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VOL. 37 No. 230 NOME. ALASKA, SATURDAY SEPT 26 1936Pei Copy 15cts
Sharp Activity Foreign Exchange
NO INDICATION ANY STRIKE AGREEMENT
Cold Winds, Temperatures Hit The Middle-West
RUSSIA STARTS'SALE
BRITISH POUND AND
U. S. BUYS A MILLION
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 26, — Thi
two billion dollar American stal
ilization fund was brought inti
play immediately today to pro
tect the American dollar in worli
exchange, as France, after ai
understanding with Great Britaii
. and the United States, moved t
devalue its currency.
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau revealed, that although
foreign exchange dealings wer
virtually at a standstill, the Rus
sian State Bank moved to depres
the British pound by offering
million pounds at any price.
Morgenthau said he immediate
ly bought the sterling, but thi
was not until, in unofficial trad
ing in New York, that the pouni
: dropped to $4.91, form the prev
> ious day’s close of $5.02.
) After Morgenthau’s action the
- pound sterling rallied to $4.96.
1 The Russian action was not ex-!
i plained.
l The decision to devalue the
) French franc appeared virtually
to have ended the European gold
. bloc, maintaining currencies at a
1 pre-depression levels. The Neth
3 erlands authorities indicated they
. would continue to maintain par
s ity. The Swiss and French are
j to convene in a session Monday
on devaluation.
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1 Why not try it
Man In Kentucky
Tries His Case
Over the Phone
k
(By The Associated Press)
STANFORD, Ky., Sept. 24, —
Police Judge W. J. Duncan be
j, lieves that he holds a world’s re
cord from a legal aspect—he tried
a case by telephone. When E. H.
Cummins of Mt. Vernon, Ken
tucky was unable to appear here
to answer charges of drunkenness
and unloading coal within the
city limits without a license, he
went to the office of County Jud
ge Charley Carter at Mount Ver
non and explained his plight.
Judge Carter obliged him by
calling Judge Duncan, explain
ing Cummins could not reach
Stanford in time for his trial and
suggested he try the case then
and there, asserting he would
vouch for Cummins.
Duncan obliged. Within four
minutes the trial was over and
Duncan assessed a $5 for drunk
enness and $15.50 for a city lic
ense. Cummins paid the money to
Judge Carter who said he would
W remit it to Judge Duncan.
(By The Associated Press)
READING, Pa. Sept. 24 — A
steam shovel lumbered over a
down-town street intersection
the other day and here’s what
happened: The machine’s smoke
stack tore down wires, causing
electrical fireworks. The wires
pulled a pole from its base, near
ly crushing two men as it crash
ed into a truck. A 5 year old girl
was injured as she scurried out
of the way of the pole. Traffic
was delayed for more than half
an hour.
Meeting In S. F.
Coes On but Is
Little Chance
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26, —
A joint session of the longshore
men of the Pacifl.c coast, in con
ference with the shipowners, ad
journed shortly after noon today,
but heads of the groups—Harry
Bridges for the longshoremen,
and Thomas Plant for the employ
ers, remained in executive ses
sion, with no indication of any
agreement.
Harriett Monroe
Poetess Died In
Peru S.A. Today
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 26, — Harrie
tt Monroe, 76, nationally known
“patron saint of American poet
ry” died at Arequipa, Peru, to
day.
Her family was informed of her
passing this morning. She had
gone to Buenos Aires in quest of
a pen club organization devoted to
poetry. Afterward she visited the
west coast of Peru where she
died.
Coast Guard Is
Looking Missing
Mackerel Boat
(By The Associated Press)
SAN PEDRO, Sept. 26, — The
Coast Guard patrol watched foi
the purse seiner Pronto, report
ed overdue since last Monday.
The 58-foot craft, owned bj
Captain John S. Kilentes of Seat
tle carries a crew of nine.
The ship was fishing mackerel
for the California Packing Com
pany.
France Studies
Possible Ending
Of Devil’s Is,
County Disposed to Abolish Pen
al Colony With Change
In Administration
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, Sept. 23, — Ever sin
ce the Dreyfus case, which caus
ed the designation of the prison
er’s little island, II du Diable, t(
connote the entire criminal col
ony of Cayenne, French Guiana
successive colonial ministers have
rejected the idea of abolishing
the institution.
Mariat Moutet, the present min
ister is an exception. While the
united front maintains that it if
a blot on French justice, he goes
further and declares that it
breeds incorrigible criminals in
stead of discouraging crime.
France has taken 30 years tc
realize this, but under Premier
Blum’s government tentative sug
gestions to abolish the settlement
and substitute for it prisons eq
uivalent to Dartmoor and Peter
High Water Is
Endangering A
Town in Texas
(By The Associated Press)
SAN ANGELO, Texas, Sept. 26,
—High waters again menaced
this city, the scene of five mill
ion dollars damage due to inun
dation last week.
j The North Concho river is full
jto the banks from heavy rains
which have fallen during the
post two days.
North of here, observers said,
the Concho river is a mile wide
| at one spot.
I
Baffling Police
(By The Associated Press)
ARCADIA, Wis., Sept. 23, —
Two masked men entered the Ig
natz Thomas home, displayed a
gun and ordered Stanley Thomas,
16 years old, who was alone, to
come with them in the family car.
Two miles away a tire went flat.
The men removed a dollar bill
from a tin box they carried, wip
ed their fingerprints off the car,
gave Stanley the dollar and left
afoot. The police are trying to find
out who was robbed.
head in England, are said to
have a better chance of becoming
law than ever before.
The system was branded in a
private member’s bill in 1934 as
morally bankrupt.
There are 6000 convicts in the
the settlement and each year 800
attempt to escape. Of these 550
are regularly captured. Most of
the remainder die in the jungle
or at sea.
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COLD WINDS, RAIN, & DUST
HIT COLORADO, WYOMING,
AND MONTANA THIS FALL
More Japanese
Forces Enroute
Shanghai China
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 26, — Jap
anese authorities reported strong
reinforcement (were enroute to
China aboard eight destroyers
from the Sasebo naval base, and
are due here Sunday.
Besides the men attached to
l the ships they have aboard two
hundred additional Japanese
marines, destined to be added to
the local naval landing party,
in mking up the defense forces
here.
Canoeists Enroute
Nome Arrive At
Point Canada
(Bv The Associated Press)
McMURRAY, Alberta, Sept. 26,
—Five months out of New York,
on a canoe journey to Nome, Shel
don P. Taylor and Geoffrey W.
Pope, arrived here after paddl
ing down the Athabasca river
on the last lap of their travels
before winter closes northland
navigation.
The young adventurers reached
McMurray, two hundred and eigh
ty miles northeast of Edmonton,
late Friday.
They left New York, April 25,
crossed the Canadian border at
Montreal, made their way west
and north via the Great Lakes,
and river.
At Chipewyan, at the west
end of Lake Athabasca, they will
spend the winter.
Next spring they will continue
down Slave river, across Slave
Lake to the Mackenzie river and
thus on down to Aklavik. From
there they will cross Rat River
portage to the Porcupine River
and then on into the Yukon river
and down to Nome.
“THE SILVER CANDLE STICKS
a play given by the dramatic
group of the Federated Church,
also a Silver Offering, will take
place Sunday Night at the Fed
erated Church at 7:45 P. M.
EVERYBODY WELCOME
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(By The Associated Press)
DENVER, Sept. 26, — A cold,
North wind brought snow, rain
and dust to the plains areas East
of the Rocky Mountains, which
left one dead.
Temperatures dropped as much
as 40 degrees, nearing the freez
ing point during the night.
Harry Pittinger, electric line
man, fell to his death in Denver
while repairing a searchlight,
during a 38-mile-an-hour wind.
The temperature here dropped
from 82 to 43 degrees in two and
a half hours.
Cheyenne, Wyoming reported a
temperature of 36. Snow fell at
Bozeman, Mystic Lake, Neihart,
and Marysville, Montana.
Rainfall was noted in north
eastern Colorado, which was pre
ceded by dust.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
American
New York 6 Philadelphia 5
St. Louis 8-6 Cleveland 2-7
Boston 3 Washington 9
National
Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2
New York 3 Boston 2
The Cincinnati Reds, trouble
some all season kept the Sr. Louis
Cardinals from asuir ng themsel
ves of b.> : I p! i e nation
al 1 ;rg-ie. by ih . r.ly victory
in the present series, 3 to 2.
Rules Transports
Roads Proposed
fBv The Associated Press)
WELLAND, Ontario, Sept. 23,
—United action on the part of
countries to have length of trans
ports and trailers as well as ton
nage regulated by provincial
law was urged in a resolution
adopted by Wentworth county
council the other day. Councilor
Charles S. Bird of Barton com
plained that it was not unusual
I to see heavy transports with two
1 long trailers.
“But your finance's salary is so
small! How are you going to
live ”
“Oh, we’re going to economize.
We’re going to do without a lot
of things that Tom wants.”
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