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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 37. No. 25. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, JAN. 30th, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Twenty Million Persons On Relief
President Asks Congress For Bonus Appropriation
CROWDS TO ATTEND
BIG ENTERTAINMENT
CHILDREN’S BENEFIT
Music, Singing, Dances, And Other Fea
tures To Be Staged
—
The big Entertainment
for the Roosevelt-Child
ren’s Benefit takes place to
night, commencing at 7:30
o’clock, at the Dream Thea
tre.
With a cast of some fifty
members, and a variety of
aots, the program is judged
to be one of the most novel
to be given here in recent
years. At their final re
hearsel last evening, entnu
siasm and encouragement
was noted in each separate
feature of the entertain
ment.
There is to be music, danc
ing, singing, and etc., be
sides motion pictures.From
all accounts, the public is
urged to come early if they
desire to have seats, as
nearly every available
chair will be taken up.
Thirty per cent of the net
proceeds is to be sent to
the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation to be used in
active research and devel
opment of possible cures
for infantile paralysis, and
the other 70 per cent is to
remain in Nome. In as
much as infantile paralysis
is exceedingly rare in the
Second Division, fortunate
ly, efforts are under way to
expend the money, in the
interests of any needy child
ren, requiring medical or
surgical care.
The worthiness of the
cause is apparent to all,and
is considered to be one of
the finest humanitarian ges
tures yet to be made. The
spread of infantile paralysis
in the United States has
been exceptionally alarm
ing and President Roose
velt, who himself was a
victim of the dread disease,
agreed again this year to
allow his Birthday—Jan
uary 30th—to be used for
the gathering of funds to
carry on the battle against
infantile paralysis. In the
separate localities where
the disease has not yet, or
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To Revive Nome
Kennel Club And
Run Do<* Races
Pursuant to the call issu
ed thru the columns of the
Nome Nugget a number of
members and past officials
of the Nome Kennel Club
and several dog team own
ers met in the Board of
Trade last evening.
Everyone present express
ed their views and very en
thusiastically supported a
resolution to reorganize the
Nome Kennel Club.
Several speakers pointed
out that the Nome Kennel
Club belongs the credit for
development of dog racing,
not only for the sport side
and the enjoyment of the
outdoor life, but the devel
opment oi the animal itself
and the humanitarian treat
ment of the dogs.
It was decided to hold the
first race on February 12th
on Lincoln’s Birthday.
The course could not be
selected as several present
thought that the old loop
trail is not in good condi
tion while others believed
that a race to Fort Davis,
taking advantage of our
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Jimmy Phelan Is
Signed Husky
Football Coach
(By The Associated Press'*
Seattle, Jan. 30, —Jam
es Phelan today signed a
one-year contract to coach
the Husky football teams
for another year.
His signing set at rest
speculations that Phelan
would not be signed again
as the Husky coach. Terms
of the contract were not
announced.v
I
Senators Hear
Dope On Relief
From Hopkins
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 30, —
A dozen democratic sena
tors were informed in a
private conference with
Harry L. Hopkins, there
were almost as many per
sons on the dole or work
relief as a year ago, when
the relief population reach
ed an all-time peak of more
than twenty million, last
January.
Hopkins is reported to
'have said today, that while
there has been a slight im
provement the relief load
, is about the same now.
j About a million unemploy
able heads of families are
however, now supported by
(state and local govern
ments rather than through
(federal relief.
The meeting was held in
the office of majority lead
er Robinson who said neith
;er future relief appropria
; tions nor legislation were
discussed, but that the
meeting took in the whole
relief situation. Hopkins
j would make no comment.
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Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
Submits Report of Activities
Washington For Alaskans
Important Bills and Work Listed In Hi*
Annual Report To Territory
My Dear Friends:—
This is a report from your hir
ed man. Until recently I had ex
pected and ardently hoped to be
able to visit you last fall and
make my report in person, but
since Congress was to convene on
January third, there was not
suffiicient time to make a visit
to Alaska and return to Wash
ington for the commencement of
the session. Moreover, several of
the committees of Congress which
consider appropriations for the
various Departments in Alaska
were to meet in December, it
was highly desirable that I be
present when the Alaska items
were taken up in committee.
After the adjournment of the
last session on August 26th, I was
held in Washington by a very
large amount of work, particular
ly in connection with applica
tions for public works funds and
work relief funds for Alaska. Af
ter all, you know that I am hir
ed principally to take care of the
interests of the people of Alaska
in Washington and that I can be
of some use here but of much less
help when • am at home in Alas
ka. And so the days passed, and
then another matter came up
which necessarily detained me
here—grave illness in my own
family—and now, to my disap
pointment, I I nd that I cannot
go home until after the next ses
sion.
The pc t session of Congress
has not been barren of good for
the people of the Territory. Nine
teen b Us especially affecting Al
aska and the people of Alaska
were passed, not to mention oth
PRESIDENT-CHILDR ENS
ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Proceeds To Go Needy Children’s
Medical Care
Dream Theatre, 7:30 P. M.
Adm. Adults $1.00; Children 50cts
er general bills which concerned
ttie Territory as well as other
parts of the nation The passage
of the International Highway Bill
means that a long step has been
taken in our progress toward the
building of the highway; and
this construction when undertak
en will, I firmly believe, do more
for the permanent development
and upbuilding of Alaska than
any other single thing which is
now in view. The passage of the
bill authorizing the Thlingit and
Haida Indians of Alaska to bring
suit in the Court of Claims for
their lost property rights is also
of outstanding importance. By
the passage of this measure an
opportunity is given a large group
of the native citizens of Alaska
to present their just claims to a
court and have those claims pro
p •riy determined. Other bills of
moment to Alaska were enacted:
for example, the one which ex
tends the so-called “poor con
victs law” to the Territ >ry and
thus prevents the penalizing of
men because they happen to be
poor; and the one which gives the
right tri appeal to the Ci cuit
Court of Appeals in all criminal
cases, and thus may prevent un
just imprisonment.
Wilcox Kill Help Alaska
In addition to these special Act
for Alaska, Congress has passed
general laws which will help Al
aska as much as any other part
of the United States. One of the;
is tlie so-called Wilcox Bill look
ing toward the establishment ol
air defense bases in the United
Skates and Ala kn. I introduce
a -special bill for the construction
of such a base in Alaska but th.r
is now taken care of by the enact
ment of the Wilcox Bill which
includes A'a-ka just the same a
:t does th - rest of the Unite I
States.
Social Security Act
The Social See irity Act w 11
go far toward meeting o 1 ig fe’i
need of the Nation in devehpi
a system for providing old-age
benefits for those who a e to n t-1 1
to work, for providing fina.>e: 1
assistance to the blind, and for
dependent child en and maternal
welfare. As the Act provides that
the Federal Government will pay
for one-half of the state or terr -
torial pension up to the amount
of $30 a month for per urns over
65 years of age, it will mean a
direct benefit to Alaska to the
extent that the money’ now ex
pended by the Territory for old
age pensions will, after applica
tion of the Act, go approximately
twice as far toward relieving the
distress of the aged in Alaska as
it does at present. But the Terri
torial Legislature must enact ' a
similar law to make the Social
Security Act effective in Alaska.
A number of other measures of
outstanding importance to the
Territory are embodied in bills
which I have introduced and are
now before Congress. May I re
fer to several of them briefly?
For as long as I can remember
there has been general dissatis
faction in tiie Territory with the
method of taking care of the in
sane of Alaska in Morningside
Hospital in Oregon. As you know
the insane are contracted out, so
to speak to the lowest responsi
ble bidder and the results are not
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President Asks
Congress Money
To Pay Bonus
j
(By The Associated Press)
Washington. Jan. 30, —
President Roosevelt fired
back at Congress which
had insisted on paying the
bonus, over his veto, a re
quest for two billion, two
hundred and forty-nine mil
lion dollar appropriation
to meet the bill, without
mentioning the subject of
possible tax increases to
provide the funds.
Roosevelt wrote Speaker
Byrns that the Veterans
Bureau estimated two bill
ion two hundred and thir
ty-seven million dollars
would be needed for the ac
tual cashing of the bonus,
the remainder of his re
quest to be used for admin
istrative expense.
Meanwhile veterans re
ported that commercial in
terests were already com
peting for a share of the
money to be distributed.
The American Legion
warned its members again
st pledging their bonds in
advance, while New York
brokers offered forty doll
ars immediate cash for
each $b0-bond.
Some businesses aYe
seeking lists of veterans
and their addresses. The
bonus payment was auth
orised Monday over the
President’s veto.
■lane ('rash Is
1 a jsc l? ila! s
DeaJj, Today
By The Associated Press)
Benton. Jan 30, — Ted
Kincainnon, 38. v? eran air
mail pilot was killed and
five passengers suffered
minor cuts and bruises in
the crash of an American
Airways liner today, as the
ship failed to clear a clump
of trees, making a forced
landing in a blinding snow
storm.
The pilot died in the am
bulance enroute to the hos
pital. The plane was en
route to Chicago from Fort
worth. Dallas was its last
stop before the crash near
Oklahoma City.
Roosevelt-Children’s Benefit, Thursday, Jan. 30th