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THE NOME NUGGET
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VICTORIA TO SAIL
FOR SEATTLE ON j
THORS. MORNING
8. 8. VICTORIA REPORTED AT
WRANGELL ISLAND TUESDAY
DUE (NOME TONIGHT
According to indirect word re
ceived at Nome, the S. S. Victor
ia of the Alaska Line which Is
npw in the Aretic_Oeean. wag re
ported to have been at Wrangell
Island about 9:30 a.m. yesterday
morning. The vessel is on her
first Arctic Adventurer’s Cruise
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from the S. S. Krassin, the Soviet
icebreaker which was in port at
Nome, May 21st this year. The
report also declared that the Kra
ssin had been at Wrange!) Island
several days ago and had taken
six people off ,9f the Island and j
placed 12 persons ashore there.;’
This is the first information wjiich
has ben received of the where- '
abouts of the Krassin since it left
Nome. The vessel it is believed
i
.' "" " i iilin i' milr "ai I
and will probably arrive at Nome
sometime tomorrow a.m. She was
reported headed for Whalen the
last available information declar
ed, and was about 240 miles from
there at 1 p.m. yesterday.
It was also learned that the
Victoria had received considerable
Information as to ice conditions
I
will go through the Northwest
Passage, back to the Baltic Sea.
Later reports stated that the ,
Victoria expected to arrive at Nome j1
about 8 a.m. tomorrow' morning. 1
jit is believed the vessel will not
j be detained more than a few
hours before departing south for
I Seattle.
ASS’T P. M. 6EN.
IN CONFERENCE
ALASKA AIRMAIL!
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HARLEY BRANCH ARRIVES 1 '
KETCHIKAN GO TO JUNEAU
DISCUSS AIRMAIL
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHIKAN, An*. 29, Harley
Branch, Executive Assistant to
Postmaster General Farley, arriv
ed here Tuesday, enroute for a
conference at Juneau, Wednesday
with Delegate Anthony J. Dhnnn.l
regarding the possibility of air
mall service linking continental
United States and Alaska.
* C. A. Cisler,'superintendent of
air mails arrived here yesterday
<
by plane from Cordova. He la to i
depart for Seattle, Wednesday, 1
by plane. Cialer said his trip was ,
purely for a vacation and refused i
to comment on the feasibility of <
air mall.
Boost salary of general i
HI GH S. JOHNSON
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, Gen- i
eral Hugh S. Johnson’s salary was (
boosted by President Roosevelt i
from six thousand to 15 thousand <
dollars, the NRA announced this i
morning. <
PROPOSES FOR ALASKA
EXTENSIVE LEGISLATION
REFORE NEXT SESSION
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EXTENSIVE LEGISLATION* IS
PROPOSED FOB ALASKA
IN NEXT CONGRESS
<( Hy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, ug. 29, An am
bitious program or legislation is
to be introduced In the next Cor.
-
gress. the plans for which are now
being worked out in Delegate D'.
ntond's office.
While it was generally agree!
imong Senators and representativ
?s that Alaska had fared far bet
er in the session just past in ob
aining beneficial legislation, than
lever before. Dimond's staff is pre
! paring bills which will have much
j more far-reaching effect, not only
jto 'the Territory of Alaska hut to
I the, Naeifie Northwest, if passed.
Among the major measures
which Dimond will attempt to
push through are appropriations
for the construction of the pro
posed International Highway" from
I Seattle to Fairbanks: the construe
tion of Army Air Bases near Fair
hanks and other Alaskan towns
and teh establishment of a nav
al base on tile southeastern roast j
BODY OF COLLEGE
BOY IS RECOVERED
VOLCANO CRATER
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BODY OF COLLEOE iiOY
RECOVERED FROM
VOLCANO (PRATER
(By The Associated Press*
PORTLAND, Auk. 29. The body
Jf Victor von Normann was recov
»red by two men who braved
leath to recover it.
Both were unconscious from the
tag fumes and had to be revived
Sy the Portland fire department
nen who had been stationed on
the brink of the crater, wjien they
were hauled to the surface.
The two men were Paul Wil
liams, a United States Forestry
L<ookout and Gary Leach of Gov
ernment Camp. Williams contin
ued the work after Leach had
passed out and had been hauled
ip. Then Williams went under
ind had to be dragged out c? (ho
prater
ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT
MONET FOR BONNEVILLE DAM
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. J9, Secre
tary of the Interior Ickes announ
ce an additional allotment of a
million, two hundred thousand
lollars o teqnip Bonneville Dam
with locks to permit the passage
>f sea-going vessels.
ANOTHER DULL SESSION
(Uy The Associated l’ress)
NEW YORK. Aug. 29, Another
dull session was experienced to
day on the . market with a few
Issues managing to climb out of
the extremely narrow groore.
Professionals accounted for some
scattered buying while the re
mainder of the list stood still. The
Jlose was steady. Sales were three
hundred and seventy thousand.
SYMPATHY STRIKE IN
PENITENTIARY
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 29. The 1
strike of prisoners In an eastern
staie penitentiary iu sympathy
with the Inmates of the Grater
ford bracnh, spread to the entire
population of the old prison which
now confines about twelve hun
ired and seventy-five prisoners,
rbey are serving under th’e law
providing for minimum and maxt
mum sentence; minimum one-half-.
»nd maximum with no time de
ducted for good behavior.
Location Notices, Powers ef At* ,
torney, Leases, Deeds, etc-, on
tala at the Nugget Office. 1
or on the Aleutian Islands. An
other measure proposed will he j
to turn the regulation of the fish j
eries industry over to the . Terri- j
tory.
ELECTION’ DOPE EKOM STATIC*
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(By The Associated Press)
I’NOATEI). Auk. 29. California
democrats apparently named Sin
clair and the republicans Merriatn
(or Governor. «
Johnson WaS"* elected by both
democrats md republicans to ba
senator from South Carolina.
Liquor referendmns in varioua
states have narrow margins of vie*
t t y.
democratic Governor Oiin John
son leads in Mississippi for re
election and for democratic sena
tor •Hubert Stephens, leads former
Governor Bilbo with a runoff like*
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CHARLES BROWER,
BARROW TRADER
ENROUTE STATES
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«'HAK1.ES browek, OF
HARROW ARRIVES ,.IUXKAlT
EXKOIIE OlTSIhE TO STATES
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(My The Associated Press)
JI'NBAU, Auk. -29, Enroute to
San Francisco to place his son,
Robert, aged twenty-two in the
hospital tor an, e.ve operation,
Charles Brower, merchant* at Point
Marrow, well-known all over the
Territory Tor the past fifty years,
passed through here Tuesday.
He said that only five whales
had been killed at Harrow last
spring and that the fur catch was
also very small.
Stewart Edward White, novelist,
arrived here aboard his yacht
“Kuro." He is touring south
eastern Alaska. He reported that
an entire side of Granite Moun
tain toppled into Glacier Hay^ whea
he was there three weeks ago. Ho
said he did not know the causo
of the slide, hut caught the mo
tion in his movie camera. Ho
also filmed fifty-seven brown hear#
on his trip.
REPORTS RISE IN
FARM PRICES TO
PRE-WAR LEVEL
REPORTS RISK IN FARM
PRICKS NEAR PRE-WAR
L.KVEL OF INCOME
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(By Tlie Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, Rlch
ierg reported to the President
hat farm prices had risen within
Ive percent of the famous pre
war parity, which the administra
ion has been straining to resell.
, Rlchberg made plain that his
igures include tlie benefit pay
neats deceived by the farmers. He
ilso stressed that the drought had
dashed some major crops and
‘therefore the high prices do not
naan a fully corresponding In
crease in farm income.” He warn
ed that for a complete farm re
covery "it is essential that, there
be a greater revival in industrial
production and more extensive re
employment.”
Spokane is “waiting for
A STREET CAR’* ,
(By The Associated Press)
SPOKAJJK. Aug. 2W, This city
is "waiting for a street car,’* ni
ter n night of suspended service,
which was ordered when busses
and street cars were stoned and
fired on during the first day ot
an operator’s strike.
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