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VOL. 38 No. 24 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
Ohio Begins Reconstruction Cities
END MARITIME STRIKE SET NEXT MONDAY
Numerous Bills, Memorials Introduced Legislature
DIRECT AUTO UNION DRIVE
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These tnree executives of the United Automobile Workers o* America
are among the leaders In the movement to unionize the automobile
Industry. They are shown at a conference at Detroit (left to right):
Wyndham Mortimer, vice president; Richard Frankenstein, organi
zation director, and Homer Martin, president. (Associated Press Photo)
DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
{Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 29, — Rep. Laib
lin of the Second Division intro
duced two memorials yesterday,
one asking for a road, from or
near Mile 48 on the Nome-Shelton
tramway, to the Iron Creek min.
ing district, and the other urging
further navigation lights in Kot
zebue Sound districts.
Without making any recom.
mendations for a site, Senator
Roden of the First Division in
troduced in the senate a bill for
a fifteen thousand dollar appro
priation to be matched by the
federal government, for the esta
blishment of an experimental fur
farm, and which would also
create a board of governors com
posed of the Biological Survey
representative and the Territor.
ial veterinarian to carry out such
a program.
Urging President Roosevelt |
and Congress to continue airfield
development in Alaska a house
memorial was introduced by Re
presentatives Victor Ross and
Dan Green of the Fourth Division
for the expenditure of two mil
lion, nine hundred thousand doll
ars. It was introduced as a means
toward the development of min.
ing and other industries.
A bill by Rep. Leo W. Rogge of
the Fourth, would amend the old
age allowance to make maximum
payment to both men and women,
forty five dollars monthly.
Rep H. H. McGutcheon of the
Third Division introduced a bill
which would re-establish rural
school boards. A similar bill
caused much controversy at the
last session in 1935.
Appeals Petition
Evict Workers
From the Plants
in, rv),0 Associated F'ressi
DETROIT, Jan. 29, —A petition
seeking, a court order for the ev
acuation of sitdown strikers in
two Fisher body plants at Flint
Michigan, was revealed today,
and interpreted that General
Motors no longer considers them
employees.
Attorney Roy Brownell, filing
the petition before Circuit Judge
Paul Gadola, requested injunc
tions prohibiting the strikers
from continuing on at the plants.
WORST IS
OVER; IN
SECTION
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Jan. 29, — The Oh
io Valley, assured that the worst
of the disaster was past, began
reclaiming flood.swept cities.
Two cities in the south found
cheer in the predictions that they
would be saved from the full
fury of the Mississippi.
Victims of the disaster number
one million thirty five thousand
homeless, 330 dead, and four
hundred million dollars loss.
The death list by states—Ken.
tucky 250, Illinois 11, OJiicyw l'/f
Indiana 9. Tennessee 10, Missouri
17, Arkansas 25 Mississippi 3, W.
Virginia 13, Pennsylvania 3.
The states in which most of
those are homeless—Kentucky
three hundred and forty seven
thousand, Ohio two hundred and
fifty thousand, Tennessee one hun
dred and twenty five thousand.
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Opium Discovered
(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Jan. 28, —
Authorities here held about a
one hundred thousand dollar
shipment of narcotics which was
dragged from the Fraser River
on an anchor chain of the Japan
ese ship Gyokoh Maru. They ex
pressed little hope of finding its
importer. %
HASTENS TO SEE COUNT
Dark-eyed Marta Rocafort (left) arrived at Miami, Fla., by ateamer
from Cuba with her mother, 8enora Rogelia A. da Rocafort (right)
on the way to New York to Join the Count of Covadonga, former heir
to the Spanleh throne, who waa reported romantioally Intereated In
her. (Aaeoclttod Preaa Photo)_ .
ONE OF THESE IS LIKELY SUCCESSOR TO POPE
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With Pope Pius XI enfeebled by illness and old age interest was centered upon possible successors to
the triple crown of the Roman Catholic Church. Informed Vatican circles regarded these three cardinals
as most likely to succeed the pope (left to right): Eugenio Pacelli, papal secretary of state: Elia Dalla
Costa, archbishop of Florence, and Luigi Lavitrano, archbishop of Palermo. (Associated Press Photos)
LONGSHOREMEN MAY
GO BACK WORK
MONDAY
President of San Francisco Local Union of the Long
shoremen’s Association Declared Accords
Were Arrived At and Be Submitted
fBy The Associated Pr^ss)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, —
A tentative agreement between
longshoremen and shipowners
was interpreted by observers as
virtually the end of the 92 day
strike.
Henry Schmidt, president of
the San Francisco local union of
the International Longshoremen’s
Association said:
“It is possible that the men will
go back to work Monday.” He
predicted other necessary agree
ments would be quickly reached
and that binding accord would
be promptly submitted to the thir
ty.eight thousand strikers for
their approval.
The present accord between the
two sides came after a confer
ence at which a similar tentative
agreement was reached between
the shipowners and clerks and
checkers, ILA affiliate.
The results climaxed a day of
negotiations which blew hot and
cold.
The owners and ILA accord
hinged on the settlement of is
sues involving wages, hours, and
questions of jurisdiction affecting
sailors and stevedores on coastal
vessels.
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Ocean Liner Afire
Reported OK
Late Today
(Bv Tho Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 29, — The
Clyde Malloy liner Shawnee, with
fire in her number two hold, re
ported this morning she had the
blaze under control, and appar-,
ently she was in no immediate
danger, as she raced toward Cape
Henry, Virginia, from a position
sixty miles at sea.
The vessel was bound for New
York from Jacksonville, Florida,
and was due at 11 p.m. tonight.
She reported to the Coast
Guard that she did not need im.
mediate assistance, but asked that
ships stand by in case of any ev
entualities.
The captain of the Shawnee
messaged at 9:40 a.m. EST “fire
in the cotton is now out; am pro.
ceeding to New York”.
He had sent out an SOS at 7
a.m., but an hour and a half lat
er he advised all vessel’s in the
ship’s vicinity, that the fire was
under control.
The Shawnee was laden with
Navy Seaplanes
Safe Honolulu
Flight San Diego
(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Jan. 29, — Navy
seaplanes roared over this city
at 3:51 a.m., 21 hours and 56 min
utes after leaving San Diego.
During the last three hundred
miles of the flight the planes
dropped to within two thousand
feet of the ocean & then climbed,
at times to fifteen thousand feet
to escape “very bad weather”.
Battling thick weather on the
last stages of their record break
ing trip, the Navy planes com
pleted the flight at 3:50 a.m. or
6:20 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
It was officially announced that
the elapsed time was 21 hours
and 48 minutes.
They arrived here in bright
moonlight, although Lieut. Corn,
mander McDade said the weather
was very bad at the last of the
flight.
Only 150 spectators were out
to watch them come in from San
Diego, as already, Honoluluans
are accustomed to the weekly
trans-Pacific flights of the Pan
American Airways Clipper planes.
one hundred and ninety passen
gers and a cargo of fruits and
vegetables.
The Coast Guard which had re
sponded to the distress call, sent
a precautionary message—“Please
keep sharp watch on 600 meters
broadcast, if you need us later.”
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