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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 66 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY MARCH 22 1937 Per Copy 15cts
Hughes Replies to Attacks Supreme Court System
“Miss Alaska” Gets Ovation On Her Return Nome
QUEEN MARGUERITE
‘ OF ALASKA RETURNS
HOME IS WELCOMED
Queen Marguerite of Alaska re
turned to Nome in a blaze of
glory, accompanied by Miss Ger
trude Johansen, Mr. and Mrs. O.
S. Weaver and Ed. Steffen.
Miss Marguerite Lee, first sel
ected as Miss Nome and then the
recipient of the honor of Miss
Alaska at the Fairbanks Ice Car
nival, was met at the airport this
afternoon by several automobil
es decorated with the colors of
the Nome Kennel Club, and head
ed President Wilfred Boucher.
Following her arrival with
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service, she was escorted into
town and to her home, by the
automobile cavalcade, to be wel
comed bv her proud family.
No definite plans.were in shape
to be announced today, for a re
ception for Miss Alaska, but it
is believed that the event will be
postponed a week and become a
feature of the Fair, which will
be opened March 31st in Nome.
More later on that however.
< By The Associated Press >
SEATTLE. March 20, — 1200
lumber and sawmill workers
here returned to work in five
* different mills, ending a sixteen
day strike.
Union officials and employers
signed an agreement last night,
the terms of which were not
made public.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
High barometric pressure is
attended by generally fair skies
over Alaska and western Cana
da except increasing cloudiness
was observed over western Alas
ka and the Tanana Valley where
some very light snow squalls
were observed.
Temperatures are near normal
in most sootions of Alaska and
the lowest recorded last night
was —22 at Point Barrow.
Low barometric pressure is
charted near the end of the Al
eutians and over the Gulf of Al
aska. It is likely that cloudy and
unsettled weather will cur/einue
for Nome and vicinity possibly
with snow squalls tonight and
Tuesday. Somewhat higher tem
perature is indicated.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was —1 and the highest
yesterday 26 above. About 44 in
ches of snow remain on the
ground.
WASHINGTON D C March 20,
—The House appropriations com
mittee recommended two hun
dred and seventy four thousand
dollars for the protection of the
seals on PribilofI Islands; also
twenty three thousand dollars
“traveling expenses” for the sup
ervision of the seal and salmon
fisheries of the Territory.
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Mary Hirech, owner and trainer of No Sir, winner ot tne L
Handicap at Hialeah Park, received for her victory the British trophy
• award from 8lr Bede Clifford, governor-general of the Bahamas Islands.
At the right Is Jockey Jack Weatrope who rod* No Sir to victory.
(Associated Press Photo)
O'JMWT^t MAfcTP an ARTFUL
r.cwisi quadiuineis aie shown in the aims ot then molhet, Sinaranda Radu, 37, while their
father, Michel Jerea, gazes in wonder at the three boys and one girl. The "quads” were born to their un
married parents January 23. (Associated Press Photo)
Five Bills Were
Introduced For
Social Security
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March 22, —For
i setting up the legal machinery for
the handling of social security in
the Territory, five bills, two in
the senate and three in the-house
were originally drafted by a joint
committee and introduced in the
legislature at a brief session Sat
I urday.
The senate bills provide for the
creation of a department of pub
lic welfare which will have char
ge of the administration of the
program, and also unemployment
J compensation.
The House measures deal with
relief of destitution, dependent
children and old age assistance
or pensions.
An appropriation of twenty five
thousad dollars was proposed for
putting the welfare department in
to effect.
A general appropriation bill
was passed at the regular session
to set aside four hundred and
three thousand for aged residents,
forty four thousand for dependent
children and ninety eight thous
and for the relief of destitution.
Pilot Robbins of the PA A arriv
ed with mail from Fairbanks and
and returned again. Local man
ager G. E. Bassett of the PAA and
Henry Rydeen were returning
passengers from the Ice Carnival
at Fairbanks.
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Rate Increase Filed
By Railroads
i
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C March 22
—Alaska carriers’ rate increase
proposal filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission calls for
a general increase of five cents
per hundred pounds in class and
commodity rates on rail and wat
er freight traffic betwee Seattle
and Tacoma and Alaska points.
New schedules were filed by the
Copper River and Northwestern
and the Alaska Railroads, in con '
nection with the Alaska Steam
ship Company and American-Yu
ko Navigation Company, and oth
er water carriers.
The schedules cover such com
modities as grain, hay, ore, oil,
fertilizer, agricultural implements
lumber, meats, fruits and other
articles.
Exceptions included cement.
Meats were increased ten cents
per hundred pounds. Explosives
25 cents, hay and straw three
cents.
If approved, the new schedules
will become effective April 10th.
Board officials said no shippers
had yet filed objections although
the period for such objections does
not expire until ten days prior to
the effective date of the new rat
es.
Ice at Fairbanks and Nenana
measured 27 inches thick today
at both place, and there is only
about 30 inches of snow on the
ground aocording to the U. S.
Weather Bureau. ,
Chief Justice In
Letter Stated
His Side Case
(Bv The Associated Press,
WASHINGTON, D C March 22
—Chief Justice Hughes in a let
ter presented to the serrate judi
ciary committee by Senator Wheel
er, said that an increase in the
number of supreme court justic
es “wouldn’t promote the effi
ciency of the court.”
The Chief Justice made clear
that he was commenting only on
the increase from the standpoint
of efficiency, “apart from any
question of policy", which he said
“I do not discuss.”
Wheeler, opening the testimony
for the opposition to Roosevelt’s
court bill, began by reading Chief
Justice Hughes’ letter, which
created a stir among the big
crowd assembled in the caucus
room long before the hearing
started.
Hughes’ letter read: “I believe
the increase will impair efficiency
which exists so long as the court
acts as a unit. There would be
more judges to hear a case, more
judges to confer, more judges to
discuss, more judges to be con
vinced and decide. The present
number of justices is thought to
be large enough so far as prompt
and adequate efficiency to con
duct the work of the court is
concerned. As I have said, I don’t
speak of any other considerations
In view of the appropriate atti
tude of court relations and ques
(Continued on Page Four) !
WATERFRONT
TROUBLE IS
AVERTED
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 22, —Water
front employers halted cargo
working operation at noon Satur
day in line With their ultimatum
to the International Longshore
men’s Association, that it furnish
crews to work two Canadian vess
els, by that hour.
Matt Meehan, coast secretary
of the ILA s * d he would cal!
the matter to the attention of
the national longshoremen’s board
and also to Harry Bridges at San
Francisco. ,
Bridges sa d such ac' on is
clearly a vio'ation of the award
which ended the recent coast
maritime tieup."
Promptly at noon lumber load
ing operations stopped on the S.
s. Pacific Pres dent nd on the
Norwegian vessel Leikanger.
who officials said th v h; d been
ordered stopped by the waterfront
employers association.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 22 —The
employers lockout of all shoreside
operations here lasted only a few
hours, until the inland boatsmen
union decided to withdraw its
pickets from the East holm and
Southholm.
Bennet announced that the ILA
had decided its gr.evance against
the Canadian vessels was at an
end.
Waterfront employers had or
dered all longshore operations
halted on seven vessels here at
noon Saturday. Loading and un
loading operations wrere resumed
late Saturday.
Widow To Carry On
Mrs. Osa Johnson, widow of Martin
Johnson, noted explorer, plans to
continue alone the work of explora
tion in which she aided her hus
band for many years. Johnson and
four others were fatally Injured In
in airplane crash near Los Angeles
and Mrs. Johnson was hurt. This
picture, her first since the wreck,
was made in a Los Angeles hospital
where She is recuperating. (Asso>
elated Press Photo)