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VOL. 37 No. 261 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
NATIONAL ELECTION IS TUES.
New York Striker In Sympathy With West Coast
IMPORTANCE OF ALASKA IN STRIKE IS BIG
VOTE TOMORROW IN STATE
OF WASHINGTON EXPECTED
BREAK ALL TIME RECORDS
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(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 2, — State vot
ing is expected to record seven
hundred thousand after the larg
est registration, of 850,000, in the
history of the state.
Haas’ and Emerison’s predic
tions of victory last week have
not been changed.
Ten parties in all, including
minor ones, are involved.
On the ballot are four initiativ
es including the Stevenson Old
Age pension plan, a production
for use setup, continuation of Hie
forty mill tax limit, and the est
ablishment of civil service for all
state, country and city govern
ments. Also, there are three con
stitutional amendments and one
referendum.
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Madrid Visited
By Warplanes
Dropped Bombs
(By The Associated Pressi
MADRID, Nov. 2, — Insurgent
war planes, making their 18th
visit over Madrid suburbs since
the start of the war killed three
children and injured eight adults
with bombs.
Reports from Vallecas at the
battlefront, said that General Car
! los’ fascist army had captured
Brunette after a fierce battle and
was advancing within seventeen
miles of Madrid, after taking
three other towns. The forces
are moving steadily forward from
the west.
PAA Announces
The Beginning
Winter Schedule
Beginning today the winter mail
service between Fairbanks and
Nome becomes effective, with the
Pacific Alaska Airways planes
flying mail and passengers into
Nome twice weekly.
G. E. Bassett, Nome Agent for
the Pacific Alaska Airways an
nounced today that the schedule
made up in Fairbanks calls for
flights to Nome each Monday and
Thursday.
Under normal conditions and
with favorable weather, the Mon
day schedule is to connect with
the southbound train out of Fair!
banks. The Thursday plane is
to connect with the southbound
airplane schedule of the PAA
between Fairbanks and Juneau,
meeting southbound vessels leav
ing Juneau.
In view of the present disorgan
ized conditions, said Mr. Bassett,
of the passenger, mail and gen
eral transportation schedules due
to the strike, the Pacific Alaska
Airways schedules for meeting
other types of transportation
services, is dependent upon the
resumption of regular traffic,
possibly when some settlements
have been arrived at in the mari
time strike, or other developments
ensue.
Using Pilgrim and Lockheed El
ectra airplanes, first and second
class mail matter will be flown
in and out of Nome twice weekly
this winter. All of the PAA air
planes are radio equipped and
maintain constant communication
in flight with ground stations.
They are manned by experienced
pilots, copilots, and flight mech
anics, and will be operated out
of the main base at Fairbanks.
In addition to the twice week
ly service to Nome, a once-a-week
schedule is expected to be main
tained between Fairbanks and
Juneau, flying passengers and ex
press.
Personnel will include such well
known Arctic fliers as Manager
Joe Crosson, S. E. Robbins, Jerry
Jones, A1 Monsen, Bill Knox,
Murray Stuart and Walt Hall.
The winter mail schedule into
Nome by PAA plane service will
be continued from now on thru
the winter until about the 1st of
May said Agent Bassett. Under
normal conditions, Nomeites
should receive their mail from
the states via this improved ser
vice in from 8 to 10 days.
CORDOVA DEDICATES
NEW CITY BUILDING
Cordova’s new city building,
entailing a cost of $33,096 and
built by theWarrack Construction
Company, was formerly dedicat
ed there recently. Between 400
and 500 persons attended the ser
vices which included inspection
of the building by citizens, brief
talks by city officials, and free
dancing in the mammoth com
munity room on the top floor of
the new building.
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
(Special Correspondence)
Two short notices in the papers
recall the Spanish-American war.
Elizabeth Sampson, wife of Rear
Admiral Sampson, is dead in
Washington. Nearly forty years
ago, the country was engaged in
a heated controversy as to wheth
er Rear Admiral Sampson or his
fellow officer Schley was entitl
ed to the credit for winning a
naval engagement. The cruiser
Boston, which was in action
when Admiral Dewey wrought
so much havoc at Manila Bay, is
about to be broken up. The Span
ish American war was not much
of a contest from a sporting point
of view, but we won and still
like to refer to it. If things had
turned out the other way, no one
would have had the slightest in
terest in the end of the Boston
i or seen any reason for restoring
Mr. Sampson to a seat on the
throne of memory and honor.
—
As is well known, the Treasury
has a Conscience Fund built up by
the anonymous payments of those
who have defrauded Uncle Sam.
The latest contributor returns a ,
dollar to square the account in
respect to a counterfeit cent that
he made in his long-passed youth, j
The Conscience Fund bobs up fre i
quently in the papers, and the
papers aim to print only what is,
regarded as being out of the usual.
It is a chilling comment on gen-;
eral honesty that the public is
astonished because a man returns
a dishonestly acquired penny
when he does not have to.
What purports to be a letter
from the retired king has been
found in Spain. A sentence from
it reads: “I am at your disposi
tion for anything you may need.”
If the former monarch really
wrote that, he is the man for
any job. The American political
problem is settled. Give both Mr.
Roosevelt and JMr. Landon fare;
to exile and cable for Alphonso.
Three hundred and seventy four
persons were admitted to pract
ice law at a recent examination
in the United States. When Pet
er the Great was in England, the
multitude of advocates in that
country prompted him to remark
that there were but two lawyers
in Russia and that he planned to
hang one of the pair as soon as
he got home. The law, the pol
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STRIKE SITUATION
BECOMING SERIOUS
ON EASTERN COAST
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2, — Prospects of fed
eral intervention in the Pacific coast strike came from
three difference sources today as seamen spread a “sym
pathy” blockade in eastern and gulf ports.
Admiral Hamlet, representing the federal maritime
commission summoned both sides to the hearing which
is set to open today, after two postponements. Employ
ers are reported to be considering a request for Navy
“safety crews” on their tied-up ships.
Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady declared
“the government must challenge” the position taken
by both sides. The Seamen’s Defense Committee of
New York, acting in defiance of “no strike” orders
from International Longshoremen’s Association officials
claimed that 57 vessels were tied up in eastern coast
and gulf ports.
All western ports were ominously quiet, with pol
ice and union pickets patrolling the waterfronts.
Four officers went aboard the freighter Mepeda at
San Pedro, to protect the captain and the chief engin
eer, who it was asserted, had received threats of in
timidation.
No indications were apparent that any request for
aid had been made to President Roosevelt, although he
is reported to be keeping in close touch with the situa
tion^^
Longshoremen Al Juneau Decline
Work ( largo From S. S. Northland
Arrived Sunday A. M. From Seattle
j
(By The Associated Press'
JUNEAU, Nov.2 , — Lonshoremcn here refused to
handle cargo aboard the S. S. Northland which
at Juneau Sunday from Seattle, consisting of several
hundred tons of perishables and needed canned goods.
The vessel left for Hoonah and Sitka, returning to
Juneau southbound tomorrow. Unless special arrange
ments are made in the meantime, the cargo will be
returned to Seattle.
Governor John W. Troy said today “A long-contin
ued strike, if Alaska is included, will be a major dis
aster. However I have every confidence that it will
not continue long without some provision being made
to give adequate transportation between Alaska and
the States, and throughout the Territory.
Damages Were
Awarded in Big
Mining Case
(By The Associated Press)
RENO, Nevada, Oct. 31—The
Consolidated Copper Mines Com
pany has been awarded $896,913.
damages and interest in its coun
ter claims to a suit brought aga
inst it seven years ago by the
Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.,
a Kennecott organization, in the
Nevada District Court.
The plaintifT company at the
same time was awarded damages
and interest of $38,012.
Both companies operate in the
Ely, Nevada district.
The case was instituted in 1929
by the Nevada Consolidated. The
suit sought to enjoin the Copper
Mines Company from mining in
the Emma Nevada shaft in the
vicinity of the Consolidated huge
Liberty Copper pit at Ruth, Ne
vada.
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Leaders Making
Guess Results
Election Tues.
(By The Associated Press)
i UNDATED, Nov. 2, — On the
eve of the general national elec
tion over the vast expanse of Am
erica, the tumult over gigantic
issues died away, as from both
major parties, as always, came ex
pressions of confidence and ap
peals to get out the vote, were
heard on all sides.
A record smashing vote of poss
ibly 45,000.000 is indicated despite
the Weather Bureau's warning
that cold rain and snow might
blanket much of the country.
Democratic Chairman James
Farley said it would be a Dem
ocratic sweep throughout the na
tion with the only states the Re
publicans can be h' peful about
are Maine and Vermont.
' John Hamilton Republican Na
ional Committeeman clain J with
'out hesitation “absolutely the
minimum Landon will get is 320
electoral vote '.”
President Roosevelt was tour
ing three neighboring Hyde Park
counties today, and Landon work
ed on his last minute broadcast.
Both candidates will be on the
air tonight.
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MOUNT VFRMCN, Wn„ Nov.
2, Roc > ered from a overe
cold and cliill which kep* him in
the hospital for the past two
days Senator Bone, who had been
busy campaigning, was released
from the hospital here this morn
mg.
Three Sailors Are
Subjected Torture
In jap Soldier Case
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 2, — British
Asiatic naval headquarters made
public today alleged details of
the fingernail torture of three
British sailors, following the
Japanese police incident the first
of October which influenced the
English fleet to visit Japan.
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