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VOL. 37. No. 5. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, January 7, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
A A A Is Declared Unconstitutional
Nome Doctor Takes Steps Prevent Scarlet Fever
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1st Appropriation
Bill Reported To
House 0 K Today
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 7, —
The first of the 1936-37 ap
propriations bills, carrying
eight hundred and seventy
nine million, seven hund
red and forty-three thous
and dollars, for two dozen
government agencies and
undertakings, was report
ed to the House as approv
ed by the Appropriations
Committee today.
It called for the expendi
tures of seventy-four mill
ion, five hundred thousand
dollars greater than the
1935 fiscal year, but forty
seven million six hundred
thousand less that the pres
ident’s budget.
Additional Funds
Additional funds were
provided for the veterans
administration. New gov
ernment activities included
an appropriation for the
power commission for the
enforcing of rates and sur
veys under the provisions
of the new utilities control
law.
Other Activities
Other activities were
that the Interstate Com
merce Commission was to
administer the airmail rate
and take care of the making
of motor vehicle regula
tions the Securities Com
mission was to take care of
J- P* Morgan Is
Before Comm.
For Questioning
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 7, —
J. P. Morgan today told
the Senate Munitions Com
mittee, that German acts,
and not international fin
ance pushed the United
States in the world war.
The famous banker faced
questioning by senators in
tent on creating sentiment
for legislation to curb fin
ancial dealings with war
ring nations.
His contention that finan
cial transactions did not
lead to war, was read from
a printed statement over
the objections of committee
members.
Error In Money
Figures Alaska
Be Allotted 1937
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 7, —
Yesterday’s story concern
ing the Alaska appropria
tions, was corrected today
as follows:
The increase should be
twelve thousand, four hun
dred and six dollars.
The current year appro
priation figures should be
one million, one hundred
and ninety-four thousand,
one hundred and eighty
five dollars, and next year, i
one million, two hundred
and six thousand, five hun
dred and ninety dollars, j
the administer ing of hold- j
ing companys under the
provisions of the utilities
laws. The railroad retire
ment board, the national
labor relations board, the
central statistical board and
the power commission were
refused a request for three
million six hundred thous
and dollars despite warn
ings from Chairman Frank
R. McNinich, that without
.he sum they could not be
gin to carry out the law ef
fectively.
Interesting Items
About Alaskans
An account of his difficul
ties in overcoming Eskimo
superstitutions, and a des
cription of hardships ajpd
structions were given the
clerk to dangers encounter
ed was given in an address
to the assembly at Alaska
university recently by Otto,
W. Geist, archaeologist,who j
has made eight trips to St.
Lawrence Island to delve
for curios.
An excellent fur season
in spite of lower prices for
St. Michael Island this year
was reported by Frank Wil
liams of that island. Will
iams is game commissioner
for the Second division,and
went south on the Victoria
for Seattle. He said that
St. Michael had produced
many foxes this year, with
an abundance of red, white
(Continued on Page Two)
PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN
NOME: FOR SCARLET FEVER
In view of the danger of
a spread of the Scarlet
Fever epidemic in Fair
banks to Nome, Dr. Wm. C.
Charteris, acting Territor
ial Health Officer and phy
sician at Nome, today mad*'
out a list of precautions to
be taken in Nome during
the continuance of the dis
ease at Fairbanks, and un
til all danger of contracting
it has passed.
Yesterday Dr. Charteris
made an inspection of the
children and students at
the Nome Public School,
reporting that he found no
symptoms of the disease
there. He discovered that
several children were ab
sent from school with sore
throats, and made a check
up on them, also determin
ing that there were no evi
dences of scarlet fever.
Dr. Charteris has arrang
ed with the teachers in
both the Nome Public
school and the Office of In
dian Affairs school to make
twice-daily inquiries into
the health of the children,
and he in turn will make a
daily inspection of each
school, from now on.
The Doctor, who is occu
pying the position of Dr.
Rex F Swartz at Nome dur
ing his absence in the sta
tes, is at present in the mid
die of making physical ex
amination of all the child
ren at the Office of Indian
Affairs school, after which
he will make an examina
tion at the Nome Public
school.
He also arranged with all
of the airplane companies,
that when arriving passen
gers are landed at Nome
airport, they will be taken
directly to his office where 1
they will undergo an ex
amination and receive in
structions. In the matter
of the receipt of mail at
Nome from Fairbanks, he
( Continued On Page Four )
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD
BE TAKEN PREVENT
SCARLET FEVER
DR. WILLIAM C. CHAIITERIS RECOMMENDS FOL
LOWING PRECAUTIONS BE UNDERTAKEN;
IN EFFORT PREVENT SCARLET FEVER AT
NOME, ALASKA.
In an effort to prevent the occurrence of Scarlet
Fever in Nome, the following precautions are to be ob
served.
1. Children and adolescents should be watched
closely for sore throats and not permitted to attend
school of mingle With other people while the sore throat
persists.
2. Mail from Fairbanks—the envelopes of which
will be disinfected when delivered—should be opened,
read, burned and the reader's hands thoroughly wash
ed with soap and water.
3. All persons arriving from Fairbanks shall re
port at once to the acting Territorial Health Officer, for
examination and instructions.
4. Any suspected case of Scarlet Fever shall be
reported immediately to the Health Officer.
WILLIAM C. CHARTERIS, M. D.
Acting Territorial Health Officer
Nome, Alaska, January 7, 1936.
New Deals AAA
Knocked Out !5y
Supreme Court
fRy The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 7, —
The senate munitions com
mittee opened hearings to
day in its long-prepared in
quiry into world war fin
ancing, while New Dealers
at the bier of the Agricul
tural Adjustment Act, won
dered at the fate of other
recent legislation.
AAA Knocked Out
The Supreme Court’s de
cision against the farm pro
gram continued to dismay
the sponsors of the AAA
which came to an abrupt
stop last night.
The opinion was express
ed by some that the Social
Security Act, the Guffey
Coal Control Act, and the
Wagner Labor Relations
law may be doomed, as dir
ect results of the decision.
Many Possibilities
Included in the possibil
ities were that new taxes
may be recommended;
plans for a major farm
meeting at the capital to
discuss possible future leg
islation have been voiced;
talk of the creation of 48
iittle AAs, or federal grants
o farmers for “proper land
use”, or the quota system
,o force crops to be sold
lomestically at prices guar
anteed by the government,
is to be heard in Washing
ton today.
The salaries of six thous
and, five hundred AAA
workers were cut off and
,he flow of cash to the far
mers stopped abruptly to
Jay.
Big Advertising
Plan Get Under
Way For Salmon
With inventories down
and plans completed to
stimulate an already rising
consumer demand through
aggressive and exciting ad
vertising, the American
canned salmon industry,
looks forward to a record
year in 1936, according to
Humphrey O. Roberts,
President of the Northwest
Salmon Canners Associa
Continued on Page 3
Criticism U. S.
Neutrality Italy
Made In Papers
(Bv The Associated Press)
Undated, Jan. 7, — At
tacks on the United States
neutrality program, as pro
posed by President Roose
velt occurred in Italy’s Fas
cist press today.
Apparently with full
prior knowledge of Musso
lini, one newspaper said
that the president’s stand
was “necessarily imperfect
and not with a profound
[knowledge of European
! problems.”
Unofficial reports from
Paris said that the British
general staff was pressing
for the application of the
oil embargo, with the prob
ability of its initiation be
fore February 1st forecast
today in diplomatic circles.
Buoyed By Fresh Hopes
Ethiopians celebrated
their Christmas buoyed up
by fresh hopes for victory
over the Italian invaders.
Aiding them were the con
tinuous rains which for the
aast week have pelted the
northern front.
Seven British destroyers
arrived in Greek waters,
today, arousing pub'ic in
terest because of the situa
tion in the Mediterranan.
Unconfirmed reports to
day in Athens, spread, that
Igypt had approached the
''reek go' eminent for an
extension of harbor facili
ies for British warships in
he event of a Mediterran
ean conflict.
inred By Car
Youth Dies In
Water, Reardan
'By The Associated Press)
Reardan. Wn., Jan. 7, —
Pinned under waters, Char
les Barry, 21, died in the
.vreckage of his auto, in
Spring Creek, near here.
The car plunged over the
embankment when James
Rogers, a friend was driv
ing. He escaped severe in
jury and went to a farm
house for help, which arriv
ed back at the auto too late
to save Barry.
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