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VOL. 37 No. 151 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JUNE 26, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
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JUDGE MACK MAKES NOMINATING SPEECH
Non-Stop Flight Around The World To Start Soon
JUDGE JOHN E. MACK
NOMINATED ROOSE
YELT RE-ELECTION
—
Judge Mack Was Nominator of Franklin I
D. Roosevelt in 1932. Praised Him As
Great American Leader of People
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 26—Picturing President
Roosevelt as an inspired leader in the “war of humanity
against greed,” Judge John E. Mack of New York, to
day, placed President Roosevelt’s name before the Dem
ocratic Convention for renomination. Judge Mack,
who is an old friend and neighbor of Roosevelt’s, point
ed his address toward a climatic statement: “Without
decks cleared for battle, with justice, right, progress,
with us, we are ready for more action under the inspir
ed leadership of that great American, whose name I
give you, as our candidate for president, who is no
longer a citizen, merely of one state, but a son of all 48
States, Franklin D. Roosevelt.” -
Judge Mack who also was Roosevelt’s nominator in
1932, dealt briefly with campaign issues and asserted
that the “cries of anger and vicious attacks against the
New Deal emanate from those who themselves brought
about the great depression,” naming specifically the
great financial interests, and in conclusion Mack boom
ed “we have blazed a path to prosperity and security,
our faces are turned towards progress; we shall not
turn back in this conflict between greed and humanity.”
Philadelphia, June 26—The democratic conven
tion recessed at 5:17 P. M. eastern standard time, un
til 8:30 P. M. eastern standard time.
Pangborn Will
Fly Around The
World Non-Stop
(By The Associated Press)
UNION AIR STATION, Bur
bank, Calif., June 26, — A weird
red flying wing in which Clyde
Pangborn, around the world flier, j
hopes to set a non-stop flight j
around the world took off this |
afternoon for Dallas, Texas.
The plane lifted off the Run- J
way at 3:25 p.m. with Pangborn
at the controls. With him was
Monty Mason, his flying part
ner for the proposed Dallas to
Moscow flight.
At the airport to wave the fly
ers goodbye was Viola Curwood,
attractive daughter of James Ol
iver Curwood, writer.
Miss Curwood, whose name has
been linked romantically with
that of the flier, laughed off in
quiries about an engagement.
A generator unit for charging j
storage batteries has been spec- j
ially designed for operation in ,
connection with gasoline power
ed home washing machines.
Army Flier Goes
To Death With
Three Children
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, June 26, —Lieut.
Lindsay M. Dawsel, Army flier,
took his three children with him
in a death plunge into the sea
from the Army transport Chat
eau Theirry in the early morn
ing darkness yesterday accord
ing to a radio message from the
ship.
The message said “Report
death on high seas of 1st Lieut.
Lindsay Dawsel. A. C. K. be
tween three and four a.m. by!
going overboard together with
his three children.”
The widow, Helen F. Dawsel is
now aboard the transport. The
Dawsels boarded the transport at
Panama. The ship is due in
Brooklyn tonight. Dawsel was j
enroute to New York for hospi-1
tal treatment, of a foot injured
in a recent forced parachute
jump.
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Demo Platform
Holds Surprises
For The Voters |
FOR NEW DEAL
__
Promises Help Common People
Within Constitution If Possible
If Not—Amend It. A Sound
Currency Is Planned
CBv The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 26, —
The Democratic platform com
mittee underwriting the policies
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, gave to
the party last night a new battle
cry which was contained in a
pledge to amend the constitution
if necessary to its purpose, but
it laid down a guiding rule. It
asserted that government has
three inescapable obligations—
First, the protection of family
and home: second, the establish
ment of democracy of opportun
ity for all people; and third, to
aid those overtaken by disaster.
The platform went further to
say that drought, dust storms,
minimum wages, maximum hrs.,
child labor, working conditions in
industry, monopolists, and unfair
business practices could not be
handled adequately by the forty
eight states, and:
“If these problems cannot be
solved by legislation within the
the constitution", we promise to
seek a “clarifying amendment"
in order to bring about the pro
per authority.
The platform was vociferously
approved by the convention with
out debate.
It called the Republicans, the
ones who have and “would again
regiment the American people in
service and privileged groups.”
It praised the democratic lead
ership for having put the nation
“back on the road to restored
health and prosperity”, after 12
years of republican leadership
that “left our nation sorely strick
en in body, mind, and spirit.”
There was no mention either of
a gold or silver monetary plank,
but instead, a dedication to a
“permanently sound currency so
stabilized as to prevent former
wide fluctuation in value.”
The platform asserted that the
nation today has the soundest
currency in the world. It pledg
ed the party to use all available
means to raise farm income to- j
wards pre-war purchasing power ,
through soil conservation and al
lotment programs, and “vigor
ously and fearlessly” enforce the
anti-trust laws, and restore them
where they have been weakened.
The world’s most accurate clock
will be installed in Greenwich
Observatory in England that will
not vary more than a quarter of
a second in a year.
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Reduction Of
National Debt
PUT END BONDS
_
Lemke Says Abolish Bonds Now
Held by Bankers. Created By
Nothing Pay With Nothing
No Moral Violations
(By Tne Associated Press)
DETROIT, June 22, — A plat
form calling for the reduction of
the national debt by wiping out
twenty million dollars in bonds
held by bankers for security for
credits issued the government,
was projected by Representative
Lemke and Father Coughlin, as
part of the third party bid for the
presidency.
They propose to replace all
Federal Reserve Bank currency
with “United States Money” is
sued by Congress.
“The bonds the bankers are
holding were created with noth
ing and should be repaid with
nothing. To wipe them out would
not be repudiation in a moral
sense.”
Oasli ( Convention
AI Smith Coterie
Results In Blows
Some A1 Smith's Hoodlums, Said
Be Cause of Demonstration
Which Resulted Fists Fly
ing in Convention Hall
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 26,
Missing teeth and skinned knuck
les, momentos of an A1 Smith
demonstration at the convention
last night, are evidenced by Dav
id Lawrence, Pennsylvania demo
cratic state chairman, who attri
buted the incident to a republican
plot. He said the demonstration
was made up of G. O. P. hood
lums.
Speakers were extolling Roose
velt when suddenly thirty youths
in the gallery unfurled banners
and proclaimed they were A1
Smith democrats, and “We want
Al!”
An angry mutter ran through
the crowd when the youths con
tinued to shout and rain a din,
Fists began to fly amid shouts of
“throw them out”.
Young democrats swarmed to
the balcony with the police be
hind them, brandishing night
sticks, and after a skirmish the
door was opened and the dem
onstrators ordered to “scram.”
They did!
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BYRON R, HARLAN OF
OHIO RECOMMENDED
COLONY FOR ALASKA
Declares When Further Agricultural
Colnies Established and Navy liases
Set Up Alaska lie Greater Hawaii
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June -6 -The Seattle Post-In'clligen
cer said that Congressman Byron B. Harlan of Dayton,
Ohio, said, that the federal government has made plans
to establish another Alaskan Colony similar to that of
Matanuska, for the purpose of creating a gigantic naval
airbase to be operated by a permanent force of twenty
thousand men. The newspaper quoted Harlan as say
ing he carried complete plans of the colonization pro
ject as he sailecl on the U. S. Fishe ries vessel Brant.with
Colonel Charles Marsh, chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission. Harlan declined to reveal the exact lo
cation of the second colony to be undertake, r, :;o*n
The newspaper further said, that Marian said, that
“ the Alaska base will be greater than that at Hawaia
which will be difficult to defend in time of war beeam •
it relies on the mainland for supplies; to avoid this str -
tegic weakness Alaska must be sufficiently colonize.t
to produce food and other supplies so as to support i' ;
‘own population as well as the military forces station i
there. In case of war the second colony alone wou. >
not be able to produce sufficient supplies for the nava.
air base, thus several others must be undertaken.”
He did not indicate how soon the base would be
established, but Harlan is quoted as saying, that in ad
dition to the airplanes a large army post and war ves
sels will be established in the territory.
___
Alaska Statehood
Plank Refused in
Demo. Platform
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 26, —
Delegate Dimond said that the
platform committee turned down
his plank urging the party to go
on record favoring ultimate state
hood for the Territory.
He said the committee was
“kind and generous” but was not
allowing any planks that were
not essential to national affairs.
“They did not turn down the
plank because of lack of symp
athy”, declared the delegate.
Robert Bender who cast the Al
aska vote which helped defeat the
two-thirds rule said that the Al
aska headquarters was so crowd
ed with old timers from Alaska
and visitors, he was unable to
get any sleep in Philadelphia.
Mail planes still are in use in
the United States after wearing
out 20 motors and flying equival
ent of 25 times around the world
at the equator.
Young Fascist
Masquerades As
Haile Selassie
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, June 26. — A young
Fascist, masquerading as the d -
posed Emperor Haile Selass \
fooled police in a public cere
mony today.
Made up as the Negus, he de
posited a wreath at the foot of a
monument. Police were una*. >
to do anything about it, for t >
youth disappeared.
Previous to his disappearar »
he had made the hoax comp! »
by motoring bravely to the Lc
ue Palace where he was receiv 1
with salutes by the police guai ,
league ushers and League officir s
themselves.
Meanwhile the delegates beg'n
the search for collective securi .
being confronted with a prop-j
ed reversal of the sanctions a
ainst Italy. It is expected the '
will be two opposite decisions
one a suspension of the sancticr 3
and hte other a refusal to recc
nize officially the annexation
Ethiopia.