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VOL. 37. No. 138 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JUNE 11 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Landon’s Nomination Is Conceded
G.O.P. Convention Activities Centered on Platform
S.S. VICTORIA TO ARRIVE NOME 8 TONIGHT
NOMINATION ALF M
LANDON CONCEDED
ON ALL SIDES SAID
Other Possible Candidates Refuse To
Allow Names To Go In. Col. Knox
Most Likely For Vice-President
(By The Associated Press')
CLEVELAND, June 11—With the nomination of
Governor Landon conceded on all sides the convention
struggled into the late hours today to compose platform
differences, and to name a ticket and get back home.
Both Knox and Vandenberg are mentioned as the
most likely nominees for the vice-presidential nomi
nation, but Vandenberg has said repeatedly that he
would not accept and urged Knox to do so; they and
all other erstwhile rivals of the “Sunflower candidate”
declined to even have their names presented for presi
dent.
The platform finally emerged at noon. The reso
lutions sub-committee after making a number of chan
ges made at the request of Landon members, said he
will be given almost everything. He asked for changes
of the original compromise platform, except the plank
for a constitutional amendment to permit minimum
wage legislation by the States.
A meeting of the full committee was postponed until
this afternoon. The convention was only a few minu
tes in session this morning until it took a recess until
this afternoon. Membership of the new national com
mittee was approved by the convention and includes
for Alaska Rasmussen, and Mrs. White. The after
noon convention recessed shortly after three o’clock
until seven o’clock tonight.
Police to Search
In Lake Missing
Illinois Tourists
t
(By The Associated Press)
ROSWELL, New Mexico, June
11, —State police, following a
year-old trail for missing Illin
ois tourists, prepared to search
Little Lake, twenty-two miles
northeast of here today.
Chief of police E J House said
it may give the answer to the
baffling disappearance of Mr and
Mrs. Albert Heber and Mr and
Mr and Mrs George Lorius, near
Vaughan, in May last year.
A Houston diver is going to
work, after several days of drag
ging operations, on a police tip
obtained from a man in the state
penitentiary.
Governor Tingley said it had
been revealed that the tourists
had been slain by two men, their
bodies bound with fence fire, and
then thrown in the lake.
Their abandoned car was dis
covered in Dallas, several days
after their disappearance. It
was also made known that their
personal effects had been burned
near Albuquerque.
Nome Drug Store
Northern Outpost
Of Squibb Plans
(By L. H. Davis in Squibbs
Sales Bulletin.)
The fact that we have implant
ed the standard of the Squibb
Plan at the “Northern Outpost of
Pharmacy” has given us excep
tional satisfaction and,we believe
will be of special interest , to
members of the Squibb Field
Staff. The actual accomplish
ment has just been completed
with our notification to J. G. Mc
Dougall, proprietor of the Nojye
Drug Store at Nome. Alaska.that
his application for Squibb Plan
membership has been accepted.
The list of Squibb Plan mem
bers starts with stores “just a
round the corner” and includes
progressive druggists from prac
tically every one of the United
States. But the long-distance
distinction goes out to Mr. Mc
Dougall, and his store now be
comes the “Northern Outpost of
the Squibb Plan”—if we may
borrow a portion of his slogan
Continued on Page Four
Two Of Alaska
Delegates to Go
Favor of Landon
(By The Associated Press'
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June II
—Following a caucus of Alas
ka delegates !\Ir Benson and
Mrs. Nafsted said they would
vote for Landon. White paid
he would vote for Borah.
Indications are that there will
be a landslide for the presidential
nomination of Landon, with sev
eral other candidates stepping
aside before the voting begins, it
appeared as the convention re
assembled for its fifth session.
Vandenburg for Landon
Vandenburg today released
Michigan’s thirty-eight votes to
the support of Landon, suggesting
that Governor Fitzgerald, instead
of putting his, Vandenburg’s
name in nomination, second the
nomination of Landon.
Senator Dickinson of Iowa, to
day declared he had withdrawn
as any possible presidential tim
ber.
Sortie of the Landon leaders ex
pected Colonel Frank Knox t<
withdraw from race for the pres:
dential nomination and accept
the vice-presidential nomination.
Platform Is A Problem
Regarding the platform, lead
ers said that Landon had messag
ed requesting a number of chang
es in the one drafted by the con
vention’s subcommittee and tha:
he was prepared to insist that
some of them be carried through.
Following an all-night confer
ence, Vandenburg said he had al
ready telegraphed his congratu
lations to Landon.
Following these revelations t, -
day, Knox headquarters were re
ported to be all quiet.
Planes Shipped
Anchorage Will
Fly to Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 11, — An aut
omobile engine-powered airplane 1
scheduled to make a non-stop
flight from Anchorage to Seattle ,
the latter part of this month, was 1
shipped in a crate for the north!
aboard the Steamship Mount Mc
Kinley.
C W Broom president of the
Washingtonians, the sponsors of.
the flight, also sailed, carrying,
with him twelve maps, which'
Captain W. B Voortmeyer, Ala
meda, California meteorologist
prepared. He will be one of the
pilots, and the other is now at
Anchorage, for the flight south.
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, June 11, — Antonio
Ramano, 62, president of the Mai
aga provincial parliament, and
the province’s leading socialist,
was assassinated in the city of
Malaga this morning.
Nome Welcomes Arrival
of Steamer Victoria and
379 Passengers Tonight
Last Word Is That
\ ictoria Is Due
8 P.M. Ionite
The last minute wireless infor
rr.ation on the arrival time of the
S S Victoria reveals that the
vessei is expected to arrive at
Nome at 8 P. M., according to
cfficial information from the
Captain, to the Nome Agent. Joe
Harnish.
Agent Harnish moved into the
new offices of the Alaska lane
this morning and is busy transact
.ng business.
It was announced by the Lum
en Commercial Company that all
passenger lighters for this seas
on would leave and arrive at
their Snake River terminal.
The Nome Brass Band leaves
from Snake River early this ev
ening to serenade the incomiing
passengers on the Vic.
Nome welcomes the arrival of the first passenger
and cargo steamer of the 1936 season of navigation—
The S. S. Victoria of the Alaska Line—with unquestion
ably better spirit and hopefulness, than for many ytars.
The influx of returning sourdoughs and cheeeha
ccos will meet with a situation possibly as serious as a
year ago—that of inadequate housing facilities, all ho
tels and vacant homes having long ago been filled by
those who came to Nome via airplane, but this will not
deter them, many of whom will probably be leaving im
mediately for their mining camps on Seward Peninsula
within a few hours of their arrival here.
The outlook for a busy mining season in the Nome
section, and also for all of Seward Peninsula, has never
been more encouraging for the development of the ri h
mineral areas in this section—a development, not spor
adic and sensational, but lasting and steady.
Tile price of gold now established at $35 an ounce
has been responsible to the largest degree in the further
development, and opening of many of the mineral areas
of this section, reflected in the large passenger list and
the huge tonnage in cargo and m.ning machinery being
shipped to Nome and Seward Peninsula this season.
Our principal industry of mining has been the suo
port of this section since gold was discovered, and the
steady and undeniable increase in that industry n pro
duction and new development, promises better times to
the whole section, and to Nome in particular.
Gold is the most valuable product today to the
United States and Nome and Seward Peninsula have
plenty of gold to be mined. The business of gold miri
ng here is probably witnessing its most ssn and legit
imate development, than ever before, wiih the sure
result that we will sustain its benefits and be a more
prosperous and contented people.
So Nome welcomes with a glad hand the passen
gers and steamship Victoria this spring wild every ap
pearance of increased prosperity
Special Power of Attorney forms
now on sale at
The Nugget Office.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 0 Oakland 9
Missions 4 Los Angeles 7
Portland 6 Sacramenta 3
San Diego 8 San Francisco 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 8
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 4
Others rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit3 Boston 4
Cleveland 10 Washington 2
Others rain.
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
comparative costs of the propos
ed Alaska Railroad Retirente t
Act and the Civil Service Retire -
ment Act.
This action was apparentlv
p: onipted by the statement in t
report ot the Civil Service Coni
mission indicating that the cos
of retirement under the biiI
would be about double that c"
retirement under the general civ
il service retirement law. But..
Mr. Moore and the Delegate bt
lieve this estimate is widely i i
error and they have asked ft
an estimate by the Treasury ac
uary who worked on the Can. s.
Zone Retirement Act when th
legislation was in course of pasr
age. The Treasury estimate in
expected on Monday, May 25, an.1
as soon as it is received the Cot"
mitee will be asked for a favo: -
able report on the bill.
Huge Forest Fire
Near Skagway Is
Dangerous City
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, June 11, — A huge
forest fire is raging along the East
Fork of the Skagway river near
Glacier Station, about 14 miles
from Skagway, along the White
Pass and Yukon Railrod route.
The fire is sweeping both sides
of the valley. Railroad crews
are fighting the flames which are
spreading through an area six or
seven miles wide.
May 23. 1936.
The House concurred today in
the Senate amendments to the
bill introduced by Delegate Dim
ond to authorize incorporated
municipalities in Alaska to in
cur bonded indebtedness for fin
ancing public works. The bill
will now be sent to the President
for approval.
When the bill for retirement
of employees of the Alaska Rail
road was taken up today by the
House Committee on the Civil
Service, after some discussion it
was decided to defer definite ac
tion on it until more accurate in
formation can be obtained on the
With the approval of the W. ?
Department appropriation bill fi
the fiscal year 1937 last wee' .
which carries the apropriatiou
needed for undertaking selectc l
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