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VOL. 37. "no. 249 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1936. Per Copy 15cta
Mine Operators Report Rich Season
NEWSPAPER REPORTER ENDS WORLD RACE
18 Men and One Woman Drown When Boat Sinks
NEWSPAPER REPORTER ENDS
WORLD GIRDLING RACE BY
COMMERCIAL PLANE TODAY
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 19, —H R Ek
ins, world circling newsman of
ficially ended his trip in the New
York Word Telegram lobby at
11:14 a.m. today, completing a
dash around the globe in 18 days
fourteen hours and 56 minutes,
winning an unofficial race from
Dorothy Kilgallen of the New
York Journal and Leo Kieran of
the New York Times, both of
whom are now in Manila.
Ekins said that the flight could
be made by anybody, and would
cost $5,000, using only established
transportation lines. The trip
was 24,720 miles.
Earth Shocks In
Italv Causing
Apprehension
(By The Associated Press)
VITTORIO, Italy, Oct. 19, —
Light earth shocks in this section
and northern Italy, where a quake
brought death and destruction
yesterday, created fresh apprehen
sion today.
Yesterday’s quake damaged vir
tually every house in town. Some
of them must be razed, and oth
ers will probably stand repair
ing.
Several streets are closed. Dam
-ages estimated were 5 million
lire.
Wallace Porter
Tells Of Mining
Dime Cr. Section
Agent Joe Hamish of the Alas
ka Line at Nome announced today
that the first passenger lighter for
the S S Victoria, which arrived
back at Nome today from the
eastward, would leave Snake Riv
er Harbor at 8 A. M. tomorrow
morning for the boat.
Possibly two or three other pass
enger lighters will leave the har
bor for the ship within the next
couple of hours following the
first departure.
It was reported that a large
number of passengers were leav
ing for the states on this boat,
which is her last sailing south for
this year.
The names of the outgoing
passengers will probably be pub
lished in tomorrow’s issue.
Bette Davis Can
Not Work With
Out Permission
fBv The Associated Press i
LONDON, Oct, 19, — Bette
Davis, American actress, was re
stricted from appearing in films
and other performances in Eng
land for any other company than
Warner Brothers of Hollywood.
The injunction was granted by
Justice Sir George Branson, un
der Warner Brothers application
Miss Davis was not in court.
Spruce Cr. Dredge
Dide Fine Work
This Season
The Spruce Creek Dredging
Co., Fred and Bill Jones and
Tolbert Scott, concluded opera
tions the past week end and all
of them, including Mrs. Fred
Jones arrived at Nome by motor
car from Spruce Cr. located in
the Solomon section, thirty odd
miles from Nome.
They reported good digging of
their dredge this summer al
though they bucked frost and
once suffered a broken shaft.
Reports from reliable sources
declared that the gold output for
the Solomon River section would
probably total real close to $100
000, a record for that area.
First Passenger
Lighter for Vic
Tues. at 8 A. M.
Wallace Porter, Dime Creek
dredge operator and business
man, who arrived Saturday from
that section reported an unusual
ly favorable mining season.
He declared that about a dozen
mining operators this season ex
tracted more than $60,000 in gold
which represented an increase ol
nearly $30,000.
Mining in the Dime and Hay
cook sections is certainly look
ing up, he said, and next year
should see even greater develop
ment.
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Political Talks
Result In Radio
Snarl Saturday
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Oct 19, — A de
mand to rebroadcast Senator Ar
thur H Vandenberg's “fireside
chat” with a recorded voice of
i President Roosevelt, emerged Sun
day from a welter of confusion
that followed after a program
which was partly on and partly
off, Columbia Broadcasting Syst
em’s chair Saturday night.
' Hill Blackett, director of the
: Public Relations division of the
I Republican National Committee
disclosed the committee’s stand
in the broadcast of recordings.
The President’s past addresses
were introduced with Vanden
berg commenting on them. CBS
when it learned the nature of the
program, cut out the Eastern sta
tions of the chain on the grounds
that they were not permitted to
use records in broadcasts.
Sunday, the CBS spokesman
said the system would neither
give nor sell time to any party
using phonograph records of re
productions of anyone’s voice.
Li. S. FOOTBALL
I SCORES
1 (By The Associated Press)
Georgia Tech 6 Duke 19
Tulane 28 Colgate 6
West. Maryland 0 Villanova 13
Michigan 0 Minnesota 26
Indiana 9 Nebraska 13 ,
Kansas 0 Marquetta 0
Manhattan 7 Holy Cross 13
Virginia Military Institute 0 Col
umbia 38
Syracuse 7 Cornell 20
Auburn 6 Detroit 0
Army 32 Harvard 0
Wynesburg 6 Fordham 20
Busknell 0 Georgetown 19
DePaul 7 Catholic U 12
Princeton 0 Penn 7
Purdue 35 Chicago 7
Yale 12 Naivy 7.
Duquesne 7 Pittsburgh 0
Vanderbilt 0 So Methodist 16
Oregon State 7 Washington 19
Texas Christ. 7 Texas A. M. 18
Oregon 13 Idaho 0
Washington State 0 U S C 0 tie.
Gonzaga 0 Montana 6
UCLA 17 California 6
Plates, cups and saucers are
being made of clear candy that
can be eaten as desert after a
meal, to save dish washing.
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18 MEN & 1 WOMAN
DROWNED IN LAKE
STORM SUNDAY P M
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(By The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, Oct. 19, — The
cold waters of Lake Erie held
the bodies of 18 men and 1 worn
an, victims of a 50 mile gale which
overturned and sunk the 252 foot
Canadian boat “Sandsucker.”
I Sand, a merchant of 26, who
was aboard, was the ony one of
the seven who remained, to tell
how the majority of his benumb
ed companions, dropped one by
one from two capsized lifeboats
to which they had dug through
the terrifying night, for more
than ten hours, as they watched
, ships pass them which could not
see their plight. Daylight brought
rescue today.
Italian Fascists
Continue Punish
Rebel Ethiops.
(By The Associated Press)
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 19,— It
aly today completed mass repris
als against Ethiopian irregulars
who last July ambushed and kill
ed thirty Fascist aviators,
i Thirty Italian bombing and
transport planes, carrying five
hundred men armed with rifle:
and machine guns today engaj:
ed irregulars in a fierce battle
near Texemti, the natives suffei
ing heavy casualties.
Dry (.reek Dredge
Short Season Did
Good Digging
The Dry Creek Dredging Co.
Joe and Barney Belleview, while
retarded in dredge operations
S this summer due to scarcity of
j water in that part of the Dry
j Creek valley reported they did
I surprisingly well considering the
| dredge did not get going until
| August 10th, and was forced to
; shut down October 7th.
Casa de Paga
Dredge Had Fine
Season Digging
The Casa de Paga Gold Com
pany, Donald Stewart manager
reported an enviable record of
production this year on the Casa
river, located in the Solomon
district, about forty miles from
Nome.
Operating a pontoon type dred
ge, bucket 1 and a half feet, Mr.
Stewart said the dredge started
work June 18th and continued
until October 17th, when all work
was shut down due to the freeze
up.
Next year’s plans call for a full
season’s operations, with one of
the most modern small dredges
in the country. Another of the
same type was constructed at
Taylor this year by the Kougar
ok Consolidated Placers Inc.
Motorship Afire
Puts Into Port
Safely Today
(By The Associated Press)
PALERMO, Italy, Oct. 19, —
Th luxurious motorship Vulcan
ia, her third class quarters chart
ed by a menacing two hour fire
which caused the vessel to send
out an SOS, and which sent her
1100 anxious passengers to the
decks, put in safely at this port
this afternoon.
It will depart later under her
own momentum to New York.
The crew put out the fire. The
first of a half a dozen rescue
crafts, including a destroyed and
two fire boats, a transAtlantic
liner and two pack boats neared
her forty five miles off Naples.
Apparently no one was hurt.
Investigator To
Continue Work
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, —
Investigator Hamlet continued his
work in the coast waterfront dis
pute, as unions continued to take
a strike vote.
Hamlet said “I believe plans
can be worked out resulting in a
permanent peace. I have no de
finite pans yet, but we are going
to make a thorough investigation
of all phases, and both sides will
be given a fair and impartial hear
ing.”
Erect Monument
Memory Rogers
At Home Town
(By The Associated Press)
OOLAGAH, Okahoma, Oct. 19,
—Will Rogers’ homefolks unveiled
and dedicated their humble little
monument to him Sunday near
the spot where the late humorist
was bom.
The monument is an eight foot
shaft, built of rough blocks of
red native stone. It is inscribed
“Will Rogers, Ooagah, Oklahoma,
179. Barrow, Alaska August 15th,
1955. Erected by the citizens of
Oolagah.”
.
Grand jury Sent
J
In Indictment In
Wendel Case
(By The Associated Press)
NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 19
—A U. S. Grand Jury today hand
ed up indictments to Fed. Jud
ge Guy Faye, in the Wendle kid
naping case, but the court an
nounced that they will be kept
secret until the U. S. Attorney is
' ready to release them.
i The Judge granted Jury Fore
man Julius Rippels’ request that
the grand jury’s term be contin
ued until November 30th, for fur
ther study of all angles of the
case. ,
H*!2l2 Pierson
Keports A Good
Season Council
Hugh Pierson, associated with
i K. Dent in dredging operations
; in the Council section, who re
turned to Nome after a most sue
cessful season, reported that the
dredge after being equipped with
a new engine had turnd in a fine
performance, closing down for
the season, October 16th.
Reports from that section, on
reliable authority, indicate that
the gold production for the entire
Council mining area, would pro
baby top $160,000, for the 1936
season, well above the average
output.
Radio telephone service has
been established between Tokyo
and Shanghai.
All the raduum in use in the
world today weighs less than a
golf ball.