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VOL. 38 No. 34 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY FEB. 11 1937 Per Copy 15c
Miss Nome Queen Contest Booming
Alaska Fish Trap Bill Comes Out Unrecommended
Settlement Effected Auto Strike 2:35 A. M. Today
WORST STRIKE IN
HISTORY OF AUTO
INDUSTRY ENDED
Agreement was signed early this morning, then taken
to John L. Lewis for final approval. Large
increases in wages were secured.
—
Opposes Auto Strike
George E. Boyten, former mayor of
Flint, Mich, organised the “Flint
Alliance” to combat etrifcee by the
United Automobile Workers Union.
He said he had bean warned to
leave town “or something will hap
pen to you.” Boysen claimed a
membership of 8,500 In his organi
sation. (Associated Press Photo)
Fight on in Senate
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11,
—Senators leading the fight ag
ainst President Roosevelt’s court
reorganization plan, claimed to
day they had thirty two sure op
position votes, and possibly many
others. Thirty have declared their
intention of voting for approval.
Forty nine votes are required to
defeat the measure.
Administration leaders predict
ed approval of the entire program
including adding six justices to
the Supreme Court, if those over
seventy years of age do not re
tire.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 9,
—Congressmen were deluged
with telegrams suggesting com
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LONG DISPUTE
OVER 44th DAY
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Feb. 11, — Gover
nor Frank Murphy announced at
2:35 a.m. today that an agree
ment had been reached between
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the United Automobile Workers
of Amenica and the General Mot
ors Corporation, ending the for
ty two day strike.
Murphy said the agreement
would be signed at 11 a.m. EST
today, and the terms will be an
nounced then.
DETROIT, Feb. 11, — The cost
\
iiest strike in the Amercian auto
mobile history was ended formal
ly with the signing at 11:46 a.m.
of a peace agreement.
The signing occurred as the
strike, which was estimated cost
a million dollars a day in wages
alone to employees, entered its
forty fourth day.
The company announced a five
cent -hourly wage increase to all
of its employees effective Feb
ruary 15th, an estimated aggre
gate increase of approximately
twenty five million dollars a year.
The terms of the agreement in
clude that the organization re
cognizes the union as a collect
ive bargaining agency for those
employees belonging to the un
ion, and that the corporation un
ion will agree to commence coll
ective bargaining negotiations be
ginning the sixteenth of the mon
th.
In regard to other issues the j
union agrees to end the present
strike and evacuate all plants
now occupied by strikes. All em
ployees are to return to work
without discrimination against
them being taken.
The agreement was signed by
three company conferees, and two
of the three labor representatives,
in a crowded court room. The
agreement was then rushed to a
hotel where John L. Lewis, ag
gressive chieftain of the commit
tee for industrial negotiation, lay
ill of a cold, signed it.
Lewis said: “This agreement is
another milestone in labor’s mar
ch."
WRECKAGE OF PLANE IN WHICH 13 CRASHED
This is a closeup of the Western Air Express Salt Lake City Los Angeles transport which crashed in the
mountains north of Los Angeles, the fifth major air line accident in 30 days. Martin Johnson, noted ex
plorer of the jungle wilds, was fatally in|ured, and another passenger was killed, but the other eleven of
the 13 aboard it escaped death although most were seriously iniured Note the pillow shoved into the
broken window and the snow covering the plane Most of the victims were still inside the plane when
this picture was taken. ^Associated Press Photo)
Bureau of Mines
Issued Figures
Country’s Mines
Alaska Had Large Output,
More Than In 1935,
Said Report
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9,
—The Bureau of Mines estimat
ed the country’s production last
year of gold at 4,329,273 fine oun
ces, an increase of 640,364 ounces
or seventeen percent over 1935.
At $35 an ounce, the output
in 1936 was worth $151,524,555 or
$2,241,274 more than the preced
ing year.
California again leads the stat
es, with territories’ total output
1,049,600 ounces, a gain of 159,170
ounces over 1935.
Production of others—Alaska:
five hundred and thirty thousand
ounces worth eighteen million,
five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, an increase of thirteen
percent. Colorado 364,713 ounc
es or $6,265,000 an increase of 18
percent. Nevada 284,700 ounces
or $9,964,500 an increase of fif
ty-one percent. Oregon 59,900
ounces, $2,096,500 an increased
of eleven percent.
Philippines five hundred and
ninety nine thousand ounces wor
th $20,965,000 an increase of thir
ty-three percent.
Buy them by the bundle. Use
them fur starting fine. For Sale
At the Nome Nugget
Doings Legislature
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(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Feb. 11, — Alaska's
general election will continue to
be held in September for the
next two years, it was decided
when the House killed the Roden
bill which the Senate passed, to
change the time to October.
A proposal to make the office
of territorial commissioner of ed
ucation elective rather than ap
pointive, was made in a ball in
troduced by Laiblin of the Sec
ond Division. A similar meas
ure was killed two years ago.
Sen. Brunnelle’s aeronautics
bill ran into difficulties in the
senate this morning after consid
erable discussion, and was put
over to the seventeenth. Sen
ators Roden, Patterson and Coch
ran declared that the aviators of
Alaska should be contacted for
an expression before a Territor
ial Aviation Board was contem
plated as Federal laws now act
ually apply.
The Coffey fish trap memorial
came out of committee this morn
ing without recommendation, and
as a result the house is divided
regarding placing it up for second
hearing. McCutcheon and- Davis
said that all fishing interests
should be heard before action is
taken on the memorial.
The Brunnelle gold tax bill will
be heard tomorrow by the senate
sitting as a committee of the
whole, and all interested parties
will be heard.
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Canadian Boatmen
Declared Strike
On Vessels
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Canadian Freighters Will
Be Tied Up When They
Arrive at Port
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 9, — The Can
adian freighter Northolm is strike
bound here with longshoremen
refusing to pass through picket
j lines established by inland boats
men.
It was said this was the only
idle boat in the harbor.
The boatsmen union claimed
jurisdiction over the ship’s non
union crew, establishing a picket
i line, on the day the strike ended.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10, — All Brit
ish Columbia shipowners who
fight organization efforts of the
inland boatsmen union, at Van
couver, will be picketed when
their ships arrive in American
ports, Captain John M. Fox, un
ion organizer said.
He added that the freighter
Eastholm, bound for Portland,
and the coastal vessel Rochelei,
bound for San Francisco, would
be tied up when they reach port.
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN !
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
| Special Power of Attorney forms )
MISS JOHANSEN
LEADS QUEEN
RACE TODATE
A large block of votes east for
Gertrude Johansen upset the ap
plecart in today’s total vote there
by taking the lead from Jeanne
Mozee by a considerable margin.
Dorothy Nelson increased her
standing with a good vote and
Ada Baldwin likewise stepped up
Marguerite Lee also showed a
good vote considering the fact
that she was nominated only yes
terday.
Another new candidate in the
contest is Borgny Ulricksen who
was nominated this morning.
Following is the standing of the
various queen contestants today:
Gertrude Johansen . 9840
Jeanne Moze 7100
Dorothy Nelson 2920
Geraldine Rude 2540
R 1 a ‘O'Leary . 1960
Ada Baldwin .1700
Marguerite Lee 1680
Borgny Ulricksen ...... 500
In order to speed up the contest
the Nome Kennel Club announ
ces that nominations for Queen
will close promptly at 12 o’clock
noon Saturday, February 13th.
The public is daily showing more
interest in the Queen Race and
the merchants of Nome are en
joying the fun.
The Nome Amusement Company
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Aids In Search
Caesar Kleberg (above), one of the
managers of the vast King ranch
properties near San Perlita, Tex.,
where two rancher-hunters, Luther
and John Blanton, strangely van
ished, urged officers to clear up the
mystery and said the ranch would
cooperate in every way. Ranger*
believed the Blantons were slain and!
their bodies carried away secretly.!
(Associated Press Photo)