, continued from here in an
other plane accompanied by pilot
Fetterman.
JAPANESE FIELD MARSHAL
DEAD
TOKYO, July 28, (>P) —Field
Field Marshal Nobuyoshi Mutto,
the all powerful Japanese repres
entative in Manchuria, died Wed
nesday. He was the head of the
Japanese army and directed the
recent Jehol and North China cam
paigns. He succumlbed to a sud
den attack of jaundi-ce. He was
sixty three years old. He began
his military career as a sublieut
enant in 1892 He is succeeded
by General Takashi Hishikarl.
DANCE SATURDAY, JULY 20th
Nome Orchestra
Moose Hall 9:30 p.m.
| Admission Gents .75
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ni;\\ minim; opir \ tions
Quo of the large turning ship
ments arriving on tin* last. Vic
toria v.as a consignment of over
■lUP|tpns of mining equipment con
I sight'd to .1. K. Lucas, which was
moved to Iron Creek where. Mr.
Lucas and others are interested in
the I !i ,!>])}• Benson ground. The
ground was prospected this spring
and work ou a large scale will
soon he under way. Mort Powell
I with, liis. tram car and cat had the
contract to haul the material to
Iron Creek which was successfully
accomplished in short order. .
anothkk i»kk'im;k starts
The dredge of the Cripple*Kiver
Syndicate, located on Arctic Creek,
a tributary of Cripple River, start
ed operations recently and is dig
ging down stream towards its
mouth where extensive dredgiijg
operations are planned. This
work is being, done under the
guidance and supervision of Fiaron
Freidlander and his' engineers,
Operations are soqn to com
mence on the Nome River unit of
this syndicate. Drilling operations
and other activities are planned]
which will probably' continue thru-I
out the winter to determine the I
extent of the pay and the type of;
dredging machinery that will be |
necessary to successfully operate, i
the property, which it is under
stood extends IS miles .from the;
mouth of Nome River to Banner1
Creek and its tributaries.
CASA IHtUIXJK Kl'KN'S IM»\V\
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The dredge operated by Cpn- !
nors In the Casadepaga section, i
burned to the ground last Satur- I
day niglit or early Sunday morn
ing. The dredge which-was moved
a couple of years' ago to its (ire
sent position had not done ally too
well up to last year, tint had just
encounter,ed some fairly good
dredging ground anti was in a
position to make a cleanup this
year, which, is was said vfould
clean up its indebtedness and
make a little to the good
It is unfortunate that fire level-|
led the ambitions of its operator j
and .others interested as well as.
the .employees..—From meager
details received it is learned that
the fire starteMmnt a torch ex
ploding on the engine and quickly
spreading to considerable accum
ulated oil . about the engine hasa j
and thence to the frame work and j
then to some 2ft or 30 drums of
oil which were aboard the dredge,
thus making a clean sweep of
everything. i
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NEW I’IIjOT FOI5 NAT
Pilot Hakon Christenson, who
arrived Xotne via plane this week
from Fairbanks, is now flying for
the Northern Air Transport of
Nome He hopped off Thursday
afternoon with the No. 2 plane on
his return to Fairbanks where he
will be based in connection with
NAT business in that section.
SPAIN RECOGNIZES
SOVIET RUSSIA
MADRID, July 28, (/P) -The
Spatylsh government recognized the
government of Soviet Russia today.
The internal crisis expected over
| the action was averted by Pro-'
mier Azana.
Ti:\m:i{ an vox in ihvokii
__ SKATTHK. July ■•29, (Ai):—The
irudjnv vessel. Anyox.. under Hud
son Hay Co. cbarter. is battling
| with a severe leak in the Arctic
I Ocean near the ice pack The .(Jut
iter Northland is rushing to her
laid. There is a' crew of twenty
loin- on the Anyox. They wiredrf’»-'
lth.it a patch had been placed oa.
the hold and. they hoped the ship
would lie saved as the pumps are
lidding the water. It is' hot 'de
termined* how the leaks sprung.
Captain I). H. -Johnson of Vancou
ver, H. c, is the master. She is a
thousand ton vessel, owned by the
| Pacific Salvage Company, and is on
» .
I her annual trading visits tcv the
outposts. The Northland Put out/
i front Shisniaref and it will pro
bable take two days to reach the
, —- - • - y
[stricken, vessel, near Icy Cape.
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Thomas F. Raust. weil known ' •
Norheite and Candle mining man,
mechanic and interested in avia
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tion in the northern camp, left
Nome via NAT plane this week"
for the outside via Fairbanks.
.Mr. Roust Is on a well earned
cation trip” to the States where
be wifi visit relatives and aitor
taking a few more hours iu the
air with the ■ tv or.qf plane he ex
pects to purchase, he will return
with his plane via boat to Valdez,
from which place he expects to fly
it personally to Nome and thence
to Candle.
He is strong in his belief that a
suitable plane would lie a great
benefit to prospectors, and miners
especially in the northern sections,
and aid materially in opening up
new gold strikes The permanent
cost of transportation into the re
tin
mote parts of the interior creeks
makes it possible for the prospec
tor tfi prospect the country, and
thru the use Of a small plabe ho
believes much will, la- accomplish
ed.
IIX( S I R \TKI> 1jK< TITIK
VERV i:\T3 iUT.UMNG
In the native costume of the
Greenlander. Miss fsobe 1 Wylie
Hutchison, the bonnic blue eyed
Scotch lassie, who is collecting
specimens of Alaskan flora for
the Royal Herbarium of Kew. and
also curios for the Meseum of Eth
nology at Cambridge ( niversity,
entertained a large- • audience in
the Federated Church from eight
to ten pin Thursday.
Her topic was Greenland. Speak
ing extemporaneously and show
ing numerous stereoptiran views,
she explained the phases of life
among the inhabitants of the
coastal villages from North to
South of that vast sheet of ice
known as Greenland.
Particularly interesting wero
the many scenic views, of mount
ains, lakes and fjords depicting
the opalescent shades and mul
ti-colored sunset glow reflected Ou
all. Miss Hutchison is a fluent
speaker and upholds the theory
that all Eskimos are of Asiatic
origin rather than descendants of
the people of the stone age.
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Slightly used 85 Caterpillar In
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