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VOL. 37. No. 269 NOME* ALASKA, THURSDAY NOV. 12 1936 Per Copy 15ct*
Alaska Longshoremen Go Work
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NOME FEDERAL BLDG. BE EARLY IN 1937
Fire Prevention Campaign Is Fairly Under Way
PROSPECT NEW FEDERAL BLDG.
NOME TO GO THROUGH EARLY
IN 1937 VOICED BY OFFICIALS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12, — Delegate from
Alaska, Anthony J. Dimond, today said that the Treas
ury Department has decided to call for new bids on
the Nome Federal Building project. He said he had
been advised that plans were being revised to bring
the cost of the project within the limit of $425,000, al
lotted by congress.
The first contract advertised for, opened three
months ago, with only one bid from the McDonald Con
struction Company of St. Louis, was eighty three thou
sand dollars more than the limit.
Under the revised plans, the contractors would be
able to complete the framework construction and in
sall the heating equipment next summer, and complete
the remainder of the work during the winter.
“The Department said it would expedite the award
ing of the new contract, so as to enable the successful
bidder to land his material at Nome immediately after
the spring thaw sets in,” said Delegate Dimond.
Plans To Take
Planes Look For
Lost Pilot S. A.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Nov. 12—Art Wil.
Hams, a former army pilot, plans
to take two planes to the South
American jungle to try and find
Paul Redfern, the American avi
ator, who disappeared in August
1927 on a nonstop solo flight from
Brunswick, Georgia to Rio de
Janiero. Williams said he collect j
ed information that Redfern was
living with Indians in Southern
British Guiana.
William is now living at Geo
rgetown British Guiana. Red.
fern was last reported alive four
years ago but a tribal chief or
dered the Indians to say nothing.
Eugene O’Neill Got
The Nobel Award
(By The Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12? —Eug.
ene O’Neill, American playwright
was awarded the 1936 Nobel
Prize for letters, and became the
second American to receive this
coveted award.
The first to receive this award
was Sinclair Lewis. O’Neill was
innformed of the award at Seattle
where he is spending three mon
ths, part of a year in the West.
He said he was working on a
play of the period around 1860
when railroads came across the
country.
Ten Cars Train
Left tracks Go
Into a Ravine
(By The Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 12. —
Ten cars, of a southbound Big
Four passenger train, plunged
down a forty foot embankment
today killing Robert True of
Lawrenceburg. Indiana baggage
man and Edwin Veail, aged 66.
of Cincinnati the expressman.
The train was travel.ng between
50 and 60 miles an hour. A score
of passengers, injured, cut and
bruised, were brought here for
treatment. The engine and two
cars crossed the bridge where
the accident occurred, and the
other cars left the rails.
Truck Ran into Bus
Many Were Injured
(By The Associated Press)
SAN LUIS OBISPO^ Nov. 12, —
Seriously injured, Erwin Honey
ball, of Pasadena, driver of a 12
ton truck which crashed headon
into a huge bus, resulting in the
killing of three and the injuring
of 31, is being held under tech,
nical arrest, with an inquest
planned.
The highway patrol said he had
been cited twice for speeding sin
ce September 2.
Women victims identified were
Mrs. Nora Ernrick 56 of Engle
wood and Mrs. Ann Singleton ol
Los Angeles.
Import Duties To
Alaska Asked To
Be Suspended
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Nov. 12—Sus
>
pension of tariff duties on Alas
kan imports from Canada during
the Maritime Strike was recom.
mended by Dimond,who said that
Governor John Troy had previous
ly urged such aation upon Secre
tary of the Interior Department
Ickes.
Delegate Dimond said that the
President has the power to au
thorize duty free on importations
to relieve emergencies. The “sit.
I uation in Alasika is not critical
although there’s beginning to be
a shortage of food at some points
but with the suspension of duties
until such time as supplies car
be broght in from the States
would mean a considerable sav
ing to the Alaskan people,’’ Del
egate Dimond also said Sitka’s
supply of fuel oil for the diese
power plant operated there, is
getting low.
Arrest Made In
Connection with
Tacoma Kidnap,
(Bv The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Nov. 11th—Edward
Fliss, aged 30, of San Francisco
! was indicted yesterday as a con
spirator and money changer ir
l the George Weyerhauser kidnap
case. Fliss is a former Idahc
convict. He awaited trial in a
Seattle jail facing a possible life
sentence and ten thousand dollar
fine. Fliss told the grand jury
he was innocent, but he was
charged with passing two thous
and dollars in ransome bills at
Portland and two hundred and
sixty Jive dollars in a Seattle
bank and arrested October 24th
William Mahan, Harmon Waley
Margaret Waley are all serving
long sentences as principals ir
the case. Fliss was accused o(
working with Mahan.
Start Proceedings
William L. Paul, Juneau attor
ney, who at one time occupied a
prominent place in the Alaska
political spotlight and who now
is occupying a high position ir
connection with administration oi
the Wheeler.Howard act in Alas
ka, is fighting disbarment pro
ceedings in the federal court a1
Juneau. George B. Grigsby ii
representing him in court.
I
jSan Francisco
Bridge Opened
Traffic Today
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12, —
The 77 million dollar San Fran
cisco Bay bridge was opened to
traffic at noon today, with gala
festivities.
Governor Merriam of Califor.
j nia cuts the golden chain on the
i Oakland side and President
Roosevelt will press a button at
5:30 p.m., turning on the sodium
vapor lights which will make
night traffic possible without
headlights. The capacity of the
bridge is three hundred thousand
cars daily.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12, -
; “That's what I call money wel
j spent”, said Chairman Jesse Jon
es, of the Reconstruction Corpora
tion, after inspecting the bridge
jOn which sixty one million doll
ars was loaned.
Fire Prevention!!
Inspection of homes and busi.
ness establishments in Nome, dui
I ing the city Fire Prevention Carr
paign, started promptly Tuesday
continued Wednesday, and is un
der way with dispatch today
through the observation of ChieJ
W. W. Laws, of the Nome Fire
Department.
The Chief is visiting every
building in the city to examine
heating units, appliances, and al
1 so to investigate other fire haz.
ards which may be present.
A full report is to be filled out
and returned to the city con
cerning observations made.
The theory oi the campaign is
to enlist the cooperation of every
one in bringing to notice the pres
ence of any fire hazards within the
city, so that they may be immed
iately corrected.
It has been heard that one or
two persons have become “hard,
boiled” when told to correct the
hazards in their own homes. It
goes without saying that the city
government is determined to
• make the city of Nome as free
from fires as is possible under the
I law. So, those who don’t think
^ they can be forced to correct de
fective heating plants, etc., will
be sadly mistaken if they be
come too stubborn—they are apt
to be hailed into court and made
to effect safety in their homes
from fire, at their own expense,
and for their own benefit, and
their neighbors’ as well.
HEARINGS MARITIME
STRIKE POSTPONED
INDEFINITELY NOW
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Battle Shifts To
South Side City
In Spanish War
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, Nov. 11, — The six.
day battle here shifted to the
south side of the city today after
the city’s defenders had placed
under control, a dangerous forty
block fire in the Norte Station
area, at the western extremity
of the city, destroying part of
the Montana barracks, where
! powerful government batteries
j are located.
Three fascist batteries at the
south of the city fired incessant
ly, sending shells into a cluster
of tenements.
It was estimated that the Fascist
and insurgent death toll yester.
day was three thousand. Thous
ands of Catalan reinforcements
arrived today and filled the batt
ered fortifications.
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, Nov. 12, — Insurgent
armies struck viciously at Mad
rid’s mo.5t vulnerable approach,
University City, located on the
northwest side, the attack being
staged in a driving rain.
The section is not yet cut oil'
from the city by the attack.
Moving up through the Casa del
Campo, former game preserve,
the insurgents met a violent ar
i tillery barrage. Cannon roared
throughout the night, and the
clatter of horses hoofs, and the
tramp of thousands of feet gave
evidence that the government
was pouring reinforcements into
strategic points.
Football Scores
(By The Associated Press)
San Francisco, Nov. 11, —
Completely demoralizing oppon
ents in the second half with an
assault netting 6 touchdowns,
the Texas Agricultural College
and School of Mines crushed the
University of San Francisco on
Armistice Day by the score of 38
to 14, in one of the outstanding
intersectional football games on
Armistice Day.
Texas A & M 38 Frisco U 14
Haskell Indians 6 St. Ambrose 21
U S S Idaho 14 Fort Lewis 0
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11—
A resumption of the Maritime
Commission’s investigation into
the coast shipping industry plan
ned hearings to open tomorrow.
Observers said that a resump_
tion of the hearings meant that
peace efforts unsuccessful. Ed
ward F. McGrady, assistant Labor
Secretary, is confident that both
sides would come together, but
he announced that no progress
in attempts to release strikebound
ships at Hawaii, so they could re_
turn their passengers to the main
land failed when the owners re
fused to meet union demands.
Union longshoremen will be us
ed exclusively to load and unload
i ships at Ketchikan where il is re_
ported that supplies of egg', but
1 ter and meat were practically de
pleted. Matt Meehan, secretary
of the Pacific Coast District of
the International Longshoremen’s
Association, said “it is not our
intention to cause privation to the
i people of Alaska, our quarrel is
with the operators.”
Seward longshoremen have al_
ready been ordered by the union
to unload supplies from the motor
ship Starr. The Seattle strike
committee called a forty-eight
hours truce so cargo on docks be
fore the strike was called, could
be removed.
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SAN FGANCISCO, N v. 11
Assi. tant Secretary of Labor Ed_
ward F. McGrady, S3id, he sees
a chance to settle the M.irit.me
Strike quick by trying to reach
an agreement on when negotia
tions are to start.
The Maritime Commission said
that hearings will be postponed
indefinitely after today’s session
to allow further study.
The strikers said that 250 ships
are tied up at Atlantic Gulf ports,
and an additional 178 ships at
Pacific Coast ports. Five hun
dred employees of the Bethlehem
and Los Angeles shipyards said
they would strike Saturday for
higher pay and union recognition
The union has six thousand Beth
i
lehem workers at San Francisco
on strike now.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 12, — The wat
erfrornt was a beehive of activity
today as teamsters worked fever,
ishly to remove “fair” cargos on
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