Oldest Newspaper in Alaska. Member ol 1 he Associated SVess
DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION,
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIK BASF—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY WIATMC
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 37. No. 116 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY MAY 16 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
North Sea Was Docked Ketchikan
BODY MECHANIC HURT PILOT BROT OUT
Alaska Airmail Bill Has Another Chance Congress
Alaska Airmail
Bill has Another
Chance In Wn.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 16—Sena
tor Copeland of New York, said
he would urge the Senate Appro
priation Committee which is con
sidering the first Deficiency ap
propriation bill, to include two
hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars to provide a year around air
mail service between Ketchikan,
Juneau, Tanana Crossing, Fair
banks via Whitehorse.
He said he will appear before
the committee today to explain
that if the funds are not provided
the airways rights across mat sec
tion of Canada between south
eastern and northern Alaska will
be lost.
Delegate Anthony J. Dirnond
said that the item was in the ap
propriation postoffice department
but was stricken out. Conference
committees “have high hopes of
it being included in the deficiency
bill being approved by the bud
get Bureau of the postoffice de
partment.”
Dirnond also stated that the
amount will also permit the es
tablishment of a branch line from
Tanana Crossing to Cordova, Val
dez and Anchorage.
Jury In Seattle
Convicts Man
Killing Mother
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 16, — A jury
which retired after hearing the
Prosecutor say “Honor Thy Fath
er and Thy Mother,” convicted
Barney Wold, 49 year old long
shoreman of manslaughter, hav
ing caused the death of his 88
year-old mother last February
by throwing her on the floor and
breaking her hip.
The jury was out for five hours.
It made no recommendation for
clemency. The maximum penal
ty will be twenty years.
r Study Situation
China Caused
Japan Arming
(By The Associated Press)
PEIPING, China, May 16, — j
The United States and other for
eign diplomats began a study to
day of the serious situation aris
ing out of Japan’s strengthening
of North China garrisons, which
has caused Nanking to protest to
Tokyo.
7,600 additional troops arrived
yesterday, making ten thousand
in all—sufficient to occupy strateg
ic air fields, railroad stations, and
f the passes through the Great
Wall. j
Price Sets 12 And
Half Cents. For
Alaska Red Sal.
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, —
The price of twelve and a half
cents for red salmon has been
accepted, Alaska Fishermen’s Un
ion officials announced today, af
ter six weeks of negotiations
with the Alaska Packers Asso
ciation.
They had asked for seventeen
cents. A majority of 161 votes
of union fishermen on the coast
carried the proposal to accept the
lower price. A thousand boats
were involved. The Union im
mediately began signing crews
today, with the boats scheduled in
sail next week.
Passenger List
Of S S Yukon
North Today
SEATTLE, May 16—The steam
ship Yukon of the Alaska Line,
sailed from here for Seward and
way ports at 9:30 this morning.
The vessel carried one hundred
and eighty-two first and one hun
dred and fifty-six steerage passen
gers. There are seventy-five pas
sengers booked for Seward, as fol
lows:
F. Coleman, Allan MaeLean,
John Lea, Mister Ramstead and
wife, W R Wessenkari, Mrs E
Dolby, Charles A Tecklenburg,
C S Richardson and wife, Mrs
Peter Sather, Bartel Stromberg,
Chris Thompson, C D Cummins
Jr., George H Gustofson, wife and
son, Fred Ciseera, Donald Teed,
Horace Teed, Leo Erickson, Roger
Eliassion, E J Johanson, David
Strandberg, Mrs Z W Beckhorn,
Mrs Earl Ridgeway, Mrs William
Greig, Mrs John Simpson, Mrs A
LaVergne, James McDonald, Carl
Hemrick, John Mihalcik, Roy Mc
Phie, Carl Carlson, Lionel Destaf
fany, James Murphy, I R Heaton,
Sidney Lawrence, Judge Millon,
A Hanson, Byron O’Brien, Miss
Jessie Curl, Miss Jenny Bolland,
E. Brainerd and wife, C D Hans,
Mrs T Roman, Mister Thorsen,
Don Waring, D G Davis, Jack
Hollick, Charles Williams, Chas.
Clements, Emma Davis, L C
Derington, Mrs L E Derington,
Mistey Johnson, Mrs. R. T. Ols
borg and three children, Mrs Wm.
E Smails, Stella Deland, Mrs E
C Deland, A F Hoffman, H A
Thatcher, H McCutcheon and
wife, Sano Roeco, William Kibi
zoff, Mrs. A Frodenberg and son.
Award Made
(By The Associated Press)
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 16,
—The Yale Graduote School aw
arded a Fellowship Scholarship
to Robert Alan Dahl of Skagway,
Alaska, today.
NORTH SEA DOCKED
KETCHIKAN AT 2 AM
TODAY 29 ON BOARD
Vessel To Undergo Temporary Repairs
Before Putting Bark To Seattle. Was
47 Hours After Time of Grounding
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHTKAN, May 16, — Weary and unshaven,
Captain Nickerson, docked the steamer North Sea at
2 A. M. today—47 hours alter going aground, and be
ing in n sinking position at one time.
Twenty-nine laughing and singing passengers left
the boat here. The rest of them are aboard the S. S. Vic
toria, proceeding north, or have been landed by the Cut
ter Alert at Dali Island.
Only one additional pump was needed to keep the
water from the hull. “Fog” explained Captain Nicker
son was the cause of the vessel going aground. The
thickness of it can be judged by the fact that the Victor
ia which left Ketchikan at 8 P. M. Thursday took seven
leen hours to go 70 miles to Hunter Bay.
The passengers regarded the accident as a lark for
themselves, although some of them objected when they
were ordered to the life boats. Temporary repairs will
ae made here, it was announced by company officials.
LOCAL “BASTILE” CANNOT HOLD NEWLY
MARRIED MAN. SURPRISE ESCAPE WAS
A PUZZLE FOR BIG CIIIVARVARI CROWD
Solo flight ends in big success.
Next flight will be dual controls.
Popular Nome airplane mechanic
and young lady from Kotzebue,
married yesterday afternoon.
Miss Marjory Dane and Wm. F.
Barber, were married at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Mirow, by
the Rev. Norman McCay. Only
a few close friends attended the
marriage.
Matron of honor was Mrs. Ma
deleine Mirow, and Emerson Bas
sett was the groom’s best man.
When the news of the surprise
marriage leaked out,a large group
of the happy couple’s friends lo
cated the couple at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. StefTen, attend
ing a dinner party, and instituted
a chivarvari.
Miss Dane, who was a member
of the staff during the past win
ter of the Kotzebue hospital, un
der Dr. R. E. Smith, arrived by
plane from there Thursday. The
marriage was a big surprise as it
was believed by many that Miss
Dane was in Nome only for a'
short visit.
Taking charge of a unique “raz
zing”, many of the young gentle
men of Nome personally accom
panied the groom to the local jail
and locked him up for the night
in the one cell, taking the key
with them.
However, “Iron bars do not a
prison make,” and love triumph
ed—the prisoner escaping from
the jail by bending a bar in the
cell door and picking the lock of
Ihe outer door. (Not much of a
city jail!)
In the meantime the crowd
was busy congratulating itself
on having placed him in safe
keeping. When they realized
their prisoner had “flown the
coop” they started for the jail in
a hurry, and were lucky in see
ing the newly weds traveling by
byways en route to the Mirow
Air Service for whom Mr. Bar
ber is employed in the capacity
of airplane mechanic. They gave
chase and were just a'oic to cap
ture the pair before the doors
were locked.
No other sensational pranks
were pulled off during the even
ing, and the many young people
piesent offered their sincere con
gratulations to the happy couple.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barber ex
pect to make their home in Nome
and Mr. Barber will continue in
his capacity for the Mirow Air
Service, they announced, today.
A wedding supper is being giv
en this evening by Mrs. Hans
Mirow for Mr. and Mrs. Barber,
at which only intimate friends,
will be present.
Bright and early this morning
the younger chivarvari gang com
posed of youngsters appeared
with a large assortment of tin
cans, barrels, etc., on front street
and made plenty of noise for
which they received their usual
bribe.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Broke Another
Precedent T'day
(By Tne Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16,
—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
broke another precedent yester
day when she invited sixty delin
quent girls, inmates of the “Na
aional Training School for Girls”,
which she described at medieval,
and a barbarous practice, to a
party at the White House today.
Forty-nine of the girls are neg
roes.
Natives Assisting
c
Search Escaped
Convicts Okla.
rHv The Associated Press)
ANTLERS, Oklahoma, May 16,
—Kiamichi mountain natives,
quick to spot strangers joined the
law in its hide and seek game,
in trailing five convicts who are
still at large, after their break
from the state penitentiary.
A farmer gave a tip yesterday,
which lead to the capture of
Claude Pugh, who came out of a
small building, begging for mer
cy.
Their fourth abduction victim,
R y Lang well, 35, also escaped
from the convicts yesterday.
Alex Watson, a penitentiary off!
cer said "We did the state an in
justice by returning Andersen
and Herring alive.”
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Kress >
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh downed Brooklyn
6 to 2, handing Lingo van Mungo
his sixth defeat of the season.
The Pirates bunched five of their
nine hits to score three runs in
the seventh inning. Mungo was
sent to the showers and Jim Weav
er on the mound for Pittsburgh
allowed only four hits.
New' York stretched its winn
ing streak of five straight, to a
shutout over Cincinnati by a
score 2 to 0.
Boston stung Leroy Parmelee
of St. Louis 7 to 5, collecting ten
hits. Chicago 6 Philadelphia 11.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago ran its winning streak
to six straight, whipping New
York 9 to 7. Lou Gehrig and
Tony Lazzeri hit home runs.
Philadelphia 6 Detroit 5
Washington 10 St. Louis 5
Boston 2 Cleveland 7
COAST LEAGUE
Portland 0 San Diego 2
It was so quiet in town last
winter that we could hear our
notes at the bank drawing inter
est.
Body Mechanic
Injured Pilot
Brought Out
(By The Associated Press)
NORTH BEND. May 16—Pilot
Graybill with the body of his me
chanic is being borne on an im
provised stretcher made from a
broken airplane wing, down the
mountain trail by the exhausted
rescue parties. Paul O'Neil who
came on ohead said that Pilot
Bravbill said, that a downcurrent
caused the crash, and that Wells
was in the front of the plane with
the canned goods and other sup
plies.
SEATTLE. May 16. — The
■ d b< d -■ of a irplane mech*
anc Wells was brought to the
morgue here today.
Game Commission
Official in Alaska
To Be Transferred
(By The Associated Press;
WASHINGTON. May 16th Ira
Gabrielson, Chief of the Biologi
cal Survey, announced that H. W.
Terhune, executive « .lice.- of the
Alaska Canto C mtr.s ion, . ill
be transferred to Washington ;n
the near future at Terhua >s re
el lest due t:: ill health. The date
transfer hinges in tit .ppu.nt
nient of his suece-sor which will
probably be within a few days.
Aii plane News
Nome Airport
Pilot Hermann of the NAT,
made a flight to Council today
with freight and returned to the
Nome base with Hugh Pierson,
dredge operator of that section.
A flight was made to Taylor
with Mr. Mynton and A.B. Peter
sen to Lake Imuruk.
Pilot Hermann is scheduled for
another flight to Council with
Hugh Pierson today and freight
for Golovin. He is to fly to Shak
toolik and return tonight with
Paul Stafford of the U. S. Rein
deer Service.
Pilot Walter Hall, of the Mirow
Air Service, flying the Ferguson
plane yesterday, flew Frank Zim
nisky and Miss Elizabeth Pattee
from Deering to Kitzebue where
they were married by Commis
sioner Walter Dowd, and return
ed to Deering. Hall then flew
into Nome.
Pilot Hall took off today for
Fairbanks with Miss Bertha Ram
bow, Kotzebue school teacher. He
is to return tomorrow.
“So you’re the bill collector?
Well, just take that big pile there
on my desk.”