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VOL. 37. No. 54. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, March 4, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Russia Ready To War With Japan
Congress Likely To Cnange Roosevelt Tax Program
BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES
THREATEN TO MAKE STRIKE
NATION-WIDE FROM NEW YORK
Some Optimistic For Settlement, But
Federal Mediator Not Accepted
Employee Strike
May Be National
Was View Today
(By The Associated Press)
New York, March 4, —
Striking building service
employees threatened a na
tion-wide strike, “if neces
sary”, said reports today.
Mayor LaGuardia pre
dicted an early termination
of the strike in New York
City, When interviewed this
morning.
Despite his prediction,
strike leaders James J.
Bambrick was unoptimistic
over the situation.
Police and strikers batt
led in two parts of the city
when five thousand strik
ers were dispersed after
a series of window break
ing incidents on P«rk Av
enue.
Assistant U. S. Secre
tary of Labor Edward F.
McGrady has not yet been
accepted as a mediator.
Customs Officer
Tanner Receipt
Of New Orders
C. C. Tanner, U. S. Com
missioner and Deputy Col
lector of Customs, of the
Nome port, is in receipt of
the following letter from J.
J. Connors, Collector of
Customs, which in itself is
explanatory, in regards to
the issuance of numbers to
undocumented motor ves
sels, The letter follow:
Juneau, Jan. 22 1936
C. C. TANNER, Nome,
Deputy Collector Customs:
Enclosed is Bureau of
Navigation Circular Letter
No. 19, amending proced
ure regarding issuance of
numbers to undocumented
motor vessels.
You will note that every
boat within the purview of
the Act of June 7, 1918, as
amended,-must be number
ed anew prior to April 1,
1936.
District Circular No. 5
dated March 10, 1932, is
hereby discontinued. Mot
torboat numbers will be is
sued from headquarters
port in series prescribed by
the Bureau.
When application is
made at your port for num
ber, revised form 1512 will
be filled out in duplicate
by the owner or master
and-contain all the requir
ed data available. Both
copies of revised form 1512
will be forwarded to Jun
eau.
It will be of considerable
assistance if award, revis
ed form 1513, is prepared at
port of entroy with all re
quired data inserted ex
cept number and date of is
suance. The award should
accompany the application
forms 1512 to this office.
You will note that form 15
13 is to be prepared in tri
plicate, original on white
paper, duplicate on yellow
and triplicate on blue pap
er; all three copies being
transmitted to Juneau.
Awards of numbers to
vessels owned in your vic
inity will be forwarded to
your office for delivery to
owner or master. It is de
sired to have port index
covering such vessels, addi
tional forms 1512 may be
prepared and filed as port
of entry index.
Supply of forms 1512 and
1513 is being forwarded to
each port of entry. Addi
tional quantities may be
had upon requisition.
You will please enlist the
aid of the local newspaper
in giving publicity to the
requirements of the amend
ed Act.
Respectfully,
J. J. CONNORS,
Collector of Customs
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Vessel Tied Up
Demands Crew
For Big Wages
(By The Associated Press)
San Pedro, Calif., March
4—The Panama Pacific in-j
tercoastal steamship Cali
fornia is still tied up since
Monday,while officials seek
a compromise with the
crew’s demands for the
West Coast wage scale of
five dollars, which is high
er than the East Coast scale
Lady Cavendish and Fred
Astaires’ sister are among
the noted passengers, hav
ing wearied of waiting for
the ship to put to sea, they
entrained for the East coast
AI Smith After
Dem. Delegate
ship Tammany
(By The Associated Press)
New York, March 4—A1
Smith is after the Tamm
any democratic delegate
ship from the Eleventh con
gressional district; William
A. Featherstone and Joseph
O’Neill are also candidates.
There are two delegates
to be chosen. It is claimed
that if the O’Neill ‘sticker’
wins, Smith will be unable
to take his walk.
Company States
Sierra Is Sold
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, March 4th—The
Arctic Transport Company
announced the sale of their
Motorship Sierra for con
version into a steamship
for the Alaska Salmon and
Herring Saltery.
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Will Hear Case
Against A. J. Co.
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, March 4—Charles
W. Hope will sail for Jun
eau Saturday, as Labor Re
lations Board Examiner, to
hear the case against the
Alaska Juneau Mining Co.,
based on last summer’s
strike.
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Objected Clause
In Whaling Bill
Restrict Works
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 4, —
Thomas J. Blake, attorney
for the American Whaling
Company of New York, to
day objected before the
House Foreign Affairs Com
rnittee, to a clause in the
pending whaling bill, which
he said would prevent the
American Whaling Co.
vessels from obtaining lic
enses. He said it was strong
er than the foreign treaty
which it was intended to
support.
j The bill would require
j licensees to have equip
>ment adequate for the com
| plete utilization of whale,
and for the manufacture of
oil, meat and quano fertili
zer.
Lindberghs Will
Live Historical
House Caxton
(By The Associated Press)
London, March 4th—The
Daily Express said that the
Lindberghs plan to live in
“Long-Barn” at SevenOaks
the birthplace of William
Caxton, printer and type
designer. It contains 18
rooms at present, but was
originally composed of four
cottages and barn.
Sen. Vandenberg
Of Mieh. Boomed
For Presidency
(By The Associated Press)
Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar.
3,—Michigan has a favorite
son for the Republican pres
idential nomination. He is
Senator Arthur H. Vanden
berg. He is being urged to
file his candidacy in the
presidential primaries in
those states that hold them.
The Senator, who was
born in Grand Rapids, 52
years ago, was appointed
Senator to fill a vacancy in
March 1928,and elected for
a short term in November,
1928.
Re-elected in 1934.
He was one of the few re
publican senators to be re
STALIN DECLARES SOVIETS
READY ANY TIME NOW FOR
WAR WITH JAPANESE EMP
Soviet Dictator Also Admitted Russia
Not Communistic, l!ut Socialistic
elected in 1934. His pres
ent term will expire 1941.
The Senator studied law
at the University of Michi
gan but on leaving the in
stitution he engaged in the
newspaper business. He
was editor and publisher of
the Grand Rapids Herald
when he was appointed as
Senator.
Not An Extremist
The Senator is regarded
as neither an extreme radi
cal nor an extreme conser
vative. He is a fine cam
paigner and has proved a
good vote getter.
Hints Expressed
Congress Liable
Change Taxes
c
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 4—
Powerful democrats hint
that Congress may drastic
ally alter Roosevelt’s tax
program. There is bitter
warring going on in the
camps of the republicans,
who charge that the “as
sault thrift” of new dealers
who predict that the money
turnover and velocity pick
up, was forced by a distri
bution of wealth.
League Making
Ready For Oil
Sanctions, Italy
(By The Associated Press)
Geneva, March 4th—The
League strengthened its
sanctions threat and are
now awaiting a reply from
Italy and Ethiopia in refer
ence to the peace plea.
The committee are busy
drafting a detailed oil em
bargo plan in case peace is
rejected.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
for you.
Dictator Stalin
Gives Interview
New York Gity
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( dv The Associated Press i
New York, March 4th—
Dictator Stalin told Publi
sher Roy W. Howard in a
“World” copyright, story in
the New York World-Tele
gram article, that Russia
was ready to war with Ja
pan if necessary to preser
ve outer Mongolia’s inde
pendence, and was convinc
ed that American demo
cracy and the Soviet sys
tem can develop coincident
ally, “but one can never
develop into the other.”
Stalin further said in his
article that: “admittedly
communism had not been
achieved in Russia but is a
state of socialism but while
Russia has a term of state
socialism, it is not exact,
because a majority of Rus
sia’s wealth is not in priv
ate hands.”
Germany Made
Official Protest
(By The As.sociateo Press)
Rome, March 4th—Ger
mans made a protest of the
p'iblieat:on in Italian news
papers reports of the sup
posed visit to Italy by For
eign Minister Konstantine
von Neurath. It is the son
and not the father who is
visiting Italy.
\I<A<!oo I’uls ll|)
!»ill on i'isliories
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 4, —
Senator McAdoo today in
troduced a bill providing
for the U. S. conservatioi
of pilchard fishing in th
Pacific, outside of state jur
isdiction.
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