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VOL. 37. No. 8. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, January 10, 1936 Per Copy Ton Cents
Philadelphia Chosen By Democrats
EGYPT JOINS ETHIOPIA IN FORMAL PROTEST
Bombings Take Place On Eve Elections Santiago
PHILADELPHIA WILL
BE THE DEMOCRATS’ j
CONVENTIONS CITY
Pennsylvania City Wins Over Bids Of
Chicago And San Francisco
Hrdlicka Probes
Theory Ancient
Migrations N. A.
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Smithsonian Institute Scien
tist Doubts that Man
Came U. S. South
(By Tho Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. —The
theory of Melanesian or
Australoid origin of the
American Indian was cont
radicted by Dr .'Ales Hrd
licka, anthropologist of the
Smithsonian institution, af
ter an examination of all
available evidence.
Dr. Hrdlicka, who per
sonally examined more
than 10,000 crania of North
and South American In
dians, as well as a large
number of Australian skulls
said he could find nothing
that represented the true
Melanesian or Australoid
in new world remains. A
type of skull crops up oc
casionally, he said, that
might be mistaken by an
amateur, but which on ex
pert inspection represents
one of the distinct cranial
types of both the Indian
and the Eskimo.
True, he said, skulls are
sometimes found that seem
to fit into a Melanesian ser
ies, but they are not be
yond the normal variation
of members of the yellow
born race of which the In
dians admittedly were a
part.
Self-contradictory
The theory of a Melane
sian settlement of the new
world is inherently self-con
tradictory, said Doctor Hrd
licka. According to various
. indications, he said, the
spread of the Melanesians
into the South Seas belong
ed essentially to the last
millenium before the Christ
ian era. It was almost an
(Continued on Page Four)
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(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 10, —
After spirited bidding, the 1
Democratic National Com
mittee chose Philadelphia
for its 1936 national con
vention city.
The Pennsylvania city
has never before been the
scene of a democratic con
vention. It won over San
Francisco and Chicago,
when its representatives
finally waved the certified
check for two hundred
thousand dollars, and then
to meet higher bids Phila
delphia concessions esti
mated they could raise the
total to between two hun
dred and fifty and three
hundred thousand dollars,
which was offered the par
ty
Democratic chairman
James A. Farley announc
ed that the national con-1
clave intended to renomin
ate President Roosevelt,
and that it would start
June 23rd.
The Republicans are to
meet at Cleveland June 9.
The Democratic conven
( Continued On Page Four )
Tonnage Over
Seward Dock Is
Higher In 1935
(By The Associated Press)
Seward, Jan. 10, — A
marked increase in tonnage
of the Seward dock was re
vealed for the past year, ov
er the preceding year.
The dock handled eight
een thousand tons as com
pared to seven thousand
for the year before. Aside
from theMatanuska colony
tonnage, the commercial
tonnage was estimated at
close to eleven thousand, of
which nearly eight thous
and was due to the increas
ed activity of gold mining.
Alaska Received
$2,759,216 Relief
Funds To Dec. 31
(By The Associated Press)
Washington. Jan. 10. —
Included in the report on
work relief administration
funds, sent to Congress by
President Roosevelt, was
the statement that Alaska
had received $2,759,216 up
to December 31, 1936, of
the four billion dollar ap
propriation allotment. This
included direct relief grants
only.
I
Joe Crosson, Ace
Pilot, Withdraws
Demo. Candidate
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Jan. 10, —
Joe Crosson, ace Alaskan
flier, yesterday announced
his withdrawal as a poss
ible candidate for member
of the Territorial senate.
He said he prefers to de
vote his time exclusively
to aviation. He is now Op
erations Manager at Fair
banks of the Pacific Alaska
Airways. Crosson receiv
Japan Not In Favor Any Pact Which
Attempts Guarantee Independence
(By The Associated Press'
Tokyo, Jan. 10, — Any
pact among Pacific powers
to guarantee the indepen
dence and neutrality of the
Philippine Commonwealth,
would not be looked upon
with favor by the Japanese
government, it was indi
cated by a high official
source.
Discussing future rela
tions between Japan and
the Philippines, the foreign
office spokesman said:
‘‘The Japanese govern
ment renounces the idea of
great powers concluding
agreements guaranteeing
the freedom, integrity, or
neutrality of another sta
ted
Possibility Naval
Conference May
Convene Again
(By The Associated Press)
London, Jan. 10, — Re
liable sources reported to
night that Great Britain
and the United States had
reached an agreement to
return to a consideration of
Japan’s demand for equal
ity, at the naval conference.
The British have arrang
ed to communicate with
the French and Italian del-;
egates, but authoritative
quarters indicated that an
agreement of all the dele
gations is already assured,
to avoid the breaking up of
Airport Tidbits
Pilot Robbins of the Paci
fic Alaska Airways took off,
from Fairbanks today with
the regular Thursday mail,
but adverse weather condi
tions on Norton Sound will
probably prevent him from
arriving at Nome. Pilot
Jones of the PAA is still
detained at Nulato by snow
from coming through with
another batch of mail. He
has been detained since
Monday.
Dr. H. G. Hughes, Nome
dentist, who was a passen
ger to Teller several days
ago, with the Mirow Air
Service will do considerab
le dental work there be
fore returning to Nome,
probably by the 15th or
16th.
Rockford, 111., Jan.—Mrs.
Helen Wallace charged in a
divorce suit here that her
husband threw beer in her
face and hurled an alarm
clock at her.
Circuit Judge Arthur E.
Fisher granted her a div
orce because of the beer
throwing charge, but refus
ed to consider the clock ep
isode as any grounds for
suit. Mrs. Wallace said her
husband missed her when
he threw the clock.I
the conference.
Japanese delegates were
reported ready to quit the
conference unless their de
mands were immediately
considered.
EGYPT ALSO JOINS PROTEST
BOMBINGS RED CROSS l'NITS
od the endorsement of the
4lh Division Democratic
Club, at a recent session,
but be had not formally fil
ed his candidacy.
Take
Place Santiago
Eve Of Election
(By The Associated Press)
Havana, Jan. 10, —More
than a dozen persons were
wounded in a series of San
tiago bomb explosions, a
noisy prelude to the elec
tion of a president and oth
er constitutional officers.
6ombs exploded before
the polls opened today and
police, in one instance seiz
ed a package containing
four bombs, in a down
town cafe. They promptly
closed the place for investi
gation.
Weather Today
•/
(U. S. Weather Bureau )
Snow was falling this
morning over most of the
Yukon Valley and along the
Aleutian Islands. Barome
tric pressure continues low
throughout Alaska and the
Pacific Coast Region with
the lowest readings charted
over the Pacific Ocean so
uth of Kodiak Island and
about three hundred miles
west of Seattle. Unsettled
weather continues in the
Pacific States. Lower tem
peratures are observed in
central and western Alas
ka.
Airway conditions at 7
A.M. were as follows:
Nome, pt. cldy, temp. —10
Solomon, clear, —10
Golovin, cloudy, —7
Nulato, snowing,—4
Kaltag, snowing, —8
Unalakleet, snowing, —2
Ruby, snowing, —3
Flat, snowing, —4
Fairbanks, pt. cldy, —5
Nenana, cloudy, —10
Kotzebue, cloudy, —20
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Undated, Jan. 10. —Egy
pt today decided to join Eth
iopia and Sweden in their
protests of Italian bombing
of cities and ambulance un
its on the East African bat
tle fronts.
King Fuad’s govern ^nt
announced that it would
protest to Italy against the
bombing of an Egyptian
Red Cross ambulance de
tachment, reported to have
been bombed Tuesday by
eight Italian planes.
Unofficial sources report
ed that tyvo hundred Ital
ian native soldiers had been
killed in Agaden province
during an engagement.
Rome reported a contin
uance of aerial maneuvers
along northern front and
the dispersing of adversary
groups which again have
concentrated on Amba Ar
adam.
Twelve hundred Alpine
troops were dispatched
from Rome to follow the
six thousand live hundred
recently sent to Africa.
Representative
Lesley Lloyd Is
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I Hv T he Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 10, —
Representative to Congress
Wesley Lloyd of Tacoma,
died tie re early today, at
his home. The i ause of
death was not immediately
determined, all hough it is
believed due to a heart at
tack.
The democratic represen
tative was serving his sec
ond session in congress. He
was 53 years old, and is
survived by a widow and
three chi ldren. Lloyd was a
member of the House Judi
ciary Committee. Before
coming to congress he prac
ticed law.
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