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VOL. 37. No. 11. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, January 14, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
GOP Refused Right of Broadcasting
JAPANESE READY TO QUIT NAVAL PARLEY
9 Hrs 27 Min. New Transcontinental Flight Record
Calif. Aviator
Sets New Record
Across Nation
9 HOURS, 27 MINUTES
10 SECONDS FLIGHT
ACROSS THE U. S.
Burbank — Newark
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 14, —
Howard Hughes, young
California daredevil, crown
ed his thrilling air achieve
ments today by completing
the fastest trans-continent
al flight ever made.
He flew without stop from
Burbank, California to New
ark, New Jersey, in 9 hrs.
27 minutes and 10 seconds,
smashing by more than a
half hour, the record set in
1934 by Roscoe Turner.
Hughes flew most of the
distance at 18,000 feet,
breathing part of the time
from an oxygen tank.
He attained a speed of
295 miles an hour, and av
eraged close to 260 miles
per hour.
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fBy The Associated Press)
. Undated, Jan. 14, —Brit
ish warships steamed south
ward toward Gibraltar, the
gateway to the Mediterran
ean Sea, as Premier Laval
of France began a period
of watchful waiting, for a
settlement of the Ethiopian
war.
Authoritative sources in
London said the massing of
English craft off the coast,
of Spain was a defense pre
paration against any Medi
terranean attack.
The French peace-mak
ers’ program, informed cir
cles reported, consisted of
an inactive policy for the
settlement of the war, and
an early election of a new
chamber of deputies.
The departure of British
ships left the island king
FOR SALE—One new
double bed and davenport
combination in good condi
tion, inquire of Stanley
Martin. 3t
Nome City Council Met Last
Night; Transacted Business
At the city council meet
ing last night, all council
men were present except
Ed. Gross. Minutes of prev
ious meetings were read &
approved, and all bills a
gainst the city approved by
the finance committee were
ordered paid.
The report of the police
department for December
1935 was read and included
ten arrests for drunk and
disorderly conduct; which
in many cases, fines were
paid, and in others, sent
ence was served out. There
were no fires during Decern
ber. $10.00 was collected
from the impounding of
dogs.
An offer of $60 from El
mer Anderson for a lot on
B street near First avenue
was turned over to a spec
ial committee of council
men, Poison and Seiden
verg to investigate.
A communication from
Deputy Collector of Cus
toms at Nome, C. C. Tan
ner, was read, which inclu
ded the statement that
Nome had been withdrawn
on orders from Washington
as a port of documentation.
It was believed at first that
this would result in loss of
certain revenues to Nome,
but upon investigation it
was stated that such was
probably not the case. A
letter pertaining to the sub
ject is to be written to Col
lector of Customs J. J. Oon
nors at Juneau.
An application for fire
chief at Nome was received
from Mel Adams, at pres
ent a member of the Wen
atchee fire department.The
application was filed until
such time as this subject
comes before the council.
dom without any protec
tion of major naval streng
th.
Fascist patrols which
surprised an Ethiopian
commissary column in the
Tembien sector, captured
thousands of bags of provi
sions, Italian dispatches
reported.
Eighty mutineers from
Ras Mulugheta’s army
were hanged and another
hundred were flogged today
as dissatisfaction spread
through Ethiopian ranks.
The main war fronts re
ported all quiet today.
Farley Sounds
1936 Call Keep
F. 1). Roosevelt
(By The Associated Press)
Tuckahoe, N. Y., Jan. 14,
i—Postmaster General Jam
es A. Farley, Monday ev
ening, sounded the demo
;cratic rally cry for the
presidential campaign, with
“Keep Roosevelt In; Keep
the Gang Out”.
The democratic national
chairman arraigned the
“self-professed gangster of
big business” as “arrant
demagogues and hirelings
of the privileged, whose
; stock in trade is talk.”
Farley spoke at a delay
ied Jackson Day Dinner be
fore the Westchester Coun
jty democratic committee.
His words were a clear am
plification of President F.1
D. Roosevelt’s declaration
to Congress of “No Re
treat!^i
I
A letter of receipt was or
dered written to Mr Adams;
C. F. Yenney’s report oni
the condition of the fire
mains throughout the city,
and work done on them
' during the past week, was
| read before the council and
accepted and approved.
A telegram from Gover
nor Troy, Alaska Director
of the PWA was read in
which the subject of the
payment of $9,000 approx
Continued on Page 3
Naval Tar lev To
Continue Despite
Japanese Threat
i
Japanese Delegates Ready
To Quit If Something
Not Ottered Soon
(By The Associated Press)
London, Jan. 14, —It was
learned authoritatively that
the naval conference will
continue, with or without,
the Japanese, after the Am
ericans and British held a
long conference at the Brit
ish foreign office last night.
It was reported late to
day that Admiral Osami
Nagano, chief of the Jap
anese delegation, would
pronounce an end to Japan
ese cooperation in naval
limitations, tomorrow, un
less something comes up to
inject new life into the five
power parley.
Delegates of the four oth
er powers intended to pro
ceed with the original in
tention of discussing build
ing plans, limitations and
kindred questions, which
were outlined when the con
Terence opened.
i By 1 he Associated Cress)
London, Jan. 13, — In
formed naval conference ob
servers understood that the
Japanese delegates inter
pret instructions from Tok
yo as authorizing them to
remain at the parley tem
porarily unless other pow
ers force an issue by official
ly rejecting the Japanese
demand for equality.
The Japanese spokesman
indicated that an Anglo
Japanese conference today
was expected to determine
the immediate course of
the Nippinese delegation.
Former Mayor Of
New York Is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 13. For
mer Mayor John F. Hylan,
died of heart trouble at his
home at Forest Hills, early
Sunday, at the age of 67
I years. He at one time was
a justice of the children’s
court.
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Three Kidnapers
Are Shot Death
_
(By The Associated Press)
Guanajay, Cuba, Jan. 14,
—Three accused kidnap
ers were shot to death in a
running gun battle with sol
diers a few hours after
Paulino Gorostiza, the 28
year-old-son of a rich man
ufacturer, had been aban
doned by his abductors in
the foothills near here.
Man Who Rolls
Lawn Required
To Have License
(By The Associated Press'
London, Jan. — Because
he must now and then cross
30 l’eet of public highway
with a motorized lawn roll
er, the groundsman at Beau
mont College, Old Windsor,
had to undergo the formal
driving test given to all
English motorists.
It turned out to be a most
unusual ceremony, with re
porters and cameramen on
hand in large numbers to
watch an official of the min
istry of transport deliver
the test.
C. L. Hester, the grounds
man, walked behind his
three-mile-an-hour vehicle,
and dutifully signaling for
left and right-hand turns,
became something of a hero
B. N. B. CLUB
All men and young men,
members of the Bering Na
tive Brotherhood, are re
quested to attend a meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 7 P.M.,
in rear of church.
Norman Lee, President.
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H. P. FLETCHER FLINGS
CHARGE CENSORSHIP
AT COMPANIES
(By The Associated Press)
Now York, Jan. 14, —
Two major broadcasting
companies, the NBC and
the CBS, today refused the
facilities of their organiza
tions to the Republican Na
tional Committee for polit
ical purposes.
The systems refused to
sell G. O. P. Chairman Hen
ry P. Fletcher, their facili
ties for political dramatiza
tion of the New Deal and
to exploit Republican is
sues.
In addition the Columbia
system permanen iy ban
ned any form of dramatiza
tion of political issues, and
ruled off the air, paid polit
ical broadcasting until af
:er the party conventions.
“'No* the Policy”
Columbia’s president Wil
Siam 3. - aley. s id it was
not the poly of the syst
em to pemr yvone to
make use of the facilities
as they saw fit “s nee the
responsibility for ho struc
ture of broadcasting lies
with us rather thin w:th
.hose who buy time from
us.”
NBC Likewise
Lenox R. Lohr, president
of NBC wrote Fletcher “to
accept such dram itic pro
grams as you have offered
would place the discussion
of vital, poltieal and nation
al issues on a basis of dram
atic license rather than up
on the basis of responsibil
ity for a stated fact or op
inion.”
Charges Censorship
From Washington, D. C.,
Chairman Fletcher hurled
charges of “censorship” at
the broadcasting compan
ies.
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