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VOL. 38 No. 81 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 8 19.37 Per Copy 15cta
UNION MOVE FORD COMPANY STARTED
Manilla, P. I., Was Subjected Wind-Fanned Blaze
MARRIED BY TELEPHONE >
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H ij Sundstrom and hit bride, Mies Frances Yerkes, are shown heie
as they were married In Honolulu in the first transpacific radiophone
wedding. The ceremony was performed by the bridegroom's father,
the Rev. C. H. Sundstrom, who was at home In Pasadena. (Associated '
Press Photo) j
DELEGATE DIMOND IS WORKING
HARD GET $8,000,000
Provision for a three year pro
gram of Alaska deveopment was
contained in a bill introduced n
4 he House on February -4th by
Delegate Dimond.
The bill would authorize an ap
propriation of 8 million dollars
for Alaska public works. Of thD,
IV2 million would be for roads fc
trails, 1 'z million for air fields &
air transportation facilities, one
million for school buddings and
facilities f< r the natives of Alas
ka, 3/i mil ion for buildings far
Ihe University of Alaska, 'i mil
lion for hospitals and equipment
for Alaska natives, ’a million for
village and community improve
ments for Alaska natives, h mil
lion for topographic and soil ser
veys. 1 million for hotels and fa
cilities for accomodation of tour
ists. and 1 million for (reconstruc
tion and rehabilitation of the Al
aska Railroad and for new equip
ment. Provsion is made that not
to exceed 20 per cent of the ap
propriation may be diverted from
any one class of project to an
other.
Another is given to the Presi
dent to select the projects to be
undertaken and to have the work
done directly by the Government
or under contract through such
regulations as the President may
set up. It stipulates that wages
paid to the workers shall approx
imate as nearly as possible the
wages paid in the vicinity of the
work for private employment of
similar nature.
The appropriations desired tu
be authorized by the bill are in
tended to supplement ti e regular
appropriations tor carrying on
Federal administration in Alaska
and not as a substitute for any
r ipi'upriations regularly made.
Search Roller
Suspects Called
Off By Official
fBv The Associated Press)
CHEHAL1S April 8, — The
search in the br.tshland near here
fur two robber suspects who
killed Deputy Sheriff J D Comp
ton yesterday, was ended today
by order of State Patrol Chief
Witliam Cole.
The wrecked officer’s car in
which they fled was found near
u com tery. Bloodhounds trailed
them into the deep woods where
they apparently split.
One led to the highway, the
other path through the woods.
One of the suspects is believ
ed to be wounded. ,
Cole said he believed they had
escaped. In the immediate area
they had held up the home of
Mrs. Emma Cartier at South Bend
and had robbed her of one hun
dred and twenty doflars.
MINERS AND DEKDGE MEN
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports.
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
I Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Disastrous Fire
Homeless j
Relief at Work
<H■ Th(. /msnCDiteri Press'
MANILA, April 8, — Relief
agenc es comb'ned their efforts
to care for twenty five thousand
persons left homeless in the wake
of a fire which raged yesterday
through northern Manila destroy
ing a thousand dwellings, at a
lO'S estimated to be one million
dollars.
Refugees are being quartered
In tents and schoulhouses.
A brisk wind fanned the flames
through the densely populated
area, in which nearly forty blocks
were burned to the ground.
The U S Army called into ac
tion to help local fire depart
ments, finally brought the fire
under control.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUILDING FLOAT AT
SITKA FOR PLANES
Ji\ Tlii' As• - >«■ i:11•"*
WASHINGTON, April 8—Del
egate Anthony J Dimond said to
day that the Navy Dtpartment
had advised him that it was
building a floating dock near Sit
ka for use by nava! seaplanes.
He said the department refused
to say whether the construction
was in conjunction with the con
templated fleet operations in the
North Pacific soon.
Desert Queen
Nina Karnegay, of Long Beach.
Calif., wa« (elected ae the moat
beautiful girl on the Unlveralty of
Arizona eampua at Tueaon and waa
crowned “deaert queen.” Mlaa Kar
negay, a junior, ranka among the
upper 10 per cent In echolaatlca.
(Aaaoclated Preae Photo)
Bodies of Plane
Wreck Will Be ;
Brot out Today
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( Bv The Associated Press i
MeNAKY, Arizona, April 8, —
A ground searching party trudg- ■
ed out of the mountain wilds
of the southeast here last night
after reaching the broken and
burned bodies of eight persons :
v.ho were carried to their deaths
in a luxurious Douglas airlines j
which crashed last Saturday in
a snowstorm.
The bodies will be brought,
out today, the snow prohibiting
their removal last night.
Two bodies were thrown clear
ot the wreckage. The other six
v\ ere burned badly preventing
identification. ,
The 21 passenger plane being
ferried from Burbank, Cnlifor
nia to New York, crashed into
a mountain headop.
son And Nister
Die Plane Crash
Enroute Father
(By The Associated Press)
PASCO, Wn„ April 8 —F.ying
in an attempt to reach his father;
who was dying at Viola Idaho
near Moscow attorney Spencer
Cray 44 and his sister Mrs.
Mary Bunker 34, both of Seattle,
crashed to their deaths near
here last night in a rented all
metal now sports two seater
plane piloted by Gray himself. ,
Gray carried the wi'll for his i
father to sign, but motor trouble
evidently developed resulting in
the crash.
Witnesses said the plane c.rcl- ,
i'd the city for twenty minutes, ■
apparently taking bearings.
lie mistook a cleared field for
the airport and went into a side
>1 p, crashing into the ground.
Gray was a 'licensed pilot for
several years, whose hobby was
flying. He is survived by his
widow and two small children.
Mrs. Bunker is survived by her
husband who is also an attorney.
COAST BASEBALL SCORES j
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(By The Associated Press)
Seattle 0 Oakland 7
Portland 5 San Francisco 4
San Diego 4 Missions 3
Sacramento 3 Los Angeles 2
The Frisco Portland game went j
, to 10 innings. The San Diego
Missions game went thirteen in
nings. The Sacramento Los A
! geles game went 11 innings.
UAWA TO UNIONIZE
FORD STATES LEWIS
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, April 8, — The Un
ted Automobile Workers of Am
>rica today undertook the union
zation of one hundred and fifty
housand Ford Motor Company
workers, despite Henry Ford’s
itatement that his company “will
lever recognize the United Auto
nobile Workers union or any oth
?r union.”
John L. Lewis, CIO leader said
‘I have no doubt that Mr. Ford
A'ill change his mind the same
is did Chrysler and General Mo
:ors.” ,
Ford pays se\;en dollars a day
and his plants operate five days
a week.
Animal Trainer
Charged Cruelty
To His Animals
(Bv The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 8, — Clyde
Beatty, animal trainer was ar
rested today and charged w th
LTuelty to animals, on the com
laint of Jacob Jacobs, humane so
ciety inspector who charged that
he saw Beatty beating lions and
tigers in an act with a six
foot leather whip and prodding
them.
CANADIAN WORKERS
GENERAL MOTORS
OUT ON STRIKE
(By The Associated Presa)
OWASHA Ontario, April 8, —
Employees of the General Motors
Corporation of Canada Ltd. to
day went out on strike in an
swer to a call issued by the In
ternational Union of United Auto
Workers of America affiliated
with the John L. Lewis CIO.
The action followed a sudden
breakdown in negotiations be
tween the local union and com
pany officials.
Union leaders said thirty sev
icn hundred workers are out on
the strike and that picket lines
|have been established.
Lindberghs Are
Munich: Plane
Being Repaired
(Bv The Associated Press 1
MUNICH, Germany April 8,—«
| The Lindberghs landed here last
night but their whereabouts were
undertermined until! late todav.
;
The colonel is superintending
the overhauling of his plane in
| which he and his wife have flown
to India and back since February
1st.
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BOTH Of AIM SAME HUSBAND
Mm Maiyaiet Shelby Fillmoie ‘lein, smiei m Wary >»1 ilea Winter.
la shown in court at Glendale, Calif., where she pleaded innocent to a
drunk-ln-auto charge resulting from her elopement to Yuma, Arl*.,
with Emmet J. Flynn, former film director, who failed to appear.
Mrs. Nlta Flynn (right), also In court, said: "I’m the real Mrs. Flynn."
(Associated Press Photos) >
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