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VOLUME 85. « No. 55. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JULY II, 1981 IW («P>: 1© cents.
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AIR CHIEF ^
RECOGNIZES
DEFENSE
NEW AIR CHIEF SAYS
RECOGNIZES NEED
FOR AIR FORCE
• Ey The Associate} "re*.*)
S BATTUE, July 11, Declaring
.that an adequate air force was es
sential to present day protection
of any nation. Rear Admiral Hall
tgan, newly appointed Command
ant of the Thirteenth Naval Dis
trict, arrived here enroute to
Bremerton to take command.
As regards to air defenses in
the Pacific Northwest yotr are
closest to the Orient; that’s ali
one need say.
"I cannot say that air defensi^
es for Alaska and the Pacific
Northwest will be increased at
this time.” .
AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL
STARS WHIP NATIONALS
C •'
<By The Associate 1 Pres;)
INEW YORK, July 11 Coming
from behind with a batting at
tack that blasted Lon Warnekp off
the mound and also drovd' the
next pitcher, Mungo, to cover, the
American League All-Stars whipp
ed the Nationals nine to seven,
before a crowd of flfty-twct, thou
l
sand people, here.
Hubbell, In the first inning fan
ned Babe Ruth, Gehrig, and Jim
my Fox in a row and then A1
Simmons in the next inning, while
Frlech led the Nationals with one
home run„.—*-—
SENATE CANNOT PUNISH
WM. P. McCRACKEN
• By The Associate Press)
WASHINGTON, July 10, The
District of Columbia Court of Ap
peals reversed a lower court rul
ing, and held that the U. S. Sen
ate does not have the power to
sentence William P. McCracken to
ten days in Jail for contempt. In
connection with the air mall In
vestigation. McCracken was the
tormer Assistant Secretary of Com
merce in charge of Aeronautics.
JOHNSON BANTS VO TTHV
NBA OVER TO COMMISSION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 11, Gen
eral Hugh S. Johnson, disclosed
today that he wants to turn the
National Recovery Administration
Job over to a commission and step
back into private life, as soon as
the President feels be can spare
him.
He stated he hoped to promul
gate a new code betore leaving
on , a combination vacation and
speaking tour tor the westward.
He said the code he had In mind
would be one big code for four
hundred and fifty small Indust
ries. a.
GENERAL STRIKE MORE MENACING
MISTAKEN IDENTITY! MAN NOW FREE
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LOCAL NOMEITES
SPEAK TO BYRD
IN ANTARCTIC
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BYRD BROADCAST IS VERY
SUOCKSSEVI, AT NOME
I TODAY: NOMK1TK8 SPEAK
The HriU two way radio con
versation between the opposite po
cessfully completed today, when
Robert Flagler, through the Col
umbia Broadcasting System es
tablished contact from Nom« with
Admiral Richard K„ Hyrd, explor
er, in the vicinity of the South
Pole.
Six minutes of broadcasting
from Nome were made and reci<
;elved by Admiral Byrd who re
i plied in kind.
Prominent on the broadcasting
'program Alfrd .1. l/omen and Grant
R. Jackson, representing the City
of Nome and Northwestern Alas
ka. Following are the short greet
ings addressed to Admiral Byrd
and his expedition. Owing to the
short time spent on the actual
broadcast only such facts as appear
■in the articles below were used.:
Greetings of Alfred J. I/omen
»-Hello, Admiral Byrd! It's a
far cry from Uncle Sam’s attic
jto Uncle Sam's cellar. We think
ourselves lucky, for we are cer
tainly “sitting on top of th-j
world,’’ but after all, you are the
one to be congratulated, for it is
not everyone who is entrusted with
[the keys to Uncle Sam's cellar.
While we here in the Arctic ar£
J enjoying 24 hours of daylight, you
at the other end of the earth’s
! axis are sitting in comparative
'darkness. But our longest day
'Ups 'passed- and-sse are «aw -w f#>*
dawn grade toward winter, while
you are looking ahead to that won
derful period when for many
months yon will enjoy the contln
•iO’is daylight which brings you
the ouportunity for more splend
id achievements.
Since our happy " visits together
in New York you .and I have trav
eled in opposite directions and
little did we foraee then that I
would have the opportunity of
talking to you from the Arctic.
Even now it is hard to realize that
you can really be hearing mv
voice at Little America.
There is a little story you have
never heard, about a pair of mit
tens which were part of the equip
ment we supplied you for your
North Pole flight with Floyd Ben
nett. You may recall that upo*>
your return to Spitsbergen from
the Pole you presented your rein
deer mitts to Lincoln Ellsworth,
who was Just about to take off
on the Norge to fly across the
North Pole. When the Norge
crossed' over and landed at Tel
ler .Alaska. Ellsworth and Amund
son came to Nome, and of course
everybody turned out to moot
BLUEBERRY TOM
JENSON ACOUITTEO
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“BLUEBERRY" TOM JKNSBN
IS ACQUITTED
(By The Associated Press)
BROOKLYN, July 11. The glass
eye that Thomas Peter Jensen
cursed bade in 1908, today regain
ed him hi8 freedom, and brought
swift exoneration from the charge
of the triple murder, after a hear
ing before U. 8. Commissioner Mar
tin Epstein.
Jensen, who is a Danish seaman
was freed after he had been accus
ed of murder in a strange tale of
greed and murder, due to mistak
en identity. He was accused of
murdering three lourdoughs of the
Yukon gold rush and tentatively
identified as “Btueberry” Tom Jen
sen, who was indicted at that
time for the slaying of two pros
pectors and a dance hall girl, dur
ing a trip on which they carried a
targe quantity of Alaskan gold.
Jensen, who was questioned to
decide whether he would be ex
tradlcted to Alaska, was saved by
his glass eye.
George Berg, Federal agent from
Seattle, testified that' “Blueberry”
Tom had no glass eye in 1915
when the three persona were slain.
Records Introduced, showed that
Jensen had lost Ris eye In 1908.
Berg knew "Blueberry” Tom well.
He decided that Jensen was not
the right man.
them. In the crowd was the 10s
h imo woman who had made the
mittens; with eyes bulging out
witli surprise, she asked Ellsworth
"Where you catchum my mittens?”
it had been only a few months
previous that my brother Kpilph
had'hart-lJeV'*'liSallir’lTie mittens to'
go to Commander Byrd In New
York, so her surpise was natural
when she recognized her handi
work back in Nome, on the hands
of a man who had just arrived
from the North Pole.
Nome is famous for the number
of Arctic and Antarctic explorers
who have visited these shores, in
fact,- we have met pructcially all
of them who have been active
during the past SO years and wo
would be proud to add you to the
list and nothing would bring more
joy to our hearts "'than to hear
that Admiral Byrd had again
turned his attention to the North,
and was scheduled to pay us a
visit. Happy Landings, Admiral!
Greetings of Grunt It. Jackson
Hello, Admiral Hyrd! My lim
ited time on the air permits me to
say little to yon, but it-is an op
portunity, that- J gladly take, --to
extend to you GREETINGS from
the people of Northwestern Alas
ka.
First, let me say a few words
In memory of our old friends,
the "Arctic Explorers of the Past '
who struggled so valiantly against
fearful obstacles of nature, and
who worked with the best means
science’ had then produced, endeav
oi’ing to reach? the Pole, or to ga
ther scientific knowledge, in the
Arctic. They performed their
work well, but were unable to
achieve,in their day. the marvels
that you have accomplished in
such a surprisingly short time,
with the aid of the airplane and
modern equipment.
Since your memorable tlignt
from Spitsbergen to the North
Pole, much airplane- activity has
been evidenced in the Arctic, and
we of the North have become air
minded. We have been visited by
Colonel Llndberg and his charm
ing wife, and Wiley Post has twice
passed over our country on his
jaunts around the world. These
great flyers were making air trails
for the transcontinental airplanes
that will soon be carrying passen
gers, mail and eipresa from New
lYork to the Orient, via Alaska and
Siberia. \
j Just a short distance from
j where we are at this moment it
;lg but 45 miles across that nar
jrovr stretch of water, called Ber
ing Straits, which separates the
continent o-f North America from
^Asia. It wifi be crossed by a fast
plane In 10 minutes.
STRIKE SITUATION
STILL REMAINS
JAHEROUS
NO CHANUK IN STATUS
STK1KK (SITUATION
(By Tha Associated Press)
SAN PRANX'ISOO, July 11,
Eleventh hour efforts to bring
aT»oiit an ""armistice to forestall %
general walkout of more than one
hundred thousand union men in
Portland, Oakland, and San Fran
cisco, were made on several fronts.
Thp principal move is going on
behind the scenes, at the hearings
being conducted by the Federal
Labor Disputes Board from which
| Is expected lat^ today, informa
tion and also from the shipowners
that may have an important hear
ing on the much sought-after
truce. Details of the negotiations
are being withheld. The work
ers re still holding out for con
trol of hiring of halls.
ThnrsdaV* noon has be4n set In
[Portland. Oregon, for a general
walk-out, unless definite develop
ments,are made in the meant'me.
Ho'wever, Green, President oj
the American Federation i)f La
bor noti'fied the union leader in
Portland that they were ■ without,
authority to call a general strike.
The Oakland central labor conn
oil ealled for a general strike vote
at the earliest possible moment.
Twenty unions In San Francisco
have either signified their will
ingness to walk out or have th°
left matter in the frauds' of strat
egy committees.
MAIL SERVICE TO ALASKA
BE RESUMED NOW
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, July 11, Officials here
said that the U. S. Mall service be
tween the United States and Al
Admiral Byrd, we w.mt you to
come back to the Northland. Your
energy, ability and experience can
do much for Alaska and the Arc
tic.
On behalf of the dtlaens of
Northwestern Alaska, I extend to
you, and yonr sturdy crew, a
hearty Invitation to come to our
country, and to make Alaska the
headqnsrters for your next expedl
tlon.
Late today reports were receiv
ed that Honolulu said the broad
cast from Noma came In excellent
over the short wave, on the na
tional hookup with CBS on the
Byrd Ant-Arctic program.
aeka would be resumed on regnK
mi- scehdule by tbe "Kenai" at
|tbe Alaekti Steamship Company,
which la due to arrive here Wed
nesday. and probably leave for
Alaska aiiaiiX.ib.jriin*-— i «»—• ■
The Sv S. Aleutian arrived to
day from the north with seventy
thousand rases of canned salmon.
The steamer Lukina, also of the
Alaska S. S. Co., clears from here
tomorrow for Ketchikan and other
'cannery centers.
OKNKRAI, KTRIKK MKNACK
HANDS OVKR CIT1KS
^By The Associated Press)
SAX FRANCISCO. July 11, The
menace of a general strike hung
over Portlan.fi Oakland, and Sau
Francisco more heavily today, as
the Labor Disputes Board* sought
ineffectually to break the d ad
lock. with a walk-out of twenty
five hundred teamsters, set for
tomorrow.
The oivtinok Is anythin’.: hnl en*
can'aging, '.tit the B< • d i still
hi LI i.u 1 i ?t ings.
SK< TtKTAKY OK TRKASI'RV
TO VISIT ALASKA
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( Hy 1 lie Associated Press) \
SEATTLE. July 11. Secretary
of the Treasury of the United
States. Morgenthuu, is due to ar
rive here July 1!)th enroute to Al
aska on a tour of inspection, aboard
the Cutter Chelan.
DOLLFUS TO START NEW
DRIVE ON NAZIS
(By The Associated Press)
VIENNA, July II. Premier of
Austria Dollfus announced today
a huge, new drive against the
Nanis, after concentrating Ip hU
own hands, all the military and
pr> ice powers of the nation.
The death penalty awaits any
one found, in the possession of
cxpleelves. Dollfus presented th«v
resignation of the eaVnet and then
submitted a new ltst cf ministers
to the President.
The Chancellor Is determined t<v
damp out the whole Natl move
ment Ibn Austria.
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