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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 37. No. 159 NOME. ALASKA, Monday, july 6th, 1936. per Copy 15cts
Yoeman Convicted Spying Charges
GOVT OFFICIALS HERE ENROUTE BARROW
fourth of July Went Over In Nome With big Bang
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Former Yeoman
Convicted Selling
U.S. Navy Secrets
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(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, July 6, — On
the first ballot, taken after five
minutes of discussion, the federal
court jury here convicted Harry
Thomas Thompson, former yeo
man in the U. S. Navy on charg
es of conspiring to sell secrets
of the country’s defense to a high
ranking officer in the Imperial
Japanese Navy.
Conviction carries a maximum
sentence of twenty years in pris
on. Monday morning was set
as the time for sentencing.
The Japanese officer involved
was named as Lt. Commander
Toshi Miyazaki, now believed to
be in Japan.
AUTOMOBILE AIRPLANE WAS
FORCED RETURN ANCHORAGE
FROM A NON STOP FLIGHT
Many Difficulties Barred First Takeoff s
Finally Got In The Air And Then The
Weather Prevented Hop Seattle
(By The Associated Press'*
ANCHORAGE, July 6, —Thick
weather over Prince William
Sound halted an attempt Sunday
by Pilot Russel Owen to fly non
stop to Seattle from Anchorage
in a small plane powered with
an automobile engine.
Difficulties have beset Owen
from the beginning said the Anch
'orage Times. The Department of
ARCTIC AIRWAYS FOURTH TULY
FLIGHT TO INTERNATIONAL
DATE LINE WENT OVER BIG
(By Geo. S. Maynard)
The inauguration of a new
sightseeing airplane trip on the
Fourth of July by the Arctic Air
ways, sponsored by Pilot Chester
Brown and mechanician Hank
Miller, bids fair to become a per
manent affair in this section of
Alaska.
With Pilot Chester Brown and
co-pilot Frank Whaley at the con
trols of the multi-engined Ford
plane, carrying twelve passen
gers, on this the first sightseeing
trip of its kind, the plane left the
Nome landing field at 2:30 P.M.,
temperature was 75 degrees, and
gracefully circled over Nome and
the Bering Sea and headed north
west, flying over the Hammon
Consolidated Gold Fields dredg
ing activities on the Third Beach
Line, thence over the famous
Anvil creek, Snake river, and as
we passed Glacier mountain the
Sunset Mines dredge was observ
ed and Monument Creek activi
ties on the otherside.
Now we are headed for the
Sawtooth Range and Grand Cen
tral Pass. The trip through this
range is exceedingly delightful
with tower granite peaks on both
sides of the plane, and numerous
lakes high up in the range, which
apparently seem to have no out
let; here and there patches of
snow still linger in the high
peaks.
As the plane reaches the other
end of the Pass, the 30 mile Salt
Lake comes into view, we cross
over the lake and head down the
Tuksuk River. Here could be
seen numerous Eskimo fishing
camps along the shores, the fish
racks extending for long distan
ces, were loaded down with sal
mon, drying for next winter’s
use. Along this river many of
the reindeer pictures seen in the
film “Eskimo,” were taken.
The plane is now nearing the
head of Grantley Harbor and as
we cross it, Teller comes into
view. This is one of the oldest
settlements on SewardPeninsula.
We circled around Teller while
the inhabitants all came but of
their homes and business places
to look at the big ship, the letter
ing on the business houses could
easily be discerned with the nak
ed eye, the little town seemed
very active and numerous Eski
mo camps were seen. As this
was a non-stop trip the plane did
not land, and we headed across
the Nook and the next place of
interest was the old Teller Rein
deer Mission fronting Port Clar
ence Bay. We followed along
the coast of this Bay and King
Island about 75 miles distance,
was in view continuously for half
an hour or more to our left. On
our right we passed Tin City,
(by the way there is more tin
being mined in this section than
all the rest of the United States
and its possessions put together).
As the plane continued over the
granite mountains we passed
York and shortly after Cape
Prince of Wales came into view.
The mail boat Meteor and the
schooner C. S. Holmes were at
Wales.
Leaving Wales and the Alaska
(Continued on Page Two)
Commerce refused to issue him
an experimental permit for his
flight..
His first attempt to take off
failed when his tank was drained
of its ten gallons of gas. He
tried again but taxied back to
the starting point without at
tempting take off.
The third attempt was success
ful yesterday. Owen circled the
field a number of times gaining
altitude and then struck out for
the South, but fog and heavy
weather forced him to return.
He said the purpose of attempt
ing the flight was to demonstrate
the feasibility of using automo
bile engines in airplanes, thus
reducing the cost of airplane
construction.
Trains Collided
Four Received
Minor Injuries
(By The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, July 6, — Four
received minor injuries when the
second section of the Big Four
Railroad’s Missiouran ran into
the first section near North Eat-1
on, southwest of here.
The injured were immediately
rushed to the hospital in Cleve
land.
De Fawcett, train master said
the train crew of the first sec
tion stopped to investigate wheth
er some object was dragging un
der the wheels.
The second section proceeding
slowly through a dense fog was
unable to stop in time to prevent'
a collision, although it was go
ing only about 20 miles an hour.
Four major league players and
one umpire were enroute from
St. Louis to Boston aboard the !
train, for an all star game. They
were uninjured.
Their names were Goose Goslin
Lynwood Rowe, Charley Gehring
er of the Tigers and Rollie Hem
sely of the Browns. Umpire
was Bill Summers of the Ameri
can League.
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Govt. Officials
Enroute To Pt.
Harrow Plane
Pilot Noel Wien of the North
ern Air Transport, hopped off on
a return flight to Fairbanks Sun-'
day morning with pilot John j
Lynn, also of the NAT.
Arriving late Friday night with
veteran pilot Noel Wien in a
brand new, re-conditioned Bell
anca plane of the Northern Air
Transport were Claude M. Hirsch
director of Education for Alaska,
under the Office of Indian Affairs
stationed at Juneau; Dr. J. F.
VanAckeren, director of Public
Health for the entire Office of
Indian Affairs with headquarters
at Washington D. C.; and David
E. Thomas, director of Alaskan
Affairs under the Office of Indian
Affairs. Jack Ronan, Territori
al Liquor Enforcement officer
with headquarters at Fairbanks
arrived on the plane, and will
be associated officially in this dis
trict.
All four of the official gentle
men are enroute to Point Bar
row in connection with the tak
ing over of the hospital maintain
ed their under the direction of
Dr. Henry Greist.
They had planned getting out
of Nome Saturday or Sunday,
but weather conditions and af
fairs in connection with their
positions are at present holding
them in Nome. They are due to
fly to Barrow as soon as the wea
ther will permit, returning by
way of Unalakleet, Anchorage,
and thence to Juneau, arriving
there possibly the 12th or 15th.
While in Nome they have con
tacted Mr. Samuel Coan, tempor
arily in charge of the Office of i
Indian Affairs here, and have
stated they were well pleased
with some of the things they
have been able to observe, and,
in addition, signified they were
anxious to >aissist in whatever de
velopment of activity was possi
ble for this section.
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Boat Movements
Agent Harnish of the Alaska
Line reported today the Steamer
Baldwin was now at Keewalik
and was expected to arrive at
Nome in two or three days. He
also stated that the probable ar
rival time of the S S Dellwood
from Seattle would be July 15.
Special Power of Attorney forms
now on sale at
The Nugget Office.
NOME 4th ()F JULY
WAS GRAND BLOW
OUT BIG CROWDS
Literary Program, Refreshments, Big
Sporting Events, Eskimo Sports, &
Ball Game Filled Day Willi Fun
Nome’s Fourth of July Celebration really went
over with a bang. Large crowds assembled in the
morning to hear the Nome Brass Band just prior to
the commencement of the literary program. The pro
gram itself, while brief and too the point, marked a
pleasing improvement in public reaction and thought,
as, there has been little interest shown for some time
past in a true observance of Independence Day.
The Sports commencing later in the day drew
huge crowds which attended every contest and feat
ure of the day. Races were run off quickly and with
a great deal ot erunusiasm.
Literary program commenced
at 10:30 with the Nome Brass
Band playing patriotic music un
til 11 AM. when Mayor Rd. M.
Seidenverg called together the
large mass of people who sur
rounded the open air grand
stand whcih w'as neatly decor
ated with Hags and bunting.
Speaking in a very short but
neat address ire stated the purpose
of the celebration, and then in
troduced the Rev. Thomas Cun
ningham, S. J., w'ho gave the in
vocation. Miss Dorothy Nelson
was next introduced and in a
pleasing manner read the Declar
ation of Independence, and was
applauded generously for her ef
forts. Mayor Seidenverg next
introduced the speaker of the day
Judge J- H. S. Morison of the U.
S. District Court, who delivered
one of the most able and inter
esting Patriotic addresses, ever
heard in Nome, following Judge
Morison’s address he was loudly
applauded and the audience ap
peared as if they wished him to
continue, so well were his words
received. The Rev. Cunning
ham was then called upon and
gave the benediction. The mayor
then brought the exercises to a
close by thanking everyone for
turning out and also wished to
thank the committees in charge
of the Fourth of July who had
so little time to prepare for the
occasion. He announced that at
one o’clock the sport program
would commence and the crowd
then dispersed.
The baseball game between the
Nome and Little Creek teams re
suited in a victory for Little Cr.,
with a score of 10 to 8.
Numerous cars drove many
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Baseball Scores
Friday Games
COAST LEAGUE
Missions 1 San Francisco 5
Sacramento 8 Oakland 2
Portland 5 Seattle 4
San Diego 9 Los Angeles 14
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 9 St. Louis 5
Cleveland 5 Chicago 6
Wash. Ph:la. rain.
No National League games
scheduled on the third.
July 4th Games
Portland 8 Seattle 9
San Diego 3 Los Angeles 4
Sacramento 2-3 Oakland 4-0
Missions 0-10 San Francisco 8-4
National
Chicago 3-4 Pittsburgh 2-7
Brooklyn 5-0 Philadelphia 9 4
Boston 6-11 New York 7-3 ,
St. Louis 2-9 Cincinnati 3-10
American
Philadelphia 0-4 Boston 1-5
Now York 4-5 Washington 3-0
Cleveland 2-4 Chicago 9-8
Detroit 8-10 St. Louis 3-13
Sunday Games
American
Detroit 18 St. Louis 9
Cleveland 11-2 Chicago 4-4
New York 3 Washington 9
Philadelphia 2-2 Boston 16-3
National
St. Louis 8-17 Cincinnati 6-7
Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 4
Brooklyn 3 New York 1
Boston 6 Philadelphia 7
Coast Games
Portland 6-10 Seattle 1-3
San Diego 1-3 Los Angeles 3 4
Missions 8-5 San Francisco 5-1
Sacramento 3-0 Oakland 4-1