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VOL- 38 No. 53 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAR. 6 1937 Per Copy 15cts
BIG NITE TONITE KENNEL CLUB CARNIVAL
Investigating Boards Cites Two for Unskillfulness
Appropriation Bill
Up in Legislature
For Consideration
(Special lo the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March C, —In an
effort to get the general appro
priation bill into shape for con
sideration today, to be transmit
ted to the senate on the 55th day,
the House passed several minor
bills, mostly of >!iaw revision and
then .adjourned yesterday early
to allow the ways and means
committee an opportunity to work
in original shape,bill calling for
$3,027,850 as recommended by the
budget board, but which will un
dergo many changes.
Social Security legislation is
certain to play ai big part—one it
em alone of four hundred thous
and for the aged be boosted prob
ably to seven hundred and fif
ty thousand. The sum for depeni
dent children, relief of the desti
tute, and pension, will1 be sub
stantially raised.
Roads, trails and landing fields
are down for two hundred thou
sand dollars but this will be rais
ed, as more memorials for such
Were introduced in the present
session than any previous one.
The House passed a bill for
six thousand dollars to aid ship
ping between St. Michael and
Kotzebue. It also passed a bill
for ten thousand dollars to com
plete vocation education to the
end of the school year, after
which the work will be discontin
ued.
The Senate indefinitely post
poned the Ross bill which would
allow lien claims in the aviation
industry.
Through an error due to the
secretary of the senate, that body
did not pass the Scott bill that
representatives be e’Jected for
four years instead of two years,
but defeated it four to three.
Discharge Books
TBv The Associated Press»
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, —
Uncertainty over the seamen's
discharge book dispute again
threatened peace on the coast,
and ships again became subject
to federal tieup orders at Los
Angeles where U. S. District Jud
ge Albert Stephen dissolved the
temporary injunction against the
issuance of such books.
Shipping commissioner A. L
'Woodruff said the action left
him no alternative but to refuse
sailing papers to ships whose
crews were without the books.
Revenue Mounts
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, March 6, — Acting
collector of interna] revenue Thos.
Hendriksen estimated income
tax returns for Washington and
Alaska were running sixteen per
cent above receipts for the same
period a year ago.
Union Campaign
Be Discussed At
Meeting Tues.
<Hv The Associated Press)
UNDATED, March 6, —The end
of a week of momentous devel
opments in the field of industrial
unionization, saw a quickening
struggle for control by labor in
the steel industry.
Leaders of so-called company
unions joined in the battle whose
major contending forces hereto
fore have been the American
Federation of Labor and John
Lewis’ CIO.
At Pittsburgh leadens of the
corporation employees representa
tives affected plans combatting
the CIO’s intentions to enroll
the nation’s 550,000 steel work
ers.
President Wiliam Green, al
though opposed to Lewis, declin
ed to attack the CIO through sup
port of the Carnegie Illinois
group.
The CIO is meeting at Washing
ton Tuesday at Lewis’ call to dis
cuss further unionization cam
paigns in several industries, in
cluding the million and a quart
er textile industry.
Wants Husband
Declared Dead
Is Unheard Of
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 6, — Mrs.
Bessie Cappler of Fairbanks ask
ed the Federal district court to
declare her husband Lewis, dead
and also authorize payment here
of a five thousand dollar war risk
insurance policy.
The petition was filed here on
her behalf by attorney George
Flood, who stated she had last
heard from him when he wrote
from New York June 22nd 1929
that he was going to Africa to
take a mining engineering posi
tion. The petition also stated his
mother in. Fairbanks had receiv
ed similar messages.
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Ssfc.AlTL.fc;, March u, — Cap
tain William Fisher, supervising
inspector for the Federal Bureau
of Marine Inspection and Naviga
tion announced today that the
government inve.-digating board
had filed charges of “unslcillful
ness" against Heine Berger of the
ship Discoverer, whose second
mate was lost overboard in an
A.i'askan storm last November 22.
Berger was charged with “in
attention to his duty while in
charge of the Discoverer and not
making any attempt to rescue By
ron Smith, the second mate, who
was lost overboard”.
Berger’s trail is set for March
17th.
Charges were also preferred ag
ainst Captain Edward McNeilly
pilot of the freighter Edward
Luckenibach, and Captain Isaac
Turppa, pilot of the Italian ves
r Itry which cQ'iiided in the
River Ft bi uary 17th,
id nst C iptain David
ai'kw, master of the Bremerton
i' ry which ran down a skiff in
E i.ott Bay during a dense fog
O-'tober 17th. resulting in the
drowning of two fishermen.
Tho charges against Berger and
P o ker were the first returned by
the recently created “A” Investi
gate g Board which makes inquir
ies into loss of life at sea.
Both may appear for hearing
with their attorneys, and are at
berty to call witness on their
own behalf.
Berger said after his prelimin
ary hearing, it was the largest
wave he ever saw at sea and
believed it was caused by an earth
quake, when referring to the in
cident when Smith went over
board.
Everett Grocer
Found Dead In
Auto, Side road
—
j (By The Associated Press)
EVERETT, Wn„ March 6, —
Charles A. Swanson, aged 60. mer
chant grocer was found dead in
a parked automobile on a little
used road north of Seattle.
Deputy Coroner Carl Hartwig
of Seattle said the windows had
been stopped up and that he had
found a tubing from the motor
exhaust running into the car.
Swanson had been dead since
yesterday. He was born in Swed
en and entered the grocery busi
ness in Chicago.
He joined -the Alaska gold rush
working in go!d towns with Tex
Rickart, returning to Seattle in
1903 where he opened several
grocery stores. He came to Ever
ett ten years later and went into
the grocery business. He managed]
theatres here from 1917 to 1934.
Two sons survive him.
Many Dead, Belief
(By The Associated Press')
MADRID, March 6, — Many
persons are believed dead in the
government-held city of Aran
juez, after a night of terror in
which insurgent planes, making
repeated visits, dropped more
than fifty bomhs.
Semite Foes of
Court Program
Working Hard
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 6, —
Senatorial foes of the court re
organization program, massed _
their attack on two fronts against
the President’s call for immed
iate action, as the approach to
the crucial public hearings on
the issue draw near.
Senator Burke told reporters
there would be a new allignment
of parties in this country in 1938
if Roosevelt carries his point.
His foes have arranged a series
of addresses culminating in a
mass meeting next Friday at
Carnegie hall in New York.
Burke also hinted he had lin
ed up a prominent “surprise”
witness to lead off their side of
the case before the senate judi
ciary committee, but did not dis
close his name.
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
continued working on his fireside
chat to the nation scheduled for
next Tuesday evening.
INFORMATION WANTED
FLOYD CHASE, Please write
soon. All my love. Signed
LULU CHASE,
512, Farron Street,
St. Joseph, Mo.
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Gasoline Bill
(by The A >oeini. d Pi ess)
OLYMPIA, March G, The
hou e passed the enabling act to
day, authorizing the state of Wash
ington to enter the wholesale and
retail gasoline business. The bill
now goes to the senate. The house
vote was 59 to 34.
Lee & Johansen
Are Neck & Neck
In Total Today
j
Vote at 3 p.m. today:
Margueritte Lee . 592,660
Gertrude Johansen ... 561,700
Eileen Stangroom 359,820
Jeanne Mozee 350,840
Ada Baldwin 132.120
R!ta O’Leary 111,020
Dorothy Nelson 55,360
Geraldine Rude 28,660
Borgny Ulricksen 18,080
Yesterday’s Totals
Margueritte Lee . 461,660
Gertrude Johansen .460,700
Eileen Stangroom..341,820
Jeanne Mozee .306.840
Ada Baldwin .132,120
Rita O'Leary .111,020
Dorothy Nelson .48,360
Geraldine Rude . 26,660
Borgny Ulricksen .18,080
Chas. H. Milot
Is Freight Agent
For Alaska Line
The local office of the Lomen
Commercial Company has advice
from Seattle that Chas. H. Milot,
formerly of Nome, and for the
past several years General freight
Agent for the Arctic Tansport
Company in Seattle, has accepted
a position with the Alaska Steam
ship Company. He will be con
nected with freight department
of this line, more especially in
the interest of its Northwestern
Alaska service.
Prior to his departure for the
states in 1930, Mr. Milot was
for many years office manager of
the Nome Lighterage and Com
mercial Company at Nome. His
many friends will be glad to hear
that he is staying with the trans
portation game, and will hope
there is a possibility of his get
ting north this summer.
Congratulations, Charlie, on
your new connections, and trust
the new position will give you
both pleasure and profit.
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Election of Miss
T e final night is here, and all
eyes are turned to the election,
and crowning of Mi.-s Nome, to
take place shortly after midnight
tonight at the Kennel Club Car
nival. El il rat ■ plans for her
crowning and presentation, gam
es, const- ins, dancing and every
thing is .set, according to Carnival
Manager Lloyd Heberlee and the
Queen Manager Ed. Steffen.
The doors will open at 8 p. m.
sharp, dancing will commence ad
9 p.m. and continue throughout
the evening. The price of ad
mission as you all know is adults
$1.00 and children 50 cents. With
each adult admission you receive
two thousand votes for queen.
With each children's admission
you receive 1000 votes to be cast
for any candidate you desire.
Queen candidates and their
backers are out today and busy
as can be, putting over a special
advance sale of admission tickets,
and from all indications every
body in town will be there. The
contest has mounted in excite
ment each week from the start
on February 8th, and interest is
high this afternoon, the mair
question being, which of the four
leading contestants will get the
honor of being elected Miss Nome
although the other candidates
have just as much chance of be
ing put over tonight.
Amusement games, hot do
stands, ice cream counters, a
“bank”, are all included in the
entertainment plans for this ev
ening. Carnival scrip can be se
cured at the bank, twelve and a
half cents each, two for a quart
er, and can be used at the games
or other concessions.
A special booth has been set
u,p in the southeast comer of the
big auditorium where votes can
be purchased, 2000 for $1.00 or
1000 for 50 cents. Above this
booth on the corner of the stage
will be the counting table where
judges W. W. Laws, Chas. Code
and Herschel King wiil count the
votes and broadcast the totals ev
ery half nour during the evening
up to 11 pm.
After that time the totals will
be announced every 15 minutes
until midnight when the selling
of votes will cease. At five min
utes after midnight the ballot
boxes around the hall will be
picked up and the last count
made.
The curtain will be dropped ac
ross the front of the stage and
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Be Sure and Attend The Carnival Sat. Night