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VOL. 38 No. 95 NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, APRIL 24, 1937. Per Copy 15cH
50 Persons Shot in California Strike
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Woman Who Charged Gable Convicted Mail Fraud
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Peace Negotiations Started Ford California Plant
Libbv Reynolds
Be Guest Artist
At Coronation
Is Practicing in Hollywood
With Song Composer
For Appearance
(l$y The Associated Press)
HOLLYWOOD. April 24—Libby
Holman Reynolds, torch singer
and “vc *...•«£ >f Smith Reynolds,
member of thd tobacco family, is
working hard here on songs in
preparation for a scheduled ap
pearance as guest artist at Gros
vanor House, London, during the
coronation ceremonies in May. |
She is shown going over some
of her songs with Ralph Rainger,
Hollywood composer.
The invitation to appear jas a
guest artist at the coronation
ceremonies, came as a sharp sur
prise, in many quarters in view
of the front-page court proceed
ings several years ago. which she
instituted in an effort to retain
auistody of her child, but which
ended in the Reynolds family ob
taining authority to care for the
child, as an heir to the rich to
bacco fortunes.
I.IBBY PREPARES FOR APPEARANCE
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WIDOW OF REYNOLDS TOBACCO FORTUNE
HAS DIFFICULTY GET
WIFE OLD COUNTRY
tHy The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 24, — Martin
Slisco, 47, of Wiseman, Alaska, a
roadhouse keeper there, is here
assembling more affidavits on his
financial status preparatory to
flying to Washington, D. C., where
he hopes finally to unwind the
diplomatic red tape which is
keeping his bride-to-be in Dal
matia, part of Jugoslavia, locat
ed on the Adriatic Sea.
"The old folks at Split want to
see me again before they died so
last winter I decided to go back
home. The Wiseman folks told
at a party ‘Martin if you come
back without fetching a woman
doh’t come back’.
"I wasn’t home ten minutes
after I set eyes on Pera Kirka,
22, and her pretty little round
face, that I decided on her.
"I went to the American con
sul at Zabreg, and that's where
the trouble began. He said I had
to show proof I can support her,
I told him of my Alaska standing
He said it won’t do,I must bring
back references. In the states 1
work twenty days in Washing
ton trying to straighten out. Fin
ally I come here and am getting
affidavits from wholesale house;
and banks. I’ve sent them to Wash
ington. They'll be sent to that
Zobreg consul. Maybe tomorrow
I go to Washington again.
Maybe Pera and I will return
to Alaska. May.be she will write
‘I belong to black soil, if I don't
come to you', which means she
will die of a broken heart.”
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At one time last month, Slis-,
co thought he had straightened j
| the matter out, but new red tape
developed.
Claims Support
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 23j
—Senator Byrnes claimed strong
support for his proposal of a flat1
1 ten per cent cut of all 1938 appro
jpriations, and further said that'
he “found lota of sentiment" fav- j
j orable among other members of
! the Senate appropriations com
mittee.
f Byrnes, long an administration
spokesman on fiscal affairs, esti
mated it would slice four hundred
million off of the 1938 budget of
Roosevelt’s revised budget which
estimates it would leave a four
hundred and eighteen million dol
! lars deficit.
Cannery Strike
Stockton, Calif.
Is Bitter Battle
fBy Tne Associated Press)
STOCKTON. Calif.. April 24
—The center of the cannery
strike moved from the field ol
yesterday's bloody rioting where
fifty persons were shot, clubbed
and gassed, to a peace meeting in
the Sacramento office of Govern
or Frank Merriam, thirty miles
away.
The conference of can tiers and
labor representatives, headed by
the Governor, broke up early
today, with all indications thal
a tentative agreement.
Separate factions joined in thi
statement “that they were not
far away from a satisfactory sol
ution”.
Meanwhile doctors battled t<
save the lives of John Drake 22
whose left eye was destroyed by
a shotgun blast, and John Mon
roe, whose legs were mashed
by a charge of buckshot. Both arc
in a critical condition.
Property Sold
At the auction sale of the Louis
Kurth property on Front street
today, the property was bid in by
James Frawley for the sum d
$1505.00.
CONVICTED OF USING
; MAILS TO DEFRAUD
(By The Associated Press)
LOS A NOBLES, April 24, —
l Convicted of using the mails in
i an attempt to defraud, and facing
a five year sentence, Violet Wells
Norton nevertheless persisted in
| her assertion that Clark Gable
was the father of her illegiti-j
mate child.
“She hasn't the slightest doubt
of it. What happened in the court
room hasn’t shaken her belief in
the least,” her attorney said.
Mrs. N< irton was accused of
misue of the mails in a conspir
acy She claimed Gable had
known her in England in 1923,
and that Lis name at that time
was Frank Billings. She said he
was the father of her 13-year-old
daughter Gwendoline.
The woman wrote Gable, Mae
West and other Hollywood actors,
telling this story and demanding
that Gable support her child.
A jury of middle-aged business
men deliberated for an hour and
fifty five minutes, bringing in a
verdict of guilty of using the
mails to defraud.
Gable when questioned at the
studio said “I was only a wit
ness in the case and had noth
ing to do with the details. It is
unfortunate slit1 should come to
grief in this manner."
Proposing Slash
Appropriations
Including Relief
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON D C April 24—
Proposals to slash all federal ap
propriations ten percent, and al
so to slash a half billion doll
ars from President Roosevelt's
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relief estimates, gained fresh sup
port today.
The Senate appropriations com
mittee majority said it would ac
cept such a fixed horizontal cut
: if it proves to be the only way
to balance the budget by July
1938.
McA'lear said he had prepared
such legislation to carry out the
proposal.
Miners Stealing
Cold Ore From
Homestake Mine ;
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DEADWOOD, S. D., April (AP) |
—The tiny Black Hills homes of
miners are treasure houses that j
are concealing fortunes in nug-!
gets stolen from the Homestake, j
the world's largest gold mine, it;
i was revealed here recently.
Police said a secret investiga
tion lasting for months ended in
a search of several homes where
chunks of ore, worth hundreds of
dollars, have been found.
The gold is stolen and is hidden
jin fish bowls and other places.
Five have already been arrest
ed.
Fleet Prepares
Attack Hawaii
In War Games
(By The Associated Press)
ABOARD U.S.S.S. PBNNSYL
VANIA, April 23—The fleet, in
deployed formation, is preparing
to attack Hawaii in the most ex
!
tensive maneuvers in history. An ;
army of twenty thousand defend-1
el's, supplemented by planes, sub
marines, and mine layers, await-.
ed the one hundred and eleven
warships. More than four hun-1
dred fighting planes will partici
pate. Oahu Island is expected:
to bear the brunt of the attack.
The U.S.S. New Mexico, two!
cruisers and four destroyers are
in Alaskan waters, to enable the
crews to study the unique navi
gation problems, and are expect
ed to rejoin the main body of the
fleet in a few days.
Many Signed Up
For Alaska Trip
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 23—The Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce al
ready has one hundred and thirty
reservations for its Alaska Good
will 'four from June 5th to June
20th, it was announced at a
luncheon, attended by Mrs. Nell
Scott, Selriovia legislator, and
Dan L. Green of Anchorage, also
a legislator of the recent legisla
tive session held at Juneau.
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Has Ice Pool All
Figured Out &
When it go Out
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE. April 24, — Ost
eal' Neilsen, amateur astronomer
and professional blacksmith for
the Alaska Railroad, who won the
Nenana Ice Pool last year, an
nounced that the ice would break
this year May 11th at 11:01 A. M
He said he hud figured that the
planet Mercury had a great bear
ing on the ice date
Just to be safe, Neilsen and
his partner Blondie Miller, a eo
winner with him last year, have
covered all the minutes from
11:01 a.m. to 11:01 p.m. this year
Neilsen said things work m
cycles. While he was outside en
joying his winning recently, he
conferred with scientists, and, he
said, they are ail watching to see
the results of his calculations.
Ford Calif. Plant
Subject S' ike
Negotiations On
(Bv The Associated Press)
RICHMOND, Calif., April 24,—
Henry Ford’s big a-ssembly plant
here was gripped by a sitdowr.
strike of six hundred members
of tile United Automobile Work
es of America, protesting alleged
discrimination against a doden
men.
The strikers said they had halt
ed all activity in the plant. They
said 1200 men had answered the
call. "We are in for a long stay"
they declared.
The plant later today was va
cated of the sitdowners and a
company of guards immediately
took over while strikers shouting,
and honking automobile horns,
left the vicinity.
Frank Slaby, president of the
union local, said the men would
return to work Monday pending
an adjustment of the dispute.
He added, however, there might
be a strike at the Fisher Body
plant at Oakland because of the
discharge of Fres Whobery, for
allegedly union actions.
Bring More Food
(By The Associated Press)
LA ROCHELLE, April 24, -
Three more British cargo ships
left this French port in an att
empt to get new supplies to be
sieged Bilbao. They were the
Thorpe-Hall, Stesso and Thurs
ton, which sailed at dawn today.