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VOL. 38 No. 99 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY APR. 29 1937 Per Copy 15cta
S.S. Cordova Wires Distress Signals
FIRE IN HOLD AND STEERING GEAR BROKEN
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industrial Leaders to Discuss Collective Bargaining
ALASKA LINE VESSEL IS
AFIRE ON OCEAN
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 29, — With
fire in her number two hold, and
ihe stearing gear broken, the Al
aska Steamship Company vessel
Cordova was flashing distress sig
nals this forenoon from Hecate
Straits, British Columbia, saying
that a gale was whipping her
out to sea.
The Coast Guard picked up the
messages and the patrol boat Al
ert was immediately ordered out
of Ketchikan.
The Cordova sailed Monday
for Kodiak Island via southeast
ern ports carrying one hundred
and four passengers including six
ty men for hte staff of the Port
Hobran whaling station.
Captain G. J. Goetz, master of
the Cordova reported a southeast
gale and rough sea. He gave his
position as the center of the
strait which separates Graham
Island from Provincial Island,,
opposite the mouth of the Skeena
River. ^
The coasit guard said the first
distress message came through at
8:22 a.m.
Constant communication esta-!
olished the Cordova’s position as
about sixty miles south of Ket- i
ohikan off Dundas Island.
The 125 foot coast guard boat
Alert, was ordered out of Ket
chikan at 9 a.m. but is not ex
pected to reach the scene until
3 p,m.
Coast Buard headquarters said
the U. S. Naval tender Swallow,
which is in the vicinity of Dun
das Island is expected to reach
the Cordova first.
The first messages gave few
details of the liner’s plight. Own
ers here reported she carried 56
first class and 48 third cabin pass
engers.—
The Cordova is listed as a 236
foot steel steamship, built a! Wil
mington, Delaware in 1912, of
2069 gross tonnage and 1209 net
toonage.
SEATTLE, April 29—Owners
of the tug Salvage King, Victoria
dispatches said, at one P.M., no
request had been received as yet
to go to the steamer Cordova's
aid. Prince Rupert also reported
that no aid has been asked there.
Gonzales radio, Victoria, Point
Grey and Vanoouver, said that no
distress signals had been picked
up.
The steamer Cordova has a crew
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‘HE LOVES ME. HE LOVES ME NOT*
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V.i-tn ..us. iNun .llacy t&nil, l>ek. kilia ueaess, resumed to l.os
Angeles I rum her flight to Sail Francisco to escape service ol
annulment papers, she consulted the traditional daisy, as shown
here, to learn whether her husband. William Brill. Jr., young Los
Angeles sportsman, still loved her. Brill left his wife two days
after their elopement to Yuma, Aria., and filed suit for annul
ment. (Associated Press Photo)
National Collegiate Athletic Association ('(tampions
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Tbese are the winners m the National Collegiate Athletic Association hosing tournament at Sac
ramento. Sitting (left to right): Roy Petragallo, 115 pounds, Washington State; Carl Eckstrum,
125, North Dakota; Ben Alperstein, 135, Maryland; Roily Shumway, 145, Idaho. Standing: Itay
Matulewicz, 165, Duke; Ed McKinnon, 155, Washington State; Louis Schmidt 175, Virginia; and
Harry Mullins, heavyweight, Mississippi State. (Associated Pros Photo)
Fishermen Get
Increase Prices
Catching Salmon
c
(Bv The Associated r,r“aa >
ANCHORAGE, April 29, —
Fishermen here reached an agree
ment with !oc:.l cannery opera
tors for increases in prices.
Kin gs are up fifteen cents to
seventy five cents each; reds and
silvers up three cents to four
teen cents each; pinks and chums
up one cent to four cents each.
Fishermen not using cannery
gear will be paid one third more
than those prices.
Marshal C. J. Todd said today
he had wired J. H.Bell, deputy
marshal a t Kenai offering him
the post at Anchorage as suc
cessor to the late Frank Hoff
man, and is awaiting a reply.
The action followed the recom
mendation of the Third Division
Democratic Club which endorsed
Bell.
Dr. P. L. Heitmeyer, new chief
surgeon at the hospital here an
nounced that ten thousand doll
ahs worth of new equipment
would be ^installed soon. A new
addition or a new hospital is to
be built in the next few years,
it was also stated.
Perkins Called
Meeting Discuss
Coll. Bargain.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C April 29,
- Secretary of Labor Mrs. Perk
ins invited tweney six labor and
industrial leaders to meet in
Washington next Tuesday to dis
cuss collective bargaining prob
lems under the Wagner Act.
The meeting will follow lines
similar to the conference last
week when participants agreed
to collective bargaining pacts,
which are to be sacred and bind
ing.
British Military
Attacked in India
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(By The Associated Press)
SIMLA, India, April 29, —Fan
atical tribesmen raided the Brit
ish military camp at Waziristan
last night leaving twenty two
dead and injured. '
Reports from the northwest
border province said that more
than six thousand British troops
are in the district to quell the
revolt.
Harry Lucas Is
Selected Clerk
Council Juneau
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, April 29, — Harry
Lucas, business man, who chosen
as city clerk ait a special meeting
of the city council last night, sue
ceeding A. W. Henning, who had
held the position for four years.
The Indian town of Hassan has
applied for a charter under the
Indian reorganization act. Indian
villages at Sitka, Hoonah and
Angoon have also declared sim
ilar intentions.
After living for eleven years
in Alaska, Joseph Ekorik was ar
rested here and may be deported
to Russia because he illegally en
tered the United States by row
boat from Siberia, landing at
Nome in 192fi.
26th Quitter
(By The Associated Press)
PALMER, April 29, — Tom'
Vojta, formerly of Pine City,
Minnesota, withdrew from the
govrer.ment’s colony here, saying
his wife was unable to become
adjusted to the country. This is
the twenty sixth family to resign.
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Resolution To
Pay Less For
Foreign Cold
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C April 29,
—Urging a move, as one of ec
onomy for the government Repre
sentative Fish of New York late
Wednesday offered a resolution
that congress prohibit the treas
ury from paying more than twen
ty five dollars an ounce for for
eign gold.
He argued that the proposal
would “save a billion dollars
without any effort.
“The outstanding financial blun
der, and also hie height of New
Deal folly is the accumulation of
twelve billions of dollars of gold
of which four billions have been
imported from foreign nations at
thirty five dollars an ounce, or
approximately twice the cost of
production", said Fish.
Price Copper Drops
(Bv The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 29, —Dom
estic copper sold for fourteen
cents a pound, a cut of a half a
cent from its previous level.
Trade circles *atd the price
was established through sales by
the customs of smelters’ number
one scrap copper and was mark
ed down to eleven and three
quarters cents, a cut of a half a
cent.
Seeks Divorce
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.Mrs, Ellen .WeAtlon de Ouate is
shown as she appeared in a Los
Angeles court for trial of her di
vorce suit against Itafael Lopei
de Onate, actor. Mrs. de Onate’s
mother is Mrs. Eleanor Wilson
McAdoo, daughter of the late
President Wilson and former wife
ol Senator William Uihbs Me
Adoo. (Associated Press Photo)