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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 67.. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, MARCH 23 1937 Per Copy 15cts
3 Bids Submitted on Nome’s New Federal Building
Inquiry Begun Cause of Death 455 School Children
BROKE DOWN AS
WAS QUESTIONED
SCHOOL TRAGEDY
(by The Associated Press)
NEW LONDON, March 23, —
Superintendent W. C. Shaw brok
enly to.d the story of the New
London school explosion at the
military court inqiury, defending
the school systems from hints of
negligence.
His testimony was abruptly
ended by his breakdown.
Captain Coombs, judge advo
cate, said Shaw would not be
recalled: “We already have ob
tained virtually the information
we desired.”
At the height of h s testimony,
Supt. Shaw broke down and be
came almost prostrate with grief
over the death of 455 children.
Photographers snapped pictures
at the exact instant, and he was
.immediately removed to a cot
in a nearby ante room.
John Dial, aged 15, said the
explosion occurred, it seemed to
him, just as the teacher, T. R.
Butler threw the electric switch
the manual training room.
State senator Joe Hill said that
may be the answer to the “puz
zling question of the origin of the
spark which is supposed to have
•set oft the gas.”
Shaw defended the school's ac
tion in tapping the gas pipe line
which runs in the vicinity of the
building owned by the Parade
Gas Company, denying the testi
mony given by foreman D. L.
Clark that the connection was
given without the know edge or
consent of the company.
Shaw said that Clover Parade,
superintendent “didn’t give spec
ific permis.-ion, but warned that
we were liable to be cut loose
at any time, but I concluded he
didn't particularly object."
Shaw said he vrs partly respon
sible for giving the order to run
the pipe. He sa d lie directed the
school janitors to make the con
nection.
tBv The Associated Pres -'
NEW LONDON. Texas. March
23, —Many rural schools in the
East Texas oil area were closed
today as safety experts began
the search for similar conditions
that resulted in the killing of 455
school cliildre n here.
The cautionary measure was
taken after Gordon C. Howley.
chief engineer of the fire insur
ance department told the military
court of inquiry that he had local
ed another school which was en
dangered by escaping gas.
Leg slation was started at the
State capitol to provide for a rig
id supervision over all school
buildings.
President Plans
Visit Philippine
Is. See Progress
(By The Associated Press*
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., March
22,—Authoritative sources said
that President Roosevelt plans a
trip to the Philippine Islands with
in a year and a half, to see at
first hand the progress made by
the new Commonwealth in as
suming an economic and politi
cal balance preparatory to free
d in from the Unittd Statts.
A Fillpino-American joint com
mittee wi'l be appointed soon to
study the feasib l.ty of giving the
Philippines independence next
year instead of waiting until
10IG
TEST NEW SEAPLANE FOR RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
Final tests are being made at San Pedro, Calif., on this 14-ton Douglas seaplane for the Russian govern
ment, which holds an option on the $300,000 craft. The ship is 100 feet long, has a speed of nearly 200
miles an hour and a cruialng range of 3300 miles. It Is shown here on the beach undergoing minor re
[ pairs to the hull. (Associated Press Photo)
BRITISH KING AND QUEEN
This is the first official portrait of the new King of England and his
Queen since their accession to the throne after the abdication of
Edward VIII. (Associated Press Photo)
NEW LIQUOR BILL FOR THE
TERRITORY CONTAINS A
FEW CHANGES THIS YEAR
Newspaper Offices
In B. '<. Burned
■' -sit. o,.„ ....
VANCOUVER. H C March 2!
—The editorial staff of the Van
eouver Sun moved to temporary
quarters to prepare yesterday’s
edition, after the three story build
in" which housed the ed torial
and business offices, was burned
t !• r r,: tend with a io s es'.i
mated at forty thousand dollars.
Tit? if c v..: bel'e, ed to have
started in the elevator shaft. The
hr V broke out after the staffs of
'h? Ritvapaper had gone hone.
Sulu to* i. < i i \T :
AN ACT
(S. B. 9)
To provide for the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors
n the Territory of Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska:
Section 1--That no person, firm,
corporation or company shall
manufacture, sell, offer for sale
or keep for sale, traffic in, bar
t.er or exchange for goods in this
Territory any intoxicating liq
uor except as hereinafter pro
vided; but th s shall not apply
to sales made by a person under
provisions of law requiring him
to sell personal property. When
ever the term “intoxicating liq
uor” is used in this Act it shall
be deemed to include whiskey,
brandy, rum, gin, wine ale por
ter, beer, hoochinoo and all spir
:tucus vinous malt and other fer
mented or distilled liquors.
Section 2—That the licenses
provided for in this Act sha'l be
issued by the Clerk of the Dist
rict Court or any subdivision
thereof in compliance with the
order of the Court or Judge there
of duly made and entered; and
the Clerk of the Court shall keep
a full record of al! applications
for licenses and of all recommen
daitons for and remonstrances
against the granting of licenses
and of the action of the Court
thereon.
Section 3—That before any li- 1
cense is granted as provided in
this Act it shall be shown to the j
(Continued on Page Two) |
A. II. Hanson Of
Seattle Bid Low
Nome Fed. Bldg
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D C March 23.
- The A. II. Hansen Company of
Seattle submitted the lowest bid
tutaling $469,000 for the construe
t on of the Nome Post Office and
Federal Building.
The MacDonald Construction
Company bid $518,000 and Jam
es Barnes of Springfield, Mo. bid
$526,000.
1 gfps^rn'i! O' *
• V.V lnr* Av-.ociOtcrt p.vss,
SAN PEDRO, M ,rch 2'!, —The
p rt of Los Angeles is faced with
a complete paralyses by the or
der suspending a 1 sirp loading
a”:i unloading, given by the wat
er.rent employers association last
last night and placed in effect this
morning. ,
The association charged that
the picketing of the freighter
Lancaster violates the agreement
secured at the end of the mari
time strike.
Picketing started last week
when tlie sailors union of the Pac
ific demanded that members of
the East coast unions hired on
the freighter be replaced by
West coast men. About thirty
ships are affected by the shut
down order.
Vaqueros’ Queen
r
Miss C3ro!yn b1 ■' ey was selected
from 36 candidates as "La Reina de
Los Vaqueros" (Queen of the Cow
boys) to rule over the annual
Tucson, Ariz., rodeo, "La Fiesta de
Los Vaqueros.’’ (Associated Pres*
Photo)
lviount Shishaldin
Reported Snr*ke
i
By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 23, — Captain
Trondsen, master of the Aleutian
Island trading vessel Starr ar
rived here today with news that
Mount Shishaldin on Unimak Is
land, was emitting great clouds of
smoke which were visib'e many
miles at sea.
The Starr is here for her an
nual overhaul, and will resume
service from Seward April 10th
BOMBS COMMONPLACE TO THEM
<*»
These little girls, who have taken refuge in the mouth ot a sewer
during a Fascist air raid on Madrid, appear to be more Interested
than frightened by falling bombs Weeks of bombardment in the
capital have made them familiar with the effects ot civil warfare.
(Associated Press Photo)