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VOL 36 NO. 112 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Extension Of NRA Is Causing Trouble
CHAIN LETTER RACKET IN OKLAHOMA CITY
900 Jobless Go On Rampage New Foundland City
CHAIN LETTER FAD IS
CAUSE OF FEVERISH
SIGNS OKLAHOMA CITY
Whole City Block Is Turned Over Chain
Making Establishments As Hundreds
Get Rich Quickers Gather Around
(By The Associated Press')
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 11, — If those persons who
said that the chain letter fad was dying out, will come here
they will find postmen carrying guns, and hundreds of wild
eyed “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingfords” clustered about mush
rooming chain-making establishments, like bees about a
sugar lump.
Traffic on the streets is more than twice as congested as
it usually is around Christmas time. The largest night club
in the city was quickly transformed into a “five-buck-passing
pit”.
The police are harried by requests from property owners
for special protection to scores of chain and money centers,
as a result of the first hold-up in the residential section. With
hundreds of strangers coming into the city the opportunity
for theft and pillage has increased and there is danger of
further robberies.
Every store in one block has been given over to chain pro
moters with their notaries and typists. It is near to impos
sible to explain this sudden influx of promoters and the
hordes of fans who follow this racket. The sudden activity
started yesterday morning.
Admiral Byrd Is
Received By Pres.
Received At Reception
(By The Associated Press) -
WASHINGTON, May 11, — Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd was receiv
ed by President Franklin D. Roose
velt at a reception, after more than
two years spent in the Antarctic.
1800 More Lumber
Workers Are Out
On Strike Today
More Lumber Workers Walk
Out Bringing total 33,800
On Lumber Strike
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 11, — Thirty-two
thousand lumber workers who are
out on strike, paralyzing almost,
completely the giant lumber indust
ry of Washington and Oregon, were
joined yesterday by eighteen hun
dred more workers who left their,
jobs.
Pistols Disappear
From Destroyer
Afraid Uprising
Plebiscite Coming Tuesday
In Philippines—Uprising
Is feared Week-end
(Bv The Associated Press)
MANILA, May 11 — The disap
pearance of fourteen service pistols
from the U. S. S. Smith Thompson,
today heightened rumors of renew
ed violence in connection with this
coming Tuesday’s plebiscite on the
Philippine constitution. It is feared
that the revolvers might have found
their way into the hands of the
Sakdalistas, whose second May up
rising cost sixty lives. The destroy
er was in the navy yard here for
an overhaul.
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Italo - Ethiopian
Situation Crops
Up Give Trouble
Great Britain Initiates Move
To Help Settle Dispute
Between Italy Ethiopia
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May 11, - Alarmed by
reports from East Africa and Rome
in connection with the Italo-Eth
iopian crisis, Great Britain today in
itiated new efforts to settle the trou
ble between the two nations.
England is cooperating with Fran
ce in making new representations to
Rome and to Addis Ababa, in order
to end the difficulties and result in
an amicable agreement.
Rome yesterday announced that
Ethiopians were mobilizing. This was
denied by Ethiopia where it was said
that such was not the case because
if they were mobilized it would
be impossible to prevent them from
going into action.
Jury Is Debating
Fate Of Lamson
Second Trial of Man Charged
Killing Wife is Ended
(By The Associated Press)
SAN JOSE, May 11, — Seven men
and five women debated the fate
of David Lamson, in his second trial
for the murder of his wife. The
trial ended late yesterday, and the
jury has been out overnight.
Silver Jubilee Of
King George Is
To Be Spectacular
LONDON, May 10 — A brilliant
round of court functions which be
gan May 6th and will continue un
til July 20 will mark the celebration
for the King’s silver jubilee.
The full program was issued re
cently by the Lord Chamberlain,
the Earl of Cromer and the Home
Office. Apart from these official ev
ents every town and village through
out the country is arranging some
kind of celebration, while many of
the usual occasions of the London
social season, such as the Aldershot
Tattoo and the Royal Ascot race
meet will be extra elaborate.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke
of York will depotlze for the King
at the first two courts while his Maj
esty is taking a short vacation at
Eastbourne on the south coast, in
preparation for the strenuous jubil
ee program.
Hoodlums Invade
Business Section
Wrecking Stores
Police Club Hoodlums at St.
Johns, New Foundland
In Rioting Last Night
(By The Associated Press)
ST. JOHNS, New Foundland, May
11, — Rioting hoodlums were driv
en to cover by batons of the police,
but left in their wake two score or
more broken and looted stores and
broken glass fronts.
They crippled the city light and
power system, as a crowd of more
than nine hundred jobless stormed
through the city's main streets.
Scores were injured as the police
used their clubs freely to dear the
streets. Vandalism and thieving be
gan again when the light service
was cut off for the second time, but
was stopped in rapid order when the
police did some fighting on their
own, but clubbing any one who came
within the restricted zone of business
stores.
Chairman RFC
Is For Immediate
Fay men I Slonus
Jesse Jones Thinks Immediate
Payment of Bonus May
Be Good Thin?' Now
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 11, — New
complications entered into the bon
us struggle with Jesse Jones, Chair
man of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation indicating the belief
that an immediate payment might
be a good thing.
This drew expressions of some sur
prise at the White House where it
was plainly indicated.
Jones said: “It appears entirely
possible that Congress may override
a veto of the bonus measure."
Republican leaders predicted that
the Vinson bill will be sent by con
gress to the president if the Pat
man bill is killed: however, they
foreast that it would be passed over
the veto.
Gross Denies Any
Connection Killing
Is Charged Homicide
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 11, — Frederick
Gross, 49, bookkeeper, charged with
homicide in connection with the
deaths by poisoning of his wife and
four children, steadfastly denied any
connection with their deaths.
PRESIDENT IS AT ODDS
SENATE OVER THE NRA
EXTENSION 2 YEARS
Senate Democrats Back Plan To Extend
NRA For Only Ten Months: President
Wants Extension Another Two Years
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 11, — President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt is at odds with the decided movement in the U. S.
Senate to continue lire National Recovery Administra
tion for only ten months more.
Senate democratic leaders at a conference held last
night decided to back a plan to trim the Blue Eagle’s wings
somewhat, and extend its life only until April 1st, 1936.
The political leaders held that an insistance upon a long
er extension might lead to a long fight on the floor of the
Senate which might destroy the chance of passing new leg
islation before the present law expires—namely on June
sixteenth.
Even in the face of this the president reiterated his pre
ference for a two year extension. Some observers are re
garding this expression as an indication that he is counting
on the House of Representatives to pass and insist upon a
bill closely in line with his wishes.
Colonists Arrive
At Matanuska To
Be Greeted By 500
Fires Heady in Stoves When
Colonists Arrive by Train
And Dinner is Heady
(Ry The Associated Press)
PALMER. Matanuska. May 11. —
Sixty-seven of the mid-west famil
ies of farmers reached their “land of
opportunity" at sundown yesterday.
They climbed off the train shouting
and cheering, to be assigned to tem
porary homes, where they found fir
es already laid in the stoves.
They were greeted by five hundred
CCC men and Don Irwin, Project
Director, and Frank U. Bliss, Con
strution Engineer.
The commissary had supper ready.
The evening was chilly after the
mercury had reached the fifty mark
during a balmy afternoon.
The colonists boarded the train
with much enthusiasm after a cheer
ful Anchorage send-off and lunch.
GAME PLAYED FRIDAY
The baseball game played yester
day between Hollywood and Los
Angeles ended in favor of Los An
geles by a score of four to two.
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Secret Maneuvers
Of U. S. Navy
Still Going On
Navy Armada's Whereabouts
Is Secret—Continued Se
crecy Attached Plans
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, May 11, — Some
where in the Pacific, is the United
States Navy’s great sea armada and
forty-six huge seaplanes, which con
tinued their unprecedented secret
maneuvers, while high naval officers
hinted at even more amazing opera
tions to come, involving four hund
red and fifty aircraft which are
aboard surface vessels of the fleet.
No other information was given out.
WEATHER AT
NENANA TODAY
The weather at Nenana today, ac
cording to the Nome Weather Bureau
was clear with a temperature of 38
degrees above at noon. A sixteen
mile wind was blowing from the
East. Weather at other points on the
upper Yukon was reported to be
much the same.
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