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PAA Makes Record Flight to Hawaii
SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION TO BE PUSHED
City Council Takes Action On Labor Situation Nome
Pan American Air
ways Plane Now At
Honolulu, Hawaii
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, April 17—The big
Pan American Airways clipper plane
“Pioneer” landed at Pearl Harbor
at 7:57 am., or 10:27 am Pacific stan
dard time today from Alameda, Cal
ifornia.
The huge plane took off from
there late yesterday and arrived
over Honolulu at 7:05 a. m. She
cruised about the island for fifty
two minutes before landing. Her
flight time was seventeen hours and
forty-five minutes, seven hours bet
ter than the previous record. The
plane reached a speed of almost a
hundred and sixty miles at times on
the flight. The weather was favor
able throughout the trip.
Americans Freed
Prison In France
After 16 Months
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS. April 17—After sixteen
months in French jails, Mr and Mrs
Robert Switz of New York were or
dered free by the courts which tried
them, with nineteen others on es
pionage charges. Most of the others
were jailed.
Switz was recognized as guilty
but declared exempt from punish
ment because he turned states evi
dence.
The Switzes listened eagerly to
the judge but never glanced at each
other. Both smiled when the judg
ment was announced. Switz seem
ed studiously to avoid looking at
his wife, thereby strengthening ru
mors that they had become estrang
ed during their long imprisonment..
Suggest NRA
Extension Inter
State Commerce
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 16 — The
United States Chamber of Commerce
recommended to congress today the
extension of the NRA with modifica
tions limiting its operation to inter
state commerce.
KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE CROIX
Maunday Thursday ceremony, at
Masonic Temple, Thursday, April
- 18th, at 7 P. M. Attendance oblig
atory.
Nome Scottish Rite Club,
Norvin W. Lewis,
Vice-President'
ANDREW BAHR WINS
FIRST FIGHT TO RE
GAIN HIS APARTMENTS
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 17—After winning the first round in
his fight to regain his two apartment houses, sold through
mortgage foreclosures while he was on the Lomen Reindee1'
Corporation Arctic reindeer trek, Andrew Bahr set about
today in his next step to retrieve his sixty thousand dollars
life savings, on a showing that he had never filed with the
foreclosure complaint because he was in the MacKenzie
River delta country at the time.
He obtained a Superior Court order denying the Provi
dent Mutual Life Insurance Company a writ of assistance
which would have permitted it to take over the apartments.
His next step is to have the sheriff and the insurance
company enjoined for holding the sale. If successful, he
will then move to have the sale set aside. Bahr was in
court, but presented his case through depositions.
City Nome Takes
Action On Labor
Situation In Nome
The summary of the registration
carried on by the special committee
appointed by Dr. Swartz chairman,
with E. F. Serber as registrar, was
inspected this afternoon and tele
g ams drafted to publicity centers ap
praising the public of the labor con
ditions in Nome.
From the record established the
total number registered were 339. Of
that number 58 were employed leav
ing a total number of unemployed of
281.
Classified, skilled labor numbered
1G6 and unskilled 173.
A report was also rendered on la
bor requirements, taking into effect
all potential users of labor in Nome
this summer. The full number re
quired including all positions possi
ble numbered 353. Temporary em
ployment was placed at 254 for the
season and this would in most cases
be for only a very few days..
The following telegram was drafted
by Chairman Swartz which met with
the approval of those attending, and
is as follows. This message was sent
to the Associated Press in Seattle to
disseminate publicity throughout the
organization and to transmit to all
Alaskan cities the advices telling of
the conditions at Nome. A copy of
this telegram was also sent to the
United Press.
Nome April 17, 1935
Associated Press, Seattle Wn.
Following statement issued by Ma
yor Rex F. Swartz City of Nome con
currant with civic organizations and
special registration actual labor con
ditions Nome:
“Complete registration available la
bor and contemplated work in Nome
for this summer shows beyond any
question that supply of labor more
than equals the demand. Preference
will be given all local labcr. There
is an over supply of skilled labor es
pecially carpenters stop. No indica
tion at present that there will be
any abnormal demand for labor and
it appears at this time that no exten
sive construction will be under way
this year. Every available cabin and
house is now occupied; the hotels
are full so that newcomers to Nome
must make provisions for shelter be
fore arrival such as tents, bedding
and stoves. The city or any relief
organization has not and does not
contemplate the establishing of any
public bunk houses or eating places.
“Due to this over supply of labor
now here and the absolute lack of
housing facilities the city of Nome
issues this advice and warning to
laborers either skilled or unskilled
contemplating coming here to find
work for the summer—They will find
no work or shelter in Nome”.
Geo. S. Maynard
AP Correspondent
The Chamber of Commerce here is
also advising the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce of the action taken in
Nome as a warning to labor of con
ditions which exist here. Another
telegram was sent to Chas W. Hawk
esworth of the Office of Indian Af
fairs at Juneau asking him to nc
quaint teachers in this vicinity and
others of the situation and to dis
courage the native population from
coming to Nome without having jobs
already arranged for.
Baseball Scores
American League—Boston 1, New
York 0; Cleveland 2, St. Louis 1 a
fourteen inning game. Chicago, Do-,
troit, Philadelphia and Washington
games postponed account of cold
weather .
National League — New York 2,
Boston 4; St Louis 3, Chicago 4;
Brooklyn 12, Philadelphia 3; Pitts
burgh 12, Cincinatti 6
_
The Nome Daily Nugget is prepar
ed to do your job printing.
Drive Opens To
Select Woman
For President
LEAGUE TO APPEAL TO 193ti
CONVENTIONS FOR VICE
PRESIDENT CANDIDATE
(Bv The Associated Press!
NEW YORK — The League for a
Woman President and Vice Presi
dent announced the establishment
of “permanent" headquarters.
The League, which claims a mem
bership of 3000 men and women in
Brooklyn, its stronghold, is under
the direction of its founder and
president. Miss Lillian D. Rock, vice
president of the National Associa
ton of Women Lawyers.
The organization was begun last
September after a speech by Miss
Rock before a convention of the
Women Lawyers' association in Chi
cago. In that speech she traced the
history of women from "burden-bear
er" to voter.
“Women like Frances Wright,
Ernestine L. Rose. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Lydia Mott and Mary
Fuller." Miss Rock declared, “felt
that the brain that solved the eco
nomic problems in the home was
certainly keen enough to play a part
in politics; that the hand that rock
ed the cradle was certainly strong
enough to cast a ballot; that the
voice that sang the evening lulla
by should play an important role in
the legislative halls of the state
and nation.”
She added that she expected to
see a woman vice-president in Wash
ington before the end of the present
decade.
Miss Rock expects her league to
have at least 300,000 members with
in a year. Organization is being car
ried on throughout the country.
“Many have asked the name of the
woman I would put up as a candi
date for the presidency or the vice
presidency,' Miss Rock said, “and I
have in mind one woman who would
be capable of fulfilling the duties of
either post. That woman is Judge
Florence E. Allen of Montana, a
Uniten States circuit court judge.
My second choice would be Joseph
ine Ronhe, assistant sesretary of the
treasury.”
Other officers of the league are
Elberta K. Shipley, well known
peace advocate, who is vice presi
dent and Dr. Mary McGovern radio
lecturer and active democrat of
Queens county, secretary.
The league will campaign to have
one of the major parties name a wo
man for the vice presidency at the
1936 convention.
All Pioneers and families and lady
Pioneers are invited to attend instal
lation of officers at St. Joseph's Hall
on Wednesday, April 17th. Meeting
at 8 and installation at 9 PM. Cards
and refreshments.
SPKR BYRNS WANTS
CONGRESS SPEED UP
ON ITS LEGISLATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 17—Democratic leaders strove
hard to get Congress into a faster pace. Predicting after the
social security and NRA extension bills are out of the way,
that things will speed up, Speaker Bryns made a personal
appeal to the Democratic whips, to put on pressure so that
the security bill may be passed early next week at the latest
The senate yesterday rushed through the Interior De
partment appropriation bill and a measure for the federal
control of interstate bus and truck operation.
In the house, legislation looking toward the abolish
ment of utilities holding companies passed the hearing stage,
as has the omnibus banking bill. Two more annual appro
priation bills for the navy and congress are waiting their
turn on the floor.
Two Score Spies
Arrested Praha
Suppressed
(By The Associated Press)
PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, April 17
Vigorous measures were taken by
the police to suppress the news of
the reported arrests of at least two
score alleged Progerman spies, four
of whom were said to be high in
the Czech army, us officers, and oth
er citizens of Germany
The newspapers said that the al
leged conspiracy had been in pro
gress for a long time Former Aus
trian officers were arrested on sus
picions of espionage, and were said
to have disclosed correspondence
with Czech army officers whom they
were reported to have approached
to obtain military information
League Adopts Tri
Power Resolution
Condemning Cer.
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA. April 17—The League
adopted a tri-power resolution con
deming Germany for her repudia
tion of treaty obligations. Only
Denmark abstained from voting
The resolution was presented by
France, Great Britain and Italy who
deplored the unilateral abrogation
of the treaty obligations, and re
quested that the League appoint a
committee to consider what meas
ures, economic and financial, may
be taken against future repudiators
by an international cimmittee.
An attempt by Foreign Commissar
Litvinoff of Soviet Russia, to extend
the implications of the resolution to
parts of the world other than Eur
ape, was overridden.
Jackson Talks To
Gov. Troy About
3 Nome Projects
According to a telegram received
by M J Walsh from G K Jackson in
Seattle, yesterday information con
cerning Nome’s affairs came to the
front again.
Mr Jackson stated he had convers
ed with Governor John W. Troy in
! Seattle and that the Governor was
leaving yesterday by plane for
Washington, D C
According to the telegram, Gov.
Troy stated he would give his whole
hearted support to the three pro
jects which Nome is working hard
to have put over this winter-—the
$100,000 PWA loan and grant: the
new school special appropriation:
and a new federal building for
Nome.
He .stated that he would endeavor
to have these matters brought be
fore the attention of the legislators
in congress as soon as it was possi
ble Mr Jackson also wired that he
had advised the Governor that in
case he should be requested to come
to Washington he would be at liber
ty to come as soon as he heard from
Governor Troy.
Prison Guards Use
Tear Gas Bombs
(By The Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 17th—
Emergency guards with tear gas
bombs rushed inside the state prison
as Warden Woodard attempted to
break the passive rebellion of a
thousand convicts from the prison
workshops.
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