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VOL. 37. No. 164. NOME. ALASKA, Saturday, JULY 11 1936. _ _Per Copy 15cts
Cordova Editor Died Seattle Today
M. Z10NCHECK DECLARED WAR “FRIENDS”
Record Heat Wave Broke In Mid-West Sections
HARRY G. STEEL OF
CORDOVA TIMES IS
DEAD AT SEATTLE
Cordova Newspaper Man and Brother
With Other Alaskan Editors Put In
Early Days Newspapers Dawson
'-—
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 11—Harry G.
Steel, aged 67, editor and owner
of the Cordova Times, died in
the hospital early today. He
came here in May for treatment.
Funeral services will be held on
next Monday afternoon, to be
followed by cremation.
A sister, Mrs. John G. Ladd of
Washington, D. C., survives him.
Harry Steel was a former U.
S. clerk of the district court at
Nome. He owned and published
papers in Alaska forty years. He
and his brother the late Will A.
Steel were associated for many
years in Dawson, Y.T. newspaper
work. Mr. Steel was born at
Ashland, Pennsylvania, and was
a son of J. Irvine Steel, a prom
inent Pennslyvania publisher, &
served his apprenticeship before
going to Alaska.
Investigator Is
Appointed To
Check Expenses
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 11, —
The appointment of Louis R.
Glavis, head PWA investigator
and recent interior department
storm center, as special investi
gator for senatorial campaign
expenditures investigating com
mittee was announced by Chair
man Lonergan.
Glavis vacates an eight thous
and dollars a year job for one lim
ited by law to thirty-six hun
dred dollars.
He is to start work July 14th.
Glavis first came into promin
ence during the Taft administra
tion in connection with charges
that certain concerns were ac
quiring Alaska coal land in vio
lation of the law.
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Tour Keugarok
Proved Interest
(Contributed)
Boy Scout Troop No. 636 return
ed to Nome Friday, July 10, after
a six day camping trip at Iron
Creek and Pilgrim Springs. The
party consisting of Scout Master
E. Kirkpatrick, Charles Brinker
hofT, and nine Scouts, Lee Reat,
Bob Scott, Stuart Morrison, Geo
rge Martin, Admiral Sims, Frank
O’Farrell, Ke.mit Rock, Dan
Jones and Kevin Walsh.
Monday the entire party climb
ed to the top of Iron Mountain,
where we erected a reck monu
ment with a flag staff in the cen
ter. We also wrote our names on 1
a piece of paper which we put
in a can and left in the monu
ment. Tuesday was spent fishing
and playing games around camp.
Wednesday the Kougarok Lim
ited carried us to Pilgrim Springs
roadhouse on the railroad. From
here we hiked seven miles to Pil
grim Springs Mission. This was
quite a hard hike because the
tundra was soft and covered with
“nigger heads,” bes'des each one
was carrying his bed and food
for two days. At the Mission we
received a most hearty welcome.
Father E. J. Cunningham, the
Sisters and Brothers made us
very comfortable. They would
not hear of us cooking our meals I
or using our food. We slep' in j
the guest rooms at the Mission.
We all enjoyed a swim in the hot j
springs. It was the first time j
that some of the boys had eve*
seen trees, large gardens and oat;
fields.
When we left the Sisters had
prepared a lunch for each of us.
j This was surely appreciated be
! cause after our walk back the 7
miles to the Pilgrim Springs road ;
house, we had a fourteen hour j
wait before the car came to take j
us home. Here the boys had a|
new experience of sleeping on
the floor and benches. Mr. Kirk
patrick and Mr. Brinkerhoff stay-'
Chicago Cheered
End Of Record |
Mercury Ascent
fBy The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, July 11—Millions
cheered the end of the heat wave
which was sighted today as the
coo] weather should begin to
sweep East from Northwest to
night. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd of
Chicago said, the extreme heat
'will be dispelled by rain.
The heat drought todate caused
five hundred and thirty-six dea
ths; three hundred millions in
damage.
At Denver, Assistant Re-settle
ment Administrator Daly said:
“At least two thirds of the crops
are gone in the Dakotas’.” He
predicted that five hundred thou
sand farmers will need relief. I
and said that the machinery for
the government’s cattle purchas
ing plan is about shaped. It was
further said that a shortage of
water threatens St. Paul.
Six Married Men
Sitting on Trial
(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, Florida, July 11—A
jury of six married men weighed
evidence last night in the $300.
000 love rift suit of James Edgar,
Jr., Michigan sugar heir against
Lewis E. Mallory, 22-year-old
member of a wealthy Pennsyl
vania oil family. Edgar charged
'
Mallory seduced and alienated
’the affections of his former wife.
—
Bastile Day Was
Big Day France;
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, July 11—Many French
men quit work Friday for four
days of festivities ending in Bas
tille Day celebration Tuesday,
but a wary government ordered
police protection to prevent pos
sible disorders.
ed up all night and kept the boys
covered and the fire going.
The Kougarok Limited came at
six o’clock the next morning. We
rode to the Iron Creek Road
house where we stopped to cook
a meal and pick up the rest of
| our belongings. We arrived
iback in Nome at two o’clock Fri
!day afternoon. Everyone had a
jvery enjoyable time. The boys
proved themselves to be very
'good campers.
You ill Sat On
Switch Had A
Painful Injury
fBy The Associated Kress)
OAKLAND, July 11—John Gra
ham, aged 18, sat on a railroad
track today without realizing he
was sitting on an open switch.
In a tower some distance away,
a railroad employe pulled some
levers and the switch closed to
gether. Graham tried to jump
but couldn’t because the switch
had nipped him where he sat
down. His howls of pain attract
ed the tower man, who released
the switch.
The injured youth, who said he
was an itinerant from New York
was taken to a hospital. Physic
ians patched him up and said he
probably will not sit down any
where again for a few days.
Husband, Wife
Die Plunge Riv.
c
(By The Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July !! 1
—The bodies of a man and a
woman, recovered from the Sac
ramento river after their auto
mobile had plunged into the
water last night, were identified
today by Sheriff Don Cox as Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Mowdy of
Walnut Creek. Officers said the
automobile struck a highway
marker, plunged over the levee
and rolled 50 feet into the river.
Two Men Were
Electrocuted
(By The Associated Press)
ONTARIO, Calif., July 11—Er
vin Upchurch, aged 22, of Santa
Ana and Louis Trufeli, aged 24,
of Los Angeles, were killed today
when a crane they were operat
ing came into contact with an
11,000 volt power line.
—
NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS
All Democrats, members of the
Democratic Club, and members
of the Divisional Committee, are
urgently requested to be present
at a meeting to be held at two
P. M. Sunday, July 12th at the
City Hall, for the purpose of ap
pointing committees, discussing
plans for the coining campaign
for the Fall election, and other
matters of business.
Signed: ack Solomon,
Temporary Chairman at Large.
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ZIONCHECK DECLARED WAR
ON ERSTWHILE CONFIDANTS
AND IIIS POLITICAL ALLIES
Washington Legislator Laid Down Own
Version How '"Friends" Caused Him
Sidler Detention In the Hospital
Congressman Says Stevenson
Deserted Him; Accuses Far
ley Asylum Detention
(Uy The Associated Press)
Seattle. July — Like Napolean
back from Elba, Marion Zion
check returned to Seattle with a
declaration of war against a gal
axy of democratic chieftains that
rocked the party to its founda
tions.
He singled County Commissioner
John C. Stevenson, hi: erstwhile
confidant, and Postmaster Gener
al James A. Farley as the prim
ary objects of caustic attack.
He charged Stevenson with de
serting him for political consid
eration, while lie was held in
the Gallinger Hospital in Wash
ington, D. C., and he charged
Farley with putting him there so
that he could not interfere with
the Democratic national conven
tion in Philadelphia.
Other Animosities
At the same time Zioncheck
revealed his animosity for U. S.
Senator Homer T. Bone, Collec-:
tor of Customs Saul Haas, Mayor
John F. Dore, County Assessor
Roy B. Misener, Prosecuting At
torney Warren G. Magnuson and
State chairman George E. Starr.
The indications are that Zion
check will hold the support of
the Washington Commonwealth
Federation in his crusade, as a
reception committee of the organ
ization met him at the Union De
pot when he arrived and hustled
him from the Milwaukee train to
a waiting automobile for transpor i
tation home.
Howard G. Costigan, executive
director of the federation announc
ed that he would not run for con
gress against Zioncheck and that J
a state convention of the organiz1
Ration had been called for July 25
in Seattle to consider the endor
sement of candidates running eith
er in the democratic primaries
or as a third party.
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Murderer Shot
Death Salt Lake
For Killing 3
_
IBv The Associated Press I
SALT LAKE CITV', J. y 11
five riflas cracked shm;!'aneous
ly m the Utali State pris m yard
at dawn today, ending the life of
Delbert Green. 28, slayer of three
persons The shots which set off
a tumultuous howling and yam
mering among the 330 ;victs
in their cells, came at 5:10 AM.
and thirty seconds later physic
ians announced that Green was
dead, lie had died instantly.
Tonight Green's body lav in a
little country graveyard beside
the body . >f his y ung wife whom
he kill 1. together w th b r mo
ther and his uncle, i i a iealous
rage, January 4. 1930.
Europe Receives
Opposite Weather
'By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 11—There was
slush ice and hail in the streets
of Eastbourne. Friday, as Europe
sympathized with America’s heat.
European weather varied from
serious storms off the North Span
ish coast to bright skies in parts
of the mid-continent. Twenty
deaths were reported in northern
Spain. Most of them were Usher
men lost at sea.
Committee is To
Work with lT lions
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11th—
The waterfront employers asso
ciation and shipbuilders discuss
ed plans today for organization
of a coastwide committee of 7
leading shipowners to handle all
negotiations with maritime un
ions. The plan was submitted in
behalf of employers of the four
major Pacific Coast ports and the
Alaska operators association.