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Volume 36. Number 210. NOME, ALASKA, FftfDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Many Of Bodies Decomposing Rapidly
ROOSEVELT POINTS OUT STAGES RECOVERY
Percy Hubbard Cracks Up Searching Missing Plane
TASK OF RECOVERY OF
DECOMPOSING BODIES
IS BEGUN BY WORKERS
Passengers Wrecked Steamer Are Enroute
Home As Relief Comes Hurricane Areas
(By The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Sept. 6, — While the rescued passengers
of the S. S. Dixie sped happily homeward aboard a special
train, the master of the vessel, suffering from injuries, re
mained aboard his ship with a skeleton crew.
Meanwhile wearing gas-masks, armies of men moved
into the hurricane-devastated Florida Keys, for the gruesome
tusk of bringing back the dead, which today was totaled at
250 according to the Red Cross estimate. There are conflict
ing reports as to the exact damage and the number of dead.
The storm which dealt death and destruction in those
areas, howling through the Keys, generated storms in oth
er states to the North, killing one woman and injuring 12
other persons, besides causing extensive property damage.
Of eight hundred and seventeen veterans caught in the
Florida storm area, three hundred and twenty are still
missing. One hundred and forty-four bodies have been re
covered. Seventy civilians are missing throughout the
Florida Keys.
Five hundred additional gas masks have been ordered
for the task of removing the bodies for disposition. The
fast decomposing bodies presented a problem for relief
workers. Steel coffins are to be ordered, and it is believed
that none are to be cremated, but immediate burial will take
place. Of ninety bodies, 42 unidentified were demanded
by Miami authorities.
Meanwhile, in Washington, D. C. a controversy raged
over who was responsible for not removing the veterans
from the path of the storm. FERA Administrator Hopkins
declared that the Weather Bureau was to blame for not
broadcasting warning the path the storm might take. Oth
ers claimed that the weather forecasts clearly indicated the
path of the storm. In any event, an investigation is certain
to follow.
UNDATED, Sept. 6, — Gales lashed the North Caro
lina Coast today and scattered tornadoes hit inland. Waves
battered beach resorts all along the coast of both North and
South Carolina. Winds inland caused some damage in
Georgia to cotton and other crops, and a dozen persons were
injured.
In Virginia buildings and crops were damaged. Four
buildings were demolished in Maryland and crops damaged.
Northeast gales are forecast for today from the Virginia
Capes to Sandy Hook.
Orders Curtailment
Personnel Federal
Agencies Of Relief
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Sept. 5, —Asserting
that the peak of the emergency had
passed President Roosevelt ordered
all emergency federal agencies un
der the control of the budget bur
eau for a curtailment of personnel. |
Roosevelt also expressed hope that
the cancellation of the Ethiopian
land lease would aid peace negotia
tions abroad.
He also declared that the cancell
ation was "another proof that since
March 4th 1933, dollar diplomacy
was not recognized by the American
government”.
The President said that neither he
nor the Secretary of State had been
the least concerned over the possi
bility of the oil lease involving the
United States in Ethiopian or Ital
ian problems. The only effect at
least would have been on negotia
tions of European powers. Ethiopia
is now getting under way at Gene
va. The withdrawal of the lease,
Roosevelt hoped, would clear the air ,
at those conferences of the league.
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Lyng Writes About
Work Taking Place
Matanuska Valley
The following description of the
Matanuska Colonization Project go
ing on in Matanuska Valley was writ
ten by Howard Lyng, Representative
at the last Alaska Legislature, and
who is now Assistant Manager of
the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation.
It is understood that this account
has also been mailed to other news
papers, in an attempt to give an
accurate description of what is tak
ing place at Matanuska. Due to its
great length, the story will be con
inued tomorrow.
TIIE MATANUSKA PROJECT
By Howard Lyng
Palmer, Alaska, Aug. 21, 1935.
To The Nome Daily Nugget.
The Matanuska Valley is approxi
mately sixty miles in length and 25
miles wide, situated between rugged
towering mountain ranges on the
North, East and Northwest, but on
the South the valley gradually nar
rows as it approaches Knick Arm,
a part of Cook Inlet, which in turn
forms the southwestern boundary
from just beyond the town of Mata
nuska to the City of Anchorage, a
distance of around forty miles.
The upper portion of the valley,
in which the Colonists are located,
and of which Palmer is the focal
head, is beautifully situated with
large areas of level land and gently
rolling hills. The broad and swift
ly flowing Matanuska River travers
es this region north and south, en
tering into Cook Inlet about fifteen
miles south of Palmer. There are
numerous smaller streams and lak
es of varying size, affording fine
fishing, also landing spots for pon
toon planes. A network of around
one hundred miles of road spreads
over this section of the valley, act
ing both as main arteries between
the principal towns of the District
and as feeder roads to the outlying
settlements. Additional roads, off
shoots of the present system, are
being added as fast as the Alaska
Road Commission can do so. About
two hundred men are employed in
this area by the Road Commission
and the vast amount of work they
are turning out causes ceaseless
comment and amazement on the part
of our tourist visitors, and incident
ally to our transient labor. ,Of cour
se we pass it oft by telling these
people that it is just an old Alaskan
custom
Should Have Used Alaskan Labor
One cannot help but observe, that
if this project had been prosecuted
from its inception by Alaskan Labor,
Lfnder the direction of qualified Al
askans, with the assistance of such
a body as the Alaska Road Commis-1
sion, this undertaking would now be
well on the road to completion. This
(Continued on Page Two)
Rex Beach Talks
Long Time With
Ilis Former Guide
(By The Associated Press)
1 JUNEAU, Sept. 6, —Rex Beach
returned to Juneau Thursday from
Leme Surier Island and flew to Prin- !
ce Rupert where he will take a
plane for the East.
Although he went to the island to
fish, reminiscences of Joe Ibach, his
former hunting guide, proved so in
teresting that they talked all the
i
time instead. He said they didn't
get finished and he was coming
back next year to finish his conver
sation.
Beach expressed the greatest praise
for Alaskan pilots and declared that
there was no reason to distrust av
iation in Alaska because of a few
unfortunate accidents, which might
have happened anywhere.
Democrats Hail
Roosevelt Letter
To Roy Howard
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, —Roose
velt’s letter to Roy Howard was
greeted with acclaim by party lead
ers here but Representative Snell.
Republican leaders at Potsdam, New
York, said that improvement of late
“had been in spite of the New Deal,
rather than on account it.”
Norris of Nebraska considered
Roosevelt’s position “unswerable. It
states the whole question that ev
erybody has got to admit—It was a
terrible difficulty which Roosevelt
had to meet. I think he met it re
markably well.”
Italy Sending More
Troops East Africa
While League Meets
(Bv The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 6 — Word from
Rome said that the Italian delega
tion’s walkout was not preliminary
to Italy’s withdrawal from the Leag
ue and served to lessen anxiety in
League circles,
New consignments of troops mov
ed to Naples today for embarkation
for East Africa, as Europe watched
developments at Geneva.
League leaders failed to reach an
agreement concerning the appoint
ment of a subcommittee to'deal with
the apparent conflict.
It was rumored in French circles
that Italy may protest to France
over the fact that a Frenchman, i
Professor Gaston Jeze, was permit
ted to represent Ethiopia officially at
council meetings.
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A SUBSTANTIAL STAGE
OF RECOVERY IS NOW
IIFRE SAYS PRESIDENT
Presided I Roosevelt Declares A Rival li inn
Spell Is Al Hand Due To Reeo\erv
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Sept. (>, —Roosevelt declared that the
New Deal’s basic problem had reached a “substantial com
pletion and that a breathing spell for industry was here—
and very decidedly so.”
He asserted further: “At this moment conditions are
such as to offer substantial and widespread recovery”.
The President gave these views in a letter to Roy How
ard, publisher of the Seripps-Howard newspapers, who had
previously reported the fears of business men. Howard as
serted today “there is a need to undo the damage done by
misinterpretations of the New Deal.”
Some said the President claimed a magician’s wand:
“But the Seripps-Howard papers do claim that he has help
ed to restore that public confidence which now offers so sub
stantial a foundation for our recovery.”
HYDE PARK, Sept. fi. —President Roosevelt in inform
ing Howard of the breathing spell for the country, stated:
“It is a source of great satisfaction at this moment, that
conditions are such as to offer substantial and widespread
recovery. Unemployment is still with us, but it is steadily
diminishing, through our efforts to meet its problems with
an unflagging determination. I do not claim that the gov
ernment alone is responsible for these definitely better cir
cumstances, but we all know the very great effect of saving
of banks, of farms, of homes, the building of public works,
and the providing of relief for the destitute, and many
other direct governmental acts for the betterment of condi
tions, over this country of ours.”
Percy Hubbard 2
Passengers (rack
Up; All Injured
had wandered away from the plane.
The other person was burned con
siderably and he also left the site
of the wrecked plane.
It is presumed all three were out
searching for the Hines party.
No other details were received at
the hour of going to press, and a
searching party is out looking for
the two missing men.
Percy Hubbard, partner in the
Service Garage with Art Hines at
Fairbanks and who also is a flier
cracked up on Big Chena River to
day a late report stated.
Pilot Hubbard has been out search
ing for his partner and three pass
engers who have been lost for nearly
three weeks. He has spent nearly a
hundred hours in the air in the sear
ch and fellow pilots in Fairbanks
have pleaded with him to take a
rest but he has been untiring in his
efforts to locate the missing plane.
With him in the plane today were
lis brother Rusty Hubbard and an
other person whose name was not
obtained.
Pilot A1 Monson of the Pacific Al
aska Airways took his brother into
the hospital at Fairbanks from a
lining camp near the scene of the
incident. His report was the plane
iracked up and burned. Rusty suff
ered a broken arm and he said that
Percy had a couple broken ribs and
2 Oil Companies
Announce 2 Cent
Reduction On (#as
(By Tlie Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6, —Two
major oil companies, Standard Oil
Company of California and Union
Oil announced today a reduction of
two cents a gallon on the price of
all grades of gasoline.
Standard Oil Company said the
new price would be effective in
Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alas
ka, Hawaiian Islands, California and
Arizoa.
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