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VOL. 37. No. 184. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 1936. Per Copy 15cta
Urges Social Security Legislation
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DELEGATE A.J.
1 MONO SPOKE
TO BIG HOUSE
Delegate Pointed To Four
Measures Self Control
Secured 3 Years
AGAINST FISH TRAPS
Social Security Legislation
By Terri. Legislature
Urged by Dimond
To a packed show house, Dele
gate Anthony J. Dimond, demo
crat, to the National Congress
from Alaska, last night called the
attention of the public of Nome
to some of the definite accom
plishments of the Democratic ad
ministration in its effort to bring
back prosperity and relegate de
pression and its effects into the
scrap heap.
The Dream Theatre was com
pletely filled with the exception
of a few seats in Ihe balcony,
when Delegate Dimond, U.S. M3r
shal Thos. Gaffney. End U.S.Com
missioner C. C. Tanner, mounted
the platform.
Oihcrs Speak
Marshal Gaffney speaking brief
ly informed those gathered that
it was a Democratic meeting held
under the auspices uf the Demo
cratic organization of Nome. He
introduced Mr. Tanner as a pre
liminary speaker. ,
Commissioner Tanner spoke a!
some length on the attributes of
the national Democratic adminis
tration and its leader President
Franklin D. Roosevelt He also
pointed out the part played by
Alaska and Delegate Dimrnd un
der this administration, and the
good being dejdved from the “ef
forts of Roosevelt and his admin
istration to have the government
of the United Suites serve lbe
people,” a policy which has beeh
the outstanding quality of the
New Deal.
flank Action
Delegate Pimond, in his speech,
last night, had much tto say re
garding the itims of the Demo
-cratic Party, :hpth nationally and
localfy. He ported to the untir
ing leadership of President JEtoose
velt and his determination to
have the government not only, of
the people, but f«r the people.
He drew attention to the unpre
cedented action taken by him
when inaugurated in 1933, in clog
ing every bank in the United
States until the federal examin
ers had an opportunity to inspect
and set up a system of banking
which pracically insures the life
of the banks, and assures its de
positors of being able to obtain
their funds when needed.
Good Of Gold Policy
Referring to the gold policy of
the Democratic Administration,
he said, “Roosevelt, by increas
ing the price of gold to $35 an
ounce has literally and actually
widened the “paystreak” in Al
SEC. ICKES CRITICISES GOV. LANDON
Spanish Crisis Expected Thursday ^yon'stand
Britain And Italy
To Follow France
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(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, August 3—Inform
ed Paris quarters said that Great
Britain and Italy were likely to
adhere to France’s proposed non
intervention policy, in reference
to Barcelona advices which asked
' for aid.
Popular Front troops captured
Lazaida.
Loyalists and Rebels launched
fresh assaults on the North, Cen
tral and Southern frontiers.
, Loyalists were reinforced for
I another drive in Guardarrama
I mountains.
j Insurgents opened fresh activi
;! ties in the San Sebastian offcn
I sive.
Loyal wnrships bombarded Ceu
i ta and other points, while the
Rebels are reported to have oc
cupied “the towns of 'Guardarra
ma, and Navalperal.
London is reported as approv
I mg the French neutrality plea,
i while Rome is said to be less
; friendly.
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: iska and elsewhere about 75%.
Alaska, which for all these years
1 has existed or progressed in min
ing only through booms and stri
kes was thus assured of a sane,
orderly development' which it
has been entitled to for many
years. I don’t attempt to tell or
describe to you poeple what the
new jfold policy has done right
here in Nome; you know better
than I could possibly tell you,
how it has brought about increas
ed wealth to the miners, greater
activity i» the industry, and a
definite measure of prosperity to
this country which depends al
««*t ..entirely ,on mining.”
Home Rule
Stressing his stand, and that of
the Territorial Democratic Plat
form, as regards Home Rule for
Alaska, Delegate Dimond called
attention to four individual meas
ures of self control delegated to
the Territory:
“Territorial Supervision of
Elections.”
'Territorial Power to Legislate
all matters pertaining to Intoxi
cating Liquor.”
“The right of municipalities to
issue bonds for public works and
improvements up to ten percent
of their assessed valuation, by
vote of 65 per cent of the tax
payers.”
‘The Repeal of the Federal
Placer Mining Act, thus giving
the Territory the full control of
the subject.”
All of these subjects were se
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ATTACK ON MADRID IS
UNDER WAY: EUROPE
IS FEELING UNEASY
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AT LEAST TWO EUROPEAN CAPITALS FEELING
APPREHENSIVE OVER PEACE EUROPE AS*
CONCENTRATED HOSTILITIES BEGIN
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 4—A crisis in
the Spanish-Insurgent fight for
possession of Madrid, appeared
approaching, as at least two Eur
opean capitals experienced new
pangs of anxiety over mainten
ance of European peace.
From Tangiers North to the
■ African international zone, came
l
a report from officers to German
1 warships anchored off Ceuta,
j Spanish Morocco, which was re
ceived by General Franco, the
Revolutionary Generalissimo.
Both London and Paris are ap
prehensive concerning recent de
1 velopments.
Or. the w.ar front the long await
1 ed Rebel! offensive against Ma
! drlid has apparently opened with
a march from file north and
south sectors against the capitol
! f.n barren Guararamas Heights,
! tbe insurgents are reported as at
| tacking repeatedly to force their
way to the plateau to the south.
The government insisted that
the number of bodies of rebels,
strewn on the battlefields, attest
ed it's ability to withstand as
saults.
A Rebel announcement said
that Moroccan troops were ferr
ied across the Straits of Gibraltar
and*&re already marching on the
capital and have joined hands
with the north Fascists, and in
some quarters it is expected that
the climax will be Wednesday or
Thursday.
At Dancharia, Spain, the Span
ish frontier was closed, appar
ently as a step in preparation for
a final drive.
Insurgents expressed confidence
that the city of San Sebastian on
the Bay of Biscay, will fall soon.
A rebel communique issued at
Burgos, reported the bombing of
insurgent territory by “foreign
planes using foreign bombs,” in
the hands of Loyalists troops.
U.S. Commission
Studying System
Used in Denmark
(By The Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 3—Presi
dent Roosevelt's special commis
sion to study cooperatives turned
recently to the agricultural soci
ties of Denmark. It is said that
Denmark claims more than any
other country in intensified agri
culture and in the banding to
gether the farmers in common
purchasing and exporting activi
ty. The commission was inter
ested also in the mutual credit
associations which enables the1
fanner to borrow money for i
farm improvements up to 60 per i
cent of its association interest.
Was Dismissed
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT Aug. 4—Dr., Henry
Caughan, City Health Commis
sioner, dismissed Charles Mc
Cutcheon, Bacteriologist,who was
approached by a high ranking
Black Legion officer, who plann
ed an abortive plot to infect Jews
with typhoid fever by contami
nating milk.
Death of Woman
May Have Been
Due to own Hand
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Aug. 3rd—Police
found both murder and suicide
possibilities in the death of a 50
year-old woman whose garroted
body was found in a little fre
quented area inWashington park.
There were bloodstains on her
neat plaid sports coat, but no sign
of a struggle in the nearby area.
A rusted bailing wire was found
wound tightly about her neck.
Police believe she might have
done the deed herself.
Says His Inspection
Trip Not Political
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, N. Y., President
Roosevelt said that the forthcom
ing drought stricken states inspec
tion trip will not be political, but
“its great dis-service to proper
administration by any govedn
ment to link up human misery
with partisan politics.”
Put To Death For
Murder Of Wife
(By The Associated Press)
BOSTON, August 4th—Newell
Sherman, aged 27, convicted of
drowning his wife because of his
love for another woman, walked
quietly to h;s death in the elec
tric chair, lie was a former Sut
ton choir singer and Scoutmaster,
whose crime was likened to the
Dreisers’ American tragedy.
He was pronounced dead in 7
minutes after he was led into the
death chamber.
Sherman drowned his wife, 22,
mother of two children, in a lake
so that he could go with Esther
Magill to. roadhouses and on
extended drives.
Says Rules Are
Extend Supply
Of Alaska Fish
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SEATTLE, Aug. 3—Increasing
cooperation by the people of Al
aska with the work of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries in enforcing
the federal fishing regulations is
one of the most hopeful signs for
the preservation of the Canned
Salmon Industry in Alaska, ac
cording to Walter H. Tucsley of
Kelley-Clarke Company and Pro
sident of the Pacific Canned Sal
mon Brokers Association. Tues
ley has just returned to Seattle
from an inspection trip in the
territory.
“The regulations of the Bureau
of Fisheries are very carefully
drawn, and are scientifically de
signed to perpetuate the supply
of salmon and to protect the qual
ity of the Canned Salmon pack,”
Tuesley declared. “The short
sighted attempts of a small min
ority to beat the regulations for
their own immediate gain are be
coming less frequent every year.
However, grave danger to the
honest fishermen and others in
the Industry from these law vio
lators still exists. Such offenses
as illegal fishing can bring about
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Hop Wednesday
(By The Associated Press)
SAN PEDRO, Aug. 4th—Sigis
mund Levanevsky and co-pilot
Levchenko, postponed their take
off for Moscow via Alaska until
one P. M., Wednesday. They
said they must make minor ad
justments to the motor before
leaving.
ALF M. LANDON
Said Landon A. W. O. L.
From War on Poverty
liy His own Words
HAS SWITCHED
Secretary Interior Stated
Landon Was Once For
Federal Supervision
'My The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, A ■ g. 4—Secre
tary of the Interior Harold I.
Ick.es, in a radio address last
night said "a deadly parallel" be
tween past and present state
ments, indicates “that Republican
candidate Alf. M. Landon has
gone A. W. O. L. from the war
against poverty and exploitation
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of the weak, in which he enlisted
in 1933.” "*
Ickts said that three years ago,
when Landon was presiding at
an oil conference he declared him
self, “for the iron rule of the
dictator,” unless industrial forces
jsolved the problem. But in his
| recent acceptance speech, Ickes
; said, he declared himself against
governmental regulations of in
dustry. _«»—
;
Ickes also criticised the Repub
i lican platform saying that Lan
don had been adopted by William
Randolph Hearst. While Landon
took an advanced position on
civil service in his message to
the G. O. P. convention, Ickes
said “the spoils system has pre
vailed in Kansas during the en
tire period under Governor Lan
don.”
Las! Lhik l rkeo
Qakland Bridge
Moved Into Place
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.3—The
last steel link was moved into
place recently on the San Fran
ciso—Oakland transbay bridge,
making the seventy-seven million
dollar structure more than 99 per
cent complete. It will start car
rying traffic November 12. The
bridge, listed as the costliest stru
cture of its kind in the world,
crosses the longest stretch of nav
igable water ever spanned by
engineers, a distance of four and
one half miles. It is eight and
one quarter miles long, counting
its approaches and contains 153,
OOOtons of steel.
GEORGE ANDERSON
Is Now in Nome.
Expert Piano Tuner
Kohler, Brumbaek Pianos; Grand
and Upright for Sale and rent.
Rebuilt Pianos, New Tom Thumb
and Grands.