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VOL. 37. No. 65. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, March 17, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
French Make Last Appeal to Britain
NBC Shortwave Airplane Broadcasts Over Nome
REPUBLICAN KEYNOTE ADDRESS
TO BE GIVEN AT CLEVELAND
ON JUNE 9TH AT NIGHT TIME
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 17-—
Supporters of Governor
Landon of Kansas pressed
their presidential drive,
elated, following receipt of
the informat on that he is
as .ured of the 21 Okla
homa votes at ''lie Repub
lican National Convention.
Inter-party disputes flar
ed anew when Louis I e
vand, publisher of the
Wichita Beacon, charged
Borah wit'h making base
less insinuation agains, Lan
don.
French Make
Last Appeal To
Great Britain
CIJy The A.-soetaUfl J’re-;1 i
London, March 17th —
French source:; announced
that Premer Flandin, at an
a ud i e n ce w i 1 h Kin g Ed -
ward V! LI today, would
make a “last appeal” to
Great Britain, to honor its
Locarno obligations.
The audience was deserib
ed officially as “a courtesy
visit.” The French govern
ment spokesman said that
this will not prevent im
portant exchanges of opin
ion.
Borah immediately den
ied Levand’s declarations.
The controversy arose ov
er Borah’s charge that the
Standard Oil Company was
mixing up with Oklahoma’s
Republican politics.
Oklahoma’s six delegates
at large were instructed
yesterday by the state con
vention to vote to work for
Landon. The six district
delegates have already been
instructed for Landon. The
adoption of the unit rule,
giving the majority full
sway, is the backbone of
the unanimous decision.
Republican National Com
mittee Chairmen, Henry F.
Fletcher today announced
that the Cleveland keynote
address to be given June 9
will be given at night in or
der to afford the general
public a chance to hear the
radio broadcast of the re
publican guns.
“The departure from past
custom is justified in view
of the increasing use of the
radio in politics,” he declar
ed.
It was further understood
that Flandin may press for
the application of economic
and financial sanctions
against Germany because
of her re-occupation of the
Rhineland, demilitarized by
the Locarno Pact.
Jafsie Refused
To Comment On
Bruno’s Chance
(By The Associated Press)
New York, March 17 —
Henry Condon, otherwise
known as Jafsie, returned
today from a vacation
cruise to Panama Canal
Zone.
He refused to discuss in
any fas'hion, last minute ef
forts to save Bruno Haupt
mann from death. He said:
“I have no comment to
make.”
Primo Camera
Tech. K Oed In
Third Round
(By The Associated Press)
Philadelphia, March 17—
Leroy Haynes of Los An
geles scored a technical
knockout over Primo Car
nera, the massive Italian,
in the third canto of a sche
duled ten round bout, held
at the arena here last night.
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His return occurred just
twenty-four hours after
Fisiher, Hauptmann’s de
fense counsel, announced
he would demand a rigor
ous examination of Jafsie,
hoping that it might pro
vide a clue to new eviden
ce as a last chance to save
the life of the convicted
kidnapper and murder of
the Lindbergh child.
Hauptmann is scheduled
to be executed the week of
March 30th.
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NOME WENT ON AIR OVER NBC
NETWORK TODAY IN LONGEST
PLANE VOICE TRANSMISSION
IL S. Marshal Gaffney and Joe Austin,
Eskimo. Talk On Nome Over Radio
WAS llevfnth daily radio transmission
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Ij'-iiin, March 17 h - A
high foreign ojlicial wa a ,
sured this rn >rning that
Herlin is raidy to and ti
delegation to London as
soon as a bid is received,
satisfied that wi ll the re
ply given by the Lea sue
Council, on terms of Ger
many’s participation.
Agreed Today
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Ireland is Land
of Many CIoi ’ies
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(By The A.social' ll Press)
. v York, March 17 —
S von men and hoe wo
rm v> re art e ' >d by po
1 1< pllicials ' arl'y this
morning, in a raid mi n an
ii ment ' re.
'• ill i k 1 by | i «:: . ' :l
: • w .o b -i :ev< the y have
iri ived lit he ro'iilion ol
is ■ . 427,0(10 ;■ . . oil true k
holdup two years ago.
The poli.e said that \Y.1
liarn <) Brit n. 2a. one of the
prisoners, was wanted in
connection with finger
prints on a headquarter ,
wanted card. They declar
ed his finger prints check
ed with those on the gov
ernment card.
Completing the world’s
longest radio voice trans
mission from an airplane in
flight, a distance in excess
of 2,GOO miles, from Nome
Alaska to Point Reyes, Cal
ifornia, the Pacific Alaska
Airways Lockheed Electra
with NBC Radio Announc
er and technician Don
Thompson and J. W. Bak
er, accompanied by two
Nome guests— Thos. Gaff
ney, U. S. Marshal for the
Second Division, and .Joe
Austin, Nome Eskimo—
took the air this morning,
returning here following
the radio interviews with
these two Nomeites.
Purpose of Flight
The plane was piloted by
Joe Crosson and Walter
Hall. The purpose of these
Alaskan radio programs,
which are released over the
entire National Broadcast
ing Company network in
the United States as ex
plained by Mr. Thompson,
is: ‘to provide different and
interesting programs for
NBC listeners, in addition
to supplying radio listeners
with facts and accurate in
formation on Alaska itself.
interview with Miss Mary
Joyce. Juneau dog mush
er who traveled from Jun
eau to Fairbanks to attend
he Ice Carnival, given ov
er Fairbanks. March 11 in
terviews with Pacific Alas
ka Airways personnel in
front of the hangar at Fair
banks, on the ground.
March 12, interviews with
Leonard Seppala noted Al
askan dog musher and with
Jim Allen, Indian winner
of the Dog Derby held in
Fairbanks during the Car
nival, given in the air above
Fairbanks. March 13, des
cription of Fairbanks by
Don Thompson in a flight
over Fairbanks. March 14,
interview with the Fair
banks Liar’s Club includ
ing Mayor R. B. Collins,
Bobby Sheldon, Fairbanks
Postmaster and Hall.
Fire Destroys
Original Shrine
of Little Mower
(By The Associated Press)
Royal Oak, Michigan,
March 17 —Fire early to
day destroyed Father
Coughlin’s origin d Shrine
of the Little Flower.
Nearby, the imposing,
new, half million dollar
shrine, yet uncompleted,
was undamaged.
Coughlin est imates the
loss caused by the lire, at
diirty thousand dollars.
He agreed that faulty wir
ing was the cause of the
conflagration.
Nuns, aided by church at
tendants saved the Blessed
S '.eramcnf, the Little Flow
er statuary, and most of the
vest ments. The structure
was covered by insurance.
Coughlin was highly con
cerned over the safety of
church relics which were
contained in a small iron
safe in his office, among
them a piece of the True
Cross. Efforts to (ind the
safe await the cooling of
the embers.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 17—
Three representatives, na
tives of the old sod, on St.
Patrick’s Day, today ag
reed that Ireland was a
land of many glories, and
that St. Patrick actually
did drive the snakes out of
the land, which has no Irish
stew. Corn beef and cab
bage is an un-Irish dish,
they agreed.
The trio are Michael .1.
Stack of Pennsylvania,
William B. Dary of New
York, and John J. McGrath
of California.
March 15, an interview
with Dr. Burke and .John
ny Fredson over Fort Yu
kon. March 16, interview
with Pilot S. E. Robbins ov
er Nulato enroute from
Fairbanks to Nome, and
with Ernie Wackwitz, fur
trapper. March 17, today,
St. Patrick’s Day, interview
with Marshal Thos. Gaff
ney and Eskimo .loe Austin
over Nome. March 18, w.
p. interview Joe Crosson at
point where Arctic Circle
crosses International Date
Line hundred miles north
East Cape, Siberia.
Mining and Eskimos
The broadcast today dealt
with mining and Eskimos
at Nome and a short talk
on Eskimos and their cus
toms. Mr. Gaffney was in
terviewed on the days of
| the early gold rush to
i Nome, and a short history,
hitting the highspots of
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House Passes
Dimond Flood
Control Bills
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 17 —
The House of Representa
tives passed today and sent
to the Senate, Delegate Di
mond’s bills authorizing a
Hood control survey at Low
el Creek near Seward to de
termine and make possible
changes in the existing pro
jeet, and also for the au
thorizing of a preliminary
flood prevention examina
tion at the Matanuska Ri
ver.
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The interviews today car
ried on in the PAA plane,
flying between eight and
nine thousand feet above
Nome, constituted the ten
th daily radio broadcast
sent out from the skies
above Alaska by the NBC.
Others were given above
the following points: March
8, an interview with Gov
ernor of Alaska John W.
Troy, over Juneau, the cap
j ital of Alaska. March 9 ov
ler the Yukon Territory and
| Alaska boundary lines, en
| route from Whitehorse to
Fairbanks. March 10, an
NOTICE
The regular Tuesday
meeting of the Nome Busi
ness Men's Volley Ball
Club has been postponed
until Friday of this week.
St. Patrick's Day Card Party and Dance, Tonight
TONIGHT BENEFIT PILGRIM SPRINGS MISSION AT PIONEER HALL, 9 P. M. — GENERAL ADM. 75 cts. TONIGHT