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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 62._ NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, MAR. 17, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
CHARGES MADE IN CITY REFORM MOVES
‘No One Be Responsible For Lives Of Passengers*
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$796,000 ASKED BY
DIMOND TO REPAIR
ALASKA RAILROAD
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17, Del
egate Anthony J. Dimond of Al
aska appealed to the house sub
committee to provide at least
seven hundred and ninety six
thousand dollars in the interior
department appropriations bill
for the rehabilitation of the Al
aska Railroad.
‘Unless we get money to rehab
ilitate the road, no one can be
held responsible for the lives of
passengers traveling over the
route”, he said.
He termed the two hundred
thousand dollars budgeted ‘as
wholly insufficient”.
Dimond also asked for five hun
dred thousand dollars to begin
the long range two million, five
hundred thousand dollar airfield
construction program, and also
five thousand dollars to purchase
•and distribute reindeer to needy
Alaskan natives.
While making no specific re
quest, he told the committee that
money should be supplied for
road construction.
WASHINGTON, March 17 Dim
ond said that the senate subcom
mittee considering the post office
appropriations bill, had approv
ed of the seventy two thousand,
seven hundred and fifty dollars
for a weekly airmail service be-1
tween Tanana Crossing, Cordova,
Valdez, Seward and Anchorage.
The airmail service would ‘feed’
Juneau, Whitehorse, Fairbanks.1
The route was set up with sixty
eight thousand six hundred and
ninety-two thousand dollars in
the bill. |
Good Sportsmen
{By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17th—
Justice McReynolds of the Su
preme Court, told a small frater
nity audience Tuesday night, that
“evidence of good sportsmanship
was to accept the outcome of *’a
fair tribunal.” It was the first
utterance of any member of the
court on its relationship with the
government since the president
•ubmitted his recommendations
to reorganize the judicial body.
He spoke At the Pfai Delta Theta
fraternity dinner.
j
Commissioner Is
I Opinion More
Money Needed
fBv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., March
17-Fisheries Commissioner Frank
T. Bell, told the House Appropri
ations Sub-Committee that he ex
pects a growing market, and also
said that the Seals polygamous
habits offset the expected in
crease in the cost of the govern
ment’s sealing operations on Prib
ilof Islands.
The Bureau of Fisheries have
asked the committee to include
$1,658,480 in its budget for the
fiscal year. Bell said the steadily
growing seal herd assured a larg
er income in 1938. Last year’s
seals yielded $198,756 profit after
treaty payments were made to
Japan and Great Britain.
New Boat For
Fishing Industry
Launched Seattle
(By Tfte Associated Press'
Seattle, March 17—There was
launched at Ballard a thirty-live
thousand dollar schooner named
the “’Ketchikan”, which is to be
come an important unit of the Al
aska fishing fleet. The vessel is
now having a two hundred horse
power engine installed at Fisher
men’s Dock, owned by W. S. Bal
com and Clarence D. Payne. The
new schooner is expected to leave
in about six weeks for Alaska.
The Wearin’ 0’
The Green Takes
Place Tonight
The Wearin’ o’ the Green will
symbolize the party tonight given
by the Catholic Ladies in honor
of St. Patrick’s Day.
A Card party, dancing and re
freshments will constitute plans
for the party tonight. A three
piece dance orchestra will pro
vide the musid for this evening,
commencing at 10:30 p.m.
le House From
Which Boy Was
Taken, Murdered
Below is shown the house from
which 9 year old Charles Matt
I son was kidnaped and later mur
j dered. Outlined is the path tak
en by the kidnaper, when he es
caped with the boy from before
the eyes of his younger sisters
and family. (A. P. photo).
Riots Happened
Paris During All
Of Last Night
(Bv The rtsxnt litter
PARIS, March 17—Night long
riots between the communists &
rightists, killing five and wound
ing three hundred, and it was
feared imperiled the French pop
ular government. Police were
thrown about strategic centers to
guard against a rising of political
agitation.
Communists demand the arrest
of Colonel Francois De La Roche,
leading militarist and the right
to dissolution of his French Social
party. The R ghtists disclaimed
responsibility for the riot, charg
ing the Leftists plotting against
the government.
Anniversary Was
Separate Affair
(By The Associated Press >
WARM SPRINGS, Georgia,
March 16th—The thirty-second
wedding anniversary found the
Roosevelts’ a thousand miles a
part, but telegraphic exchange of
greetings recalled a memorable
St. Patrick’s Day in New York
City, >vhen Uncie "Teddy” gave
Eleanor Roosevelt away to her
sixth cousin. Mrs. Roosevelt is
in Oklahoma, on a lecture tour.
Grand Jury At
Nome Rendered
Final Report
The Federal Grand Jury for the
regular term of the District Court
at Nome returned its final report
to Judge J H S Morison at 10 a.
m. today, excerpts and important
notations of which follow below:
Judge Morison thanked the
Jury for its excellent and indust
rious work during the past ten
days, and then went on to ex
plain that, although courts are
often impatient of prolonged in
vestigations, and urge speedy
completion of work in the in
t rests of economy, he wished to
acknowledge to this Grand Jury
that they had performed consider
able beneficial and dutiful en
gagements & investigations which
would be fully carried out within
tii: powers of the court, and oth
er federal officials.
Following are summarized sub
jeots dealt with by the Grand
Jury report handed in this morn
ng. The Grand Jury was recessed
pending further call, and was not
definitely discharged.
Sixteen indictments were sub
mitted to the grand jury by the
U. S. Attorney. Fourteen true
bills were found, one not true bill
and one indictment was with
drawn, no action being taken up
(Continued on Page Four)
Charges of Graft Lodged Against
Police Officers Of San Francisco
By Special Investigating Board
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17
Charges that San Francisco police
were collecting a million dollars
annually and a graft of three hun
dred and twenty-four thousand
dollars, which comes from houses
of prostitution appeared,Tuesday,
in the final report on the investi
gation by Edwin N Atherton, who
spent sixty thousand dollars in
more than a year in his inquiry.
The investigator was a former
Justice Department Agent, who
said that the uninforcibility of
the law against prostitution, gam
bling and other alleged vices, ac
counted for the graft system, and
recommended the repeal of these
aws and licensing such activities
on the theory that it couldn’t be
topped. In fact he said such
licensing will not increase gnmbl
ing or prostitution, but would re
duce graft and tribute by one
hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars.
All principails named by Ather
ton as involved in the graft, issu
ed sweeping denials of his charges
and bitterly assailed the investi
gator. Several damage suits were
threatened.
The report was made public by
Superior Judge George Steiger,
-——. .
who recommended action be tak
en by the grand jury, if that body
deemed it expedient.
Mussolini Refers
To British Jitters
(Rv The Associated Press!
TRIPOLI, LIBYA, March 17
Premier Mussolini referred scath
ingly to the British nervousness
over Italy’s ascendancy of the
Mediterranean and told a cheer
ing throng of one hundred that
Italy was forced to rearm to meet
the rearmament threat of others.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
The Poll Book for the registra
tion of voters for the forthcoming
Municipal and School Board el
ection lias been open since Feb
ruary 17th, and will close on Sat
urday, March 27th, 1937. Elec
tion takes place April 6th.
M. J. WALSH,
City Clerk
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
uogs. thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
-tnn- il Power of Atinrnev forms.
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