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VOL. 38 No. 57 NOME, ALASKA, THURS. MARCH 11, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
NOME INVITED SOVIET FLIER COME HERE
Miss Nome Competes Tonight Title “Miss Alaska”
Soviet Aviator Has
Been Invited To
Come Nome
IBy The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, March 11, — Chief
pilot F. B. Fahrig, Soviet Arctic
Bier was reported to have com
pleted the outward leg of the
government project, twelve thou
sand five hundred mile flight, the
first complete circuit of the far
north ever undertaken, reaching
Andyr, near Nome, Alaska, yes
terday.
The plane left Moscow February
9th on a preliminray survey flight
of the Soviet’s proposed commer
eial air route to connect Russia
and Siberia with the United Stat
es by way of Nome, and Fairbanks
In Alaska.
The Name Chamber of Comm
erce this morning considered the
suggestion of transmitting an in
vitation through Delegate Dim
ond in Washington, and the State
Department, to the Soviet Em
bassy, that Aviator Fahrig hop
over to Nome from Anadyr be
fore commencing his long journey
back to Moscow by way of the
north Siberian coast and Wrang
ell Island.
The following telegram was
prepared by the chamber and
sent to Delegate Dimond:
Anthony J. Dimond,
Alaska Delegate, Wash. D. C.
Extend invitation Fahrig Sov
let flier now Anadyr, visit Nome
thus contacting established Am
erican air route, supporting Sov
iet survey. Notify Lomen.
N. W. Chamber Com.
Another telegram explaining
in further detail was sent by the
Nome Daily Nugget to the Asso
-eaited Press as follows:
Associated Press, Seattle, Wn.
Chamber Commerce Nome wir
ed Delegate Dimond Washington
to present to U. S. Department of
State also Soviet Embassy, invi
tation Soviet flier Anadyr hop ov
er to Nome and contact establish
ed American air route which
would be in support their pro
jected survey of a commercial air
route from Europe across Siber
ia to United States.
Hop would require only about
three and a half hours Anadyr to
Nome. Suggest contacting Dim
ond Washington, also Colonel
Kumpe Signal Corps Seattle you
be able obtain information how
weather reports, communications
etc., might be secured for such
a flight.
Gesture Nome inviting Soviet
flier typifies hand of welcome and
friendship besides proving strat
egic importance Soviet route go-,
Violence Took
Place Over Auto
Other Strikes
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, March 11, — New
outbreaks of violence heightened
the tension in the fast moving
drama of the industrial conflict
today, when nearly a score were
injured in a clash with police
and pickets of the California
Packing Corporation.
Nonktriking taxicab drivers
were stoned and beaten in Chic
ago where the dispute has crip
pled the taxicab transportation.
The United Automobile Work
ers of America and the General
Motors Corporation are near a
final agreement of the issues grow
ing out of the strike.
The Chrysler corporation strik
ers must show cause Saturday,
why they should not be forced to
leave the plants where fifty five
thousand men are idle. Twenty
two hundred employees of the
Reo motor plant at Lansing, Mich
igan are idle by a sitdown strike.
The Carnegie Illinois steel cor
poration boosted its wages twen
ty thousand dollars and office sal
ary workers ten percent at Pitts
burgh.
| ing through this section contact
ing American airlines.
Nome Daily Nugget
It is reported that the plane
| being used by the Soviet flier is
an amphibian equipped with both
wheels and skiis.
Chief pilot Fahrig was the
mechanic for Commander Maur
ice Slipnev in the Junkers plane
which accompanied the body of
Colonel Ben Eielson and Earl
Borland who were killed in an
airplane crash in Siberia in 1929,
when they were flown back by
pilot Joe Crosson. Although the
Junkers plane did not land at
Nome at that time, after taking
off with the other planes from
the searching base at Teller, the
pilot of that plane, Commander
Slipnev later came to Nome in j
1934 to assist in flying passen-1
gers from a wrecked Soviet vess
el, to safety from the Arctic ice
floes north of East Cape. He be
came well acquainted here at
that time.
_____ —
The Poll Book is now open in
the office of the City Clerk for'
the Registration of Voters at the
annual Municipal and School
Board election, to be held April
6, 1937.
M. J WALSH, City Clerk
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 11, —All
trails lead to Fairbanks, the Gol
den Heart of Alaska today, with
inpouring caravans of airplanes
and trains from distant points,
busses and care from nearby gold
creek, bringing excursionist to the
Fourth Annual Ice Carnlival and
Dog Derby, opening a four day
session beginning today, featur
ing the nortfhland’s winter class
ics and Olympic sports.
The golden north train with a
hundred excursionists from An
chorage and way points arrived
at midnight last night, including
Miss Anchorage and Miss Mata
nuska, who will compete tonight
in a grand review with Miss
Fairbanks, Miss University and
Miss Nome, for the title of Miss
Alaska, who will reign over the
festivities.
All were welcomed by cheering
throngs, bands, while Mayor E.
B. Collins, President R. E. Shel
don of the Carnival Association
and dt'hers, were in gala attire.
Bands were playing, and oth
ers singing while the town was
ablaze with electric lights and
high flying colored balloons. Ev
ery street is gay with banners,
pendants, flags and streamers,
besides illuminated Chinese lan
terns.
Crowning everything in beauty
the gorgeous Queen’s Throne, with
its lofty background of blue tint
ed snow, the snow carved statu
ary of Alaskan outdoor figures
was witnessed by the newcom
ers for the first time.
The beauty contest takes place
at 10 p.m. tonight. Coronation at
2 p.m. tomorrow, following a
grand parade.
Miss Alaska will be crowned
together with Mrs. Frank Miller
as Queen Regent and Jack Buck
ley as King Regent, representing
the Pioneers with the beauty
queens from the various towns
forming a royal court.
The dog derby starts tomorrow
morning over a 16 mile course
There are twelve entries thus far
and more are expected. The grand
prize will go to the team making
the best total time for the entire
three days. Other prizes for the
best daily performance will also
be given away. Noted mushers
entered include Johnny Allen
who set an Alaskan record last
year and Mary Joyce of Juneau
famed long distance Alaskan
musher, and Mary Hansen out
standing Alaskan hard trail mush
er who can urge dogs with varie
gated exhortations, in two lang
uages.
Hockey, bsketball, curling and
other games will be participated
in by teams from various towns.
Skii jumpers and racers will
contribute to the general program
which includes, grand balls, cab
aret dances, reveues and other
attractions nightly.
Planes are still arriving today
bringing delegations from Daw
son, Nome, Eagle Rampart and
numerous other Alaskan towns.
The weather today is perfectly
clear with the temperature ten
above zero.
Coadministrator
Of Husband's Es
tate Wants Cut
(By The Associated Pre***
SEATTLE, March 11, — Mrs.
Anna Wolter was appointed co
administrator of the eighty thou
sand dollar estate of her late hus
band Fred Wolter, former Alask
an mining man.
In her petition for appointment
Mrs. Wolter stated the sum of
seventy nine thousand dollars was
due on a mining claim which her
husband sold.
She said forty two thousand
should be set aside for herself,
and fifteen thousand dollars each
for her three children, Robert 9,
Anna 4, and Elizabeth 2.
Upon her request Charles
Knosher, a lifelong friend, was >
appointed as the other coadmin- j
istrator by Probate Judge John
A. Frater.
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Body of Soldier
at Fort Lawton
Found in Ditch
EVERETT, March 11, — The
body of a Fort Lawton, Seatt
le soldier, tentatively identified
as Gerald Weaver, was found
dead, face submerged a few in
ches in water in a ditch along
side of a road twelve miles south
of here.
The man’s arms had been strap
ped securely behind him. The
body was brought here for fur
ther examination by Coroner
Stowell Challaeombe.
Nearby was a car in which it
is believed, he had driven. He
wore a uniform and was a mem
ber of the quartermasters corps.
Preliminary identification was
established by cards found strewn
on the running board of the car.
At Fort Lawton, authorities
said Weaver, who was 19 years
old, had been missing for several
days.
Two Maritime
Unions Dispute
On Jurisdiction
(By The Associated T,ress)
SEATTLE, March 11, — Riv
:
airy between two maritime unions
j halted the sailing of the Virginia
j 1, a cannery tender of the Al
: aska Pacific Salmon Co..
The dispute arose when the
Alaska Fishermen’s Unlion chall
enged the right of the Masters,
Mates and Pilots Union to op
erate the craft.
The Fishermen’s Union set up a
picket line and a police guard
was summoned.
W H Lane, secretary treasurer
of the Masters union said the
group was granted an AF of L
charter last week and was free
to operate Alaska fishing ves
sels.
Leaders of the Fishermen’s un
ion claimed a prior right, saying
they held memberships and the
rights of all Alaska fishermen on
cannery tenders, beacher work
ers and net men for 25 years.
First it is Then
Isn’t. Freighter
Is Really Sunk
(Bv The Assoctated Press)
SALAMANCA, Spain, March 11
—The insurgent Spanish regime
officially announced that the gov
ernment munitions freighter Mar
Camtabrico had been sunk, con
trary to the previous assertion
yesterday that it fell a prize of
war to insurgent warships. No
further details were given.
It is unknown whether the in
surgents removed the two mill
ion seven hundred thousand dol
lars worth of war supplies before
sinking her.
Roosevelt to Leave
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 11
President Roosevelt ordered ev
erything but his fishing tackle
put in his suitcase today for a
two weeks visit at Warm Springs
Georgia.
He plans a sea vacation next
month on the Gulf of Mexiico.
The President arrives at Warm
Springs tomorrow morning and
will spend most of his time swim
ming, but expects to transact es
sential government business by
telegraph and telephone.
Rivers Liquor Bill
Passed: Change
_
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March 11, —Under
the River’s bill, the liquor bupi
! ness must be conducted as a sep
arate establishment.
Section 13 says that the pre
mises for which such license is
issued shall not be connected by
doors or otherwise with premis
es upon which any other busi
ness is conducted.
This means that drug, grocery
1 stores, etc. are prohibited from
[selling liquor unless there is a
1 separate site for that business.
! The senate concluded going ov
er the appropriations bill at 12:45
a.m. this morning, making many
amendments. It now goes back to
the house and then to conference.
:
JUNEAU, March 11, — The
House last night amended the as
say office b 11, making the loca
tions at Ketchikan and Nome,
and eliminating the college office.
It carries an appropriation of twen
ty thousand dollars.
The House also passed the bill
prohibiting vehicles on runways
of aviation fields.
It further passed the three thou
sand dollar appropriation for mar
ine aid between Kotzebue and
St. Michael. It changed the wolf
bounty from twenty to fifteen
dollars, which is probably killed
i as the bill was tabled. •)
JUNEAU, March 11, — With
Thursday, today, the last regular
day of the legislative session both
houses were primarily concerned
over the appropriations hill late
yesterday afternoon and today.
Yesterday afternoon the senate
was only half way through it and
had slashed several thousand doll
ars from it.
The senate by a vote of four to
three killed the approval of the
Dimond bonding memorial. By a
similar vote the senate killed the
health and sanitation bill.
The Walker finger print bill
which passed the senate was ap
proved by the house, but with no
appropriation. About seven thou
sand dollars had been included
to begin with.
The senate was unable to over
ride the governor’s veto of the
bill which proposed that commas
sioners who issue licenses, coll
ect the license fees for the ter
ritory and deduct the amount
provided for their services and
remit the balance to the treasur
er.
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