MONDAY
i [•'loin Niv-.neti’y Bulletin.)
FRICK UFTING WILL
NOT BK TOLERATED
WASHINGTON, June 2 6, yp)~
The nation’s merchandisers were
told Sunday night by Hugh S.
Johnson, director of the National
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Recovery Administration that “any
wildcat price lilting” at this time
would not be tolerated. In a vig
orous appeal for public support of
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industrial control legislation, the
administrator said: “Our best peo
ple understand that this is no time
to get riih quick.” He added that
the Nation’a employers are wanted
tto co-operate more than at any
time since the war.
Johnson’s address signalized a
start to remove obstacles iif'tHle
path of tlie Recovery Act, and to
»pur agreements within industry
designed to increase wages and the
consuming power. Condemning the
reputed tendency to price hoisting,
Johnson declared “This adminis
tration simply will not stand for
that , and we do not expect to have
any trouble about it.
ROOSEVELT ELATED OVER
CONFERENCE PROGRESS
PULPIT HARBR, Maine, June
26, ■(#*)—Ela'ted at the progress of
ther London Conference, Roosevelt
pulled into this harbor tonight.
He denied the frequent reports
that he is planning a quick dash
to London. In a formor statement
from Secretary Stephen T. Early,
he said that 'the President plans to
return to Washington after a vac
ation cruise. He said: A,t no time
did the President consider going
to London and he sees no reason
whatsoever for doing so now..’’
The reports from London received
in the last twenty-four hours, have
- been altogether satisfactory to the
President. The London stories
were published as supposed to be
the authentic findings of some
New York newspapers. ^
BARNEY ROHM WINS TITLE
CHICAGO. June 24. (/P)—Bar
ney Ross, the twenty-two year old
Chicagolain. won the lightweight
championship of the world Friday
Bight, defeating Tony Canzcneri on
points in ten furious rounds. The
decis ion was booed. Canzaneri
seemed stunned at the verdict.
AIRPLANE NEWS
Pilot Pollack of the NAT. made
a round trip to Solomon Sunday
bringing to Nome Joe Dexiter and
Art Petersen.
Pilot Hans Mirow of the NAT.
returned Sunday from Kotzebue.
He had as passengers C.W. Cash,
Mike Weaver and Walter N. Moore
traveling salesmen who were drop
ped off at Teller, and who returned
today cm another NAT plane pilot
ed by Brown.
Pilot Chester Brown of the NAT,
made a trip to Teller Sunday
with Paul Stafford as a passenger,
and a full load of MOM equipment.
Monday morning Pilot Pollack
took off for Fairbanks with Dale
Derennan and Jimmy Knot and a
load of MOM supplies.
Pilot Hans Mirow took off this
morning for Fairbanks with John
Hefness, Blackman and a lady pas
senger. The plane also carried
mall and a cargo of MOM film and
equipment.
Pilot Chester Brown took off to
day ior Teller with Nurse Carlson,
Bill Brskine and Mr. Metcalf and
a load of MOM equipment. The
plane returned this afternoon.
An NAT plane is scheduled for
Fairbanks Tuesday evening, carry
ing Messrs Baker and Sterling and
the mail. ' '
An NAT plane is scheduled for
Kotsdbue Tuesday morning. Tom
Berryman and Mr. Morlander will
(be returning passengers,
Harry Blunt piloting a Pacific
Alaskan Airways pontoon plane
■ al rived at N*>me from Anchorage
aid way points this afternooi, w.t’’
Joe Mehern, well known represent
ative of Hills Bros. Coffee and
other products; Mr. Hebert rep
resentative o' Sclrwabacher pres '»f
Seattle; and Mr. Chas. Goldstein of
Juneai, the sourdough h.idnes
man and dealer in furs.
FAMILY W IP HD OUT
BY FIRM F1KND
SKATTL.K, June 26, (/p) —Sher
iff Bannick said he was told by
Frank Lavergne of threats to wipe
out rhU entire family, which were
made by George Coyne, the owner
of a farm, where four people, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stone and their
two children, Jean and Gloria May
were burned to death. The place
is near Tacoma.
Lavergne is an elderly caretaker
of the ranch and home Coyne,
who arrived from the scene with
his negress wife, was arresited and
held for questioning. Levergne
said that Coyne had an argument
with hi3 (Levergne’s) son about a
gasoline bill. He returned to the
ranch and in the presence of the
Stones and himself, brandished a
revolver and said: “I am going to
wipe out all of you some day,”
Fred Kanzler, Mrs.^ Stone’s di
vorced husband, Jimmy Reynolds
and Mary Clapp were arrested at
the Coyne home and held for ques
tioning.
SOMK COMMODITY PRICKS JUMP
WASHINGTON, June an. ef/P)—
Commodity prices outstripped the
fall of the dollar and was a point
for Roosevelt’s goal of a level high
enough to bring the country some
prosperity. Officials analysis of
the Federal Reserve says that six
basic commodities at the end of
May jumped sixty per cent since
February. One half is due to a
general World rise and the other
half represents the dollar deprec
iation plus the actual domestic
rise.
BOAT MOVKMKXTS
The motorship New York sailed
this afternoon for 9t Michael and
way posts with mill, freight am?
the following passengers; C.V. Ol-!
son for Bluff: Mischa Antone and
D. Shelby for Golovin, Paul Roc*;
and Miss Roberts for Unalaklea „
The motorship Good Hope is
scheduled to aall for Kotzebue an 1
way ports July 1st. carrying pass
engers, mail and freight.
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TUESDAY_
(From Nugget Daily Bulletin.)
THK PRODIGAL HON HKTURNH
UNDATED, June 27, (JP)—The
Prodigal Son, for whom the Nation
kept a light burning in the window
for three years, appeared out of
the gloom. He waved greetings.
He wore a new suit cut with bbld
Shears iby the President, and stteh
ed hurriedly by Congress. It was
the National Recovery Act. Irn
his pockets were cards of ident
ification— dollar wheat, ten cent
cotton and encouraging trade re
ports. He advanced none too
briskly for he was not sturdy after
a long albeence.
The Prodigal smiled impantially
on North and South alike as Wheat
and cotton c.lhned, but the scorch
ing sun has already dome great
damage to grain in some sections,
and wilted to some extent, the
agra>rian optimism.
CONSTITUTION PROGRAM
UNDER ADVISEMENT
WASHINGTON. June 26. (jP)—
The President’s public workB board
Friday took under advisement the
hundred and thirty-Ave million
construction program and recom
mended army work in a number
of Army poets, including the ex
penditure of one thousand three
hundred forty-four dollars at Chll
koot Barracks, and flfty-ono hun
Tfrsti for Sitka National Cemetary.
f f The hoard officially allocated
i feftc hundred million for highway
[construction. Alaska got no road
money.
BOMB EXPLODES AT
BT. PETER’S
i VATICAiN CITY. June 26. (A*)—*
The bomb which exploded yester
day in the portico of St. Peter's
was manufactured in Spain and
1 brought here by Lemetrio Sola
tnon who carried'a Spanish pass
port. He was arrested and charged
with planting explosives. It caused,
a panic. Four were injured bui
[little damage was done.
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KENNETH BUCK CONVICTED
BARN TABLE, Mass., June 26.
(A*)—Kenneth Buck was convicted
and sentenced to twent-four years
for kidnapping the McMath girl.
Cyril, his (brother, was acquitted.
He acted as contact man.
EXPEDITION TO SEARCH
W1B MATTERN
NEW YORK. June 27, (ff>) It
was announced tonight that an air
expedition composed of personal
friends will leave here Wednesday
to search for Jimmy Mattern. The
expedition is sponsored by Irving
Freeman, a Brooklyn brewer.
They will fly to Nome via Chicago,
Edmonton atnd Fairbanks. They
will use the Bellanca plane used I
by Hugh Herndorn an 1 Clyde Pang
born in their flight across the
North Pacific.
Bill Alexander who is described
as having three years experience
as a test piloit in Alaska will be
pilot. Fred Fetter man and Harold
Pearson will be mechanics atnd the
other two are Floyd Bennet and
Thomas Abbed, New York motor
cycle policeman.
PRO HI .AGENTS DISMISSED
WASHINGTON, June 27. (/P)—
A. V. Itallymaiple, director of pro
hibition, recommended to the At
torney General that the prohibition
officers in Alaska and -Hawaii be
dismissed from the service. The
suggestion was approved by the
Attorney General w-ho abolished
The offices for (the Alaskan, and
Hawaiian districts and put the
agents on a furlough until June
30th, All prohi activities will be
placed In the hands of the United
States marshals.
GERTRUDE WISE
WINS DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, June 2 7. (/P> —
Gertrude, Wise testified that her
husband Ray, a film actor, whom
she married in Nome, lost his
Jove for her. She won her divorce.
Gertrude dropped the accusations
relaitive to Ray being dominated
by spiritualist mediums.
INDIA WILLING TO COOPERATE
LONDON June 27, (/P) India
indicated at the World Economic
Conference, her willingness to co
operate in the rehabilitation of
silver as projected in the Pittman
resolution, but Indications pointed
to a united front of the Austrian
states against the American wheat
acreage reduction proposal, those
countries being opposed to the cur
tailment project.
VOTING ON PROHIBITION
■TODAY
riT "T e‘
UNDATED June 27, (A*)—Cal
ifornia and West Virginia wound
up campaigning and are voting to
day to decide what they want to
do aboiat piohibltlon. A heavy
vote is expected and both states
will probably go weft.
AIRPLANE r<KWH
Pilot Chester Brown of the NAT,
took off today for Kotzebue with
Tom Berryman and Geo. A. More
lander as passengers. Brown la
expected to return to Nome this
afternoon and take off tor Fair
banks this evening with Mr. Ster
Jing of the A.JR.C.
Pilots Mlrow aud Pollack ar
rived at Fairbanks yesterday from
Xorae. Pilot Mirow took off to
day from Fairbanks for Valde<
with passengers. Mirow will pink
up A.V’. Cordorado and other pass
i ngors for Nome. V
Pilot Harry Blunt of the PAA
with a pontoon plan© is expected
to take off tomorrow on his re
urn trip to the Anchorage ba3e
via Ruby- and other small statiohs.
Chas. Goldstein of Juneau. Joe
Mehern and Mr. Hebert', salesmen
will be passengers. '
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WEDNESDAY
(From Nugget fXily Bulletin \
GOBI) BIXK OOl’NTRIKM ACTIVK
LONDON. June 27, (/P> The
World Economic Conference is in
tlie throes of fresh dramatic de
velopments, precipitated by the uu
expected action of tlie gold bloc
countries trying to force European
monetary stabilization irrespective
of American desires, or what hap
pens to the American dollar.
Kepresen atives of central banks
of France, Switzerland, Holland
and Belguim met secretly to per
fect plans which involves the for
cing of Britain to aitabilize, along
with continental countries. From
this meeting came the declaration
from one of the conferees, that
gold will be defended to the last
ditch. On the other hand thee re
newed threat changes the price de
bacle which will follow if the Am
erican add Canadian wheat surplus
is dumped on the world market,
and acted to save from a break
down the wheat acreage restriction
in ihe negotiations of the four
principal wheat producing nations.
Moleys arrival today is causing
tlie world delegates to wander what
at Her excitment will be thrown '
among the delegates The mom-1
entuni of the parley is picking- up
to such speed that it is believed ;
that anything might happen.
FOOD PRICKS OOIXO lTP
NEW YORK. June 2S. i/Pf- The
National industrial Conference
Bound of Surrey shows that living
costs were 0.8 per cent higher iu
Ah 11, -ind life purchasing power
of the dollar was 138.7 in May as
compared with 139.8 in April, the
1923 dollar being taken as 100.
Depeite the rise for the month,
the living costs are 7.4 percent
lower than May last year. Food
prices are up 3.6 but clothing re
mains the same.
CALIFORNIA IX WKT COLI’MV
SAN FRANCISCO. June 27, <yp)
—Returns from eighteen hundred
and twenty-five precincts out of
nine thousand three hundred and
forty-seven in this state gave for
repeal two hundred twenty-two
thousand eight hundred eighty-six
against ninety thousand four hun
dred forty-eight.
ONE THIRD STATES
FOR REPEAL
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UNDATED. June 28, <j<P> One
third o£ the forty-eight states vot
ed to strike the, eighteenth amend
ment from the constitution. West
Virginia and California making the
score sixteen to nothing in favor
of repeal The re-peulists must
win twenty more states.
FORMER SOLDIER
JXWVICTED MANSLAUGHTER
.. SEATTLE, Jane SM, <;Pi—James
Roberta, aged seventeen, a former
soldier, was convicted of man
slaughter for (beating to death
Andrew Christiansen, an Orilla
store clerk. suf> Weeks ago. Ho
pleaded justifiable homicide, de
claring insulting proposals were
made to him by Christensen.
KIDNAPPER seen , *
NEAR BEIJJNGHAM
SEATTLE. June 26, (#)—Verne
Sankey. the notorious mid-west kid
napping suspect and a compamion,
were aeen near Bellingham, trying
to reach the Canadian line by auto
mobile, A close search is being
made. —,—«—-—
WEST VIRGINIA GOES WET
. CHARLESTON, West Va., Jun«
27. {/P)—West Virginia, regarded
as one of the driest of dry state*
for the last twenty years, became
the fifteenth consecutive state to
vote for repeal. With two third3
of the precincts reported, the we‘s
have a lead of seventy three thou
sand eight hundred and tern The
drys conceded tbelr defeat.
TWO DROWNED IN
, LAKE WHATOOhf
ttt U,
BELLINGHAM, June 28, (/P) —
Robert Wiseman, aged forty-three
and Shelton Pearl McHenry, nine
teen, were drowned in lake What
com during a swimming lesson
ANOTHER HEAT WAVE
I N DATED, June 28. (/Pi Anoth
er heat wave is crossing the Mid
! rlle-west with many deaths in ila
! wake. The crops are suffering,
some beyotad recovery,
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I'lTTMAN' RESOLUTION
FORMALLY REPORTED
LONTXKV, June 27, </p/—The ap
proval of Pittman's resolution
which provides, among other things
the withdrawal of yellow metal
from circulation, and reducing the
gold coverage of central banks to
twenty-five percent, was formally
reported by the subcommittee
which has been studying it. Thj
parent committee will now consider
the matter
In the meantime the World Eton
omic Conference is radiating the
impression it is wait^yig on the
pleasure of Moley, who is popular
ly supposed to be bringing from
Roosevelt medicine to cure many
ills of the assemblage.
The lobbies are 'throbbing with
steady talk of the man who ia
heralded in the press as myster
ious, but they all know that he is
the head of Roosevelt’s brain
trust. Britain is still standing pat
on refusal to commit herself to the
continental gold bloc scheme fdr
European monetary stabilizaftian,.
irrespective of the American act
ion.
In Paris, financial experts said
that the battle of France is lost
and it will only be a question of
time until France will be obliged
to devalorixe.
AIRPLANE NEWS
Pilot Chester Brown of the NAT
hopped off this afternoon far Ruby
via Unalakleet He had as passen
gers Chas. Rouse for Unalakleet
and Howley Sterling for Ruby and
Fairbanks. The plane is expected
to return this evening.
Pilot Hans Mirow is returning
to Nome from Fairbanks with pass
engers 'and express as soon as
weather permits.
Pilot Bobbins of the PAA, is re
ported enroute Nome from Fair
banks with J.D. Harlan. Baron
Freidlunder and other passengers.
The plane was reported to hare
stopped enroute to get later wea
ther reports before proceeding from
• Mil
the Yukon to Nome.
Pilot. Blunt with a PAA pontoon
plane, took off 'last, night with
three passengers on their return
flight to Fairbanks and Anchor**#.
Anyone receiving news of frientfe
other* ’returning to Nome ’fct
any fime, the 'Nugget would appro
dint. an opportunity of matrfhg
leehl montioi of nai.
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