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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOLUME 85. No. 108. NOME. ALASKA. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1. HUM _IVr Copy: IQ o»nt»._^
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TEXTILE STRIKE IS EXTENDED TO OTHER FIRMS
TROOPS ARRIVE—LONG RETIRES TO HIS HOME
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NOME TO OBSERVE
LABOR BAY ON
NEXT MONDAY
IjABOR DAY MONDAY
NOME BUSINESS TO
OBSERVE HOLIDAY
Monday, September 3, is Labor
Day, all over the nation. It Is
national holiday, and observed a
such. by every city In the United
States. here has been one day
-set aside lor the observation ft
I'-*- dedication to Labor, In Its strny
gles in building a nation and a
clvlllaaton.
Nome, In company with other
cities throughout the nation la 11
observe that day. All business
concerns in the city will be de
ed Monday. Federal offices
schools, post office and other gov
ernmental branches of both fed
eral and civil will close for th<
day.
The U. S. Signal Corps will
maintain holiday hours. In as
I 'jirtuch as The Nome Nugget has
been unable to ascertain up
the hour of going to perss, whe
ther the Associated Press will file
our daily press news, we are un
able at this time to state defin
itely whether a paper will be is
sued on Labor Day o rnot. In
case the press news comes thru
to Nome on the early morning
telegraph run at the Signal Corps
station, The Nugget will be pub
lished, but shun d it be detained
for any leigti, of tlm-s or not
no received riie newspaper will
not be published Monday.
In case no j1 per Is published
Monday, The Nome Nug'ie* will
print-and eight-{-age dal v edition
Tuesday. Special advertising
epaces have been arranged for
and many feature* are In line for
publication It such should prove
the case.
In connection with the publica
tion of a daily newspaper in
Nome. The Nome Nugget is going
to keep stride with the advance
ment in business conditions in
-this section of Alaska. We au
prepared to furnish a dally pa
per with aH of the special featur
es such as additional advertising
•pace, political set-nps, and vaf
dons items of news, common to
«]]. Support your newspaper and
support your town.
TONS FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. SI, Alberto
"Baby" Arismendl, Mexican, weigh
Ing ISf pounds won a decision
over Mike Bellotus who weighed
1S4 and one-halt pounds in a
fifteen round battle here last night
for the featherweight champion
ship of the world.
.. WANTED TO BUT: A small
«nah register. Inquire at Nugget
OCBoe. !
SINCLAIR ON WAY TO
TALK WITH PRESIDENT
(By The Associated Press)
PASADENA. Aug. 31, With the
statement that he (eels: “My el
ection Is certain,” Indicate^ that
he expects support indirectly from
the President in the forthcoming
elections. Upton Sinclair this morn
ing boarded a train for Washing
ton. He hopes to confer with
Mr. Itoosevelt on party plans, al
though the President indicated he
would bar politics in the forth
coming conference.
TEXTILE STRIKE
BROADEN TO MORE
MILLION AND HALF
D KADI.INK TKXTII.K STRIKE
SKT FOR 11:80 TONIGHT
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UNDATED. Sept. 1. The dead
line for the textile strike, its
scope broadening to include more
then a half millioi cotton and
wool workers, faill et VI;30 p.m
tonight
Whether the walkout wlB ex
tend to two hundred thousand
workers in the silk rayon indus
try, becoming thus a great gen
eral textile strike, hinges on new
negot lations now being conducted
All hope of averting a walkout
has been abandoned. In Washing
ton, strike leaders warned against
the participation of communists
and agitators. The National Labor
Board said they would seek an
early settlement.
TEXTILE STRIKE EXTENDED
TO OTHER FIRMS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The
general strike of the nation's cot
ton mill workers was extended to j
include the woollen and worsted
industries following the refusal in !
New York of Arthur Beese, ch.tir- |
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ROOSEVELT REAPPOINTS
RICHRERG TO OFFICE
EMERGENCY COUNSEL
BELIEVED LEWIS i> IUGIjAS
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TURNED IN RESIGNATION
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Sept. 1, The re
signation of Lewis Douglas, Direct
or of the Budget, is believed to be
in the hands of the President as
the results of differences of opin
ion over expenditures for unem
ployment and drought relief.
Although not officially announo
ed, there are reliable reports that
Douglas handed bis resignation in
at the conference Thursday night
and that it was accepted.
Douglas has disagreed with
President Roosevelt on some ad
ministration spending policies be
fore, and It has been well known
that the President has overruled
his budget director on several roaj
or propositions this year, includ
ing the determination to spend a
half a billion dollars above the
budget for drought relief.
REAPPOINTS RICHBERG AS
EMERGENCY COUNSEL
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Sept. 1, President
Roosevelt, Friday night reappoint
ed Donald Richberg. Chairman of
the Emergency Counsel and of
the Executive Council.
His thirty day period of the
original appointment expired Fri
day night. RjichTjerg Is also
counsel for the NRA, and was
named temporary counsel for the
directorships last summer by the
President upon the retirement of
Frank Walker.
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ANOTHER NON-PARTISAN
POLITICAL ORGANISATION
<By Hie Associated Preas)
I -WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, The
launching of another national
“non-partisan" organisation to.
participate and accelerate the de
bate over the new deal took ptaee
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yesterday.
The organisation has been called
“American Incorporated” and num
bers among its directors, Senator
McKellar of Tennessee and Bulow
of South Dakota. It is frankly in
sympathy with the Roosevelt re
covery program and intends to
distribute educational matter 'n
support of that program.
STOCK MARKET SLOW
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(By The Associated Press)
NWW YORK Aug. 31, Stocks
generally showed an aspect of
apathy. Botte nerrouseness was
evident because of the labor sit
uation and the weakness of the
British pound. Uncertainty show
ed amongst a tew metals, which
wer* virtually inactive. The close
was steady.
LABOR BAY MAY BE
TURNING POINT
(By The Associated Press)
N®W YORK. Sept. 1. The pro
ductive and distributive branches
of trade, said Dun Bradstreets Re
view are looking forward to I^abor
Day me a taming point from the
curtailment of production toward*
the period of recovery and expan
sion. The consumer’s baying
impetus gained rapidly daring
the closing week of Avgust. Re
tilers had the best week of the
summer.
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WOULD-BE KIDNAPPER 18
OOMMimD HOSPITAL,
NEW YORK. Sept. 1. Yarn, the
wouldJbe kidnapper of the grand
children of President and Mrs.
(R.’oseveU wa> tooiay committed to
the hospital for observation. He
1* being held under twenty-five
thousand dollar ball.
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man of the Wool Code authority,
to arrange a conference between
unions leaders and representatives
of the woollen industry.
FOOTBALL GAMK ENOS IV
T1K: CHARITY GAMK
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO. Sept. 1, The College
All-Stars of 1833 and the Chic
ago Bears, ^ professional team,
played to a scoreless tie yester
day in I heir big football battl*
of the year on Soldier's Field j
here. More than eighty thousand j
persons were in attendance. The i
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All-Stars had a shade the b« st
of the duel. The game was play
ed for charity.
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l>R. ALK8 HRDIJKA RK PORTS
MANY XKVV KINDS
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept 1, Im
portant new finds of skeletons and
other relics of prehistoric raced
which once lived on Kodiak Island,
were reported to the Smithsonian
Institute by Dr. Ales Hrdlika. on
his return her yesterday from
Alaska.
Besides skeletons of prehistor
ic Americans, his party unearthed
some carved stone lamps. He
found at Kodiak that the ancient
past had been inhaibitated by a
succession of different people,
each with a different culture.
GOVERNOR WALMSLEY
TO GIVE PROTECTION
STATE’S CITIZENRY
MO DISPLAY. OK IIONK
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HKA REDNESS NK\Y ORLEANS
(By The Associated Press) •'
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1. Ma
chine guns and rifles held by state
guardsmen held the great press of
public at bay as Huey Long mar
shalled the legislative Investiga
tion ,of his arch political enemv
Mayor Semnies Walmsley.
It will be a cloakroom session.
War correspondents and other non
combatant friends of Long will be
excluded under ordey by the gov
ernor, an ally of Senator King
Fish. His committee was whisk- -
ed into the city yesterday from
Bfiton Rouge accompanied by a
truck-load of troops. laflig retir
ed to his palatial residence and
surrounded it with troops. He al
low'd no one to call who did not
have an invitation.
Walmslev said he would ren
der protection to the citizens de
spite the guardsmen and if the ^
troops step out of line, the city
police w'ill give them all the
trouble they want.
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26 OF 136 PASSEN6ERS
JAP SHIP ARE RESCUED
JAPANESE SHIP FOUNDERED
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Sept. 1, The sixty.(on
steamer Tain Maru foundered
near Antung, Manchuria, last night
according to radio reports received
here..
Some fears were expressed tor
the one hundred and thirty-six
passengers and members of the
crew, as only twenty-six were
rescued.
John Johansen, a United States
cltlsen and an employee of Metro
Ooldwyn Mayer movie Arm, was
reported kidnappjl ty bandi's
who wrecked a train( killing Ava
Japanese passengers and Injuring
tea others seriously.
BAKERY FIRE RESULTS IN
lO HOUSES BURNED
(By The Associated Press)
ROOKAWAY, Oregon, Sept. 1.
Sparttered grease turned a bak
ery kitchen into a mast of flamaa
which resulted la eight other
business houses and two cottages
being burned tothe ground.
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