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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 196 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY. JUNE 25, 1937 Per Copy lOcta
Approves $2,000,000 For Reindeer
BUREAU FISHERIES COUNTS 26 JAP BOATS
Hundred Year-Old Estate Is Purchased For Duke
HOUSE TERRITORIES j
COMMITTEE FAVORS
REINDEER MEASURE
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 25—'The House Terri-j
lories Committee has* approved the measure made by;
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond to authorize two million
dollar appropriation for the purchase of reindeer, abat
toirs and corrals, owned by whitemen, for the purpose
of redistributing the reindeer solely among the natives
of Alaska. Delegate Dimond said that an acute prob
:em was precipitated when the white gained a virtual
monopoly of the deer.
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American Fishermen Bristol Bay
Count 26 Foreign Fisheries Ships
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(By The Associated Press)
L1BBYVILLE, Alaska. June 25—As two thousand;
tense American fishermen prepared to shove off today,]
they scanned Bristol Bay and counted 26 large foreign!
fishing boats and floating canneries down the Bay await1
ing the world’s largest Red salmon run.
Michael Hatton of the Territorial Fisheries Bureau,
who was sent here to investigate the ‘ invasion’’, said:
he had identified some of them as Japanese, also that]
some of them were within the three mile limit. He fur-j
lher said that he drew up along side one of the Japanese
boats but was not welcomed, and that “foreign boats (
have been increasing yearly, and with the type of gear:
they are using, there will be no salmon in these waters]
jn five or six years.” ]
CONSOLATION PRIZE. After bis winning streak of 24
games had been snapped by the Brooklyn Dodgers, “King Carl”
Uubbell of the New York Giants received a watch from Babe Ruth.
It was a newspaper award to “the star player of the 1936 season.”
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The Assor;a(ed Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 25th—Administration
forces rallying quickly, succeeded in butting the move
to increase personal income surtaxes, after the Senate
had once approved it. Senator LaFollette’s amendment
to raise surtaxes on incomes above six thousand dollars
was finally rejected 41 to 29, on a reconsideration move
after previously passing it 35 to 31.
UNDATED. June 25—Five manufacturers closed
their plants, two in Ohio cities of Warren and Niles,
after the C.I.O. had notified its union to abandon plans
for a general sympathy strike which had been proposed
as a protest against the court injunction, limiting pic
keting of the Republic steel plant at Warren.
NEW YORK, June 24—Fifty-five indictments for
conspiracy to defraud the government were handed up
Wednesday as a result of an investigation into a huge
diamond smuggling combine which operated over a 7
year-period, during which time it is said, thirteen mill
ion dollars in gems were smuggled into this country.
A number of the defendants were listed as fugitives,
residing in France and Belgium.
LOS ANGELES. Calif., June 24th—A los Angeles
millionaire faced an 18 months prison term and a $25,
000 fine after his conviction on charges of evading in
come tax payments. The millionaire. Edward Smith,
was allowed 30 days to straighten out his personal and
business affairs before starting on his sentence.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 24—Amid cheers and clen
ched fist salutes from the crowd. Russia’s trans-Polar
fliers received San Francisco’s official welcome in the
city hall rotunda under the red flag of the Soviet Union.
The flying trio tentatively planned to leave for Wash
ington Thursday.
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Begin Operations
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Reports from the Kougarok
said that J J. Keenan had com-:
me need hydraulic mining opera-;
tions in the vicinity of Taylor in
the Kougarok. yesterday.
The dredge on the Kougarok i
River at Taylor, operated by the j
Kougarok Consolidated Placers J
Inc., commenced digging the rich
river gravels yesterday, after hav
ing been serviced and placed in
condition for an active season this
year. With such an early start
this season should be exception
ally successful it was said.
Open to Mile 30
An Alaska Road Commission
railroad crew, working on the
Kougarok Tramway, have open
ed up the track as far as Mile 50,
it was reliably reported today.
Work of removing snow and
glacier, and alignment of tracks
has occupied the crew for some
time. It is expected the track will
be opened to Shelton and Bunk
er Hill in the near future.
AT LONG LAST. His brief reign now a part of history, former King Edward had in prospect
a carefree life In exile with “the woman I love."
DUKE AND DUCHESS
HAVE CELEBRATION
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(By The Associated Press)
\ IENNA. June 24—The Duke and Duchess cl' Wind
sor celebrated their birthday’s his in advance and her’s
belatedly, amid scenes they visited together when he
was king of England, and she was Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
The Duchess was 41 Saturday last and the Duke was
43 Thursday. June 24.
ST. WOLFGANG, June 24—The Duke of Windsor
celebrated his 43rd birthday in strange contrast to the
pomp and pageantry accorded him last year, when he
was King Edward of England. His bride, the former
Wallis Warfield, arranged a quiet party for him. Last
'year colors were trooped and an Empire feted in his
honor. It is reported they are very happy.
BIRMINGHAM, England. June 24—An agent for
the Duke of Windsor has purchased a hundred year-old
estate in Lincolnshire, leading to reports that the ex
king will probably go there to live after the abdication
i crisis has died down. The little hamlet of Harlaxton,
Lincolnshire, is excited by the rumors that Windsor
will be its new squire within a year or two. Harlaxton
Hall, which was bought by the Duke's agent, lies near
the residence of Lord Brownlow a close friend of the
Duke of Windsor, the same man who accompanied the
Duchess when she fled from England during the receni
crisis over her proposed marriage to the king.
Harlaxton Hall stands near the center of a 4000
acre tract and is entirely self supporting. It has its own
Jeweirv, Butchery and Bakery. The grounds consist of
three villages, and the Manor itself has one hundred
bedrooms. It is built in the Elizabethen style and has
been described as “Strong as a Rock.”