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VOL. 37. No. 7. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, January 9, 193G. Per Copy Ten Cents
President Opens 1936 Campaign
ETHIOPIAN RAINS HELP REPULSE ITALIANS
Crisis Appears Imminent Coast Maritime Strike
Crisis Maritime
Situation on The
Coast is Nearing
Employers, Labor Leaders
Refuse Predict When
Affairs be Settled
fBy The Associated Press)
San Francisco, Jan. 9,
—A crisis appears immin
ent in the tangled Pacific
coast maritime situation.
Neither employers nor
labor leaders will make any
predictions, but the tieup of
coastal vessels has so near
ly paralyzed coast shipping
that only eleven are actual
ly in the trade.
Fifty-seven steam schoon
ers and small coastal car
riers were rendered idle,
twenty-three of them as a
result of the crew's’ de
mands for a six hour day.
Others are idle in port be
cause of lack of cargo, or
because of obsolescence.
Four deep water ships
from the East coast are
tied up here because their
crews want a West coast
agreement which would
give them higher pay.
Plane Ran Out
Gas Near Kaltag
Passengers Safe
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Jan. 8, —Pil
ot Jack Hermann and party
enroute to Fairbanks from
Akiak, and who were miss
ing since last Friday, arriv
ed Wednesday from Nulato.
All the passengers were
in the best of health. The
plane ran out of gasoline 20
miles from Kaltag. Her
mann and others snowshoed
many miles to the nearest
station to get sufficient gas
to proceed to Nulato.
The passengers were de
puty marshal Nels Ander
son, Teddy Nielsen a ten-,
year-old boy, both of whom
boarded the plane at Beth
el, Dr. Morton Myers and
William Chenoy, both of
Akiak. All were enroute
here to attend the court
session.
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JACKSON DAY DINNERS WERE
OCCASION FORMAL OPENING
DEMOCRATIC 1936 CAMPAIGN
President Thank-) People Understand
ing Aims Democratic Administration
(By The Associateo Press)
Washington, Jan. 9, —
Renewing his assault on
those whom he termed “re
actionaries”, President F.
D. Roosevelt, signaled the
opening of the democratic
campaign, with an indirect
appeal for support from
the voters of all “political
affiliaions”.
Jackson Day Rallies
Projecting his voice to
hundreds of Jackson Day
Dinner rallies throughout
the country, the president
asserted, that the most re
cent language of the Sup
reme Court “will affect the
lives of Americans for
years to come”. He com
pleted a brief reference to
the high court’s overthrow
of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act, wihout offering
any substitute, but earlier
in his address he asserted:
“The basic issue”, of the
1936 campaign will be the
“retention of popular gov
ernment.” Applause all but
drowned his concluding
words—“We will not re
treat!”
uet at the Truth!”
A seventy-second ovation
greeted President Roose
velt as he rose to speak dir
ectly to two thousand dem-;
ocratic leaders. The chief;
executive urged an effort
be made by all voters to get
“at the truth behind the
smoke of charges and coun
er charges of the national
SON SHOT TO DEATH!
(By The Associated Press)
Philadelphia, Jan. 9, —
Max Weiss Jr., 26, partner
with his father in the win-!
dow cleaning business was
found shot to death in his
wrecked automobile to
night.
His father blamed the
young man’s death on labor
troubles, as, he sai^, he and
his son had received threats
recently against their lives.
| campaign.”
The president, from time
to time, hit at “musty re
daction and outworn tradi
tionalism”, asserting that
no party of reaction could
‘meet the temper of the peo
ple.
Letters Appreciation
Referring briefly to his
I annual message to congress
the president said he had
received a great many mess
I ages from the people. The
“gist of their messages to
me, is that they appreciate
and are grateful for my
statement that it is but a
minority, in business and
finance that would gang up
against the people’s liber
ties. I reiterate that ass
ertion tonight.
“By far the greater part
of businessmen, industrial
ists and other employees in
the nation seek no special
advantage; they seek only
an equal opportunity to
share in the benefits and
obligations of our govern
ment. I am naturally grate
ful for this support and for
the understanding on their
part that the Government
of the United States seeks
to give them a square deal
and a better deal. It seeks
to protect them and save
them from being plowed un
der by a small minority of
businessmen and financiers
against whom I shall contin
ue to wage war!”
At Washington, D. C. the
Jackson Day Dinner, which
was subscribed to at the
rate of $50.00 a plate, was
declared to have been the
largest ever held in Wash
ington at the Mayflower
Hotel ballroom where the
table had been set. It ov
erflowed with guests who
were dining in corridors
and almost everywhere el
se. Only $5.00 of the $50
went for food; the rest be
ing applied to wipe out the
deficit of the Democratic
National Committee.
Reports Reindeer
Fast Of Barrow
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Disease Affects Feet: Some
Say Hoof and Mouth
Disease: Others Not
(Bv The Associated Press)
Juneau, Jan. 9, — A re
port that the reindeer east
ward of Point Barrow,
were dying as a result of
disease, was made to the
government office here by
Paul Stafford at Nome, act
ing supervisor of the rein
deer service, in the absence
of Lyman S. Brewster in
the states.
In the making of an in
vestigation, steps have al
ready been taken to isolate
the affected parts of the
herds.
The first report of the
disease, which affects the
feet, came from Frank
Daugherty, Bureau of In
dian Affairs teacher at Bar
row, who was given the
report by a prospector who
reported seeing a number
of deer dead and dying.
While some theorized it
might be the hoof and
mouth disease, others be
lieved the disease to be
something else, probably
caused by too close herd
ing in wet ground, which
can be cured Ijy moving the
animals to higher areas.
U. Alaska To Open
A telegram to M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk, from his young
er son James at Fairbanks,
conveys the information
that his eldest son Joe is
much improved today and
recovering rapidly, from
scarlet fever.
It also stated that the Un
iversity of Alaska expects
to take up classes again this
coming Monday, testifying
by such evidence, that the
epidemic must be within
complete control. James
Walsh also reported that all
Nome students at the Uni
versity of Alaska were in
good health and none had
contracted the disease ex
cept his elder brother.
All scarlet fever patients
are housed in the Deten
tion hospital in the vicinity
of the landing field.
I
Ethiopian Government Savs Rains
Are Rig Help Repulsing the Italians
(Bv The Associated Pi css)
Undated, Jan. 9, — The
Ethiopian government offi
cially announced today, the
rains in the mountainous
Tembin region, on the nor
thern battlefront, had pro
moted the difficulties of the
invading Fascist troops.
Travelers said the roads
between Makale and Addis
Ababa, and Debra Tabor,
and principal sites west of
|the northern lines, had
I been wiped out by the ex
itremely heavy rains,
j Emperor Selassie tonight
sent renewed instructions
I to his field forces to contin
jue their guerrilla type of
| warfare.
Flag ceremonies in Italy
showed Mussolini’s army
to be standing at full mill
ion-man strength at home
and in Africa. The cere
monies took place in the
presence of Italian troops
>n the French frontier.
Authoritative sources em
phasized that the presence
of the troops did not indi
cate any re-garrisoning of
the frontier.
An official Rome commun
ique said that Ethiopian at
tacks on Italian positions
South of Makale, had been
repulsed by big guns.
Dredge In Seward
c
Locality is Moved
(By The Associated Press;
Seward, Jan. 9, — The
first of three gold dredges
destined for the Moose
Pass country, is now being
moved from Cache Creek.
It will operate on Canyon
Creek.
Story Told Of How Light Came
To The Tldingat Indian Tribes
According <o Mythology of
Southeastern Alaskan
Tribe?--The Birth
of Dnivn.
When YeshI, the Tiili’-.k t
God of Creation heard the
sun, moon and stars were
concealed in a box owned
by a rich and powerful
chief on the borderlands of
darkness, he expressed an
intense desire to obtain
them.
The chief had an only dau
ghter that he loved so
much that she was not al
lowed to eat or drink until
her father had examined
the food. YeshI, aware of
these things, understood
that it would be possible
for the chief to obtain the
light and therefoie he re
solved to be born again by
the chief’s daughter. The
task was not any easy one,
but YeshI could assume any
form he liked. Consequent
ly, he transformed himself
into a blade of grass and he
leaned against the vessel
out of which the chief’s dau
ghter was in the habit of
drinking, and when, after;
due examination by her
father, she lifted up the
vessel to quench her thirst,1
Yeshi disguised as the blade
of grass, wriggled into her
: hr oat c;nd was swallowed.
The result was that in due
time the chief’s daughter
■ s .bout to gi-'.'e birth to
a chad and her father
•oread a number of otter
;k ns on the floor ;o make
a soft couch, but ail the ef
forts oi the old women did
not help her in her labor.
At last a very old woman
ook her in to the forest and
as soon as she stretched
herself on a bed of moss
she was delivered of a fine
son.
The grandfather was very
proud of his grandson and
loved him as much if not
more, than he did his dau
ghter. At once Yeshi be
gan to cry and would allow
no one to touch him to quiet
him. No matter what they
gave him he continued to
wail and point to the box
containing the celestial
lights.
To give him these it was
necessary to have the con
sent of his old grandfather.
However, as there was no
end to his crying the doting
grandfather gave him one
of the boxes. Yeshi at once
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