Oldest I\eww),ii[,er in Alaska.__Memlx-i- <»l I lie .\».-<»-i;ited IVess
DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AM) THE SECOND DIVISION.
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY r VI ATI ON
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL 37. No. 187 NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7,1936 Per Copy 15cts
200 TONS FOOD
BE SENT UP TO
ARCTIC OCEAN
fr. —
Flour and anned Meat To
Be distributed Eskimos
On Arctic Coast
TO FEED HUNGRY
Was Undecided How Ship,
Whether Now or Wait
Until the Derblay
■ __
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 7th—Jacob R.
Ummel, purchasing agent here,
for the Department of Interior,
has assembled two hundred tons
of flour and canned meat for the
‘hungry’ Eskimos scattered along
the Arctic Coast.
Answering a wireless plea from
E. W. Griffin, acting Alaska gov
ernor, at Jur.eau, Ummel said the
supplies will be forwarded Sun
day aboard the Steamer Yukon,
or on August 15th aboard the S.
S. Derblay of the Alaska Steam
ship Company fleet; ‘’apparently
the quickest way will be to wait
for the steamer Derblay, as she
sails direct for Nome from where
the food can be flown to Arctic
ocean points. The steamer Yu
kon sails sooner but it is doubt
ful if she can make connections
with the Motorship North Star
which is now enroute to Point
Barrow from Seattle, and it is
also doubtful whether, the North
Star which is already laden, she
could carry additional two hun
dred tons,” Ummel said.
MANCHOUKUAN TROOPS REPULSED
Britain, Germany Take Hand Spain
Baseball Scores
(13y The Associated Press)
AMERICAN
Cleveland 0 Detroit 9
Chicago 9-4 St. Louis 6-1
Philadelphia, Washington, New
York, Boston, rain.
NATIONAL
St. Louis 4 Chicago 2
Other national games postpon
ed account of rain.
COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 4 Los Angeles 6
Oakland 6 San Francisco 4
Missions 1 Portland 2 10 innings
San Diego 5 Seattle 3 11 inn
ings.
PANS $130 IN 2 DAYS
John DeFrees, miner and op
erator on Oregon Creek is in
town on business. He states he
did not have sufficient water to
operate his hydraulic system and
that while one man dug out the
pay dirt from the rocks, he him
self panned $75 in gold one day
and $60 the following day.
GEORGE ANDERSON
Expert Piano Tuner
Is Now in Nome.
At Lincoln Hotel
Kohler, Brumback Pianos; Grand
and Upright for Sale and rent.
Rebuilt Pianos, New Tom Thumb
and Grands.
POLITICS AT RANDOM INCLUDE
WHYFORS TOWNSEND TRIAL
POSTPONED TO THIS FALL
By Preston Grover
WASHINGTON— The House’s
action before adjournment, in
turning over to the courts the con
tempt proceedings against Dr.
Francis E. Townsend convinced
many cogressmen that the affair
probably is in cold storage until
after election time.
Whether that would be more
acceptable to certain nervous
members of congress or to Town
send plan officials pressing for
ward the $200-a-month drive re
mained problematical.
Experience with previous con
gressional contempt cases indicat
es it takes time to carry such an
action through the courts.
William P. McCracken, former
assistant secretary of commerce
for aeronautics, was convicted of
contempt by the senate, without
court action, after disappearance
of certain papers requested in the
airmail investigation. His appeal
to the supreme court prolonged
the case, however, so more than
a year elapsed betwedn the
time the senate found him guilty
and the beginning of his 10-day
jail term February 26, 1935.
Sinclair Action Lengthy
The Harry F. Sinclair contempt
action growing out of the Teapot
Dome oil investigation was tried
originally before the courts in
the manner ordered for the Town
send case. In that instance it was
five years and two months from
the time he refused to answer
certain questions until May 6,
1929, when he went to jail in the
District of Columbia and as &
pharmacy clerk began making
pills for fellow prisoners.
Leslie Garnett, district attor
ney for the District of Columbia,
said the Townsend case could not
possibly arise until the fall term
of court.
Those congressmen fearful of
making a martyr of the elderly
California physician, estimated it
would be very late in the cam
paign and perhaps after election
time before Dr. Townsend might
be in a position to accomplish his
assertion that he would “spend
my life in jail” before giving fur
ther testimony.*
Food for Voters
Voters may be regaled from
time to time during the campaign
with findings of the senate lobby
Continued on Page Four
BRITAIN, GERMANY
OBJECT TREATMENT
NATIONALS SPAIN
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 7, — Great Britain and Germany
today took a hand in the Spanish civil war, with vigor
ous protests against the treatment of their nationals by
both rebels and loyalists.
The execution of four young Nazis near Barcelona
was called “murder” by the Berlin foreign office spok
esman, when protests were lodged at Barcelona with
the leftists by Germany against their deaths.
Another complaint was made in Madrid by the
authorities over “the unprovoked shelling” of a German
steamer at Sevilla by a Spanish destroyer.
Both sides were warned by Great Britain that
suitable steps would be taken to prevent endangering
neutrals by either side in the fighting in the Gibraltar
area.
Victorious loyalist advances in the Guadarrama
Mountains north of Madrid were reported, and success
ful assaults against insurgents in the south.
No confirmation was obtained for the broadcast of
the statement that the rebels were on the outskirts of
the capital.
The shelling of the rebel stronghold of Algeciras,
was heard by those on the Rock of Gibraltar.
The government warship Jaime Primero set fire
to the insurgent gunboat Dato Jaime, which apparent
ly struck its colors.
The German Naval Command is said to have re
distributed Nazi ships in Spanish waters to protect
German nationals or evacuate them.
The Leftist French press accused Germany of aid
ing Spanish rebels with airplanes, munitions, and men.
French fears of a possible callapse of projected inter
national neutrality agreements quickened one French
newspaper into saying that a German ship left Ham
burg July 31st with 28 bombing planes and other mat
erials for the rebels.
Another paper said that former King Alfonso was
listed to arrive at Berlin tomorrow to confer with Ad
olph Hitler.
On the war front, 1800 rebels were reported jail
ed at Sastago, 37 miles from Zaragoza.
Work On Dredge
At Taylor Going
Ahead Rapidly
Despite Handicaps Expect
Dredge To Commence
Working Sept. 1st
A1 Goodwin, returning from
Taylor and the Kougarok section
yesterday told of how construc
tion is progressing on the dredge
at Taylor for the Kougarok Con
solidated Placers Inc., of which
Carl Hallberg is field superinten
dent.
Mr. Goodwin was to do some
drilling for the concern, but it
was understood that options on
drill ground in that neighborhood
had been foreclosed and no drill
ing can be done.
Regarding the dredge, he said
that the hull was completed and
carpenters are now busy placing
housing and other features on it,
including the machinery.
Mr. Goodwin explained that
several heavy rains had fallen,
making the rough trail from
Davidson’s Landing to Taylor, a
distance of 40 miles, almost im
passable, the caterpillars pull
ing the freight and supplies, hav
ing reduced it to almost a sea
of mud. Then, too, the rains
swelled the rivers so much that
the cats in some cases had to
wait to get across.
Much freight still remains to
be hauled to Taylor, he said.
Despite the tough handicaps of
the country, lack of roads or
trails, the work is going ahead
and it was estimated when he
departed that the dredge would
commence operating about the
first of September.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Fair weather prevails general
ly over Alaska except in the S.E.
setion and the Seward Peninsula.
Low clouds and rain set in over
this district last evening under
the influence of a storm edging
southward from Barrow and the
Arctic Ocean. Temperatures are
moderate at all places.
The highest temperature yes
terday was 60 and the lowest
this morning was 51 the rainfall
lias amounted to 0.21 inch during
the past 24 hours.
Dirigible Service
Has Regulations
For Passengers
c
Company Reserves Right
To Bar Passengers:
Liability Limited
1
—
(Bv The Associated Press)
LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug. 7.
—With the opening of regular
north trans-Atlantic airship ser
vice, the LuftschifTbau Zeppelin,
Friedrichshafen, has printed a 12
page booklet entitled "General
Regulations for Passengers and
Luggage Carried by Airship,” of
which a copy was obtained here.
It tells the prospective air trav
eler what kind of passengers are
regarded as satisfactory and de
! scribes what they may and may
■ not carry in their baggage.
Certain categories of persons
, are barred as passengers and the
| company is entitled to demand
that they leave the airship. Those
excluded are; persons under the
influence of alcohol, drugs or nar
cotics; persons of unsound mind
and those suffering from infect
ious diseases, and those who pres*
encc might be detrimental to the
safety of the passengers, the air
ship or the officers and crew.
Those barred have no claim to \
a refund of fare unless the voy
age is not carried out for reas
ons unconnected with the pass
engers.
The company also limits its lia
bility for damage and for the
passengers’ safety. One para
graph says:
Damages Liability Limited 1
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin shall
not be liable to pay compensation j
if it can prove that it and its
employees took all the requisite
steps to prevent the loss or dam
age from happening or that it
was unable to take such steps.
Moreover, iri respect to the trans
portation of luggage Luftschiff
bau Zeppelin shall not be liable
MANCHOUKUO
TROOPS GET A
BAD SETBACK
Manchoukuoan Troops Arc
Repulsed in Attack
Provincial City
DEFENDERS FIRM
Attackers Lost 100 Dead
And 200 Wounded
In the Battle
(By The Associated Press)
PEIPING, Aug. 7—Troops com
mandetd by Mar.choukuan Gener
al Li Shou Shin were repulsed
after attacking the garrison near
Tooling in West Suiyan province.
The attacking troops lost one
hundred dead and two hundred
I d. General Li’s forces
made three separate attacks, but
Provincial Suiyuan troops were
rushed to the frontier.
Length Human Life
lncreasinj* Prisen t
—
Centenarians are more numer
1 jus. So say the reports in the
currant Illinois Health Messen
ger, drawing conclusions from a
I study of mortality statistics in
’.hat stale.
One in each 2,000 persons who
die in Illinois has rear: d the
age of 100 or more. Alsu, the
conclusion is that women are
more likely to reach a ripe old
age than men.
"To live for 80 year is now
almost ordinary. M ire than one
in each ten per -ns who die
have survived their eightieth
birthday. Living for at least 80
years grows con.-’ mtly a, ire fre
qjent. Thus in 1910 only 6.9 per
cent of all death; in 111 mis were
among persons who had lived for
more than 80 years wlii'.i in 19
31 the prep rtion was 10.3 per
cent.”
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to pay coropersa:. i if it can
prove that the h>.-s or damage
was not due to errors in connec
tion with the navigation, the
steering or the governing of the
airship and that—in other resp
ects—all of the requisite steps to
prevent the loss or damage from
happening were taken by it and
its employees.
Lugigage may contain only per
sonal articles and none belong
ing to others, such as gifts. Such
articles can be carried only as
freight. Under no circumstances
will arms, ammunition, explosiv
es, photograph requisites, carrier
pigeons and apparatus for the
wireless transmission of news be
admitted for transportation. The
company’s special consent is re
quired for the transportation of
live animals.
Public Meeting Sat. Aug. 8,9:15 p.m. Dream Theatre
Sen. Henry Roden, Independent Candidate for Attorney General Will Address The Citizens of Nome At 9:15 P. M.