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VOL NO. 36. NO. 101 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Naval Program In Germany Immense
ROOSEVELT MAKES KNOWN PURPOSES FUND
Outside Man Appointed Chief Of Nome Fire Dep’t.
Snowfall And Rain
Relieve Farming
In Drought Areas
(Bv The Associated Press!
UNDATED, April 29th—A record
snowfall, formed in natural reser
voirs, in far western states, and with
heavy rains soaking the soil, prom
ises are bounteous from fields and
gardens.
Figures disclosed deep snowpacks
in Oregon, California and Idaho;
good irrigation supplies in Washing
ton; a nearly normal rainfall in
Utah; ample water for ranches in
parts of Nevada.
The snow depth in Arizona is
slightly better than last year, while
in Minnesota tiie-inaii in i.l»e field is
humming a tune and smiling as he
guides his plow and sows his grain.
The rain has erased his greatest
cause for worry. The no&hwest
farm areas of the Dakotas and Min
nesota are with him in the know
ledge that this year's seed at least
will germinate and get a normal
start on its route to maturity.
Says Germany Has
Established Naval
Air Base On Island
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, April 29—The London
Herald said that a powerful naval
airplane base had been constructed
in the North Sea by Germany, on
the Island of Sylt, which was de
scribed as “Second Heligoland,” the
former German naval base.
The article in the newspaper said
that the airplane base had been
camoflaged effectively with secret
fortresses, of five foot thiak walls,
and underground hangars for planes
The Herald credited Pariser Tage
blatt a German refugee for the pub
lication. The Herald said that sub
marines were under construction
despite the Berlin denials.
The London News-Chronicle a few
nights ago joined in this declaration.
Both said their sources of informa
tion were reliable.
Pilot Chet Brown
At Kotzebue Today
According to reports, Pilot Brown
of the Northern Air Transport took
off from Fairbanks yesterday for
Candle and arrived there Sunday
afternoon. He was reported to have
flown to Kotzebue today and is wait
ing there now for the weather to
clear at Nome. The names of the
passengers into Candle were not se
cured.
ROOSEVELT BEGINS
WORK ON THE PUBLIC
WORKS RELIEF FUND
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 29—Definitely linking the four
billion dollar work relief drive with his social security pro
gram, President Roosevelt outlined to the country, his six
fundamental principals for allocating the huge jobless fund.
These principals, the chief executive said, in a radio ad
dress Sunday, were; that the project should be useful; that
a large proportion of the money spent should go into wages;
that a considerable part of the cost should be returned to the
federal government; that the.money expended on each pro
ject should actually be spent luring the next fiscal year; that
projects should be located in relief areas in relation to the
nuiiiLu. t*i tvui uLto uii robs.
Simultaneously, the President outlined his legislative
program for the remainder of the session of congress. It
called for the extension of the NR A; the elimination of un
necessary utility holding companies; the enactment of a new
banking bill; the passage of the economic security program
which he tied closely to the work relief plan.
In outlining work relief objectives, the president said
his responsibility in carrying out the plan, was to all of the
people in the country.
Fleet Moves Out
For Maneuvers In
The North Pacific
(By The Associated Press)
SAN PEDRO, April 29—The U. S.
Fleet moved out this morning to
maneuvers for six weeks,which will
carry it to all parts of the Pacific
coast, Hawaii, and the Aleutians.
The operations will be secret.
Book Of Guesses
Nenana Ice Pool
Arrive Via Plane
The book of guesses on the Nena
na Ice Pool was received by H. R.
Phillips of the Board of Trade Sun
day, via Mirow Air Service. It
lists all of the guesses made, as to
when the ice at Nenana will move
out.
No word as to the probable amount
in this year’s pool was received but
after a general check of the guesses
it was estimated that there was ap
proximately $70,000.00 in the pool.
No reports have been received as to
the weather conditions at Nenana
for some time now, but if warm
weather holds out the ice is liable to
move at almost any time.
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Pilot Hans Mirow
And Passengers
From Fairbanks
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service returned to Nome Sun
day after making numerous flights
in the Yukon River section. As
passengers to Nome were John Ka
nari, and Joe Scorik, and Glenn
Adams for Council. The plane
stopped at Council enroute to Nome
yesterday.
Those passengers were flown to
Koyukuk, Saturday, and remained
there overnight. Sunday the plane
went back to Fairbanks and brought
Ben Gillette and wife and Louis
Nashenwing to Koyukuk. It then
proceeded with the first load to
Council and Nome, picking up Ly
man S. Brewster at White Mountain
and bringing him into Nome.
Pilot Mirow is scheduled for a
flight to the Kougarok as soon as
weather improves, after which an
other flight is planned to Council
and Koyukuk to pick up the Gillettes
and Louis Nashenwing.
French President s
Wife To Cornell S.
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, April 29—Madame Lebrun
wife of the president of France, will
sail aboard the world's biggest liner
the Normandie, on its maiden voy
age to New York leaving Le Havre
today, it was announced here.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
Anyone who doubts the truth of
the adage that there is always room
at the top should try to get a three
dollar room in a hotel which adver
tises: Three dollars and up.
The dust storms of the great Am
erican plains have attracted much at
tention and produced a variety of
comment. Boiled down to few words
they are regarded as a local cala
mity pointing to a national problem
best expressed in the words of an
authority to the effect that no coun
try has wasted its natural resources
so fast as has the United States. Con
sidered relatively to the entire popu
lation, the number of persons who
are damaged through dust storms is
small, and attention can be drawn
most forcibly to the plight of the
dust storm sufferers by referring to
some instance of resource waste that
has touched almost everyone. For
example, mansions are being built to
day with lumber, which two gener
ations ago, would not have been us
ed in the construction of a pig pen.
The soil bears patiently with long
continued borrowing but in the end
demands that its debts he paid.
A scientist is responsible for the
statement that if the human body
were treated properly it ought to
continue in operation for a hundred
and eighty years. A definite plan
for living so long is not furnished,
but no doubt tobacco, the cun that
cheers, the square meal, the rush to
clear the desk of the day’s work,
and our ever-present friend Worry,
would have to go. Men do not live
to be 180 in Chicago or in some is
land of the South Seas where food,
raimant and shelter can be picked
from the trees.
The Land of Long Lifr remains to
be discovered. According to present
conceptions, it will be a country of
curtailed endeavor and a diet of
spinage. Not even the chance of liv
ing almost two centuries would tem
pt most of us to a latter-day Colum
bus voyage. The spirit of the time
is the spirit of Tennyson’s Locksley
Hall, which is not quoted in the hope
that someone who has forgotten the
poem will read it again. Going
back in history, it will be recalled
that Ponce de Leon did not explore
Florida in search of the fountain of
old age. It was his desire to slake
his thirst with the waters of eternal
youth. When science or discovery
brings forward the source of that
beverage, the world will sit up and
take notice.
It cost in the neighborhood of ten
thousand dollars to print the pink
papers intended to go with the in
come tax report but now discarded.
Let us not be too hard on Uncle Sam
He simply made a slip. Many rich
REPORTS RIFE GERMANY
LAYING NAVAL PLANS
BUILDING OF SHIPS
(By The Associated Press')
UNDATED, April 29—A Berlin source admitted that
the German government had placed orders for a number of
submarine keels with various German firms.
Other indications in Germany however, were that act
ual construction was being held in abeyance pending the
forthcoming Anglo-German naval conference.
London sources said that they had been informed that
German naval construction already had begun and that the
program called for forty to fifty small submarines; five to
eight battleships of thirty-five thousand tons; six battle
cruisers; fifty to seventy-five destroyers and several aircraft
carriers.
An authoritative source in Paris said that France con
sidered Germany’s rearmament at sea, a matter for Britain
as the largest sea-power, to deal with, indicating that France
would go along with Great Britain and Italy on a united
naval front. The British government today began consider
ation of further defense measures to meet Germany’s pro
gram.
City Council Elects
New Fire Chief W.
W. Caw Vancouver
The Nome City Council met in
special session at 1 PM today at the
offices of Dr. Rex F. Swartz, mayor,
for the purpose of receiving a reply
from W. W. Laws of Vancouver,
Washington, in answer to the tele
gram requesting his acceptance of
the position of Fire Chief at Nome.
According to the wire from Mr.
Laws he accepted the provisions of
the request and stated that he could
be ready to leave for Nome on a
week's notice.
Upon motion by Councilman Ha
gen, seconded by Councilman Sath
er, and a unanimous vote of those
councilmen present, the application
of Mr. Laws for Fire Chief, was ac
cepted. The Clerk was instructed
by the Mayor to advise Mr. Laws to
leave for Nome immediately, and
that his fare would be paid from
Seattle to Nome via steamer to Se
ward, train to Fairbanks, and air
men pay their income taxes with
scrupulous rectitude and lay their
books open for examination to back
up their returns. Other rich men
do not seem to have any income at
all, if data brought to light by con
gressional investigations may be re
lied upon. The income tax collec
tions this year are forty percent lar
ger than last year. Possibly the
pink slip served to bring a corres
ponding number of tax dodgers up
to the mark. It is to be wondered
whether the pink slip net caught
some new big fish along with the
small fry.
plane from there in, with his salary
to begin upon his arrival here.
The council also voted to re-open
the applications for engineer and
driver in the Nome Fire department
and ordered a notice published in
the Daily Nugget regarding this de
cision. Applications will be accept
ed for these two positions up to five
pm Monday, May 13th, according to
the council order.
Report was also made that Geo
rge Laiblin was tendering his resig
nation to the fire committee to take
effect April 30th. The committee
was instructed to secure a tempor
ary engineer until such time as a
regular man was appointed.
No other special business coming
before the council, it adjourned.
Hammon Company
Boiler House Is
Destroyed By Fire
The fire which occurred Saturday
afternoon late, according to reports,
was caused by a fire box explosion
in the boiler. The building is lo
cated just below the hill at Dry Ck.
from the Hammon Consolidated
Gold Fields power plant. It was
the boiler plant supplying steam
heat for the machine shops and pow
er plant. Fortunately no wind was
blowing at the time of the fire and
therefore the flames did not spread
to any other buildings. The boiler
building was completely destroyed
and the fire burned itself out during
Saturday evening.
Work was started Sunday morn
ing and continued all day and Mon
day, and it is expected that the new
boiler house will be completed by
tomorrow.