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Volume 36. Number 174. NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
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Lumber Workers Fire On Persecutors
STREAM-LINED TRAIN DERAILED—NONE HURT
Arctic “Vagabonds” Royally Entertained At East Cape
Stream-lined U. P.
Train Is De-railed
But No One Hurt
Seventy-five Passengers On,
Streamlined Trains All
Escape Any Injury
(By The Associated Press)
KEMMERER. Wyoming, July 25,
—Service is again back to normal
today on the Union Pacific line with
trains routed over detours and
around the spot where the new
stream-lined train was derailed.
Crews are repairing the coaches
which were damaged when they left
the tracks and were dragged nearly
three-quarters of a mile.
Of the seventy-five persons on
board the train, not one was injured,
all of them escaping without a sing
le scratch. None of the cars over
turned. The passengers were trans
ferrd to other trains. The cause of
the accident was not announced.
Helen Wills Moody
Returns To U. S.
As Tennis Champ.
Victory Over Jacobs Sweet
est of Entire Career Says
Helen Wills Moody
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 25, —Helen
Wills Moody upon her arrival here
today announced that she would
not play in the Wightman Cup
matches. She said her victory over
Miss Jacobs in the finals of the All
England Championships was the
sweetest of her entire career. She
stated that Miss Jacobs had improv
ed considerably since their previous
meeting.
C. C. Tanner Ap
Collector Customs
U. S. Commissioner C. C. Tanner
was in receipt of a telegram yes
terday evening from Collector of
Customs J. J. Connors at Juneau,
advising him that the recommenda
tion of Assist. Deputy Collector of
Customs Whittier who was in Nome
last winter, had been approved, ap
pointing Mr. Tanner as the Deputy
Collector of Customs at Nome.
Nome has been without an act
ual customs officer since last fall af
ter the fire. During the time when
Mr. Chilberg formerly Nome officer
was transferred elsewhere, the local
coast guard authorities have had the
routine customs business to handle,
said a report.
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Siberian Trip Of S.
S. Dellwood With
Arctic “Vagabonds”
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Arctic Cruise Passengers Re
ceive Welcome By Soviet
Officials at East Cape
With very pleasant impressions
of the hospitality and friendliness
of Siberian Russia the S. S. Dell
wood of the Alaska Line which re
turned yesterday from the north
ern portion of her yearly Arctic
Cruise, departed last evening, en
route to Seattle.
Leaving Nome several days ago
and completing a stop at Teller, the
Dellwood proceeded north to a point
above the Arctic Circle where she
encountered dense fog and was
bound there for about seven hours.
After the fog lifted the ship start
ed south toward East Cape, Siber
ia, and as she crossed the Arctic
Circle again the unusual, but how
ever, appropriate ceremonies of in
ducting the round trip passengers
into the mystic order of Polarius
Neptune Rex were held. The ship
then proceeded to the village of
Ugelen, on the north side of East
Cape and came to anchor there.
Immediately after anchoring, the
ship was visited by the local Com
mandant who, though not being ab
le to speak English, made it very
plain that all were welcome to come
ashore and visit and he offered to
tow the ship’s boats ashore with his
launch whenever ready. Plans were
made to go ashore the next morning
at 9:00 o’clock.
Met By Residents
On going ashore the next morn
ing the passengers were met by
Eskimos, Russians and the entire
complement of aviators and govern
ment employees stationed there. In
the meantime the representative of
Intourist, Russia’s department of
good-will and public relations, had
landed eighteen miles south on the
other side of East Cape.
A dog team of fourteen dogs was'
dispatched for him and he made the
run of eighteen miles over wet grass
with the team and sled in two and
one-half hours, heavily laden. There
was one Eskimo who could speak
a little English and he insisted that
Mr. Pete Swanson be told his old
fisherman was alive and well at
Ugelen. When the Intourist repre
sentative arrived it was found that
his interpretation was invaluable, as
he had a very good command of
English.
The tourists were then shown the
Village, the government builling
and houses, the school, the native
carving shed, the government snow
planes, etc. Intourist then opened
their store and allowed the tourists
to wander at will and purchase
what they wished.
Sang Entertaining Songs
At the government building while
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WORKERS FIRE CROWD
AFTER THREE DAYS OF
HOUNDING BY PICKETS
(By The Associated Press)
HOQUIAM, July 25—Six blasts of birdshot fired from
within a house which was surrounded by lumber strike pic
kets and onlookers raked through a crowd of people and
wounded four men and a boy, early today.
The shooting climaxed an afternoon yesterday, of dis
order during which men, women and children stoned the
house and yelled imprecations at twelve lumber mill work
ers who were housed there.
National guardsmen and police swept into the house
immediately after the shooting and took Victor C. Williet,
one of the workers into custody. They also appropriated
two shotguns, a pistol and several blackjacks.
The police here said the mill employees moved into the
house Monday, after pickets had carried on repeated demon
strations in front of the hotel where the workers had been
staying.
J. C. Bird of Aberdeen was treated for wounds in the
right leg and the abdomen. Others were only slightly in-1
jured. Word meanwhile was received here that some of the
National Guard troops had moved out of Tacoma, but it
could not be definitely determined whether their departure
meant the beginning of a general demobilization, or not.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
Washington, D. C. July 1.
The President has placed at the
disposal of the civil works admini
strators the sum of four billion dol
lars, which is almost twice the am
ount of the entire public debt of the
United States for any years between
the opening of the Civil War and
the beginning of the World War.
The conflict last mentioned increas
ed the federal indebtedness about
six-fold but no one seemed to think
that the money had been spent in
vain. It is to be hoped that the
present outlay, operating through
the arts of peace, will accomplish
as much good as has been attribut
ed to a like amount expended by
way of the arts of war in the past
Sacrificing extreme accuracy in
the interest of an approximately
correct statement which will be easy
to remember, four billion dollars
will give work to four million men
for a year, at a thousand dollars a
head. That ought to be a help. Lar
ge projects are contemplated, but
it seems that Fish Creek may get
its new bridge, and that a better
road between North Bay and Stacy’s
Basin is not out of consideration.
Communities hoping for local im
provements are asked to remember
that the sum appropriated although
freely flawing, is not an inexhaust
ible fountain, and they must pro
pose no work in which the thirst
for fat jobs has to be quenched.
It is not new. by the way, for gov
ernments to give a helping hand
when times are hard. During the
potaitoe famine in Ireland in 1847,
there 'were seven hundred thous
and heads of families on crown re
lief works, and two hundred thou
sand persons starved to death not
withstanding. The United States is
a long way from a pinch of that
severity.
June is the month when diplomas
are passed out, and the year 1935
is adding its quota of white collar
workers to a class in which already
there are not jobs enough to go
around. One remedy is to flunk out
of college all but the brightest stu
dents; yet the chap of average or
mediocre attainments is entitled to
all the instruction he can get. Per
haps he is the one who' needs it
most. Another remedy is for the
degree man to accept philosophical
ly an overproduction which he can
not alter. What is there about
plowing the land or painting hous
es that makes such callings unfit for
the book-trained? And is it not pos
sible that civilization would move
forward faster if it had collegate
carpenters and stone cutters?
With a temperature of 95 degrees ;
already sending the Washington
thermometers climbing, there is a
good reason why the House should j
wish to have a clean calendar by j
the middle of July, and the Speak- I
er of that body is applying the goad
mildly. Plenty of work remains to
be done. The merchant marine
should be given a lift. Trans- j
portation, especially by motor bus,
will have to receive attention. The
provision of some means for handl
ing labor disputes to better advan
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Believed Post Is
Ready For Hop
Seattle, & Alaska
Post Ready Hop Off And Still
Refuses Discuss Plans For
Newspaper Publicity
(Bv The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, July 25, —Wiley
Post is believed to be ready to take
off from here for Seattle, but he re
fusas to discuss his plans. No fur
ther reports have been received that
would indicate if Will Rogers will
become a (lying companion on this
projected flight.
Post Office Lobby
To Remain Open
9:00 P. M. Nightly
Postmaster Guy E, Mish of Nome,
announces that beginning today, the
lobby of the temporary post office
situated across the street from the
Catholic Church, will remain op
en until 9:00 P. M. each evening.
Heretofore, due to the cramped
quarters and lack of equipment and
facilities, the outer door of the post
office lias always remained locked
at night. Leaving the lobby open
until nine o’clock at night will per
mit many people to call for their
mail in the boxes, after office hours.
S S Dellwood Had
Following Passen
gers For Outside
The S. S. Dell wood of the Alaska
Line sailed from Nome about 9:30
P. M. last night with the following
Nome passengers aboard, enroute to
Seattle. Aboard the vessel were the
Arctic Cruise passengers.
Mrs. Chas Engel
Chas. Engel
Mrs. Gus O’Leary
William Farrel
Miss Edith Morison
Chas Quandt
Henry Chedne
Chas E Freeman
Hiram Little
Mrs Jos Durand
Jos Durand
Mrs C C Bennet
Warren Bennett
Mrs. H. Wiggin
Jane Wiggin
W M McElwaine
Mrs W R Graham
Billy Graham
Jean Graham
Carl Hanson
George McKay
Mrs A. Sather
P. Young
Mrs Guy Mish
Marianne Mish
Britain Bans The
Export to Nations
Of Ammunition
Refuses Permit The Export
of Ammunition To Either
Italy Or Ethiopia
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 25, The British
government today placed a ban on
the export of arms and ammunition
from Great Britain to either Italy
or Ethiopia.
Prime Minister Baldwin and lead
ing cabinet members were repre
sented this afternoon as favoring
full league action, provided other
powers agree, as a last resort to av
ert war between Italy and Ethiopia.
Information from sume sources
'stated they expected that Captain
Eden would go to Geneva for league
council session July 31st and to be
empowered to announce that Bri
tain was ready to stand by all of
its obligations under the league cove
nant.
United States To
Be Represented
Brig. Ccn. Steese
Brigadier General James G.
Steese, Alaskan, Will Be
Included in Delegation
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 25, —The
state department today announced
that the United States had accept
ed the invitation sent by Belgium to
be officially represented at the 16th
International Congress of Naviga
tion to convene at Brussels Septem
ber 2nd.
The American delegation will in
clude Brigadier General James G.
Steese of the Alaska National Guard,
it was declared.
Frank Davis
Bryan Beariault
H J Klipner
Jens Peter Larsen
L B Nebrebo
Bernhoff Dahl
Pat J Kennedy
Bert Noble
Harold Bevins g
Don Long
M J Kregia
Wm Richardson
Eric Wahleen
C C Willetts
K Rindlund
Andy Otterson
Adolph Odeen. ^
John Ryan
H O Smith
A. Malson
B Dodd
FOR DUTCH HARBOR
C C Benneitt
R. Simmons
Earl Cannon
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