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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38. No. 20G. NOME, ALASKA. Thursday, July 8th, 1937. Per Copy lOcts
Planes Return—No Sign Of Amelia
GOV. TROY TALKS TO WASH. VIA PHONE
Arctic Cruisers Aboard ‘Vic’ Be Given Grand Time
STOP ORDER ISSUED
PREVENT SALE STOCK
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. July 8—Disagreeing with various items
■-A details concerning the registration statement filed by
the Bering Straits Tin Mines Inc. of Seattle, the Securi
ties Exchange ommission issued a stop order holding up
ihe company’s plans to sell stock and conduct a general
mining brokerage business. Word was received here
irom Washington, said, the company was formed May
1935 with an authorized capitalization of a quarter mill
ion shares of common stock, at one dollar par value.
The company owns 34 placer mining claims near
Tin City, Alaska, which is now under lease to Charles
Milot. According to the statement the tin mining com
pany expected to receive ninety thousand dollars from
the sale of one hundred eighty-three thousand shares
of stock, a>bout fifty per cent of their par value, to pay
off obligations and to investigate and acquire other pro
perties.
SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 8—The Senate Labor
Committee approved the amended cannery wage and
work hour bill. The amendments would permit the ad
ministrative board to fix minimum wages no higher
than farty cents per hour with a maximum week of not
less than forty hours.
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 8—The big guns of the
world champion Yankees paced by Lougeric, swept the
Americans into an easily 8 to 3 victory over the Nation
als, in the fifth all star game w'hich was played in swelt
ering heat, before President Roosevelt and a capacity
crowd of thirty two thousand baseball fans. It was the
Americans’ fourth win.
FILM PAIR PLAN EARLY WEDDING
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June Lang, film actress, aud Victor Orsatti, actors’ agent, have
announced plans to be married on May 29. They will spend their
honeymoon in Honolulu.
Plans Announced
Welcome Arctic
Cruisers Nome
Following a meeting of the Nor
thwestern Alaska Chamber o1
Commerce, the names of a spec
ial committee were announced, tc
i handle arrangements for the en
: tertainment and visit of member;
| of the “Arctic Cruise”, arriving
i on the S. S. Victoria, due Monday
{July 12th.
| Chairman Ralph Lomen, A. Po
let, O. S. Weaver, V. R. Farrell
land Joe Harnish, are those com
1 posing the committee.
I
rv program oi ieatures nas at
ready been agreed upon it wa
| declared, and will follow the
schedule set out below, as neai
as possible, considering the arri
i val time of the steamer.
! Monday morning—visit golc
! dredges, and which they wiL
have the opportunity of inspect
mg a display of gold mined ii
this section, which is expected t(
be prepared bv the Miners ar.c
Merchants Bank of Nome.
Monday, 1:00 P. M.—Native en
tertainment including the follow
- ing: Blanket tossing, High Jump
Wrestling, Dancing, (men womer
orchestra), Oomiak race, 3 boats
Kyak racing and kyak turnover.
Following the entertairvmen
and sports, there will be on ex
inbit, a display of Eskimo Handi
craft including ivory work, furs
parkas, mukluks, sleeping bags
niinature workmanship, etc., al
the school building of the Office
of Indian Affairs.
Monday evening a reception anc
dance will be given in honor oi
the arriving “Arctic Cruisers,” ai
the public school auditorium
Upon the arrival of the Cruise
ship Victoria of the Alaska Line
probably early Monday morning
a reception committee expects tc
visit the ship and invite the merr
bers of the “Arctic Cruise'
ashore, where they may visit the
| many points of interest and see
• sights which have attracted wor
ld-wide attention in former years
and to a. great extent today, still
1 do.
Courtesy autos are to be avail
able for use by Arctic Cruisers
the names of whom appeared ir
yesterday’s issue, and which the>
may use to be transported aboul
town or to the creeks.
Miss Margaret Scott, it was an
nounced, had accepted the chair
i manship of a committee to picl
Alaskan wildflowers in suflicien'
quantities for 100 bouquets, to b<
! placed in the staterooms of th<
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COLORADO'S PLAINES
REPORTED NO SIGHT
OF MISSING AIRLINER
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, July 8—The Battleship Colorado whi
i eh is now cruising south east of Howland Island, cata
pulted three fighting planes into the air last nite. and
after being away on a two hours and twenty minutes
flight reported on their return no sight of the Amelia
Earhart plane. They are resuming the search today
; over Winslow Reef, 120 miles below the Equator.
The airplane carrier Lexington is due here at five
p.m., and as soon as she refuels will start south immed
! iately to lend what aid she can in the hunt.
Conversations Took Place Between
Juneau and Washington D. C. Today
(By The A.«ociated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 8—Secretary Woodring
and Governor John W. Troy of Alaska, inaugurated di
| rect telephone service between continental United Sta
Jtes and Alaska, when they greeted each other over a
3960 mile radio telephone circuit, between Washington
■ and Juneau. The ceremonies were conducted simul
j taneously between the two capitals.
Participating in the conversations here were Gen
eral Malin raig, Army Chief of Staff; E. O. Sukes. acting
chairman of the communications commission; Delegate
from Alaska, Anthony J. Dimond; C. J. Cooper, vice
president of the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company; and Army representatives; also talking from
Juneau, were, Colonel Ralph Dusenberry, commanding
officer at Chilkoot Barracks; Mayor Thomas Judson,
and a representative of the Juneau Telephone Co.
Senator Wheeler Been Approached
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 8—Senator Wheeler
| told the Senate administration’s court plan which had
been suggested to him a year ago by “two men close to
President Roosevelt”, said' he warned thef not to make
it a political issue, because it would “wreck the Presi
dent”. Senator Wheeler who is an opponent of the
Court Reorganization plan, mads the assertion after
Senator Logan, a supporter of the Court plan, told the
Senate that some opponents of the administration were
using the Court issue to “destroy” the President, before
Senators Logan and Guffey accused the Court of having
been “partisan, prejudiced and biased in denying work
ing men, and farmers of their fundamental and legal
rights.” Senator Wheeler failed, however, to name
his informants, and Senator Hughes interrupted to say
that opposition papers in his State said that the admin
istration was being accused of attempting to 'pack” the
Court.
Japanese and Chinese Fight Reported
(By The Associated Press)
PEIPING, July 8—Fighting is reported to have broke
! out Thursday between Chinese and Japanese troops,and
the burning at night of the Marco Polo bridge. Ten
miles west of Peiping heavy gunfire was audible. Chin
■ ese officials professed no knowledge of the fighting,
■ while Japanese sources said unofficially, a “terrible ac
cident” had occurred.
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Scandinavia May
Join Arms Parade
After years Quiet
(By The Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM—The European
i war scare m^y drive neutral-mind
: ed Scandinavia to band into its
i own protective league against the
i world.
| Copenhagen reports that even
j little Denmark, seeing itself on a
j hotspot in event of a Russo-Ger
■ m^n clash, is changing its mind
; about "on defense" being the best
| defense.
j And in Sweden, Norway amd
i Finland there is renewed talk of
! increased military expenditures
at the same time that economic
| cooperation is tightened.
While its northern neighbors
| were gradually weakening in
their attitude toward defense, say
the Copenhagen reports, Denmark
for the past 10 years has held out
for no military expansion.
Now with rumors from Oslo of
, "phantom flyers" over Norway,
and secret naval maneuvers in
the far north, it finds itself with
1 only 8000 soldiers, 65 airplanes,
, three old coast defense ships, 20
torpedo boats and eight submar
ines which are all out of date but
one
Preparedness advocates would
'scrap the entire navy and build
20 modern torpedo beats jjnd sub
marines They w ".ild expand the
air force, motorize the artillery,
and increase the number of light
tanks, machine guns and anti-air
craft
Critics of the plan declare that
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I’ilnhinc S«*n«n1ion
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| Leslie Mueller (above', Belle
ville. 111., high school boy, struck
out 43 batters in 19 innings
pitched, a record which quickly
! came to the attention of the St.
| Louis Browns’ scouts, who in
vited Mueller to work out briefly
• with the club.