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VOLCMK an. . No. 30 NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, JINK II. 1031 P'-i Copy:,10 wnli.
VICTORIA AHB DERBUV TO SAB WEDNESDAY
PEACE DEAM.OCKED REMAINDER COAST PORTS
PASSENGERS IN
PLANE CRASH
ARE INJURED
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PUNK CRASH RKSLXT8 IX
INJURIES TO SKVKIV.AU
I’ASSKXOKRH
(By The Associated Press)
KHATTUE, June 10, Red Held re
ceived a compound frafcture of the
arm, Hansen, the co-pilot had a
broken nose and severe bruises,
and Miss Curran reueived a poss
ible fractured hip, as 'the result
of i the plane accident when a
trailed Air l.ines airplane crashed
in the woods in the Cascades.
Other passengers are in the hos
pital under observation. The plnn<*
was checked in its full by the
tops bf trees. The giant airliner
hit a large tig tree head-one and
it gave with the impact. The plane
slid down the tree, tail first.
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.Miss Boyd, who became sepn
rated from the others when she
attempted to follow Hansen, got
lost and spent the night in the
woods. She came out later, when
daylight came. All the passengers
were brought offt later yesterday
when a party of loggers located
'the stranded party.
WILLIAM PAUL
SUES TERRITORY
= _ ON PENSIONS
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WM, l'Al li KICKS SUIT {
AGAINST TKHKITOKV \
• by The Associate 1 I-iess)
' JVJNRAU, June 11, A suit to
’ enjoin the Territory of Alaska
trom paying pensions to aged per
sons, mothers, and others under
relief, destitution, needy or indi
gent was filed in the Federal Dis
trict Court here today by William
Paul, attorney for Charles Deni-'
inert, a business man of Klawock. i
—■ ■ Confrtttwtton'trt-Hri'W*—leerc "ttttftrilr-n
I
ed, particularly the portion which j
prohibits pensions to persons eli- j
gibie to receive aid frotn the De
partment of tie Interior. This pro
vision is attacked as being un
constitutional on ihe grounds that
it is discriminatory against per
sons of Indian blood. *
DISORDERS IN IIS'S
OVER WEEK END
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS. June 11, Violent out
bursts ot anti-government and au
ti-facist disorders swept this city
over the week-end, resulting in
several persona being injured.
QAUDRUPLETS BORN:
THREE GIRLS, ONE BOY
(By The Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, June 11, Mr*.
L. R. Wycoff gave birth this moru
to quadruplets, three girls and
one boy, * boosting the family rost
er to nine. Wycoff, who has not
/been working for. some time has
an ihcome of only sixteen doll
ars a week.
1'AI'K FINE JAIL SENTENCE
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(By The Associate! Press)
HU ENOS AlfUCT, June 9. Two
a-'Nre Of Dublin Sweepstake* tick
ets faced a fine of $700.00 and a
Hasp ended 12 mo i hs’ sente-.ce to
dij for violation of the Arj<tMne
go nit ling laws.
ANNOUNCES PRICE CONTROL
STAY PUT FOR WHILE
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YpRK, June 11, Hugh
Johnson, chairman of the National
Recovery Administration announc
ed today that the price control
provisions of the NRA codes will
now stay as they are until speci
fic changes have been negotiated
for.
S. S. BALDWIN
TO SAIL FOR NOME
TOMORROW A. M.
8. S. BA BAVIN TO SAM. KOR
NOA1K TOMORROW
According to the latest int'orma
tlon available, the S. S. Baldwin
of the Arctic Transport Co., is
scheduled to sail for Nome and
Bering Sea ports with a capacity
cargo 10 a. m.- Tuesday. This will
ibe the first vessel away from Seat
tle for Bering Sea, If she sails to
morrow as is expected.
8011*8 I'KUPARI.NU L.KAVK
KOR A1,A8KA
(By The Associated Press)
SBATTBK, June 11. Ship soli -
dities for the Alaska S. S. Co. pro
vide for southeastern and south
western Alaska, the Steamer Yu
kon sailing noon Tuesday; S. S.
Victoria for Nome and Bering Sea
ten a.m. Wednesday; Denblay wi'h
freight for Bering Sea and Kot
zebue Sound ports sailing Wed
nesday live p.m. the Bakina With
frejghj, five p.m. Wednesday for
f’rinc-o of Wales /Island and. 1 ’bat
ham' Straits aiid cannery port*-;
Oduna with freight sailing r> p.m.
FridayH-for southeastern and suuth
western Alaska; The .%eutian
sailing at nine a.m. Saturday for
southeastern and southwestern
Alaska.
There apear no way to estimate
the tonnage of freight on the
dock, ap ordinarily the steamers
Alaska and Aleutian would It a “0
handled the traffic this week.
In a wire received by A. Polet
from Jas. P. Daly, Nome *agent of
the Alasika Steamship Co., it w is
learned' that the S. S. Victoria of
the Alaska Line began loading
freight Saturday, and that it was
continuing to load as fast as the
freight could be transported to the
dock. The vessel Is scheduled to
sail for Nome Wednesday morn
ing. • —;
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS STILL
DEADLOCKED REMAINDER OP -
COAST EXCEPT ALASKA
SHIPPING
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(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11. An
undercurrent of rumors of plans
for drastic action In order to break
the strike, is now drifting from
port to port, as the Federnl. med
iator McOrady, flew to Washing
ton, D. C„ to report a deadlock
in the peace negotiations. He bolds
no immediate prospects of success.
He said before leaving that bj
had received reports from Seattle,
which said that a concerted move
'ment “to break the strike would
be made unless a settlement w:is>
•arrived ,it and the shipping, re
leased wtliin forty-eight hoars J'
j Sheriff flan nick disclosed that. Je
had live hundred additional deput
ies ready for immediate duty. May
, or Smith of Seattle who negotlut
ed the agreement for the release
; of Alaska shipping, under which
jthe first ship, the ‘‘Xorthaven" witli
j fresh vegetables and supplies is
| due to sail today for Anchorage,
offered the only hope of peace,
when he said he had a proposal
! intended for the ending of the
j strike, which he intended "to sail
mit by telephone to mayors of cit
jies a: other port- Til- iroposit
■ was nci made public.
Tile "Zapqra'- sailed li 11* Sun
day fin' Southeastern Alaska with
one of the heaviest <r*»ute» lit
i*
lijst'if..-. uni eve"' pis - i;~c berth
j-iUttij----ah-._!.. . *» _
I ft i ‘Worth ...d til abnut#
2:MP a m Motiflnv with nenr’y ••
thous.it .< tuns of fret.eht ■ r,d siv
ty-fou • p ’sset gi"-;. eut- ute to Sew
a rd. •
■•’J'n > ■ Xer:!, wii.'tr' ':r d Moil •
day mriu from -Vovka with mail
and supplies.
SAILORS RELEASE ALASKA
VESSELS STATING REMANDS
COMPLIED WITH
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 9, Giving as
reason that pressure bud been
brought to bear on them to do
their part In helping to relieve
distressed Alaska, tho Sailor's Un
ion announced that most of their
demands had been complied with
by the employers, and that Alask
.v "
an ships could procpcd In accord
ance with previous arrangements.
NOTICB TO AI>VKRTI8ERfi
All duMgc* of regular advertise
ment must, bo In the Nugget office
not later than 4:90 pan. of the
day proceeding Insertion, otherwise
the change of copy will necessar
ily he held over one day.
Anyone receiving new* of friend*
or other* returning to Nome nt
any time, the Nugget would appre
ciate an opportunity of making
local mentloa of urn*.
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MYSTIC MEDIUM
CONVICTED OF
INTENT TO KILL
IS CONVKTKJt Ol'IJA kll.l.INt,
( R.v The Associated Press)
ST. JOIUVS, Arizona. June 11,
Convicted of “intent lo commit
| murder", in the , out jo board, slay-j
ling of her husband. Dorothea Ir
'»»# Tu|tey laced a penalty of
from live years to life imprison
ment.
Her daughter. Mat,), aged flf
tern .-'iot and tilled her father,
K. .1 Tirley. retired navy gunner*
mate. The girl stated she did this
on tlie oiiija board decree tnsMgit
id !■> her trother. so that sht*
could marry a handsome oowVoy
orhyise ram* hi»^ in et* ie>iin si^eth
w fh hers tn recent rumors. rha
daughter has been sentenced to
""rtf six years :n an IndusM-in.
si-iuol, for the ‘•hooting of her
fa t rier.
FIGHTING HARD FOR
DROUGHT FUND
RELIEF FARMERS
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SLIGHT IMTIiOV KMKN |
IN ACmjKTI.TIKK
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11 t My1 The 'ti's^ociated i’ross)
tlie drought aid program rolle i
along in Congress with the Feder
al Farm Relief chiefs pressing
ahead lu their efforts to got, this
fund, several improvements wore
noted over the week-end.
This, fund will finance ami keep
alive agriculture, following the : -
''eipt of information that lhi< will
4e--t-h-i--h 1 wrest vr h ea;f~~mrp—rn—fortys.
oih> yearn. This was unofficial'/
surveyed. A shrinkage :n milk pro
duct Inn was also noted, ("out tinting
.ruiliH .iteltunl some soul to ns whack
suffered considerably front the ro
sent drought.
SKIUOlS FIKE HANKOW
950 FAMILIES HOMELESS
(By The Associated Press)
HAjJWCOXV, June 9. Several per
sons were burned to death Inst
night when a Are started on the
waterfrout here and 'burned the
adjacent block. More than 250
families, were homeless, as tho
Are destroyed 144 homes.
SMALL TOWN BURNS
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Juno 9, Fire swept
through the town of law! in Tot
torl Province today. Latest re
ports indicated that 50 percent
of the town was destroyed.
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KOI! KIG\ OFFICE POISONED
(By The Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, June !), Four
teen employees of the foreign of
fice were recovering today from the
effects of eating what they sup
posed were Chinese pecans. The
nut samples received from Chin*
turned out to be the variety usid
In making ink.
RAINS FLOOD CUBA
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(By The Associated Press)
HAVANA, Cuba, June 9 Resi
dents of MoTon, In the l*roTlnee of
Ca maguey, had evacuated their
homea when a heavy rain flooded
cn area ot nearly 300,000 acres.
Livestock were dro.vned and b« • ti
es destroyed hut no casualties had
been reported today.