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VOL. 38. No. 23 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JAN. 28,1936 Per Copy 15ets
Wants Terri. Own Its Liquor Stores
Louisville Dead Are Now Being Buried In Trenches
More Than One Million Now Homeless Flood Area
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Bill Introduced
Calls Territorial
Liquor Control
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 28, —Senator
James H. Patterson of the Third
Division introduced the third
liquor bill to go into the hopper
so far this session.
The bill is to create an admini
strator who will have complete
charge of the handling of liquor,
set up territorial stores and sell
the merchandise at fixed prices.
The bill also calls for the setting
up of a fund of fifty thousand
dollars to put the system in op
eration for the first year, during
which the administrator would
be appointve, but chosen after
that at the next election.
A committee turned in a maj
ority report recommending that
Roden’s bill to cut Territorial
salaries, not be passed.
Edward Coffey'of the Third in
troduced in the house a memor
ial urging congress to pass a meas
ure placing an embargo on for
eign pulp, in an effort to promote
that industry in Alaska.
Rep. Leo W. Rogge of the 4th
Division introduced a resolution
giving legislative approval to the
bill introduced in congress by
Delegate Dimond to provide old
age pension allowances for In
dians.
Mrs. Nell Scott of the Third
introduced a bill in the house
which provides that communities
outside of incorporated towns
could incur bonded indebtedness
to carry on public programs.
J. P. Anderson of the First
Division introduced a bill in the
house providing for a revision in
the primary election law, levying
a higher fee on candidates, and
setting up additional requirements
particularly in relation to inde
pendent candidates.
A straight repeal of section 367
Compiled Laws of the Territory
for 1917, dealing with water
rights on mining claims, was
sought in a bill introduced by
Representative Andrew Nerland,
as he explained it, the original
measure not having worked out
satisfactorily.
LOST—A RIFLE, a Carbine
Winchester Crag madel, fastened
with a webing sling for packing.
Was lost during the storm of the
night of Jan. 22nd, between Dry
Creek and the Power Plant. Re
turn same to Dave Colgate or
leave it at Nugget Office.
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Idead and homeless
1 INCREASE HOURLY
FLOODED AREAS
Only Menfolk Remain at Cairo, 111., In Endeavor To
Keep Levee From Going. Dike And Levee
System Mississippi Riv. Holds
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED Jan. 28, —The titan
ic struggle to tame the great
flood waters approached a climax
S as federal life saving forces mob_
ilized their actions deep in the
south even in attempt to conquer
, again the mighty Mississippi.
I Incomplete figures indicated
j between two hundred and four
i hundred persons were dead and
[ more than a million homeless,
with property damage estimated
at four hundred million dollars
—the mightiest flood in the hist
ory of the nation.
Flood stricken Ohio hoped that
the worst was past &planned re
habilitation, but the full story
j of the havoc done will not be
known for many days yet.
Louisville buried its dead in
trenches, with the number of liv
es lost their, still conjfectured.
Mayor Miller said that two hun.
dred were dead, after the health
officer admitted that the bodies
of one hundred and thirty per
sons had been recovered.
The threat of disease still lin
gered in Cincinnati as water flow
ed into the mains from artesian
wells.
U. S. Army Engineers said the
Missis.-ippi’s billion dollar dike
j system from Cairo to the Gulf
of Mexico showed no signs of
weakening, and the hope was ex
pressed that no wholesale evacua.
tion would be necessary, though
the War Department advised the
army to be ready to move into1
the area to render aid if neces
|
sary.
fRv The Associated Press,
UNDATED, Jan. 28, — The cost
of rehabilitation is now the para
mount interest in the northern
Ohio valley, and drew estimates
running into the billions of doll
ars.
Officials said the average cost
of cleaning and drying out a sit1*
gle flooded home would be about
$250.
At Paducah, the next point in
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PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES CHEERS
Waving hi* hat In acknowledgement of the cheera he received from
the ■welcoming throng of a million Argentinea, Prealdent Roosevelt la
ehown In thla radiophoto with Prealdent Aguetln Juato of Argentina ae
he arrived for the inter-American peace conference at Buenoe Aire*.
(Associated Frees Photo)
I
j DIZZY’S ON THE AUCTION BLOCK
While Oiziy Dean wac reported up for tale by the St. Louis Cardinals
for something like $200,000 or so, the loquacious hurler professed more
Interest in his golf game than in reported deals. He Is shown (left) In
the locker room at Bradenton, Fla., after a golf game with Paul Cooper
(center) of Harrisburg, Penn., and Paul Derringer, ace pitcher of the
Cincinnati Reds. (Associated Press Photoi
Freight Train Was
Running Wild
City Tacoma
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Jan. 28, — A raiL
road tower watchman hearing a
screeching whistle, saw a forty
car Great Northern freight train
speeding sixty miles an hour thru
the city when the air brakes on
the last twenty.eight cars failed.
He switched it into a long sid
ing, as trainmen on the other
oars applied the air brakes of
each freight car and stopped.
The train had roared over six
grade crossings including the
city’s main thoroughfare.
Accuses Minister
Murdering Own
Wife Parsonage
(By The Associated Press)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. 28
—Sheriff Sam Deal, placing sev
eral guards around the hospital
room where the Rev. Harry Ash
ley, 43 lay wounded said he
would insist that charges be fil
ed against him if he recovers.
Deal expressed the belief that
the minister’s seventeen year old
wife could not have fired the sev
en shots which killed her yester.
day at their parsonage home at
Ramah Colorado. The sheriff de
clared that the minister had rec
ently accused her of infidelity.
2 Federal Agencies
Want Power To
Deal Labor
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan 28,
—Demands of two government
agencies for more power to in
vestigate strike conditions, car
ried phases of the General Mot_
ors deadlock to Capitol Hill.
Secretary of Labor Perkins
asked quick authorization for the
labor department to seek out and
make public the causes of strik
es and lockouts in other indust
rial disputes, and recommend
settlements. She said it was not
aimed at General Motors but
“this situation brings it to mind”.
LaFolLette, of the civil liber
ties committee asked for an addi_
tional fifty thousand dollars.
Dimond Has Bill
Authorize Sur
vey Skagway Riv
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, —Del
egate Dimond introduced a bill
in congress today authorizing a
preliminary examination and sur
vey by army engineers, of Skag
way river in the vicinity of the
town of Skagway.
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STRIKERS
ORDERED
GO WORK
May Go Off Rolls
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE Jan. 28, —State W.
PA Administrator Don Able or
dered a thousand striking WPA
workers to return to their jobs
today or be dropped from the
rolls.
Harold Brockway, executive
secretary of the Workers Allian
ce of Washington which called
the strike Monday seeking re
cognition and increaged wages,
' said he would ignore the order
and try to persuade others to
join them
Joe Louis Fight
Bob Pastor At
New York Fri.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 28, —Joe Louis
is scheduled to fight Bob Pastor
in a ten round bout at New York
tomorrow night.
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Jumps To Majors
In the first big baseball deal of the
winter, Joe Marty (above), who suc
ceeded his former teammate on the
San Francisco Seals, Jos DiMagglo,
as the leading outfielder of the Pa
cific Coast League, was purchased
by the Chicago Cubs of the National
League for cash and three utility
players. (Associated Press Photo)
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