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Volume 36. Number 149. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 25. 1935._Per Copy Ten Cents
Matanuska Story Written By Colonist
JOE LOUIS WINS BY TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT
Rioting Northwest Lumber Area Brings The Troops
Reopening of Mills
Causes Rioting In
N.W. Lumber Area
National Guard and State Pa
trol Forced To Use Tear
Gas Dispersing Rioters
TEAR GAS USED
Lumber Mills Opening Up Is
Cause Serious Picketing
Washington, Oregon
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, June 25, —National
Guardsmen threw more tear gas
bombs last night, dispersing pickets
jeering guardsmen, state patrolmen
and workers who were enroute home
over the 11th Street bridge, after
the resumption of lumber mill oper
ations.
The governor of Oregon was to
day reported to have assured Port
land workers desiring to return to
work tomorrow, of protection if it
was needed. National Guardsmen
enroute home from Fort Lewis En
campment will be demobilized,
which action is quieting to the rum
ors that they will be held in Port
land for possible action.
The death of Harold Edlund at
Eureka, California, brought the fat
alty total to two, from the lumber
strike there last Friday.
Still Suffering After Effects
TACOMA, June 25, —Many spec
tators and strike sympathizers alike
are still suffering the after effects
of the tear gas bombs hurled last
night.
Patrolmen made fifteen arrests af
ter dispersing two thousand pickets
rapidly approaching the riot stage.
Meanwhile similar use of troops
is imminent in Oregon, with the an
nouncement of operators at Portland
that seven sawmills planned to re
open tomorrow.
The spokesman for them said they
had been promised troop protection
if necessary.
Union Writes to President
\
TACOMA, June 25, —A vigorous
ly worded protest to the President
in which the aid of the U. S. Army
was asked for “protection against
the lawless activites of state and
national guard troops”, was the la
bor union’s answer to the use of
troops here in protecting lumber
mill workers returning to work.
There was no talk of a general
strike heard at last night’s meeting
of the Central Labor Council, but
it did condemn the governor's pol
icy of employing troops to inter
fere.
Mail the Nome Daily Nugget to
your friends, and let them know
about the re-building of Nome.
Some Legislators
Foresaw A Bonus
Drive as Possible
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 25, —Some j
1 -gislators foresaw a new bonus drive
and possible quarrel over tariffs as a
result of the President’s call for an
immediate enactment of his tax
wealth program.
Religious Riots in
Edinborough And
7 Are Convicted
(By The Associated Press)
EDINBOROUGU, Scotland, June
25, —Seven men, convicted of creat
ing a breach of the peace were giv
en the alternative of paying fifty
dollars fines or serving sentences of
one month each as a sequel to relig
ious riots which flared throughout I
the streets of the city.
Deadly Diphtheria
Germ Is Discovered
In Cardiff England
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, June 22, —From reports
issued by Welsh medical autiorities
a new type of diphtheria has brok
en out in Cardiff, which has proved,
in certain cases, to be fatal with
in 24 hours. Dr. J. Greenwood Wil
son, city medical health officer of
Cardiff, has stated to representativ
es of London papers that the new
type had first been diagnosed as such
in the north.
Research workers in Leeds had
found that people there were affl
icted by a disease which if not at
tended to immediately often caused
death in 24 hours, treatment by the
1 normal anti-toxins being useless if
delayed.
“The research workers call the
germ ‘grave diphtheria', to distin
guish it from the ordinary type,
‘soft diphtheria’, the medical offi
cer admitted. “I would impress up
on the citizens the need for having
their children immunized. If a child
has a sore throat or suspicion of
one, call in the doctor immediatley.
It is sheer folly to assume that it
is only a sore throat, for this new
germ works quickly and in 24 hours
it may be too late.”
Louis Is Winner
Over Camera By
A Tech. Knockout
• ■
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, June 25, — Yankee
Stadium—Joe Louis won a technical
knockout over Primo Camera after j
COLONIST WRITES OF
TRUE CONDITIONS AT
PALMER, MATANUSKA
Mrs. Lloyd Bell Writes Story for Associated
Press and Tells of Serious Ilenltli Condi
tions But Blames Discord Agitators
WISH HAVE AGITATORS DEPORTED
Senate Expects Report From Administra
tor Hopkins On Conditions At Palmer,
Today. Is Called A Crazy Adventure
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, June 25, — The Senate expected Hop
kins’ report on the food and health conditions at Palmer,
the Federal Government’s newest rural home development,
in Matanuska, today, in answer to Vanderberg’s and others’
charges that the scheme “was a crazy adventure”, and that
a major catastrophe impended unless corrective measures
were taken immediately.
Federal Relief officials, the department of which, Hop
kins is administrator, insisted there were not more than 10
percent of the single men in the colony dissatisfied.
Writes True Story For Associated Press
PALMER, Matanuska, June 25, — Written by Mrs.
Lloyd Bell, a story for the Associated Press, said that most
of the colonists were well pleased with Matanuska and
quoting Gilford Lemmon, one of their member, “1 intend
staying until Hell freezes over”.
Many others expressed themselves of similar opinions.
The story said that the colonists were highly pleased with
the agricultural possibilities, although disappointed with
the slow progress being made under corporation control.
Most of the colonists are still in tents, but are very comfort
able.
There is much sickness at present—mostly measles,
mumps, chicken pox, and pinkeye, some of which is serious.
There are many who should never have come here, read
the story, because of poor health.
One big complaint is that the doctor has no car in which
to make his calls on the many sick colonists, who are
widely scattered over the area. Several agitators are keep
ing things boiling, and we would like to have them removed,
Mrs. Bell stated. “There is cause for complaint here but
there has been too much exaggeration about it.
“Construction work is slow because wrong equipment
and materials were shipped,” she said. Don Irwin has or
dered wagons. School furniture and gasoline tanks were re
ceived in Palmer today.
“The colonists want U. S. control continued with Mr.
Irwin in complete charge. He is well liked by all of us,”
were Mrs. Bell’s concluding remarks.
2 minutes and 32 seconds in the 6th
round of their scheduled 15 round
bout.
A surprising crowd of 70,00 saw
Camera battered all the way thru
five rounds until his seconds threw
in the towel, resulting in a techni-:
cal knockout for Louis.
•
Dore Calls Today
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, June 25, John Dore,
attorney was to see Mrs. Waley to
day and attempt to plan her defense
for her trial which is to come up
July 6th.
Camera vs Louis
at Yankee Stadium
New Y ork Tonight
Primo Camera and Joe Louis
To Fight Tonight at New
York 50,000 Expected
CARNERA IS LOW
Camera Is Given But Little
Chance of Avoiding Being
Knocked Out In Bout
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. June 25, —The be- 1
1 lief in well informed circles is that
Primo Camera is still punch shock
ed from the beating he received from
Max Baer last summer and will be
lucky to last a half a dozen rounds,
1 when he meets Mr. Joe Louis, the
boxer from Detroit, tonight, at the
Yankee Stadium.
i Expectations say that the gate re
1 ceipts should hit the four hundred,
thousand dollar mark. Odds appear
ed likely to be two to one for Brown
when they enter the ring.
Despite Camera's weight, size,1
reach and experience, his chances
of avoiding a knockout are not con-,
sidered bright. There will be no
broadcast of the fight. About fifty
thousand people are expected at the
bout.
Prime's one big chance seemed to
be that he might share in the cur
rent luck of long shots. He lacks
only two things in his physical
makeup—punch and a durable chin.
Racial rivalry and the fact that the
fight occurs at a time when Italy and
Abyssinia are in dispute, prompted
the promoters and the police to coop
erate in taking unusual precautions
against a possible outbreak among
the spectators.
—
Pennsylvania To
Aid Reading In
Schools For Blind
—
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, —The Pennsyl
vania State Council for the Blind
announces perfection of a reading
device which will make education
, easier and safe for visually handi
capped children.
Encountering difficulty in obtain
ing large type books in the usual
school series, because of prohibitive!
cost, the council has worked out a
device with ithe aid of optical com
panies which will enable use of the
regular textbooks.
On a standard clamped securely
to the school room desk is carried a
reading lens and a lamp. The focal
1 point is adjustable, the lens magni
fying ordinary type of 18 point size.
I The light used in connection throws
illumination of 100 candlepower on
;the page.
Miners Are Going
Back Alaska Jun
eau Mine to Work
Gov. Troy Asks Authority To
Call Troops From Chil
koot Barracks to Help
NOT OPEN TODAY
Danger of Rioting Over The
Opening of Alaska Juneau
Mine Is Recognized
—
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, June 25, —Metzgar,
general manager of the Alaska Jun
eau, said that the mine would not
open today as time would not per
mit opening operations on account of
the necessity of re-arranging shifts.
Governor Troy dispatched mess
ages to Washington D. C., this morn
ing, and also to Chilkoot Barracks,
asking that troops be sent to take
charge of the emergency, after a
committee of business men and min
ers advised him that the presence of
troops was essential to maintain
peace and order and prevent poss
ible rioting.
Harry Watson, secretary to the
governor left Juneau by plane this
morning for Chilkoot Barracks to
explain the situation to the comm
ander. If the troops are to be sent
from the Barracks to Juneau it may
be necessary to use planes.
A jury today completed the libel
action of Mayor Goldstein against
Neil Heard, editor of the Labor
Dispatch, and secretary of the Al
aska Mine Workers Union.
Those arrested for fighting or dis
orderly conduct in connection with
the mine riot yesterday will be
tried in the U. S. Commissioner’s
Court.
Explorer’s Son Is
A Match Peddler
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, June 21, -^John Car
vetli Wells, youthful world traveler
and son of the American explorer.
Grant Carveth Wells, tramps Lon
don streets attempting to earn a
livelihood peddling matches, and
blamed his mother for his plight.
The London Express quoted the
24-year-old fellow the Royal Geo
graphical society as saying he was
compelled to become a match pedd
er to support his wife and six-month
-old daughter because his mother’s
alienation of affcetions suit in Con
necticut against the second Mrs.
Wells tied up his father's resources.
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