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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
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VOL 37 No. 156 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JULY 2, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
To Be Air Base Survey Fairbanks
NOME FOURTH IS TO BE EXCITING AFFAIR
WAR DEPARTMENT
ORDERED SURVEY
FOR AN AIR BASE
Three-Member Board Appointed Go To
Fairbanks Locate Site For Army Air
Corps Base. Vital Issue To Alaska
Army Air Base
Survey Ordered
For Fairbanks
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 2. >
—The creation of a three-mem- j
her board of officers to select 'a
suitable site near Fairbanks for
an aviation base, was announced
by the War Department, U. S.
Army orders disclosed today.
The Department has made a
layout of plans for the installa
tion desired, it was indicated.
A preliminary survey of the
need for a base in that vicinity
has already been made, it was
said.
Members of the Board are Lt.
Colonel Wilmot A. Danielson of
the Quartermaster Corps, Major
Otto G. Trunk of the Air Corps,
and Major Albro L. Parsons of
the Medical Corps.
Delegate Dimond predicted
the proposed survey will result
in a “substantial Army Aviation
Base development in the Terri
tory. The survey will probably
be completed in time so that the
report and recommendations will
be available for the next Cong
ress.
“I am confident it will be our
scheme of national defense,” said
the Alaska delegate.
Black Legion Is
On Spot Cause
Guilt Member
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, July 2nd—Dayton
Dean pleaded guilty yesterday to
charges of kidnapping and mur
der in the Black Legions execu
tion May 12th of Charles A Poole
a young WPA worker. The max
imum sentence possible in Dean’s
case would be life imprisonment.
Twelve other men also are charg
ed with the slaying of Poole, and
therefore sentencing of Dean was
deferred.
Authority For
Sitka Fed. Bldg.
Granted
(By The Associated Press!
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 2,
—Delegate Dimond declared to
day that the Post Office and In
terior department committee had
authorized the construction of a
new, two hundred and twelve
thousand dollar Sitka Federal
Building, to replace the one de
stroyed by fire.
It is to be carried out under
the new sixty million dollar fed
eral building appropriation.
The delegate said the construc
tion of the new building may be
started next winter.
Morgenthau Of
U. S. Treasury
Issues Figures
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2,—
Secretary of the Treasury Hen
ry Morgenthau Jr. placed the U.
S. Treasury’s deficit for the fiscal
year ended Midnight June 30th,
at $4,400,000,000.00, the largest
red ink figure in the nation’s
peace-time history.
A statement made during a
radio address fixed the public
debt at 33 billion, seven hundred
and fifty million dollars. Again
st this were listed figures termed
as offsets or recoverable assets
which added to eight billion sev
en hundred and fifty million.
These figures fay be changed
somewhat in a daily statement
to be issued tonight. The Mor
genthau figures Wednesday were
given in round numbers. The
Secretary explained that if the
fund for paying the bonus was
left out of consideration, the de
ficit for the fiscal year would be
two billion, seven hundred mill
ion dollars. J
4th JULY
CELEBRATION
Saturday July 4th, 1936.
FINANCE
C. H. Code
Chief W. W. Laws
Mrs. W. Leonard Smith
Mrs. C. M. Allyn
ATHLETICS
E. E. Kirkpatrick
S. Coan
Dr. H. G. Hughes ,
Thos. B. Hayward
Miss Kristie Sather
Mrs. Andrew Sather
Robert E. Lyle
PROGRAM
J. C. Kennedy
Russell G. Maynard
REFRESHMENTS
Chief W. W. Laws
Norvin W. Lewis
BASEBALL COMMITTEE
Kenneth Rude
Hjalmar Wiggins
NATIVE SPORTS
Sam Mogg
Bob Ooomak
Joe Amarok
EXERCISES FRONT CITY HALL 11:00 A. M.
PROGRAM
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Chairman . Mayor Ed. M. Seidenverg
Invocation . Rev. Thomas Cunningham, S. J.
Declaration of Independence Miss Dorothy Nelson
Patriotic Address . Judge J. H. S. Morison
Benediction .Rev. Thomas Cunningham, S. J.
Refreshments Served After the Program In Front of City Hall.
ATHLETICS 1:00 P. M. FRONT OF CITY HALL
25 yard dash for Boys, 6 years and under . $2_$1 ...$.50
25 yard dash for Girls, 6 years and under . $2....$1....$.50
25 yard dash for Boys, 8 years and under .$2 $1_-.50
25 yard dash for Girls, 8 years and under . $2 $1 $.50
50 Yard dash for Boys, 12 years and under . $2 $1_$.50
50 yard dash for Girls, 12 years and under.$2_$1_$.50
50 yard dash for boys 16 years and under . $2 ..$1_$.50
100 yaird dash (Open for All) . $5 $.3 $2
Bicycle Race for Boys, 16 years and under . $3_$2_$1
Bicycle Race for Girls, 16 years and under .$3. .$2... $1
Shoe Pile Race for Boys 15 years and under .$2_$1_$.50
Pie Eating Race for Boys 12 years and under ..$2....$1_$.50
Sack Race for Girls 12 years and under . $2 ...$1 ..$.50
Three-Legged Race for Boys 12 years and under .$3_$2_$1
Egg Race for Married Women.$3 ...$2 ..$1
ESKIMO SPORTS PROGRAM
Eskimo High Kicking (Both Feet) . $5 ...$3
High Blanket Tossing (Man) . $3
High Blanket Tossing (Woman) . $3
Eskimo Wrestling Match, Best 2 out of 3 falls . $5
Kyak Racing . $5
Kyak—Turnover .$5.00
Oomiak (Big Skin Boat) Race . $20
LITTLE CREEK VS NOME
OUTDOOR BASEBALL 4 P M
OLD AVIATION FIELD
ZIONCHECK ACTING
FINE ON TRIP HOME
CONSIDERATE EASY
Acted Normal on Train Hide To Minnea
polis. Says Don't Know \\ liether To _
Sue Airplane Company for Action
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Programs And
e
Contest Events
Been Arranged
With nearly three hundred dol
j lars in the treasury, obtained
through subscriptions from the
business people and citizens, the
1936 Fourth of July Celebration
Committee for Nome discussed
plans and details for the staging
of a Rip Snortin’ Fourth of July
for the kiddies and adults as well
Committee heads included:—
Ron Brousseau, general chair
man; Chas. Code, J. C. Kennedy,
Chief of Police W. W. Laws; E.E.
Kirkpatrick, ‘Cappy’ McDougall,
and Russell Maynard.
A program of races of all kinds
for the children; a native sports
division; a literary program were
decided on last evening and the
Committees went back to work
on making this years Fourth a
specially entertaining and inter
jesting one.
Elsewhere in today's issue ap
I pears a list of the races for child
| ren of all ages, the literary pro
gram beginning at 11 A. M. on
| the Fourth, Eskimo sports which
'should interest all newcomers to
Nome; and a wind-up of a big
baseball game on the old avia
tion field between the Little Cr.
Team and Nome team for the
championship of Seward Penin
sula.
A finance committee went a
round the city yesterday for a
few hours and received an excep
tionally favorable indication that
everyone was interested to the
extent of donating funds to put
on this celebration. There are
still a few places yet to be seen
for donations, so dont think you
are being overlooked.
Plenty of candy, soda pop, all
day suckers etc., for the kiddies,
and lots of cash money for prizes
in the races to be run. This year
the money will all be on hand
and when the kiddies finish their
race, the winners will be paid off,
immediately.
Zioncheck Said
To Be Behaving
On Trip VSest
(Bv The Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS, July 2. —
Representative Zioncheck struck
out at the airplane company
which refused him passage and
promised that "he was going
to be a model boy", but added
that when his primary campaign
opens “things are going to start
popping, and a lot of people will
have trouble sitting down. I
might get beat, but a lot of peo
ple will know they've been lh
a fight.’’
Train attendants said that h?
had been very considerate and
gave less trouble than the average
passenger.
About the airplane incident,
Zioncheck commented “I don t
know whether I am going to sue
but there’s fertile ground there
for a bit of spading”.
Commenting on the Lemke Un
ion party candidacy he said: ‘T
am ill advised in that quarter.
Lemke is sincere but he told me
once depression would end when
the soldiers' bonus was paid an i
the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage
refinance plant went through.”
The bonus is paid out, but the
farm plan was unable to pass the
House last session.
Pope Pius Will
Summer
Retreat Today
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(Bv The Associated Press)
VATICAN CITY, July 2—The
infirmities of his advanced age,
combined with the approach ■ f
Rome’s humid summer heat w 1
send Pope Pius off to his summ* r
retreat at Castel Gandolfo, mar /
weeks earlier than usual. Ke
planned his trip to commence
yesterday.
Cool Off on Arctic Oc. Hop July 4, Arctic Airways
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