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VOlT37 No. 288 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY DEC. 5, 1936 Per Copy 15ct«
Mass Parade Strikers Frisco Today
Have you ever heard of Porter
J. Coston, Samuel Knight, Jam
es E. Fenton, Hubbard, Beeman
and Hume, Chas. S. Johnson,
Jackson, Key Pittman, and Al
bert Fink, Wm. Bard, O. D. Coch
ran and Geo. Schofield, They
were all attorneys at law and
their names appeared at that
time as doing business in Nome.
To many of the newcomers,
these names will not mean any
thing, but to the sourdoughs who
Pannings From
Nuggets Other
Days in Nome
To Tommy Christensen goes
acknowledgement for handing us
the oldest copy of a Nome news
..paper. He discovered it in some
cabin in Nome recently being re
novated, where it has reposed
for the past 36 years. We are in
debted to him in allowing us
the use of the copy to draw some
real, oldtime, facts on Nome and
its history.
It is a copy of the Nome Week
ly Chronicle, Volume 1 Number 1,
dated October 6th, 1900, and is
in magazine form. During the
preceding spring it was publish
ed in newspaper form daily.
Among the advertisements in
cluded undier the professional
column, we see one physician’s
name, and all the rest are law
yers. The physician’s name was
E. M. Rininger.
U.S. FOOTBALL
SCORES
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 5—Following
are the results of today’s football
games in the states:
Washington State 6, Gonzaga 13
Texas Tech 7, Arizona 7—tie.
Mississippi State 7, Florida 0
Texas 0, Arkansas 6
Notre Dame 13, So. California 13
Temple 7, St. Mary’s 13
So. Methodist 9, Rice 0
One out of every six deaths oc.
curring among young men be
tween the ages of 20 and 40 is
caused by tuberculosis.
made the gold rush to Nome in
1900, those names recall many of
the interesting and exciting ev
ents which took place at the turn
of the century.
The Oct. 6th 1900 issue of the
Nome Weekly Chronicle contains
an article listing the causes of
death and their number dating
from 1899 when the camp of
Nome was struck, todate.
Fred A. Healy was editor, and
Charles P. Burnett was manager.
Typhoid fever had claimed 15
of the 87 people who passed aw
ay during that year. Five
deaths by drowning were record
ed. Six murders blighted the
town’s reputation for peace and
quietness, and four unfortunate
men committed suicide.
It appeared that typhoid fev
er was the greatest danger of all.
Six murders in one year were
believed to be a record, and also
four suicides. Things are more
peaceful in Nome today. We
haven’t had a' murder here for
several years, and suicide is also
among the least frequent occur
rences.
F SLIDE RAZES POWER HOUSE
Two men acrambled to eafety, one only allghtly hurt and the other
unecrntched, when a landallde demoliahed a power houee unit of the
Puget Sound Power and Light Co. at Electron, Waah. Thia picture
Bhowe the chattered remalna of the expenalve machinery and buildinga.
(Aeaociated Preaa Photo)
MARINE WORKERS ARE
PARADING, PUBLIC
SYMPATHY
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, —
Thousands of striking maritime
workers massed today for a par
ade intended to gain public sym
pathy, while new protests against
the thirty seven day shipping
tieup came from mining, wheat,
and lumber centers.
Eugene A. White, manager of
the Tacoma Smelter told the
Northwest Mining Association
Convention at Spokane, that the
smelter would close down With
in thirty days unless the strike
ends.
Dr. W. A. Schoenfeld, of Ore
gon State College told the grain
growers convention at Heppner,
Oregon, that northwest wheat
growers would lose from twelve
to fifteen million dollars because
the strike had halted the export
and shipping of wheat.
The West Coast Lumbermen’s'
Association at Seattle said that
production of the Oregon and
Washington mills at the end of
the first four weeks of the strike
was forty six percent under the
production at the start of the
strike.
Twelve thousand lumber em
ployees are idle with a total loss
in wages of one million, seven
hundred and eighteen thousand
dollars, equal to the loss in lum
ber sales.
Mediator McGrady indicated he
might transfer his activities to
other areas affected by labor dis
putes unless a break in the dead
lock appears on the coast today.
BOXER SAILS TONIGHT
ARCTIC TUESDAY,
FOR ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 5, — Colonel
Ohlson said today that the third
relief ship will probably be the
Libby, McNeill and Libby can
nery supply ship “Gen. W. C. Gor
gas.” which will be chartered in
a few days for emergency ser
vice to Alaska.
Ohlson declared that the Box
er and Arctic would be inade
quate to relieve the food short
ages in Alaska.
Captain Isaac Lystad, Master of
the Boxer said the vessel will
leave tonight with four hundred
tons of freight and eight passen
gers, the crew being furnished by
striking unions.
Ohlson said that the steamer
Arctic would sail Tuesday morn
ing with 5500 tons of freight on
board, also with union personnel.
He announced that the Gorgas
would be inspected at Lake Un
ion today, and that it could be
ready for loading in four days’
time.
Zoo To Build
New Island For
Kodiak Is. Bears
(Bv The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 5—Bids will
be sought within a few days for
construction of a moated island
for the Kodiak bears at the
Brookfield Zoo, it was announc
ed by Stanley Field, chairman of
the building committee of the
Chicago Zoological society.
Field said the new island will
be built just southeast of the pre
sent bear dens in the park. The
native terrain of the Kodiak
bear will be reproduced as near
ly as possible, in accordance with
a model which has been prepar
ed by John Wentworth, architect.
The cost was estimated at $50,
000.
“Our exhibit of Kodiak bears
is already the finest in the
world,” said Edward M. Bean,
director of the zoo. “The ani
mals are now between three and
four years old, and are growing
so fast that we need the new
quarters for them. They will
reach maturity at about the age
of 14, when the males should
weigh about 1500 pounds each.”
Special Power of Attorney forms
Pope Pius Struck
Victim Paralysis
Affecting Legs
(By The Associated Tress)
VATICAN CITY Dec. 5, —Re
liable sources said that Pope
Pius was stricken today by para
lysis in both legs.
Vatican officials said the 79
year old Pope had cancelled all
activities and audiences and spent
the first day abed since becoming
head of the Catholic Church.
Some prelates said the Pope
may never walk again. The
paralysis which was caused by
heart inflammation, may be pro
gressive, it is feared.
Herring Oil for T. B.
Drinking herring oil to ward
off tuberculosis has been brought
to light by a reliable story that
comes out of Kodiak. A fisher
man over 12 years ago was going
into a decline, bearing all the
earmarks of tuberculosis. He
began drinking herring oil, kept
it up steadily and he is now in
full strength. Herring oil, pro
perly produced has been known
to show in laboratory tests less
than one per cent of moisture
and impurities.
REBEL UNIONS SUSPENDED
- 1 1 ~*
These three leaders in the fight against the Lewis “rebels'* are pic
tured conferring on the floor of the American Federation of Labor
convention at Tampa, Fla., which voted to continue the C. I. O. unions’
suspension. Left to right: Matthew Woll, chairman of the resolutions
committee; John P. Frey, who made the “insurrection" charges that
led to the suspension, and William Green, A. F. of L. president, who
said, however, “The door is still open, the hand of fellowship is still
extended." (Associated Press Photo)
'Alaskans Attend
Plane Meeting
Portland, Ore.
j (By The Associated Press)
j PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 5,—
| Alaska’s strides in aviation were
' discussed by Victor Ross, former
I
j Nome and Fairbanks flier, re
! presenting the Territory and Ike
j P. Taylor Commissioner of Roads,
; at the opening of the Northwest
Aviation Planning Council, at a
conference of more than one hun
dred and fifty aviation experts,
attending the conclave.
The airplane is the successor
to the dog sled, and it has saved
; time and money, Alaska is near
to the great population centers
of America and Canada, said
; Taylor. Ross and Taylor are
both members of the Resolution
Committee.
' _
Hamilton Said
I
Intended Hand
In Resignation
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, —Call
ing the Republican National Com
mittee to meet in Chicago Dec
ember 17th, John Hamilton an
nounced that he would tender
his resignation as chairman of
that committee at that time.
‘‘I feel that it is impossible for
me to continue in my present offi
cial capacity without an expres
sion of confidence,” Hamilton not
ified the members.
There has been some sentiment
for a change in the chairmanship
evidenced in Republican circles,
but friends of Hamilton are hope
ful that he will be asked to stay
on the committee as chairman.
However the committee will
have to act on the resignation if
it is tendered.
Reindeer Herd
Bothered Point
Barrow Wolves
tBy The Associated Press)
POINT BARROW, Dec. 5, —
More than three thousand rein
deer with six herders tending
them, which left the corrals here
on a drive to the East coast, Dec
ember 1st, are reported to be
j harried by wolves, fog and
storms.
Wolves are stampeding the
herd said reports received here.
Griswold Collins, Game War
den now here studying the wolf
situation, is attempting to work
out control plans. He believes
that methods used elsew'here are
impracticable in this section, and
he must devise a new technique.
Pan American To
Continue China
(By The Associated Press'
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, — Pan
American Airways announced it
would extend its Clipper Service
to Hongkong where it will con
nect with Chinese air lines, after
January 1st.
Pan American is now operat
ing its Clipper service from Al
ameda, California to Manila,
Philippine Islands.
Juneau Has Many Cars
A survey of auto sales in Jun
eau show more than 800 cars
registered in town with 40 in
Douglas. There are now 3600
autos licensed in the Territory
and about 837 trucks and 700
new cars have been licensed this
year. Juneau has no used car
problem as they are at a prem
ium in town. It is claimed the
town has about 25 per cent of
all the cars in Alaska.