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VOLUME 36. NO. 85. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Two Men Are Beheaded In Germany
BARNEY ROSS IS VICTOR OVER YAKIMA MAN
General Tieup Ships Worse Than Yr. Ago Threatened
PRES. SIGNED
BILL FOR WAR
DEPT. MONEY
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 10—Presi
dent Roosevelt late Tuesday signed
the War Department appropriation
bill with the observation that it pro
vided for an increase of enlisted
strength necessary to bring the
army up to peace time strength .
The measure carried appropria
tions of approximately four hundred
million dollars for the fiscal year
beginning next July 1st.. This is
one of the biggest peace time allot
ments for the army..
CONFERS WITH
LEADERS OVER
LEGISLATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 10—Presi
dent Roosevelt expressed anew last
night to congressional leaders, his
determination to see the broad soc
ial security program enacted promp
tiy
The President’s expression came
in connection with a late night con
ference with two House leaders—
Speaker Byrns and Chairman Houg
hton of the House Way and Means
Committee.
This served to place him in the
spotlight on his return to the capi
tol, and set in order the legislative
program thrown away by congres
sional disturbances during and pre
ceding the southern vacation.. The
President previously conferred with
the senate leaders, Robinson, on the
general capitol hill situation.
EMIL LAURIN TO
MINE SOON NOW
Emil Laurin of the mining firm of
the Laurin Bros., who arrived in
Nome by plane yesterday, states he
will soon be taking five or six men
up into the Kougarok to begin spring
operations, preparatory to a big
mining season.
He himself expects to go up in
about a week after arranging for tak
ing in supplies and etc., to carry
them through. The Laurin mining
property is located on Macklin Creek
He also stated that his brother Vic
tor expected to come in on one of
the early boats to leave Seattle this
spring. Emil Laurin expects to have
an even better seaam than last year
and looks with approval on the ev
idences of plenty of snow to provide
water for the summer operations. j
fubicribe Far The Nugget ■
REGISTRATION
IS SLOW LABOR
CENSUS NOME
Registration for both skilled and
unskilled labor opened this morning
at 9 o’clock and continued until
noon. It was opened again from 1
pm till five, in the FERA offices lo
cated on the sceond floor of the Al
aska Road Commission building. This
evening between seven and nine p.m.
registration is open for those stat
ed, at the Fire Department.
E. F. Serber, in charge of the re
gistration stated this afternoon that
1 the registration was coming in slow
: ly and urged all those who could to
register so that the proposed com
pilation could be made. He stated
' forty or more had re^ stc.- d
up to five p.m. today. It was fur
ther stated that skilled and unskill
ed labor be sure to register before
9 p.m. Saturday, the closing time.
It is imperative that this registra
tion bureau get as near correct as
possible the number of laborers in
Nome who will be here this sum
mer. so that an effort can be made
to prevent an influx of labor which
would only create a surplus and be
a burden on Nome during this sum
jmer.
For your own good as well as for
every business concern in Nome, all
laborers are urged to register. In
so doing, you are allowing civic or
ganizations an opportunity to protect
local labor as well as the business
life of the city. Don’t fail to re
1 gister.
AL CAREY IS TO
START IN MINING
A1 Carey who operates on Dahl
Creek in the Kougarok section, and
who returned to Nome from the out
side by airplane, expects to leave
for his mining property soon, with
men and equipment to begin the
summer mining operations. He al
so views the snow conditions with
much encouragement and sees no
reason why water should not be
plentiful this summer. ,
Art Brown Receives
Architect Appoint.
Arthur W. Brown of Nome yester
day received an appointment from
the Federal Housing Administration
at Washington, D. C., to act as an
architect on any FHA applications
made from the Nome area. Mr.
Brown is a consulting contractor and
builder of Nome, having had charge
of several building engagements here
following the September fire.
EFFORTS TO END OIL
TANKER STRIKE ARE
FAILURE ONCE MORE
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 — Efforts to bring the
month-old Pacific coast tanker strike to a speedy settlement
were disrupted again by two broadsides fired by the oil com
panies and the maritime unions.
One telegram was sent to President Roosevelt by rep
resentatives of twenty-four maritime unions, asking him to
take prompt action and end the strike, declaring that a gen
eral industrial tieup, worse than last year’s, threatened to
develop in the present situation.
The companies declared that the union’s charge that
they had refused to meet for collective bargaining “was only
half the truth and leaves a false impression of the situation.”
It was learned later today that a mediator will be sent,
t>he board revealed, and the.nmn issue is to return the strik
ers to their former positions.
Court Matters
The jury in the case of the Unit
ed States versus Max Gottschalk
disagreed and were this morning dis
charged by the court, after they had
been out all night considering a
verdict.
Upon motion this morning the
case was continued over the term,
and will not come up until the 1036
term of the U. S District Court.
Due to the fact that 12 jurors hud
been out all night and required
sleep today, motion was made that
the case of the United States versus
T. A. Macalone be postponed from
today until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
In reference to the Ulegak case,
in which an affidavit and motion for
new trial were filed, motion was
made that plaintiff, the government,
be allowed until Monday evening to
file answer, in opposition to the ap
peal.
Court was adjourned until 10 am
Thursday.
The hearing on a contest of the
will of the late Louisa M. Blomberg,
scheduled for two pm today was
postponed until 2 pm Monday, April
22nd. Due to the affairs of the U.S.
District Court occupying the atten
tion of the attorneys, it was agreed
to postpone the hearing until that
time .
NAT PILOTS HOP
ON RETURN TRIP
Pilots Lynn and Ross of the North
ern Air Transport hopped off in two
NAT planes this morning on their
return flight to Fairbanks. It is re
ported that they are to continue on
to Valdez and then return to Nome
with passengers about Friday.
WHALEY COMES
TANANA WITH 2
Pilot Flank Whaley of the Roust
Airways returned from Tanana with
Herb Myers, A. D. Soaper and Tony
Rolando as passengers. He is sched
uled to leave tomorrow morning
early for Shelton with supplies and
men for the Laurin mining property
in that section. Following his re
turn here he is to take off on a flight
to Unalakleet and then return to
Nome and take off for Candle and
Deering in the afternoon.
NEW HOME NOME
DRUG FRONT ST.
Work on a new home for the Nome
Drug Store started yesterday with
snow-shovelling, when men were
put to work on the new site located
.on the lot just West of the Cavey
Restaurant.
The building formerly owned and
operated as the North Pole Bakery
on Stedman next to the residence of
Kenneth Rude, after the fire, was
dragged down to the new location
of the Nome Drug Store today, by
the caterpillar equipment of the
Nome Motor Company.
“Cappy” McDougall, proprietor of
the Nome Drug Store stated that this
building would be placed on found
ations on Front Street and remod
elled and improved to house his
business. Since the time in the mid
dle of the winter when the new
building in Nome slacked off, this
is the first work on a business build
ing to be started.
Victor Loughead, formerly engag
ed in construction work on the
Nome Motor Company building, has
charge of the remodeling and build-1
ing for the Nome Drug Store.
BARNEY ROSS
VICTOR OVER
YAKIMA MAN
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 10—Barney Ross
of Chicago defended his junior wel
terweight title against Henry Wood,
Yakima negro boxer, last night, in
the civic auditorium here.
The Northwest boy managed to
stay the full route of twelve rounds,
despite a sore right leg which was
injured when he was knocked down
in the third stanza Ross weighed
132 and a half pounds and Woods
137 and one-quarter pounds
ATTEMPT TAX
FILM BY FOOT
FAILS IN STATE
(By The Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, April 10th—The
bogeyman of the movies of Califor
nia. Laughlin, suffered defeat today,
on his proposal of a footage tax of
one-half cent on all film The in
dustry flinched when it was intro
duced. However, the spectre of
ruin was banished today when the
assembly of the revenue committee
killed the bill, carrying the tax pro
posal
Personalities entered into the de
bate before the committee Assem
blyman Voight, of Los Angeles as
serted: "We can well afford to get
along with Louis Mayer,Metro-Gold
wyn head I hope Mayer means
what he says and does move out of
California.”
NAT PILOT BACK
FROM FLIGHT TO
POINT BARROW
Pilot Chester Brown of the North
ern Air Transport returned to Nome
early thil; morning from Kotzebue,
after completing a flight yesterday
from that place to Point Barrow with
Chas. W. Brower and son as pass
engers, and a quantity of fresh goods
and freight.
He stated that everyone in Bar
row was in the best of health and
had put in a good winter. Pilot
Brown remained there only long
enough to gas his plane and then
started on his return flight.
His flying time from Kotzebue to
Barrow was four hours and thirty;
minutes and on the return flight,
three hours and fifteen minutes. The
flight was made non-stop both ways, j
He arrveid back in Kotzebue late
last evening and stayed overnight,;
coming on to Nome this morning.
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TWO MEN ARE
BEHEADED FOR
POL. HATRED
(By The Associated Press)
BERLIN, April 10—The same me
dieval battle-axe which fell on the
necks of two noble-women spies six
weeks ago, today lopped off the
heads of two men accused of the
crime of “political hatred.”
Sammy Epstein, aged 28, a Jew,
and Hans Swigler,, aged 34, an Ary
an, went to the block this morning
in the Plocngcnsee prison's gloomy
courtyard, for the slaying of Horst
Wessel, martyred bard of Nazism.
The sixty-seven year old execu
tioner donned his top hat, kid gloves
and tailcoat to perform the task..
Wessel was shot to death January
1, 1930, in an altercation which took
place with a landlady over the rent.
Six communists were sentenced to
terms up to six years for the crime.
Wessel wrote the official Nazi
song. Epstein is said to be the first
Jew to beheaded in German history.
PAA PILOT FLIES
DRILL TO NOME
IN FORD PLANE
Pilot Jerry Jones of the Pacific
Alaska Airways arrived back in
Nome this afternoon early in the
Ford plane with machinery for the
Baitholomae mining concern at Tel
ler. The machinery is part of a drill
which B. W. Vallat and party are
taking into that section preparatory
to opening tip operations on a larg
er scale during the coming summer,
according to reports. Included in
the Vallat party are Harry Little,
formerly dredgemaster for the Ham
mon Company in Nome several years
ago, Harry Palmley, Wm. McShane,
Fred Williams. Mr. Smith, Tom Dipp
more and Fred Zech. Zech, Dipp
more, and Williams flew to Teller
yesterday, the entire party having
arrived here yesterday early from
Fairbanks.
Pilot Jones remained over in Nome
tonight and expects to hop off on his
return flight to Fairbanks tomor
row morning, weather permitting.
No Polarite
The regular weekly Polarite meet
ing, which has taken place at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whal
ay, has been postponed for this ev
ening. Another meeting will prob
ably be held next week instead of
this Wednesday evening, according
to the president of the club.
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