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VOL. ’7. No. ’5. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, February 11, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Two Americans Kidnaped Mexico
TWO MISSIONARIES ARRESTED ETHIOPIA
Authorities Washington Follow Up Barrow Story
Nome City Council Sat In Regular
Session Monday Night.
The Nome City Council
met in regular session last
night at the City Hall at 8
o’clock. All councilmen
were present. The minu
tes of the last meeting were
read and approved, and all
bills approved by the fin
ance committee were voted
to be paid by the council.
Councilman Sather was
elected to preside as mayor
pro tern.
Communications read in
cluded: one from Governor
John W. Troy, PWA Direc
tor for Alaska, pertaining
to the proper form of the
reimbursing of city funds
paid out on the recent PW
A loan and grant by the
city, before the federal
funds were received.
A letter from City Engi
neer Robert E. Lyle was
read in which he stated
that after a consultation
with Superintendent of the
Public School W. H. Bloom
and R. D. Peterman, the
contractor for the construe
tion of the new school, num
erous changes were sug
gested. They numbered
fifteen, and dealt with min
or alterations peculiar to
conditions in Nome. It was
stated he was of the belief,
after conferring with Mr.
Peterman,that there would
be little, if any, additional
costs in making the chan
ges.
A copy of a letter from
Delegate Anthony J. Dim
ond to G. R. Jackson, presi
dent of the Chamber of
Commerce, was read, re
garding the application re
ceived some time ago for a
survey by the U. S. Engi
neers, for a proposed revet
ment or sea wall in front of
Nome from the jetties at
Snake River, to East of the
Lomen Commercial Com
pany dock. The letter said
that no amended applica
tion had been received by
the engineers, and that this
would be necessary before
anything could be done.
The council instructed the
Clerk to communicate im
mediately and request the
dispatching of the proper
forms.
Ray O. Moon of Yakima,
Wn., wrote the council ap
plying for information as
to obtaining a position in
Nome in the electrical field
or any other. The letter
was referred to the Clerk
to answer.
The report for January of
the Chief of the Fire De
partment recorded only 1
fire during the month, no
damage resulting.
The report for January of
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Political Fights
Result Ten Dead
Fifteen Injured
(By The Associated Press)
Mexico City, Feb. 11, —
Two isolated political clash
es in Mexico today left ten
persons dead and at least
fifteen wounded.
Municipal president of
Cholula, state of Puebla,
and four other members of
his party were shot to
death late last night by op
ponents, after local elec
tions.
In Hopeleche Compeche,
five peasants were killed
and fifteen injured during
a battle between opposing
political groups.
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Grand And Petit
Juries Drawn At
Court In Nome
The Grand and Petit Jur
ies for the 1936 Spring
Term of the United States
District Court at Nome for
the Second Division, were
drawn this morning in op
en court, Judge J. H. S.
Morison presiding, with
Jury Commissioners O. S.
Weaver representing the
republican party,and Clerk
of.the District Court Aimer
Rydeen representing the
Democratic party.
The Grand Jury is return
able April 6th, and the
Petit Jury April 13th.
Following are the lists of
names of both juries:
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Two Missionaries
Arrested Ethiopia
! Stuck Their Posts
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Feb. 11, —The
condition of two mission
aries, one American and
one Canadian, arrested in
the interior of Ethiopia is
one of the main concerns
of the Ethiopian govern
ment, after it had received
anxious queries as to their
whereabouts.
An official government
version of the arrest of Rev.
Harold Street of Paxton,
Illinois, and Rev. John Tre
win of Toronto, was that
they remained too long at
their posts in danger zon
es on the southern front,
and that it would have tak
en too long to place them in
separate custody for their
own safety.
The government j>aid they
had been released after sev
eral days imprisonment.
An Ethiopian communi
que declared its forces un
der Ras Seyoum, command
er of the northern army,
had penetrated behind the
'talian lines in that area
several times, but no mass
attack against the Italians
in the north is contemplat
ed for the time being.
The Italians reported
nothing new on either of
their fronts today.
Officials In W11.
Follow Barrow
Mumps Report
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 11, —
The Office of Indian Aff
airs here asked Hawkes
worth at Juneau,-to for
ward a complete report on
the outbreak of mumps at
Point Barrow.
Officials, who said they
had received no informa
tion concerning the report
ed food and fuel shortage,
added that Hawkesworth
was always quick to rend
er assistance, and pointed
out that the cost of charter
ing an airplane, the only
means of travel during
winter, from Juneau to
Barrow would be only sev
en hundred dollars.
Pending receipt of the
Two Americans
W ere Kidnaped
In Old Mexico
(By The Associated Press)
Etzlin, Mexico, Feb. 11.
—A band of Mexican kid
napers fled into the moun
tains in the northern part
of the state of Jalisco, with
two American mining men,
seized in a surprise assault
on the Ampara Mining Co.
office.
The captives are Samuel
C Seneuss, assistant mana
ger of the company, and
Paul W. Avery, engineer.
George W. Winter. Am
erican Consul at Guadala
jara today requested Mex
ican authorities to with
hold pursuit until ransom
negotiations could be un
dertaken.
Naval Treaty Is
Being Formed
c
Mutual Accord
(Bv 1 he Associated Press)
London, Feb. 11, — The
London naval conference,
seeking a substitute for the
expiring Washington-Lon
dorf treaties, has planned a
formula for the restriction
of battleships to a maxi
mum of thirty-five thous
and tons.
Agreement on this pro
gram seems probable, auth
oritative sources said today
after Viscount Monsell, 1st
Lord of the British Admir
alty and Norman H. Davis,
head of the American dele
gation, undertook strong
conciliatory efforts on be
half of the formula.
French opposition to
large battleships was very
strong but authoritative
sources said that the for
mula would be worded in
such a way as to preserve
some of the French view
point, while setting the bat
tleship maximum at the
tonnage favored by the
Americans.
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report from the Juneau of
fice Director of the Bureau,
Collyer declined to com
ment on Dr. Greist’s state
ment.
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Nomoiios Living Wyoming
The following letter was
received on the last mail,
in Nome, from an old tune
sourdough of this city, and
is published as a news lett
er, including reference to
other oldtimers of Nome in
the gold rush days.
Casper, Wyoming.
Jan. 25, 1936.
Harry Phillips,
Nome, Alaska.
Dear friend Harry:
I suppose you will be sur
prised to receive this lett
er from me after all these
years, but I had lost track
of all the boys and the do
ings of Nome since Mr.
Streeten and A1 Nicholsen
passed away.
I saw your name in the
Alaska Weekly some time
ago. It gave the names of
the different ones in busi
ness since the fire, also a
few pictures of Nome. 1 sup
pose the Horseshoe Saloon
went up in smoke during
the fire?
I have been with the Cas
per Commissary for the last
ten years, but the past 16
months I have been laid up.
I had a stroke of paralysis
and lost the use of my
hands and feet. I spent 112
days in the hospital and
since then I have been lay
ing around the house. I
went to the hot springs and
to different doctors, but
they say they can do noth
ing for me, that I just have
to wear it off. I am getting
better but it is slow. Am
able to get around the
house without the crutch
es but mus: use them when
I go out as the knees don’t
hold up so good.
There are a few of the
Nome boys here—Judge C.
Continued on Page- 3
He Saved Funds
3 \ ears Just To
Go Ei«Jit Miles
c
(By The Associated Pr^ss)
Woodbury, N. J., Feb. 8.
—Roy K. Clement, Glou
cester county democratic
leader, is an ardent party
man. Three years ago he
determined to attend the
1936 national convention.
He, with other demo
crats, expected the meeting
to be in California. That
meant money—more than
Clement could well spare.
So he started saving. No
economy was too much of a
hardship if it added to his
convention fund. He even
prevailed on his wife Mrs.
Rebecca B. Clement a mem
oer of the board of educa
tion. to give him cash in
stead of Christmas and
oirthday presents.
On the new year he
counted his savings. He was
happy; California was with
in reach, financially.
Then the decision to hold
the convention in Philadel
phia. Eight miles away—
fare, about ten cents.
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First Dog Race
To Re Run Nome
Lincoln's Birth.
'The old Board of Direc
tors of the Nome Kennel
Club announces a Race to
be run on Abraham Lin
oln’s Birthday, February
12th, tomorrow.
There will be a meeting
of all who are interested in
Dog Racing Tonight, Feb.
11th at 7 P. M., at the Nome
Drug Store. The election of
a new’ Board of Directors
will take place as well as
making plans for future
races.
The Lincoln Birthday
Race will be run over the
Fort Davis course—Nome
to Nome River Bridge and
return to Nome. The race
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WILL VISIT NOME
CUSTOMERS FEB. 20th.
Clark Andresen, representing
Hunt and Mottet Company, am
C. O. Bishop, representing Tac
oma Grocery will be calling oi>
Nome Customer about Februar:
20th, via airplane. They will be
pleased to call on their many
friends and business acquaintanr
es in Nome.
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