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VOL. 38 No. 72 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY MAR. 29 1937. Per Copy 15cts
Triple Murder in New York by Sex-Crazed Maniac
Attempts to Pass Amendment to Rivers Liquor Bill
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WALKER SEEKS TO
PROTECT BUSINESS j
NEAR THE CHURCH
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU. March — An am
•i-ndment to the Rivers Liquor Bill
which passed at the regular ses
sion and becomes effective June
jst, was sought in a bill introduc
•ed in the senate Saturday by
Walker, to exclude churches from
:.he section which provides that
no beverage dispensary license
can be issued for places within
two hundred feet of a school or
church.
The bill wras urged by the Eag
les, Elks, and Moose as well as
others, to protect those places
now located within the prohibi
tory section, but no licenses are
to be granted to new places in
the future.
Another provision of the new
bill would amend the law, to pro
vide that where liquor is sold for
/nodical purposes, a retail license
will be required.
The House passed the senate
bill creating the Department of |
Public Welfare, and also a Board
of Welfare, but it goes back to
the Senate carrying amendments 1
fixing the salary of the welfare
director at $4200 instead of $3600,
also he must have lived ten years
in the Territory instead of five,:
preceding his appointment.
The school transportation bill j
was withdrawn. It is understood
a similar bill will be offered next
week by the ways and means
i
committee.
Both houses will meet Monday
afternoon in a joint session as the
committee of the whole, for a
general discussion of social secur
ity legislation. Tonight the legis
lators are giving a ball to which
the general public is invited
Pioneer Affair
Tonight To Be
A Gala One
The big Seward’s Day celebra
tion being staged by the Pioneers
of Alaska Igloo No. 1, tonight, at
the school auditorium, promises
to be attended by one of the larg
«st crowds this year. Special fea
tures are included on the pro
gram <xf entertainment, including
a Grand March of all Pioneers,
singing of Alaska My Alaska, &
other interesting events, winding
up with dancing to orchestra
mus e until'midnight.
The affair this evening really
marks the beginning of Fair
Week, and with many visitors in
town for the Fair, it is expected
that the hall will be crowded.
There is no charge, and Pioneers,
women Pioneers, their families
and all of their friends are urged
to be in attendance to participate
m the historic celebration of the
birth of Wm. H. Seward, who
was Secretary of State of the Un
ited States and under whose lea
dership Alaska was purchased
from Russia.
The program starts promptly
at 9 P. M. and the doors will be
open at 8:15.
NOTICE
Both meeting* of the evening
Vocational Knitting Clan under
the direction of Mrs. David S.
Masen are cancelled for this
week due to the Fair.
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Carter Glass of
Virginia Talks
Against Plans
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 20, —
Senator Carter Glass of Virgin
ia, is to broadcast at 7 o’clock
tonight Pacific Standard Time,
an address opposing President
Roosevelt’s court reorganization
program.
senator Joseph Kobinson ot
Arkansas is to deliver a forty
five minute address supporting
the bill tomorrow nighit.
The opposition testimony be
fore the senate judiciary com
mittee is to be resumed tomor
row.
Administration leaders said
that they expected to offer little
rebuttal testimony, as an effort
to end the hearings by April 10.
Chairman Ashurst predicted
that passage of the bill would
not result before the middle of
July, unless sentiment is crystal
ized.
WASHINGTON D C March 24,
—Delegate Dimond introduced a
bill In the house today to limit
fishing by set Btfke nets in Brist
ol Bay, as the residents of that
region “are being crowded out by
commercial fishermen..'
Dimond said another measure
introduced asked that a half ac
re tract of land deeded a year ago
to Alaska as a part of the Pion
eers Home, be returned to the
Sitka Cold Storage Company,
: whose buildings are on the pro
jperty.
Strike Pressure
Easing off As
Principals Agree
(By The Associated Press)
LANSING, Mich., March 29,—
Representatives of the Chrysler
Corporation and the United Auto
mobile Workers of America aTe
reported yielding their extreme^
position on the union recognition
issue.
Governor Frank Murphy said
the sole difference was Largely
the degree of bargaining.
Both sides are willing to ae
cept to the pan whereby the
employees would be free to
choose their bargaining represen
tatives.
If such a plan can be found,
the Reo strike will be near set
tlement Negotiations will be re
sumed tomorrow. The Hudson
strike is still stalemated.
Seventeen Were
Killed, 5 Hurt
In Bus Crackup
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(By The Associated Press)
SALEM, Illinois, March 25, —
Seventeen persons were killed
and five injured seriously when
a special charter bus crashed into
a bridge abutment near here and
overturned.
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Witnesses said the bus burst
into flames immediately after the
crash. So terrific was the impact
that the motor was thrown many
feet clear of the wreckage.
All of the passengers were
members of a roller skating der
by enroute to Cincinnati, Ohio.
The driver of the bus said one
of the front tires blew out
The undersigned would like
your assistance in helping to lo
cate a gentleman, known to his
friends as “Happy” Wright,
Gertrude Stevenson
1581, MadLsoo Street, Apt. 33,
Oakland, Calif.
EASTER CELEBRATED IN GRAND
STYLE AT POINT BARROW
(By The Associated Press)
tJAKKUW, March 29, —Brill
iant plaid snow shirts, and fur
jackets were the vogue Sunday
as Eskimo women paraded for
the Easter services. A few whit
es donned goggles to protect their
eyes from the glare of the sun
on the ice and snow.
For weeks girls have ransack
ed the stocks of goods in the
trading post for the guadiest
plaids they could find. These
were fashioned into snow shirts.
This seasons styles called for
•
i colored triangles sewed upon the
i hoods. Triangles lent additional
brightness to the garments, and
were also sewed for parking plac ’
es for chewing gum, while the
I ladies were in church.
Subzero temperatures requr
ed the wearing of parkas of the
finest fur, but the choice fur was1
hidden beneath the shouting
plaids.
Hayward Wrote
Of Weather and
Planes at Nome
Following is a short article sub
milted by Thomas. B. Hayward
of the U S Weather Bureau at
Nome, to the Bulletin of the Am
erican Meteorological Society:
Airway Weather Reports in Re
lation to Commercial Aviation in
Northwestern Alaska.
By Thomas B. Hayward
Nome is the central weather ser
vice station for the northwestern
Alaska airways which extend
north to Pt. Barrow, east to Fair
banks and southeast to St. Mich
ael. Air transportation has grown
rapidly in the past few years ow
ing to the uncertainty and lack i
of speed with which people and
goods can move over the surface. |
With the development of air
transportation has come the de
mand and necessity of issuing re
gular weather forecasts for the
ports to which the planes may
be bound. Cooperating with the
Weather Bureau in collecting and
sending airway weather reports
are both the U. S. Army Signal
Corps, and the Territorial radio,
and telegraphic system.
, Weather forecasts and reports
are doubly valuable to pilots fly-!
ing over the commercial airway
of this section for there are no
directional beams,;!ighted airways
or lighted- landing fields.—Auth
or's abstract.
Twenty Year Old Model, Her Mother,1
And Roomer Killed after Being
Beaten, Ravished, In N. Y.
NEW YORK, March 29, - Ver.
onica Gedeon, aged 20, a model,
and her mother Mrs. Mary Ged-1
eon aged 54 were both strangled
and beaten to death and Frank ';
Byrnes, aged 35, a waiter and ’
bartender who rented a room in;
the Gedeon apartment was stab i
bed to death in the fashionable
Beekman Hill district last night.'
The mother and daughter had
both been ravished. The triple
murder was discovered by Jos
eph Gedeon. upholsterer by trade j
who was estranged from his!
wife.
The nude body of Veronicai
was lying across the bed and her'
mother partly clothed was half!
way beneath the bed. Byrnes’!
body was discovered dressed on
ly in his underwear.
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The police said it appeared to
be the work of a sex-crazed man
iac.
TELLER NEWS
By The Gold Bust Twins
Toller, March 22. 1937
Mrs. Tweet and Edgar Jr are
d iing very nicely.
Mr. and Mrs Ralph G. Ulrick
«en arc spending a few days at
Gold Rnn.
Barney Vngen is taking a few
days off. He thinks maybe he'll
go tip to Igloo. We wonder
The underground mining out
at Gold Run is coming along fine.
They are using a self-dumper.
Claus Hole, Ole Sweien and Gil-'
bert Fridjerland are the miners.
Johnson is training his dogs for
the big race. What race He was
a visitor in town for a day
Ole Martinsen is still iin Gold
Run and feeling as fine as frog’s
hair.
Laurie Stepheosen is kicking
around out there and feeling
quite well.
Pilot Jack Herman hopped in-j
to Teller the other day with his ,
cute midget plane
Pilot Whaley was also in, bring'
ing Metta Mifller back from Can
I
die. She brought with her little
Robert Summers.
——... !
Pilot Cross was in the 2lst,
bringing Chester HoLberg and
Dan Kelly on a business trip.
Morris Thompson, Percy Blat
chford and George McLean ail
returned from trips to Nome
—
Harry Born drove in town to
day from the fox ranch—Jus first
run into Teller this winter
We are expecting Mail-carrier |
Levan in a day or so—some Nome
Nuggets then to read!
The Nome Daily" Nugget carries
several form* of printing blanks
(or your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill report*,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouches*, and
Special Power ef Attorney forms.
Registration Was
Far Below Last
Year’s Number
— i
Registration of voters for the
regular school hoard and cit>
election is considerably below the
number last year. City Clerk M
J. Walsh kept his office open un
til 10 p.m. Saturday night out of
courtesy to late-corr.crs.
When he closed, the number
registered had only reached 310
A year ago the number was MW
The election takes place Aprt!
0th. according to statute, but ac
cording to those who have filer!
petitions for positions, there ma>
not be any election, as not one
petition, for council, mayor or
city offices have been filed. Mrs
Efiie Baldwin is the only one fil
ed for member of the school'
board.
Undoubtedly there will be an.
election, but the kick of interest
being shown this year is unable
to be explained
However, it is hoped that peti
tions will be taken out, filled in,
and filed within the next two
days. Time for filing for posi
tions closes Wednesday March 31.
Up to late today the only peti
tions out were those of -City At
torney Leroy Sullivan, City Clerk
M J Walsh and City Treasurer
J S Stan groom
Terms Appointees
Listed and When
They Run Out
Following is a list of the prin
cipal appointive officers in Alas
ka and the dates on which their
appointments expire. The list
was recently given out by Dele
gate Dimond’s office to various
inquiries on the subject
John W Troy, Governor, Ap
ril 18, 1937.
Geo. F, Alexander, district jud
ge First division Jan. 25. 1938
E W Griffin, secretary Jan 31,
1938.
J H S Morison. district judge
Second division, July 25, 1939.
Simon Hellenthal, district jud
ge, Third Division, Feb. 15, 1930
Harry Pratt, district judge Four
th division June 20 1939.
W A Holzheimer, district at
torney First division. June 12, ’37.
Hugh O’Neill, district attorney.
Second division, Feb 20, 1938.
Joseph W. Kehoe, district at
tomey. Third division Feb 20
1938.
Ralph J Rivers, district attor
ney, Fourth division June 12, ’37.
Wm. T, Mahoney, marshal Fir
st division. April 4, 1938.
Thomas Gaffney marshal Sec
ond division January 25, 1938.
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