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VOL. 38 No. 79 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY APRIL 6, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
Identity Of Triple Murderer Solved
Wheeler Leading Opposition Presidents Court Bill
May Secure Congress Disapproval Sit-Down Strikes
Will Introduce
Resolution Sen.
Tomorrow
(Hy Tne Associated Pr**s' •
WASHINGTON D C April 6 —
Senator Joe Robinson said he
would introduce a resolution to
morrow condemning sitdown stri
kes.
Administration forces voted
down by forty eight to thirty
ox, yesterday, a similar amend
ment attached to the Guffey Vin
M>n coal bill, and then passed
the bill.
Two other such 'resolutions are
expected to be introduced. Ap
proval of the president is unne:
essary. The coal bill goes back
to the house for action on sen
ate amendments. The bill when
signed will stabilize the coa1 in
dustry, & provides for a national
bituminous coal commission, in
addition to an elaborate system
(if marketing. It also contains fa i
trade provisions.
Ice At Nenana
According to reports received
by tiie U S Weather Bureau the
ice at Fairbanks was 27 inche
thick yesterday and only 26 inch
as of snow leinain on the ground.
The temperature was 28 yest
erday and today was 30 above.
At Nenana. the last report re
ceived a week ago sa d the ice
was 27 inches thick.
Spearhead of Attack
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United States Senator Burton K.
Wheeler (D. Mont.) is one of the
most severe critics of President
Roosevelt's court reorganization
program. Opponents of the plan de
pended on him to lead the attack
at hearings before the Senate Judi
ciary committee. (Associated Press
Photo)
This Is a view of the wreckage of the round-the-world plane of Ame 1a Earnun after it ei.isned on an attempted takeoff fiom Luke Field,
Honolulu, T. H., for Howland island. Field attaches rushed to the scene after the crackup to render assistance. Neither Miss Earhart nor her
two companions were hurt. (Associated Press Photo)
Vote Will Be
Small in This
Year Election
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, Up to the hour of going to
press, only 282 had voted at the
polls today.
The election this year has ap
peared particularly uneventful
and little interest has been shown
areording to registration and vot
, ing.
The total number of votes is
expected to be only slightly
more, when the polls close at
6 P. M.
Subscribe for the Nugget
Wheeler Say Will
Vote Favor Of
New Bill
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C April 6—
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, the
leader in the fight against the
President's court plan said he
would vote for Senator O’Ma
honey’s constitutional amend
ment bill to require a two thirds
majority of the court to invali
date statutes.
Administration supporters did
not give any encouragement to
the compromise.
The oppositon expects to pre
sent testimony all this week and
probably next.
Supporters of the President’s
bill will probably take the stand
briefly before the committee go
es into executive session to con
sider the bill.
LOST—A bunch of keys on a
i key-ring. Reward offered. Please
! return to Nugget office. 2t
FLIER RETURNS TO L. A.
Amelia Earhart and the two men companions who survived the crash
of her $80,000 around-the-world plane on a takeoff from Honolulu for
Howland island are shown reading messages from friends on their
arrival in Los Angeles harbor aboard the 3. S. Malolo. Left to right:
Harry Manning, Miss Earhait and Fred Noonan. (Associated Press
‘hoto)
SEVEN YEAR SUNSHINE RECORD BROKEN
DURING MONTH OF MARCH, SAYS THE U. S.
WEATHER BUREAU OF NOME IN SUMMARY
Nome, Alaska. April 1. 1937.
The largest percentage of the
possible amount of sunshine dur
ing March broke seven years of
automatic record at the Nome of
fice of the U. S. Weather Bureau
with 73% compared to the prev
ious record of 71% in June. 1935.
Another outstanding feature was
the low wind record with the
least for any month of March
data. Temperatures were below
normal while precipitation also
totaled below the seasonal aver
age.
Temperature averaged 3.6 de
grees above zero compared to the
normal of 8.6. The mean maxi
mum was 13.0 above while the
mean minimum was —5.7. The
lowest temperature occurred on
! -
j the 9th with a reading of —30.
i The maximum for the month was
[34 degrees above on the four
! teenth. Temperature ranged 33
I degrees on the 11th for the great
! est, while the least was 3 degrees
I on the 13th.
Precipitation in form of melted
j snow amounted to 0.40 of an inch
! compared to the normal of 0.88
but the sasonal average figured
j from Sept. 1st shows an excess
of 3.69 inches. Snowfall occurr
ed on 8 days during the month
j for a total of 4.8 inches. The
greatest 24 hour snowfall was 1.9
inches on the 12th and 13th. 42.0
inches of snow remained on the
ground at the close of the month.
Sunshine was recorded on 29,
(Continued on Page Three) j
Ben Olson Writes
Of Oldtimers At
Pioneer Home
The following interesting letter
from Ben Olson, an inmate of the
Pioneers Home at Sitka, dated
March 22, 1937- addressed to his
old prospecting partner, Marshal
Thomas Gaffney, was received on
the last mail and is herewith pub
lishcd for the good news it con
tains concerning Nome Pioneers
now at the Home:
Sitka, Alaska, March 22. 1937
Mr. Thomas GafTnev.
United States Marshal.
Nome, Alaska.
Dear Tom: ,
I think I owe you a letter if I
am not mistaken and thought I
would get busy. I am pleased to
tell you that I am feeling well
again after a spell of sickness for
a couple of weeks.
I am the oldest resident now in
the Home, having been here
since 1912—quite a long stay for
a man of a wandering disposition
“Doc'' Kemp, Gasoline Red.
Bill Guisler, John Gregg and
“Sapolio” from Deering, arrived
here last January, and as far as
I know, are all well and enjoy
ing the sunshine of Sitka.
Bill Guisler has improved in
heailth very much since arriving
and tells me he is leaving for
Teller around the first of May.
He is now ninety years of age
but apparently feels like a kid.
The Pioneers Home is, I think,
the finest institution in the Unit
ed States of America, and all the
old timers are treated with every
kindness and consideration.
The meals are simply wonder
ful. As an example the last two
Sundays we were all treated to a
(Continued on Page Two)
I
Robert Irwin Is
Picked as Easter
Day Murderer
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YP0K. April (3. — Police
branded R t Irwin, 29, a scul
pture and n ty student, and
a one-tim ident of Portland
Oregon a • murderer of the
triple slay Easter morning at
Beekman Hin
The announcement was made
last night as they >ena out a gen
oral alarm for h:> arrest.
Irwin formerly roomed at the
home of Mrs. Mary Gedeon and
1 her art-model daughter Veronica,
both of whom were slain along
; with Frank Burner, a roomer.
; Irwin recently at . d to “leave"
St. Lawrence University at Can
i ton. New York, after taking men
, tad treatment for three years at
the Rockland State hospital. i
He was last seen in New York
on Good Friday.
Eighteen thousand New York
detectives and policemen watch
ed all transportation lines for any
sign of him.
WASHINGTON. April 6,
President Roosevelt recommend
ed to Congress on the fourth an
iniversary of the CCC, the crea
tion of a permanent Civilian
! Conservation Corps, with three
| hundred thousand members.
Under the present law the
CCC will expire June 30th
The actual enrollment now in
,the civilian conservation corps is
about three hundred thousand.
The president praised its work
iand said that its continued func
Itioning would not be contrary to
j the normal progress toward re
I
I covery.
Minin" Course
Following is information for
the public concerning the mining
course started here yesterday:
Classes will be daily excepting
Sunday, from 3 to 5 p.m. and
from 7 to 9. the large number of
more than eighty registered be
ing divided into two divisions.
Any who are interested, said
Mr. Sha'llitt are welcome to at
tend the lectures, but to those
w'ho plan attending the labora
tory instruction work, he advised
that they register for the entire
course. There are no fees or ex
penses to be met by anyone re
gistering for the course.
The large number registered
speaks weLl for the interest in
this subject, which is so vital to
people of this section.