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Devoted To The Interests Of Nome And The 2nd Division
NOME 19 THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—FOR COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS MILITARY PURSUITS—IT CAN BE REACHED BY LAND OR WATER
Member of Associated Press Oldest Newspaper in Alaska.
NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA. TI KSDAY, JULY »©, 19S4 »*w Uojjr: 1©
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LISTEN TO
ADMIRAL BYRD
AT SOUTH POLE
BYRD ANT-ARCTIC RADIO
BROADCAST VIA CBS
WKDNKSDAY, 8 P. M.
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Nome radio enthusiasts will
have an opportunity to listen to
Admiraf Byrd speak directly from
his camp on the* South Polar Ice
cap, thousands and thousands of
miles from here.
The radio broadcast being put |
an by Ito1>ert Flagler of the Col
umbia Broadcasting System Will
take place tomorrow afterneon
at 3 p.m. On the program are |
various features which should
prove of much Interest to the
people of Nome, Alfred J. Lomen.
manager of the I»men Commer
cial Co., and Orant, R. Jackson.
President of the Miners and Mer
chants Bank here, will speak on
th4 program to Admiral Byrd.
Rveryone in Nome who has a
short wave radio set should lis
ten in and hear Admiral Byrd
reply, just as if he' were sitting at
a desk about' two blocks from you
and talking over the telephone.
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The broadcast will be made on
13,215 kilocycle^ or about 16
meters, from Nome. When ad
miral Byrd replies it will come
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through Honolulu on about ^-17
meters or between 17 and S3
meters.
While interviewing Mr. Flagler
hr. Stated he felt sure that every
one in Nome who possessed any
good type of short wave receiver
nhould be able to pick up Hono
Fnlu and listen to Admiral Byrd
ts’k'. He further states that be
tween five and six minutes of the
broadcast made from Nome would
be given nation wide reception j
lb ’ other words the broadcast or
iginating from Nome would be re
broadcast all over the United
States for about Are ’or si* minut
es.
Mr. Flagler expects to leans
Nome shortly and wished to pub
licly express his appreciation for
ipe many klndnasa and acts of
friendship and favor which he re
ceived from the people of Nome.
He states he was sorry not to
‘hare been able to meet more peo
ple in Nome but that he believed
he would soon be baek In the’
North agatn, and would surely
atop off at Nome to renew old ac
quaintances.
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OKNERAL 1EVBL BUSINESS
f>N COAST. Iff HIGHER > '?|j
(By The Associated Press)
SAN rRANCISOO, July 10. The
general level of business on the
Pacific slope appears to be about
ten percent lUsher than a year
ago, in spite of tbe hindrance cans
ed by the shipping strike, Record
ing to Federal Reserve Bank stat
istics.
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E BROADCAST
VICTORIA SAILED
FROM TACOMA FOR
NOME 11 TODAY
8. 8. VICTORIA SAILED
FROM TACOMA FOR
NOSIK 11 A. M. TODAY
t'Bjr The Associate 1 Press J
TACOMA, July 10, The S. 8.
Victoria of the Alaska Line sail
ed from here at 11 a.m. this morn
ing for Nome carrying - glxty-ene j
passengers eleven steerage; flfty
nine passengers for Nome as fol
lows;
J C Brown
Ira C Orton
Mrs Jack Seidenverg
Evely’m Seidenverg
Eileen Hughes
Mrs Howard Hughes
Janies Robbing
Pete Robbins
Miss Sadie Brown
Geo Dyer
Miss M Magapd
J J Keenan and wif«
H J Colbuis.
Mrs A A Vernon
Mrs, B G Peterson
Cleo Mann
O D Cochran
, Leon F Harper, wife &
daughter
Mrs H J Nelson two dau
ghters
Mrs Ted LTlrickson dau
ghter
0 J E Lucas
Mrs C S Chapman two
daughters
Albert Akslna
M L Hirschberg
C J Tjermagel - - —«—
Rev O E Skavlan wife
Harry Smith
A D Clement* wife
Mrs Mae Clark
J H Cornwall wife son
Harry Dobson
Dorothy Harper
James F Harper
F A Hart v
A J Allen
M F Daniels
J L Burrows ‘
Mrs M Stauffer ,
Mrs J Boulanger
Sister Scholstick
A Farrell
vL -Scott
August Hamburger
W E Buckaw
Bob Dagen
Ferd Roberts
W Stump
Mra W Candy__
FOOD SHORTAGE
IN GERMANY
CAUSES ALARM
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*XX>J> SHORTAGES IN
GERMANY CAUSE ALARM
(By Ths Associated Press)
BERLIN. July 10, Hitler turn
ed back to the capitol as Nasi Ger
many faees new unrest, heighten
ed by food shortages. Apprehension
is spreading because of the ser
ious shortage of potatoes, the chief
staple food of all Germans. The
crop was limited sharply by drou
ghts and early frosts. The Reich
stag is convoked for' Friday, for
an investigation by Hitler ot the
avaats which made necessary the
executions starting from June 30.
Secret orders have been Issued all
members of the storm troops sec
tion known as the Reserves No.
1, to turn in their arms.
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BRITAIN TIES VP WITH
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FRANCE TODATE
(By The Associated Press)
IXXNtDON, July 10, Assurances
of the friendliest government re
litlonship between Great Britain
and France were given by acting
Premier Stanley Baldwin, it is
understood today, to the French
Foreign Minister, Loots Barthou,
as the formal Anglo-French con
versations were- concluded.
■ The extent to which ^he under
standing arrived' at was carried,
was not made known, as the meet
ings are still clothed in official
secrecy.
SOURDOTJGH:: STATIONERY FOR
SALE At THE NVGGBT OFFICf.
GENERAL WALK-OUT
UNIONS IS BRINGING
4 CRISIS TO STRIKE
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NEW CRISIS* APPROACHING
IX COAST STRIKE
(By The Associated Press’
SAN FRANCISCO. July 10,
Another death, and increasing
j threats of a general strike in the
|three large cities on *»the coast,
'drew the strike situation rapid*
h*-* — —- • . -
;ly toward a new crisis, as the
Federal Labor Disputes Roard
pleaded for an armistice. „
Gunfire added the seventh vic
tim ot the death toll, since the
longshoremen's walkout. The af
fair started wehn St^ve Watson,
aged forty-eight, a special deputy
sheriff, fell fatally wounded in the
business district of Seattle during
a battle. ^
Watson and several other deput
ies who had been on dock duty
were allegedly attacked by strike
ers. The automobile Jn which
Watson was riding was turned
Wer. Ivan Gill, a union seaman
was arrested for questioning. The
police said they were informed
that strikers had been riding in
Gill’s auto, and TffecTpTtated the
battle.
Trade unions in Portland an I
Oakland took definite action toward
the demoralizing strikes while
similar threats are hanging over
San Francisco. All things have
served to spur ' the Federal pis
putes board to determined attemp
ts to bring about a trace,
j SEATTLE, July 10, The sec
ond killing In the northwest long
shore strike occurred when Steve
Watson was fatally shot in a melee
tn the business section, after a
mob of strike sympathizers stop
ped a truck containing fire deputy
sheriffs. Wasson and another de
puty rushed to the scene in their
car which a mob of overalled men
overturned, and lighting ensued.
SEX ALASKA SHIPS BEING
LOADED AT TACOMA
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Inly 9. Six Alaska
ships are being handlel here today
the Depere, Laklna, Cordova, Vic
toria and Alaska of the Alaska
Line; and the Norco of the North
land Transportation company. The
Aleutian of the Alaska Line is
due tomorrow.
The Norco and Depere are sch
eduled to leave some time dur
ins the day. .
Efforts are being made to get
the Victoria away from Tacoma
for Nome tomorrow. Three
docks here are operating at full
capacity.
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 10. A
charge that the ship-owners had
taken advantage of Ihe'NRA In
their dealings with the maritime
workn_ wan made by Paul Sehav
renberg, representative of the In
ternational Seamen's Union, be
fore the National Longshoremen's
Board which opened hearings to
day in an effort to settle the
strike and prevent a general walk
out.
He also charged the Harding
administration with the respon
sibility for dissension among wat
erfront workers and employers,
claiming that the shipping board
under the Harding administration
began cutting wages to eliminate
overtime, and establish longer
working hours.
Four ships were being worked
today in Seattle where leaders of
^the conservative longshoremen
met with waterfront employers
and discussed the possibility of an
early settlement of the strjk“.
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Two ships Hailed over a peaceful
week-end.
A general strike is also being
discussed by the Northwestern
Strike Committee, here and in
Portland.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
MAT COME NOME
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(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, July 10. Governor
John W. Troy announced today
that Jacob Baker, Special Assist
I
unt of the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration would vis.t
Alaska during the last two weeks
I In July, to make a survpy of min
|ing and fishing industries and
homestead areas. Also he may
inspect thp Nome reindeer grac
ing regions. He is to meet witla
Governor Troy when he arrives la
Alaska and confer oyer relief for
industrial opportunities,
YOUNG SPANIARD ABKKSTKD
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MA l>ltld77bTv- Wrjmte'"Antonio
Primo dp Rivera, son nf the late
iSpanish dictator, was arrested to
day with about two hundred fae
lst followers, in a raid on Spanish
facisti headquarters
STRAN6E WILL IS
PROBATED IN STATE
OF WASHINGTON
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PECULIAR WILL IS
ADMITTED PRORATE
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 10, The pecul
iar will ot the eccentric Sarah
Smith Bcollard, was admitted to
be probated in the State ot Wash
ington. An attempt wsa frust
rated to intervene and clSim the
estate which was at one time es
timated to be worth fourteen mil
lion. dollars.
Mrs. ScolIaTd left one dollar to
her sister, Margaret Pitspatriok,
and one dollar to her former hus
band. Q. P. Bcollard.
Now Wilton Tucker, the admin
istrator has the huge task of at
tempting to locate the treasure
which she scattered over the coun
X.
try. There are claims that the
late Reeee Brown of Yakima, her
financial advisor, stole much of it.
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UNIFIED REGULATIONS
FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS
(By The Associated Press)
. WASHINGTON, July 10, Thw
nation starts tomorrow on the task
of imposing regulations on a vast
scale on the wireless system, un
der the new regulations law.