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VOL 38 No. 104 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, May 5, 1937 Per Copy lOcts
Ju age Issues Injunction On Pickets
ALASKA SHIPPINGBE RESUMED THURSDAY
Alaska Unemployment Compensation Act Is Legal
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Steaik hips To
Rest me Sailings
^For Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 5—Alaska ship
ping hasuoeen resumed and wat
erfront = 'icketing ceased, and
pickets withdrawn by the union.
Steamship officials said that be
fore the Judge issued a tempor
ary injunction the Alaska Steam
etoip Company had scheduled the
3. S. Baranof to sail Thursday!
and the S. S. Alaska, on Satur-;
day.
Cannery Workers-Farm Labor-1
ers Union, which was cited in |
Aa A*it,- -has bean |
in existence four years and has
three thousand members, includ
ing ninety per cent of the Alaska
-salmon canning industry.
Water On Ice
At Nenana
(By The Associated Press I
NENANA, May 5—Pools of wat
er spread over lha river ice today
■showing signs, of the approaching
Tanana River ice breaking caus
oe fans much excitement. The
Nenana river is already open &
is beginning to cut into the Tan
ana. The temperature at noon
.yesterday was 48 above, the ice
... becoming weepy. The first all
■light spring thaw was recorded
Monday night.
A Temporary
injunction Was
Issued Yesterday
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 4th—Superior
Judge James Lawler issued a
temporary injunction, Tuesday,1
ordering the Alaska Cannery I
Workers Union to cease picketing
on the Alaska Steamship Com
pany Pier 2.
Company officials said the pick
pickets were off the dock, but
wouldn’t make any statement,
about a resumption of sailings.
The order is effective until next
Monday, when the Union must
show, .cause why a.p'- „ sr/Tt '
junction should not be issued. j
The Court also granted the Can-,
nery Workers and Farm Labor
er; Union an injunction against
the American Federation Labor,'
wnicn set up a rival union.
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LADIES AID TO MEET
The Ladies Aid of the Federat
ed Church will meet at the home
of Mrs. Conrad Yenney, Friday
May 7th at 2 P.M.
The Ladies will make flowers
for Mother's Day. j
PIONEERS ATTENTION
_
Pioneer Meeting 8 P. M., St.
Joseph’s Hall, Wednesday, May 5
All members requested attend.
DAVE GRAY, Secretary.
‘POWDER PlIFF’ CATCHER
tlUuic) UaitiCti A CiUl'uUi tUi OnC Ot vt<«. t*mA' >•“ - •• >uC
teams now entering their busy season at Los Angeles nut even
during a close game she has time to remember maybe her nose is
shiny. So she takes time out to pat on a little powder through the
mask. <Associated Press Photo)
Duke ami Wallis
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May 18th
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(Hv The Associated Press)
MONTS, Fiance, May 5—Wallis -
Simpson, reportedly, wants to
live in America after her mar
riage to the Duke of Windsor, in
order to escape the memories and
traditions of royalty, but the
Duke, it is reported, supposedly
wants to live in Austrian Tyrol.
It is expected that the marriage
will be performed at the Chat
eau de Cande, where Mrs. Simp
son is living.
The French Secret Police were
instructed to protect the Duke of
Kent on his trip thru France May
18th, thus giving rise to the rum
ors of the marriage about that
date.
The Duke of Kent, who will act
as best man to the couple, is ex-1
peeled to listen in to the Corona- j
tion ceremonies by radio.
Herman L. Rogers, Mrs. Simp
son's spokesman, said he would,
disclose marriage plans after the.
Coronation.
Police guards about the estate;
have .been doubled in order to
exclude the curious.
Foreign Bank Is
Reported Low
ered Gold Price
(By The Associated Press)
BASEL Switzerland, May 5—
The Bank of International Settle
ments, is reported, as having
lowered the price of gold to help
sotve the problems raised over
the production of gold, but creat
ed other difficulties, chiefly for
revaluation of “certain existing
gold reserves, also for the rela
tive positions of various currienc
ies among themselves.”
Juneau Loses
To Portland As
Convention City
(Bv The Associated Presst
SPOKANE, May 5—The North
west District Rotarians favored
Juneau, Alaska, as next year’s
Convention City, but Juneau was
nosed out by Portland by a vote
of 136 to 123. However, the final
selection rests with the governor.
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TVTIVS ARRIVE I\ RARE M AWFR
i ;*i i> i (uins—daughters «*• Mrs. Mildred Keudin—
arrived in t.ns Angeles in a manner rare to medical history.
Locked together chin against chin, they were delivered within
three minutes of each other, and a delicate obstertrfcal maneuver
was necessary to save them and their mother. The twins are held
here by Miss Florence Jones, nurse.
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Negro Holdsup
Insurance Com.
Bank Messenger
(By The Associated Press)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 5—
A Negto, brandishing a nickel-j
plated pistol, held up a National
Life & Accident Insurance Com
pany bank messenger and escap
ed with a sack containing one J
hundred and forty thousand dol-:
lars in checks and three hundred
and fifteen dollars in cash.
The package contained the com
pany’s receipts for two days. The
Negro fled afoot.
Hospitals Are Full
(By The Associated Press)
PERPIGANA, Franco-Spanish
Frontier, May 5—A government
broadcast announced a peaceful
settlement of the anarchist up
rising against Catalvan. Valencia,
Spanish regimes rebellion, which
cost one hundred lives.
Two British warships sped to
Barcelona because of violence &
'.rife which ■ ,'ose when the com
panys' and government tried to
oust the extremists. The local
and government hospitals are fill
ed with wounded.
Alaska Will Now
Participate Soc
ial Security Act
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(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, May 5—The Federal
Social Security Board, yesterday, j
approved the Alaska Unemploy-;
ment Compensation Law as pass-:
ed by the recent special legisla-1
tive session, according to a mes
sage to Governor John Troy from
Frank Bane, the executive direc-.
tor at Washington.
The action means that Alaska
will now participate in the un
employment compensation fea
tures of the National Security
Act.
MRS. FLORENCE KEOK
FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY
Mrs. Florence Keok, long time
and highly respected native resi
dent of Nome, passed away sud
denly Monday afternoon. She
leaves two children, Sheldon and
Rebecca to mourn her.
Funeral services will bo held
at 2 P. M. Friday, May 7th, at
the Native church, the Rev. Wid
noy officiating.
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Government Traps
Insurgent Forces
North of Basque
fBv The Associated f*ress)
BILBAO, Spain, May 5—Gov
ernment troops trapped an Insur
gent force composed of Moorish
and Italian forces northeast of
here and Basque, and claimed to
have removed much of the Insur
gent pressure.
Engagement of
Popular Couple
Is Announced
Coming as a pleasant surprise
to their many friends was the
announcement this afternoon of
the engagement of Miss Gretchen
Young and Mr. Thomas Givan
The announcement was made
by the br de-e'ect’s s <ter, Mr
Edward Steffen at a luncheon
honoring Miss Young The new ;•
was written as a scrambled mes
sage in the novel form of a muk
luk telegram. Dainty, tiny white
mukluks weft giv..>-- as favors.
Miss Young is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John \'< tng of Seat
tie. She attended school in Seat
tle and for the last two years ha.;
been bookkeeper a', the Norther
Light and Power Company at
Nome.
Mr. Givan is the son of Mi’s
Hilda Alien of S>-fitt e He is a
graduate of the Un.versity of Al
aska and is local manager of the
Wien Alaska Airlines.
Their marriage take place
in the early .sumtv
Aimee Testifies
rmmm&mrns m " '
Aimee Semple McPherson, noted
evangelist, completed her test!*
mony against her daughter, Rob
erta Semple, at the latter’s $150,*
000 slander suit in Los Angeles,
by nearly swooning and in tears,
She dabbed her eyes as she told
how' she tried to be a good mother.