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VOL 38 No. 71 ' NOME, ALASKA, Saturday MARCH 27 1937 Per Copy 15cts
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Pope Calls On Christian to Nations Hold up Faith
EASTER TOMORROW
SEES WORLD BESET
CONFLICT OF RACES
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, March 27. — Chur
•ch bells throughout the Christian
ivorld will peal tidings of the
Risen Christ tomorrow—'but to
the world tom by war and thot
.rf war, and by religious conflict,
Christ himself is knowingly on
his way to the death cross, spoke
his disciples of “wars and rum
ors of wars", of brother that
"shall betray thy brother”, of
the censure cif the church, and
of today as nations everywhere
•oooded their armaments pace
His disciples spoke of the civil
conflict wh'ch grips Spain where
brother is against brother and
Catholic and Protestant alike are
engaged in the controversy with
Nazi Germany over the question
•of religious freedom.
Pope Pius drafted an encycli
cal to the Catholics of Mexico
beseeching them to hold fast tc
their faith in the face of the con
flict.
The encyclical appealed “for
greater intensification of the
Christian life, so as to have true
peace and prosperity in every
country and to secure and guar
antee true peace and prosperity to
Christian life which has carried
on its multiple works".
President Roosevelt and his
family are to attend services at
Washington D. C.
The Duke of Windsor, former
King Edward VIII made Easter
Plans to attend church services
in Vienna and then make prep
arations to depart for his new re
treat in the Austrian*Tyrol. He
has aranged to read part of the
service in the Angelcian church.
Unrest in Palestine and the
breadth of the Holy Land caus
ed armed guards to watch over
Ihe temple to assure order dur
ing the Passover worship by the
Jews, whom the Arab population
have been fighting.
Strange rites took place among
the Indians in the southwestern
part of the United States where
hundreds of years ago Spanish
defenders planted a cross. In
their own fashion Arizona's Ya
qui Indians, half pagan and hajf
Christian, shot “Christ" with a
popgu to portray the crucifixion,
according to the present-day ver
sion.
NEW LIQUOR BILL FOR THE
TERRITORY CONTAINS A
FEW CHANCES THIS YEAR
AN ACT
(S. B. 9)
To provide for the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors
in the Territory of Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska:
(Continued Prom Yesterday)
Section 13 Classification of Li
censes.—The following licenses
n*ay be obtained from the Clerk
of the District Court:
' A—Beverage Dispensary Lic
ense: A Beverage Dispensary Li
cense shall give to the holder
thereof the right to sell or serve
on the premises beer and wine.
Provided, however .that the pre
mises for which such license is
issued shal not be conected by
doors or otherwise with premis
es covered by any other license
issued under theee regulations;
and provided further, that the
sales under Beverage Dispensary
Licenses are limited to less than
5 wine gallons to any one per
son in any one day. A Beyerage
Dispensary License Fee to Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00)
B—Restaurant Licenses: A Rest
auvant License shall give to the
holder thereof the right to sell
beer and wine in a restaurant
with meals furnished in good
faith to guests and patrons. A
Restaurant License Fee is One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars. ($150
.00).
C—Road House Licenses: A
Road House License sha:ll give to
the holder thereof the right to
sell beer and wine in a roadhouse
situated not less than eighteen
miles from any incorporated city
and serving food to the travell
ing public. A Road House Licen
se Fee is Seventy Five Dollars
($75.00)
D—Club Licenses: A Club Li
cense shall give to clubs, frater
nal organizations, and patriotic
organizations, that have a Terri
torial or National Charter, and
whch have been so incorporated
for a period of two years, the
! right to serve beer and wine to
the members and their guests in
! their club rooms. A Club License
Fee is Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
E—Bottling Works Licenses:
A Bottling Works License shall
give to the holder thereof the
(Continued on Page Two)
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Bills Introduced
Juneau on Social
Security Today
<Hy Tho Associated Press 1
JUNEAU, March 27, —On the
eighth day of the extraordinary
session with but seven of the
fifteen days remaining, the first
b:Jl dealing with Social Security
was passed by the senate without i
a dissenting vote. The measure
provides for the creation of a de
partment of public welfare which
will have charge of the admini
stration of the old age assistan
ce and aid to dependent child
ren and blind persons.
The department will be handled
by a board which wijl consist of
the governor and four other mem
bers, t>nc from each division, ap
pointed by him, and approved
by the legislature.
The board will be empowers*!
to appoint a welfare director
with a salary of $3,600 a year
who will actually have charge of
the work.
Three bijls tying in with the
senate measure were passed by
the House yesterday and now go
to the senate for action.
They deal with old age pension'
care of the needy, ad to depend
dent children.
Davis and Race, co-authors, in
trcduced a bill asking for the ap
propriation of $65,000 for transpor
tation of school children. Even
thugh the hill be successful in
the house it must have the con
sent of six senators before it can
be acted upon in the senate,
which body deleted the origin
al appropriation. The senate al
so has a rule that no new bills
except for social security can be
introduced in this special ses
sion.
A telegram from Delegate An
thony J. Dimond was read into
the Senate record that the leg
islators may not get extra mil- i
eage for the special session.
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Booklet Published
.Alaska Agriculture
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 27, —
Land hungry’ persons from far
away Iceland will be ab]e to get
1 descriptive materia! on Alaskan
! agricultural possibilities now.
The University of Alaska has
i just completed the printing of sev
j era] thousand illustrated book
i lets under the direction of Geor
(ge W. Gasser, Director of the
University Agriculture Depart
ment.
The booklet outlines farming
possibilities n the Territory. Ap
plications for information have
been received from practcally ev
ery state n the union, and from
some foreign countries.
ALASKA AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIDN’T ASK FOR STATEHOOD
_
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 26, —
Alaska and the Virgin Islands
were the only American territor
ies nut asking for a change in
their territorial status.
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico want
statehood, and Guam sent a dele
gallon to the national capitol seek
big citizenship for their twenty
thousand inhabitants.
The Philipp ne Islands want fin
al independence advanced from
194<i to next year or the year fol
lowing.
There is little chance their re- j
quests will be granted by eon
gress, as past sessions have paid 1
little heed
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Trapper Is Held
For Murder Of
Kokrincs Native
(By The Associated Press')
FAIRBANKS. March 20-Owen
McEntee, aged 70, a trapper, is
held by federal officers at Kok
rin.es, on the Lower Yukon River,
in connection with the fatal shoot
ing, Thursday, of Joe Wright a
native.
Thomas Long, deputy United
States Marshal at Ruby, and U.S.
Commissioner George Warner, re
ported to the Marshal’s office here
the verdict of the coroner’s jury,
which was: "that Wright met his
death at the hands of McEntee.”
The defendant was arraigned by
the Commissioner, he waived ex
aminaton and was bound over to
the grand jury.
McEntee filed a three thousand
dollar bail. McEntee has long
been a resident of that region
and is said to have ^ good repu
tation.
Miners Stealing
Cold Homestake
Mine are Caught
♦ (By The Associated Press!
DEADWOOD, So. Dakota, Mar.
27, —The tiny Black Hills homes
of miners were discovered to be
treasure houses concealing for
tunes in gold nuggets,,$telen from
the Homestake, the world’s larg
est gold mine
The police said a secret investi
gation lasting for months, had
ended in the search of several
houses where chunks of gold ore
worth hundreds of dollars were
found to be hidden in fishbowls
and similar places. Th^ gold
was stolen from the mine in the
workers [much boxes. Five per
sons have already by arrested.
JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER
Smart newt hats, straws and
felts—Up to the minute styles.
Ladies’ dresses in printed silks,
broadcloth, shantungs, llnene,
$2.50 to $5.95 at POLETS.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
for you.
Officials Filed
Office Fairbanks
Election April 6
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 27, —
Incumbent officials headed by
Mayor E B. Collins, entered the
municipal campaign subject to
the elections April 6th. Others
seeking reelection are council
men Irving M. Red, P J McDonafd
and Paul Greimann, School Dir
ector Frank Degree. Others may
enter later.
A new factor entered the cam
paign within the last few days,
under the name of the Citizen’s
Progressive Committee, includ
ing twenty five members, with
Frank Gordon as chairman and
R. C. La very as secretary.
They have requested an audit
of utilities accounts with the ob
ject of improving the services.
The council has agreed to the
plan to engage a utilities audit
ing expert.
The executive committee of the,
citizen's group are N R Jacobs,
Arthur H. Brown, Jess Bryant,
James Barrack and Joseph H.
Smith.
Hopes Brightened
Peace Automotive
Strike Come Soon
(By The Associated Press)
LiANSING, Michigan, March
27, —Peace prospects brightened
with the continuation of negc
liations between opposing lead
ers in the Chrysler dispute and
the United Automob le Workers
of America.
The conference is seeking a
satisfactory answer to the union’s
recognition demand to be the sole
bargaining agency for the cor
poration's sixty seven thousand
employees.
The schedule yesterday in
cluded a three hour conference
which last until nine o'clock last
night, and which has been re
called into session late today.
Governor Murphy reported
that progress had been made and
that “both side- were striving
earnestly to reach an agreement"
Approximately ninety thousand
automtive workers are idle now
in Detroit aione
100th Anniversary
m
Founding Nulato
Come In June
(Bv The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 27, —
Father Joseph McE[meel, here
on business said that the 100th
aniversary of Nulato Bay by the
Russians, and the 50th anniver
sary of the founding of the Cath
olic mission there, would be ob
served in June when the natives
return from their spring hunt
ing.
Ben Evans of Wainwright Writes
What He Heard About Polar Bear
At Barrow Hospital Fire Recently
Ben Evans of Wainwright writ
es to the Nome Daily Nugget, ev
idently not seeing any items of
news from that far northern point
and has drawn a comical story of
the recent fire at Point Barrow.
Following is the letter:
Wainwright, March 2, 1937
To the Editor of the Nome Nugget
I have had some access to the
Nugget lately and am very much
impressed by some of the items
from Wainwright. So im
pressed, indeed, that I am remind
ed of the story thait is now in
circulation about the Polar Bear
the night the Barrow Hospital
burned.
It is related that girl while
running to the fire saw a bear,
and in the darkness, thinking it
was a man, she asked him how
the fire started. He turned around
and was she surprised to see tliat
it was a bear, and much more sur
prised when he replied "God on
ly knows". They both ran to the
fire and the bear had his hair
singed in the flames.
I can’t vouch for the truth of
the story but if it IS true it is the
most remarkable occurrence sin -
the famous conversation between
Balaam and his humble ass.
It is not related whether the
conversation was in Eskimo or
English, but neither is it report
ed wh^J language the Balaam
Ass conversation was in and I
was not an eye witness in either
case. Signed: Ben Evans.
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