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VOL. 38 No. 51 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY MAR. 4, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
Waterfront Employees Having Show Down Today
Final Night Queen Contest Voting Will Be Exciting
Legislature Busy
Passing Bills and
Winding up Bus.
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(By The Associated Press 1
JUNEAU, March 4, —The Sen
ate late yesterday afternoon pass
ed the Rivers Liquor bill which
make statutory the present regu
lations under the board of liquor
control and retains the board.
Indications revealed that Mc
Cutcheon’s open saloon bill which
has already passed the house
would experience difficulties in
the senate.
The wolf bounty bill was cut
to fifteen dollars. The Roden bill
passed the senate requiring ev
ery commercial fishermen to be
licensed to fish, under a fee of
one dollar and they must be cit
izens of the United States or have
declared their intentions, besides
being a resident for at least one
year.
The bill to make the commis-'
sioner of mines elective instead!
of appointtive, as at present, was
killed.
The House passed the Dimond
Bond bill twelve to four. The en
tire Fourth Division delegation j
leading the fight for its approval, j
An appropriation of fifty thou
sand dollars was also passed for
an Alaska exhibit at the 1939 San
Francisco Exposition.
Suspending the rules, the house
passed the Neil Scott resolution
extending an invitation to Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit Al
aska.
The House also passed the Ross
aviation bill which now goes to
the senate for final approval.
The measure would set up a
■civil commission to administer ov
er the industry, head by the Gov
ernor of the Territory, and made
up of four members, one from
each Division who must actually
be flying men or who have been
avdators and know their business.
The bill provided for forty thou
sand dollars to carry out the act.
The commission would have
complete authority over aviation
!
Roosevelt Refer
Court Program
Speech Tonight
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 4,
—President Roosevellt will refer
indirectly to his Supreme Court
reorganization program in an ad
dress tonight to Democratic Vic
tory Dinners throughout the na
tion.
Administration officials said he
would lay the groundwork for a
more detailed statement sched
uled for his Fireside Chat next
Tuesday night.
More than thirteen hundred
persons paid a hundred dollars
each to attend a dinner in Wash
ington, D. C., where the President
will speak.
More than eleven hundred din-!
i
ners are being held tonight in
43 states, the proceeds of which
are to go to wipe out the four
hundred and thirty thousand dol
lar Democratic deficit.
Charge Lewis With
Non-Cooperation
Hv The Associated Prossi
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 4
—The Forces of John L. Lewis,
cheered by the agreement of the
Carnegie and Illinois steel cor
poration, broadened its industrial
unionization campaign which ev
entually will include the unioni
zation of all industrial employ
ees in the United States.
The American Federation of
Labor threatened its members
who support Lewis. It charged
that Lewis’ CIO committee had
refused to meet Federation re
presentatives to try and adjust
differences and reunite organiz
ed labor.
in the Territory and would be
empowered to conduct and pro
mulgate rules and regulations in
the interests of safety.
Indoor Baseball Season Ended Last Nite
Presentation Trophies and Games
Between Women’s, Men’s Teams
Devotees of the race track are
always of the opinion that a fast
finish provides the real enjoy
ment to horse racing. The same
theory mgiht be applied to the
indoor baseball season here in
Nome when the final games were
played last night. Surprising ev
eryone fast night, the Commer
cials defeated the Championship
Hammon team by a score of 17
to 10, giving the Hammons their
first loss of the season.
The game was fast and furious
throughout, with excitement key
(Continued on Page Two)
CONTEST FOR QUEEN
ENTERED FINAL
TILT TODAY
Leader in Queen Contest receives unusually large total
votes at end merchants plan. Other Queen
Candidates also polled high
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Miss Gertrude Johansen still
remains in the number one posi
tion at the close of the merchants’
free vote plan.
Miss Marguerite Lee proved to
be the surprize candidate in the
final count by turning in 196,480
votes in today’s vote alone, bring
ing her within 5900 votes of ty
ing Miss Johansen for first place.
Miss Eileen Stangroom turned
in 135,540 votes today, only 40
votes less than Miss Johansen.
Regardless of her heavy vote she
was forced from the second posi
tion to third pi'(aee.
Miss Jeanne Mozee stepped
from second place down to four
th in spite of a strong votes cast
in her favor.
Miss Rita O’Leary showed the
most strength of the remaining
candidates by receiving over 38,
000 votes the last day with Miss
Dorothy Nelson following close
ly behind her.
The merchants free vote plan
closed with a bang last night.
Alii during the day buying set a
new pace unheard fo at this sea
son of the year as hundred's of
Nomeites went aboiy hurriedly
purchasing goods, or paying bills
and getting votes for their fav
orite Queen candidate.
Ballot boxes were stuffed to
capacity and early this morning
two crews of vote counters were
wading through thousands of vot
es.
A total of 630,000 votes show
ed up in the final count of today
which exceeds by far, any daily
vote yet turned in.
Final Official Count of All Votes
Cast during Merchants’ Free
Vote Plan
Gertrude Johansen . 395,700
Margueritte Lee. 389,660
Eileen Stangroom . 341,820
Jeanne Mozee .-. 306,840
Ada Baldwin . 132,120
Rita O’Leary . 111,020
Dorothy Nelson . 48,360
Geraldine Rude . 26,660
Borgny Ulricksen .18,080
This morning, cash votes were
distributed to the following busi
ness houes to be placed on sale:
Polets Store
Nome Drug Store
Nevada
Board of Trade
Arctic Beer Parlor
Lehmann’s
The Tavern
These may be purchased for
cash only in any desired quan
tity and will be on sale
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The new votes are of new col
or and come in two denomina
tions. One is a thousand vote
ticket costing only 50 cents while
the other is a 200 vote ticket cost
ing $'.00. This makes it possible
for everyone to give their can
didate a good boost at a small
cost.
General admission tickets to the
Queen Carnival Saturday night
will go on sale tomorrow. All
Queen Candidates will have the
privilege of selling tickets them
selves or by their friends. The
purchaser of the ticket will re
ceive 2000 free votes with an ad
ult admission and 1000 free vot
es with a children’s ticket, sell
ing for $1.00 and 50 cents re
spectively.
Upon presentation of the ad
mission ticket at the door Sat
urday night, the person attend
ing will receive the 2000 votes
and may enjoy the entertainment
and dancing within the hall free
of charge.
Concession, hot dog stands and
and ice cream booth will be do
ing business that evening within
the hall, and script money may
be secured at a “bank” which
will be set up in a conspicuous
place that evening.
As a special inducement to the
Queens they will receive 1000
free votes from the Kennel Club
with each adult admission sold
and 500 for the sale of a child
ren’s ticket.
So have your money ready to
get your ticket, and be sure and
be at the Carnival Saturday night
to get your free votes thrown in
for good measure.
All Queen candidates may ob
tain general admission tickets by
calling at the home of Manager
Ed Steffen tomorrow morning.
Yesterday’s Totals
Gertrude Johansen . 257,980
Eileen Stangroom . 205,580
Jeanne Mozee . 200,480
Marguerite Lee . 191,180
Ada Baldwin .120,420
Agreed Bonding
Uiv The Associated Press i
FAIRBANKS, March 4, —Tax
payers voted by a substantial ma
jority, in favor of three munici
pal projects for which a contem
plated forty five percent will be
covered by PWA grants, for
whcih application already has
been made, subject to the approv
al of the voters.
The bonds and grants for the
three projects include sewers,
bonds one hundred and seventy
two thousand dollars, graat one
hundred and nineteen thousand
six hudred dollars; schools bonds
forty four thousand, grant twenty
nine thousand eight hundred do-1
lars; sidewalks bonds twenty sev
en thousand grant eighteen thou
sand.
A fourth project was defeated,
that of street paving involving
I twenty seven thousand dollars in
; bonds and eighteen thousand in
the grant.
Work on the other projects is
expected to begin early this seas
on.
The Northern Commercial Co.
announced a reduction in rates
for light from eighteen to fifteen
cents a kilowatt, and power from
twelve to ten cents, elTective the
first of March.
Fairbanks Now
Preparing For
Big lee Carnival
(Special to the Nugget)
FAIRBANKS, March 4, — The
streets of Fairbanks are blazing
forth with decorations for the
big four day Ice Carnival and
Dog Derby beginning March 11th.
A housing committee is arrang
ing accomodations for the many
excursionists expected to flood
the city.
Dog mushers from distant plac
es wired they were now enroute
including Johnny Allen winner of
last year’s derby in world re
cord smashing time and Bergman
of Kokrines. Both are driving
their own teams from Tanana.
The Miss Alaska contest is ex
pected to contestants from half a
dozen or more towns. Curling,'
.skiing, basketball, hockey and in
ter-ciyt contests will be outstand
ing features of the Carnival.
SPECIAL TO NUGGET— Wire
press collect when excursionists
are expected to leave your city
and what their prospective num
ber, other dope including who
a e prominent among those com
ing.
Threatened Rupture Waterfront
Employees and Employers Moved
Toward Showdown San Francisco
rBv The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4,
—The threatened rupture of re
lations between waterfront em- J
ployers and longshoremen moved
toward a showdown today.
The employers announced they
would sever relations Saturday
with the International Longshore
mens’ Association unless the men
work the Canadian steamer Roch
elie.
The longshoremen declined to
reveal what stand they would
take.
They stopped work oa the Roch
elie Tuesday when pickets from
the sailors union and inland
boatsmen’s union, both claiming
jurisdiction in furnishig a crew,
surrounded the ship, contending
that the Rochelie crew had been
picked from an unafliliated source
in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Longshoremen appeared on the
docks at 8 a.m. but refused to
I
Rita O’Leary . 70,880
Dorothy Nelson . 27,080
Geraldine Rude.21,180
Borsney Ulricksen . 16,760
pass through the picket lines of
the sailor’s union, instead, return
ing to the hiring hall, where they
loitered about.
Mayor Rossi moved today to
prevent another open break be
tween employers and employee*.
Plant representing the employ
ers, gave the ILA until 8 a.m.
Saturday, which is the deadline.
Visits Roosevelt
(By The Associated Press)
TORONTO, March 4, — Prime
Minister W. L. McKenzie King
meets with President Roosevelt
at, the White House tomorrow to
discuss matters of mutual inter
ests between the United States
and Canada, before leaving for
London to attend the coronation
British imperial conference.
Some of the topics, it is believ
ed, will include the extension of
the Canadian-U. S. trade pact,
world peace, and the St. Lawrence
seaway project. President Roose
velt extended the invitation to
Prime Minister King a month
ago.
Be Sure and Attend Tlie Carnival *dat« iXi-iglit