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VOL. 38. No. 237. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, August 13, 1937. Per Copy lOcfci
SOVIET PLANE UNREPORTED
U. S. Asiatic Fleet Moving To Shanghai Section
PLANE LAST HEARD FROM CROSSED POLE
Senate Judiciary
Approves Name
Black for Court
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13,
—The Senate Judiciary sub-com
mittee swiftly approved the nom
ination of Senator Hugo Black of
Alabama to the Supreme Court.
It acted only a few minutes af
ter President Roosevelt told the
press at his conference, that At
torney General Cummings had
informed him the appointment
was perfectly legal and constitu
tional.
The sub-committee of six mem
bers voted to report his nomina
t'on favorable, after rejecting a
move by Senator Austin to hold
action pending a study of the leg
a, question involved. All except
Austin voted for approval of the
nomination.
They rejected his plea to delay
action when he questioned Sen
ator Black's eligibility under the
recent act of Congress providing
for retirement of justices at full
pay which was enacted while
Black was a member of Congress.
Consulate Of
Insurgents Was
Ordered Closed
(By The Associated Press)
GIBRALTAR. Aug. 13, — Brit
ish authorities ordered the consul
ar offices of the Spanish insur
gent regime here, closed down.
The order it was understood,
was issued on the grounds that
the consulate for several months
has been issuing unauthorized
passports. Britain will recognize
the Valencia government as leg
itimate, it was reported.
Double Execution
Takes Place In
Gas Chamber
m
(By The Associated Press)
FLORENCE, Arizona, Aug. 13,
—At dawn today, Friday the Thir
teenth, death came to two men,
a white and a black, in the gas
chamber of the state prison.
They were Bert Anderson, 53,
white slayer of Cecil Kuyken
dall, 28, a farm hand; and Ernest
Patten, a 200-pound negro, who
killed his common law wife.
They were strapped to adjoin
ing chain in a double execution.
BLESS HIS HEART. It was a great occasion, broadcast by
Italian radio stations, when the infant Prince Victor Emmanuel of
Naples, heir once removed from the throne, was christened in Rome
Here is a scene from the colorful ceremony.
TO THE CITIZENS OF NOME:
On the Eve of the Special Elec
tion on the proposition whether
the voters of Nome endorse th
eaction of the Nome City Council
and the Nome School Board or
not, we believe ahat a statement
from us is appropriate.
The collective movement of all
lodges to establish a fraternal
hall resulted in the Odd Fellows
taking the lead and submitting a
written proposition to the City
Council. The letter of submittal
in brief proposed that all frater
nal societies in Nome should have
the opportunity to share in the
building and that a community
reading room and library would
be established. Also, it was point
ed out that besides housing all
fraternal activities in Nome, the
building, in case of a disaster,
wiuld be available for hospital,
school or government use, the
same as if the City owned it.
Stress was placed on the need
of rebuilding and rekindling fra
ternal life in Nome and to pre
serve the funds of these fraternal
orders for the City of Nome in
stead of being forfeited to outside
sources in the event of disband
ing and surrendering charters.
We wish to suggest that you
take a Look at the old school
house and then note the effects
over leas than a year. It will
convince anyone that in a short
period it will be a complete
wreck and become a public nuis
ance.
Support your City Council and
vote YES.
Signed:
Odd Fellows Building Committee
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People Danger
Shanghai Area
r
, (Bv The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Aug. 13, — Jap
anese naval guns and Chinese
land batteries pumped hundreds
, of shells into opposing forces in
(open Shanghai warfare.
The artillery duel along the
northern fringe of the city fired
(scores of buildings, and in the
! Kianwang and Chapei areas a
strong wind threatened to repeat
the 1932 holocost.
A Japanese warship bombard
i ed the newly built mission, and
the half million dollar Jukong
wharf on the left bank of the
Whangpoo River.
The United States Asiatic Squad
ron steamed rapidly forward to|
protect thousands of the Ameri
can residents in the Shanghai j
area.
Judge Morison
Flies Fairbanks
Confer Judges
Judge J. H. S. Morison of the
U. S. District Court here, was a
passenger to Fairbanks by plane
today, where, it was reported, he
will confer with Judge Pratt of
the 4th division, Judge Alexan
der of the 1st division, and Judge
Hellenthal of the Third division,
regarding the jurisdiction of the
Federal courts in Alaska as per
tains to Territorial laws.
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ADVERSE WEATHER
BLAMED DELAY OF
SOVIET POLE PLANE
(Bv The Associated Press!
SEATTLE, Aug. 13. —The U.
S. Signal Corps reported at 8:39
a m. Pacific Standard Time today
that the Soviet Polar plane was
bucking terrific headwinds and
could not reach Fairbanks before
4:00 p.m. PST.
The Signal Corps said they had
received no messages direct from
the plane, but had intercepted
one sent to Russia shortly before
3:00 a.m.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13—The Soviet
representative at Seattle, Mr Var
tanian, said at 12:12 P.M., Pacific
Standard Time, that he expected
the Soviet plane to land at Fair
banks within the hour.
NOME NUGGET, Nome.
FAIRBANKS. Aug. 13—1:02 p.
m.. Please rush information if any
contact has been had with Russian
plane and if any what position
and condition of Arctic. Recep
tion here poor. Plane was ex
pected here before this 12:30 p.m.
Fairbanks News-Miner.
EDMONTON. Aug. 13, (1:50 p
m.)—A plane has been chartered
here on behalf of the Russian gov
ernment to fly Soviet representa
tive Vartanian of Seattle, here,
from Vancouver. He is expected
to take off from Vancouver at
three p.m.. Ship is owned by the
Canadian Oirways limited, pilot
ed by Don Dawson, and is due to
arrive here about 8 p.m. tonight
to await arrival of Soviet Polar
plane, where it is expected to gas
up.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13—Soviet re
presentative Vartanian said at
10:55 a.m. P.S.T., that all efforts
to get the Soviet plane to acknow
ledge weather reports in the past
five or six hours failed. No anx
iety is felt as radio conditions are
good. He insisted he is not flying
to Edmonton as reported. Last
night, he said the fliers might go
on to Edmonton to get better fly
ing conditions, east of the Rock
ies, but maintains that their des
tination is still Oakland.
SAfrflsmsa ,crM..nwilrl
WASHINGTON, D. C., Counse
lor Constantine Oumansky, of the
Soviet Embassy, said he was ob
taining information concerning
Last Minute Dope
On Sov iet Plane
Most recent information con
cerning the whereabouts of the
Soviet four-motored airplane en
route over the North Pole to the
United States from Moscow. Rus
sia. was obtained here by the
Nome station of the U.S. Weather
Bureau, from the Fairbanks office
The information was to the ef
fect that the plane which took off
from Moscow Thursday morning
at 5:16 a. m., passed over the
North Pole at 10 p.m. last night.
It was presumed the time, was
Fairbanks time. Soviet authori
ties are said to be withholding
further information. The plane
has not been heard from since,
crossing the Pole, said the infor
mation.
All radio stations in this part
of Alaska have been requested to
I
I listen in and try and intercept
|any information on the Soviet
plane, it was further reported.
I While fears are beginning to be
felt for the safety of the plane,
no definite information as to its
present whereabouts can be as
certained, up to the hour of going
to press. Weather conditions ov
er the Arctic regions, were also
reported to be unfavorable and
indicating further adverse effect.
At one time last night, it was
reported the Soviet plane intend
ed changing its cdurse, due to
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landing facilities at Edmonton to
transmit to the fliers at Fairbanks
and further said he would not
determine definitely what landing
' to make beyond Fairbanks until
after a study of reports there. In
i the event of a landing being made
at Edmonton he would instruct
i
the Soviet representative at Seat
I tie to by there.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13, 12:38 p.m.
—Soviet representative Vartanian
said he has communicated with
Vancouver regarding the possiibil
ity of chartering a plane tomor
row in case the biers head for
Edmonton instead of coming
down the coast to Oakland. He
said the flight pilots would decide
on arrival at Fairbanks their
flight course South, depending on
weather conditions, but said des
tination was still Oakland.
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Northern Herds
Handled Large
Number Deer
Although handicapped ' by the
feeble light of Arctic midwinter,
the Farthest North Reindeer Com
pany. of Barrow must receive
credit for having handled larger
reindeer herds than any organiz
ation in Alaska during the past
year. A total of 17,318 animals
were worked through the Com
pany's Meade River Corral at a
marking which was completed in
December. This is a larger num
ber of reindeer than existed in
all of Alaska in 1908. It was out
of this herd that 3,500 anirfrals
were driven along the Arctic
Rim. the “ridge pole" of “Uncle
Sam’s Attic", to the Barter Island
Natives last winter
The Barrow organization had
close competition in totals of rein
deer handled at single corral op
erations during the year. The
Wainwright Native Reindeer As
sociation handled 16.580. while
the Kivalina and Clark-Lind Na
tive organizations handled 15,571
and 14,437 animals, respectively.
Although fourth on the list of
large-scale operators, the Clark
Lind organization, which operates
west of Bethel, created by far the
most steers. A total of 3,781
steers were placed in the herd at
the organization’s corral during
February.
Barrow marked the largest num
ber of reindeer to ownership; 4,
424 mavericks and 3,269 fawns
were given marks at the Com
pany's corral, about 10% of the
total deer marked to ownership
on all ranges during the year.
More reindeer (5,265) were con
sumed by the stockholders of the
Kuskokwim Reindeer Company
during the year than by the mem
bers of any other organization,
although there was an average
'consumption of less than 10 deer
! per stockholder.
Shipment of meat on the gov
ernment motorship “North Star”
enabled the Kivalina Reindeer
Company to sell more reindeer
products than was possible for
any other Native organization.
More than $13,000 was received
by this Company from sale of
skins and meat products.
The above information was fur
nished the Nome Nugget by the
Nome Office of the United States
j Department of the Interior, ReLn
|deer Service. •
| Buy then by the, bundle. Uaa
'them for storting fires. For Sate
At the Nome Nugget