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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED I OR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Volume 36. Number 172. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Italian Refuses To Attend Celebration
WILL ROGERS MAY ACCOMPANY WILEY POST
Mrs. Margaret Waley On Way To Serve Sentence
Reports Are That
Will Rogers Will
Accompany Post
Report is Neither Confirmed
Nor Denied That Rogers
To Fly With Post
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, July 23, ^Wiley
Post was uncommunicative concern
ing his flight to Moscow, when in
terviewers approached him today.
His new plane was pronounced
ready to go into the air, but Post
would not say when he would take
off.
He declined to confirm reports that
Will Rogers would accompany him.
Rogers was silent today also, al
though his wife had informed sev
eral of their friends that he plan
ned to fly with Post.
Pontoons will be installed on the
plane at Seattle according to the
plans. Nome will be used as Post's
base, before continuing on to Kam
chatka. From there he will fly on
to Moscow.
Crews On Strike
In Sympathy With
Strikers In B. C.
Members of Crew Refuse to
Load Vessel or To Raise
Steam On Winches
(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, B. C., July 23, —
Three United State vessels—Point
Ancha, Golden State, and the West
Mahwah, are tied up here as a re
sult of their crews’ refusal to load
the ships or to provide steam for
the winches.
The rebellion of the crews is be
lieved to be in the nature of a sym
pathy strike with the longshoremen
at Vancouver who have been on a
walkout for the past several weeks.
Simon Simson For
mer Nomeite Late
ly Of Seattle Dead
Simon Simson, 67 years old, a for
mer store operator in Nome, Alaska,
and well known University District
merchant since 1918, died recently
after an illness of a few days at his
home at 4322. 11th Avenue, N.E.
Mr. Simson went to Nome in 1905
opening a general store. He remain
there until 1918.
Survivors are his widow, Frances;
two sons, Louis of Seattle and Jer
ome of Oakland, Calif., and a daugh
ter, Mrs. Lillian Voynow, of Long
Island, N. Y.
Funeral services were held at the
University Undertaking Company,
with the Daniel Bagley Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons, in charge.
Drought Victims Of
1934 Are Removed
From Relief Rolls
Officials Report Drought Vic
tims Now On Self-Sus
taining Basis in Nation
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 23, — A re
markable come-back from last year’s
disastrous drought was reported to
day by AAA officials, who said that
the nation had practically recover
ed from the calamity.
Thousands of families who de
pended on government relief for
their life necessities have been re
turned to a self-sustaining basis,
said the officials.
Almost three hundred thousand
families have been taken off the re
lief roll and have been placed un
der a rural rehabilitation classifica
tion.
Nome Is Chosen
Once Again Base
Airplane Survey
The selection by Wiley Post, of
Nome as a base for his Alaskan and
Siberian flight, destined to commen
ce within a few days, once more
brings to mind, the fact that Nome
has been and will be even more so,
considered as strategically located
on the Northern projected line of
commercial flight from North Am
erica to Asia.
His avowed intention of flying
this route is reported to be in the
interests of surveying a possible
commercial airline from the United
States to Europe by way of Siberia.
Post has flown twice around the (
world, and on his second flight he
flew much farther north through
Siberia than he had on his first
flight in 1931. By so doing he low-!
ered his flying time from Asia to
Nome and back to his starting point !
We are situated on a straight line
with a tentative air route to North
ern Europe. Wiley Post realizes the
position which Nome occupies and
is going to take advantage of it.
Nomeites should take advantage of
this fact also, and come alive. If
Nome wishes to be a live, wide
awake city, with a period of progres
isive development ahead of it, its
! citizens should take an active inter
est in the early stages of this devel
I opment. Boost your city and you
boost yourself !
There is no place in Nome for
“knockers.” Let’s get together and
put Nome in the front and develop
with an optimistic viewpoint. Co
operation is half the battle in the
development of our potential re
sources.
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REFUSES ATTEND BIG
BIRTHDAY RECEPTION
EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA
Italian Minister Refuses Attend Reception
And Ethiopians Interpret Action As A
Direct Slight, Insnlt Their (loantry
(By The Associated Press')
UNDATED, July 23, — A royal birthday celebration
today threatened further disruption of the already strained
relations existing between Italy and Ethiopia.
The Italian Minister of Affairs, at Addis Ababa refused
to attend Emperor Haile Selassie’s reception, marking his
forty-fourth birthday, and Ethiopians interpreted his action
as a direct slight to Ethiopia.
The public at Addis Ababa waved American flags and
cheered the United States diplomat who attended the recep
tion.
From Rome came reports that several thousand former
Ethiopian slaves who escaped to Eritrea, Italian territory,
would fight for the Italian cause in case of war between the
two countries.
Great Britain massed a strong, fast naval fleet in the
Mediterranian Sea and immediately commenced today call
ing in British women and children, with orders to mission
aries in Ethiopia to concentrate them at the Ethiopian capi
tal. Britain's efforts to bring about peace have resulted sev
eral times in a loss of patience with Italian diplomats.
PARIS, July 23, — Authoritative quarters today dis
closed the information that France is seeking a treaty, giv
ing Italy economic domination over Ethiopia in exchange
for Italy’s guarantee of Ethopia’s nominal independence.
Parisian circles stated that they visualized this step as
the only preventative of a war between the two nations.
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMONO
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
July 6, 1935
June 27th, the President signed the
bill into Public Law No. 168, making
all boats except towboats, barges,
scows, lighters, carfloats, canal boats
and tankers eligible for a preferred
mortgage. Heretofore, only vessels
in excess of 200 gross tons were on
a preferred mortgage status due to
the limitations prescribed by the
Ship Mortgage Act of 1929. By am
ending this Act. the law makes fish
ing boats eligible as security for
loans.
Realizing the desperate circum
stances that the fishing industry is
in, Congress had already authorized
the Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation to extend loans to aid the in
dustry, but in most cases the fisher
man’s boats is the only security av
ailable for the loan and it was found
that the rigid requirements of the
RFC as to security on all loans could
not be met by a mortgage on a boat
under 200 tons because of the prior
rights given to various liens on the
boat over any mortgage. The pre
ferred mortgage required by the R
FC has priority over all liens ex
cept those for wages of the crew,
stevedoring charges, and salvage.
The purpose for which loans will
be made are listed in the following
quotation from the regulations of
the Corporation:
"The Corporation will not consid
er loans to finance the construction
of new vessels or to put back into
service vessels which have been laid
up, or to finance construction or im
provement of processing or storage
facilities, where the effect of such
loan will be merely to increase the
market supply of fish and not to
promote orderly marketing. The
corporation will make loans, how
ever. under special circumstances,
where, in the opinion of the Corpor
ation, financing is not available thru
the customary channels, for the re
pairing and re-equipping of fishing
vessels in actual operation at the
time of the application."
There is a possibility that if a
sufficient number of fishing boat
owners are interested in securing
loans under these conditions that
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Mrs Waley Is On
W ay To Serve Her
Prison Sentence
Mrs. Waley Says She Will Be
(Had To Commence Her
Sentence in Fed. Prison
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, July 23, —Mrs. Mar
garet Waley, convicted in the kid
naping of young George Weyerhaeu
ser of this city, left last night fur the
federal women's prison at Milan,
Michigan.
“I’ll be glad when I get back
there" she said, as she stepped from
the jail to a waiting car to be driv
en to the train.
She showed little emotion, except
possibly pleasure, at the prospect of
starting her term.
Fighting For The
Senate Approval
Of Trade Treaties
McCarran of Nevada Wants
Restrict President’s Power
Made Trade Treaties
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 23, --Re
newed assaults on the President’s
power to negotiate trade agreements
without the Senate's blessing held
the Agricultural Adjustment Act
hill on the chamber floor again.
Aiming his fire at the recently ne
gotiated agreement with Soviet Rus
sia, Senator McCarran of Nevada
sought to subject all tariff agree
ments to senate approval.
The farm adjustment program
moved at a faster pace despite the '
delay occasioned by revived attacks
by the Nevadan. Most of the am
endments were acted upon.
Regular Meeting
Of City Council
Held Last Night
—
The regular meeting of the Nome
city council was called to order at
eight o’clock last evening by Mayor
Swartz, all members being present.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved arid or
dered filed
Jack White appeared before the
council with a complaint that H.
Greenberg was building on a por
tion of his lot and wanted to know
what the council was going to do
about establishing property lines in
that block. City Attorney Leroy M.
Sullivan stated that the city plat
was available to citizens and prop
erty owners and that were property
owners could not agree over their
boundaries it was up to them to set
tle it thru court proceedings. He
strongly advised the council not to >
Back To The Farm
Movement Is Well
Way to Prosperity
Prosperity Indicated in Mid
dle-West As Evidenced By
Raise In Real Estate
(By Tha Associated Press)
OMAHA, July 23, —The back to
the farm movement which brought
increases in farm land prices of from
fifteen to thirty-five percent over
the space of a year's time, gave in
dication that prosperity was finding
its way back to the middlewest.
Real estate prices, always one of
the first signs of recovery are on the
upgrade throughout Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wyoming,
Officials of the federal bank here
today reported that more than fifty
percent of the land buyers are farm
ers desiring homes and lands. The
banks also reported that cattle and
hog prices are up.
become entangled in personal dis
agreements of property owners, and
that is also considered by the coun
cil as the proper proceedure.
Bills against the city were read,
most of which were for labor, and
upon approval by the finance com
mittee, were ordered paid.
Councilman Seidcnverg chairman
of the Health and Relief committee,
made an oral report that he had en
gaged Dudley Warner to make a
canvas of the city to determine the
needs, if any, for direct relief; that
a very few cases were found to exist
and that a small sum of money was
given to worthy persons to assist
them temporarily until they obtain
ed some work.
Under new business the communi
cation of Harry Knutson was taken
up and his offer of $15 for certain
lots adjoining his home near Hogan
Alley, was accepted by the council.
The restaurant license application
applied for by R. F. Matthews was
approved by the council.
The results of the recent bonding
election in certificate form, signed
by the judges and clerks of election
was read and approved by the coun
cil and ordered filed.
Chairman A. Polsen of the Street
Committee, reported that the city
dump truck was still busy filling in
holes and patching up the streets
with gravel, and that there was con
siderable more work for the truck
to do. He also reported that Mrs Ole
Hay was going to start construction
on her former bath house site and
that he would see that the well was
uncovered and sand cleaned out of
same as per previous arrangement.
Chairman Hagen of the Fire Com
mittee reported that the fire depart
ment was in need of some minor
equipment which was ordered; also
that some arrests were made and
that the fire department responded
and did good work in extinguishing
the fire which occurred shortly be
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