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VOL. 35. No. 156. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934 Per Copy: 10 Cento.
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Unemployables the Cause Much Relief
NEWSPAPERS CHARGE PLOT AGAINST HITLER
Rain and Snow Storms Cause Destruction in States
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CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY
CUT FEDERAL RELIEF
FUNDS IN THE FUTURE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—A campaign to cut Federal
Relief outlays by requiring the States to take the responsi
bility of “unemployables,” was announced today by the ad
ministration.
The move coincides with the efforts of President Roose
velt to work out an elastic relief budget capable of curtail
ment as business improves. The Relief Administration dis
closed that partial allottments for January as totaling one
hundred and thirty-one million, seven hundred thousand
dollars as compared with one hundred and fifty-one million
dollars so far disbursed in December.
Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Emerguacy Relief Admin
istrator announced that efforts will be made to eliminate
unemployables by February 1st. He said this class with
their dependents, constitutes twenty percent of those on
Federal Relief.
MAX BAER WILL
FIGHT TONIGHT
NOT FOR TITLE
(By The Associated Press)
* CHICAGO, Dec. 28 — Max Baer
risks his box office power and to
some extent his championship, in a
four round bout with King Levin
sky tonight.
The State Athletic Commission in
sisted that the champion’s title not
be involved, but knockout victory
for the “Kingfish” will give him a
claim difficult for anyone to laugh
off. They will use six ounce gloves
and apparently intend to make a
fight of it.
GALAPAGOS IS.
KILLINGS ARE
PUBLIC AGAIN
(By The Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 28 — The be
lief (hat the Baroness Eloise Bons
quet De-wagner and her mate Ro
bert Pillipson were killed last
spring on Charles Island in the Gal
apagos Group, was expressed by
Captain William Borthen, who dis
> covered the bodies of two other col
' onists on Marchena Island recently.
He said that he believed them
slain by Alfred Lorenz, one of the
men whose bodies were found, and
who had lived in fear of his life. A
note was left indicating that Phillip
son and the Baroness had already
dug a grave for Lorenz.
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British Columbia
Spends $10,000,000
Yearly On Health
VICTORIA— British Columbians
are spending an average of $10,000,
000 yearly for health institutions
and services, of which $3,500,000 is
the annual cost to the province and
the municipalities, Hon. Dr. G. M.
Weir declared today on the eve of
his departure for the East on state
health insurance, superannuation
and other departmental issues.
The gross cost of health service to
the province and the municipalities
was $3,100,000 last year, not includ
ing $200,000 of a deficiency in funds
for the purpose. This year the cost
is estimated at $3,500,000.
Upwards of $1,200,000 in hospital
bills went uncollected in 1933 while
100,000 persons on relief had to be
cared for in any event through exist
ing agencies, Dr. Weir continued.
The province, he Baid, is looking
for better means of safeguarding
public health, where prevention
will be emphasized rather than cure.
The provincial secretary said one of
the chief reasons for his trip is to
discuss an actual basis for state
health insurance with eastern act
uaries.
NOTICE
All bills owing by the Community
Xmas Tree Committee should be
presented in writing to either Miss
Dorothy M. Russell or W. H. Bloom,
not later than Saturday, Dee. 29th,
1934. COMMITTEE
CHANGES REGULAR
ADVERTISING NUGGET
Changes of regular advertisements
will be accepted up to 4 PM of the
day preceding insertion. New ad
vertisements will be accepted for
insertion in the paper up to 1:30
PM of the day of insertion—The
Nome Daily Nugget
TENSENESS IS •
APPARENT IN
SAAR REGION
s
(By The Associated Press)
SAARBRUCHEN, Dec. 28th—The
bitter fight for ballots in the Jan
uary 13th plebiscite, was intensified
today with anti-Nazi newspapers
charging a plot against Hitler, and
not “immorality”’ had brought about
the recent widespread arrests in
Germany?
The publication in the Saar, by
anti-Hitler newspapers, of allega
tions that one hundred had been
killed and more than a thousand
arrested in Germany ih another
purge, brought the campaign to a
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feverish pitcfc^ (r
The Nazi explanation to the Saar
landers of what was happening in
Germany, was that three hundred
had been arrested for immorality.
LAW TO TAKE
POST OFFICE
OUT POLITICS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 — Van
derberg said today that he was draft
ing a bill to take the Post Office De
partment from the First Assistant
Postmaster General down, out of
politics and establishing it on a per
manent Civil Service basis, with em
ployees given preference for jobs,
and also prohibiting the Postmaster
General from holding any political
office.
Record Smashing
Run Ends Dredge
Season Bear Cr.
After a record breaking season as
to length of operation—and perhaps
also a record in gold yield—the
New York-Alaska Gold Dredging
Corporation closed down its work
for 1934 on November 28th. The
dredge worked a total of 211 days
this season.
News of the operations and close
of the season was brought by par
ties arriving at Anchorage by plane
recently from Bear Creek. ''The
members of the party caught the
southbound train on their way out
side for the winter. They included
J. N. Stetler, Gordon Woods, Osbor
ne Winslow, Andy Hollum and
Tony Frankie. Manager J.K. Crow
dy an4 Mrs. Crowdy are expected
to arrive here by next plane enroute
to the outside.
Reports received some time ago
credited the Bear Creek dredge
with producing approximately a
quarter million dollars worth of
gold this season.
WINTER HITS STATES
CAUSE MANY TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS—DEATHS
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(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28—Rain and snow slanted
down* the Pacific slope from British Columbia to Southern
California, in one of the most widespread storms of the sea
son. Traffic is halted in some localities.
The heaviest snowfall in ten years occurred on Van
couver Island. Seattle was covered with a white mantle
of snow today. Snow in other parts of the state of Wash
ington has caused many traffic accidents.
A new cold wave is moving on parts of the middle-west
land the Great Lakes region, almost on the heels of the worst
winter storms of the season.
Meanwhile New England points are cleaning up debris,
working in the path of a howling gale that killed three per*
sons, and reached a velocity of one hundred and seventy-five
miles an hour atop Mount Washington, New Hampshire,
and where the temperature yesterday sagged to thirty de
jgrees below zero.
_ Six deaths were reported in Montana also due to the
| cold snap. Two others are still missing.
C. OF C. HOLDS
MEETING OVER
COMING ISSUES
At a meeting of the Board of Dir
ectors of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, held yester
day in the offices of President Grant
R. Jackson, considerable business
relative to the coming session of the
Territorial Legislature was taken
up.
Several resolutions were read by
the Secretary to the Board and act
ed upon. The Industrial Workers of
Alaska submitted two resolutions,
one calling for an eight-hour-day
law, and the other relative to the
Compensation Act. Both resolutions
were referred to the Committee on
Legislation.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
city of Petersburg submitted a reso
lution on the extermination of wolves
and on the increase of the Territor
ial bounty on wolves and coyotes.
The N. W. Alaska Chamber endorsed
these two resolutions.
A resolution from the Ketchikan
Chamber of Commerce was endorsed
and had to do with the protective
tariff on pulp, explaining that the
tariff on pulp would curb the im
mense importation of foreign pulp
and in that manner the pulp and
paper industry of Alaska can be es
tablished on a solid basis.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commer
ce submitted resolutions on the esta
blishment and developing of an air
mail service between Puget Sound
regions and Alaska. The Board also
passed on these.
P. A. Blomquist of Golovin submit
ted correspondence which he has had
with the Department of the Interior
and Delegate Dimond on the subject
of the Executive order withdrawing
the Golovin reservation from mining
entry. A definite refusal from the de
partment to consider removal of the
ban was contained in a letter, but the,
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Chamber may be able to take the
matter up at a later date.
The Committee on Legislation re
ported that a number of items had
been brought to their attention to be
taken up with the Legislature, among
which Roads will lead the list. Foll
owing are several subjects which will
be taken up:
The stabilization of the gold dol
lar, the reduction of telegraph rat
es, the federal building for Nome,
the City of Nome, the PWA loan
and grant, and the school grant for
Nome.
The subject of a community hall for
I Nome was brought up and discussed.
| A committee was appointed on the
Circulating Library, composed of
Harry Hagen to represent the City
of Nome, W. H. Bloom Superinten
dent of the Public School, and Thos.
D. Jensen to represent the Chamber.
The Chamber now has charge of
over two thousand volumes of books
and is making every effort to have
those books available to the public
in the near future.
A luncheon is being planned for
a meeting with the Second Division
delegation to the Territorial Legis
lature. The date has not yet been
set but will be announced later. No
further matters of business being
brought up, the Board adjourned to
meet again at the call of the Presi
dent.
Reward Notice
The sum of 9100.00 offered by me
for the apprehension of the party or
parties that burglarised the Lichten
berg store will be substantially in
creased on reliable information be
ing given. Anyone having such in
formation can make contact with
me by dropping a letter in the post
office, giving directions in letter
where to meet them. Absolute sec
recy. Parties names giving informa
tion will never be known.
THOMAS GAFFNfcY
United States Marshal
The Nome Dally Nugget is prepar
ed to do your Job printing.
RECOMMENDS
REMOVAL OF
BLUE EAGLE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—The re
moval of the Blue Eagle from the
San Francisco Call-Bulletin, was
recommended to the National Re
covery Administration by the Labor
Relations Board, for its failure to
re-instate Dean S. Jenjiings, re
write man.
Jennings claimed that the paper,
‘which is a Hearst publication, forc
1 ed him to resign because of his ac
tivity with the American Newspa
per Guild.
J In another action affecting news
papers, the NRA ordered a hearing
|tn4be called January 17th on a pro
posal for placing editorial wages
under the newspaper code.
TRUNK MURDER
CONFESSED MAN
KILLED HIS WIFE
—
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28, Author
ities here said t^at John H. Happel,
returned from St. James, Missouri,
recently after confessing that he had
killed his wife here and had hidden
her dismembered body in a trunk
in their garage.
He also confessed that he had
{killed Henry Meyer, a St. James,
real estate man, on a farm near
Rolla, Missouri, after an argument
over a certain farm. He said he
shot him “right across the fore
head.”
TENSION IS HIGH
ALONG BORDER
WITH GERMANS
i
(By The Associated Press)
FURTH, Germany, Dec. 28 — Ten
sion along the Austro-German bor
der was heightened today after fa
tal rioting involving five hundred
persons took place following a Bav
arian girl’s refusal to dance with an
Austrian.
One person was killed and nine
were seriously injured. Twenty-six
others were hurt in the fighting be
tween the Bavarian farmers and the
Austrian storm troops exiled to Ger
many.
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furnished, First Avenue West, next
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