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VOLUME 35 NoTl44. NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 . — Per Copy: 10 Cents.
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Says Real Prosperity Next Summer
IN CASE OF WAR PRICES TO BECOME “FROZEN”
Slain Body Retired Furniture Dealer Found In Pond
REPUBLICAN DECLARES
REAL PROSPERITY WILL
BE HERE NEXT SUMMER
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 —Real prosperity will return to the
nation next summer Charles G. Dawes, former Vive-Presi
dent of the United States under President Coolidge predict
ed, Wednesday after an exhaustive study of the economic
situation. — ‘ ^
The wave of great recovery will begin, he stated, with
a rush of durable goods next June or July. He based his
44 prediction on graphs showing the trends of pig-iron and
steel production prices preceding and following the depres
sion of 1873, 1893, and 1929.
He explained that the prices were following the same
course in this depre ssion as in others which was believed
to have meant that the gradually increasing production in
the steel industry was a forecast of a positive \ upward
trend._ _
LABOR BOARD GOES
OVER HEAD OF THE
DIRECTOR OF N R A
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — Over the protest of Donald
Richberg, the Labor Relations Board Wednesday re-affirm
ed their decision that they could take original jurisdiction
in the newspaper labor disputes.
The Board ordered the San Francisco Call Bulletin, a
Hearst Publication to re-employ Deans Jennings, a re-write
man, who claims that he was forced to resign because he
abused the activity of the American Newspaper Guild, nine
days ago.
The Board issued the order over the protest of the news
paper which claimed that the Board had no jurisdiction,
but held up final action pending a rehearing of the request.
The Board’s original ruling called for a re-instatement
of Jennings within ten days or submit testimony about the
circumstances of his leaving his job.
If the paper doesn’t comply it will be cited to the NRA
Compliance Division for removal of the Blue Eagle. The
case will then be turned over to the Justice Department for
legal action._ _ __
EAST WARMER
BUT GET COLD
FROM NOW ON
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Dec. 13 — The east
ern half of the nation had a respite
from bitter temperatures during the
past week, but another cold snap is
promised in the much affected area,
beginning tonight. More than a score
of persons have lost their lives as a
result of the cold weather.
NOTICE
FOB SALE—New Simmons Studio
Couch at coat, inquire of Mr. Ralph
Beat at Loosen Com’l Co. checkers’
ofloo. St.
PAA Mail Plane Is
Expected Arrive
- Nome Tomorrow
It was unknown up to the time
of going to press, whether the
Pacific Alaska Airwaays mail plane
left Fairbanks today for Nome. How
ever, the weather is fairly good, and
it is believed that the plane left but
will not arrive here until tomorrow
due to the number of mail stops nec
essary along the Yukon River, and
the short hours of daylight at this
time of the year.
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TO MAKE WAR
PROFITLESS IS
PURPOSE MIND
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—A warn
ing that any attempt to side-track
the Senate Arms Inquiry would lead
to a bitter fight in Congress, came
from members of the Investigating
Committee as Pres. Roosevelt”s inde
pendent move to make war profit
less got under way.
At the same time it became clear
that the program to be drawn by
Secretary of War Dern, M. Baruch
and General Hugh Johnson, in addi
tion to others named by the Presi
dent, will center around three card
inal points.
Should war break out prices will
become “frozen,” immediately to pn
vent sky-rocketing.
War profits will be seized by dras
tic taxation. Ninety-five percent tax
on all incomes above the previous
three years average will be urged,
and machinery will be created for a
swift mobilization of the nation’s in
dustrial resources in time of con
flict.
Funds Community
Cristmas Are Soon
To Be Gathered
The Finance Committee of the
Community Xmas Ti*ee Celebration
for 1934, is planning on starting
their drive tomorrow morning, to
secure funds to finance the celebra
tion of this annual custom.
Chairman Alvin Polet if this Com
mittee announced that the purpose
of obtaining such funds would not
necessarily be restricted to the busi
ness houses of Nome, but that rep
resentatives would call on all of the
residents and citizens of Nome for
some contribution, no matter how
large or small.
Being of such common welfare,
The Community Xmas is entitled to
the support of everyone. Donation
boxes will be placed in the principal
stores of the city, where all of those
who desire, may donate what they
wish. At the same time subscrip
tion lists will be circulated around
town and the funds gathered to
gether for the staging of this cele
bration.
Christmas Trip
Springs On 18th
Harry Longley is leaving for the
Pilgrim Springs via dog team Dec.
18th, anyone wishing to suid any
thing to the Pilgrim Springs Mission
will please leave same with Father
LaFortune. Free transportation is
being provided by Mr. Longley.
FIND RETIRED DEALER
FURNITURE DEAD IN HIS
FISH POND PORTLAND
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 — Fully dressed, the blood spatt
ered body of Simon Mish, aged .seventy, retired furniture
dealer, was found Wednesday in 3 fish pond in back of his
home, which had been ransacked during the night.
In the pond with the body of Mish, was the body of his
pet dog. Both had been killed by a hand axe, evidently
while Mish was sitting playing solitaire. There were no
direct clues as to who committed the murder.
Although robbery was the apparent motive, investigat
ors considered many theories as sought for the slayers of the
retired furniture dealer, and jovial host, who had a pec
uliar mania for playing solitaire. An eight hundred dol
lar diamond ring, a watch, and what cash he kept in the
house were taken by the intruder, who bashed Mish’s head
in and left the body in the fish pond with the body of his dog.
PARTY POLITICS ARE
UNCERTAIN PRESENT
FOR ELECTION IN 1936
By BYRON PRICE
(Chief of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington)
WASHINGTON—One way of epit
omizing the puzzlement of party
strategists, as they look forward to
1936, is to put the whole problem
into one question:
Just how radical has the country
really become?
If either major party knew the
answer to that, it could begin now
the preparation of a definite party
policy of the next compaign.
It could forsee which group within
its ranks will dominate, how much
can be salvgaed from the wreckage
of the old party lines, whether a
complete realignment will be nec
essary.
Neither party, however, pretends
to be able to tell with certainty how
far the sweep to the left actually has
gone, or how receptive the voters
are to a further swing in that direc
tion.
A great deal of time and effort will
be spent during the coming months
trying to find out.
No Real Choice
There is an important reason why
the politicians do not accept the el
ection returns as a conclusive ans
wer. It is that, in most congression
al districts, the voters had no real
choice except between the republic
an party and the democratic party.
The figures show that a large maj
ority preferred the democrats to the
republicans! But how many would
have preferred a more radical party
to either?
Outwardly, there is this evidence:
In Wisconsin, the new Progressive
party won against the democrats in
the state elections.
Minnesota voted for the farmer
labor party with its government own
ership ideas, and defeated a demo
cratic state ticket.
A local democratic organization
pledged to policies far away more
liberal than those of the national
democratic party swept Washington
state.
In California hundreds of thou
sands were willing to take the EPIC
plan of Upton Sinclair, in spite of
frowns from the White House.
Spirit Of Unrest
In Lousiana, Huey Long, apostle
of the redistribution-of-wealth move
ment, tightened his hold on the vot
es of the state.
The Mississippi electorate sent to
the senate Theodore Bilbo, whose
ideas about prpoerty far outrun any
thing Dr. Tugwell ever hinted at.
Nebraska, under the leadership of
George Norris, consolidated its two
legislative bodies, abolshing an Am
erican tradition as old as the .federal
constitution. f „
In various parts of the west and
northwest, the spirit of unrest again
st the old two-party system stirred
with an undeniable- vigor.
The country elected a new congress
embodying within itself a formidable
sentiment for such proposals as dir
ect inflation, the 30-hour week, and
payment of the bonus.
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Roosevelt as Conservative?
.. It is safe to say that many demo
cratic politicians are thinking less
today about attacks from the repub
lican-American Liberty League right
now than about the potential driving
power of the various elements mass
ing on the left.
Already the framer-labor and pro
gressive parties,both going concerns
are talking about national forays in
1936.
That is why political planners are
asking one another some unusual
questions:
Will 1936 see a three-way strug
gle, with the republicans on the
right, a new radical party on the
left, and the democrats between?
Or, if it is a two-party affair, is
it possible that when he runs for
reelection Mr. Roosevelt will appear
EXPLORER SAYS r
ALASKA IDEAL
MILITARY BASE
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(By The Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13 — Vilhjal
mar Steffansen, noted explorer looks
on Alaska as the most effective mili
tary base in case of war with the
•Japanese, he told a group in an ad
dress. today.
In the forzen Arctic regions, Am
erica will find a new frontier, an
economic empire in time of peace
and a fortification in time of war,
Steffansen declared.
JOINS FORCES
ATTEMPT GET
ALASKAN BASES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — Sen
ator Steiwer of Oregon, joined the
list of those predicting that Alaska
would be included in any compre
hensive plan for Army Air defense.
Steiwer said that three major bas
es should be established one on the
Pacific Coast, one in Alaska and one
in Hawaii.
Report Unfounded
S. S. Victoria Was
fc.
Burned In Blaze
The rumor concerning the burn
ing of the S. S. Victoria, of the Al
aska Line, which has been talked
about during the past two dayu was
today definitely considered false. To
begin with the burning was suppos
ed to have occurred at Seward. This
is discounted by the fact that the
Victoria will not be at Seward until
January 6th, according to the sail
ing schedules of the Alaska 5. S. Co.
Further than that no reliable, part
icular source of the alleged informa
tion that she had burned, could be
ascertained. In addition to this fact,
it has been the practice of the Ass
ociated Press, to keep all of its mem
bers in Alaska informed of any ac
cidents, fires, or other serious trag
edies, which might occur to Alaska
vessels. The Nome Daily Nugget
has received no information that any
fire occurred. Therefore it is be
lieved that the rumor is unfounded,
and that the fire did not occur to the
S. S. Victoria of the Alaska Line.
in the role of the conservative can
didate? i
Or, finally, is the whole left wing
set-up just a will-o’-the-wisp of pol
itics — an incidental outcropping of
discontent incapable of more than
sporadic and ineffectual effort?
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