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VOLUME S5. No. 57. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY HI, 1984 P**r Copy; 1® «
GENERAL WALK-OUT IS ASSURED
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EXPEDITION V
TO GO TO ST.
LAWRENCE IS.
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AROUKLOOICCA^ EXPEDITION
TO GO BT. JLAWRKNCK
INLAND SOON
The Department of the Interior,
Aa?ka College Archaeological-Expe
dition under the leadership of Otto
Wm. Geist, Archealogist in Charge,
is soon to leavt Nome for St. Law
rence Island, where the expedition
will spend the summer in excavat
ing on the site of an old aban-.
dobed Eskimo village, reported to
hRVe been buried since about 1789.
mV. Geist and his party arrived in
Nome last week aboard the S. S.
Dferblay of the Alaska Line.
Included In the expedition are
students of the Alaskka College
and School of Mfnes, located at
Fairbanks. Alaska. Those com
prising teh party are Mr. Geist,
Archaeologist ip Chargee; Carl M..
Franklin, accountant; Mary Ml
kami, secretary; Wilbert Lane, sur
veyor and wireless operator; and
fiellld assistants are Roland Snod
grafea, Harry Brandt, Ivar Skiar
'lund. and Perry Lucha.
The purpose of the expedition
this summer is for the continua
tion of the work begun by the
Bununell-Oelst Expedition last year:
the excavating of a mound at the
trite of an Eskimo villagge called
Kukulik, about flflve mies frond
Savoonga.
At present arrangements for
transportation from Nome to St.
L<awrence Island are being com
pleted. Meanwhile the party U
carrying out certain duties in con
nection with their work, in Nome.
A camp will he established at
Kukulik and living quarters erect
ed. Prior to this year only explor
atory cuts have' been made in the
mound, under which the Eskimo
village has been buried so long.
This year complete excavations
will be carried on. with a view to
bringing to light all specimens and
relics that remain of that bygone
time.
The ground to' be excavated is
stretched over a considerable area
and will Tequire a lot of work. It
is uncertain at this time If the work
■can be completed this summer, but
in any event enough money has
been appropriated which cap carry
the work through to a conclusion
next yea r.
145,00.00 were appropriated by
the Federal Qovemmeart to toe De
partment of tbe Interior to be qaed
under tbe Office of Indian Affaire
to further this work. Hr. Geist,
"■ who was in WaHhlhgtgon during
the hearings on this subject*, re
ported that Delegate Dlmond and
Bmil Hurja devoted consldewhle
time and effort to effect ttiis appro
priation. ^
The aite at Kukullk is the largest
archaeological mound in Alaska, and
this is the largest concerted proj
ect of Its kind to take place in
Alaska. Numerous individual arch
aeologists, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the
Smithsonian Institute included
hloog with Otto M. deist, have
csrrled on investigations from time
to time, bat never on such a large
scale as this Is.
The party expects to remain on
the island for the balance of the
summer. Some few of them will
probably return to Nome and
•thence to Fairbanks to attend the
school about Sept. 14th.' The oth
ers expect to remain until the last
.available contact with the mainland
6EIST EXPEDITION ST, LAWRENCE IS.
BELIEVES THAT CHID IS KIDNAPPED
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LABOR UNIONS STILL
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_ BAX FRANCISCO. July 13, Oth-.
er unions fell into line today, with
the general strike idea, either rot
ting for complete walk-outs or for
support for the general strike if one
is called.
The laundry and retail delivery
drivers unions voted to join the
general strike. Most of the other
uniotjs. with a combined total mem
bership of around seventy-flv.
thousand, have either directly or
through central councils, pledgel
their support to strategy commit
tees in a general walk-out if one is
called.
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The.general strike movement con
tinues to gain support all along
the coast, today. Cities located in
the vicinity of San Francisco Bay
begun storing necessities in prep
aration for emergencies. , .
Approximately eighty unions in
Portland, Oregon, were reported
this morning, ready to strike. Los
Angeles unions are discussing simi
lar proposals.
BELIEVE GENERAL STRIKE
WILL BE INEVITABLE
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SAX FRANCISCO, July 13. The
ominous approach of Ihe much
taked-ol general strike appeared
more likely than ever today,, with
organizations here falling rapidly In
line to support the marine strikers.
Troops and police authorities are
preparing for any emcrgenclea, de
spite promises made by the Inter
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national Longsttjreme'n’H Associa
tion of their future conduct. .
The referendum vote On submit
ting the situation to arbitration was
ballot ted on in favor of a general
strike by many unions, late today.
Bay cities prepared for a siege.
Individuals are making largeg pur
chases of staple articles ofi food and
other necessities. Gasoline trucks
carrying- produce, were halted and
overturned. One truck was com
pletely wrecked, when it w.»s
forced off the road.
Portland. Oregon, and Seattle,
Washington, were quiet today. “A
general strike seems inevitable," de
clared George Kid well of the Sail
Francisco Labor ^Council.
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JOHNSON GIVES FIRST
W KRTKRN SI* K K< 'H
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WATERLOO, July 13. West
ern farmers heaj;d directly today
In General Hugh S. Johnson's first
western speech that all other gov
ernment departments “have not
done as much for you as the
This was Johnson's first west
ern speech, on his tour to the
Pacific coast. . He said that the
industrial machinery had put
three million city workers back
of Alaska can be established.
■ AH of tta* equipment and sup
plies were obtained by Mr. Geist In
Seattle on his return there from
Washington, D. C.. and were ship
ped aboard the 8. S- Derblay, which
Will t£g£ the freight to St. Law
rence Island on its return from
Kottebao Sound.
Eskimos from Gambell. Savoon
ga, and other points on the island
will' b« employed In the work of
excavating, while the field assist
ants and other members of the ex
pedition supervise the activities.
A11 specimens excavated are to,be
sent to the College at Fairbanks,
where they yrlU be identified, la
beled, catalogued and then some
of them shipped to Washington,
D. C.
During the past tew years, con
siderable attention has been called
to the value of investigating the
lineage and derivations of the Es
kimo. Several noted archaeologists
fiave assisted in bringing much im
portant Information before the e^®8
of the world regarding this race.
Mr. Oelst has been instrumental tor
the.past number of years in calling
attention to the investigation of
ancient traces of Eskimo tribes on
St. Lawrence Islmid—:He tyis work
ed diligently and always with the
view in mind of making a thorough
atody and search of the Island for
concrete specimens df the Eskimo
life and habits of niany years ago.
Today he is realizing for the first
time, some measure of reward. He
has a well equipped and compe
tently experienced staff with which
to carry on his work.
We sincerely hope that * the ex
pedition will be well rewarded for
its summer’s work on St. Law
rence Island, and trust that Im
portant Information and relics may
be obtained with which they can In
! some measure fill out the history
lof Alaska before the white man in
habited the country.
on their jobs and had added three
million dollars to the purchasing
power of the country. He denied,
contention* that the National Re
ttery Administration had raised
•the cost of living, aud eastern
farm prices.
FRliUtV ’1'tt‘K iSTH
Friday, the 13th. usually spells,
| to superstitious people, the day of
dread. Almost anything is liable
to happen on Friday, the 13th.
As an example of what might
happen; last winter In Portland,
Oregon, a policeman was walking
his regular heat On Friday the
13th. On the Corner of 13th Ave
nue and Washington Street he pick
's! up u purse which contained
$13.13. Looking for an address
card he found the name of Mrs.
Alice Ijetherer, which cnntatuod
13 letters. The address read Am
bassador Apartments, apartment 13.
Strange; hut to climax it nil the
policeman's own number was 13.
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MORK FLOODS JAPAN
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, July 12, Sixty persons j
were drowned in floods which j
swept through Iahikawa prefec
ture. Villages and farmlands
were seriously Inundated.
aPBBCRlBB FOB TMK NUOQKT
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HwVHTSDAilsK, New York. July
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IS, Aa army of five hundred troop
era, police and volunteers are boat
ing the woodlands around here in
an effort to- find the blue-eyed
eighteen months old Bobby Con
nor, who it is roared has boon kid
na pped.
He is the young son of Charles
H. tfounor, mortgage broker. The ]
liahv has been missing since late
yesterday, and his family are nearly
frantic In their efforts to gain
some trace of his whereabouts.
r. S. NAVY Bl'U.IIIMi
TO TRKATY NTRKNtiTH
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WASH I NO TON. July 13. look
ing to Ward-treaty strength'by 19 42,,
the r. S. Navy has adopted a plan
calling r«u- fifty-five hundred mors
enlisted men. and the laying down
of nineteen new ships by the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 193fi
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6R. BRITAIN DENIES
“SELECTJILLIANCES”
STOCKS DROP I.OWKR S'
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NRW YOOK. Juy IS. Stock'"
drifted lower with rails under
the most pressure. Trade was dull
and on the decline. A few spe
cialties bucked tile do^n-trends.
The close was heavy.
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HKK POSITION
(By The Associated Press)
LONDO. July 13. Great Britain
Jias reinforced the Locarno Pact1;
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but has not entered into any “3e- ,
led alliance with any country,” de
clared Sir John Siinon, Foreign
Secretary, before the House of
Commons. At the same time he re
vea'ed that Great Britain was urg
ing Germany to enter into an Ka«
ern Pact and a return to the League
of Nations. At the same time h»
demanded Russia’s Inclusion In th«
League,
' BANDITS HOB BANK
BUT ARK KILLED
(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, Oklahoma, July 13, Two
bandits who robbed the bank at
Ketchum of three hundred thousand
dollars were caught and killed to
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day in a pitched battle.
t Ealum Gregory, president of the
bank, was also killed, when the
posse of which he was a member
caught up with the bandits fand.
fought it out.
Gregory’s son Luther, the cash
ier of the bank, who was kidnapped,
was released before the battle.
SIAMESE TWINS NOT
ALLOWED MARRIAGE!
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RIGHT OF MARRIAGE
(By The Associated Press)
NBW YORK. Is It against the
law for Siamese twin slstere to
marry Marital bureau officials
in New York City and Newark. N.
J.. answer “it in.*’
Violet Hilton and Oaisy Hilton
are bound together by a physical
as well as a family tie. Both of
[course are Just 2d years old.
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Violet want* to marry Maurice
1,. Lambert, and he wants to wed
her. On “moral grounds." li
censee hare been refused In New
York and Newark. Now Lambert
plans to test the matter In the New
York courts. He will Invoke man
damus proceedings to compel
the New York City marital buerau
to Issue the requested license.
Daisy Hilton favors the match.
She says she plans to be married,
too, in the not distant future.
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