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VOL. 38 No. 134 NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY JUNE 11, 1937 Per Copy lOcts
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IN POiirr lM?OTi|r f .fMFl »CHT
Bail Bond Brokers—Pete McDonough and Harry Rice
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Recommended
Harbor Money
WASHINGTON, D. C., June? 11
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended an expendi
ture of seven million three hun
dred and two thousand dollars
on Pacific Northwest and Alaska
• Rivers and Harbcr projects for
the fiscal year 1938. Provision
( for work was included in the one
hundred ninety-five million three
hundred and thirty-five thousand
dollar War Department civil func
tions appropriation bill, which ap
proved four million dollars whi
ch was proposed for continuing
work on the Bonneville da.ni pro
ject.
The proposed appropriations
for new work, included Dry Pass,
Alaska, $79,000.
If Cordova Harbor, $108,000.
Harbor of rel'uge at Seward,
$70,000.
*1,800.00 for flood control work
at Lowell creek, and at Salmon
l creek, Alaska.
Egegik River, $5,000.
Nome Harbor, $10,000.
The Committee also reported
that at least two hundred and
ninety-five thousand dollars wou
ld eventually be needed to com
jfc plete the Cordova project; and
two hundred and sixty-nine thou
sand dollars to finish the Nome
project.
(By The* Associated Pres.-)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jam 11 Mi
Br'ng ng s:aril:r.i* reveh(:r-r.s in
the p. ce-grrfi probe, wh ch has
kept tnis city on nerves' edge tt r
the past yea., ore bail herd bru
ker and his nephew were linked
tj alleged police graft during an
open investigation which has been
in progress recently.
They were Pete McDonough ar. J
his naphew Harry Rice. McDon
o. gh is a Sar. Franc c-.'o man ar.d
has been prominent in that bit. -
nes.-, known as the “bail racket.”
The two were linked to the al
leged police graft when Edwin
N. Atherton, investigator, tod
the grand jury he had recorded
conversations between MrDoi
cugh's office and the police after
having tapped the telephone
lines over a period of nine mon
ths during an investigation.
Inquiry Into Tax
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 11
—President Roosevelt signed a
resolution authorizing the Board
of Congressional Inquiry into tax
dodging, be conducted by a joint
Congressional Committee of six
senators and six representatives,
yet to be named. The hearings
to probably start next week, will
have authority on a majority vote
to make public many secrets of
wealthy taxpayers accused of
evading taxes.
10 Drive On Michigan Was Called Off
When 34 Arrested. Others Hurt
(By The Associated Press)
' UNDATED June 11—& mass movement on Mich
:gan b\- the CiO sieel workers was called off today after
hue n wore routed $nd thirty-four others arrest
ed !■ s nig'-i. The Newton Steel Company continued
foi-pe at under the protect ion of armed citizens, while
Iroubl •(! ' [mu .e breathed Vaster. Governor Davev of
Ohiii, ended the principals fii the 7-slate steel strike to
h ; - , Youngstown, fdr peace conferences, but the
the roiled for tonight of the huge Bethlehem
e 1 'U it Johnston, Pegn.
C i .VELAND, June li-—Governors Frank Murphy
Y M . ,-.n. end Martin L. Davey of Ohio, strove to
- even further violence in t.u? steel strike following a
a t n Joungstown, in whic three men were injured,
i5 arre-. J, ; nd many suffered from tear gas.
1’h' Youn .stown disturbance spurred efforts by
,e dots >t ih-. steel worke*. oiganizing committee to
1y vo titter unions ihreateria general strike in the city
■ • ni;• .s Sheriff Ralph E. Elaer "b; cks down” in his atti
tude ;,.vvard the steel strikers. Elser and his men dis
p :rat'd with ear gas, a crowd of 300 to 400 strikers and
;n,:a’hivers in the fight at the Republic steel shop,
v hi. h reopened today, after a Ford truck had been run
r .o the plant.
Permission Granted To Soviet Fliers
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 11—The State Depart
rr tJ <'n!';>t.:tv M thpt :t has granted the request of the
Rc.jsu n Em’-) ssy for Soviet Aviators to fly over United
States territory, and further said that the formal per
misH-- t does not speHfv the date, starting point or des
i:native.. The Slate department declined to give any
nformation, saying that it must come from Mos
o\v or ihe Soviet Embassy here, and professed to have
no hbo-TTv Hon on the subject. The action indicated
however, that the Russians expect soon to try another
1VL s. mv-San F: aruisi o flight over the North Pole.
S •!>'''!■>be for The Name Daily Nugget By Carrier
FELLER PREVIEWS DIPLOMA
Van Meter (Iowa) high school officials allowed Bob Feller, young
American league strike-out king a preview of the diploma be
will receive Friday night if be passes his final examinations suc
cessfully. The youthful Cleveland hurler Is spending his time
“boning up" for his exams.
INDIAN TROOPS IN ENC.T, \ND
George VI is Emperor of India and these native troops were in
London to participate in Coronation ceremonies. The Ponjab
contingent was the largest there from any British dominion.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
I ALPINE Utah, June 10—The
flattened hulk of an airplane and
scraps of metal, wood and cargo
'protruded from the snow drifts
! yesterday, marking the vicinity
where Western Air Express plane
crashed into a mountain Dec. 15
I and seven persons died. The bod
lies had not yet been located.
.
Possibly they were scattered
the half mile down both sides of
; Lake Hardy Peak, where search
ers found a man’s shoe, a blue
carpet, a parachute, a pack of
I cigarettes and instrument panel
'and chunks from the motor block
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10th—
*The liner President Coolidge,
bringing Frederick B. Snite, Jr.,
of Chicag , who is encased in an
“iron lung", because of infantile
paralysis he contracted on a world
cruise last year, was due in Kobe,
Japan today. It is reported that
Snite was so pleased with his
new surroundings that he sang in
jhis cabin aboard the liner after
,he was transferred from, a Shan
jghai, China, hospital
TACOMA. June 10—President
R. R. Maitison the embezzlement
of an undisclosed sum of money
from the National Bank of Taco
ma, the largest financial institu
tion in the city, and also the dis
charge of H. G. Harmany, former
assistant vice president who was
in charge of the bank's bond de
partment.
President Mattison further said
that Harmany signed a statement
[admitting the embezzlement.
AKLAVIR. Northwest Terri
tory, June 10—Whi'e residents
kept a weary eye on the rising
ice choked waters of the MacKen
zle River, concern was felt for
traders and trappers along the
Peel Channel and MacKenzie del
ta. As far as has been learned
there has been no casualties, but
it is believed they might have
lost their supplies. A trapper
who was caught by the flood
waters was found clinging to a
chopping block on Thunder river,
a tributary of the MacKenzie,
hieh had- risen sharply
MADRID. June 10—Police and
other officials of besieged Madrid
yesterday, said thr,v had discov
ered a spy network and propa
ganda system which they charged
as Fascist propaganda used thru
out Spain even before the Civil
War broke out, almost a ye. '
ago. Madrid authorities raided
the apartment of a former Ger
man resident who is now in
Paris, and declared they seized
documents revea'ing pre-war ac
tivities of the ring Authorities
said the raid evidence indicated
the agency cooperated in "pre
paration for a Fascist revolt.”
ATLANTIC CITY, N J„ Jutii
Id—Birth control was recognized
as a proper medical practice by
the American Medical Associa
tion yesterday when a unanim
ous vote of its House of Delegates
| representing the governing bod/
of American medicine, thereby
ended completely a 25 year long
opposition to contraceptives.
‘‘Cheechacco Ball” Sat. June 12th, 9:30 p.m.
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