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VOL 37 No 162 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JULY 9 1936 Per Copy 15cta
New Drought Relief-Cattle Raisers
CLIPPER PLANE IS DAMAGED KETCHIKAN
He Surrendered Connection Wendell Kidnaping
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CLIPPER PLANE HAD
ACCIDENT LANDING
RAMP KETCHIKAN
Wing Pontoons Damaged At Landing
Ramp Yesterday. Plane Be Mown
Back Seattle Permanent Repairs
Baby Boy Born
To Dionnes In
Canada Today
(By The Associated Press i
CALLANDER, Ontario, July 9,
—A son was born to Mrs. Oliva
Dionne, mother of the quintuplets
early today.
Dr. Jei Joyal officiated by a
Callander nurse. Both Mrs. Dio
nne and boy are described by
Dr. Joyal as in exceptionally
good condition. Like the quin
tuplets, the new son was born
in a farmhouse.
Roosevelt Sons
Yachting Cruise
Pres. Join Later
(By The Associated Press)
PORTSMOUTH, New Hamp
shire, July 8, — The three sons
of President Franklin D. Roose
velt—James, Franklin Jr., and
John, left on a short cruise al
ong the coast of Maine, despite
a minor accident to their yacht
Sewana, aboard which the Pres
ident will join them Monday at
Pullit Harbor, Maine.
The yacht was dented slightly
four feet above the waterline by
a fishing scchooner as she lay a
a whalf. It will be repaired in
Maine later.
BULLETIN: The Northward
bound Alaska Clipper on its
first scheduled hop here to
day, was halted by accident
in landing, and will not be
able to proceed for some
| time.
—
Ketchikan, July 9, — The
inaugural flight from Seat
tle to Juneau with mail,
passengers and express
beginning a regular service
was marred late Wednes
day.
—
The Alaska Clipper, twin-mot
ored amphibian, badly damaged
both of its wing pontoons as it
landed here yesterday afternoon
enroute to Juneau.
Pilot King Baird said the am
phibian would be anchored for
an indefinite period until the
pontoons have been repaired.
The return flight was to have
been scheduled for Friday. Four
passengers were aboard the air
plane when it landed here.
Ketchikan, July 9, — The Al
aska Clipper, its wing floats dam
aged by hitting a landing ramp
will be flown back to Seattle to
morrow by pilot King Baird,
who said temporary repairs in
the form of canvas gloves are
being made for the damaged
floats. Permanent repairs will be
made in Seattle. The express on
the plane is being forwarded to
Juneau today on the North Sea.
Thomas P. Gore Of Oklahoma
Conceded Defeat In Race For
The Senatorial Nomination!
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(By The Associated Press)
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8, —
Senator Thomas P. Gore con
ceded defeat in the race for the
democratic senatorial nomination.
The “handwriting on the wall
is perfectly visible to me”, said
the blind statesman, as returns
from the semi-final primary show
ed him in fourth place.
License Issued
(By The Associated Press?
SEATTLE, July 8, — A mar
riage license was issued yester
day to Zalmain D. Gross, 23, of
Juneau and Charmain Lewis 18,1
of Seattle. ^
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The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
June 20, 1936.
Proposals for bids for the con
struction of the Nome Federal
building were put on the market
June 15, and are to be called for
award of contract July 20.
While this is two weeks later
than the time originally set for
completion of the plans and spec
ification, it is believed that suffi
cient time for a substantial start
jon the construction will be av
ailable yet this season. Recog
jnizing the need for immediate
'commencement of the work on
account of the short working
! season at Nome, the Treasury
| Department which is in charge
of the design and construction
of all federal buildings, has
made special efforts to hurry the
■ erection of this building. They
believe that if the contractor can
'complete the outer structure and
install the heating equipment be
fore severe weather arrives, the
interior work in the building can
be carried on throughout the
winter.
i
Special retirement legislahm
! for employees of the Alaska Rail
road seemed practically a.sured
when on June 19 the bill mak
ing detailed provision for such
retirement passed the House.
The proposed legislation passed
the Senate on the 15th when it
was again taken up after being
passed over the previous week
on account of the absence of a
number of Senators who were
at the Cleveland Convention.
When the original bill introduc
ed by Delegate Dimond was tak
en up by the House Committee on
the Civil Service, it was decid
ed to make the report on the am
ended text of the bill which was
then under consideration in the
Senate. When the Senate bill
passed and was referred to the
House Committee, the favorable
report was made and filed on
June 16, making the bill eligible
for the favorable action that the
House has taken on it.
As the Acting Director of the
Bureau of the Budget reported
that the proposed legislation
would not be in conflict with the
financial program of the Presi
dent, his early approval of the
bill is expected.
Hon. John W. Troy, Governor
of Alaska, and Robert Bender,
(Continued on Page Two)
Drought Relief
Cattle Raisers
New Program
fBv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8.
A vast drought relief program
embracing jobs and loans for
needy cattle raisers, and other
assistance for a hundred and |
seventy thousand families was
announced by President Roose
velt today.
The President also announced
lie hud granted a leave of ab
ove without pay, to Postmaster
General Farley, effective after
August 1st and continu.ng un
til after election.
Eight Or Nine
Italian Officers
Believed Dead
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 8, — Reuter’s,
British News Agency, reported a
dispatch from Rome saying that
eight or nine Italian officers, in
cluding Colonel Antonio Loea
telle, were killed from ambush
when they alighted from a plane
in Jimma Province, Ethiopia.
Official quarters at Rome den
ied it.
Thomas Meighan
Celebrated Actor
Died New York
(By Tne Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 9, — Thomas
Meighan, famed screen actor,
died Wednesday night at his
Long Island home.
He had been ill for some time.
Meighan lapsed into a coma sev
eral hours before death. His wife
the former Frances Ring, and her
sister Blanche Ring, were at his
bedside. Meighan was one of the
top performers in the days of the
silent films.
Anthony Eden Is
Urged be Careful
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 8, — Physi
cians tonight ordered Anthony
Eden, British Foreign Secretary,
to take a week’s rest.
Over a year ago he was forc
' ed to leave his office for a mon
th and recuperate from a heart
'strain.
ELLIS PARKER Jr. SURRENDERED
CONNECTION THE WENDELL
KIDNAPING IN NEW JERSEY
Released $500 Bail. Father And Se\eral
Olliers Been Indieled in Conneelioit
Torture Confession of Wendell
(By The Associated Press)
MOUNT HOLY, New Jersey,
July 9, — Ellis Parker Jr., a fug
itive from justice since April 21,
in connection with the Paul H.
Wendell kidnapping, surrendered
to his father Wednesday, and was
released on $500 bail.
His father, together with sever
al others, have been indicted in
1 the case on charges that Wen
dell was kidnaped and tortured
to confess guilt of the Lindbergh
kidnaping.
Governor Hoffman of New Jer
! sey Tuesday denied extradition
| of the elder Parker to Brooklyn
| for trial.
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Freed Suspicion
(Rv The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, July 9, — i dward
Lynch, aged 31, held .. a fugi
1 tive from criminal pr caution
in Denver, was cleared today of
any connection with the slaying
, of Mrs. Florence Thompson Cast
le on June 29tl;
Lynch is wanted in Denver
on a robbery charge, officials de
clared.
The night club entertainer’s
son, seven-year--old Jimmy Cast
le, said that Lynch was rot the
man who beat his mother to
death with a brick.
i wo \ outlis Arrived Ketchikan
26-Foot Oathoard Motor Boat
Sixteen Days Enronte, Seattle
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Farmer Strike Is
Declared Be Off
(By The Associated Press)
MEMPHIS, July 9, — The gen
eral strike among tenant farmers, .
sharecroppers and day laborers
in East Arkansas was ended by
a declaration issued today by
the southern tenant farmers un
ion.
Murphy Resigned
To Run Gov ernor
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 9, Frank
Murphy, of Detroit, submitted his
resignation as High Commission
er to the Philippines, to Presi- j
dent Roosevelt, effective at the 1
President’s pleasure.
It was indicated he had submit ^
ted his resignation to clear the'
way for Murphy to run as a
Democratic candidate for . Gov
ernor of Michigan.
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHIKAN. July 8. — Six
teen days from Seattle Amos
Burg of Eugene, Oregon, and
Roy Pepper of St. Croix, Wis
consin, arrived here today in
their 26-foot, outboard motor
boat.
They will remain in s utheast
ern Alaska until September do
ing colored photography work.
They said their 31-year-old
boat was the one in which they
circled Cape Horn several years
ago. The distance they travelled
on this trip, from Seattle to Ket
chikan was 654 miles.
The Cutter Dahpne, bound
north from San Francisco for
the Bering Sea Patrol, turned off
its course and brought Joseph
Beck, a member of i's crew who
fell down a companionway, to
the hospital here.
Long distance speed records for
automobiles have been broken by
a British inventor’s racing auto
mobile powered with a 12-cylin
der Diesel motor the specifica
tions of which are a secret.