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VOLUME 85. No. 87. r NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1081 *. I'w C«p>: 10 cents,
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IS AGAINST POLITICS IN RELIEF
MOPTIONS BERT WAVE EHPEDi BUN FEUS
FOBEST FIBES COHTUIHG RE6IH6 NORTHWEST
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DELIVERS BLUNT
ULTIMATUM NO
POLITICS RELIEF
ROOSEVELT SUMMONS MANY
RELIEF OFFICIALS TO
WHITE HOUSE
(By The Associate 1 Pres?)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, Presi
dent Roosevelt today summoned
relief officials .to the White House
, where it was Indicated that the
government would spent more than
the expected half billion dollars
in the fight against drought.
Relief workers had already told
'the President that that amount
was not sufficient. The Federal
Reserve System’s attitude tO'ward
buying government bonds is grow
ing more important daily as the
U. S. Treasury faced its billion,
seven hundred million dollar job
of September financing, with its
long term three percent govern
ment bonds selling below per.
The government must meet tha
amount of called and maturing
obligations next month.
HOOtiKVKLT AGAINST POLITICS
jlN RKL1KF CAMPAIGN
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: (By The Associated Press)
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, Presi
dent Roosevelt in drought confer
ences ordered the federal pur
chase of any foodstuffs which
might otherwise go to waste.
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I He laid down an emphatic ul
timatum against politics being in
cluded in the relief campaign. He
ordered Assistant Federal Relief
Administrator Aubrey Williams and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace j
to draft a plan for the purchase i
of hay and fruits in small quan
tities which might pot otherwise
be harvested. This was primarily
to afford relief to spiall growers.
Administrator Williams was au
thorized to dismiss any federal re
lief workers who were candidates
for office this year, or who pre
fer to participate actively in pol
itical campaigns.
TERRIFIC WAVE OF
HEAT MAY LIFT
AS RAIN FALLS
HEAT wave ENVELOPES
MIDDLE WEST
(lly Tlie Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, Many parts
of the middle west from the Rock
ies to the Mississippi River re
mained in tl>e, prolonged heat
which has. Uiuthmi pv®* the
country for the past two weeks,
while other sections enjoyed coin
fortable weather. ShoVei's.', (lie
last two days did little to relieve
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
The number of deaths attributed
tp the heat wave has soared tn
seventy.
DROUGHT APPEARS LIFTING
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, The seige
of one of the most severe drou
ghts in history appears to be lift
ing as six statea were benefited hy
rains which fell over the week
end. The weather forecaster said
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
DISPATCHES REGULAR
ORDER OF BUSINESS
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CITY COUNCIL MKKTIN’O
MONDAY, AUG. 1STH.
Last evening in the City Hall,
the Nome City Council met in reg
ular session and diepiUched busi
ness coming before it.
All councllmen were present.
Several applications were received
for the position of engineer of the
Are department. After a vote,
Nils Bango was declared appoint
ed to All out the remainder of
the term of Peter X. Peterson,
reelgned.
The council voted to grant the
privilege to the Lomen Commerc
ial Co. of placing their large
lightering derrick on their site at
Snake River Harbor.
An offer of $10.00 by T. Leh
mann for three lots adiaceqt to
hie green house was turned down
by the
An offer to buy by W. O. Tate, a
lot on the northeast corner of H
Street and Second Avenue was
also refused.
The vacancy on the board of
judges for the election was discuss
ed but the matter of appoints
another'judge to the position made
vacant by the death of Joe Hen
dricks was put over until the next
meeting.
Upon vote, the city donated the
sum of $60.00 toward the expense
of on entertainment for the visit
ors on the Alaska Line Cruise to
Nome and the Arctic Ocean.
An offer of $10.00 made by Lam
bert Voae for a lot almost oppo
site the Chili Parlor on Second
Ave., was accepted by the city. An
additional offer by Mr. Voss to pay
$10.00 on back taxes on A. Hill
man’s lot at the Bast end of town,
was also accepted by the Council.
An offer of $26.00 for a lot next
to the oorner lot on the side street
near the Lomen Commercial Co.
cold Storage plant, was accepted
by the City fro mMsr, Maxen.
A "native named 'Ivory Joe"
offered $12.00 for a lot just north
of Fred Bourdon’s house on to
apply also on back taxes. The
offer was accepted.
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The Roust Airways of Nome ask
ed for and received a reduction
In the assessed valuation of their
personal property. It had form
erly been assessed against the
Alaska Airways, and the purchase
price made by the Roust Airways
was considerable less than the
former valuation.
The subject of codifying and in
dexing the City Ordinances was
discussed apd the ultimate need
of such a thing brought forcibly
before the council. At preaent the
expense would be too much, as the
job of doing same would require
many months to perfect. How
ever, the matter was put over un
til next meeting when the council
may have further opporunity to
think the matter over.
A native named George purchas
ed a lot on Belmont Point for
16 00.
The Council voted to advance
9600.00 to the Nome School Board
This was done to relieve their fin
ancial status at present, created by
the mix-up in mails, and the fact
that precipitation should come
come more frequently during the
rest of the season. Showers were
promised today for eight other
states.
ItAIN KKMKVUS STATUS
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CHICAGO, Aug. 14, (tain splatt
ered portions of Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri and Oklahoma, the
four hardest hit states by the
drought. However, it camp too
late generally to lie of much aid
to the. major rye crops. It will
nevertheless help some corn crops
in some sections.' It will also
help pasturage and stave off a
disaster next year. It was t,
great relief to the acifte shortage
of water.
THREE DEATHS
ARE CAUSED BY
FOREST FIRES
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FOREST FIRES CAUSE THREE
DEATHS (VC WORKERS
< By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Aug. 14. Roaring
forest tires killed three OCC
workers as the spreading; (tames
drove hack the exhausted crews
in Idaho and California.
The worst inflagrations are in
northern Idaho where (ires have
been burning since the 19th of
July, wiping out an entire town.
I.eroy McGinis of Kewakii, III.,
Lester Johnson of Galesburg, 111.,
and William Maltison of Los An
geles were killed while fighting
the flames near Nevada City. Cal- j
ifornia. Falling snags crushed
each of1 them.
CHICAGO’S BUDGET
REFLFCTS UPWARD
TREND BUSINESS
CHICAGO CITY UCDGKT
TESTIFIES TO GREAT
IMPROVE*! ENT CON DITIOXS
(By The Associated Press')
CHICAGO,. Aug. 14, (Copyright)
Appearing as a sun breaking
through the financial clouds or
the nation, the city’s budget Is
being balanced. Tax collections
are increasing, back salaries are
being paid, some salary cuts have
been restored, municipal bonds
are being issued at lower Interest
ratee, some of which are selliug
at permlums. A much brighter
outlook on municipal finances is
evident lu the reports made by
city oMcials, who further state
that many other cities preparing
their budgets are also looking up
that the funds which were expeoted
to have been received from Juneau
had not yet arrived.
There being no further business
before the council It adjourned,
following the postponement until
the next meeting of the subject
of increasing the efficiency of the
fire .department.
on the situation from the same
viewpoint ami have taken a like
attitude toward improvement of
financial problems.
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TISIA I, OK ASSASSINS KNDKD
(By The Associated Press)
VIENNA. Aug. 14. The trial of
nine policemen implicated iu the
Nazi putsch, which resulted in the
death of Premier Dollftts recently
ended with four of them senten-.
ced to hang and two sentenced o
life imprisonments and two for a
period of twenty years and one
for a term-of fifteen years.
TKA NSPORTLNG NAZIS
IN GERMANY
' By The Associated prUisi
BERLIN, Aug. 14. Orders were
issued for the transportation to
day of eighty-five hundred mem
bers of the Austrian Nazi “legion
now in Cierniany to a labor camp
in East Prussia. Another, forty
live hundred are to go to Pomer
ania-. Branderlitng;- with another
two thousand dispatched to the
Danish border.
DIMO\l> TO SAIL KOIt
ALASKA TOMORROW
liy The Associate! it ess)
SEATTLE, Aug. II, Delegate
Anthony .1. Dintond is scheduled
to sail for Alaska Wednesday
night. He will lie honored tonight
at a dinner given tiy the mem tiers
of the University Post of the
American Legion and the Post'i’
highway committee.
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STRENGTH RECORDED
GOVERNMENT RONDS
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GOVERNMENT BONDS ARE
SURELY STRENGTHENING
(By The Associated Preaa)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14, Be ter
l.'icts for g ivemnient bonds ch-er
ed Treasury officials today as they
threw cold water on the Inflation
ary talk. It wag also disclosed
by the treasury that it had pur
chased forty-flve million dollars,
in government bonds last week, in
addition to the twenty-two million
dollars from some owners of long
corporation bonds.
It has been previously announo
ed that this move would be made
to support the U. S. bond market
which hit lower prices after the
government's move to nationalize*
silver. '
It was not stated whether the
treasury will borrow one billion,
seven hundred million dollars
next month for the financing of
the Treasury. Officials saw with
satisfaction bond prices strength*
ened in late trading today.