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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME 36. NO. 97. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Unemployed Parade Riots Vancouver
OVER NINE MILLION PROPOSED ALASKA BASE
Flyer And Sweetheart Vanish In Plane—Suicide Pact
Flyer And Sweet
heart Vanish In
A Rented Plane
(Bv The Associated Press)
ALAMEDA, April 24 —Fears for
Richard Smith aged twenty-eight an
aviator, and Mrs. Doris Trethaway,
aged 21, who vanished in a rented
plane to commit suicide were strong
thened by a statement from a friend
of Smith’s that they contemplated
taking their own lives.
The friend said that Smith once
told him in the presence of Mrs.
Trethaway, that he and the attrac
tive young woman who was separ
ated from her husband, planned to
beg, borrow or steal a plane to dive
into the ocean. The friend said they
both seemed despondent.
Clipp er Plane
Carried 14,000
Letter Cargo
(By The Associated Press)
ALAMEDA, April 24 — The Pan
America cliper plane which arrived
late yesterday, completing the first
round trip from Honolulu, was met
by ten thousand persons here at the
airport.
She carried fourteen thousand let
ters. Cammander Musick said the
big thrill of the trip was that it was
negotiated without a thrill.
Further flights to Honolulu are
contemplated before the establish
ment of regular commercial sched
ules this year. The flight yesterday
was made in twenty hours and fif
ty-nine minutes.
Dynamite Plot Is
Discovered—Has
Do Marine Strike
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23—The
police today investigated the mar
ine labor affiliations of eleven men
whose arrest at Modesto, they claim
ed, balked dynamite terror cam
paigns against the Standard Oil Co.
The plot was uncovered with the
seizure of a dozen sticks of explo
sives in the possession of the ar
rested men. The police linked the
find with the oil tanker strike.
Hope that the strike will end by
the end of the week was expressed
by the special mediation board. The
district attorney said that some of
the men confessed to plans to blow
up Standard Oil property near Pat
terson. ,
WANTS HOUSE HURRY
LEGISLATION SET UP
U S. ARMY AIR BASES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 24 — The House of Represent
atives was formally advised Tuesday by its Military Commit
tee to speed up the enactment of legislation toward setting
up a chain of strategic army air bases, because oceans can
no longer serve as barriers to foreign attacks.
Bases under consideration include one in Alaska. Ten
tative amounts fixed for proposed new bases include $9,629,
000 for the Alaska base; $7,141,000 for the Pacific Northwest
base; and six and a half million dollars for the Rocky Moun
tain base.
Prime Ministers of
British Dominions
to Discuss Defenses
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, April 24 — High over
seas officials disclosed that prime
ministers of various dominions would
hold important meetings with the
cabinet during the next few weeks
to discuss the tightening of the Brit
ish Empire defenses in all quarters
of the globe.
Seeking To Re
organize Under
Bankruptcy Act
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, April 24 — At the op
ening of the board of trade here
this morning, the postponement was
made known of the pending clarific
ation of certain legal problems aris
ing from the action of the Rosen
baum Grain Corporation, in seek
ing re-organization under the amend
ed federal bankruptcy act.
Predicts Early
Break Up Of
Jam In Senate
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 24 — Chair
man Harrison predicted an early
breaking up of the jam in his sen
ate finance committee, which has
been holding up the social security
legislation, the NRA measure, and
the bonus. He also stated there
seems to be a trend toward Harri
son’s bonus bill in preference to
either Patman’s or Vinson's. ,
Two Missionaries
Are Held For
Ransom In China
(B.v The Associated Press)
LONDON, April 24 — The China
Inland Mission was informed today
that two British Missionaries, Ru
dolph Basshardt, and A. Hayman,
kidnaped by Chinese bandits would
face death May 9th unless the de
mands of their captors for ransom,
in the form of money and anti-air
craft guns, were met.
War Department
Announces Enlist
ment 31,000 Men
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 24 — The
War Department today announced
the enlistment of thirty-one thou
sand men to begin July 1st, in or
der to double the actual fighting
strength of the army.
Program given by the
NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
AND SISTERHOOD
Gymnasium of Native School
Thursday, April 25, 1935, 8 o'clock
1. Translated Song.
2. Playing Kick Ball.
3. Race with Seal Bag.
4. Instrumental Music.
5. Fishing.
6. A Game of Old Styles.
7. Ahhulhamakok—A story.
8. Mixed Quartet.
9. Fishing for Flounder.
10. Old Style Seal Hunting.
11. White Man Trading.
12. Making Drum Sing by Itself—
A story.
13. Keeahluk— A story.
14. Hunting With Bow and Arrow.
15. Dance— By Three Women.
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate frbm Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
Washington. April 6
John B Dorsh of Fairbanks, an
alumnus of the University of Al
aska, called at the Delegate’s office
Friday. Mr. Dorsh has been work
ing with the American Museum of
Natural History in New York, since
he left Alaska last October. He will
i return to Fairbanks, leaving Seat
tle May fourth, to continue the arch
; eological work of the American
Museum.
The dredging operations of the
Fairbanks District have brought
many valuable archaic bones to the
surface and more are continually
being discovered. It is in connection
with these finds that Mr. Dorsh will
continue his work.
Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, president
of the University of Alaska, who
has been suffering from arthiris
and confined to the Georgetown
University Hospital since his arriv
al in Washington, is somewhat im
proved but it is not known how
soon he will be able to leave the
hospital.
Thursday, the Senate Subcommit
tee on Appropriations held a hear
ing on the appropriation for work of
the Geological Survey in Alaska.
Dr. W. C. Mendenhall, director of
the Geological Survey and for many
years chief of the Alaska Division of
the Survey, explained the work that
the Survey is doing in Alaska and
how inadequate the appropriations
of the past several years have been
to properly carry on the work to
wards completion. Dr. Mendenhall
emphasized the fact that only about
one half of Alaska ha? been mapped
and that the increased knowledge of
the Territory made available to the
public through the mapping service
is an aid to practically every ser
vice, industry and individual that
is developing Alaska.
John W. Finch, director of the
Bureau of Mines, also spoke at the
hearing, showing what is being ac
complished by that bureau. Dele
gate Dimond endorsed the work of
the Bureau of Mines in Alaska part
icularly with respect to mine safety.
The Delegate strongly urged that the
Bureau’s service should not be with
drawn from Alaska as is contem
plated.
It is believed that the Subcommit
tee is quite in sympathy with the
work being done as some of its mem
bers are virtually interested in the
mining development in their own
states. Among those present at the
hearing were the fellowing: Sen
ators, Carl Hayden of Arizona, Alva
B. Adams of Colrado and Joseph
UNEMPLOYED IN
VANCOUVER RIOT
HUDSON BAY STORE
(By The Associated Press')
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 24 — Unemployed here
rioted the Hudson Bay Company store, breaking showcases,
smashing mirrors, plate glass, and causing damage which
company officials estimated would run into the thousands of
dollars.
The unemployed who left camps recently in protest
against camp conditions have been staging what they termed
“nuisance parades,” through the streets and stores, to call
attention to their condition.
Formerly the parades have been orderly. Sixteen men
were arrested during Tuesday’s riot. It was estimated
that two thousand took part in the parade, but only a few
hundred took part in the store brawl.
Roceo J. Degrasse
Former Bi<» Shot
p
Arrested Today
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, April 24—Roceo J.
Degrasse, aged forty-one, one-time
big shot of the mid-west underworld
circles was jailed today after his
four year old son Julian directed
the police to the apartment in which
he was sleeping.
He was wanted in connection with
the mail robbery in Chicago, involv
ing almost a half million dollars,
wheih took place in December, 1932
Seamen Organize
Maritime Feder
ation Of Pacific
(Rv The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 24 — Having ad
opted a constitution binding eight
unions and thirty-five thousand
workers into the Maritime Federa
tion of the Pacific, the convention
met to elect officers today.
The convention also crushed the
attempt to put the organization la
bor into national politics. Officials
said they were just organizing and
not talking strike.
O’Mahoney of Wyoming.
B. D. Stewart, supervising engin
eer of the Territorial Mining De
partment at Juneau, arrived in
Washington Tuesday. Mr. Stewart
is endeavoring to enlist Federal aid
in connection with the work of the
Territorial Mining Department in
Alaska.
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“North Star" Sailed
Midnight Last Nite
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24—Men
and equipment bound for the Mat
anuska farming district, are on their
way north aboard the "North Star,"
which sailed shortly before mid
night last night.
12 Navy Patrol
Planes Enroute
Alaska-San Diejjo
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. April 24 — Enroute to
Alaska, 12 Navy patrol planes land
ed at Sand Point this morning from
San Diego. They will remain here
for four or five days before proceed
ing to their next destination which
members of the party declared they
did not as yet, know.
Riddle Me This
Last year I asked her to be my wife
and she gave me a decidedly negat
ive reply, so to get even I married
her mother. Then my father mar
ried the girl.
When I married the girl's mother
the girl became my daughter, and
my father married my daughter, so
he became my son. When my father
married my daughter, she became
my mother. If my father is my
son and my daughter is my mother,
who am I?
My mother's mother is my wife
and must be my grandmother. So
being my grandmother’s husband, I
must be my own grandfather. And
there you are.