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NEGOTIATIONS FOR
SETTLEMENT STRIKE
ARE STILL PENDING
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SITUATION AT NOMK
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The longshoremen's strike, which
has been continuing unabated for
the past two and a half weeks
may cause a serious situation In
Nome and northwestern Alaska,
should it prevail to such an ex
tent as to prevent the flnst steam
ers of the season, leaving Seat
tle for Nome and Bering Sea.
Already one vessel due to leave
for Nome hajs been detained for
the past four or five days. The
S. 8. Baldwin of the Arctic Tran
sport Co., which was due to sail
for Nome May 22nd, is still in
Seattle, and its sailing date un
der the existing conditions re
mains' indefinite, due to the fact
that the longshoremen refuse to
put cargo aboard her fpr Berin*
Sea ports. The local office of the
Lomen Commercial Co. states that
■no definite information has as
yet. been received as to her sail
ing time from Seattle., but that
at the first opportunity, they be
lieve their office will be advised.
The S. S. Victoria, of the Alaska
Line, due to sail ifrom Seattle for
Dutch Harbor and Nome June 1st,
may possibly be detained as are
all ships In the port of Seattle,
because of the strike. The S. 8.
Derblay of the same company is
due to sail June 2nd but no de
finite assurance is Riven that she,
will be able to sail either. On June
6th the M. S. Sierra of the Arctic
Transport Co. Is also due to sail
but due to the paralyzing effects
uf the strike, it is uncertain at
present when the vessel will sail.
Telegram A received from G. R.
Jackson, President of the Nome
Chamber - of Commerce and' Worn
the Alaska Territorial Chamber of
Commerce advised that the Nome
Chamber telegraph the Seattle
Chamber of the conditions in Nome
at present and the urgency, if
any, that »uppli<v» be sent in as
soon as possible,
Teh Nome Chamber wired the
Seattle Chamber of Commence that
no immediate alHnn was felt but
that the situation may soon de
velop into a case where much
suffering and privation may endure
if the Brat vessels of tl}e season
i a re not dispatched as scheduled.
A shortage of food, fuel and horse
•
feed was stated, due to having
received no supplies since last Oct
ober. It was suggested that every
effort be made to have all the ves
sels sailing for Mome, leave port
as scheduled.
In regard to the Territorial
Chamber they were advised that
all data and information had been
dispatched fo the Seattle Cham*,
her of Commerce and that In case
anything came up regarding this
section, they were advised to keep
in touch with the President of the
Nome Chamber of Commerce. G.
H. Jackson, who is now in Seattle.
While no immediate alarm Is I
felt here, and no actual crisis
exist* at present. the situation
still remains, that serious thought
nui*t be given the niuoation of how
soon it will be possible for sup
plies to be shipped in. According
to the latest available telegraph
Information on the longshoremen’s
strike, no definite decision is ex
pected within four fir five days,
and possibly not then, if the pre
sent deadlock over higher wages, j
shorter hours, and a closed shop,
continues.
8UBSCR1BN FOR THB NUGGET
EXPECT SOME
AGREEMENT IN "
FOUR FIVE DAYS
MAY FIND RELIEF
(By The Associated Presk)
SEATTLE, May 23. Dewey Ben
nett said that a definite decision
for leading boats for Bristol Bay
may h* made at a meeting to be
held at three p.m. today. He said
that such a move would require
the approval of all shipping groups.
Ships to be involved would be
the Libby boats “Otsego” "Wll
Ham Tupper” and “North King’*.
Other reseed* affected would be
Pacific Alaska Fisheries boats for
Dillingham.
OIiOM® SHOP ISSUE
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, The
®l*«od shop question remained as
the major stumbling block today,
in the settlement of the longshore
men's strike.
COAST GUARD MAY RUN MAIL
(By The Associated Press) —.
S MANTLE, May 23. Possibility
that the Count Guard vessels may
be used to handle the mall betnreen
Seattle and Alaska, was annoufic
fc
ed by A. D. Lawrence, District
Superintendent of Mail, after a
conference with Hinckley.
New outbreaks of violence oc
cured in San Francisco and Oak
land, as dock workers tightened
their sedge on the waterfront.
Mediators awaited the arrival of
Joseph P. Ryan, President oj the
International Longshoremen's Asso
ciation.
SAYS MAYBE POUR FIVE
DAYS AGREEMENT MADE
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.. SAN FRVOISOO. May 24, As
the longshoremen's strike tighten
ed Its net on the coastal shipping
business and refused to allow any
ships to be prepared for the Brist
ol Bay area, Joseph P. Ryan, Presi
dent of the International Long
shoremen's Association is still
enroute westward by plane to aid
in the peace attempts now being
made.
He is expected to arrive here
tonight. (
Reynolds said he believed an
agreement would be made In four
or live days.
Two men were shot and slight
ly wounded in an Oakland melee.
LOOKS LIKE FIGHT TO FINISH
(By The Associated Press')
9 SAN FRANCISCO. May 25. Fat
ed bv threats of a light to the tin
tsh in the longshoremen’s strike,
the mediation board resumed its
peace efforts with Joseiph Ryan. |
President of the International Long
shoremen’s Association taking a
hand. He arrived from New York
.last night and -conferred imtui .i
[lately with labor leaders and em
ployers. He said recognition of the
1. L. A. appeared to he the main
Issue.
The San Francisco Union adopt
ed a resolution to drop all nego
tiations unless demands for a fpija;
plete union recognition were met 1
by Saturday night.
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce pointed to an almost com
plete blockade of shipping, and
appealed to the President for his
personal intervention.
Longshoremen Delegates from
all sound ports are meeting In
Tacoma to consider the demand
to permit the resumption of ship
ping to Alalka and the Ashing In
dustry. So far no word has been
issued.
Employers in Los Angeles re
ported vessels moving nearly on
schedule although other ports are
filled with Idle ships.
WASHINGTON, May «5. With
threats of a flgiht to a finish this
summer between Industry and la
bor unions, with the battle lines
extending across the nation, the
capitol is stirred. Johnson of the
NRA and Mrs. Perkins Secretary
of Labor have been warned ot/
the danger of possible epidemics
as a result of Strikes.
SOVIET ICEBREAKER
ARRIVES AT NOME
DEPARTS WITH SLEPNEV
BISSIAN H'KBKKAKK'K
KKASHlh ARRIVE
NOMK, MAY 21 ST
.’The iUtsBian looUrpaker S. 8.
Kraiwin la command- of Captain
P. Punomareff, dropped anchor in
the Nome roadstead. 8 pan. May
2let, 1934, being the first ves
sel of the 1934 season to arrive
•t Nome.
The Kraasin arrived Nome by
way of the Siberian coast, with
■the purpose ‘ of picking up Com
gamier Slepnev and hfct plane, to
be transported bach , to Siberia.
After proceeding north from Pro
vidence Bay. the Knaaain touch
ed at' Uejen usd Whaley on the
Arctic coast of Siberia, and then
headed south for. Nome. She ex
perienced severe Ve conditions
Both going north aiul south.
The Kra-ssin was sent around
from Leningrad to assist the two
vessel,; t/ho 'Smolinsk and Stulin
grad in transporting 'back .to civ
lization, the one hudrt.d or more
refugees rescued from the ice
floes this winter.
The expedition was under the
command of P. Smirnoff, with N.
Kvgenoff second in command. Both
I of the.se men are internationally!
i famous for their Arctic expedi
tions and work in the north At
lantis and the Arctic Ocean, Mr.
Bvgenoff, who- is high in govern
ment circles in the hydrographical
service, was in Nome twenty veer*
ago as u Lieutenant aboard one
of tit; (tuaaian geographical ships
| which made the voyage thru the
jNortheast Passage, and which ar
rived at Nome and St. Michael in
' 191.1 and 1914. Several features
of this city Mill remained promin
ent in hi* memory. %
| The wotk of ar-'paring the Kicwtst
‘ ..at « l '#9 ., 4.
Jster plans fltxwti thy Slepnev. start
I ed soon after the arrival of the
Kcassia. .Throu*gh the efforts of
the’ Isxmen Commercial, a crew
ot capable and efficient men were
placed at work preparing timbers,
etc... for crating the fuselage and
, wing of tile plane. The local U.
j S. Coast Guard, with its motor
I boat made hourlv contact wtth
jthe ship at all times and when
[the plane was towed to the ship,
'the motor boat did the jorf. In
j very speedy order, the Nome Har
i bor Lighterage Co., placed its
j large crane in operation, and ex
1 ecuted the loading of the crated
plane aboard what is known aa
a “catamaran”, .two ship’s boats
fastened UvgaUier to make a float
ing foundation.
Due to the iea conditions along
the coast and in Snake Hirer, no
bargee or Lurk could be launched
to take onre of the transporting
od the plane to the ship, because
of the grant risk involved at thin
tteaeon of the year, of the ice floes
being brought bwdk to the shorn
by southerly storm*.
The Kraasin stayed in port no- ]
til the morning of May Jilt'd, aail
ing for the vicinity/ At Sovhweevt
Cnpo on Kt. IaiwrOrde iWlaod, fct
6:55 a.m.. to get In eontnct with
the Stalingrad, which is fast in
the ice there with soil)- of the
rescued people aboard.
Tutsriav morning through ef
forts instigated by Thos. A. floss
mid several civic leaders arrange
mens wore made with , Captain
Ponn.maraff and the public school
children were invited to a It end
the bout for educational purpoB
es, and be conducted around the
Krassin, The Coast Guard motor
boat was kept busy till day tr,tn.w
port.inu school children to and
(CnnMnned on Page Fouri
PROMINENT MAN DEAR
(By Tlit> Associated Press)
CANNES. May 24; Wttnd Whit
lock, aged »ixty-flvc,--former "PniG
ed States Ambassador to Belgium,
died here today. He hos been ill
for some months.past, and under
went two operations recently for
bladder trouble. His" funeral is to
be held Saturday, here.
TO BE ANOTHER I XtJITKV
WASHINGTON, May 22, A de
mand for the elimination <|f “div
idends from death" spurred the
organisation of an inquiry into the
traffic in war axms. , y, ./
Senator Vandertberg i* t he co
author of a resolution under which
a special senate committee ex
pects to bare this summer, the
workings of an international trade
in materials of war. *(*
He said; “The commercial mo
tive is public enemy No. 1, in
the peace equation, for the end
ing of all war profits and the ter
mination of dividend* from death.
The elimination of this traffic
will do more to haaten the elim
ination of needless war, than any
other one thing on earth.”
LEAVES SEATTLE,
(By Th# Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 23. Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka, famous ethnologist, left
today for Kodiak Island, hoping
to definitely establish the racial
origin of the strange people who
once lived there.
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VN’A^lUjf^rON, May 22, Presi
dent KbospveU rceoniitnended tg
Congress Boday that it declare
‘America's policy to be "to increase
the amount of silver in our mone
tary flocks with the ultimate ob
jective of having aiul maintaining
one-fourth of their nuonetar.v val
ue in silver and three-fourths in
‘gold.’’
Th& policy would be made man
datory as far as payments are con
cerned, for the present.
Silver holdings in this country
would be limited to 50cts an ounce
profits.
The above statements were in
cluded In a message to the Sen
ate.
The President signed the bill
extending another year moratorium
in mining assessment work. The
exemptions allowed to Individuals
wlM apply to those whose Income
this year did not cause them tc
pay Income tax. Sucb persons may
obtain exemptions from doing ass
essment work on six claims. Cor
porations, associations or partner
ships which were required to pay
j no income tax may claim, axaliUfe
l.tionft nti tw('lvtt claims.
jsil.VKH KKtKIVI.V; THOltJHX,
j WASH IN( i'IX>N, May 2.'!, Some
j tit- the silver bloc, who havo been
j studying the President's silver mesa
jage, .said the President viewed tho
bill as putting silver on the same
basis as gold. They called the
proposal as another forward step
along istho struggle to rehabilitate
silver.
Thomas complained that the
President's proposal did not make
sliver mo my under the bill now
heiinK brought, any more than
greenbacks or coppor or niekle,
were made money.
Borah, Thomas, Wheeler and
McCarran broke temporarily away
from the silver bloc for a huddle
on the question of liberalising the
allured purchase bill.
They said they wanted to study
the measure minutely In private
conference to see if they should
move to strengthen It. First re
actions of some of tbs four Indi
cated uncalled for Joy over the .
proposed treatment of the white
metal.