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VOL. 37. No. 192. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, AUG. 13, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
Russian Fliers Arrive Prepare Leave
CUTTER NORTHLAND RE1 .:,VES SITUATION
No New Taxes to be Introduced at the Next Session
No New Taxes Be
Introduced at The
Next session Cong.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. —
A White House tax conference
yesterday produced an announce
ment that no new taxes would
be recommended at the next
session of congress, and that a
thorough-going study beginning
immediately, may in-fact, lead to
reductions.
Secretary of the Treasury Hen
ry Morgenthau Jr., Senators
Robinson and Doughton, met
Wednesday with President Roose
velt before the President left on
an inspection trip of the spring
flood areas.
The purpose of the conference
as stated by Secretary Morgen
thau was “the removing of any
inequities, unnecessary admini
strative difficulties inherent in the
law and the abating and modify
ing of taxes, creating unfairness
to the consumer or trade, or to
remove any other disadvantages
outweighing the revenue yield.”
Morgenthau said he believed
the president was aiming his
plans against the nuisance taxes.
“Business is improving at such
a pace that we are going to reach
a balanced budget much earlier
than was at first expected”, said
Robinson.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
COAST
San Diego 1 Missions 5
San Francisco 0 Los Angeles 11
Portland 1 Oakland 6
Seattle 5 Sacramento 10
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 4-6 Boston 6-0
St. Louis 3 Chicago 8
Washington 7 New York 11
Detroit 7 Cleveland 4
NATIONAL
Chicago 3 St. Louis 5
New York 2 Brooklyn 1—12
innings.
Boston 4 Philadelphia 2
Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 6
A1 Zuver, a fox farmer, with
two of his sons on West Island,
was in Wrangell recently, and re
ports his foxes are having many
pups. Last year he pelted 200
foxes and this year expects to
pelt better than 300. He says his
rule for successful raising of fox
es is to feed plenty. He gives his
foxes mixed feed, alternating
with cooked foods.
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RUSSIAN FLIERS ARE
STILL AT SAFETY
AWAITING WEATHER
SOVIET PLANE RUNS AGROUND IN TAKING
OFF AT SAFETY, AT 6:15 P.M. TONIGHT
MOTOR BOAT SENT TO PULL SOVIET
PLANE OFF SAND BAR AT SAFETY
Soviet Fliers Sigis
mund Levanefsky and
Victor Levchenko arriv
ed at Safety Lagoon, 20
miles east of Nome, at
2:37 this afternoon.
They landed their hig
plane at Safety Lagoon
about 20 miles down the
coast from Nome.
—FLASH—
Soviets Hopped for Nome
from Harding Lake at 11:27
A. M. this morning.
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 12, 10:00 A.
M.—(Special to. the Nugget)—
Soviet fliers now at Lake Hard
ing tuning up for their takeoff for
Nome, which will probably be
about 12 noon. They have taken
on oil and capacity loads of gaso
line.
Mayor Collins and a big dele
gation of citizens were there to
say tareweii.
They are carrying many tokens
of goodwill including copies of
the Fairbanks News-Miner ad
dressed to Premier Josef Stalin,
containing full Associated Press
reports and pictures of their hops
todate, and also local stories.
Weather Bureau reports this
morning indicate favorable con
ditions all along the route to
Nome via Nulato. There is a high
ceiling in 9ome places and per
fectly clear in most others.
The men are in fine spirits and
said they may drive through to
the Siberia coast today after re
fueling at Nome. They will not
decide until after their arrival
at Nome.
The Soviet plane is carrying
Associated Press mats for the
Daily Nugget which will be cast
into pictures at Nome, showing
various stages of their flight to
day.
Mayor E. B. Collins and citi
zens accompanied the flyers to
the lpke, bidding Godspeed. In
their luggage they took copies of
the News Miner, containing As
sociated Press articles and photo
graphs of their trip, and an ad
dress to Stalin.
The Rusian plane reported its
position at 1:30 o'clock Nome time
[a few miles west of Nulato, fly
ing over the mountains, and ex
pecting to arrive here about 2:30
PM. The plane is in continual
radio communication with the
I Nome station Signal Corps dur
ing the flight. It is unknown
whether they will land at Safety
or on Bering Sea at Nome. The
sea here ia calm and they may
land here?, although ;they said
they might land at Safety.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13
(Special to The Nugget) — The
Russian fliers hopped off from
Lake Harding for Nome at 11:27
Fairbanks time. Weather reports
are favorable all the way. The
ground temperature here is 68 and
55 to 60 elsewhere.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13
(Special to The Nugget) — The
Russian plane passed over Fair
banks at 12 oclock sharp. It made
a semi circular detour, then head
ed straight on its course for
Nome, her bright colors glisten
ing in the sunlight at an eleva
tion of 3,000 feet. All the city
was out watching. Alaska Avi-.
ation Inspector Hugh Brewster
and' Clyde Armistead, who flew
out to the lake with last messag
es, followed the plane into the
city in their pontoon plane.
_
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13
(Special to The Nugget) — The
Russian plane left at 11:27. She
was held up because a coat with
passports and documents had been
left in Fairbanks. The coat was
flown to the lake by Hugh S.
Brewster, Terriorial Aeronautical
Inspector here, who is here to in
vestigate the finding of the Hines
plane. In the coat also was a re
volver belonging to the Russians.
Copies of Fairbanks papers sent
to Joseph L. Stalin.
With a beautiful sky over
head and the sun shining bright
ly, with the temperature ranging
too hot for sourdoughs, all Nome
was aquiver watching and wait
ing for the arrival of the Soviet
fliers to arrive here from Fair
banks enroute to Moscow via
Bering Straits and Siberia and
Arcti coast points.
The first information as they
neaied Nome was received by the
Nugget over leased telephone
wire service stating the plane
went over Spruce Creek near Sol
omon at 2:’0 P.M. today. A few
minutes later the telephone an
nounced that the Soviet fliers
landed at Safety Lagoon, 21 miles
east of Nome, at 2:37 P.M.,
The failure to fly over the
j city of Nome was deplored by the
citizens of Nome. But after con
tact:ng the fliers the Nugget rep
resentative ascertained the infor
mation that they were anxious to
I take advantage of the weather to
get back to the land of their
birth, which by the way, is only
J about one and a half hour’s fight
I from Nome to East Cape, Siberia.
The fliers immediately put in a
call lor weather reports from
East Cape while they were busy
gassing up their plane, and if fa
vorable weather reports arrive
they will hop off for Siberia at
6 P.M. this evening.
It is to be regretted that they
cannot stay over in Nome and
meet their many old acquaintan
ces of former years. But such is
the call of time, especially when
it comes to flying and the weath
er is reported good.
The Soviet plane made the
trip from Fairbanks to Safety in
four hours flying time. The mo
tors and radio set functioned per
fectly and was in constant touch
with the U. S.' radio station at
Nome thruout the trip. How
ever, they experienced head!
winds and fog for most of the'
way.
The Soviet plane landed at the
same place as Col. Chas. Lind
berg and his wife and tied up to
the same stake which held Lind
berg’s plane to the beach in 1931.
The same place was also used by
the Soviet fliers when they brot
Jimmy Matterin, round the world
flier, across Bering Sea from Ana
dir, when he was forced down on
the Siberian coast some three
years ago.
The radio station is busy con
tacting the Siberian stations for
weather reports as we go to press
and it looks as though the Soviet
fliers may not get away tonight,
unless they take a chance of land
ing at East Cape some time after
seven o’clock P.M.
At five thirty this afternoon
the fliers had gassed up and were
ready to take off for East Cape,
Siberia, if weather reports were
favorable. As we go to press we
are in doubt as to whether they
will take off or wait until tomor
row morning.
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NOME CHAMBER
ON THE JOB
SOVIETS
The Nome Chamber of Com
merce and city officials are co
operating to arrange plans for
the entertainment of the Soviet
airmen, Levancfsky and Levch
enco, arriving at Nome today
from Fairbanks, and bound for
Moscow via the Arctic rim.
A. Polet, secretary of the Cham
ber, was busy this morning ar
ranging for a large number of
cars to make the trip to Safety
should the Russian plane land
there. Other plans are perfected
by Mr. Polet, and the aviators
will have many things to see and
do in Nome while they are here.
They were contacted immedi
ately upon their arrival by the
Nome Daily Nugget, represent
ing the Associated Press and the j
Tass Soviet News Service, anti
received mats of news pictures
which will appear in tomorrow’s
issue, together with their plans
and the schedule of their route
through Siberia, after they de
part from Nome.
NAT PLANE HOPS OFF
Pilot John Lynn of the North
ern Air Transport hopped off at
10 A.M. today for Anchorage via
Bethel and other places with
Colonel H. J. Wild and James
Truitt of the U. S. Engineers,
who were on an inspection trip at
Nome.
NORTHLAND
RELIEVES FOOD
SHORTAGE
('Ey The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 13.
Tiu» cutter Northland has advised
coast guard headquarters that she
had landed four and a half tons
of food at Point Hi rrow, and that
the immediate famine situation
among the Eskimos is in hand.
Advices from the cutter said:
"Existing destitution not as seri
ous as earlier reports indicated,
We have landed enough food to
care for the immediate situation.”
BRISTOL BAY
TO REBUILD
ITS CANNERY
CBy The Associated Press/
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.—
C. P. Hale, president of the Bris
tol Bay Packing Company, said
his firm will rebuild the cannery
facilities which burned this sea
son with a loss of nearly a mil
lion dollars. The old docks which
were unburned will be used for
a new fire proof plant. The re
maining crew at the site is clear
ing the ground and digging for
foundation work. The new con
struction will be of iron as far as
possible.
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COLLAPSE FASCIST REVOLT
AGAINST MADRID GOVERN
MENT IS NOW FORECAST
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 12, — The
collapse of the fascist revolt ag
ainst Madrid’s socialist govern
ment now supported by the com
munists, was forecast within a
few hours by the Spanish gov
ernment.
Advances against the rebels
who have fought for almost four
weeks to establish a dictatorial
government, and the repulse of
rebel offensives on various fronts
was pictured in official quarters
as heralding the end of the civil
war, as the government launch
ed a three-way drive to oust the
opposition of the rebels in the far
north, as they pressed toward
San Sebastian in an effort to
break the hold of the government
on the northern seaboard. They
were reported to be within eight
miles of San Sebastian, although
reinforcements are moving up
rapidly to protect the city.
Tolusa fell to the rebels Tues
day, and the soldiers sang and
danced at a big celebration.
Loyalist miners continued to
lay seige to Oviedo, a rebel city
in the northwest.
Madrid’s war ministry announe
ed the capture of four, small
southern towns—Defontes, Cala
sorra, De Langerra, and Agua
cil.
A Madrid decree dismissed from
the Spanish diplomatic service,
Major Ramon Franco, trans-At
lantic flier whose brother is Gen
eral Francisco Franco, rebel com
mander in chief.
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