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VOL. 37. No. 195 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 17. 1936. Per Copy 15cts
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GOV. ALF LANDON HAS ATTACK PLEURISY
Only One Bid Submitted on Nome Federal Building
Only One Bid
Reived on The
Nome Fed. Bldg.
(By The Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The
McDonald Construction Com
pany of St. Louis, Mo., submitted
the only bid to the Treasury De
partment for the construction of
the new Post Office and Federal
Building at Nome Alaska.
The bid was in the sum of $489,
229.00.
This was the only information
received concerning the opening
of bids today. It is reported that
the amount allotted amounted to
$425,000.00. What disposition is
to be made of the fact that the
bid is n excess of the amount al
lotted s not known but addition
ol information is expected at a
later date. ,
11 Persons Killed
In P. I. Typhoon
(By Tne Associated Press)
MANILA, Aug. 17—At least 11
were killed in a typhoon which
left homeless the natives of north
ern Luzon Island and threatened
them with famine. Pleas for gov
eminent aid, said that more will
be killed in the storm which is
sweeping in from the Pacific.
Indians Perform
\ Rites For Price
~ At, ^
' (By The Associated Press)
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Aug. 17
—Indians of the southwest, who
for centuries hid their strange
tribal rites from the white man,
now are willing to perform be
fore all comers, for a price.
The latest of the secret rites to
go “box-office” is the Araphoe
scalp dance, presented, for the
' first time publicly perhaps, at the
annual southwestern Indian pow
wow here.
In the early days of the west
the scalp dance celebrated a
bloody victory over white hunt
ers and trappers. The same rite
is performed around a campfire,
representing the return to camp
of the victorious warriors.
To the beat of tom-tome, half
naked braves leap in frenzy aro
und the flames, armed with their
short, deadly hunting spears and
having scalps taken from heads
of white men.
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Publicity Stunt
Is Convincing
Traffic Jumble
(By The Associated Press)
MEMPHIS, Aug. 17—Too much
j realism in an advertising stunt
i caused a traffic tie-up and sever
al near-accidents. A wrecked
| automobile was displayed in the
front of a theater showing a
movie dealing with traffic safety.
An excited man called police
headquarters and told of a “ter
rific downtown accident, four or
five hurt.” Squad cars, six am
bulances and several wreckers
raced to the scene. Police re
scinded permission to display the
wreck.
Town Fortifies
Itself Against
| Scanty Attire
Pennsylvania City Places Ban
On Bathers in “Shortest of
Short Shorts.”
(By The Associated Press)
FORTY FORT, Pa., August 17
—Burgess Samuel A. Boyd has
decreed that those “female pede
strains” who appear on the city
streets in the “shortest of short
! shorts and the most meagre of
halters, or something” will be ar- j
rested for indecent exposure.
Burgess Boyd told members of;
his police force the other night
that, although “I am not a be
whiskered grandpop,” he wanted
them to keep persons “showing
too much anatomy and not enou
gh common sense” off the street.
He said he was not “opposed:
to young persons having a good
time, nor am I attempting to
standardize their dress, but the
season’s beach fashions, designed
for wear in water to the neck,
should not be modeled and will
not be modeled on the streets of
Forty Fort.”
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DENTAL RESEARCH
BEING CARRIED ON
Dental research among Eskimo
tribes is being carried on in Alas
kffia this summer by Dr. Theo
dore Roseburg, associate profes
sor of bacteriology at Columbia
University, and Dr. L. F. Waugh
of New York. They are regarded
as leaders in their field and are
expected to determine the condi
tion of Eskimo teeth and possible
causes of any defects which may
be pronounced.
REBEL PRIS0NE1
WHILE WARSH
CENTS ATTEM
(By The Assc
UNDATED, August 17—Gov
ernment soldiers answered Rebel
warship shells against Irun and
San Bebastian with swift death
I for hostages before firing squads.
Rebel battleship Espana was en
1 gaged in shelling the towns. The
' executioners rifles could be heard
cracking in the besieged cities.
Frontier advises said that the
Rebel prisoners were being exe
cuted in retaliation for the shell
jing of the cities. About twelve
hundred hostages were held at
j Irun and seven hundred at San
Sebastian. Smoke from the fun
era! pyres of government dead
rose over Badajoz, which lies in
ruins as the Rebels continued
executions of the defeated defen
ders.
US EXECUTED
IPS OF INSUR- S
IPT BOMB CITIES
(dated Press')
Bloody fighting is reported in
southwestern Dadajoz Province,
where more than fifteen hundred
prisoners were reported execut
ed and countless others awaiting
their turn before a military tri- ■
bunal. A bruise on the right
shoulder, is proof to the Rebels,
that a rifle had been fired against
them, evidence enough to send j
the victims to death. Shot groups
of twenty were left where they {
slumped.
In Madrid the government con
fiscated millions of dollars in cur- I
rency, gold and jewels from the
churches, as Communists cried
for a “Baby Russia.”
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BELL CAST IN
KODIAK FOUND
IN CALIFORNIA
I
In the summer of 1923 a chur-i
ch bell was discovered in Califor
nia by Mrs. Alice Harriman, that
had been cast in Alaska. This,
bell weighed about 100 pounds
and hung at an old chapel on the
old Camulos Rancho in Ventura
County, California. The Camu-,
los Rancho is one of the oldest'
Spanish ranches in California,!
and readers of “Ramona” will re-1
member that here Helen Hunt]
Jackson commenced to weave her
famous story. Still on the altar
is the cloth that was mended by
Ramona.
In the old days of the Spanish
padres it was customary where!
large ranchos laid a long ways,
from the parent mission that a
chapel be placed on the rancho
and at regular intervals the cha
pel be visited by thepriests. This
ranch having remained for ages i
in the Del Valle family, the old
chapel remained as it had been
for ages. Here still worshipped
the family and the employees of
this old settlement. Still faithful
to their old faith, large crosses
have been placed on the hills
surrounding the rancho and these
are rigidly kept in repair by the
faithful.
The old bell is badly cracked,
yet has a very sweet sound, and
well accords with its ancient and
beautiful environment. Around
the outside of the rim of the bell
is this inscription:
“1796 goda Mtga Genvario
lit—sei kolokol no ostrovie
Kadiak XXX povelenyan
Arkemandr-as-pha Alexan
der Baranov.”
the translation of which reads: 1
“Island of Kadiak, ? ? by or
der of the Archimondrite Ios
saf, Alexander Baranov.”
In addition the side of the bell
bears a later inscription punched
on it, ,‘Sn. Fern,” and above this
inscription a Catholic cross beau
tifully worked into the metal.
5
To look back at the history of
this bell we learn that Shelikof,
for whom the straits to the west- J
ward were named, had formed a
company and in 1788 Empress
Catherine issued an oukaz giving
to the Shelikof Company exclu
sive rights over Kadiak Island and
nearby territory for a period of
20 years. Shelikof for ten years
previously had been fur hunting
in this vicinity.
In 1794 18 Russian priests ar- ti
rived at Kadiak Island, having C
aeen petitioned for by Shelikof. e
Dn one day and at one place they v
baptized ovpr 7000 persons. At aft t<
sarly date the casting of bells fi
rommenced and the material for
hem was obtained from several u
sources. Some was sent from tl
Russia, some was obtained from n
:he Copper River and some iron ti
was contributed by Vancouver, e
rhe material of this bell has not a
aeen analyzed, but it probably tl
:ame from the Copper River with o
Ihe copper.
The most probable way that
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Landon Unable
To
Attack V oice
fBy The Associated Press)
ESTES PARK, Colorado, Aug.
17—An attak of muscular pleur
isy kept republican nominee for
the presidency Landon, confined
to his vacationing ranch house
with his family, before inaugur
ating his first campaign tour in
the East Thursday, although his
aides reported improvement in.
his cold, he continued to remain
indoors.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Saturday Games
Detroit 3-10, Chicago 1-3
New York 10. Philadelphia 2 ‘
Washington 11, Boston 5
Cleveland 0, St. Louis 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 3-4, Cincinnati 4-5
Philadelphia 3, New York 0
St. Louis 4-7, Pittsburgh 3-2 1
Boston 2-2, Brooklyn 5-2
Second game called in the 9th
nning account of darkness.
COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 3
Portland 3, Oakland 1
San Diego 15, Missions 11
Sunday Games
Portland 4-1 Oakland 8-0 <
San Diego 4-2 Missions 15-6 .
Seattle 12-2, Sacramento 2-3 |
San Francisco 6-4, Los Angeles .
-3. ,
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Jlue Dress May
Return to Army |
Formal Uniform |
_ t
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C.. August »
-The blue dress uniform, in a 1
lodernized design, may soon re-jl
irn to the army. General Malin 1
raig, chief of staff, has authoriz- '
i a study of a new blue tunic, (
’ith rolled collar, and trousers *
i displace the olive drab uni- 1
irm for “off duty” wear,
since abandonment of the dress
niform during the World War
>ere has been a growing de
land among officers for a return i
) the historic color, army offic- i
rs finding themselves at a dis- i
ivantage when in company with 1
ie more smartly attired officers
f the navy and marine corps.
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Dutch Freighter
In Collision With
A Navy Cruiser
(By The Associated Press)
SAN PEDRO, Calif., August 17
—A collision with the light crui
ser Marblehead off Fogbound
Point Conception, put the Dutch
freighter Manoeran in a local
shipyard for repairs to two fif
teen foot rents in her steel bow
plates.
The Cruiser, whose gun explo
sion a month ago killed three and
injured eight, continued on to
ward San Francisco after learn
ing that the merchantman did not
need assistance.
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Shrine Mormons ^
Attracts 33,000
Nation’s Visitors
(By The Associated Press) '■*
PALYMRA, N. Y.. August 17—
rhe attraction of the Hill of Cu
norah as the shrine of Mormon
sm is evidenced by the report of
ulder Reed Brintoh uf this vill
ige that 35,000 persons have vis
ted the Mormon monument since
ts erection here a year ago last
ruly.
Visitors come- from practically
ivery state to visit 1he Hill of
Humorah where Mormon faith
ays that Joseph Smith, directed
ly the angel Moroni, dug out a
et of golden plates on which
vere inscribed in mystic charac
ers the tenets of the Mormon re
ig:on.
Last year Mormons assembled
rom all over the country to wit
less the dedication atop the hill
f a 30-foot granite shaft sur
nounted by a nine-foot statute of
he angel.
Since the erection of the monu
nent Mormonism has increased 10
ier cent in the Palmyra branch,
llder Brinton reports. A new
iranch has been formed in Ca
nandiagua and the distribution
f 400 books of Mormon point to
steady though slow rise of the
eligion.
CLAIMS LARGEST FLAXES.
PARIS, August 17th—France
ilaims the world’s biggest bomb
ng plane and also the largest
lommercial airplane. They are
our-motor, 18-ton monoplanes
vith a speed of 208 miles an
lour. The commercial plane,
lamed City of Montevideo, will
>e used in the mail service to
South America.