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VOLUME 35. No. p2. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 128* I’«r Copy: lO cents.
HINDENBURG IS BURIED IN NATIONAL SHRINE
EUROPEAN THRONE ENTANGLEMENTS NEAR
ROOSEVELT INSPECTING
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
DAM, POWER SECTIONS
ROOSEVELT IN MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INSPECTION
(By The Associated Prossi
BNROUTE WITH THE PRESI
DENT, Aug. 8, , The President
swung into thft, Mississippi. Valle/
to inspect the progress on d?m
construction by which he hopes to
rebuild the northwest around pro
fitable waterholes. He hopes by
the redistribution of population to
bring all families within range o.'
profitable opportunities.
He has made an extended tour
through the drought area and in
spected several gigantic federal
power and irrigation projects of
western water-sheds.
President Roosevelt is schedul
ed to again leave his special train
at Rochester, Minn., to attend the
exercises of the honoring of the
Mayo Brothers whose internation
ally renowned medical clinic is es
tablished there.
From Rochester he hopes t j
motor to the Mississippi" at Win
ona where the construction of
dams and locks is under progress
to complete a nine foot channel in
the upper Mississippi from Minn
eopolig to the mouth of the Miss
ouri River.
ROOSEVELT {TRAVELING HAST
STOPS AT DAKOTA
t'By The Associatei Pres?)
DEVILS LAKE, North I>akota,
’Aug. 8, to a dost-covered hut
cheering throng from this arid
region, President Roosevelt prom
ised his best efforts to find a sol
ution to the devastating drought
problem.
He addressed the crowd after
a fifty mile ride over dust blown
roads, around the edges of Devils
Lake which is slowly disappear
ing for want of water.
President Roosevelt said: “I
cannot honestly say that my heart
is happy because I have been
seeing what I have been reading
about for so long. It is a prob
lem tyhlch I wouldn’t try to fool
you by saying I knew the solu
tion to, but If it is possible I
will do something about it. We
jare going to do it.”
POLISH MINERS
IMPRISON FELLOW
MINE WORKERS
MINERS STRIKE IMPRISON
• 200 IN MINE DANGER
DEATH CERTAIN
(By The Associated Press)
LENS, France, Aug. 8, Two taun
. dred miners were trapped on the
thousand foot level of a coal mine
here where they were imprisons!
by * group of twenty Polish mln
era, protesting against the dis
charge of two comrades.
The miners blocked the galler
ies, cut the air, water and elec
tricity connections, entirely para
lysing the operations. The mine
guard were surrounded and plac
ed to one side. Shaft communica
tions ceased at 10 p.m. last night.
The group which trapped the
other miners is sharing the fate
■of Its prisoners. Authorities said
that most of the miners were
Poles and therefore more or less
In sympathy with each other.
AH changes of regular advertise
ment mast be ta the Nugget office
met later them 4:8» pjn. of the
Ojr be held over one day.
ONLY FEEBLE ATTEMPTS
RALLY MARKET
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, Stocks
made feeble efforts to rally, but
the market Anally closed w’th
small net losses to predominate
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leading issues. The close was
heavy. Bmds were heavy.
FARLEY RETURNS FROM
WESTERN TRIP
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, Post
master General Farley returned
today from a western trip radiat
ing optimism over the democratic
ic election prospects. He reinter
ated the prediction that the demo
crats would gain six seats la the
Senate. He forecast they would
hold their own in th House of i
Representatives.
Farley predicted the defeat of
Senator Robinson of Indiana, a
republican, by Sherman Minton,
democrat. Robinson, it was as
sorted has frequently attacked the
New Deal.
CONVICTED OF BLACKMAIL
AND EXTORTION
'Oy The Associated Prus)
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, John Cuv
aniga, former chauffeur for Col
onel Henry Huddleston . * Rogers,
* (7.
was arrested today and confessed
to a blackmail and extortion plot
against Rogers, who is a Stand
ard OU multimillionaire.
DEATH TO BE RESULT OF
DROWNING DAUGHTER
(By The Associated Press)
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 8, Death
in the electric chair, was assessed
against Elijah Stuart, twenty-se>
en years old, for the strangling
'tod his four-(year old daughter,
Dorothea, the jury deliberated
little more than an hour. He was
convicted, deepite the contention
by counsel for the defense that
Stuart was a "crasy man."
ATTEMPT BREAK LONG
DISTANCE FLIGHT RECORD
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHC1A BEACH, Ontario, Aug.
8, James Ayllng and Leonard Reid
took off at dawn In an attempt to
fly nonstop to Bagdad and break
the world's long distance flight re
cord.
TORRID TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE IN STATES
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 8, Scorching
temperatures burned again over
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! HINDKXHURG K('KIKI) IX
| SHRINK KAtTiKII TO
| GERMANY
(By The Associated Press)
TANNEiNBERG, Germany, Aug.
j8, Germany burled the late Presi
,dent Paul von Hindenhurg in the
shrine; it holds sacred, after the
jnew President-Chancellor hitler.
■ In in emotional eulogy at the bier,
said that the late President “had
opened the door to Nazlgtlsm and
made it possible.”
The funeral was brief an simple
as the old warrior-statesman had
wished, hut thousands of uniforms
ftavp It a military ^atniosphe'e
Hitler, how'ever, failed to give
the expected indications as to his
future policies.
He said “It was under his Hies- 1
I
idency that preparations were
made for the resurgence , of the
German nation. It was he who
opened the door to the represent
atives of that resurgence and in
his name the union was achieved
between the past and future.”
ATTACKS UKRMAV CHURCH
(By The Associated Press)
CASTLK ANDOL.FO, Italy, Aug.
8, The Pope made a severe at
tack on the German National
Church movement during an au
dience which was granted to
members of the German Catholic
Youths Society, declaring that the
German National movement “lacks
common sense." He urged that
the visitors continue courageous
ly to pray the Catholicism.
ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA
ENROUTE TO ITALY
CAUSES COMMENT
MORE ECKOI’EAN THRONE
ENTANGLEMENTS
(By The Associated Press)
BRUSSELS, Aug. 8, Archduke
Otto, claimant to the throne of
Austira, left Belgulm today, an
exile. He traveled l»y automobile.
It was announced he was intend
ing to go to Italy and join his
mo^hef, the Empress Zita, |who
has been there for the past three
weeks.
Her trip to Italy was consider
ed 'connected with matrimonial ra
ther than political plans. Rome,
however, considers it otherwise.
In collection with the announced
intention of the Archduke Otto
coming to Italy, Home believes
he is coming there to meet Musso
lini in connection with plans for
•his restoration.
BELIEVE VON PAPEN IS
ACCEPTED BV AUSTRIA
(By The Associated Press)
VIENNA, Aug. 8, Unconfirmed
reports today, which are believed
to be reliable said that von Papen
has been accepted as the special
Bering Sea have stopped most of
ler, by Austria.
NEW FOREST FIRES AGAIN
BRING THREAT RANGER
(By Tile Associated ' Ptfess)
SPOKAiNE; Auk. 8, New forest
fires have started up in Western
Montana, and south and central
Idaho, threatening in every way
and keeping the fighters on the
run, just when a brief respite wag
in sight, due to ratn last week.
Rising temperatures and low hum
idity reversed last week’s trend
when ra ns fell at that time t'y
relieve tl.e situation temporarily
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mid-continent which has already
been hard hit by heat waves.
The new wave extends from
the Rockies to the Appalachian
and southward into the gulf sta
tes. Farther damage to crops in
many sections were reported,
which have been suffering all
summer. Temperature readings of
a hundred or more are common
throughout the strlken areas. Hot
wi|ds aggravated the situation.
Mltfaouri and Kansas are among
th^ hardest hit.
■ale at the Ifwgget Offlce.
DELE6ATE DIMOND
ENROUTE NORTK
TO ALASKA
DELEGATE ANTHONY i.
DIMOND ENROUTE TO
ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, ' An*. 8, Dele
gate Dimond left here by train eo
day tor Seattle enroute to Alaska.
He expects to arrive in Seattle.
Saturday and leave tor the north
Sunday, by steamer. He plans to
stop a tear days In Ketchikan and
thence go to Juneau and other
Alaska points.