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VOL. 37. No. 129. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 1. 1936. Per Copy 15cts
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Wrecked Airplane Found Mounts.
S. S. QUEEN MARY ARRIVED NEW YORK
Floods In Southwest States Claimed Seven Lives
SEVEN PERSONS DIE
FLOODS COLORADO
AND OTHER STATES
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Damage Done By Flood Not As Severe;
As Done Memorial Day Last Year. It
Is Believed High Water Near End
(By The Associated Press')
GRANADA, Colorado, June 1, — Dust bowl resi
dents began digging out mud and debris deposited by
floods which clttimed seven lives and did widespread
damage to property. The end of the high water per
iod, in various sections of Colorado, Kansas, and Ne
braska, is believed near.
John Garzie, 65 a farm hand; Simon Gonzales a
farmer, and his wife and baby daughter were lost when
caught in the high waters at Butte Creek. Their house
was carried three miles dowstream.
Other victims were Don Gates of Denver, Mrs.
John Dyatt of Goodland. Kansas; A. G. Baumgartner of
Pritchett. Officials said the total loss was far less than
the thirteen million dollars damage done by the flood
on Memorial Day a year ago, which took more than a
hundred lives. Four miles of railroad track were un
dermined and at one place the highways have been
closed by the present flood._
Morgenthau Is
Asking For Big
Loan In U. S.
(By Tne Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D.C.. June 1—
Secretary Morgenthau of the U.
S. Treasury, appealed today to
the American public for the larg
est peace time loan in the history
of the nation—$2,050,000,000.
One billion dollars of the new
loan condtitues additional cash
and the rest will be used to re
tire government obligations ma
turing soon.
The new loan will swell the
public deb t to $32.643,0000,000.
The loan with the present cash
balance of $2,389,000,000, togeth
er with incoming revenue is ex
pected to meet all governmental
expenditures, including the forth
coming bonus payments and tide
the treasury over until the next
financing period, September 15th.
Charles Horton
68, Of Seattle
t; Is Dead Today
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. June 1st—CJharles
Horton, 68, capitalist, banker, a
member of the pioneer Dexter
-Horton family, died here of
pneumonia, and heart trouble to
day. He is survived by a widow
and three daughters.
Pope Pius XI
Denounces The
Communist Pty.
(By The Associated Press)
VATICAN CITY. June 1st—
Pope Pius XI observed his 79th
birthday Sunday, by strongly de
nouncing Communism.
“Above all guard yourselves
against the dangers of insidious
ness and communism; against
those who are false prophets,
dreaming of an impossible union
—a union of truth with false
hood.” he said.
The Pontiff, who is the oldest
ruler in Europe or Asia, received
the salutes of Catholic delegates
from 22 nations. Forty thousand
pilgrims attended the solemn
Mass at St. Peters.
Suicide Hanging
Is Investigated
As Black Legion!
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, June 1st — A hang
ing, supposed suicide, of Ray
Pidcock, within 24 hours of the
Poole slaying, is being investigat
ed in connection with the new.
Black Legion probe, now under
way.
His widow said he told her af
ter being invited to join the leg
ion, “They’re going to get me,
and will get you too.”
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
Washington, D. C., May 9—
Four bills for Alaskans passed
the House today. Three of these
were to authorize the Comptroll
er General to allow compensa
tion to persons acting as post
master during the period follow
ing death of the postmaster and
up to the time of their official
appointment to the respective of
fices. These three bills were In
troduced in favor of the follow
ing persons: Mrs. Anna Leak of
Gulkana, Mrs. Carrie R. Samms
of Kotzebue, and Mr. Galen B.
Fry of Richardson.
The fourth bill passed by the
House today was introduced by
Delegate Dimond was one for the
relief of Mrs. May Wynne Lamb,
widow of Dr. Frank W. Lamb,
wiio succumbed to influenza
while in the employ of the Bur
eau of Education, as he W'as en
gaged in aiding the natives on
the Yukon River when they were
stricken by the epidemic in 1918.
The bill would authorize direct
payment of $5,000 to M:s. Lamb
in lieu of extending to her the
benefits of the U. S. Employees’
Compensation Act.
May 6th—
Assurance of the survey neces
sary to determine the proper
modification of the Lowell Creek
flood protection for Seward was
apparent when the President
approved today the bill introduc
ed by the Delegate for that pur
pose.
It is believed that a permanent
solution of the Lowell Creek
flood problem can be realized by
excavating a tunnel through a
ridge in the mountain to carry
off the flood waters that have
been the cause of considerable
damage to Seward in the past.
The survey has been authorized
to determine the economic feasi
bility of this compared with re
pairing the flume originally built
and which has suffered consider
able depreciation.
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Two private bills introduced
by Degelate Dimond—one to im
burse Mrs. Edith H. Miller for
the cost of freight by Mr. Milltr
when he was transferred to the
Anchorage office of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, the other to
reimburse Archie P. McLase and
Hans Peter Jensen of Kasilof for
the amount of a postmaster’s fid
elity bond for which they were
held—were signed by the Presi
dent on May 4th and 5th, respec
tively.
May 6th the President signed
the bill authorizing a prelimin
arp examination of the Matanus
ka River with a view to the con
trol of its floods in the vicinity
of Matanuska.
(Continued on Page Three)
British Steamer
Queen Mary Is
Loser in Race
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. June 1—The new!
British liner Queen Mary passed
the Ambrose Lightship at 7:55 A.
M. today and proceeded to quar
antine in New York harbor com
pleting the crossing of the At
lantic Ocean from Bishop’s Rock
entrance English Channel in four |
days, six hours and thirty-eight
minutes.
The Normandie’s record was 4
days, three hours and thirteen
minutes. Among the official wel
coming party at quarantine was
Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of Columbia University. U.
S. Army pla>nes circled overhead
during the docking ceremonies.
TWO Airliner
15 Passengers
Forced to Land
(B\ The Associated Press)
CIIICOGO, June 1—A forced
landing by pilot W. L. Smith
brought a TWA air liner with
fifteen persons as passengers on
board, down safely in a vacant
lot, shearing off the cupola of a
house, and breaking off a portion
of the wing, and shearing off the
ship’s nose.
All of tiie passengers were
somewhat bruised and shaken &
six of them were taken to the
hospital for treatment. The air
plane had received a ground
signal to delay landing but was
unable to regain altitude.
Ed. McMullen
Died In Seattle
Wounded Self
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 1—The man
tentatively identified as Edward
McMullen, a member of the band
of Canadian robbers, died in the
Seattle hospital late Sunday from
a wound which he inflicted on
himself accidentally in a scuffle
with border officials at Blaine,
Washington, Thursday, in which
Inspector Charles Flachs was
killed. The police said the man
had not been positively identi
fied, and would send fingerprints
and other data to the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington,
D. C.
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WRECKAGE PLANE
DISCOVERED HIGH
MOUNTAIN AREAS
Party Horsemen Climb Mountain Find
Plane Dcparnient Commerce Flier
\\ ho Disappeared in January
(By The Associated Press)
MORGAN, Utah, June 1, — A dozen horsemen
scaled a rugged peak near here Sunday to the wreckage
of Major Howard Stark’s plane, and found mute testi
mony of the Department of Commerce flier’s attempt
to ward off death from the cold, when he crashed in a
blizzard last January.
Hail frustrated the attempts to locate Stark's body
and the party returned here to await more favorable
weather.
The plane was found yesterday, twenty-five miles
northwest of Morgan, by Fred Weyland, a sheepherd
er. It was discovered lying on its back with the swit
ches ofl and the gasoline cut off. Fabric had been cut
from the wing, which indicated Stark’s attempt to
protect himself from_the cold.
Monthly Report
Weather at Nome
By Loeal Office
The month of May this year
.-.as the second warmest in thir
ty years of record according to
statistics compiled by the N une
office of the U. S. Weather Bur
eau. The mean temperature of
May, 1912 exceeds this yea: fty
only 0.3 degree. Sunshine was
near normal for the month while
precipitation was below the sea
sonal average for the month.
The mean temperature for the
month was 40.8 degrees compar
ed to the normal of 34.0, being an
excess of 6.8 degrees. The mean
maximum temperature was 43.3
degrees while the minimum was
33.4 degrees during the month.
The highest temperature was 57
on the 28th, while the lowest was
24 on the 26th. The greatest
daily range of temperature was
29 degrees on the 28th, while the
least daily range was 4 degrees
an the 2nd. The highest temper
ature in 30 years of record was
86 degrees on May 4th, 1023.
while the lowest during 30 years
was 6 degrees below zero on
May 1st, 1914.
Precipitation, mostly in the
form of rain, totalled 0.52 inches
for the month. A hail storm was
recordel on the 24th. Snowfall
totalled only 0.1 inches while
traces occurred on other days,
melting as it fell during the fore
part of the month. The most
precipitation in any twenty four
hour period was 0.16 inches on
the 24th. The seasonal average
of precipitation for this month is
9.67 inches. The depth of snow
on May 1st this year was 0.4 in
| *'hes, compared to May 1st last
yiar when 35.5 inches were meas
j ured o.i the ground.
Sunshine totalled 302.3 hours
on:pared to the p • ib'e amount
i 577.3 hours, the percent of pos
•hlc being 52' . vvh.rh is about
tor-mal for the month. Six days
were recorded clear, fifteen part
• cloudy, and ton ch ndv. Meas
urable amounts of precipitation
•ecur ed on !) days du.ing the
month.
The wind mover-:; totalled
‘i.ti20 miJ-s during {■’ 1 hours for
an average hourly velocity of 8,9.
fiie wind direction v ... from the
north 109 hours, tr im the north
east 234 hours, from the east 121
hours, fiom the southeast 95 hrs.,
from the south 50 ho irs, from
the southwest 54 hours, tom the
west 47 hours, northwest twenty
four hours, while 10 hours of calm
occurred during the month.
Dense fog occur, ed on the 8th,
and 9th. Solar halos were record
ed on the 1st, 11th, 10th and 29th
while no lunar halos were ob
served. A hail storm was record
ed on the 24th which was brief
in character. Hail storms are of
a rare occurrence in this section.
Killing frosts were recorded on
4 days during the month.
. UPPER AIR DATA
The highest velocity attained
in upper air soundings during
the month of May, 1936, at Nome,
Alaska, was 95 miles from the
northeast at 11:51 a.m. on May
27th at an altitude of 38,000 feet.
The highest altitude reached was
40,420 feet on the same date.
THOMAS B. HAYWARD,
Meteorologist.
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