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Vol. 38. No. 20. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
CONGRESS IS SIDESTEPPING ITS PROBLEMS
Nearly Half Million Homeless River Is Still Rising
SIX & HALF MILLION
DOLLARS DAMAGES
IN CITY CLEVELAND
Seven Major Cities Inundated by Raging Waters Of
Ohio River. Prison Riot Results Death For
15 Of Inmates it is Reported
(By The Associated Press)
CINCINNATI, Jan. 25, — The
midjmoming fire was controll.
ed here today as the city faced
a possibility of having its drink
ing water turned off for all but
two hours a day. with the rations
for water already down to four
hours.
The fire was the greatest in
the city’s history, as the still ris
ing Ohio river hit the mark of
78.9 feet, nearly twenty seven
ieet past the flood stage, and
aeven feet higher than the re.
cord set in 1884.
Cincinnati is the seventh large
city under water, with sixty five
thousand persons homeless.
(By The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Jan. 25, —'Flood at
a glance—Forty four are known
to be dead in nine states, with
fifteen more reported dead in the
Frankfort, Kentucky reformatory
riot, and also four at Lawrence,
burg. Indiana, both latter figur.
es being unofficial.
The number of homeless was
conservatively estimated at al_
most half a million, including
two hundred thousand in the
Louisville area alone.
The areas hardest hit are: Cin_
dnnati, Ohio river lowlands, the
state of Ohio, southern Indiana,
Kentucky from Louisville to Bai
lard and property damages are
estimated at least six and a half
million dollars from fire and
flood in Cincinnati, although at
other points damages have not
heen calculated.
The flood outlook grows worse,
with the Ohio still rising at Cin.
cinnati, and also downstream.
Government observers predict
flood conditions will continue pos.
sibly for a month, with another
■critical period in May, in the Miss
issippi valley, when the Ohio’s
crest reaches the Mississippi riv.
e» at Cairo, in another ten days
or two weeks.
Relief measures, Red Cross
nurses and doctors are at work
in ten states, as Roosevelt set the
army and navy, coast guard, CCC
and WPA to aid them, and at
the sametime pushed the cam.
paign to contribute two million
dollars to the Red Cross.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25,
—President Roosevelt placed five
federal agencies on what was de_
scribed as virtually a wartime
basis, to do all in the govern,
ment’s power to assist flood suff.
erers.
Heads of the agencies, the army
navy, coast guard, works pro.
gress administration, and civilian
conservation corps will keep
headquarters open twenty four
hours a day and coordinate all
relief efforts with the Red Cross.
Stephen J. Early, presidential
secretary said that department
heads who conferred with Presi.
dent Roosevelt Sunday will return
for two conferences daily until
the situation improves.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 25, —
Reports of rioting among twen.
ty nine hundred prisoners, and
the killing of at least fifteen, fil.
tered past the flood.bound walls
of the state’s largest penitentiary
Confirmation is handicapped
because of the strict censorship.
Governor A. B. Chander, foil,
owing a boat tour said: “We
don’t know how many, if any, are
dead. W« will have no idea of the
real siutation until the waters
go down.”
Flood waters cover four.ftfths
of the state’s capital, and flow six
feet deep thru the prison grounds
for the first time since 1883. Na.
tional guardsmen are on duty,
where since Friday, they said, at
least fifteen have been killed.
They declined to use the names
“of those who were shot, who
sank from sight thru the water.”
CINCINNATI, Jan. 25, — Pol.
ice reported at 4:15 a.m. that fire
again broke out in Mill Creek
Valley where a million and a
half dollars damage resulted yes.
terday when a trolley line short,
ed and fell to the gasoline cov
ered waters.
The fire was three miles long
and a half a mile wide, Fire
Chief Barney Houston estimated.
Dr. LaRue, flying dentist, left
Nome yesterday with the body
of Gus Mueller, who died here
recently of blood poisoning, for
Kaltag. _
■F" SHIPPING OFFICIALS DOCK BOAT IN STRIKE ^
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With shoreslde workers on strike In the Pacific Coast marine walkout. Capt. William E. Carley (left)
and W. Harold Hoaklor, coast and Los Angeles managers, respectively, for the Panama-Pacific line, had
to go to work to raise the gangway to the liner California when it docked at Los Angeles with 266 pas
sengers aboard- They also helped moor the ship. (Associated Press Photo)
Plans Nome Fair
Get Under Way,
After Meeting
At a meeting yesterday after,
noon of the directors of the Nor.
thwestern Alaska Fair Associa
tion, it was unanimously agreed
to extend the time of the Fair
from three to four days, beginn.
jing with March 31st, and contin.
Suing thru April 1, 2, 3, in order
| to accomodate the many features
of the fair, which already promi
ses to outclass previous affairs.
Numerous persons now in the
city, who were not here during
the two previous Fairs held, are
becoming interested in its activi.
ties, and many have asked the
question as to what the purpose
of the fair is—to this it is only
right and advisable at this time
to state that the Aims of the Fair
are to advance, foster and encour
age the mining, industrial, fur
bearing, reindeer, dog, fishing &
agricultural interests of the Nor.
thwestern part of Alaska, and to
promote the general interests of
the communities in that section.
It was also decided to advertise
in the Nugget for a “Manager of
the Fair”, the salary to be $300.
All applicants to put their appli
cations in written form, stating
their qualifications and previous
fair experience, if any.
In order that no time will be
lost in getting under way, it was
decided that applicants for the
position of manager should make
Women’s Teams To
Play Wednesday
Interest in the Nome Indoor
Baseball Season took another
jump over the weekend when it
became known that the first lad_
ies baseball games would be play
ed this coming Wednesday night.
I It was announced that the
' Married Ladies would play the
High School G*irLs in the first
game of the evening, and the Al_
! askans and Commercials would
| pay the second game,
j This arrangement results in
the Hammon and Huskie teams
taking a week’s rest, and play,
ing a game the following Wed
; r.esday in conection with anoth.
er two women’s teams.
During the past month inter,
est was quickened when the pub
lie learned the ladies in town
were practicing for a series. Now
that they are to play this Wed.
nesday, there is little doubt that
the big gym will be a complete
sell out Wednesday.
—
i Pilot Monson, flying a PAA
; plane left Nome yesterday with
mail, arriving at Fairbanks to
day. Monday’s mail plane arriv.
jed at Nulato from Fairbanks to.
day, and is due to arrive Nome
as soon as weather permits.
application not later than 5 p.m.
Thursday, January 28th, when
: the Directors will hold another
, meeting to take action on the mat
ter of appointing a manager.
Nome Kennel Club
Stage Dog Races,
Carnival February
Launching an important and in
tercsting program of winter dog
racing and sports, the Board of
Directors of the Nome Kennel
Club met yesterday afternoon at
' Polet’s Store where officers for
this year were elected as follows:
President Wilfred Boucher, |
Vice President Frank Whaley,
Secretary .Treasurer J. (Cappy)
McDougall.
Plans for a Kennel Club Car.
nival were discussed and Satur
day, February 27th, chosen as
the date. It was further decid.
ed to sponsor a Queen Contest,
the winner to enter the contest
at the Fairbanks Ice Carnival
early in March for the title of
Miss Alaska, and also to reign
over all functions of the Nome
Kennel Club.
It was decided to launch the
Queen Contest here beginning
the week of February 7th and
continuing up to the night of the
big Carnival, when the most
popular girl would be chosen by
votes cast during the interven.
ing time, and on the final night.
Further details concerning this
contest are to be worked out and
announced as soon as possible.
Fixing a program of races up
to and including the Carnival on
the 27th of February, and plan,
ning for a big three.day mara
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PASSING
BUCK IN
CAPITOL
Don’t Want To Proceed Un
til Received Further
Recommendations
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25,
—Congress entering its fourth
week showed a distinct hesitan.
cy to grapple with the session’s
major problems, particularly the
wage and hour issue, without
more definite recommendations
from President Roosevelt.
If he has worked on them in
detail, he has not yet informed
his chieftains.
Republican house members are
meeting tonight to chart a min.
ority program.
The senate has met for only
ten hours during the past three
weeks, and the house little more.
Many committees have not ev,
en held sessions. The senate re,
cessed again for today but Speak
er Bankhead of Alabama said the
house would consider the fifty mil
lion dollar crop production loan
bill.
He said he expected the house
to take up tomorrow Roosevelt’s
request for seven hundred and
ninety million dollars to contin,
ue relief until June 30th. ,
On the wage and hour issue
many members forecast that no
final action would be taken un_
til the Supreme Court of the Un,
ited States rules on the constitu.
tionality of the Wagner Labor
Law, 1
J
Judge Pollock, j
Federal Bench,
Died in Kansas
(By The Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 25, —
Judge John C. Pollock, aged 79,
of the federal district court of
Kansas, died early Sunday at
his suburban home.
He had been on the federal
bench since 1903. Judge Pollock
was unconscious until the last,
having lapsed into a coma last
Monday. He had been suffering
from a diabetic condition, which
was later complicated by pneu.
monia.
Those who survive him include
his widow, a daughter and a
sister.
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