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VOL. 38. No. 135 NOME. ALASKA. Saturday. JUNE 12, 1937 Per Copy lOcta
Many Mining and Business Men Arrive on Victoria
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, June 12—A sharp drop of nearly three
.cents per fine ounce of the London price of gold, caused
comparatively heavy Saturday trading in the bullion
market. About one million seven hundred thousand
dollars in gold was sold, while the profit of shippers to
New York increased to nearly nine cents per ounce. '
from about seven cents the previous day.
SEATTLE, June 12—Fire of an undetermined origin
swept the Junk Company Building and an adjoining;
Bag Plant. Estimated loss is one hundred thousand;
dollars. * One fireman was injured.
SEATTLE, June 12, (Later)—Fire of undetermined
origin swept through two buildings in Seattle’s indus
trial Southend last night, causing damage which insur-,
ance adjusters estimated at one hundred thousand dol
lars. Wind fanned the blaze, spreading from the Buf
falo Junk Company’s buildings to Fisher and Smith
Bag Company, an d an adjoining Bag plant, one of the1
largest in the United States, it is believed with a total j
loss.
PARIS, June 12—The Air Afrique, a French aviation
company, reported that Amelia Earhart was apparent-;
ly resting at Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa, be-1
fore resuming her world flight to Khartoum.
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ANAHEIM, Calif., June 11—Residents reported a
sharp earth shock at 10:12 p.m. last night. There was!
no serious damage as a result.
SEATTLE, June 12—Bound for Alaska on a two
weeks training cruise the U. S. S. Eagle-57, sailed from
here yesterday, with 22 Naval Reserve Officers. The
destroyers Fox and Brooks will leave their berths Mon
day to take the University of Washington Naval ROTC
training cruise in Alaska.
GOODNEWS BAY, June 12—The tug Metro arriv
ed here yesterday with barge loaded with building ma
terials for the platinum mines. The townsite is now
being surveyed. West & Company received a hydrau
lic lift and other extensive mining equipment where ex
tensive activities are planned for the season.
TEM S WS ASTER twitory
->laj. K. W. Stiiroeder. assistant director ol the federal uur^ju
air commerce (center, hand extended), told reporters at Lake
karat that “we are working on four theories” concerning the Hin
denburg disaster. One. he revealed, was the possibility that a
_ propeller blade broke off and crashed into the great hall.
S S VICTORIA ALASKA
LINE ARRIVED 257TH
VOYAGE THIS CITY
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Alaska Line Steamer Victoria
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The S S. Victoria of the Alaska
Line, Cap'i n A. W. Westerhaim,
o nrsmatiding, which sailed from
Seattle. June 2nd for Nome, arriv-,
ed here about 11 p.m. last night,;
after an unusually fine voyage,
replete with excellent sailing
weather.
No ice was encountered on its,
fira trip of the season to Nome,
until yesterday afternoon when j
small ice bergs, scattered over1
Bering Sea were sighted, and cpt>
tinned on into the roadstead, off-!
ering no resistance to the vessel.
271 Nome passengers were car
ried. and in addition many for
other points along the coast.
Following is the complete pass
enger list of the Victoria:
G R Jackson
F K Dent
Jack Young
Thomas Shaw and wife
J A Beil
Don Stewart
Evelyn Wallace
Miss Eleanor Sullivan
Wm. Deede
Donnie Waite
R N Sundquist. wife and
daughter
Harry Gabrielson
W A Glavinovich and wife
Henry Kenstrup
Harrv Luoto
JcJtn Long
Ray F. Allyn
Frank Widager
C F Patterson
George Coomes
Wm. Schroeder
Alan Pearson
C. J. Tjernagel
Knute Drange
A. Adams
Ray Venning
Jack Monroe
P J Kennedy
W Russell
C Pearson
Ernest Seacrist
Norman Rolando
Ben Fakenburg
Harry Kelling
H I. Stull
Frank J Fellows
Frank \Vask her
Vie Magnusen
•J P Wallan
T Oilman
John Pohlner
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C E Anderson
Tom Allen
Gas Sundquist
John Emmingham
Kelly McKennon
John Boyd
Lee Stevens
C W Jolin
C A Foster
Grant Laiblin and wife
Harry Egbert
Bill Munz
Elmer Rydeen
Chas. Cavey and wife
Ed. G. Mitchell
Ole IIat!in
Henry Ullrich
Mrs. W L Slack and infant
Mrs. Mamie Ball
H C Cox and wife
C Z ShalLit
H D Ryan
Archie Jones
M Griffiths
Cal Fulk
Ted Lindsley
C L Dempsey and wife
VV F Barber and wife
Mrs. Carl Ekberg
Silveris Ruiz
Mrs C A Forsgren
Miss N B Lucas
Mrs B J MeConaghy
Miss L. Hagen
Minnie Hoogendom
D Hogg end orn
Mrs Clint Atwood and child
Mrs E W Quigley
D Warner
Leo Seidenverg
Jack Seidenverg
E L Kell and wife
Mrs. C N Pearson & child
Mr and Mrs Isadore Fix
Mrs John Herbert and
two children
Glen Stuibbs
Axel Pearson
(Continued on Page Two)
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The-Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C., June 12—Senator Bone ap
pealed to the State Department saying, that unless they
could stop such invasion of American fishing rights,
Congress would have to take steps to put into ‘‘effect
trade reprisals".4 Bone said the letter from the Associa
tion of Pacific Fishermen of Seattle, said that one hun
dred and one Japanese fishing boats are now off the
Alaskan coast, and further told newspaper men that the
issue involved our National defense. Bone also stated
that he had evidence that Japanese vessels made sur
veys and soundings in Alaskan waters.
TOKYO. June 12—Japanese Fisheries officials de
nied United States reports that more thqp one hundred
■Japanese fishing vessels were now operating in Alaskan
waters, and further said, not a single salmon fishing
boat was off the North American coast. Two private
fishing vessels, each with u small fleet of tenders, were
operating outside Territorial waters, one is a six thous
and ton crab catcher, while the other specializes in pack
ing dry pulverized fish meal.
Bone called attention to the State Department the
letter from the Association of Pacific Fishermen of Se
attle, protesting the presence of one hundred vessels
off the Alaskan coast.
NEWS ITEMS
Sam Godfrey who arrived in
Nome last night by plane from
the Kougarok reports activities
getting under way rapidly.
He declares that Jim Keenan is
carrying on hydraulic operations
on the Jerry Sullivan ground on
the upper Kougarok.
Also, he says, Blind Laurin, John
Kanari and George Bodis are
sluicing independently in the
Kougarok section.
Jerry Sullivan was also an in
coming plane passenger last night
from the Kougarok.
Torn Shaw, wife and associates,
who arrived on the Vic, left by
plane for their dredge at Council
where they expect to carry on a
full season’s operations.
Mrs. C. H. Pearson and family,
wife of the Council dredge man,
were incoming passengers and left
by plane for that point today.
Donald Stewart, in charge of the
pontoon dredge operations on the
Casa de Paga river in the Solomon
section arrived by steamer from
Seattle and is leaving to open up
operations for the 1937 season.
Chas. H. M'ilot, for many years
associated with the business life
■of Nome, and who has been con
nected with the Seattle office of
the Lomen Commercial Co., of
late years, was an arriving pass
enger on the Victoria.
Newlyweds arriving on the Vic
toria were Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Glavinovich, who ware married
recently in Seattle. Mrs. Glavino
vich is the former Miss Alma Gal
vin, sister of Larry Galvin of this
city.
They were treated 'o an com
iak ride, in a large Eskimo skin
boat upon their arrival here, al
though before coming ashore the '
transferred to the Coast Guard
motor boat for the passage up
Snake River.
Mrs. John F. Devine, wife of
Sen. J F Devine, returning to
Nome on the Vic last night, tol l
of future plans of the North Am
erican Mines Inc., :t the Inma
chuk section, which has taken ov
er the holdings of the Cordovao i
Gild Mining Co., of which her
husband, has been ecurt recerv
er.
Mr. Devine is at present recup
erating from a nervous break
down and severe heart troubie,
at the Mattson Sanitarium at
Portland, Ore., under the care of
Dr. Marr Bisaillon, and expec*.;
to return to Nome iate in the
summer.
During his absence Jake John
son will be foreman of the hy
draulic operation near Utica and
A. V'. Cord >vado. l:: charge of
the extensive ditch svstem Nick
Butler, arrival on the Vic, will
be in charge of a nine man crew
on two drills which will be op
erated there this summer.
Accompany Mrs Devine, for a
1 visit to Nome, was her niece Miss
! Elizabeth Sandstrom, who ex
i pects to remain here indefinitely.
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