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Vol. 38. No. 26. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEB. 1st, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Generally Conceded Strike Settled
Flood Situations Still Remain In Critical Condition
THEY WERE PROMINENT IN KING SCANDAL
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (right) of Britain apparently sought
a showdown with King Edward in the constitutional crisis in the
British empire caused by the King’s friendship with Mrs. Wallis Simp
son, but in parliament said he had nothing to say to the British people.
The Archbishop of Canterbury (left) was reported by a London publi
cation to have threatened to refuse the King "communion of the
church” if he announced his intention to marry Mrs. Simpson. (Asso>
• elated Press Photo)
Joe Gould, Manager Jim Braddock,
Said Would Accept Offer of Fight In
Chicago, 111. With Joe Louis in June
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, — Joe
Gould, manager of heavyweight
champion Jimmy Braddock, an*
nounced this morning he had ac_
eepted an offer of five hundred
Takes The Spotlight
Vf_
Pretty Adaline Heiskell, 18, has
the social spotlight in Memphis,
Tenn., all to herself this season,
because she’s the city’s only de
butante. Her debut necessarily is
to be the outstanding social ev
ent of the year. (Associated Press
Photo.)
housand dollars, with an option
of fifty percent of the gate, for a
title bout between Braddock and
■Joe Louis, at Chicago this sum
mer, the fight to be held at Sol
diers Field sometime in June.
Gould said the offer was made
by Sheldon Cllark, who previous
ly had been associated w'ith Tex
Rickard and Mike Jacobs in oth_
er fight promotional ventures.
Although Braddock is signed to
fight Max Schmeliing June 3rd,
Gould said he would go ahead
with the Louis bout, as he felt
it would be a bigger drawing
card.
Gould had posted five thousand
dollars with the New York State
Boxing Commission, as a guar
antee of Braddock’s bout with
Schmeliing.
Gould said he would ask for
the return of the check, but would
go ahead with the Louis fight
anyway, if the check is not re
turned.
SNEEDVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1,—
The marriage of strapping Char,
lie Johns, aged 22, to Eunice Win
stead aged 9, brought demands
that the state enact laws to pre
vent such an alliance in the fu
ture.
Mountain neighbors and civic
leaders of Knoxville joined in a
protest.
LEVEES
HOLDING
IN SOUTH
Htv Tho Associated Press)
UNDATED, Feb. 1, — Valiant
defenders of Cairo, 111., 500 able
bodied men, are the only persons
left in the city which dug in to
the ilast ditch to fight against the
threat of the first inundation of
the city in its history of 79 years.
Several other communities
have been forced to surrender to
the turbulent waters. Paducah is
temporarily a ghost town, hav_
ing been completely evacuated as
a health measure.
The Misssisippi river at Mem
phis now stands at 47.8 feet said
U. S. Engineers, 1.2 feet above its
previous record in 1913.
Roosevelt’s flood inspection com
mittee arirved there by train and
went into conference immediately
with relief executives for Tenn
essee, Arkansas and Missouri,
[with leader Hopkins officiating.
Louisville, Cincinnati and oth
er battered and bruised towns
cheerfully turned to rehabilita.
tions efforts.
Todate the man-made dikes al
ong the Mississippi river front
fifty miles below Cairo to the
Gulf of Mexico, still held the
flood waters.
Lieut. Col. Eugene Reybold,
who is directing the one hundred
and fifteen thousand men in the
pick and shovel army said:
“If vigilance, supplies, and man
power can do it, the levee line
will be held at all costs.”
Senate Dispute
Of Investigating
Committeeship
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1,
—A senate dispute over the
right of congressional committees
to use relief workers, threatened
to break the comparative calm
marking the first month of the
congressional session.
Tempers quickened in debate
over the nine hundred million dol
far relief and deficiency bills and
its rider to block investigators
from calling upon WPA aid. Sev
eral leaders doubted if the bill
could be sent ot the White House
today.
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i _
Thinking her mother dying June
Davis (above) went to a Denver
newspaper with this want ad:
| “Wanted, a home for an exception
ally intelligent little girl, with peo
ple financially able to educate her.
Mother is TB and through an un
fortunate business venture has lost
their home." A reporter wrote a
story about her plight, and as a re
sult dozens of Denver families ask
ed to adopt her. Physicians, how
ever, said the mother could recover
and gave her hospitalization. (As
sociateo Press Photo)
Alaska Juneau
Mine Increased
Scales of Wages
(By The Associated Press!
JUNEAU, Feb. 1, — The Alas
ka Juneau mine raised its wages
an average of fifty cents a day ef
fective February 1st, which adds
eighty five thousand dollars to
their annual payroll.
The increase was estimated at
approximately five percent, it was
announced by a company state
ment which said it affects appro,
ximately 865 men.
Certain class sorters were raised
from $4.85 to $5.25. Another caUs
for an increase affecting 510 men
from $4.85 to $5.25; 127 men are
affected by a raise of from $5.35
to $5.65; five hundred and five
men of from $6.85 to $7.10; var
ious smaller groups $7.10 to $7.35,
and $7.85 to $8 to another group
with the last classification in
creased from $8.35 to $8.50
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 1, — “Bearded
Bishop of the Arctic”, the Most
Reverend Petter Fallaize, Catho
lic Bishop of the vast Yukon Ter
ritory, here for treatment of a
peculiar kind of snow blindness,
told of many hardships of his
work in the north.
FORTY THOUSAND
WORKERS VOTING
PEACE PROPOSALS
Strike leaders and Shipowners alike believe ballotting
result in complete settlement of strike. Totals
expected to be tabulated by Thursday
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, —
Forty thousand coast workers
started ballotting today on peace
proposals which leaders freely
predicted wilil end the long ship
ping tieup, possibly Thursday.
Shipowners also are accepting
the strike as virtually settled,
and are preparing for the release
of 240 ships in blockaded ports.
They pointed out however,
that the resumption of sailings
would be gradual since the ships
must be reserviced.
They said the longshoremen
will get the first call to work as
soon as the ratification of the maj
ority of seven unions is complet.
ed.
The joint strike committee, in
ordering the referendum, recom
mended the tentative agreements
be approved, and points still in
dispute will be submitted to ar
bitration.
No returns will be announced
the committee said until the votes
from all the ports have been for
warded here and certified.
The committee asked for com_
plete returns by Wednesday.
Strike leaders expected the ball
oting by all unions to be under
way by 8 a.m. today.
The loss caused by the block
ade, now on its 95th day, contin
ued to mount, at a rate estimat.
ed by the shipping merchants’
association at $7,000,000 a day.
Some merchants said it would
take months to regain lost mar
kets. Mayor Rossi expressed a
general feeling of relief and said
fervently: “I hope we never shall
have another strike.”
Shipowners, represented by
Roger Lapham of the American
Hawaiian Steamship company
pledged “their utmost to make
this a lasting peace.”
NOTICE
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
Roads and Mines
Were Subjects at
Juneau Saturday
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 31, — After
considerable discussion regarding
the necessity of roads, the House
passed two memorials Saturday
for a road from Knik Arm to
tidewater, and another from An
chorage to Lake Spenard which
will be an extension to the pres
ent one, each to cost five thous_
and dollars.
Only one bilil was introduced
Saturday, and that by Laiblin,
proposing that a commissioner of
mines be elected with a salary of
five thousand dollars instead of
being appointed by the Governor.
The bill introduced by Senator
Victor Rivers of the Fourth that
all mines employing more than
three men use wet drills, was ex
plained, that this was to combat
silicosis, or what is commonly
known as miners consumption.
Bishop Criticizes
King’s Private Life |
The first open comment in England
upon what has since caused an un
orecedented governmental crisis
came in the criticism of King Ed
ward’s private life, Including his
friendship with Mrs. Wallis Simp
son, by Dr. A. W. F. Blunt (above),
Bishop of Bradford. The prelate ex
pressed concern over the King’s
awareness of his need for "God’s
grace.” (Associated Press Photo)