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VOL. 36. No. 295. NOME, ALASKA, Wednedav, DEC. 18, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cems
Franco-British Peace Plans Described As Failure
Wins Decision Ov
er Baby Joe Cans
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Dec. 18, —Scor
ing five knockdowns in the
first two rounds, A1 Host
" ak, Seattle middleweight,
last night decisioned Baby
Joe Gans, Los Angeles neg
ro, in an eight round bout
here.
Wins Champ.
(By The Associated Press)
Detroit, Dec. 16, — The
Lions won the first national
professional football league
championship, overpower
ing the New York Giants,
26 to 7. The game was play
ed on a snow covered field.
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Xmas Trees
Arrive Nome
For A. Polet
Nick Grey and Wm. Gre
gory from White Mountain,
drove into town last Sun
day, each with a load of
Christmas trees for Polet’s
Store. Two large trees for
the Community Christmas
tree celebration were in
cluded in the consignment.
Owing to the small cap
acity in the present halls,
the committee has arrang
ed two separate celebra
tions, with two trees. Both
affairs to be held at the
same hour, one program at
the Federated church and
the ther at the Methodist
mission church.
CRITICISM PEACE PLANS IS
CAUSE VIRTUAL DEATH OF
HOPES PEACE IN AFRICA
Represenative One Europen Power Is
Of Belief Efforts Peace Useless
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 18, —The
Franco-British formula for
settling the war was des
cribed as dead, by a repre
sentative of one of Europe’s
great powers, today.
; This declaration follow
ed conference between Sir
Anthony Eden, British Min
ister for League affairs, and
Russian, Spanish and Turk
ish members.
The League council gath
ered today to consider the
plan. Among the problems
coming up will be the an
nouncement by the Italian
delegation that Italy will
not be represented at the
session.
At home, Mussolini, again
aggressively belligerent, de
tied Europe to stop his
campaign, terming Europe
as crooked. Mussolini as
serted that Italy would
fight to the end for her
rights. He delivered his
challenge to egoism and
hypocrisy, in .a Faith Day
address, as women, includ
ing the Queen, donated
gold wedding rings to the
nation.
Ethiopia sent a note to
the League today rejecting
the peace proposals, as ar
ranged by the French and
British.
Woman Is Burned To Death At Colony
Matanuska: Children Saved
• ,
Archie W. Shiels Brings
Word of Contract
Awarding
Archie W. Shiels, pres
ident of the Pacific Ameri
can Fisheries, who arrived
here recently on the Prin
cess Norah for a two days’
vacation in Juneau stated
that $250,000 will be spent
in the first year of the three
year salmon advertising
campaign to start soon af
ter January 1st.
The advertising con
tract was awarded to J.
Walter Thompson and Co.,
! one of the largest firms in
the nation, at a hearing in
, Seattle on November 26.
“Ninety percent of the
salmon packs are backing
this program”, Shiels said.
“The others will foll
ow suit shortly. Such an
advertising program has
been suggested before, but
has failed to materialize.” i
The fishing season next
year points to a normal
pack, Shiels added, and!
(Continued on Page Three.
Republican W ins
Seat In Congress
From Michigan
(By The Associated Press)
Battle Creek. Dec. 17, —
Verner W. Main, republi
can nominee who had the
combined support of his
party organization with the
backing of the Townsend
Old Age Pension group,
today won the third Michi
gan congressional seat by a
two to one majority.
Main received 24,686,
Howard W Cavanaugh, the
democratic nominee 11,342
votes, and E. G. Keifer, a
Farmer-Laborite, 397 vot
es.
Keterring to the support
he received from pension
advocates, Main said:
“Townsend clubs endors
ed my candidacy after it
was under way but I enter
ed the race at the urging of
disinterested friends.
“As a candidate of no
group or faction, in the
critical session of Congress
ahead, I shall give my best
efforts to the representing
of all of the people of the
district on the various is
sues of domestic and for
eign policy that may arise.”
Council Takes Up
Duties In N. China
(By The Associated Press)
Peiping, Dec. 18, — The
semi-autonomous political
council of the North China
provinces of Hopei and
Charar, went into opera
tion today over the opposi
tion demonstrating of anti
Japanese students.
The inauguration of the,
council was held with the!
utmost secrecy, as a precau
tion against fresh protests.1
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Final Meeting
Hoard Equaliz
ation Tonight
At the second meeting of
the city council sitting as a
Board of Equalization, last
evening, pronounced tend
encies were indicated that
assessments in some cases
were raised, and a general
discussion by couneilmen
showed the opinion of the
council to be that the as
sessment roll, as prepared
by City Assessor Walsh,
had been prepared with ut
most fairness and as com
plete as is possible under
the circumstances.
However, in some cases
members of the council be
lieved that certain assess
ments were not sufficient
and voted for raises to be
made.
Upon motions duly second
ed and passed the following
assessments were raised:
Bon Marche stock from
$37,000 to $40,000.
Nome Liquor Store stock
from $7,500 to $10,000.
Alaska Liquor Store stock
from $7,600 to $10,000.
The Nevada building from
$8,000 to $10,000.
Bon Marche building from
$12,000 to $15,000.
Lincoln Hotel building
from $2,600 to $5,000.
Mrs. C. Bale building
from $4,000 to $5,000.
A complaint was register
ed by the Standard Oil Co.
in a telegram to their agen
ts the Lomen Commercial
Co., that the $20,000 assess
ed was too high on their
stock and stated $11,575
would be about right. The
matter was turned over to
the city clerk to take up
with the Lomen Com’l Co.
Councilman Harry Hagen
was elected as mayor pro
tern. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read
and approved. Richard
Rouel appeared to com
plain that the assessment
on his car and etc., person
al, was too high. The coun 1
cil took no action to change
the assessment.
Charles Cavey appeared
before the Board to com
plain that the assessment
on his building was too
high, in proportion to as
sessments on other new
buildings in the burned .
area of Nome. Consider- p
Continued on Page 3
WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES
CONTRACT MORE PLANES
FOR UNITED STATES ARMY
New Fighting Planes Being Purchased
To Augment Arm ; Ton es
U- »
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(By Ttie Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 18, —
The War Department con
tracted today for one hun
dred swift troop-strafing
planes, as the senatorial
condemnation of “an orgy
of war preparations” zoom
ed into the attention of the
public.
A two million, sixty-five
thousand dollars contract
for one hundred airplanes
and parts for the equival
ent of fifteen more ships,
was awarded to the North
rop Corporation of Ingle
wood, California.
The planes will augment
the strength of the general
headquarters force, and are
to have a top speed of two
hundred and fifty miles per
hour. They will carry a 2
man crew, and four fixed
and one flexible machine
guns, racks for large or 20
small bombs, also chemic
al distributing equipment.
Senator Frazier, republi
can from North Dakota, in
a radio address scoffed at
the preparations and de
clared they were pointing
die country toward bank
ruptcy. Ho demanded a
halt in the billion dollar
appropriations for the ar
my and navy defense sys
tems.
The new planes will have
a 20,000 foot fighting ceil
ing, eight hours flying
range and a cruising speed
of two hundred and twen
ty miles an hour.
Plane Delayed
Typhoon China
(By The Associated Press)
Manila, Dec. 10, — Pan
American Airways officials
announced today that ty
phoon, sweeping out of the
China Sea would delay the
return vyage of the Philip
pine Clipper plane to the
mainland of America.
It was scheduled to de
part Thursday', but the take
off time has been postpon
'd 24 hours.
Campaign To Advertise Salmon Of
Alaska, Get Under W ay Soo i
(By The Associated Press)
Anchorage, Dec. 17, —
By fire a woman colonist
an the federal government’s
agricultural project in the
Matanuska Valley lost her
life. Mrs. George Emberg,
from Proctor, Minn., has
succumbed to burns she re
ceived Saturday when her
lew home was destroyed by
Barnes.
Painful burns were suff
ered by a little daughter,
Dixie Emberg. Two other
children in the family were
aot hurt.
The. fire started when
gasoline which was used to
start a blaze in the kitch
en stove, exploded.
Neighboring colonists
saved $400 in currency
and some of the furniture
in the Emberg dwelling.
Pres. Gomez Of
\ enezuela Dead
(By The Associated Press)
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec.
18, —General Juan Vicen
te Gomez, 78-year-old pres
ident and the nation’s dict
ator, died here yesterday.
The national cabinet narn
ed General Eleazar Lopez
contreras, former Minister
of War, as provisional pres
ident.
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