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VOL. 38. No. 113 NOME. ALASKA, Saturday, MAY 15, 1937. Per Copy lOcts
SUPREME COURT RESIGNATIONS INDICATED
Rampant Flood Waters Chena Imperil Fairbanks
Pilots Merrill And Lambie Arrive
At New York Coronation Pictures
(By Tho Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Floyd Bennet Field, May 14—Pilots
Merrill and Lambie landed here from England at 3:35
P.M. EST or 12:35 P.M. PCT., in a light fog and drizzl
ing rain, completing the round trip trans-Atlantic flight
with Coronation movie and still pictures.
Earlier in the day they had swooped down at the
Naval Air Base at Squantuam, near Boston, to get their
bearings, landing there at 1:40 p.m., 22 hours 27 minutes
after leaving Southport, England. They then took off
almost immediately bound for New York. Merill said
■‘we worried about our gas but the motors behaved
beautifully,” It was the first time we sighted land since
crossing New Foundland—we had cruised over the
New England and New York City area, but low ceiling
prevented a landing. They were engaged at a stupen
dous figure to make the flight to bring pictures of the
coronation ceremonies in England of the king and queen
Ford Issues An Announcement
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, May 15—The first apparent move of the
Ford Motor Company to oppose the unionization of its
hundred and fifty thousand employes was revealed in
announcement cards bearing Ford’s view on labor or
ganizations and policies, which will be circulated among
the workers. Monday, the union announced, it was
going after the closed shop.
Japanese Raise Price Of Cold
(By The Associated Press)
Tokyo, May 15—The Japanese government raised
* the price of gold by twenty seven yen and a gram to
3.77 yen-gram, equivalent to $33.76 cents per ounce, to
encourage the production and to prevent gold from
being smuggled out of the country.
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Pilots Errors Are
Held Responsible
Air Line Crashes
i —
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13
The Commerce Department gave
its opinion that the errors of pil
I ots were responsible for two air
plane crashes near New ha 11, Cali
fomia.when fourteen persons met
death and eight were injured.
The Department decided that the
pilots descended too low an alti
tude for safety, and involved the
f U.A.L. plane on December 27th
last year when nine were killed
and the Western Air Express,
on January 12th when five per
sona were killed including Martin
4 Johnson, explorer, and eight in
jured.
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for you.
Believe Never Find
Plane Crashed
Months Ago
(By The Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, May 15—
The possibility was discussed.that
the airplane which vanished five
months ago with seven persons
may never be found, air veterans
said, because of the fact that the
wreckage may lie buried unde
five feet of snow and in a few
weeks the snow will melt and the
canyons fill with rushing streams
and the debris may be swept
down and scattered for miles and
become buried under rock and
silt. There are still hundreds of
candidates for the thousand dol
lar reward, as searching plans
went forward to organize a new
search,
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FLOOD WATERS OF CHENA
RIVER BEGIN RISING AGAIN
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, May 14—Temperature dropped to 27
| above last night and the flood waters of the Chena river
subsided six inches and at ten a.m. it was 29 above, and
, chilly weather was forecast for the next day or two,
and tension was much relieved.
Much damage occurred to homes, basements, and
lower floors. Refugees slept on cots on floors of hotels,
the school house, federal building, Elks building, the
, Empress Theatre, and American Legion hall.
The worst affected areas are on Garden Island, in
cluding the Railroad depot .and hospital.
The Railroad speeder is leaving today for Anchor
I age. Rowboats and canoes are being used on many
1 streets tonight.
St. Joseph's hospital is without heat, the flood wat
ers having put the boilers out of use in the basement.
The Fairbanks fire department is pumping water out of
, the hospital, which has forty bed patients. Mrs. Nels
Jackson, aged 45, wife of a miner, died there last night
of septic sore throat.
One small new residence which was flooded, caught
fire from defective wiring last night and was partly de
stroyed. The fire brigade became stalled in the mud
covered streets.
A power launch crossed the Chena river and found
the marooned movie colony safe and in good condition.
WATERS START TO RICE AGAIN
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, May 15—Flood waters started to rise
again at two o'clock Friday afternoon, at the rate of one
:inch per hour, when an all time high of thirteen feet
two inches was reached. Previous record was twelve
; feet six inches, above the normal summer stage in Sep
tember 1930
The jittery condition of the population has subsided
although half or two thirds of the people were driven
from their homes to find refuge in hotels and public
buildings in dry zones.
Over seventy-five percent of the town is still cover
ed with water, mostly the river border with chunks of
heavy ice cakes, including the long residential section
which sweeps First Avenue, to below Cowlex street.
No complaints have been made of any absolute des
titution, the civil authorities are cooperating with the
federals in assisting refugees. Mayor E. B. Collins em
phatically asserted that if conditions did not get any
wose in Fairbanks, there would be no request for out
side assistance. He further said that the spirit of the
people was splendid.
San Francisco Red Cross headquarters wired otters
of assistance, which at this time it is not expected to
need.
The amount ol damages is impossioie to accurately
estitmate as no survey has as yet been attempted. Lead
Sing construction firms estimate the damages to private
I homes, business houses, city property and streets, will
; range around one hundred to two hundred thousand
dollars, with a posibility that as much more damage
'resulted to highways, bridges and traffic lines radiat
ing from the city.
The moving picture colony which was marooned for
■three days on the Island area, all returned this after
noon on a motorbbat, crossing the swollen Chena river,
: Which is not free of ice, but continues to run banksful.
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Three Early Retirements From The
•>
Supreme Court Are Now Assured
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15—Opponents of the
Roosevelt Court Bill said that three early retirements
of the Supreme Court were assured if the president
dropped the judicial reorganization program. Presi
dent Roosevelt declined to compromise, and directed
democratic leaders to carry on the battle for the meas
ure.
High-opposition senators said that the justices ready
to retire were: Bradieis, Vandevanter and Sutherland
From other sources came the hint that Vandevante
would quit soon regardless of a continuance of the court
dispute. He is 78. and the oldest member except Bran
deis, who is 80, and senior member. Brandeis has made
up his mind to quit and might announce his decision
when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes next Tues
day on the Court Bill.
Nation’s First Major Steel Strike
Reaches Tentative Peace Agreement
(By Thp Associated Press)
PI ITSBURGH. May 15—The nation’s first major
steel strike in eighteen years, ended with a tentative
peace agreement between the Jones Laughlin Corpora
tion and the Lewis Steel union forces. Chairman Phi
dip Murray of the steel workers organizing committee
ordered the pickets withdrawn and immediate resump
tion or operations by the twenty seven thousand work
ers. 1 he labor board will hold an election next week
to determine what union will represent the workers.
PITTSBURGH, May 15—John L. Lewis and his steel
| workers organizing committee heralded the victory in
the nation’s first major steel strike in eighteen years,
! then summoned leaders from among the workers of
three big independent concerns to a meeting. Observ -
ers termed the meeting as a council of war, to outline
strikes in the plants of producers independent of the
U. S. Steel Corporation.
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Leaders Demand
Consideration for
Rank And File
—
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14
1—The National Union for Collee
itive Bargaining for Democratic
Workers growled at the "petty
party chieftains” and served no
tice that from now on patronage
dispensers will have to deal with
the boys who hustle the votes.
Leaders of this movement de
mand more consideration be giv
en the lowly party workers when
the jobs ar? handed out. claiming
tha* the heads of election cam
paigns are gctvng a.i the gravy,
to thu exclusion of the workers
ir. tbr lower ran^i.
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Sifting Ashes Of
City Dump For
Lost Jewelry
m
(Bv The Associated Press*
GREAT NECK, N. Y, May 15
I—Three detectives directed a
squad of men who are sifting the
ashes of the city dump for fitter n
thousand dollars worth of jewel
ry. which Dennis King, an actor,
said his wife threw away in a
hat box. King said the jewels
'were insured.
DEFINITELY FIXED
(By The Associated Dress)
LONDON. May 15th—Titled
friends of Duke Windsor, said,
it is "definitely fixed" that the
former monarch’s bride to be, is
not to become her royal highness,
at least not immediately.
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