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VOL. 37 No. 100 NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, April 28, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Nomeites Cast 380 Primary Ballots up to Five P.M.
Nenana Ice Likely Go Out Any Time-Water Rising
i •
NENANA ICE HOLDING
BUT WATER SLOWLY
RAISING; READY GO
Nenana lee Pool, (Jose to $72,000, Now
Occupies Attention of All Alaska as
Breakup Time is at Hand, And All
Eyes Are Turned to the Weather.
LOCAL WEATHER BUR
OBTAINS NEWS ON
ICE CONDITIONS
Fairbanks, April 28, 2
PM. —Chena river for 15
miles above town is jam
med with ice, the water
flooding houses in the low
er part of town.
Nenana, April 28, 2:00
PM.—The Ice still holds
here but has risen 1 foot
during the last 24 hours.
Water is running on
both sides of the river,
and the general weather
conditions remain about
the same—temperature is
36 above. Last night it
varied from 28 to 30.
(The above late informa
tion was obtained by the
Nome office of the U. S
Weather Bureau for the
Nugget today.)
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vance foryour subscriptior
ICE STILL HOLDING AT
NENANA: WATER IS
STILL RAISING
Nenana, April 27, — The
Tanana river, six and one
half feet above normal, is
threatening to carry out the
Nenana ice at any time.
Fairbanks, April 27, —
Blocked by an ice jam, the
Chena River rose ten feet
above normal, forcing resi
dents near the riverfront to
move elsewhere.
Another jam about two
miles above here caused al
arm over the possibility
that a sudden break would
cause a flood.
Mayor Collins ordered
guards posted and the siren
ready to warn citizens.
The discovery that the
Chena ice breakup market
had been carried out by the
surface ice before the win
ter ice broke, caused the ice
carnival committee to de
cide to refund all guess
tickets.
Polling In Primary
Elections High As
(litizens Go Polls
More interest seems to be
manifest in the primary
election in Nome today
than for many years prior.
When the polls opened this
morning their was a goodly
number on hand to cast
their vote, and as the morn
ing progressed more and
more voters called for bal
lots.
The tide is strongly demo
cratic and the small vote
being cast for the republi
can ticket, is probably due
in some measure to the fact
that there is no local oppo
sition for senator or repre
sentatives, thus causing sev
eral voters known as repub
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BIG SALE OF TICKETS
NENANA ICE POOL.
Tickets sold this year to
tal between 70,000 and 72,
000. Returns already are
in for over 70,000, while
others from remote points
are still coming in. All tick
ets should be in within a
few days.
Sorting counting, check
ing and tabulating the re
turns has kept a corps of 13
typists and several assist
ants busy for days. Every
typist in town was employ
ed. As many as 50 people
were in the hall assisting in
the work.i
Cannery Workers
Columbia River
Demanding Raise
(By The Associated Press*
Astoria, Ore., April 28,
—Demands of the cannery
workmen for a wage in
crease of ten cents an hour
over last year, was a new
obstacle to the peaceful be
ginning of the Columbia riv
er commercial salmon fish
ing season May 1st..
The packers refused to
grant the increase, and un
ion officials said the work
ers would study the situa
tion further.
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vance for your subscription
Negro Hanged
(By The Associated Press)
Royston, Ga, April 28,—
Lint Shaw, negro farmer,
once saved from lynching
through the intervention of
an aged judge, was shot to
death by a mob of forty
men, eight hours before he
was to go to trial charged
with attempted criminal as
sauit.
His body was found at
dawn today tied to a pine
tree in a creek bottom.
It had been pierced by
shotgun, pistol and rifle bul
lets. He died at the scene
where two white girls re
ported he had attempted to
attack them after their aut
omobile had broken down.
King Fuad Of
Egypt Died At
Home In Cairo
(By The Associated Press)
Cairo, Egypt, April 28, —
King Fuad I of Egypt, 68
years old, and friend of the
British, died here this morn
ing after a long illness.
Crown Prince Farouk, 16
who is now attending
school in England, will be
placed on the throne under
a regency until he attains
his 18th birthday.
NOEL WIEN is going to Seat
tle in NAT Ford May 1st or 2nd.
Reservations must be made at
NAT office Now.
Rolling Troops Arc
Halfway to (lapitol
Meeting Resistance
Fall of Southern City Is Ex
pected Momentarily, As
Italians Push Forward
In Final Attempts Crush
Ethiopian Empire.
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, April 28, — Ad
vices received in Rome to~
day from the northern It
alian front in Ethiopia, re
ported the Fascist army
was more than half way on
its march from Dessye to
Addis Ababa.
Dispatches said minor en
gagements have been tak
ing place between the mot
orized column and the Eth
iopian irregulars, with the
native defenders retiring to
the hills after short skirm
ishes with the rolling army.
On the southern front,
the city of Sasa Baneh is
surrounded by the Fascist
army, and its capture is ex
pected momentarily, af
ter three columns have
converged on the city.
Bedraggled and wound"
ed Ethiopian warriors from
Wallanga province hobbled
back to Addis Ababa from
the northern front and are
quartered out side the city.
They are ordered back
by the government which
told tales of treachery by
Ethiopian tribesmen and
gas assaults by the enemy.
Despite the hardships all
of them showed good spir
its and asserted “we are
not beaten yet!”
House G. O. I\s
Fight Passage of
Huge Tax Bill
(By The Associated Press';
Washington, April 28, —
House Republicans tonight
determined to concentrate
their opposition to the 803
million dollar tax bill, in a
virtual mass vote against
passage, without any or
ganised effort for any arrr,
endment, which they con
ceded any opposition to
would be in vain.
Anyone interested going
directly to Seattle in NAT
Ford make reservations at
NAT office now.
Nome City Council
Shows New Life In
1st Regular Meet.
More Than 100 Citizens At
tended Meeting & Took
Part In Various Discus
sions. Humor and Per
sonality Are Injected.
The first regular meeting
of the 1936 Common Coun
cil of the city of Nome held
last night in the city hall
before at least 100 specta
tors, went back to the “old
horse” question for the city
fire department.
The question of motoriz
ing the department was
thrashed out by the council
and joined by many of
those in the audience. All
councilmen were present &
heard the minutes of the
last meeting read and ap
proved. All bills approved
by the finance committee
were ordered paid,after the
usual motion had been pass
ed.
Applications for fire de
partment positions were
read from W. W. Laws for
Chief; Peter X.Peterson for
engineer; Fay C Morrow &
Bud Curtis for Driver. An
•application for the position
of inspector for the new
school building was read
from R. A. Stennorson.
in as much as the council
decided to revise the pres
ent ordinance which cm
powers the chief of the tire
department and police, the
above applications were or
dered placed on file.
A motion was made and
second, then passed, to ad
vertise for applications for
the fire department, and al
so for position of engineer
for the school building.
Chairman Hagen of the
street committee reported
that every effort was being
made to provide means of
draining the streets and
many lots of the spring ac
cumulation of water, open
ing up the drains, etc.
Chairman Rude of the fire
committee reported that
the driver of the fire depart
ment, Bud Cur tis, was “A.
W. O. L”, when he made a
flight to the Kougarok with
out informing either the
chief or any member of the
department.
During the time he was
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Disappearance Of
Sirs. Draper Holds
Puzzle Authorities
Ex-Seattle Times Writer
Threatened to Jump Into
Sea From Liner Crossing
From New York to Cobh
Ireland, April 20th.
''Bv The Associated Press)
New York, April 27. —•
The disappearance April
19th of Mrs. Hazel Archi
bald Draper, ex Seattle
Times writer, was clouded
in mystery tonight after
failure to connect her with
reports that a woman had
leaped overboard from the
liner Georgic, at sea.
The Georgic arrived at
Cobh, Ireland and reported
that no one on board had
been drowned. Officials of
the line said there was no
passenger aboard by the
name of Draper.
Mrs Draper was the wife
of Ebon S Draper, ex Mass
achusetts state senator, and
a sister of Norman A Archi
bald, Seattle author.
She left a Katonah, In.
Y. sanitarium and was eas
ily traced to a hotel, where
police found a note written
by her, threatening to s
away on the Genrgi i
committ suicide be- u
liner arrived at Cobh.
The police said they . d
information that a won. i
leaped overboard at mid
night on April 20th.
Sociiiiisi Mr<*L’ng
Eli: Is hi ill (lull
Fonu Big ? ition
(I3v The Associated Press)
New York, April 27. —
The Socialist Labor Party
ended its national conven
tion today adopting a plat
form declaring:
“Social development is,
and can point but in one dir
ection—To an industrial un
ion government.”
The convention called on
workers to organize such a
union.
(By The Associated Press)
Medford, Ore, April 23,
—Hiram Dryer McCaskey,
ex-chief of the Interior De
partment mineral section,
died last night at his home
here after a long illness.
THE SECOND DIVISION NEEDS A MAN OF THE TYPE OF
O. D. COCHRAN, FOR SENATOR-VOTE FOR HIM TODAY
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