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VOL. 37 No. 96 NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, April 23, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Rescued Men Are Cheerful Today
EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA PLEADS FOR HELP
Snell Recommended as Chairman Rep. Convention
TWO RESCUED MEN
IMPROVING TODAY j
TEN DAYS BURIED
Northern Forces High In Hills While
Southern Army Prepares For Attack
(By The Associated Press)
Moose River, April 23, —
Dr. D. Edwin Robertson,
one of the two men entomb
ed for ten days in the
Moose River gold mine was
brought to the surface-ear
ly yetserday.
Alfred Scadding, the re
maining man in the mine,
was brought up a few min
utes after his companion.
Robertson was carried
out of the mine shaft on a
stretcher. As he passed the
weary miners on the sur
face, he waved and said:
“Thank you boys!”
The official in charge of
the telephoije line stretch
ing along the rescue tunnel
reported the diggers had
reached the entombed pair
at 12:15 A.M. Atlantic Stan
dard Time, which was IR
IS P. M. Eastern Standard
Time.
The body of Herman Ma
gill who died of exposure
was brought up last.
The three were caught in
a slide while inspecting the
mine a week ago Sunday.
62-year-old Dr. Robert
son surprised his rescuers
by asking for beefstake
shortly after being brought
out of the mine.
At the improvised hospi
tal on the surface, Robert
son’s mental and physical
condition was said to be ex
cellent by physicians, who
declared he will have a rap
id recovery. His condition
is “surprisingly good” they
state. His feet were cold
and swollen, and somewhat
blistered. The physicians
say they anticipate no fur
ther trouble.
Both men were bright
and cheerful, today.
When three draegermen
experienced in mine rescue
emergency work succeeded
in breaking from the main
operating shaft into the one
hundred and forty-first foot
level, they did not wait to
explore the men’s under
ground prison, after they
broke thru, but went direct
ly to the pair lying prost
rate on the ground about
twenty feet away from the
body of Magill, the spot
where the body had been
ever since his death.
The survivors were on
the north side beside the
skip or trolley which oper
ated from the depths to the
surface
Juneau Teachers
To Have Raise In
Pav In Autumn
j
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, April 23, — Ef
fective next autumn, Jun
eau teachers will have their
salary raised from the old
minimum of twelve hun
dred and sixty dollars an
nually to fifteen hundred
dollars, the former maxi
mum.
Grade school teachers’
salaries of sixteen hundred
and twenty, and the high
school salaries of sixteen
hundred and eighty will be
raised to eighteen hundred
dollars, with a graduate
scale until the maximum is
reached, which will apply
to teachers as they serve ov
er a period of several years.
Pilot Hall of the M.A.S..
hopped off for Council with
Axel Pearson and Art Nel
son as passengers. He will
continue on to Fairbanks &
return as far as Koyukuk
Station tonight. He is due
to return to Nome tomor
row morning, make a flight
to Iron Creek, and thence
hop off immediately for
Anchorage.
Save $2 by paying in ad
vance for your subscription
Bertrand H. Snell
Recommended Be
Chr. Convention
Republican Leaders Agree
To Recommend Senator
Snell Permanent Chair
man G. O. P Convention
(By The Associated Press)
Cleveland, April 23, —
Al a session held here yes
terday, of Republican lead
ers, Congressman Bertrand
H. Snell of New York, was
recommended as perman
ent chairman of the G. O. P
national convention to be
held here this June.
Snell is the minority lead
er in the House, and was
permanent chairman of the
1932 republican conven
tion. He will lake over the
chair at the close of the key
note speech to be made by
Senator Frederick C. Steiw
er of Oregon, the tempor
ary chairman.
Fairbanks, April 23rd—
William Corey, 73, a native
of Kikapomo-, Wisconsin, a
resident of Alaska for 32
years, died here of pneu
monia. He was noted here
as a breeder of racing dogs
which he entered in the
Fairbanks derbies and as
late as last year drove his
own team. Mr. Corey was
a former resident of Nome
and Anchorage and a mem
ber of the Pioneers of Alas
ka. A brother, James, of
Newton, Iowa, survives him
FASCIST FORCES CONTINUE
MARCH CAPiTOL ETHIOPIA
THROUGH MUD AND RAINS
Dr. Robertson Asked For A Beefstake
Soon After Rein" Rescued
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, April 23, —The
F cist Army fought thru
muddy and swollen Ethio
pian rivers today in its
drive into the heart of the
Fast African Empire.
Crossing of the rough ter
rain was made even more
difficult by the advent of
tropical rains.
The northern forces und
er Marshal Badoglio were
reported to be high in the
mountains of Shoa provin
ee, expecting momentarily
to be i'ace to face with the
desperate last stand being
made by the Ethiopian de
fenders.
The southern army under
General Graziani has not
been halted by the heavy
downpours. The general
Hew over the Ethiopian
groundworks south of the
city of Harrar to make a
survey of the enemy posi
tions before attacking.
The Empress of Ethiopia
appealed through foreign
newspapermen to the world
asking the great powers to
support her nation in its
light against the Fascist in
vaders.
MATERNITY MARATHON RACE
STILL ON IN CANADA FOR BIG
PRIZE MONEY AWARD $500,000
(By The Associateo Press)
Toronto, Canada. April—
Four mothers—leading con
tenders in Toronto’s mater
nity marathon-have agreed
to “share and share alike”
if one of them wins the for
tune offered to this city’s
mother who bears the most
children in a 10-year period
ending in October.
The signing of the legal
agreement awarding each
of the four an equal annual
income for life should one
of them win the coveted
$500,000 prize money was
a sensational development
in the famed Canadian
stork derby.
Excitement flared to a
high pitch here when it
was revealed that the ac
knowledged leader in the
race. Mrs. Mathew Kenny,
mother of 13 in the 10-year
period, had refused to sign.
Confident that her two
baby lead over the next in
the field would carry her to
victory, Mrs. Kenny declar
ed:
“I’m going to be the win
ner. I’ll have my babies
and the money too.”
Prolootion 4riuno
V/iir;l<eio; Col \ )no
Mot’O Lifl
Alaska Deputies Will Be
Aided in New Laws
Now in Effect
As an outgrowth of cases
involving the assault and
shooting of U. S. game man
agement agents last year,
the act of May 18, 1934, ex
tending protection to Fed
eral officers in performan
ce of their duties has been
amended to include any offi
cer or employee of the De
partment of Agriculture de
signated by the Secretary.
This announcement was
made today by Hugh W.
Terhune, director of the A1
aska Game Commission up
on receipt of information
from department headquar
ters.
The Secretary’s designa
tions apply to those whose
duty it is to enforce any
act of Congress for the pro
tection, preservation and re
storation of game and other
wdd birds and animals.
The act makes it unlaw
ful to forcibly resist, op
pose. impede, intimidate or
interfere with an officer en
gaged in performing his dut
ies or to assault him while
discharging such duties,
and fixes the penalty at not
more than $5,000 or three
years in prison or bpth. If
a deadly or dangerous vvea
pon is used, the term is one
to ten years or up to $10,
000 fine or both.
Where an officer is killed
in line of duty, conviction
of murder in the first de
gree carries the penalty of
death; if second degree mur
der, from 10 years to life;
voluntary <manslaug|h.ter,
not more than 10 years; in- j
voluntary manslaughter up;
to three years, a $1,000 fine
or both.
New Engineer For
Alaska (>nr. Alines
Appointed Today
15. 1). Stewart Announced
Appointment Humphrey
As Safety Engineer And
Roehm As A Fiekl Man.
(!',v l'lu.' Associated Press)
Juneau, April 23, —IT.
B. Fl. mb rev has been ap
..ii'. J F. 3 Dureau of Min
e- Safely Engineer for Al
aska In succeed Con O’Con
pell, who h in died the work
from fast August until the
holidays.
Word of the appointment
was received here by B. D.
Stewart, Territorial Com
missioner of Mines, from
Washington. D. C.
Stewart today announc
ed appointment of John
Roehm, a mining engineer,
as Field Man for th< Terri
torial Dep't. of Mines.
Roehm is now employed
at the Chichagof mine. F"*
was formerly cornu
with Timmons Co. in
tario, and other p ope
before coming to Alaska
A:*lrhik;m
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V\ A* W itness
'By The A s<Tinted Press)
Ketchikan, Apri: —Judge
George F. Alexandei in the
district court of the First
Division, found Fred Wall
ace guilty of “trying to in
fluence a witness” in the
district court and he was
fined $50.00.
The case at issue at the
time was that of the U. S.
vs. Harris Skilue. of Craig,
found guilty by a jury re
cently of the crime of se
duction “under promise of
marriage” to Marion Mor
rison.
There were seven women
on the jury and it was out
several hours. Wallace was
arrested before the finish of
the trial on an affidavit
sworn to by Dewey Skulka
a witness in the case.
NOTICE
Owing to the High School
Play at Dream Theatre on
Thursday, April 23rd, the
Common Council will meet
at 7 instead of 8 P. M. on
Thursday, April 23rd.