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Volume 36. Number 184. NOME, ALASKA TUESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
War Preparations Going Ahead Fast
WILL ROGERS TO ACCOMPANY WILEY POST
Route Of Soviet Polar Fliers Is Changed Somewhat
Will Rogers Will
Accompany Posts
On Alaskan Flight
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 6, —Will Rogers,
screen star and columnist humorist,
said last night that he would be
Wiley Post's passenger in his plane
when it takes off for Alaska.
Earlier he had evaded or ignored
questions regarding his going along
with Post and his wife on their
Alaskan flight. He made the state
ment aboard an air liner enroute
from Los Angeles to Seattle. Post
plans to make his first hop to Jun
eau.
Post will probably take ofT tomor
row, following another test of his
plane today. Will Rogers said he
wanted to take a look at Matanuska.
He wants to see what the democrats
have done to the republicans.
He disclaimed any interest in
Post's outdoor sports but said he
had volunteered to keep the wolves
away from the plane while Post
was hunting. Rogers stated that he
would not go across Bering Straits.
Halibut Schooner
Wrecked With 9,
000 Pounds Fish
(By The Associated Press)
PRINCE RUPERT. Aug 6, —The
American halibut schooner Adding
ton, inbound with nine thousand
pounds of fish, struck a rock in Met
lakatla Passage last night and heel
ed over, immediately becoming sub
merged by the tide. Captain Ole
Sovold and his crew took to their
life boats and rowed into port for
assistance. He said they expected
to salvage the vessel, although the
halibut is a total loss. There was
no insurance on the vessel.
Quintuplets Bring
To Canada Dollars
In Gasoline Taxes
NORTH BAY, Ontario, Aug. 6, —
The Dionne quintuplets are bringing
a big boom to this part of the coun
try in the tourist traffic, which com
es from all the provinces of Canada
and the United States.
They are heading by the thousands
for the Dafoe hospital near here.
Thirty thousand automobiles have
visited here since June 1st, bring
ing a total of nearly twelve thous
and dollars a month in gasoline
taxes. Many are comiry; from Cal
ifornia and Florida to see the quin
tuplets.
An inquiry into the mental con
dition of Edward J. Fox is to be
held in the U S Commissioner’s
Court, Thursday Aug. 8 at 2 PM.
I.L.A. Refuse To
Unload Ships From
British Columbia
fBy The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. —As
a result of International Longshore
men's Association to unload ships
from Victoria, B. C., marine freight
traffic between San Francisco and
the British Columbia port is virtual
ly halted.
Victoria, B. C waterfront employ
ers were placed on the union’s un
fair list because the cargo was being
handled there by non-union work
ers.
San Francisco I L A unit officers
said that similar action was being
taken by the ILA with reference to
Vancouver, British Columbia where
a strike is also in progress.
_
Two Killed After
Helping A Girl To
Elope Hired Hand
(By The Associated Press)
LINDEN, Texas, Aug. 6, —Jack
Parton. 40, and his daughter Kaydell
15, were killed last night, and R. P.
Gillespia, 50, and his son Wallace,
22, are being held here to face pro
bable charge of killing the Partons,
who are alleged to have helped Car
rie Gellespie, 17, to elope with Par
ton's hired hand, Clyde Hammonds.
Public Curiosity
Is Irksome John
Barrymore In N. Y.
(Bv The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 6, —Public
curiosity roused the ire today of
John Barrymore when he shopped
I on Fifth Avenue for boudoir suites
with his young protege Elaine Bar
I rie.
He called the police and asked
them to drive the curious away. The
police refused but accompanied the
shopping tour.
Barrymore would say nothing
about his divorce or marriage plans
if any.
House Passes Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, —The
House today passed the tax bill. j
The measure now goes to the Sen
ate for a vote.
Negro Is Lynched
PITTSBORO, Miss., Aug. 5, —Bo
die Bates, a negro accused of at
tempting to attack a twenty-two
year old white woman, was lynched
early this morning by a mob of
townspeople.
PREPARATIONS FOR A
WAR GOING FORWARD
WITH MORE RAPIDITY
Diplomatic Authorities Say Japan Has Re
quirements Closer To Nome Than Eth
iopia And Would Not Ship Arms
(Bv The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Aug. 6—The launching of a recruiting cam
paign advanced Ethiopia’s preparations for a possible war
with Italy, while Italy, retaliating, ordered the mobilization
of two regular army divisions and one Blackhirt Division,
totalling sixty-thousand men.
A survey of official business by diplomatic authorities
disclosed that requirements closer to home made it unthink
able that any portion of the output of Japan’s munitions in
dustries. would be diverted to the African theatre conflict.
Italy has one hundred and forty thousand troops already
in the line in her two colonies in Africa, and new conting
ents in training or about to start their training in Italy,
bringing the total figure to two hundred and thirty-five
thousand men ready for conflict.
League Council affairs today were not made public, but
rumors from several sources indicated that pessimism was
growing as to the final settlement of the dispute by peaceful
methods and arbitration.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
The inscription on the Spart
monument at the pass of Thermop
lae reads: Stranger, go tell the Lac
demonians that we lie here obdic
to their orders. Congress does n
see matters in that light at the pe
ning of these lines. White Hou
pressure suggests that there shou
be no adjournment before action
taken respecting gold and taxes,
say nothing of other things. On t
other hand, a Representative is a
corded applause a-plenty when
says that Congress should sdjou
as a matter of justice to the Solo
who are unable to tucker it ou: ai
longer. Just what the men on cap
ol hill are up against is not cle
in all details, The Washington c
mate may be to blame. Deep thin
ing and hard work may have bro
en down the congressional mora
In addition, it is true that there
no place like home. A single one
these considerations, and surely :
of them taken together, justify tl
legislators in thinking wistfully
the Swanee River or the banks
the Wabash far away. Even sen
tors and representatives should n
have their noses pressed to strong
on the grindstone or held too lot
thereon. As to the tax projec
which many believe to be the mo
important problem to be solved, tl
lawmaker stands to win either wa
If a smacking tax law goes through,
‘lie seen his duty and done it'. If
tax legislation is laid aside for the
time being, a doleful day of reckon
ing for the constituent will be de
ferred.
A United States circuit court,
in sitting in Boston, has decided that
y. the processing and floor taxes of the
e- AAA are unconstitutional. The gov
nt ernment promises an early appeal
ot to the Supreme Court of the United
a- States. Practically a billion dollars
se have been gathered in, and there is
Id good reason, therefore, for the fed
is ral authorities to bestir themselves,
to The consequences of law suits are
ie easier to understand than the judi
c- cial reasoning, but in this instance
ie the line of thought is simple. The
n central government can control in
is terstate commerce, but it cannot tax
iv materials while they are in the state
ii- where they were made, and before
ir they have acquired an interstate
i- standing.
it- Passing from weighty subjects
t- such as national recovery, to af
e. fairs of a more simple nature, a New
is York court has landed a hot and
of heavy shot in the practice of marry
11 ing for a title. Quoting from the
ie opinion: ‘It is not a source of satis
}f faction to see our marriage insti
?i tutions and our courts made mere
»- incidents to the purchase and sale
3t of foreign titles.” All parties to a
y matrimonial jam arising out of the
ig union of yeoman wealth and titled
t, bankruptcy can expect a fair and
impartial hearing. When it comes to
ie deciding between a person willing
y- (Continued on Page Three)
Joe Louis And King
Levinsky To Fight
Wednesday Nijrlit
—
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Aug. 6, —A gate of
two hundred thousand dollars is in
prospect for the heavyweight fight
at Comiskey Park Wednesday night
between Joe Louis and King Lev
insky.
Complete confidence prevails in
Joe Louis’ quarters while the ones
in the know at the Levinsky train
ing camp are satisfied of his physical
condition and believe he will win.
Allots 2 Hundred
Million Dollars Of
Work Relief Funds
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. G, —Roose
| velt allotted two hundred million
dollars of the work relief funds to
Help carry the CCC through the
' current fiscal year.
Part of the new funds will be us
ed to finance forestation and part
improvement work in Alaska, Haw
aii, Puerto Rico, which will give
forty-four hundred men work on
: those projects.
Icxas lie legal ion
To Invite Alaska
To Bi<* Exposition
_
(By The Associated Press)
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 6, —Alask
ans will be invited to attend the
Texas Centennial Exposition at Dal
las in 1936 by a delegate of Texans
who will visit the far northern
territory during August and early
, September this year.
Frank Reedy of Dallas, member
of Camp Skagway Lodge No. 1, Arc
tic Brotherhood, will head the par
ty of Texans. Reedy will deliver a
personal invitation to attend the ex
position to the governor of Alaska
from Walter D. Cline, managing dir
ector. Literature describing the Ex
position will be distributed at Jun
eau, Skagway and other Alaskan
points. The party will also go into
the Yukon Territory of Canada.
The Alaska-bound party will sail
for Juneau from Seattle, August 6,
today, and will remain in Alaska
a month.
Commemorate Independence
The Texas Centennial Exposition ;
will be the main feature of the Lone
Star State’s celebration of 100 years
of independence and will commem
orate the romantic history of Texas
under the flag of Spain, France,
Mexico, the Texas Republic, the Un
ited States and the Confederacy,
from the date of the landing of Cab
eza de Vaca in 528, over four cen
(Continued on Page Two)
Route Of Soviet
Polar Fliers Will
Be Changed In N.A.
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Aug. 6, —Flight
Lieut. D A Harding of LacDubonnet.
Manitoba, Canadian Air Force Com
mander of the station here, announc
ed that the Soviet airmen on their
polar flight would alter their route
to avoid the Rocky Mountains.
Harding returned from Akla/ik,
Northwest Territories today.
He said the new route would be
via the MacKenzie Valley over Ed
monton and Spokane to San Fran
cisco instead of Fort Simpson to
Vancouver and Seattle.
The route was altered after it had
been flown over by Soviet Represen
tative Pilot Sokolotf who is now
waiting at Aklavik to guide the pol
ar plane south from the North Pole
by radio.
Foui* Men And Four
Women are Charged
With Cohabitation
(By The Associated Press)
KINGMAN. Arizona, Aug 5, —
Authorities here prepared to prose
cute a community of alleged polyg
amists in an isolated section of
northern Arizona.
Criminal charges of open adultery
were filed against eight residents of
the Short Creek district, by the
county prosecutor. Four men and
four women are involved under the
law prohibiting open and notorious
cohabitation.
The authorities’ attention was dir
ected to the area when relief agents
declared that some women describ
ed themselves as plural wives of
men in the district. They found one
case where three women gave birth
to babies last month, and all of the
infants were purported to have the
same father.
Expects Silence To
Be Answer Long
Challenge Dehate
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. C, — The
White House is expected to greet
with silence the challenge to open
debate which Kingfish Huey Long
tossed at President Roosevelt when
Long heard that the President in
his swing to the Pacific Coast might
stop at Arkansas where Senator
Robinson is up for reelection.
Long said he would ask the presi
dent to go to Louisiana now, where
the New Deal in opposition to Long
needed support.
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