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VOL. 38. No. 100 NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
To Ask $2,000,000Alaska Air Base
S.S. CORDOVA AT KETCHIKAN-FIRE IS OUT
No Indications So Far Of Ice Breakup At Nenana
YOUTH DESCRIBED
FIRE ON CORDOVA
(By The Associated Press'/
KETCHIKAN, April 30—Most
of the passengers on the Cordova
said there was no confusion on
the ship during the storm and ,
ire. Frank OLmstead, aged 20, i
University of Washington Junior,
who was one of the first off the
ship upon its arrival here »arly,
mday, admitted he was a “little
.-cared” whan the Steward got
them up early yest#rd«y when
the ship was rolling Heavily in
a sixty mile gale, wttt) the steer
ng gear broken and a fire raging
in the hold of the ship.
fire was finally pu|, out at, flye
P.M. last night. The damage
-.earns principally to the liquor
cargo. Officers of the ship fought
the fire with live steam, which
caused the fibre board boxe- tc
collapse. The cause f the fire i
unannounced.
Olmsted said: “Some fellow:
were plenty sea sick and did not
want to get up even after the
fire was put out. The deck plates
were too hot to put your hand
on."
When the steering gear failed
about 4 A. M. yesterday, we drop
ped anchor for two hours. Later
the fire was discovered and at
seven A.M. steam was turned in
to the hold and called for help.
Tiie steering gear w as repaii ed
a* nine P M. The Swallow ar
r '■ P.M. and the Alert at
3:30 P.M.
The captain remarked hat it
would have b ten impossible to
launch lifeboats in the heavy seas
running at the time. One official
remarked that the heavy sea?
had caused the cargo to sh fi and
may have somehow caused the
Are.
The hatches worn r-ti " 1 ei
iTiie here but ' n Vj wind:
prevented playv g water into the
•hoid '. -o they put f. -m b ck on
t:r.:! shV^ws was rr- ht3.. w an
water was p urred ir'.o the h Id,
• arc inJ5 the A e.
The vessel s r mining iiere
'odav pending :> survey for dam
iT‘. but he v.u el set n u" im
aged.
H’HV TO STAKE Ol.A-MS.
How Miring Claims can b*
staked in Alaska, length, Bread
•it. how m-ny. and the Associa
ion Claim, described in dc. 1, ir
S3r’ pi del form, for sale at Tht
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‘MYSTERY MIKE" IN ACTION
Ca :.->Lle of speeds exceeding 35 miles an hour in second gear,
“Mystery Mike” (M2-A2 to the U. S. Army), does things in tests
a World War tank never dreamed of. In tests at Denver it showed
great speed and an ability to “stop on a dime,’’ but officers warned
bystanders not to try to see inside. At the top .“Mystery Mike
takes a hurdle. Bottom, a closeup of machine gun turrets and the
driver’s cockpit. (Associated Press Photo)
P! ENTY OF DI \MONDS BUT NO CREDIT
— ■ ■ - - --... —————*
With an almost empty purse on a 400-mile flight from Hollywood, Mrs. Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill,
New York heiress, tried to get lunch on credit near San Francisco by displaying a wedding ring. George
A. Swart*, proprietor of the roadside etand, Ignored it and three diamond rings, merely pointing to a no
credit sign. Nan paid. 8he Is shown here wearing her husband’s clothing and dark glasses to escape de
tection and service of annulment proceeding papers, the cause of her flight. (Aseoclated Press Photo)
Cordova Arrived
Ketchikan Early
This Morning
(By The Associated Press'
SEATTLE, April 30, - The U.
S. Coast Guard said that the
steamer Cordova arrived at Ket
chikan at 12:10 a.m. today.
The fire in the number two
hold had been smothered by
-team, it was declared.
The cutter Alert convoyed the
Liner into port. The navy tender
Swallow and the Alaska Line
vessel Northwestern have turned
about, afiter they received infor
mation they were not needed
Baseball Scores
(Bv The Associated Press i
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 8 Missions 6
San Francisco 3 Portland 7
I«os Angeles 2 Seattle 3
San Diego 4 Oakland 8
American League
St. Louis 0 Chicago 12
Philadelphia at Boston, rain.
Detroit 3 Cleveland 12
New York 4 Washington 2
National League
Brooklyn 0 New York 9
Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 6
Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 8—13 in- ,
nings.
Boston 6 Philadelphia 4. The
game went 11 innings.
Ice At Nenana
Holds Fast And
No Indications
”
The river ice at Fairbanks and
Nenana is holding as solid as ev
'
er and shows no signs of a pres
ent breakup according to infor
mation received at the Nome offi
ce of the U. S. Weather Bureau.
Fairbanks also reports 28 inch
es of snow on the ground at 8
a.m. with the temperature 18
above.
Snow conditions are about the!
same at Nenana and the 8 a.m.
temperature is 16 above. Maxi-|
mum temperatures at both places
have averaged slightly below
|
freezing indicating possibly
later break-up than anticipated.:
Fleet Moves Out !
(By The Associated’ Press)
HONOLULU, April 29—The U.
S. fleet consisting of of one hun
dred thirty-nine ships, got under
way for the sea phase of the years
maneuvers, putting out from
Pearl Harbor, Lahaina, and Hilo,
to engage in battle practice for
ten days action. The Black fleet
will attempt to capture the is
lands from the defending white
fleet.
Japan Continue
Fish Survey off
Alaskan Coasts
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Apr.l 30, --Japan will
continue its fishing and surveys
off the Alaska coast despite the
opposition of Canadian and Am
erican fishing interests, the min
istry of agriculture and forestry
disclosed today.
It was also revealed that fish
ery and nautical experts will
shortly revisit Alaskan and Can-j
adian water in a continuation of
their search for new fishing
grounds, begun last year under
a three year plan.
Japan now has extensive fish
ing rights off the coast of Siber
ia, under grants from Russia.
However there have been rum
ors of a cancellation of the grant
before it expires automatically at
the end of this year.
Miss Western U. S.
fBy The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30,—
Shirley Joe Ellis, 21, auburn
haired Seattleite, won the title of
Miss Western America, in the
contest sponsored by the Golden
Gate International Exposition.
She will get a trip to Paris and
a tour of France, as a prize.
DIMONDASKS
CONGRESS TO
APPROPRIATE
fBy The Associated ’"’ress)
WASHINGTON, April 29, —
Delegate Dimond said today ho
would ask congress Friday to
amend the Wrar Department ap
propriations bill to provide two
million dollars for immediate con
st ruction of a territorial air base.
He said he understood the site
near Fairbanks had already ten
tatively been selected.
Today, Dimond demanded that
congress begin fortification of the
Territory "as an integral part of
‘he western line of defense of
the United States."
He said that the establishment
of an army air base was a sttn>
in the right direction. He seek?
to amend the army appropriation
bill to include two million doll
ars for the project
"Alaska today is without any
form of defense, and could be
taken overnight by a foreign
power," he told the House of Re
presentatives.
"No longer is it possible to de
fend a place by sitting on it with
men and guns. A line of defense
must be established at least hur> ■
dreds, and better still, thousands
of miles in advance. The western
line of defense is no longer the
shores of Washington Oregon and
California. It has been projected
out nearly halfway across the
Pacific," he declared.
Citing that the army bill now
before the house provides but
six hundred and eighty five thou
sand dollars for initial work on
the Tacoma airbase, he said:
“It’s time something more was
done in respect to the establish
ment and construction of a terri
torial air station and depot, as
authorized under the Wilcox Act
of 1935."
The Act provides for a series of
nine airbases in strategic points
throughout the United States and
its territories.
Tacoma has been the only site
selected so far.
The Delegate from Alaska point
ed to the strategic location of
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
“The Soviets realize that th«-_
commercial air route to the Unit
ed States lies through Alaska—
therefore the military route lies
over the same course.”
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports.
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,