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VOLUME 36. No. 70. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
New Climax Pac. Coast Labor Trouble
CLAIMS GERMANY NEVER HAD EQUAL RIGHTS
Russia Wants Barrier Against Explosion World Peace
Wife With Dog
Team Drives Dying
Mate To Hospital
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(Bv The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, March 27—In com
pliance with the last wishes of Er
nest Ross, his widow, Mrs. Ethel
Ross who drove a dog team all day
in a struggle over a rough trail from
Susitna Valley to hurry him to the
Anchorage Hospital where he died
of peritinitis, after an appendicitis
operation, is arranging to have his
remains buried at sea somewhere in
Alaska waters, possibly in the Cook
Inlet area.
The Jack Henry Post of the Am
erican Legion will detail officers, a
firing squad .md bugler to accord
him military honors.
Ross was a member of a machine
gun detachment of the 12th U. S.
Infantry in the World War. The
sea burial is being delayed because
of the late cold spell and ice floes
in Cook Inlet.
Criticism Gets
Under Skin Of
Bernard Baruch
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 27 — A
ringing demand was made by Ber
nard Baruch, former chairman of
the world war industries board; “to
put an end to insinuation and innuen
dos” about him and find “me either
innocent or guilty of violation of
the trust and confidence imposed up
on me during that period.”
He has been called to testify before
the senate munitions committee re
garding his proposal to fix the “ceil
ing” beyond which prices could not
go in war-time.
William Forbes
Found Dead On
Bed At F’banks
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 27—William
Forbes, aged fifty, was found dead
in his cabin Sunday. The body was
fully clothed and lying across the
bed. Death was ascribed to heart
disease.
He was born in Edinburgh and
served in the British forces during
the world war. He came to Fair
banks in 1919. Forbes was an ex
pert accountant and was employed
for many years by the Fairbanks
Exploration Company.
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“WE CANNOT CONCEDE
OK ARBITRATE” SAYS
SHIPPING COMPANIES
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 — The Pacific Coast
which has been troubled with Maritime labor situation for
the past two months, moved suddenly toward a new climax
Tuesday night, when major operators of freight and passen
ger vessels announced “We cannot concede nor arbitrate,"
the demand for preferential hiring by the Master Mates and
Pilots Association.
The statement was made by twelve major shipping
lines, and was issued while federal conciliators were endeav
oring to effect a settlement of the oil tanker dispute, over
the same issue of preferential hiring.
The companies announced their willingness to arbitrate
on demands concerning wages hours and working conditions
but not preferential hiring.
Gives Account
Death Of Bill
Stultz, C. C. Man
The following report from the
Commander of the Thirteenth Dis
trict of the U. S. Coast Guard to all
officers in charge of stations in the
13th District describes the rescue
work carried on by a coast guard
boat in which three coast guard men
and two civilians were drowned, is
herewith printed. The surfman
Stultz referred to in the report is
Bill Stultz who was a member of
the Nome Coast Guard personnel
here last year. Many of his friends
in Nome were shocked to hear of
the death which came to him after
he had left here last fall following
the Nome fire. Following is the re
port:
Commander, Thirteenth District.
7th March, 1935.
“In the opinion of this office the
most outstanding assistance during
the month of February, 1935, was
rendered by Yaquina Bay Station.
At 0805, 26 February, the lookout
reported a tug with large barge in
tow approaching Yaquina Bay bar
At 0822 the tug and barge started
in over the bar and motor lifeboat
4469, B.M.2c,L John Hart, in charge,
was manned, proceeded to the bar
and stood by near the end of the
north jetty until the tug and barge
were well inside the jetties. A few
minutes after the motor lifeboat
had started to return to the station
they noticed the barge, a dipper
dredge, had started to sink and drift
down stream with the strong ebb
tide. The motor lifeboat immediate
ly returned to the dredge to attempt
to remove two men on board, but as
it was rapidly breaking up it was
impossible to come close and the
two men were instructed to jump
overboard and swim downstream to
the motor lifeboat. As the first man
was being picked up a large breaker
(Continued on Page Four)
Two Infantile
Paralysis V ictims
Are Sent Seattle
JUNEAU, Alaska, Wed. March 26.
Dr. Vance Murray, medical direct
or of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
returned from the westward and re
ported only two eases of infantile
paralysis, both Indian girls, at Sand
Point. He stated they would be sent
to the Orthopedic Hospital at Seat
tie. No other cases were found on
the trip.
Alaskan Passes Away
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Alberta, March 26
John Leedy, eighty-six, a former
gorvernor of Kansas, died here Sun
day night. He had lived in scores
of places in the United State and Al
aska before settling here.
He was the second to the last pop
ulist governor of Kansas and was de
feated for reelection in 1899. He
went to Alaska in 1901 and practic
ed law at Valdez until 1908. He
served there successively as City
attorney, mayor, and referree in
bankruptcy for the Third Judicial
District.
Cash Cole Loses
All Fingers Right
Hand In Accident
JUNEAU, March 27 — Cash Cole,
former territorial auditor, and well
known transfer man, lost all the
fingers on his right hand when they
were caught in a rope with which
he was letting an oil truck down a
hill. The fingers were so badly
crushed it was necessary that they
be amputated.
Nomc-Fairbanks
Juneau Airplane
Sen ice April Is!
Flights will hr made Weekly From
Interior to Juneau and Through
To Nome Fares Announced
Nomc-F'airbanks Scheduled
Air Service
Beginning April 1 and continuing
until May 31 the Pacific Alaska Air
ways are inaugurating fast weekly
airline service between Nome and
Fairbanks. During that period one of ;
their fastest airliners will leave
Fairbanks every Thursday morning,
at 8 o'clock and stop enroute to
Nome at Tanana, Ruby, Nulato and
Golovin.
Their time table calls for arriving
at Nome at 10:50 a.m. the same
morning, thus setting a schedule of
two hours and fifty minutes between
Fairbanks and Nome
On their return flights the planes
are scheduled to leave Nome at 1
p.m. and arrive buck at Fairbanks
at 4:50 p.m. the same day.
The local office of the Pacific Al
aska Airways lias been supplied
with new and colorful time tables
and passengers and express tariffs,
effective April 1. According to their
announcements, beginning June 1
the planes will leave Fairbanks for
Nome on Saturdays instead of Thur
days.
April 1 is the date et for inaugur
ation of a fast, schedule air service
to link Southeastern Alaska with
the Interior and Seward peninsula,
according to announcement by Par
fic Alaska Airways, says the Fair
banks News-Miner of recent dat<
This new trunk route will bring the
Atlantic seaboard within five trav
eling days of the heart of the Nor
thern Territory.
netted uie lor April
During April flights will be made
weekly between Juneau, White
horse and Fairbanks and between
Fairbanks, Flat, Nome and Liven
good, including intermediate regular
and flag stops. On May 1 this ser
vice will be increased to twice week
ly between Juneau, Whitehorse and
Fairbanks. At that time also South
eastern Alaska summer accomoda
tion service, to be flown weekly out
of Juneau, will take in Petersburg,
Wrangell and Ketchikan, and the
nearer cannery and mining com
munities, terminating at Chichagolf
and the historic former capital town
(Continued on Page Two)
Is Now Cov. Gen.
fBy The Associated Press)
OTTOWA, March 27 -—Sir George
Perlye, acting Prime Minister of
Canada announced today that John
Buchan, British author, had been
appointed Governor General of Can
ada.
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HITLER DEMANDS GUN
FOR GUN BASIS EXCEPT
NAVY OTHER NATIONS
(By The Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 27 — On high authority it was stated
hat Hitler demands absolute military equality on a gun for
;un basis, excepting the navy, with other European powers.
The authority states that Hitler told Sir John Simon,
British Foreign Minister, that Germany was content to have
i “small percentage compared with the British navy.”
Hitler indicated that “even though France reduces her
o rnaments greatly Germany would not follow until certain
vhat Russia was going to do.”
Among his objects to the League of Nations, was the
.•(intention that Germany was never given equal treatment
with Franco and Great Britain; and that Germany has al
ways drawn minor assignments while the French and Eng
ish handled the vital political matters.
fmiles Britain Cooperate With Russia
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, March 27 — An invitation to Great Britain
to cooperate with Russia in erecting a barrier against “tend
.■neies toward the explosion of world peace,” was extended
by the authoritative writer Karl Radck, in the government
paper Izvestia, today.
He said: "The Soviet Union is ready to cooperate with
Jreat Britain seriously without any ulterior motives, if
England adopts any policy other than such cooperation, it
will bring about a military catastrophe.
(lourI Matters
The U. S. District Court convened
(his morning at 10 o'clock at which
time the District Attorney introduc
ed remarks that according to a stip
ulation between counsel and the
government, the Ulegak case was
transferred to a position in the cal
endar, to follow the Boh Larson
ease.
The government, in view of the
verdict rendered yesterday, moved
to Hi-on: the Mathew Thomas case,
which was d;n tie connected with
the Tommy Mums assault case yes
terday. The court so ordered.
The case of the government ver
sus Boh Larson, charged with lar
ceny of reindeer, commenced this
morning. A jury was secured be
fore lunch today and court was ad
journed until 2 pm at which time
the government commenced the in
troduction of its case.
Attorney Leroy Sullivan is repre
senting; the defendant and Attorney
Lyman S. Brewster is co-counsel
with the District Attorney, prose
cuting.
The Larson case was still occupy
ing the attention of the court this
afternoon, the government had not
completed its case when court ad
journed until tomorrow morning at
10 o’clock.
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Pan American
dipper Plane Is
San l)it‘2<> Bound
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(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, March 27 — Off to blaze
a new commercial air route, linking
the United States and the Orient,
the giant Pan American clipper
plane left here at six fifteen a.m. to
day, Pacific Standard Time on its
three thousand mile flight to San
Diego.
The nineteen ton flying boat re
cently completed a twenty-five bun
dred mile nonstop test flight to the
Virgin Islands and return.
Attempt Life Of
State s Attorney
CHICAGO, March 26 — Assassins
attempted the life of States Attor
ney Thomas J. Courtney, Sunday,
pouring eight bullets into the rear
seat of the automobile in which the
Prosecutor and Alderman Harry E
Perry were riding. Neither of the
men were wounded. Courtney has
been active in the war on labor
union racketeers. Two men were
riding in the assailant’s car.