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VOL. 37. No. 211 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
Air Racer Was Forced Parachute
A. F. L NOT STEP INTO P. L GUILD STRIKE
Described Bodies Horribly Mangled Mills Wreck
Joe Jacobsen, Contender In Air
Race Across United States Was
Forced Parachute from Plane
(By The Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 4— Joe
Jacobson, aged 31, a local flier,
parachuted to safety when his
plang exploded near Stafford,
Kansas, after he flew from New
York here. His speed exceeding
one hundred and ninety-five
miles per hour in the trans-con
tinental Bendix Air Speed Race.
He pulled the rip-cord but the
lines tangled and fouled but af
ter falling some distance his par
achute opened and he landed un
hurt.
Amelia Earhart Putnam battled
with a flapping emergency door
which she had fixed on her plane
here.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports.
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
Woman Hopped
From London on
Flight to N. Y.
(By The Associated Press)
ABINGDON, England, Sept. 4
—Mrs. Beryl Markham, an Eng
lish society woman, hopped in an
attempted non-stop flight to New
York, flying alone the tall matron
aged 33, lifted her green mono
plane The Messenger into t! v air
at 12:50 P.M. EST.
(By The Associated Press)
YOSEMITE, Sept. 4—A warn
ing from former French Premier
Albert Sarraut, that another war,
unless prevented, might spread
to Asia, and even America, was
given to delegates to the Insti
tute of Pacific Relations recently.
American Federation Of Labor Says
Cannot Interfere In Post Intelligenc
er Strike In Seattle By The Guild
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—The
American . Federation of Labor
President Green, said, that the
Federation cannot interfere in
the Guild strike against the Seat
tle Post-Intelligencer. The releas
ed report on the strike from Row
land Watson, the A.F.L. represen
tative, states in part; “efforts to
conduct a hearing on the com
plaint filed by the American
Newspaper Guild and promoted
settlement made by officers of the
Central body before formal ac
tion taken placing the P-I on the
unfair list. The laws of the AFL
require Central bodies to take
such action before placing any
firm on the unfair list. In view
of this fact the American Federa
tion of Labor cannot interfere,
and I directed Watson to serve
labor and try to bring about a
settlement.”
Orders Building
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Sept. 4—Premier Beni
to Mussolini recently ordered im
mediate construction of bomb
proof and gas proof shelters to
protect the civilian population of
Italy from air attacks.
Baseball Scores j
(By The Associated Press)
COAST
Oakland 6, Missions 10
San Francisco 0, Seattle 4
Sacramento 1, San Diego 0
Los Angeles 11-2, Portland 0-6.
AMERICAN
Detroit 1, Washington 3
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2
Cleveland 4, New York 6
Chicago 3-0, Boston 2-5
NATIONAL
New York 2, St. Louis 1
Philadelphia 4-1, Pittsburgh 3-6
Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0
(Ten innings.)
Boston 0-4, Cincinnati 3-6
PWA Not Build
Frisco’s Subway
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Pub
lic Works Administrator Harold
L. Ickes, said recently that the
PWA will not finance San Fran
cisco’s proposed Market Street
subway under its new construc
tion program, because it would
take too long to build and that
labor costs are too high.
Pannings
From Nuggets *
Of Other Days
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Reprinted From Nome Nugget
December 31, 1902
Six Eskimos Roasted In a Cabin
Six natives were horribly burn
ed yesterday afternoon about 3:30
in a cabin on Fourth street back
of St. Joseph’s church.
Three are dead, one a child, is
expected to live but a few hours,
and the remaining two, a woman
and a little girl, it is feared, can
not long survive the effect of
their burns and inhaling the
smoke in the burning cabin. The
dead are Isaac and Jimmy and
the latter’s wife. The woman
died first about 1 o’clock this
morning, Jimmy next about four
o’clock and Isaac at 7 o’clock.
When Jimmy knew that his
wife was dead, he said to the sis
ter in attendance, “Me no want
to live; me die too,” and he did.
The tragedy which • brought
such dread consequences to these
natives may, in all probability, be
attributed to the depravity of
white men and the natives’ love
for red liquor. In some manner
the cabin or shack in which they
lived, on Fourth street west of,
St. Joseph’s church, caught fire,
and the six persons in it, either
helplessly drunk or panic strick
en, were unable to escape.
They were quickly taken to the
Holy Cross hospital by Deputy
Marshals Lowe, Blakeslee and
others and Dr. Rininger and City
Physician Derbyshire were speed
ily summoned. The victims, two
men, two women and two child
ren were quickly placed in beds
and the physicians, the Sisters
and attendants were soon atwork
m an attempt to relieve the agon
ies which the poor people were
suffering.
In the case of the two men
;heir clothing had been almost
aurned off them; one of the wo
men was in a similar plight, the
;hird not being so severely burn
ad. One of the children— a lit
;le girl of probably 10 years of
ago, was horribly burned about
;he face and arms; the other had
ascaped less injury but all were
n the direst agony. Two hypo
lermic injections were given all
■O allay their sufferings while
:heir terrible wounds were being
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swathed. One of the natives, a j
big brawny fellow named Isaac, a!
native of Port Clarence, was most
severely burned. Besides he had
inhaled the smoke and flames of
the burning cabin, and artificial
respiration was resorted to by
the physicians. His moans and
cries were fearful, and as he
raised in his bed, while the phys
icians were dressing his burns,
the epidermis of his body, on his
chest and back peeled off in great
flakes clear to his waist, while
from his arms dropped great pat
ches of scorched skin.
His faithful wife, who, had been
absent from the cabin when the
fire occurred, sat on the floor near
ner husband s couch with a little
makininny in her arms, telling
at the same time as best she
could, with much gesticulation,
how when she returned to the
place she called home she found
fire crawling up the walls, and
smoke pouring out of the door.
Ever and anon she lifted up her
voice and wailed. On another
bed lay her child, a little girl, al
so severely burned, and her at
tention was equally divided be
tween husband and offspring.
The other male native who is
badly injured is known as Jim
my. He is from the Diomede Is
lands and speaks a little English.
Asked if they had had whiskey
in the cabin he denied it as best
he could. “White man’s lamp, all
same went up,” he said, trying
to lift his poor maimed arms in
attempting to show that the flam
es had darted from the lamp and
set fire to the walls of the cabin.
The story of the rescue of these
poor people from a veritable hol
acaust is a graphic one, and
shows the nerve and courage dis
played by more than one man.
When Isaac’s wife returned to
her cabin, she found a fire inside.
She had been down town selling
salmon with her little makininny
(child) on her back. The smoke
issuing from the cabin frightened
her and she ran toward a white
man whom she saw on the street.
This was George Vaughan ;he ran
to the cabin which was filled with
smoke; then he sped to the fed
eral jail for help and Deputy
Marshals A. J. Lowe, B.D,Blak
(Continued on Page Two)
Surprise Attack Took Place On
Rebels As They Ranged Thru
Burning Spanish Pity Of Irun
—
Officials Elected
Juneau Meeting
And You Guess
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Sept. 4—Warren Ohls
of Anchorage, was elected Grand
Chefdegare forty eight. J. T. Pe
trick of Juneau, grand chefdegar
in; Leonard Hopkins of Anchor
age, was re-elected grand corrc-'
spondence commissiare; F. A.
Jones of Cordova, grand conduc
tor; Robert McKanna, Fairbanks,
grand Garelaporte. E.M. Jacob
son, Clyde Ellis Raynor, E. M.
Polley and Conrad Odlow were
elected the five grand chemnots.
Stanley J, Nichols, Chemnot Na
tionale; Anthony E. Karnes, sous
Chemnot.
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 4—A desper
ate band of government militia
men checked the sweeping rebel
advance on the Irun and San
Sebastian front by recapturing
the International Bridge Head
leading to France. The surprise
country attack came while Fas
cist insurgents were ranging thru
the burning, corpse-strewn city
of Irun, pressing toward San Se
bastian, eight miles distant.
Monks and other hostages in
cluding bishops, were reported
executed by retreating govern
ment defenders who earlier were
pressing anxiously for a united
European front.
On Spanish neutrality, Britain
and France renewed eiforts to
have Germany and Portugal sit
on the international non-inter
est ed committee which does
intend to make war.
Tony Conzoneri Loses Worlds
J
Lightweight Boxing Crown In
Bout Last Night To Lou Anthers
Witness Stated
Bodies Terribly
Mangled Wreck
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 4—Dr. A.
S. Walkokski, who was in the
party which recovered the bod
ies of the wrecked Mills plane,
said that all were badly mangled
and had evidently died instantly.
Pilot Steve Mills was the only
one wearing a safety belt which
was pulled from the sockets.
The motor was pushed back in
to the cabin by force of the crash.
The solution of the crash may
hinge on the contents of a camera
which was found open and in
good condition. It is believed
the party may have flown low to
take pictures of herds of wild
sheep and goats and was possibly
caught in an airpocket.
Walkowski said that the plane
crashed from about the thirty
eight hundred foot level.
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 4th—Tony
Canzoneri, the bat’le scared idol
of Metropolitan fistic fans, lost
the world lightwk ght champion
ship Thursday night to is one
time sparring partner Lou Am
bers of Herkimer, New York, in
a fifteen round bout.
The match was witnessed by a
near capacity crowd of 13,000 in
Madison Square Garden. Am
bers scaling 13534 pounds, gained
a decisive victory over the title
holder, who scaled 135 pounds.
Canzoneri was by long odds
the favorite before the fight.
Freddie Steele is
Winner in A Non
Title Bout P. M.
fBv The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Sept. 4th—Freddie
Steele, world middleweight cham
pion of Tacoma, won the decision
over Young Stuhley of Chicago,
in a listless ten round non-title
I
bout, Thursday night.
Steele weighed 160. Stuhley,
162.
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