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VOL. 37. No. 238 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 1936. Per Copy 15cta
Yanks Win World Series 4 Out of 6
9 KILLED IN MINE SHAFT ACCIDENT IDAHO
Nine Killed In
Mine Shaft Drop
' Cable Parted
1
i (By The Associated Press)
MULLAN, Idaho, Oct. C, — Nine
men were killed today when the
cage cable broke in the Morning
Mine, dropping the cage and men
eight hundred feet down the
shaft.
The miners were just going on
shift and had stepped into the
cage on the 3050 foot level.
As the gates closed, the steel
cable snapped and the cage drop
ped to the 3850 level. The nam
es of the dead men were not im
mediately learned.
First details were telephoned
here. The mine is one of the
oldest and most profitable in the
Coeur ’deleanes, and is owned
by the Federal Mining and Smelt
ing Company, which employs
about four hundred miners.
Lead, silver and zinc are the
most important minerals mined.
The property is the subsidiary
of the American Smelting and
Refining Company. The shaft is
two miles west of the town of
Mullan.
Delivery Soon
Big Planes For
United Airlines
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, —
First delivery of the twenty
most powerful land planes in the
United States, costing approxi
mately $2,225,000 will be made
to the United Air Lines soon, for
service between San Francisco
and Los Angeles, it was announc
ed today.
Announcement of the impend
ing delivery of the first of the
giant twin engined Douglas trans
ports was made by Harold Crary
United Air Lines vice-president,
in charge of traffic and advertis
ing, on his arrival from Chicago.
The remainder of the twenty,
12-ton transports will be deliver
ed to United Air Lines at the rate
of five a month, Crary said. With
the acquisition of the twenty larg
er planes, United will have a fleet
of 70 twin-engined transports of
comparable speed.
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SWEDISH FLIER HOPPED OFF
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD FOR
EUROPE VIA WAY POINTS
Swedish Flier
Hopped From
N. Y. Today
fBy The Associated Press!
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, — Kurt
Bjorkvall, 31, Swedish flyer, hop
ped off from Flyod Bennet field
; today on the first leg of his pro
jected flight to Stockholm.
He rejected the proposal of
| Baroness Eva von Blixen-Finecke
; to accompany him. He left the
j ground at 7:35 a.m. EST and plan
| ned to fly to St. Johns, New
Foundland where he will refuel
for the hop to Ireland, and then
jce to Sweden.
“I hope to make the flight” is
all he said, as he entered his
i _
plane.
The Baroness, who had hoped
to make the trip, waived good
bye, but expressed disappoint
ment.
The red and green monoplane
has a wireless receiving set but
no sending appartus. The large
Bellanca plane carried 742 gallons
of gasoline, and was stocked with
roast chicken, bananas, tomato
juice, a gallon of coffee and a
gallon of water, tins of biscuits
and capsuel food sufficient to last
thirty days.
Originally the Baroness was to
go on the flight, which was spon
sored by a Swedish newspaper,
which later withdrew its backing
when Bjorkvall bought the plane.
The flier explained “the flight
is my own now; therefore I can’t
take the Baroness.”
May Raise Ghost
Of Carrie Nation
Attack Landon
' ■ —
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, — Big
City Democrats have a plan to
raise the ghost of Carrie Nation
against Governor Alf M. Landon
| in wet strongholds of the East.
According to reliable informa
tion, the Democrats plan to broad
cast over local hookups a series of
challenges to the Republican nom
inee on the prohibition issue point
ing out that Kansas, his home
state, is bone dry with the sale of
intoxicating beverages prohibited.
The challenges will not be broad
cast over nation-wide hookups
but only to eastern regions known
for their wet sentiments.
“We will say to them”, James
Farley, Democratic National Chr.
is reported to have said “Presi
dent Roosevelt gave them repeal.
Are they going to waste a vote
on William Lemke, the Coughlin
candidate, or vote for Governor
Landon who is a dry?”
(By The Associated Press)
BOSTON, Oct. 6, — The sea
today surrendered the amputat
ed legs of a young woman, creat
ing a mystery that baffled investi
gators.
The legs were wrapped in bur
lap bags, and were found floating
a few hundred yards away in
Boston harbor.
Premier Hungary
Died In German
Sanitarium
(By The Associated Press)
MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 6, —
Premier Julius Goemboes, aged
50, of Hungary died in a sani
tarium at Nymphenburg today,
after a long illness.
Suffering from kidney and gall
bladder trouble, he entered the
sanitarium last month, after re
signing as Minister of War, in
Hungary’s government.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 6,
—The Hungarian cabinet resign
ed shortly after Goemboes’ death
and Kiloman Daranyi, acting pre
mier is expected to be asked to
form a new government.
Figures Told On
How Many Killed
(By The Associated Press)
HENDAYE, Oct. 6, — Reliable
advices brought by Madrid refug
ees, as they crossed the Franco
Spanish border here, state that
the Spanish capital’s extremist
“execution squads”, had killed
well over three thousand middle
and upper class citizens.
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Green of AFL
Says All Labor
Behind Presi.
(Bv The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Oct. 6, — Presi
dent William Green of the Am
erican Federation of Labor said
today he had informed President
Roosevelt that 90 percent of both
unorganized and organized labor
throughout the nation, were for
Roosevelt’s reelection.
He said he also discussed in
dustrial craft union controversies
and reported that prospects for a
peace among labor, were better.
Green declared that the Fed
eration’s executive council would
meet this Thursday at Washing
ton, D. C., and probably arrange
for a representation at the con
ference of spokesmen for the
C. I. O., headed by Lewis.
“Everybody connected with the
controversy is becoming a bit
more temperate in their point of
view. It is of tremendous im
portance that we maintain a un
ited organization,” Green em
phasized.
Japanese Fliers
In East Say Will
Hop Japan Soon
(Bv The Associated Press)
N ,\V YORK, O :. 6, —A flyng
Japanese Minister and co-pilot
tuned up their monoplane at
Floyd Bennett Airport today and
charted a goodwill flight to Jap
an.
The Minister is the Reverend
Hozen Haki of the Buddist Chur
ch. The other flier, Masakatsu
Kemoto is a San Francisco air
man.
The two Japanese arrived last
night from the West Coast by
way of Washington, D. C.
They stopped of! in the Capi
tal to present President Roosevelt
with a picture of the Buddha.
The Japanese are flying the
Lockheed that Laura Ingalls us
ed to own. They said they would
fly back to San Francisco and
leave soon afterwards on their
goodwill flight to Japan.
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WORLD SERIES SCORE
YANKS FOUR GAMES &
GIANTS 2; END TODAY
FLASH
New York, Oct. 6, —
The Yanks captured the
World Series today by
| winning 13 to 5.
Lineups
YANKS—Crossetti shortstop,
i Rolfe 3rd base, Dimaggio center
field, Gehrig 1st base, Dickey cat
(cher, Selkirk right field, Powell
j left field, I.azzeri 2nd base Gom
| ez pitcher.
| GIANTS—Moore left field Bar
tell shortstop, Terry 1st base, Leib
er center field, Ott right field,
Mancusco cather, Whitehead 2nd
1 base, Jackson 3rd base Fitzsim
' mons pitcher.
—
Short Score
YANKS—13 runs, 17 hits, 2 er
rors.
! GIANTS—5 runs, 9 nins, 1 er
| ror.
Batteries
YANKS—Gomez, Murphy and
! Dickey.
GIANTS—Fitzsimmons, Castle
man CofTman, Gumbert and Man
cusco and Danning.
‘
New York, Oct. fi, —The Yank
ees won the first all Manhattan
world series in 13 years by four
games to two, crushing the Giants
again in a record breaking s:xth
game with the final score 13 to
5, before a crowd of 38,-127, the
smallest of the series.
She Didn't Need
Lawyer to Get
Off of Charge
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, —Mrs.
Lucille Fendel wouldn’t have a
! lawyer to argue for her. She
didn’t need one.
i After admitting she had been
j driving 45 miles an hour, she
proved that the area in which shei
was driving wasn’t a residential
area, because there were only
six houses instead of the mini
mum of 13 each quarter mile.
The policeman was reminded to
count houses after the charge ag
ainst Mrs. Fendel had been drop
ped.
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Says Bering Sea
Maps Obsolete
Said Officer
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 6, — All Ber
ing Sea maps are now obsolete,
said Commander L. V. Keilhorn
of the Coast Guard Cutter Chelan
upon its return here from an
nual Bering Sea patrol duty.
Keilhorn said that ocean sur
vey work of the summer proved
there was no gateway south out
of Bering Sea to the North Paci
fic.
He said the ocean floor off Kam
chatka to the westward end of
' the Aleutian Islands, i.- shoal,
tying Alaska to A-;a, and added
that it proved that the whole
Chain of islands is in the same
geological period and origin.
A new ocean depth of 4199
fathoms, was found in the,Aleu
tian trough, just south of the
islands, near the regular North
Pacific steamship route, Keilhorn
said.
Hopkins Predicts
Lowest Rolls On
Relief Since 1931
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, — At
tacking political cr 'V of the
fed . ..1 v rk re! i,f >ram, W
PA _Jministrator Harry L. Hop
kins claimed today i.iat the na
tion'.-, relief roll w 1! lie tlr low
est tivs winter since 19:!.
iiopkins, just back from a west
ern tour, directed his remarks es
pecially at Senator James J. Dav
is.
“Davis thinks of nothing ex
cept in terms of politics," he said.
"He always has; every time he
opens his mouth. The only time
he shows any interest in the un
employed is when a political cam
paign is going on," declared Hop
kins.
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