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VOL. 38. No. 102 NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY. MAY 3, 1937 Per Copy lOcts
Wedding To Be After Coronation
CHAS. HOPE SAID WOULD NOT INTERFERE
Wat Vessels Protect Refugees From Bilbao, Spain
Pel German Shepherd Given Elaborate Funeral
This 10-year-old German Shepherd dog, a house pet for years, was buried in a $200 steel coffin In
the pet cemetery at Los Angeles by his owner, Cllford P. Hopson, Bakersfield undertaker. In the
casket with the dog’s body were his favorite toys and trinkets. The coffin was banked with flowers
and as additional tribute a special poem was written in his memory. Over the grave will be
erected a four-foot marble shaft. (Associated Press Photo)
Gets Rare Dip Net PLANE BE TESTED
(Bv The Associate,I "’les
PETERSBURG—An Ei'.rirr.o dp
net made 30 years ago from the
sinew of seal span into thread
and knotted into the net, has
been received by Earl N. Ghmer
from Game Commissioner Frank
Williams.
The net, made in Kotzebue, was
received from St. Michael. These
nets are no longer being made.
Ohmer placed the net with other
Alaska curios he has collected.
‘Purges’ Cabinet
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of
Canada (above) demanded resig
nation of two members of his cab
inet to assure government unity
in a great Canadian “economic
crisis/’ Hepburn is in active op
position to the CIO Canadian Gen
eral Motors organisation drive.
ARMY TO CONDUCT
TRIALS ORIGINATED
BY WILLY POST
i H> The Associated Pre^s)
LOS ANGELES, (Pi— The Un
ted States army air corps is to
conduct stratosphere tests at Day
ton Field, Ohio, of the newly de
signed plane wYiieh is nearing
completion here. The plane is 38
feet long, has a wing spread of 55
feet amd a gross weight of 5'i
tors. lit is ef the same type as
that used by Amelia Earhart on
her recent projected world flight
that ended in an accident at Hqn
olulu.
The plane is modeled around a
regulation Lockheed-Electra fuse
lage accommodating ten passen
gens. The all-metal transport
will carry two 750-horsepower
engines and an extra layer of
duralumin casing will be applied
to the windoWless ship’s exterior
to withstand the terrific pressure
of normal atmosphere inside aga
inst thin, rarefied substratosphere
air at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
The engines will be supercharg
ed, the entire cabin supercharged
with oxygen.
Suhstratoshpere flying is one of
the principal experiments Wiley
Post conducted before he was
killed in Alaska with Will Rog
ers on a flight to Point Barrow.
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Approved Kill
For Benefit Of
Alaska Eskimo
(Bv The A‘:MtrinVfl I*• ------'
WASHINGTON, May 3rd—The
Senate Indian Committee approv
ed the bill to establish a ‘perm
anent bill sustaining economy,’'
for Alaska Eskimos, through en
j couragement and development
of native activity of the reindeer
industry. The measure was in
troduced by Chairman Thomas to
authorize an initial appropriation
of two million dollars. Delegate
Anthony J. Dimond also intro-1
duced a similar bill in the House.;
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Platinum Mine
Gets Equipment
New equipment and supplies;
for the platinum workings in the
Good News Bay region were ab
oard the Alaska line’s steamer
Mount McKinley enroute to Sew
ard recently.
Other mining equipment for the
north included a pair of huge^
steel pontoons for a gold dredge
working in the Fairbanks region.
The pontoons will be landed at,
the port of Seward and carried
by rail to the interior and thenj
sledged out to the mining loca-j
tion.
Refused To
Mediate The
Seattle Strike
(By The Associated Press)
SEA'l'TLE, May 3rd—Charles
Hope. Federal Regional Labor
B a;d Director, refused to medi
ate the jurisdictional dispute be
tween the Alaska Cannery Union
and Cannery Workers and Farm
Laborers, and said that “both
ini ns are affiliated with the Am
erican Federation of Labor; that
the Board instructed me not to
accept such cases, because the
Board will accept only contro
versies between the union and
the employer," Hope said.
The cannery union representa
tives continued their conference
today.
British, French
Men Of War
On Bay Biscay
(By The Associated Press)
ST. JEAN de LUZ, France. May
3,—British and French men of
war patrolled the Bay of Biscay
to protect merchant vessels eva
cuating the first refugees from
trembling Bilbao, despite insur
gent objections.
Secrecy surrounded the plan
lest insurgent warships inter
fere.
Nine British freighters are tak
ing five thousand women and
children to France.
The insurgent army is only 8
miles south of Bilbao.
There is no assurance that
three hundred and fifty thous
and refugees can be evacuated
before the army arrives.
Premier Japan
Will Refuse To
Resign Cabinet
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, May 3—Premier Sen-'
juro Hayashi indicated he would
not heed demands that his gov
ernment resign, after its stunning
defeat at the polls Friday.
Parties opposed to the army
government have four hundred
of the 466 seats. It is believed
the premier may hold office on
the grounds of a national emer
gency.
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Furnish Supplies
tB\ The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, —
The Red Cross divisional head
quarters here announced it would
provide bedding and food for the
seventy t dd children of the burn
ed Baptists school mission at
Kodiak. A coast guard cutter
may transport the supplies from
Seward.
Sickly Youth
Killed In Fall
School Roof
<Hy Tne Associated Press)
NEWARK, New Jersey, May 3, ■
—Sickly all his life, John Math- j
eft's, 15, celebrated when the1
doctor said he was completely
curtd, and needed no more med
icine.
His aunt suggested he go to
a movie, but John chose to go to
a baseball game.
An hour later he was dead—
killed in a thirty five foot fall
from the roof of a school where!
he had climbed to retrieve a lost
ball. . ,
Final Decree Is
Awarded to Mrs
Wallis Simpson
'By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May 3, — Mrs.
Wallis Simpson was divorced in
25 seconds, through court routine
today, after waiting for several
months, following her success
ful appeal for separation, which
took place shortly before the ab
dication of Edward VIII.
She is now free to marry the
Duke of Windsor formerly King
of England who announced he
was leaving St. Wolfgang Aust
ria immediately for Tours Fran
ce w'here the “Lady of the Year”
is staying.
Mrs. Sirnpsin’s spokesman in
sisted the W’edding would not
take place until after the Coro
nation of the Duke’s brother,
George VI.
None of the principals in the
case were present at the court
hearing.
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