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VOL. 38. No. 128. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JUNE 4th, 1937. Per Copy 10ct3
Blaze Damages Port Of Seattle Pier
SOVIET SOCIALISTS It COMMUNISTS UNITE
Tells Questioners Not To Worry About Gold Policy
President Roosevelt Reasserts His
Statement be no Change Cold Policy
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4—President Roosevelt
told a press conference, today, that there has been nc
change made in the government’s Gold Policy, and ad
vised his questioners not to worry much about the gold
situation, and also gave advice when asked about re
newed reports of possible changes in the policy prior
to his statement thru the Commerce Department which
announced a flood of gold shipments to this country
amounting to forty million nine hundred and forty-five
thousand dollars during the week ending May 28th,
and of about eleven million from the previous week.
Want Action Against Italy—Germany
- :U, n-soeiaisa Press)
MOSCOW, June 4—The Komintern, the third Com
munist International, ended its long standing quarrel
with the parent body, the second Socialist International
and proposed a united front for “quick action against
the German and Italian intervention in Spain.” The
startling move to bury the hatchet and to unify com
munists and socialists International League and labor
unions is a direct result of the German bombardment
of the Spanish city of Almeria.
Put To Death In Electric Chair, Texas
~ i
(By The Associated Press)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 4—Augustus Beard, an
ex-gridder of the North Carolina State College, was-!
put to death in the electric chair at the State peniten
tiary for the slaying of a former Dallas Detective. John
Roberts.
Wisie Ellison, a Negro, was executed later for slitt- j
mg his wife’s throat._ i
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, June 4—The Soviet Polar expedition an
nounced that it has found bird life close to the North
Pole which led the scientists to discuss the possibility
of undiscovered land which may exist in the vast Polar
Sea. They sighted Guillemot, black and white sea
birds, known to abound on North Atlantic coasts, which
flew over their Polar camp.
ALPINE, Utah, June 4—Oil was reported found
running from a large snowfield at the foot of a peak
near here, and a search for the long missing transport
plane was immediately concentrated there.
General Steese
Is Subject Of
Keen Sketch
NOTE!) ALASKAN'S EXPLOITS
REVIEWED IN COLORFUL
WRITEUP IN LONDON
PUBLICATION.
General James Gordon Steese,
former general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, one time head of
the Alaska Road Commission, &
one of the best known of Alas
kans—the man after whom the
Steese Highway is named—was
the subject of an interesting
writeup in the Sunday Express
of London, England.
The article was written by a
special wTiter during a visit of
the general to London, since whi
' . Investigation of llindenlmi'" Disaster Demins
' “ p
• m
Here la a general view of the opening in Lakehurst, N. J.. of the investigation into the Hindenburg
disaster. Comm. Charles E. Rosendahl, of the U. S. Navy, an eye witness, Is No. 1. The members
of the Investigating board of Dennis Mulligan (No. 2), official of the bureau of air commerce:
South Trimble, Jr. (No. 3), solicitor for the department of commerce; and MaJ. B. W. Schroeder
*- • ■ (No. 4), assistant director of the bureau of air commerce.
gh he lias returned to the States,
and is as follows;
General James Gordon Steese,
formerly a cowboy of the Paddle
Cr HaacJi in wild Montana tia<i
come to London to “enjoy all the
luxurs that this city can g.ve
me.”
He wants a change from:
Dodging the builets of the bad
men of wild Montana;
Fighting wolves and bears in
frozen Alaska and driving dog
teams there when the tempera
ture is “forty below and colder
than that”;
Crossing the Sahara by camel;
Shooting the rapids of South
American rivers in a canoe;
Riding by mule across Mexico;
and
Roughing it generally in lands
when a man carries his life in a
revolver holster.
General Steese
I found General Steese living
luxuriously according to plan at
the Savoy Hotel, writes a “Sun
day Express" correspondent.
His adventures would keep Hol
lywood busy for months. Holly
wood films would have presented
him as a conspicuous figure, tail
and iron jawed, with piercing
blue eyes, but General Steese, is
a short, benevolent-looking man,
be-spectacled and inclined to
stoutness. In fact, early in life
he wanted to be a church mis
sionary worker.
* * *
“Put it there,” said the general
when we met.
“I’m living soft here in London,
and life during the next three
weeks is going to be grand. The
aters, the best food and the best
of everything, a spot of night
life, the sights of the town and
whole heaps of fun is what I’m
here for.”
He waved aside his adventures
as “all in the day’s work.’’
"I was originally intended foi
the Church,” he said, “but 1
went to the Paddle G Ranch and
(Continued on Page Two)
Spectacular Fire Causes Much Damage
to Connect ieut Street Pier. Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. June 4—A spark falling between cracks
of planking, was blamed by the city fire inspector for
the spectacular blaze which caused one hundred anc
.seventy thousand dollars damage to the Connecticut
j Street Pier, owned by the Port of Seattle, yesterday.
It is believed that the spark came from a pile driver
operating in front of the dock, although a cigarette
might have been responsible. The spark probably
smouldered in waste shavings for an hour before the
fire was discovered about 4 p.m., said Inspector E
Blaine Rossman.
The damage to the dock is estimated at one hundred
thousand dollars; to privately owned cargo inside the
warehouse twenty thousand dollars; and in addition the
1 Coast Guard which had leased the pier jointly with the
Quaker Steamship Line, placed their loss in supplies
land equipment at fifty thousand dollars.
The Cutter Redwing assisted by two fireboats, a
Navy tug, and twenty two fire engines and truck com
panies, combining, extinguished the flames in one hou^
and fifteen minutes. Streams were played continuous
ly on a two hundred and fifty gallon gasoline tank out
side the dock and kept sparks from setting it afire. A
quantity of ammunition stored on the dock exploded,
' sending bullets and boxes high in the air. Four firemen
were injured.
Amelia Now Heading for Tip of Brazil
(Bv The Associated Prc-si
PARAMARIBO, Dutch Guiana, June Z—Aviatr' c
Amelia Earhart and Captain F. J. Noonan, 1; ruled here
at 12:50 A. M. after a flight of five hours and two minu
tes from Caripito, Venezuela.
PARAMARIBO, Dutch Guiana, June 4th—Amelia
Earhart took off on another lap of her round the world
tour, heading for Natal at the easternmost tip of Brazil.
Weather reports stated her course was clear
HINDENRI RC, VICTIM RECOVERING
. i i i iiiiimruig™!—- I
August Heulschle, injured in the ilindenburg tragedy, suuled a£
he said goodbye to a Lakewood, N. J„ hospital. He isn't through
with doctors and nurses, however, for he must spend some more
; dsu la a New York City hospital, *