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VOL. 37. No. 246 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY OCT. 15 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Big Democratic Rally Held Chicago
COAST UNIONS MAY CALL UNITED STRIKE
Landon Sounded Appeal Forward With Liberals
UNIONS ARRANGING FOR
SIMULTANEOUS STRIKE IN
CASE IS NO AGREEMENT
' (By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, —
A simultaneous strike of all coast j
maritime unions looms as a distin
ct possibility, in the event that |
differences are not settled peace- j
fully by October 28th.
To the Maritime Commision’s
demand for an indefinite water
front truce, executives of several
unions answered with appeals to
members to vote them authority
to call a strike at midnight Oct
ober 28th “if no satisfactory ag
reement has been reac.led.”
The ILA is the only one so far
to submit a strike proposal which
was in the form of a statement
and ballot. Execeutives of six
of other major waterfront un
ions have agreed to submit like
proposals to their memberships,
“so that simultaneous action”
may be taken if it is deemed ad
visable.
The unions have declared that
the Commission’s insistence for an
indefinite truce, while it investi
gates, “contained a threat” which
has given rise to the opinion that
the Commission “is assuming pow
ers with which it has not been
entrusted.”
The unions asserted that the
employers wished by arbitration,
to take away some of the union
gains made in the past, and “the
organization cannot submit to this
as a matter of principle.”
Victoria Is To
Sail From Nome
Oct. 20th A. M.
The S. S. Victoria of the Alaska
Line sailed this noon for Bluff,
Golovin and Egavik to discharge
general cargo and mining mach
inery, and to load reindeer meat
and herring.
The vessel, says Agent Joe Har
nish of the Alaska Steamship Co.
is to return to Nome and prepare
to sail from here for Seattle at
8 a.m., October 20th, next Tues
day, weather permitting.
Landon Calls
For A Forward
Liberal Party
(By The Associated Press') ]
GRAND RAPIDS, Oct. 15th—j
Governor ALf M. Landon, repub
lican candidate for president, call
ed for a “forward looking liberal
government based upon princi
ples which have been tested by
time and experience, contending
that the New Deal has confused
the change with progress. "We
know from history that we de
sert old truths at our peril.”
Japanese Plan
Extension Rails
Soviet Frontier
(By The Associated Presst
TOKYO, Japan, October 15—
The Japanese general staff has
drafted a second fiveyear railroad
extension program to shove an
additional twenty-five hundred
miles of track to Russia’s back
door on the Soviet-Machoukoan
border.
The new lines would enable
the Japanese command to send
troops to almost any point on the
the border frontier, within two
or three days. The network is
planned directly by the Japanese
army general staff here.
NOTICE ATHLETES
All those interested in organiz-,
ing an athletic club are request
ed to meet at Andy Roberts home
at 7 o’clock tonight, October 15th.
COMMITTEE
FUNERAL NOTICE
Grave-side services will be
held for the late Hank Solie, at
2 pan., Friday October 16, at the
Belmont Point Cemetery.
Friends invited.
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, Exhibition Dancing And Singing
SATURDAY NIGHT OCT. 17—10 P. M.
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DANCING FROM 10 P.M. TO 2 A.M.
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Black Bear Was
Roped Iniskin
Camp is Wild
Roping a bear is a comparative
ly easy matter, but the real pro
blem is how to unrope him, if you
take it from Carl Beal Jr., of Los
Angeles, who has had experience
along that line, according to an
article published recently by the
Anchorage Times, which follows:
Carl, son of the vice president
of the Iniskin Oil Drilling Com
pany, decided to try his hand at
the gentle sport of roping bears
when an inquisitive black bear
became a nuisance around the oil
camp of the company on the In
iskin-'Chinita peninsula.
The bear didn’t even feel it
when Huie Goodell of Anchorage
bounced a stick of firewood off
the animal's skull for nonchalant
ly entering the cook shack.
Caught Easily
Carl had the idea it would be
fun to rope the animal. His plans
did not proceed past the roping
stage at the time and the possi
bility of having to unrope him
didn't occur until later.
Accordingly, it wasn’t much
trouble to drop a lasso over the
animal’s head and shoulders, and
then the fun began.
Carl snubbed the rope around
the tree and leaped away just in
time to miss a swoop of the bear's1
paw that would have knocked
him flat. Eight hundred pounds
of fighting, snarling mad bear
immediately proceeded to tear up
the earth surrounding the trees.
Fearing he would break loose,
two more ropes were thrown on
him. A second later he broke!
one rope and wore another in two
around a tree. Meanwhile he
had uprooted three young trees
in the vicinity in his efforts to
free himself.
Pole Far Too Short
Members of the camp gathered
around to watch the fun, each
armed with a gun. They resem
bled a small army.
Something had to be done, how
ever, to get the bear loose. A
long pole was procured and a
knife tied to the end of it. With
this in his hands, Carl, who ad
mitted the pole wasn’t half long
enough, approached the rope and
succeeded in cutting it.
Whether the enraged animal
would charge the men or beat a
retreat was not known, but a
universal sigh of relief went up
when he chose the latter course,
heading for the woods at express
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ROOSEVELT CHARGED
CONCENTRATED OF
POWER THREAT
Huge Demonstration Took Place in Chicago, With 50
Bands, One and Fifty Thousand People Were
Congregated To Cheer Him
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, October 15—President Roosevelt told
the nation yesterday that American democracy has been
menaced by the “concentration of wealth and power,
particularly in the last twelve years of republican ad
ministrations, and that the New Deal above all, fought
to break the deadly grip of monopoly on the country’s
business.”
He spoke to thousands who gave him almost a hys
terical welcome. A mammoth parade estimated at
one hundred and fifty thousand marchers moved thru
the two miles of crowded, packed streets in mass scale
as a tribute to him before the speech. Thousands of
onlookers along the route cheered him and from the
sidewalks, people standing twenty-five deep, many
waved placards emblazoned with “Forward with Roose
velt, reelect Roosevelt, the friend of labor.” One group
in football fashion, shouted—whose for Roosevelt, we’re
for Roosevelt, came the reply. Many unionists were
in the parade which was interspersed by fifty-two
bands.
Roosevelt said, “the train of American business to
day, is moving ahead, mind you it did not get out of
the ditch bp itself, it was hurdled out by government.
Behind the growing recovery is the story of a deliberate
government with acceptance of responsibility to save
business to save the American system of private enter
prise and an economic democracy—a record unequalled
by any government in history. Look at the advance in
private business during the last three years, and read
what we think about private business—do you have a
deposit in the bank—it is safer today than it ever had
been in our history. Today, for the first time in seven
years, the banker, the storekeeper, the small factory
owner and industrialists, can all sit back and enjoy the
company of their ledgers—they are in the black ink.”
Divorce Suit
Scandal Eng.
Draws Interest
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, October 15.—Ernest
Simpson said his wife, Mrs.
Wallis Simpson, and King Ed
ward’s friend, had filed suit for
divorce, but also said that the
case will not be defended.
Legal sources said Mrs.Simpson
will seek divorce on the grounds
of adultery, as that was the only
method by which to get a divorce
in England. The King’s name
will not be mentioned in anyway
during the case which is set for
October 27th.
FOR SALE— 3 Plate Electric
Range, oven, modern appliances.
Hardly been used. Inquire Nugget
Kougarokers In
Arriving Kougarokers this week,
following a most successful min-:
ing season, included, Harvey
Grant, E. K. Johansen, Henry
Wuhrman, Si Wallin, Emil Lau
rin, and a number of others, all
of whom carry on operations in
that promising mineral sectioh.
Bering Sailed
The S. S. Bering of the Alaska
Line sailed yesterday for Seattle
via way ports, and carried only
one passenger—Stanley Bartlett.
Much Activity
Mining in Good
News Bay Area
The exceptionally dry weather
in the Good News Bay region this
season brought out a fine crop of
bugs, especially in the uplands,
comes report from that area, but
mining went on and successfully
so, nevertheless.
The outstanding successful oper
ation goes to Dave Strandberg, of
Anchorage, his first cleanup on
Clary creek being throe months
after he landed,recovering $20,000
in platinum.
Making Money
The Good News Mining Com
pany, known as Olson & Com
pany, which cleaned up close to
$250,000 last year, is working
poorer ground this year. Picking
the sides along last season's rich
pay streak, they are making
money, but the returns are not
, us rich as in 1935. Rut th have
many years of dragline opera
tions ahead of them on creeks in
their vicinity, so they are not
worrying. Jay Johnston i.- sup
erintendent and Axel Palmgren,
foreman.
This same company has been
drilling prospective dredging gro
und on Salmon river for the last
two years. Irvin McK Reed, U.
S. engineer, brought in on Aug.
first two drilling crews to check
the findings, as this company has
applied for a federal lo:u. to in
stall a big d edge.
Half-’.I ii'ion Mol! irs
T' <• dr dge jve !c! v ould cost
c'.n: ' to S'00,900 to Inst.,!', as the
ground :s from 40 to 61) 1 et deep.
Wait'r Culver. of Anchorage,well
known in Seward, is interested
s~ the region where this drMiing
is being done. The ground is
platinum. .
Culver and associates own a
number of claims on Bear, Can
yon and Fox creeks. They are
reported to have turned over hold
ings to a company that is expect
ed to prospect the ground this
coming season. The ground is
placer gold. Culver, who has
spent the summer in the region
has located new gold placers that
promise well.
The Walter W. Joohnson Co.,
of San Francisco, has taken a
lease on a number of creeks tri
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