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Union Longshore Men Refuse Aid
REFUSED TO WORK
BRITISH VESSELS AT
SAN PEDRO HARBOR
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Dec. 2, — While
San Pedro’s greater harbor asso
ciation accused both maritime
strikers and employers of joint
guilt in “the stoppage of public
business”, two British ships were
denied services by union long
shoremen because the vessels
were assertedly handling cargo
at Vancouver loaded by non
union stevedores.
The joint strike committee vot
ed to refuse aid to the Furness
liner Pacific President due to
day and a freighter Cape Horn
expected tomorrow.
MoGrady left San Francisco
for Portland and Seattle saying
he would not return south until
Friday.
John Ringling
Circus Master
Died New York
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, — John
Ringling, circus owner and world
wide philanthropist, died here at
2:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
of bronchial pneumonia.
He died at his home on Park
Avenue. Ringling also had a
residence at Sarasota, Florida.
At his bedside were Dr. Maur
ice Costello, his nephew John
Ringling Nor*th, and Mrs. Ida
Ringling North.
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Garner Accused
Taking Part In
Choice Speaker
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Dec. 2 —The
Friends of Representative John
J. O’Connor of New York charg
ed that Vice President Garner
had interfered in House of Re
presentative affairs when he en
dorsed the candidacy of Repre
sentative Sam Rayburn of Tex
as, for Speaker of the House.
O’Connor is also a candidate.
Representative Dingell of
Michigan charged that Rayburn
was “in sole partnership with
William Randolph Hearst” and
that he had conducted Gamer’s
Campaign in 1932 for a presiden
tial nomination against Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
O’Connor declined to comment.
Rayburn welcomed Garner’s al
leged backing.
DENTAL NOTICE
This is to notify the public
that Dr. Hughes, Dentist, expects
to make a trip to the states, leav_
Ing about Dec. 10 and returning
about January 10.
DR. H. G. HUGHES
Anchorage At
Last Tires Of
Colonel Ohlson
Chamber of Commerce Asks
Help in Securing Removal
—Wants Developer
It is a long worm that has no
turning; and it is said the dark
est hour is when the lights go
out, but Alaskans are falling in
to line says the Valdez Miner in
a recent article, and at last we
get a break. Maybe we don’t
deserve it, but it tickles our ris
ibles to see the gored ox turn
the other cheek.
The Valdez Chamber of Com
merce received a telegram from
the Anchorage Chamber, which
practically knocked our props
out from under us and repaid
us for the ioss of our election
bets. They want the Colonel
removed and replaced with a
man in sympathy “with a con
structive development program
for ALL ALASKA.”
We exhausted our finances
protesting over the $9.00 toll
charged truckers to haul goods
over the Richardson highway and
were ignored in our pleas. Be
that as it may, we will cheerful
ly lend our financial, moral find
any other support the Miner has
in getting rid of the incubus sad
died upon us under the name of
“manager” of the Alaska Rail
road.
What caused the change of
heart? When the steamship strike
was threatened the manager an
nounced that he would close
down all trains until boat service
was resumed as he could not
run the railway on a “paying
basis” with only local trade. The
strike came apace and the Col
onel kept his word. Anchorage
and the interior towns are lock
ed up tight with not a wheel
moving and no chance of a train
going over the streak of rust call
ed the Alaska railway. So far as
we can see, after traveling over
the railway many times in the
‘Chowderhead’ Held
Sam "Chowdorhead Cohen, who re
cently told a senate committee de
tails at strike breaking, la pictured
•e ne was held temporarily at Nan
York after en argument with a
g-ouo of atrlking teamen. 'Aseo
elated Prose .Photo)
days of yore, a man could walk
| farther and faster than the train
■ service, but it added to our de
light or whatever you call it to
\ say we rode on “the train.”
Alarmed by the possibility of
; no passenger traffic until the ces
sation of the strike, the Anchor
j age Chamber of Commerce met
in solemn conclave and sent out
the following SOS:
“This chamber in a wire to
I Manager Ohlson of the Alaska
Railroad demanded that his or
der closing down the railroad
| be rescinded. His answer today
! flatly refused. We now ask Fair
| banks, Seward and Valdez cham
I bers to join with us in request
i ing the territorial Chamber of
I Commerce to place a referendum
before all affiliated Alaska cham
bers demanding that the railroad
operations shall continue and the
present manager replaced by one
in sympathy with a constructive
development program for all Al
aska. Rush reply.”
We can assure the Anchorage
Chamber that Valdez will assist
j in every way possible to have a
man replace the present manage
1 ment who will have the interests
of the Territory at heart. At
least one who will not want $40
for hauling a ton of powder 46
miles, and who can ride once in
a while with the roughnecks.—
Valdez Miner, November 6, 1936.
EDITORIALS IN LONDON PAPERS
GET STRONGER DISAPPROVAL
KING’S FRIEND FROM U. S.
\
(By The Associated Press)
LONDTN, Dec. 2, An editor
ial in the London Times today
hinted at a possible breakup of
the British realm with the Duke
and Duchess of York as King and
Queen of Scotland.
The article was interpreted by
some as the strongest veiled re
ference to King Edward’s friend
ship with American Mrs. Simp
son which has yet appeared.
The editorial appeared on the
occasion today of the visit of the
Duke and Duches to Edinburgh
for the St. Andrews Day Masonic
banquet.
Two-thirds of all the deaths
from tuberculosis occur before
the age of 45.
I
Scientist Said
Water Provides
Cold Immunity
(By The Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec, 2, —
How the northwoodsmen can
work with bare hands, ears and
throats in suz-zero weather while
their bundled up city brothers
suffer frosted ears and noses, is
believed to have been explained
by Ross A. Gortner, professor of
agricultural biochemistry at the
University of Minnesota.
Gortner explained that “bound
water" a little known substance
that exists in plant and animal
life, may be the reason. It is the
same factor that causes butter
fly cocoons to live over the winter
and given winter wheat its hard
ness.
Admits Proof is Lacking
“I can think of no other rea
sonable explanation for the ab
ility of some people to stand the
cold", Gortner said. “We know
that some persons can step out
of an office building and get
their ears frozen in a short time.
Yet others seem able to stand
almost anything. There is no
positive proof, but there may be
a relation between bound wat
er and that ability.”
Gortner said that bound wat
er is water that becomes an in
tegral part of the solid matter
of the plant or animal and will
not freeze.
Becomes Solid Material
“All water in living organisms
is not just plain, ordinary wat
er", he said. “Under conditions
of stress, such as low tempera
tures, a portion of the water ties
itself up with the solid material
in the cell and is changed from
the liquid into the solid state.
“The hardness of our winter
wheat is due to the ‘binding’ of
the water so that it does not
freeze at extremely low tempera
tures, or if it does freeze, does
not disturb the protoplasm."
In the same way, Gortner
continued, bound water would
be able to increase the resistance
of parts of the body to freezing
weather and permit lumberjacks
to sling their axes without mitt
ens or ear muffs.
Cause Of Fires
Traced Inmate
Of Hospital
(By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Dec. 2, — Several
fires which caused thirty thous
and dollars damage to several
bams and houses near the East
ern State Hospital at Medical
Lake, were traced to an inmate
of the hospital.
Prosecutor Ralph Foley said
he would not be prosecuted be
cause of his mental condition.
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Mr*. Fi'eva Beck Bosone (above),
wife, mother, lawyer and legislator,
became Utah’e first woman judge
by election to the Salt Lake City
court. But she said her husband and
, six-year-old daughter would come
' before her career If necessary. She
didn't think her sympathy would
run away with her better judgment
on the bench. (Associated Press
Photo)
Peace Conference
At Buenos Aires Is
United in Efforts
—
(By The Associated Press)
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 2, —
The Inter-American Peace Con
ference, spurred by President
Roosevelt’s plea to consolidate
western world democracies again
st aggression for “our mutual
safety and mutual good’, was
launched into an informal organ
ization as the delegates praised
the address of the American
president.
It was asserted that Presidents
Roosevelt and Augustin Justo of
Argentina had “set the assembly
firmly on the path to success.”
Not a line appeared in any
newspaper referring to the cry
of “down with imperialism”
shouted by Liverio Justo, a left
ist, and son of the Argentine
president, during Roosevelt's
speech.
Britain Attempts
Negotiate Pact
Offset Allianee
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 2, — Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told the
House of Commons today that
England was negotiating for a
new defense alliance with Fran
ce and Belgium.
This was the first British indi
cation bearing out the French
reports that a triparty treaty be
tween the three countries was
necessary.
Eden said that England’s obli
gations “shall approximate those
of the Locarno treaty.”
News Wainwright
Contained Letter
To Daily Nugget
Wainwright, Alaska.
1 October 12, 1936.
Editor, Nome Daily Nugget,
Nome, Alaska.
In the mail from Northern
points, the Nome Nugget is in
receipt of a letter from a friend
who wishes the name omitted
for reasons, and gives a vivid
and reliable account of the toll
that wolves are playing in the
destruction of reindeer in the
Wainwright section where it is
estimated there are some 30,000
reindeer. The letter also gives
other news items of interest, and
is as follows:
First we want to say that the
Nome Nugget arrives here reg
ularly and is eagerly sought and
read by nearly everyone in the
village.
I just came back from inland,
about 160 miles from here, and
this part of the country has sure
got its share of wolves, as I
came across over 140 of them in
(Continued on Page Three)
FRANCE WANTS TO TACK ABOUT
DEBT SETTLEMENT WITH U. S.
FEW OBSERVERS DISCREDIT
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 2, — Formal talks
beginning early next year on
France’s expected oiler to settle
the war debt owing to the Un
ited States, were forecast today
by sources close to the govern
ment.
It was alleged that France is
considering paying 536 million
dollars, or one-eighth of the to
tal amount due, with an annual
installment to extend for twenty
or twenty-five years.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 —Some
legislators here were sympathetic
toward the French proposal to
settle their war debt, while oth
ers said that if the debtors plan
ned a small payment with the
idea of being allowed to borrow
money they were doomed to dis
appointment.
Eleven European nations owe
about twelve billion dollars with
France owing four billion.
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