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NOME READY AND
WILLING TO GO
NOMK STRATKGIO AIR BASK
Notwithstanding the arguments
Xiit forth by other Alaskan cit
ies, Nome is -once again proclaim
ed to he the air base for the res
cue ot the 101 Russians adrift
on ice floes in the Arctic Ocean
b«t ween Cape Prince of Wales
Alaska, and Cape Serge, on the
Siberian shores, due to the sink
ing of the Russian ice breaker
some 1% rn'les off the -^Siberian
* oast and at last reports the group
were drifting in a northern dir
*rtion towards Wales on a large
—ire' floe.
Several women and children are
among those adrift on Ice floes.
Ttepdrts state that they had food
✓
for two months, but that was
nearly o month ago. The cap
laiu of the vessel evidently took
precaut ons when his ship was in
danger, to care for the wants of
those aboard the ice imprisoned
ship, and landed cargoes of sup
plies and bedding, fuel and etc.,
t» case of the ship being crushed
by the ice aud s nking.-. However,
ho time should be lost in the at
tempt to rescue the people now
rfiarooned on the ice.
The Nugget believes that if it is
possible to rescue them front the
American s'de, that the refugees
should be brought to Nome where
they can receive every attention,
food and shelter until such ar
rangements can be made to return
them to their own country. If
they were landed on the Siberian
coast, there Is not a settlement
^arg« enough to care for their
wants and need* and further
r more could not be picked up by
f- a vessel until next August at the
s earliest. By bringing them to
1 Nome they could either • await
(transportation in June by steam
er or can be transported by plane
and boat to Seattle and return
ed to their coutotry that way.
In any event it Is a case of ren
dering assistance to 101 people
ifrho are in dire need of help and
We aa Americans must not lone
(rack of the fact that the Soviet
government sent planes to the
search and rescue of Pilot Ben
Pftlaon and Earl Borland, a few
years ago when the American
pilots lost their lives on the Si
berian Arctic coast, and again
laet summer when the Soviets
aent a plane to Anadyr, Siberia,
to bring the round-the-world flier
Jimmy Mattem to Nome. The
Soviets showed their stuff, and
it is now up to us on this side
of the continent to do our stuff
in return for humanity's sake as
well as for the best interests of
civilization, which is bound to
bring a better understanding be
tween the people of two great
nations.
CHAMBER GOES INTO ACTION
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Following is a telegram sent to
Delegate Dimond by the local
chamber of commerce in referen
ce to a ding in the rescue of the
J.0.1 Russians adrift on Arctic ice
floes:
Nome, March 2
Honorable A. J. Dimond,
House Office Building.
Washington, D. C.
Please call personally on Soviet
Ambassador and assure him Nome
stands ready render every aid
poss ble relief Soviet citizens ship
wrecked and reported adrift ice
floes Bering^ Straits Stop Nome
strategic base for rescue work
has landing fields, hangars, mech
anics Stop While Nome not able
render financial assistance such
large undertaking we anxious do
everything our power reciprocate
for aid and assistance given in
past by Soviet citizens to Ameri
can flyers wrecked the'r territory.
If possible keep us informed.
Northwestern Alaska Chamber
of Commerce
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MIGHT D1K IN PLANK CRASH
(By The Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 25 —
A United Air Lines transport
plane, missing since Friday after
noon with eight aboard. was
found badly wrecked on top of
Farley’s Cunyon last Sunday. The
plane was only about twenty miles
east of Salt Lake City enroute to
Cheyenne when It crashed, kill
ing all occupants. The body of
Miss Mary Carter, stewardess waa
the only one found intact, the
other passengers and two pilot?
haying been so b«dly mangled
that parts of them were scatter
ed about the cabin.
Ah CAPONE’ BROTHER
RELEASED
(By Th© Associated Press)
CWDATHD, Feb. 28 — Capone,
brother of A1 Capone who is still
in Leavenworth Prison, has been
released from MoNeil Island on
payment of a ten thousand dollar
flUe, having served two years and
five months time in prison. He is
motoring to California to meet
his wife, both of whom are en
route to the East to enter "legit
imate business” which will pro
bably be horse racing.
< \K\i:it.\ PKFKATS LOI'UHKAV
IX FIFTKK1V KOI VOS
( By The Associated- Press*
MIAMI, Feb. 28 — The chant
jpionship C'ltrnera’-jLjbu-ghran fight,
scheduled for tonigth, has been
[postponed to Thursday night,
March 1st.
(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, Fla, March 1 Pii
mo—Sfifhera, ' weighing !n at two
hundred and seventy pounds, sue
cessfully defended his heavyweight
championship crown against Tom
my Loughran of Philadelphia,
who weighed one hundred and
eight-four in a fifteen round
bout by a decision.
Although Camera raVc^d to a
win by a fairly wide margin,
there were no knockouts. The
bout drew about ten thousand
fans and brought in gate receipts
of forty thousand dollars.
Camera won a unanimous dec
ision practically all the way
through, according to referee Leo
-Shea and the two judges. In fi
ghting the last three rounds, Lou
ghran fought manily to keep off
the floor so as to avoid a knock
out. As a result Camera was
credited with ten rounds, Lough
ran four, and one was an even
round. Camera was war nett
many times by the referee against
his roughness which was probab
ly a result of his boast made
when he stopiped down the gang
plank upon hs arrival in Miama,
saying, “Ho. ho, I fee*, the Tom
my Loughran, quick, I knock him
out in ten rounds, sure.” Show
ers marred the evening's caTd.
but there was a good crowd not
withstanding.
J'RKHIDENT ROOSEVELT
PREPARING FOR FUTURE
(By The Associated Press)
8BATTLE, March 2 — Because,
of President Roosevelt’s ability to
smile, he came through the first i
year orf his adminintratlOn health
ier than ever. White House phy- j
stcians say. Roosevelt recognized !
the N*RA as a permanent force in ,
the industrial life of the nation j
last Monday when he directed his
address to a huge assembly of
code authorities. With all the
solemnity of State occasions, he
gave his address over a nation
wide broadcast at .eleven p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time. A fight
to the bitter end confronted Roose
velt’s tariff proposals made yester
day as the embattled republicans
apparenly made ready to carry the
issue into the fall campaign. A
plan, which would give the Pres
ident wide powers to raise or
lower tariffs in negotiating recip
rocal treaties with foreign nations
is ready for submission to Con
gress.
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RlbS RESCUERS WILL
BASE AT NOME
i
(By Tlic Associated Press)
MOSCOW Feb. 28 Three of
Russia’s foremost arctic fliers are
enroute to the United States to
participate if necessary .in the res
cue of one hundred and one per
sons stranded on ic6 floes in ttije
I Bering Sen. The pilots who may
work front Alaska Include S. A.
Levenevsky, who aided Matteru
who was forced down at Anadyr
last summer. (}. A. Vshakov
All' Hlepnev.
The. fliers are aboard the S. S.
Olynipc bound for New York
w-here they will then report to
Washington* to -.a wait "further or
ders. Those not glorying tl” i.
own planes will i robably use Am
erican machines. Soviet officials
said. While U. S. ad is not
specifically asked by the Soviet,
the Soviet government said that j
they would appreciate any help i
from American quarters
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PAN-A.MK RI('A N ARU AYS
OFFERS ALL ALASKAN PLAN
ES TO RESCUE RUSSIANS
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 1 -- Pan
American Airways. Thursday, plac
ed at the dispersal of the Soviet
GoverriMent all the r facilities fit
Alaska; even any emerRency ass
istance required for the. rescue of
one hundred and one marooned
Russians who are adrift on ice J
floes near Berinp Straits. J. T. ,
Tripp, president of the company,
said he had a plane in Nome, with
sufficient food and medical sup
plies aboard, which Is ready to
fly to the marooned party. Other
planes can be made available, and
officials estimated that their
planes could reach the Hussans
within three hours.
NOME Wild, BE RR8GCK HA HE j
(By TH.e Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March — Nome
will be used as a rescue base by
the Soviet aviators under plana
oiltrned to rescue the. 101 Rus
sians adrife on the ice near Ber-‘
Ing Straits. The rescue party will
be in charge of Prof, G. A Ush
akov, Arctic explorer, The pilots
will be S. A. Uevanevsky and M.
D. Slipner, who arrived Friday.
Levanewsky aided Pilot Mattern
on his round the world flight
from Anadyr, Siberia, to Nome,
Alaska. As soon as permission
is given the Soviet party will go
to Nome. It is undecided yet
whether the plane will he com
missioned here and flown to Nome
or that the party will go over
la ml in Seattle uud fly north. Ush
akov said that the rescue could
be effected better from Ala.'ia
than from Siberian points, as t> n
tativeiy proposed. The rescue at
tempt will be made in a large
transport plane if possible. Land
[ ings will be made on the’floes and
! the-'•totrjijtded people taken off ia
: small groups to the' Siberian
'shores, thence via dog lea® to
The party has fc
months, but feor is felt that the
Ice may drift south thru the
Straits to the ocean. The rescu
ers speak no English. •
DORK AND SMITH I.\ LEAD
FOB SEATTLE’S MAYOR
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 28 Mayor
John F. Dore and Charles L.
Smith are in the lead in the vote*
east during the present primaries.
Charles L. Smith Is a former Ass
istant Corporation Counsel.
hffnety-se.ven thousand votes
being cast, lacing former Mayor
Fitts third and Harlin a bad
fourth. Former councilman,
James Scavotto and V. C. Web
sttb*. and Ual£h-™iSIc-ho!s an' seek— n-—■
trig re-elect'on. Former Judge
Griffith* and former Mayor Geo
rge Pilling, and those seeking re
election, are all veterans. David
Lockwood, aged 26. is a candi
date nominated to the council, and
is a member of the new order
known as the Cincinatti Young
Men’s Reform Organization. The
run-off for the election is to take
place March thirteenth.
Both the Dore and Smith pro
grams hare been well cut out
and already city expenses bar*
been cot. The final complete un-.
official count' tor the mayor giv
es Dore, 30,245; Smith. 26,033;
Fitts, 24,372; Harlln. 8.554,
The other candidates trailed far
behind in relative number of vot
es. The present vote doomed^
.Stevenson’s political efforts to
hack Fitts.
VIENNA REVOLUTIONIZING
GOVERNMENT
^tBy The Associated Press)
VIENNA, March 2 — For the
first time since Dollfuss shelved
the parliament, a year ago, the
government frankly cast consti
tutional policies Into the political
waste basket and let it be known
that it intends to rule by "natural
law which stands above the con
stitution."
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