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VOL. 38. No. 88. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STRIKE PENDING 6 P. M.
Bus and Street Car Operators Strike, Akron, Ohio
BRADDOCK GETS COURT ORDER
U. S Marshall William McDermitt (left) served Heavyweight Cham
pion James J. Braddock with a court order he can't duck In Newark,
N. J. The order Is designed to prevent Braddock’s fight with Joe Louis
in Chicago until he fights Max Schmeling in New York. Braddock looks
over the order as Judge 8am Gould, attorney-brother of Joe Gould
stands by. (Associated Press Photo)
American Fleet
Steams Toward
Hawaii, Alaska
(By The Associated f-ros«,
ABOARD BATTLESHIP PEN
NSYLVANIA. Apr ill 16 —The ti.
S. Fleet moved out to sea into
ti'ne early morning mists today,
headed lor six weeks of ardous
war games and battle conditions.
The general course of the fleet
is toward the Territory of Haw
aii, but a small unit of vest pock
et cruiser is enroute to Alaska,
and will be rejoining the fleet in
three weeks, for high seas battles.
Forty thousand men are ab
oard the one hundred and thirty
nine ships in the fleet.
Bus And Street Car
Strike at Akron
(Bv The Associated Press i
AKRON, Ohio, April 16, — Bus
drivers and street car operators
staged a sudden walkout today
which left three hundred thous
and residents of thsi area wiiith
out transportation service.
A picket line was formed ar
ound the barns, and no cars or
busses were available.
Wage negotiations have been
in progress for several weeks,
and the walkout is believed to
indicate that patience is at an end.
FIERCE BATTLE
TAKES PLACE
CIVIL WAR
'Bv The Associated Press)
OCHANDIANO, Spain, April
16—General Emilio Molas, and
his northern insurgent army
struck with renewed force at the
Basque capital of Bilbao and re
captured the strategic mountain
peak of Saibo.
The left side of the mountain
were lettered with government
dead and the rebels are now on
ly about twenty miles southeast
of Bilbao.
It was estimated that between
seven hundred and a thousand
were killed of the five thousand
government troops.
From Madrid came reports
that government air raiders had
blasted dmurgent troop trains,
disrupting the efforts of Insur
gent General Franco to rush re
inforcements to his army be
sieging Madrid.
COAST BASEBALL SCORES
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle 16 Missions 3
Oakland 4 San Diego 3
Portland 6 bos Angeles 5
| Sacramento 10 San Fnandsco 8
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TO BRING COW UP TO
ARCTIC. DRINK MILK
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 16, — A west
ern Washington Jersey cow is to
become an Arctic pioneer, if
plans of Warren Ferguson, Kot
zebue trader and airline opera
tor. go through.
He arrived here yesterday and
when he realized that he hadn’t
tasted real milk for twenty yearns
he decided on the spot to buy a
cow and ship her to the Arctic
where he wid 1 keep her in an
oil heated barn, lined with bales1
of hay.
“Maybe it won’t work out. but
I'm going to buy a cow just the
same. We’ve got an airplane mech
anic who said once that he could
milk."
STRIKE WILL
BE CALLED 6
P.M. TONITE
fBy The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. April 16.—
C V McLaughlin, vice-president
of the Brotherhood of Railway
Firemen said today that his
group, and also the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, would
sti ike on ooast lines unless the
Southern Pacific Railroad meets
their demands by six p.m. to
night. Eight thousand employ
ees have threatened to walk out
After a conference this fore
noon between Brotherhood offi
cials and Union Pacific officials, i
headman McLaughlin said there
would be no compromise, and
unless tile union demands are
met, a strike wiill be called at 6
p.m.
St*in Model’# Dad
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.ie slain artists model. Veronica
Gideon, was questioned by New
York authorities to learn more
about his activities the nljjht his
daughter, her mother, and a roomer
Frank Byrnes, were mysteriousiv
slain. (Associated Press Photo)
BAER TAKES
BEATING AT
HANDS FARR
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON. April 16 — Tommy
Farr, stolid Welshman sprang in
to the front ranks of world heavy
weights with a clean cut decision
over Max Baer, former champion
before fourteen thousand specta
tors yesterday.
Battere da rod bloody firm a
twelve round beating, Baer an
nounced disconsolately in his
dressing room:
“I’m washed up. I'm going
back to California to my ranch
and retire."
Farr weighed one hundred and
ninety eight, ten pounds less than
Baer. The Englishman was three
to one on the short end of the
betting. He carried the fight from
the very first. He bashed Baer a
hard left which opened up a
gash above his eyebrow in the
first round and from then on he
had easy sailing.
Japanese Fishing
Plans Reveal Aim
Alaska Salmon
SEATTLE—Salmon in Bristol
Bay, the Bering Sea and other
waters <xf the north Pacific are so
American they might just as well
be red, white and blue, instead of
silver, says the Seattle Times.
American fishing interests hold :
this opinion because those salmon
are American fish, spawning in
Alaska streams and protected by
the United States. They are Am
erican even if they are caught &
canned on Japanese fleets of float
ing canneries drifting just beyond
the three-mile limit in extra-ter
ritorial waters.
In support of this opinion Unit
ed States Senator Lewi® B. Sch
(Continued on Page Four)
ARMY PLANE FOUND WITH TWO DEAD
An ai my plane, with two army fliers who died In the crash, was
found by searchers near Highlands, Calif. The accident occurred dur.
ing a storm when the plane was flying from Glendale, Calif., to March
Field, Calif (Associated Press Photo)
STAR AIRWAYS
BOUGHT OUT
COMPANY
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, April 16, —The
Star Airways, largest Local opera
tors in Alaska, today purchased
the Alaska Interior Airlines, both
of whose headquarters were in
Anchorage.
Pilots Don Goodman and Os
car Winchell, operators of the
Interior line became pilots for
Star. They were pilots for Star
before they organized their own
firm.
The transaction included the
purchase of two planes and the
goodwill of the company.
At the same time Star annourtc
ed the appointment of L. McGree
as manager to succeed Kenneth
Neese. McGree, who has been
active in mining, pioneered the
aviation field here, and had been
manager of the Star Airways un
til a year ago. He is widely
known.
Item—A slight improvement
was noted in the condition of de
puty marshal Frank Hoffman,
who has been critically ill with
heart trouble, and near death
for several weeks.
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No Masquerading
Under other flajjs
To Be Permitted
(Hv The Assocntcif Pro<sO
LONDON, April 16. Ships
flying the U. S. flag in Spanish
waters wil'l be questioned by the
non-intervention blockade patrol
officials of the neutrality commi'
tee disclosed today, to verify the
papers of all vessels, and to
guard against the possibility of
other nations masquerading un
der the American flag, to run in
contraband.
Bonafide American shipping
will not be searched, is was furth
er announced.
No Compromise
Court Measure
Say Observers
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 16, —
Informed senators said that Prece
dent RooseveLt ignored compro
mise proposals on his court plan,
but the talk of compromise still
persisted as the Senate Judiciary
neared the end of its long hear
ings. Today's session may be the
last, as the committee meets to
morrow to decide whether to end
them now or continue for anoth
I er period.
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