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VOL- 38- No- 44 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, FEB. 24 1937. Per Copy 15cts
LABOR DISPUTES, STRIKES INFEST NATION
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Tomorrow Is Last Day For Presentation of Bills
STRIKES STRETCHING
FROM COAST—COAST
SIGN OF PROSPERITY
Numerous industry suffer paralyzing affects of sitdown
strikes. Nation-wide moves by labor cause
curtailment in productions.
Doings Legislature
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Feb. 24, — The possi
bility of the legislature finishing
up its work in the allotted time
of sixty days was advanced by
Representative Nerland of the
Fourth Division, owing to the
speed shown during the past
week. A committee of two was
appointed to survey the situation.
Tomorrow is the last day for
the presentation of bills, without
their receiving a two thirds con
sent of the body where they are
introduced..
The house occupied its time to
day reading the long health and
sanitation code, The gross gold
tax bill which passed the sen
ate is expected to be taken up
tomorrow in the house. Minor
memorials, roads construction,
law revising bills were introduc
ed in both houses today.
The only important measure
) by the committee on roads was
the setting up of a new automo
bile road law. It sets no speed
limit but has a provision for
reckless driving. It fixes the
maximum truck load at sixteen
thousand pounds.
light Vote Is Cast
Primaries Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Feb. 24, —An ex
tremely light municipal primary
vote was cast for councilmen
David Lockwood, and James Scav
otto, who led the field of six nom
inated following in order: William
Norton who was a police officer,
Minister William Whiteside, Lock
wood’s running mate under the
Cincinnatus Order banner, Hugh
Delacy former University of Wash
ington instructor who was dis
missed from the university when
he filed for office, councilman
Austin Griffiths.
Three are to be elected to the
^ council March 9th. Lockwood’s
^ vote was 25,622. Only about 55,
0(J6*V7?ted out of a tatal °f 182,211
registered. '"V.
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED. Feb. 24, —Labor
strikes at opposite ends of the
nation—at Groton, Connecticut,
and at Santa Monica, California,
curtailed production of govern
ment marine aircraft today. Many
others, mostly sitdown strikes,
are in progress at widely scatter
ed points throughout the nation.
Settlement of some strikes was
almost immediately effected while
others are hanging on. More
than three hundred occupied the
Douglas Aircraft Company plant
at Santa Monica where company
officials said contracts for govern
ment planes involved nineteen
million of the twenty four million
dollar construction program.
Seniority rights wages increas
es, recognition of the United Aut
omobile Workers of America, are
among some of the union de
mands set forth in circulars pass
ed to 5600 employees at Groton.
State troopers evicted sitdown
ers and arrested about eighty
who refused to evacuate submar
ines being built at a plant.
Eight hundred sitdowners cur
tailed the operations of the Crow
ell Publishing Company at Spring
field Illinois.
Strikes of shoe factory employ
ees at scores of New England
firms were called by the United
Shoe Leather Workers Union,
seeking fifteen percent wage in
creases.
Dr. Schaet To
Confer in Paris
European Peace
fBv The Associated Press i
PARIS Feb. 19 — Dr. Hjalmar
Schact Nazi Minister of Econom
ics was reported ready to under
take negotiations for a new west
ern European peace pact to break
the diplomatic deadlock among
Germany France and Great Brit
tain.
Schact is expected to come to
Paris next week to sign the pro
posed Franco - German trade
treaty.
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| Policeman John Jenninga la pic
tured aa he examined clothing foun
In an abandoned camp at Olympia
Wash., and believed poaaibly t<
have been uaed by the kidnaper o
10-year-old Charlea Mattson. (Aaac
elated Press Photo)
Fire At Douglas
Did Damage To
All Parts City
< H' The Associated Press)
DOUGLAS, Alaska, Feb. 24th
U. S. coas'guardsmen patrollec
the evacuated city to forb:d “pan
nin.g” of the smoldering ruins o:
the one time famous gold mininf
center. The entire business dis
I trict and part of the residentia
area. Thirty-six buildings wen
all destroyed in the five hour gait
driven fire which started in i
grocery store from an oil burner
which awoke the six hunderd rei
idents at dawn yesterday.
The crew of the Coast Guarc
Cutter Talapoosa is credited wit!
helping to get the six hundred
residents safely out of the bum
ing town, and saving a few home:
by dynamiting the burning struc
tures to check the flames.
A preliminary survey estimated
and placed the damage at twc
hundred and fifty thousand dol
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Upsets Occur
In Standings of
Queens of Nome
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Another upset occurred today
when Miss Jeanne Mozee showed
the heaviest single vote turned in
todate, thereby jumping from 4th
place to replace Gertrude Johan
sen, who held the first position.
Miss Margueritte Lee turned in
a strong vote and strengthened
her hold on third position. Miss
Ada Baldwin was forced from
second to fourth place, but is
close enough to be a threat for
any of the first three positions.
Enthusiasm in the Queen Con
j test has reached a high pitch and
p another record vote is looked for
i
I tomorrow.
Today’s total vote is as follows:
Jeanne Mozee.76,140
■ Gertrude Johansen .70,340
Margueritte Lee .65,440
Ada Baldwin .59,060
Rita O’Leary .49,980
Eileen Stangroom .45,120
Dorothy Nelson .15,560
Borgny Ulricksen .7,600
Geraldine Rude .7,160
A.dvance buying of future needs
• is very evident according to sev
eral merchants who state that
miners are paying in advance for
their camp supplies to be used
; next season. Likewise a number
of families are anticipating their
wants in order to get Queen votes
As a special inducement to
• swell the attendance at tonight’s
baseball game, 100 Queen votes
will be given free with each 50cts
admission and 40 votes with each
25 cents admission.
Yesterday’s Totals
Gertrude Johansen .64,580
Ada Baldwin .57,620
Margueritte Lee .57,220
Jeanne Mozee . 49.680
Eileen Stangroom .44,640
Rita O’Leary .44,000
Dorothy Nelson .14,800
Borgny Ulricksen .7,460
Geraldine Rude .7,020
Speed Race Set For Sunday, Feb. 28th
Officials, Judges Appointed
And Rules Made
Last night’s meeting of the
Board of the Kennel Club took
definite action for the special dog
race to be run this coming Sun
day. It is to be a speed race to
Cape Nome and return a distance
of 26 miles, with prizes of $50, $25
and $15, set for the racers.
Following are part of the rules
governing the race, which due to
their length will be continued in
tomorrow’s paper:
RULES FOR CAPE NOME
SPEED RACE SUNDAY
Rule No. 1.—There shall be 4
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Without An Office
A mayor without an office waa
Mayor Henry Wilcox (above) of
Daytona Beach, Fla., when Mrs.
Irene Armstrong, ousted as mayoi
•iy Gov. Dave Sholtz. filled the city
n with police and refused to allow
rr< to enter. (Associated Presi
Photo) i
Special Force
Patrols Plants
Workers Held
(By The Associated Press)
WAUKEGAN, 111. Feb 20 —Spec
ial deputies maintained a vigil
about the Fansteel Metallurgical
Corporation plant while Sheriff
L A. Doolittle considered sending
in a call for state troops, as the
next move in the attempt to ev
ict 82 sitdown strikers in the fac
tory
Max Swerin, general counsel
for the company said the organi
zation would demand ‘.that the
sheriff appeal to the governor of
the state for troops”, if he is un
able to dislodge the strikers who
beat back his men in a fighting
drive yesterday.
Conciliators art meeting again
today in an effort to bring the
affair to a peaceable close
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Kennel Club Carnival Be Given
Saturday, March 6th Promises
Big Times Election Miss Nome
Definite plans for the big night
af March 6th, the Kennel Club
Carnival, at which the election
af Miss Nome will take place,
were arrived at last night at the
meeting of the Board of Direct
ors including President Wilfred
Boucher, Bob Jackson, Frank
Whaley, Ed Steffen and Russell
Maynard.
Carnival Manager Lloyd Hefo
erlee reported on the appoint
ment of committees and conces
sions, declaring that four booths
were planned,including a hot dog
stand and an ice cream conces
sion.
The hot dog stand was to be
handled by the Boy Scouts, and
the Ice Cream Concession by the
Junior Class of the High School
The Board voted unanimously
in favor of the carnival manager’s
plans.
Admission charges will be $1
for adults and children of school
age 50 cents. 2,000 votes are to
be given free with the adult ad
mission and 1,000 votes free with
the children’s admission.
Doors will open at 8 p.m. sharp
on that evening
After much discussion as to sel
ting the time when voting should
cease, it was finally agreed thai
midnight should be the zero houi
; and that after that time no votes
for any prospective queen would
be counted.
Promptly at midnight the vot
ing will close and the final count
of votes made, the winning to
tal announced and Miss Nome
crowned soon after.
During the evening it was plan
ned to broadcast a count of the
votes every thirty minutes up to
11 p.m. and between then and
midnight every 15 minutes.
During the final fifteen minut
es of the contest the count would
be announced as the votes were
cast, thereby drawing all excite
ment and interest up to the final
minute when the last votes are
j thrown into the ballot box.
Entertainment features on the
big stage of the school auditor
ium are also being worked up
now, and much hilarious fun and
enjoyment will undoubtedly take
place during the entire evening,
interspersed by dancing to the
music of “The Unholy Three”.
Booths will be erected at one
end of the hall, and a mock
bank set up where script may be
purchased for use at the games.
As a windup for the exciting
Queen Contest now on through
out the city, the Kennel Club Car
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Double Header Feb. 24
MARRIED WOMEN VS BLAZERS—HUSKIES VS U^STCANS—SPECIAL GAMES WEDNESDAY—ADM. ADULTS SOcts SCHOOL CHILDREN 25cts
100 Votes Free With Each Adult Admission and 40 Votes Free With Each Children’s Admission