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VOL. 38. No. 106 NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 7th, 1937 Per Copy lOcts
66 Survivors Dirigible Hindenburg
26 BODIES RECOVERED AT DAWN TODAY
German Nation Shocked—Will Build More Airships
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Father Hubbard
To Leave Seattle |
About May 20th
(Bv The Associated Press)
SAN JOSE, May 7—Edgar Le
vin said that Father Hubbard's
expedition will leave Seattle
about May 20th and arrive at
Juneau the 21st.
Father Hubbard will later go to
King Island, and Bering Straits
where he will base his expedition
for eighteen months.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
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Clear skies were observed over
the Fairbanks-Nenana section to
day, otherwise partly cloudy to
cloudy weather prevailed over
the' No me-Fairbanks Airway at
'he morning observations. Rain
was fa’ ing along the Aleutians
and Gulf while Cloudy weather
prevailed over ti e remainder of
the Pacific Coast. Fair weather
prevailed at Pt. Barrow.
Temperatures continue mild ov
er tli£ Fairbanks-Nenana section
and the 7 a.m. reading at Fair
banks was 46 above. They are
mmerwhat lower over western
Alaska.
Barometer readings were fall
'rtg slightly at Nome today but
an area of high pressure is chart
ed over northern Alaska. It is
likely that partly cloudy weather
will prevail for Nome and vicin
ity tonight and Saturday with
r.ot much change in. temperature.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 12 above at four
a.m. and the highest yesterday 34
above.
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Washington Beauty
Roosevelt Sends
Hitler Message
Deep Sympathy
(By The Associated Press)
GALVESTON, Texas, May 6—
President Roosevelt sent Herr
Hitler a message expressing deep
sympathy concerning the dirigi
ble Hindenburg crash, and also
messaged the families of the dead
his sympathies.
Actors And
Actresses May
Form Union
Movie Industry Halted When
Four Unions Are Called Out On
Strike; Actors May Join it.
(By The Associated Press'*
Hollywood, May 6—The strike
which threatens to paralyze the
huge motion picture industry by
sending 10,000 studio workers
from their jobs gained momen
tum yesterday. As the Saturday
slack period and scattering pick
ets stopped workers not encom
passed in the strike call which
effects four unions, scenic artists,
painters, draftsmen and hair
dressers.
The actors and actresses, most
of them members of the Screen
Guild, reported for work as us
ual when the guild in a formal
statement said a pending deci
sion in a day or two would de
cide whether it will join the
strike.
Whether the actors will pass
through the picket line will be
up to each individual.
Among the early arrivals this
morning was Clark Gable.
“Are you going to be a strike
breaker?” he was asked.
He replied, “No, I just came to
see the fun.” The situation seem
ed to quiet, so he adtjed: “Well,
I guess I’ll just have to go to
work.”
Among others going to work
were William Powell, Jean Har
low, Greta Garbo and Jeannette
McDonald.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the
first to report the pinch of the
strike. Actors could not eat
breakfast at the commissary as
the chefs had walked out.
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN j
—
THe Nome Daily Nugget carries !
several forms of printing blanks!
for your convenience — Dredge j
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode |
Location Notices. Vouchers,
32 PERSONS LISTED
AS KNOWN DEAD IN
HINDENBURG CRASH
26 Bodies Recovered at Dawn. 66 Sur
vivors, Many Terribly Burned and
Injured. Ruins Still Smoulder
ing as Bodies are Recovered.
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(By The Associated Press)
LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 7—Trapped in a
flaming hell by high explosive gas, thirty-two persons
are listed as the known dead in the crash of the mam
moth silvered Zeppelin Hindenburg, which occurred at
6:23 P. M., EST. or 3:23 P.M. Pacific Standard Time last
night. The tragedy striking like lightning swiftness, as
the giant airliner hung two hundred feet aloft, prepar
ing to moor at the end of its twenty-first voyage across
the North Atlantic and left sixty six survivors, many
terribly burned and injured.
Twenty-six bodies were recovered at dawn. Lieut. j
Commander Charles Rosendahl, commandant of the
Naval Air Station, is directing the work on fatalities, j
Members of the ground crew wrere caught amid thej
blazing debris, spilling from the skies like fiery rain.;
Dozens of survivors were catapaulted or came stumbl
ing dazedly out of the holocaust, and hovered between
life and death today in nearby hospitals.
Anxious relatives and friends scanned the charred
and mutilated forms now lying in a temporary morgue
in the Airport garage, as Army troops poked through i
the still smouldering ruins.
A federal investigation committee began to probe j
into the disaster. There are intimations that the mys
tery explosion “might have been caused by sabotage,”
which came from German dirigible experts, Dr. Hugo
Eckner, veteran and former commander at CRA Aus-:
tria; also from Count C. C. von Zeppelin, a nephew of
the famed German inventer, at Chicago.
Dr. Eckner on being informed of the disaster said:
“I cannot grasp the idea that flames have turned our
pride into a smashed skeleton.”
Captain Max Pruss. veteran airman, who was mak-.
ing his first voyage in command of the Hindenburg, and
Captain Ernst Lehmann. Zeppelin Commander during
the world war, and former commander of the ship, was
making the trip in an advisory capacity, both were
gravely injured.
Allan Hagaman, a member of the ground crew was
killed. Among other victims were the following pas-i
sengers: Moritz Feibush of San Francisco, John Jannes j
and wife of New York, Edward Douglas of New York,
Hermann Doebner of Mexico City, and his daughter
Irene, sixteen years of age, who died from injuries; the
mother and two brothers having escaped.
BERLIN, Germany, May 7—The shocked, tearful
German nation summoned an official commission to
make a quick trip of investigation into the cause of the
disaster and wreck of the Zeppelin Hindenburg, over
seas, and to fix the cause; yet the nation rallied amid
deepest mourning, planning to continue making the
hugh ships.
The Nazi Air Ministry were called into conference
this afternoon, and Hitler announced that he had start
ed a relief fund by personally giving twelve thousand
dollars.
booking For Body
I
(Rv The Associated Press)
PORT ANGELES, May 7th—A
i
Coast Guard plane is seeking the
body of Harold Atterberry, aged
25, ship’s cook, after the body of
his companion John Chambers,
aged 32, radio man, was found on
the beach. Both men were sta
tioned at Destruction Island Na
val Radio Station. Atterberry is
reported as having loft the station
Monday via dory.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press*
National League
St. Louis at Boston, postponed
game due to wet grounds.
Chicago 1 Philadelphia 0
Game called off in fifth inning
account of rain.
Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 9
Cincinnati 4 New York 0
American League
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 1
Washington 2 Cleveland 4 ;
New York 6 Detroit 12
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Boston 2 St. Louis 1
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5 Oakland 3
San Diego 4 San Francisco 8 !
Missions 4 Los Angel'es 9
Seattle 9 Portland 8
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Mine Shows Big
April Earnings
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6—Th~
Alaska-Juneau Mir.e reported it;
April profits two hundred thre;
thousand dollars as compared to
two hundred forty thousand eig’n'
hundred dollars as of March re
cord.
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Castle For Quints
MOVE ON TO PUT
QUINTS IN A CASTLE
(Bv The Associated Press)
TORONTO, May 6—A plan to
move the famous Dionne quirvta
to some other locality was pre
dicted before the c • property
committee.
Promoters of the nlan contend
i d that it wcuid bourn tourist
trade and boost prow;to al revets
u es.
The site proposed a r ew home
for the quints > 'he beautif' 1
$7011,000 Casa L -I'. ■ Ci> !e. The
castle was taken Henry
Padlc-tt, who had : r •; • qu s'.i the
property bee -* taxes.
Supporter--' ot t1'- quint castle
p'rui proposed ? •• • 'ive child
ren live at Casa 1- ni,' eiqnt m< rt
ths of each year.
fN COERT BATTLE OVER SLANDER
These three, Kobcrta Semple (left), daughter of l-lvangelist
Aimee Semple IMcTherson, her fiance, Jacob Moidel, former
attorney for Angelos Temple, and her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy, represent one side in the $100,000 slander suit brought
by Miss Semple in l.os Angeles against Willed Andrews, attorney
for her mother. They are pictured as thev appeared at court for
trial of the action. *