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V0L 38 No 238. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, August 14, 1937. Per Copy lOctf
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Soviets Are Believed Down Arctic
Action on Nomination Black is Expected Monday
P. A. A PLANES SEARCHING FOR RUSSIANS
Northland Is At
Icy Cape, Waits
For Ice To Move
Kurt Sprenger, Officer in Char
ge of the Nome Station of the U.
S. Coast Guard, received infor
mation by wire this morning
from the U. S. C. G. Northland,
enrute to Point Barrow
The government vessel reported
it was anchored off Icy Cape, aw
aiting movement of the Arctic
Ice pack, before proceeding to
Point Barrow.
Arriving in that vicinity a few
days ago, the Northland discov
ered strong westerly winds blow
ing, forcing the Arctic ice on to
tfje Alaskau shore. At present
tne ice, is reported to be so close
ly packed at Icy Cape, that the
Cutter deems it advisable to await
more favorable movements, be
fore proceeding further north.
Majority Members
Judiciary Commit
tee Are for Black
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 14,
—Statements from a majority of
members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee assured a favorable
report probably Monday on the
nomination of Senator Hugo
Black of Alabama.
Ten members of the committee
said they would vote to confirm
the Alabaman; three members
are definitely opposed to him;
four others are still non-commit
tal; two of these lean toward con
firmation and two against.
Rules Committee
Bottled Up Wage
& Hour Measure
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 14
—An unprecedented impassee ir
the Rules Committee impelled al
most everybody but the Hous<
leadership to concede that the ad
ministration’s wage and hour bil
is pigeonholed for the remainde:
of the session.
House leaders, however, insist
ed publicly they would not givi
up until adjournment.
The rules committee has kep
the bills bottled up despite “terri
flc pressure”.
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Governor Asks
Alaskans Watch
Soviets
JUjSTEAU, Aug. 14, — The State
Department advises that the Sov
iet government has requested the
United States to aid in the search
for the Soviet plane coming from
Moscow to Fairbanks.
This appeal is to request any
i one who has seen a plane resemb
ing the Soviet plane, or heard its
motor, to report that fact prompt
ly to the Office of the Governor
of Alaska and to the Signal Corps
of the U. S. Army at the nearest
Signal Corps station.
Signed: John W. Troy,
Governor of Alaska.
i Beds tor Alaskans
SEATTLE, Aug. — And now—
berths in the sky for Alaska pass
enger flying between Seattle, the
Midwest and East!
Effective immediately. United
Airlines is including sleeper trans
port facilities as part of a start
lingly new, fast overnight pass
I enger-mail-exprress schedule from
|Seattle to Chicago and 18-hour
■ service to New York.
i Alaska passengers leaving Seat
I tie on United’s new schedule at
■ 4:15 p.m. fly to Salt Lake City
where they board a giant Main
liner sleeper which gets them to
Chicago at 8 a.m. in time for
I breakfast. Those going on east
fly aboard one of the company's
non-stop bkylounges, to arrive in
New York shortly after the lun
cheon hour. Westbound, the same
type of facilities are provided,
with sleeper transport schedules
between Chicago and Salt Lake
City enabling travelers to leave
New York as late as 6:10 p.m
and Chicago at 10 p.m. with ar
rival in Seattle, gateway to Al
aska, next morning. United’s new,
sleepers, part of a $3,000,000 flee'
of Mainliners, embody such feat
ures as twelve commodious ber
ths and separate dressing room:
for men and women.
“The new schedules are equal
ly important to the transportatioi
of mail, passengers and expres.
^ and should prove a significan
development in the steadily in
creas Alaska-steamer-plane busi
ness clearing through Seattle,
said C. J. Middleton, district traf
Ac manager of United Air Lines.
t The company'is continuing t
operate two daily round trip
with 21-passenger Mainliners an
a third daily round-trip with 1C
» passenger Boeings between Seal
j tie and Southern California.
Oregon Creek
Mining Property
Changes Hands
The mining property on Oregon
Creek, owned by John DeFries,
well known Nome mining man,
was purchased this week by a Mr.
Tollbert and associates of Seattle,
for tlie unusually low figure of
$10,000, it is reported.
The property embraces 12 pla
cer mining claims, mining equip
jment, including hydraulic pipe
and nozzles, a big ditch system
^for carrying water to the proper
ty. etc. Seven of the 12 claims
1 are already patented and Mr. I. S.
Coope;- representing Mr. Tollbert
and associates of Seattle, is on
i the property now getting equip
ment in shape for doing some
mining on a small scale this sea
son. but plans, mostly will con
sist of preparing the property for
next year’s mining operatons.
Mr. Peter Esch, who was also
dickering for the property with
Seattle people, just returned from
Oregon Creek where he and Mr.
Cooper were both prospecting the
ground and awaiting information
from their backers. Mr. Esch al
| though disappointed in losing the
property, feels that the new own
ers have a wonderful mining pro
1 position ahead of them, which
will add considerably to the gold
output of this section.
Mr. Esch is no quitter, ajid is
expecting to make a hurried trip
to Seattle on the next Victoria to
launch another mining deal in
this section.
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Another Mining
Deal Reported
Rumor has it in mining circles
that another mining deal has
been promulgated for an im
| mense acreage of dredging ground
j in the Ungalik River sehtion, and
! that Frank Shaw has received the
;jsum of $10,000 down on the deal
jand that a dredge is to be con
structed on the property next
i ■ year.
; This, if true, is encouraging
t news to Nome mining interests,
- all of whom will be glad to learn
- that Mr. Shaw has been success
’ ful in interesting mining interests
- in this property which he has sc
faithfully and courageously stuck
j with for so many years,
s Mr. Shaw is in Nome at the
1 present time and as soon as he
- concludes his business here, wil
- return to the scene of his mining
property.
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Aerial Search Alaska
Springs Into Action as
Soviet Plane Missing
Alaskan Pilots
Engaged Search
Today in Arctic
I
Fairbanks, Aug. 14, — a
: Pacific Alaska Airways Electra
plane piloted by Joe Crosson and
Walt Hall, and two Fairchild
planes piloted by S E Robbins
and Murray Stuart, left here ear
' ly this morning, cruising in search
j of the missing Soviet four-motor
ed plane enroute from Moscow to
the United States.
Soviet agents Smirnov and Bel
iakov are aboard the Electra.
It was reported one of the air
plane would cruise to the Kotze
1 bue area, one to the Porcupine
1 river section, and one toward Pt.
; Barrow and the Arctic.
| It is expected the electra will
■ return here today without land
! ing while absent on the search.
; If any developments in Nome
; section wire us rush something
and follow up. Are any planes
! search there. Russians chartered
! planes leaving here.
Signed: News-Miner
Government Force
Cains A Mile On
I Insurgents
(By The Associated Press)
! HENDAYE, Spain, Aug. 14, -
! Government troops thrust for
. ward a mile in a surprise attack
i on the Brunette front outside oi
Madrid, as insurgents hammered
i out new gains on the long Ter
i uel spearhead, a hundred miles
east of Madrid.
Opponents concentrated tlieii
battle efforts on separate centra'
Spanish fronts, as each side chalk
ed up victories in the shell-torr
zone.
Government sources declarec
their troops had forced their waj
into an intrenchmeait near B-run
ette.
If you want the latest compile!
information on how to stake min
ing claims in Alaska, ask for th<
special folder booklet on “Hov
; To Stake Claims” for sale at thi
Nome Nugget Office 10* copy.
SEARCH EXTENDS TO
BARROW KOTZEBUE
AND THE PORCUPINE
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Aug. 14. — Soviet aviator Sigismund
Levanefsky radioed that one of his trans-polar plane’s
four engines was failing, just before Russian radio sta
tions lost contact Thursday night with plane bearing >r:
airmen to the United States. This message was filed
at Seattle at 2:45 a.m. today.
SEATTLE, Aug. 14, — The probability that the
Russian fliers are safe somewhere in the Arctic wastes
between Alaska and the North Pole, was seen here when
the Signal Corps station at Anchorage reported inter
ception of the first word from the Soviet plane in nearly
twenty-eight hours.
The Anchorage station reported that a code mess
age was heard at 6:44 a.m. today, but was only partly
readable. Translated with unreadable blanks it stated:
“No bearings (blank) having trouble with (blank)
wave band”.
The Signal Corps stations were instructed to make
1 every effort to guard frequency 9080 kilocycles, to ob
tain the position of the Soviet fliers, and ascertain if
assistance is desired. Posibilities of an aerial search in
! Alaska is being considered, it was tated.
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