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VOLUME 84. No. 4 » o M B . ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. 1988 Slagle copy » of. P«r Month <1
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HIS NEW DEAL
WARM SPRINGS, Jan. 28, (JP)
—Roosevelt’s new deal for Americau
government “ Is beginning to un
fold and is expected to be on the
table promptly after he takes of
fice. One plan is already out, for
th$ organization of sea and air
transportation duties of the gov
ernment under one authority, for
economy and efficiency. The plan
calls for railroads, inland water
ways, commercial aviation, shipping,
motorbus traffic to be grouped un
der a central government director
ate.
VICK WAR AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28, (jP)
Vice war flared into the public
eye again today when an unknown
slayer got away with the shooting
of Mrs. Yetta Cooper, an alleged
proprietress of a disorderly esta
blishment. Patsy Miller, another
girl was shot between tbe eyes,
uitd a third woman was wounded.
Policeman Frederick Dolan was shot
to death by the murderer as he
escaped. A maid said a man en
tered the place and asked for.
Mrs. Cooper and talked to her.
tor awhile end then began. shOot
fclt.
ARRESTED ON DEFRAUD
CHICAGO, Jan. 28. (/P)~-Ernest
J. Stevens, a member of a promi
nent Chicago family was arrested
Friday <on a*" warrant charging a
conspiracy to defraud the Illinois
Life Insurance Company Receiver
ship of more thaa a. million dol
lars. He was formerly a vice presi
dent and director.
ATTEND FUNERAL
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VANCOUVER, B, C; Jan. 28, (/P)
-t—Hundreds of former Yukoners
and other citizens Friday attended
the funeral of Klondyke Bob Hen
derson who discovered gold in Yuk-<
on Territory in 1896.
OVERTHROW GOVT.
PARIS, Jan. 28, (JP)—'The 40-day
oM Paul Boncour government was
overthrown in the Chamber of De
—- puties after tn all night battle. The
vote was 390 to 193. The over,
throw came on an article in the
financial bill increase income apd
oilier general taxe rates five per
cent, in an effort to balance the
budget. It was tlso learned here
that the German cabinet had re
■t fifed.
DECLINES CABINET
n^.-^„,,8SEyff-«(«*28. (fi)—A1
Hmith told newspaper men today
that he would not tccept a cabinet
position in the Roosevelt admini
stration. adding “I am the head
of as many things now as I want
to be.”
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The Eagle Hall^ Commission ex
tends thanks to the-Ladies of
Mooseheart. Legion for their kind
ness in changing dates with them.
> The Valentine party which was
announced by the Moose ladies fot
the 11th of February, will be flv
en on . February 18th, >Uk the
. Pollies Novelle wiU^be g^«n on
^ Fdbrnary lltb.
For other airplane astir Wee look
\ under tie Telegraph Bullstia days
A SWIMMING POOI,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, (/P)—
Workmen went over the White
House Friday looking for a spot
to build a swimming tank for
j Roosevelt. The survey was stimu
lated by the insertion of a fifty
thousand dollars item in the in
dependent offices apropriation bill,
reported yesterday to the House,
but actual^ work will aw’alt the ad
vice of the Presldetn-elept. Fifty
thousand dollars are appropriated
every four years nominally for re
1 pairing and refurnishing the White
House but members of the appro
priation committee suggested that
it ' be turned over to a swimming
pool, as swimming is the only
form of exercise Roosevelt can in
dulge in, and must have, to keep
in physical trim. His close friends
say be favors the idea, but would
no>t desire an elaborate tank
STICKING TO'OP NS
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DBS MOINES, Jan. 28, (VP)—
With an estimated billion and a
half dollars at stake in the form
of a mortgaged deibt in nine states,
midwesterns farmers stuck firmly to
the campaign against foreclosure
Pies. < . •*
Prom Iowa, the mortttkft has
gained impetus steadily In the last
week and reverberations are heard
in Idaho and Oklahoma, in courts
and governor’s chambers, which all
shows that the farmere are intent
on saving their property.
INJURED IN TESTS
OAKLAND? Jan. 28. (VP)—Three
naval officers and a civilian stu
dent were injured when a balan
ce wheel on a new type of high
speed engine, burst during test*
■here Friday. Lieut. Charles E.
McDonald- TO. '^'was .seriously in
jured. and Lieut*. Kenneth Hurd
29. arid Lewis D. Sharp 28 years
jpld were- critically injured, and
E A Smith a civilian student was
sligh'tly Injured. The naval officers
were a group of twenty-nine An-*
napolis graduates taking post-grad
uate work in mefhartical engineer
ing at the’ University of Califor
nia. ' ’
_ ^Accompanied _ by nve.civilian
students they went to the plant of
a gas engine company to watch a
demonstration of a new engine. As
they stood near observing it, the
fly-wheel flew into fragments, shoot
ing parts of itself into the crowd.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT
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LONDON, Jan. 28. (A3)—Eng
land's comparatively new tariff was
advanced as available to the British
Commission for bargaining purpos
es when that body presents its
appeal for a revision of war debts
to America.
ANOTHER ' PUG CAUGHT
CHICAGO, Jan. 28. (A*)—-Murray
Humphreys reputedly overlord of
the imprisoned Capone’s liquor
syndicate, was convicted Friday of
Carrying concealed weapons. Ar
guments for a new trial have been
set. for hearing, on February 4th.
If the motion foT a new trial is
overruled Humphreys faces a sen
tence of a year in the Cook County
Jail and three hundred dollars fine.
He la rated as Chicago’s new pub
lic enemy No. 1 since Capons was
Jailed.
PUBLIC RECEPTION AND DANCE
GIVEN DIMOND
Last . Monday evening a public
reception and dance was given in
honor of the first visit to Nom*’
of Delegate-elect Anihony J. Dim
ond, when fully 500 people went to
the Mg Eagle hall, despite the un
usual temperature of 30 degrees
below zero weather, not as demo
crats or republicans, ..but as Alask
ans, to pay their respects to OUR
next delegate to Congress. This is
the first time In history that a
delegate has paid a vtsfit to hla
constituents before taking office,
this was occasioned by his fprmer
promise to visit Nome and the
Second Division, before he was in
jured by an airplane propeller while
making a tour of Alaska in the
interests of his candidacy for deie
gate to Congress from Alaska
1 Following two opeuiug musical
numbers by the Nome Orchestra.
Senior republican Senator from
] the Second Division Alfred J. Lo
men who served in the Alaska
Senate with Senator Dimon 1. in
troduced him to the public in i
most fitting and welcome manner.
Following is a summary of the
remarks of Senator Lomen:
"Fellow Citi****!'1'
"Over the tha. other evaa
ing I heard the story of how Lin
coln received the news of Lee’s
surrender. Lincoln was traveling on
the presidential train, which was
i unexpectedly stopped at a small
town; a great crowd of people
had gathered at the station and
were shouting; "Lee has surren
dered!” The band was there ani
the mayor of the town, on being
presented to the President, asked:
"Shall we play Yankee Doodle?"
Lincoln replied, "No; play Dixie".
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"I wonder if those *in charge of
tonight’s meeting had this story
i in mind when they selected me
j to introduce Mr. Dimond. The dem
ocrats can well afford to play Dix
ie. While they have reason to be
enthused over their triumph, we
who were not victorious find but
lfttle sting in our defeat, for we
are as proud of our new delegate
as are the democrats. The war is
over and there is no north and
south: the election is over, and
tonight there are neither repuhli
cans nor democrats in this hall.
Tonight we are all Alaskans, unit
ed in doing honor to our represen
tative. Mr. Dimond. or Tony, as
he is called by all those who
have had the good fortune to know
him, now belongs to Alaska. '
"However, it is as a friend that
I wish to introduce him this ev
ening. rather than as our delegate
elect. I doubt if many' of you
know what a staunch friend Mr.
Dimond has been to the Second
Division. His record in the Alaska
Legislature during the past years
dhows that he has lent his unquali
fied support to all measures that
were constructive for our division.
You know, of course, that no mem
ber of a Second Division delega
tion would introduce anything but
const motive legislation, so we have
enjoyed Mr. Dimond’s cooperation!
one hundred per cent. His support
means more than just a vote, for
he is a recognised leader and a
tireless worker; be Bees and thinks
clearly, and he 1b fearless in his
convictions.
"Today, Mr. Dimond is the pol
itical standard bearer of Alaska
because he is a man. At Washing
ton he will be found ia the front
(Continued on Page Two)
DESCRIBES VACATION FLIGHT
(HOME TO NOME
! M^ss Kristie Sather who arriv
ed in Nome Wednesday by the
Pacific. Alaska Airways'" to spend
her vacation with hef' parents, Mr.
land Mrs Peter Salhery/relates- with
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jenthusiasm'various fixtures of the
| air por ion of her home-coming
; journey. Flying with Pilot Joe
Crosson from Cordova to Fairbanks
•arid with Pilot Roittbius from Fair
banks io Nome, after-a vigit to Tet,
I liu and Tan-ana Crossing, Miss Sath
er was privileged to see unfolded
jin the short space of seventeen
hours flying time, a lengthy pano
rama of Alaskan winter scenes, so
remarkable as to make one won
der why scenery lovers come to
Alaska pply in the summer. A rap
j id succession of mountain vistas,
i frozen lakes, winding rivers, mot
1 ted skies, were sufficient to erase
I from her memory any of the rig
oars of winter travel.
Although the journey was made
4,u weather as low as fifty below
and 'Mlss Sather arrived in Nome
during the coldest weather of the
j winter, the trip did not present
. any uuusual inconveniences. The
I comforts of the plane during the
flight combined with the still ex
istent muI far-famed hospitality of
the Mission hostelries federal
schools, and the roadhouses for
stopovers in the smaller villages,
i have successfully overcome. Miss
Sather believes, the difficulties us
ually associated with winter trav
el in Alaska.
On the journey a graphic com
parison of travel methods was pre
sented from the plane when several
thousand feet below there appear
ed a lone musher making his way
on snow shoes or by dog team. In
variably the pilot would grant to
■the mufiher. the recognition of the
plaue’s salute, while the musher
in turn bade the plane "God seped"
by a wave of his arms.
Probably the most telling in
dication of the progress made in
Alaska travel came through the use
of the plane’s radio. The pilot was
almost constantly in touch with
headquarters giving or receiving
weather bulletins, cruising advice,
and information regarding the pro
gress of the trip. While flying ov
er McCarthy a demonstration of
the interplay of modern inventions
making for flying safety occurred
when Pilot Robbins recived a call
from the Fairbanks station asking
if it was his plane flying over Mc
Carthy, for the office bad been in
formed by telePh°ne of a PAA plane
over McCarthy.'sSThe entire exchange
of communication occurred while
the plane . was still directly over
the town -—
Paul Yv. (Jordon, l)r. f. h. bell
ows. iind N.~ Letter Troast of the
Juneau office of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs, arrived in Nome on
the same plane as Miss SaUier,
having finished the first leg of a
rather extensive Inspection trip to
about eighty educational'and medi
cal stations conducted by the Bur
eau in ,$lie Central, Seward Pen
insula, Kotzebue, and Kuskokwim
districts. The trip Is being made to
inspect and to supervise the work
of the several stations, to meet with
various groups and individuals, In
terested in native affairs, and to
gather information upon which to
base the future work of the Bur
eau. • ■ J. ' /
Mr. Gordon, educational direotor,
is particularly Interested in study
ing the various phases of native
BEING TURNED OUT
LDS ANGERB8, Jan. 28, (£>) — •
, John Farrow, a' film scenario writ
er was arrested .today in the gov
ernment drive to rid Hollywood
of aliens alleged to he in ' the
United States iTftSsQjjy. It is said
he is a native of Austratra and
is charged with overstaying his ,
permit in this country. Immigration
agents also s-airf there had been
other complaints . against Farrow,
.but they were : B»t.tffMlefe—
CEREBRATES BIRTHDAY
IJOORN, Holland, Jan. 28, (/P)
Former Kaiser Wilhelm1 II of Ger
many was in high spirits and ap
parently in good health as he cele
brated his 7,4th birthday Friday,
,in the midst of numerous members
of the family and a considerable
group of friends. He was especial
U touched bv the large uumber of
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Sitters from America
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EARTHQUAKE FE1/T
PASADHNA, Jan 28. (/P)—A
strong earthquake, beglnni:** at
2:48 p.m. Friday waa register oa
the seismograph the < traegia
Institute. The shock waa w. mated
na Si70 hundred gUn diataa pro
Hj-tkjt- in* Jiy>on,, the *£. Y^i’-Sfr}1
Islands ~ ‘
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JDKFEATK LA BARBA
NEW YORK. Jan 28. (^P)—Sea
man Tom Watson. British feather I
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weight champion came through hia
first American test with flying col
lore Friday night, winning a con
(vtncing twelve tound decision over
Fidel LaBarba the rugged veteran
from Los Angeles. W'atson weighed
127 and three-quarters pounds and
LiaBarlba 126 and a half pounds. 12
thousand people were seated at the
bout.
life to which the educational sys
tem should he adapted ^and to co
ordinate the several activities now
conducted in the interest of the
native communities Dr. Fellows
expects to confer with health of
ficials. physicians and nurses in the
localities visited regarding health
matters and problems. to inspect
the hospitals and nursing stations
which the Bureau operates and to -
give medical aid to the villages
visited where no regular service
now exists, and to assist nurses
and teachers in carrying out their
medical work. Mr. Troast. architect
[for the Bureau hopes to collect
data necessary for the proper con
struction and maintenance of the
Bureau’s buildings and to formulate
it construction program for the
Bureau to operate over a period
of years with a view to bringing
all the buildings of the Bureau up
to an accepted standard. He will
confer with contractors, saw mill
fiSr.
operators and dealers, with a view
to getting information on matters
that can be furnished and work
executed by competent workmen in
the various localities, so that as far
as possible Alaska material, may
ibe used and Alaskan workmen be
given every possible'consideration.
L E Robinson, local district sup^ \
erlntendent will accompany the Jun
eau officials ss far as Shdshmaref.
visiting Igloo, Teller, and Wales
enroute. The group expects to re
turn to Nome in about one week
and then to proceed along the coast
to the lower Yukon and Kusko
kwlm.