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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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VOL. 37. No. 240 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Soviet Warns Ready Assist Madrid
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Alaska Ship Sailings Cancelled Due Boat Strike
NYE SAYS ROOSEVELT MATTER IS DEAD
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
FOR ALASKA CANCELLED
SAID STEAMSHIP OWNERS
(By The Associated Press')
SEATTLE, October 8—The Alaska Steamship Co.
ticket office informed prospective passengers who were
scheduled for the sailing of the S. S. Oduna and S. S.
Northwestern that the sailings were cancelled and that
no other sailing dates had been set. Company officials
here declined to be quoted, but one high official said that
the cancellations were due to the “serious labor situa
tion,” of the Alaska Line vessels.
The freighter Tanana is tied up at Dry Spruce Bay,
Kodiak Island, by the firemen’s refusal to work. The
Coast Guard patrol boat Morris is now enroute to the
aid of the*:. S. Tanana, from Ketchikan, eight hundred
mttes distant-. The S. S. Oduna was to have sailed Oct
ober 12th and the S. S Northwestern on the 13th.
Officials of the Alaska Line, the Northland Tran
sportation Company, and the Santa Ana S. S. Co., are
to confer late today. “The situation is growing very
serious”, William Semar, secretary-treasurer of the
Northland Transportation Co., said: “We have cancelled
none of our sailings, but with us, we don’t figure its sail
ing until the ship actually leaves the dock. Our S. S.
North Sea is half loaded for Southeastern Alaska and
will sail with passengers tonight as far as we know
now.” Erwin Fallon, Santa Ana agent, said, that no
more sailings are planned as our line’s season is over.
Fountain Lunch
Will Open Up
11 A.M. Friday
Ed. Steffen, manager of the
Pioneer Drug Company of Nome,
today announced that the new
Fountain Lunch for Nome, will
open tomorrow morning at 11 A.
M.
This is the first innovation of a
fountain lunch here, although it
has become quite a feature in the
States, and other points in Al
aska.
Lee Matterson, formerly with
the Cooperative Drug Store in
Fairbanks, is the manager of the
Fountain Lunch and meal service.
Mr. Matterson is well known in
Seattle for his ability in the this
feature business. He has tressed
the advantages of complete elec
tric refrigeration throughout, the
sanitary principles of a Fountain
Lunch and the most modern type
of equipment available.
A distinctive line of the new
* Fountain Lunch is the feature of
Sun Freeze Ice Cream, known pop
ularly the length of the Pacific
Coast for its smoothness and tex
ture. Besides ice cream and a com
plete line of fountain drinks, the
neiw service is rendering a service
In high quality steaks and chops,
lunches, breakfasts, and dinners,
all designed to attract the epicur
ean tastes of Nomeites.
The Pioneer Drug Co. invites
everyone to inspect its modern
kitchen and fountain equipment,
ambracing the latest in refrigera
tion and service.
A particular highlight is the
ice cream machine, the latest type
on the market, which virtually
makes the ice cream while you
wait. Outstanding will be the
furnishing of malted milks, sun
daes, sodas, fountain drinks of
all descriptions, besides the reg
ular service of foods. ,
Attention is directed to the ad
appearing on page three today
and continuing thereafter, for the
Piineer Fountain Lunch and Drug
Store.
CALL FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the City Clerk until
5 o’clock P. M. Monday Oct. 12,
1936, for delivery of water to the
Fire Department during winter
season, or from discontinuance of
Moonlight Water delivery in fall
of 1936, to resumption of Moon
light Water delivery in 1937.
Bids must state price per gallon.
City reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
Nome Common Council
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
Oct. 3,5,7.
Advertising in the Nome Nug
get can be a paying investment.
Why not try it
ALASKA SHIPS TO
LAYED UP UNTIL
STRIKE SETTLED
—
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, October 8—The Alaska ship
j operators will lay up their vessels as rapidly as they
reach Seattle, unless the S. S. Tanana dispute is settled.
at once. President Plant of the Ship Owners Associa
tion, advised the Maritime Commission at Washington,
D. C.. Plant further said that the Union’s action has:
made continuance of operations to Alaska utterly im
possible.”
James Engstrom, the Union Agent at Seattle, in
formed William Fisher, of Portland, who is president of
the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, here attending
negotiations, that the “Alaska operators of vessels are
attempting to place the Marine Unions in an unfavor
able position by publicizing that the crew of the steam
ship Tanana refused to work the ship.”
Boat is Ashore
Seas Pounding
It To Pieces
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8, —
Pounding seas smashed the water
logged freighter Ohioan, which
ran aground just outside of the
Golden Gate, and placed the crew
of forty-two in jeopardy of their
j lives.
The Coast Guard expressed
doubt regarding plans to float
the vessel off Seal Rocks. Succ
0\
essive waves are sweeping the
deck and water is gushing into
the engine room.
I
Sometime later the Coast Guard
reported that the Swayne Hoyt, a
freighter, and the trawler Mon
terey sideswiped each other in
the fog off Point Mantana 22 mil
es south of where the Ohioan is
aground. The Gutter Ariadne
was dispatched to the rescue, and
as yet no other details are avail
able.
Trying End Strike
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Oct. 8, — Alaska S.
S. Operators Association said
they would resume scheduled
sailings after they had received
confirmation that the crew of
the Tanana at Dry Spruce Bay
had returned to work.
The operators’ spokesman
said he had received word that
the crew had resumed work.
Efforts were being made to
confirm this. Practically all
major steamship lines operat
ing to Alaska are members of
the operators association.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT MATTER
CLOSED ISSUE SAYS SENATE
COMMITTEEMAN G. P. NYE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, October 8th—Elliott Roosevelt’s
negotiations with Fokker has been labelled as a closed
incident by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota,
chairman of the Senate Munitions Committee. But
from Texas came word that young Roosevelt planned
to consult New York counsel regarding the statements
that Fokker made, the one which he denied that he had
contracted to sell military airplanes to Russia for five
hundred thousand dollars commission. “I believe my
rights as a private United States citizen were infring
ed upon,” he said, but said that the resentment did not
include Senator Nye. “If I were in Chairman Nye’s
position and someone accused me of withholding facts
from the public, I would certainly release whatever
sworn matter was in my hands. I have no quarrel
with Senator Nye.”
SOVIET RUSSIA WARNS OF
BREACH OF AGREEMENTS
HANDSOFF POLICY SPAIN
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, October 8—Britain turned a swift diplo
matic hand to patch the menacing break in the wall of
European intervention in Spain, stirred by the flat So
viet ultimatum threatening to aid Madrid if the Fascist
States don’t stop helping the Insurgents, allegedly, with
guns, planes and other war items. Anthony Eden of Eng
land, broke off his Monaco holiday and turned home to
personally direct the British policy.
In the wake of the Moscow warning, came reports
that other unnamed countries would question the alleg
ed breaches of handsoff Spain pact at tomorrow’s Lon
don meeting of the non-intervention committee, also the
latent threat to open hostilities in the Mediterranean,
should Russian ships seek to land supplies at Spanish
government ports, which are guarded by Fascist war
ships.
The Moscow ultimatum told of alleged shipments
of arms, planes and poison gas to the Insurgents, speci
fically naming Germany, Italy and Portugal, stating,
that “if the violations were not stopped immediately,
the Soviet government will free itself from any obli
gations to the agreement.”
Black Legion
c
Trigger-Man
Is Executed
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Oct. 8, — Dayton
Dean, confessed Black Legion
triggerman in the Charles Poole
murder which took place May
12th, was sentenced to life im
prisonment today.
He first told Judge Joseph Mon
nihan that he had nothing to say.
When the Judge persisted in ask
ing him for a statement, the
chunky defendant cleared his
throat and said:
“I am glad it’s over. I hope no
one else gets in the same jam. I
am glad also that the organiza
tion is broken up.”
Atlantic Flier
Rescued. Boat
Picks Him lip
(By The Associated Press)
VALENTIN, Ireland, Oct. 7, —
Forced down on the Atlantic Oc
ean on an attempted direct flight
from New York to Stockholm,
Kurt Bjorkvall was rescued Wed
nesday night by the Trawler Im
brin off the westernmost point of
Ireland.
A wireless message from the
trawler captain said that the flier
was safe and that he intended
to take him and the plane to
Valentin, today.
The flier was about 2375 miles
out of New York, and about
one thousand miles short of his
goal—Stockholm.
Alaska Tra<Je
Above Shipping
Other Localities
Seatt!:’s '.’rest wa '?rf ont thor
oughfare, improved the last two
ye^.j at a cost of between a mil
lion and two million dollars, has
been officially named “Alaska
Way,” says Foster I. McGovern,
manager of the Alaska Commit
tee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, who has been visiting
Fairbanks recently, according to
the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
of recent issue.
“The name Alaska Way," says
Mr. McGovern, was chosen after
long deliberation and study, and
the choice is based on the fact
that the total value of the trade
of Seattle with Alaska annually
far exceeds that of all other busi
ness she has, including that of the
Orient and South American and
other foreign and domestic ports.’
Great Alaska Trade
The Seattle waterfront thorough
fare formerly was known as Rail
road Avenue. In making the
change in name a resolution was
adopted reading as follows:
“In view of the important place
that Alaska has held, and will
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