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VOL. 37. No. 174 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JULY 23 1936 Per Copy 15cts
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Typhoid Epidemic Hits Bristol Bay
RUSSIANS HOP SOON FOR SIBERIA VIA NOME
Spanish Officials Cannot Guarantee Safety Yankles
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U. S. WARSHIPS ON
WAY RESCUE YANKS
BESEIGED IN SPAIN
Rebel Planes Cause Excitement Rock
Of Gibraltar. British Ships Receive
Visits Wells As Loyal Spaniards
(By The Associated Press)
GIBRALTAR, July 23, — Rebel planes, droning
low over the Rock of Gibraltar, bombarded loyal Span
ish warships off Algeciras and La Linea last night and
met anti-aircraft fire which endangered this city.
Shells screaming from anit-aircraft guns on the
decks of the loyal ships burst high over the Rock send
ing thousands of persons gathered to watch the display,
scurrying in panic for safety from the splinters which
fell on the southern-most tip of the Rock. None of the
planes were hit, it was reported.
WASHINGTON. July 23, — Officials of Barcelona,
Malago Province advised American consular represent
atives that they cannot guarantee the safety of Ameri
cans or other foreigners.
This word was received shortly after Secretary of
State Cordell Hull had indicated the possibility, that
the generally uncertain European situation might im
pel the United States to re-establish a naval squadron
in European waters. Officials said that the first of two
American warships dispatched to Spanish waters to
get refugees, cannot reach Gibraltar, their destination,
before Friday. An urgent appeal for the eacuation of
American women and children
from Bilbao, Spain, by a war ves
sel, was transmitted to the State
Department by Consul William
Chapman.
The number of Americans at
Bilbao was quoted at 355.
The battleship Oklahoma is de
parting from Cherbourg, France
today, ten hours earlier than was
anticipated. She ig going to Bil
bao, the northern Spanish sea
port.
Chapman's message said:
“A food shortage which exists'
here now will likely bring loot- j
ing, since the authorites are not
in a position to prevent disord
ers”. The mesgage was not clear
whether Bilbao was in the hands
of the leftists or the rightists.
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Barney Ross Gets
Nontitle Decision
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 23, —
Barney Ross, welterweight cham
pion of the world won a unani
moug ten round decision pver
Phil Furr, in a non-title bout here
tonight.
Ross weighed 142 and Furr 148.
Destroyer Fired
On Rebel Plane
Bombs Dropped
(By The Associated Press)
CASA BLANCA, French Mor
occo, July 23, — The British de
stroyer “Whitehall’ routed a re
bel Spanish plane today with
gunfire after the aviator had
bombed a British steamer bring
ing fuel oil to loyal Spanish cruis
ers in Tangier harbor.
The steamer is believed to be
the Gibel Bersa of the Bland
Lines which anchored in the har
bor after arriving from Gibral.
tar.
Earlier the British destroyer
“White Swan” off Tarifa, Spain,
fired at a rebel plane “in warn
ing” after bombs had been drop
ped in the sea nearby.
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
Snake Is Cause
Drowning Fifty
Persons in India
(Bv The Associated Press)
LUCKNOW, India. July 23, —
B'ifty persons were drowned
when a snake caused a stam
pede on a ferry boat on one oi
the tributaries of the Ganges
Riv-er, capsizing the boat.
The passengers were frighten
ed whes a snake boarded the
s’nip in midstream. They al
rushed to one side of the boat
causing it to capsize and over
turn.
arwick Told of
Transport Musk
Detailed information concern
: ing the moving of a herd of 2i
musk oxen from the Fairbank
.area to Nunivak Island was re
lated today by Jack Warwick
former Nomeite and of rcceni
years connected with the experi
mental farming at the Univerr ’>
(of Alaska.
Mr. Warwick, who was accom
panied by Bert Walker, was un
der the direction of Cna.Lx,
Rouse of the U. S. Biological Sur
vey, who at present is still at
Nunivak Island observing how
the animals become accustomed
to their new location.
Warwick declared that the en
tire job of transporting the musk
oxen from Fairbanks to Nenana,
by rail, and thence by the river
steamer “Nenana” to Marshal,
and from their via barge to St.
Miohael and barge to Nunivak,
required just exactly two weeks.
He gaid they were very fortun
ate indeed in having the best of
weather when moving the ani
mals. Mr.Warwick and Mr.Walk
er arrived yesterday via the M.
S. Meteor, the vessel which tow
ed the musk-oxen to Nunivak Is
land from St. Miohael.
They departed today via the
PAA Electra for Fairbanks. Mr.
Rouse is expected to come to
Nome soon and will also fly back
to his headquarters at Fairbanks
With the four animalg taken
there last year, the herd now
numbers 31 in all. They are ex
pected to thrive exceptionally
well on the island, as their is a
total absence of any predatory
animals, and the climate and feed
ing conditions are ideal, said Mr.
Warwick.
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Special Meeting
Decided To Tear
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Down City Dock
—
Meeting in the City Clerk’s of
fi e last night, the city council
held an extremely unusual melt
ing. very few, if any, citizens
; having any knowledge of the
(.-;>ivial meeting, or being present,
, which iis'a decided contrast to
11 heir regular public meetings, to
■ discuss the disposition of the city
w; rehouse and dock.
All counciimen were present,
four of whom voted to tear it
d >wn and retain the lumber for
u. e by the city in sidewalks and
- wers, and two voted against it,
apparently being in favor of the
logical manner of handling the
situation by awaiting the arrival
' of Colonel Wilds, head of the U.
S. Engineers who is expected
here the first week in August.
The mayor called the meeting
to order and stated the purpose
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Nome GOP Lays
Plans Campaign
Fa IPs Election
Officials of the Nome Republi
can Club announced today that
their meeting last night, held at
the city hall, proved to be suc
cessful from all angles. New
: memberg signed the roll and the
business of discussing this fall’s
election and campaign occupied
most of the two and a half hours
the meeting was in session.
They stated they had expected.
Lester O. Gore to have arrived
at Nome yesterday in time for
the meeting, but adverse weather |
prevented him coming. Officials
declared if he arrives as expected
today, another meeting will un-:
doubtedly be held to discuss the!
Second Division campaign for
territorial and legislative offices.
Committees were appointed and
included: Finance—Alfred J. Lo
men, Chas. Code and Dave Gray.
Reception—O. S. Weaver, Lyle'
Nevins, Ira D.Orton, Ben Gillette
and Thos. D. Jensen.
Platform—Chas. Kennedy, Ben ;
Gillette, Nels Swanberg Sr.. Ed.
Steffen, Nels Swanberg Sr., Ed.
Jones and Thos. D. Jensen.
Though the press representa- \
tive was not in attendance, party j
leaders declared that plans will ■
be laid by the various commit- j
tees to wage a Republican cam- j
paign which, they said, they hop-1
ed would result in a predominat-1
ing Republican majority.
NEW VULTEE PLANE FOR
SOVIET AIRMEN IS TESTED
WILL LEAVE NEXT WEEK
\e>\ S!><* K<|ui|)|><‘<I Pontoons. Has
850 H.P. Motor. Can Fly 221) Milt* P<«
Ilnur, (xuising Radius 2.000 Milos
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, July 23, — The transport plane
in which two Russian aviators will attempt to fly to
Moscow via Nome, Alaska and Siberia, was taken up
on its first test flight Wednesday.
Sigismund Levanevsky and co-pilot Victor Lev
chenko stood on the ground and watched the pi ne go
through its paces. The pair plan to take off the nr.ddle
of next week. The flight is planned primarily, to :eter
Soviet Fliers Flew
fBv The As related Press)
MOSCOW. July 23, — Soviet
fliers Cheka loll' and Baidukufl
landed Wednesday night at Niko
laivsk located on the Amur Riv
er, after completing a flight of
approximately 3.800 kil meters
or ab'jut 5,400 miles from Moscow
to Siberia.
Details of the landing were
net given, but the plane was des
er.hod to be in good condition.
The Commissariat of the air
plane industry sponsored the
long distance flight to demon
strate the mobility of planes
manufactured in the U. S. S. R.
Italian Lighweight
Knocked Out Kid
Berg of England
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 23, — Aldo
Spoldi, Italian lightweight cham
pion knocked , out Jackie ‘‘Kid”
Berg of England in the second
round of a scheduled ten round
bout.
Spoldi weighed 138 and Berg
141 pounds.
The referee stopped the bout
after Berg had been floored three
limes in rapid succession in the
second round, to save the English
man further punishment.
OLD PAPERS!
Buy them by the bundle. Vse
hem for starting fires. For Sale
At the Nome Nugget.
mine me ieasiDu- > ; regular
flving between the United Stat
es and tlie Soviet XJi:i n Later
this week the p rill be tak
en to Terminal i. i titled
with pontoons.
The Vultee is pi wer d \- h an
, eight hundred mid fiftv
power motor capable of giving
it a speed of 220 miles per hour
at five thousand eight hundred
feet altitude.
Levanevsky an I L vchenko
plan to travel nr »u' :..c way
at an altitude of 12.000 V -t.
The ship carries : uu . died
and <5ix gallon of gas in, with
a cruising radius of more than
two thousand miles.
Serious 0?? I break
i yphoKi rever Is
Reported Brist. I?.
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, July 33—A serious
outbreak of typhoid Fever is de
scribed as near epidemic propor
tions in settlements along North
ern Bristol Bay shores. Radio
requests for help came to both
the governor’s and the Bureau
of Fisheries offices.
The disease is reported at Dill
ingham, Snag Point, Nushagak
and other outsposts. R. Swartz,
representing the Fishermen’s Un
ion at Nushagak. megsaged that
the small hospital there was
crowded with patients, and that
the staff was overworked. He
also stated that doctors, medicines
and equipment was urgently
needed. Mr. Swartz also report
ed that the hot weather added
to the distresg and that the fish
ing season at Bristol Bay was
now at its height.
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