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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Vol. 38. No. 31. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, Feb. 6th, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
Waterfronts Hum With Activities
Scott Bill Changes Amount of Annual Assessment
FIRST SHIP SAILS FROM HONOLULU-ORIENT
AMERICAN FLAG SEEN
ON PACIFIC OCEAN FOR
FIRST TIME 3 MONTHS
MARITIME WORKERS RESUME JOBS. VESSELS
BEING RECONDITIONED. BUSINESS
AND ACTIVITY HUMMING
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, —
American merchant ships sailed
the Pacific Ocean today, after a
period of three months during
which the American flag was
scarcely seen.
America’s largest ocean liner,
on the Pacific, the President Hay
es, put out of Honolulu for the
Orient at 2:15 a.m. today, the
first regular sailing of a merchant
ship from a Pacific port, since the
strike was called. She gained the
jump on hundreds of other ships
seeking the honor of being the
first to sail.
Waterfronts generally, hummed
with activity, but negotiators in
some ports in California sought
to smooth out several remaining
disputes.
At San Pedro eleven intercoast
al ships, with East Coast crews,
are faced with a tieup, when the
unlicensed personnel refused to
return to work unless they were
granted the same concessions gs
West Coast seamen. The strike of
shipyard mechanics here caused
friction today when crews refus
ed to pass through picket lines
to move vessels out to the repair j
centers.
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Doings Legislature
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Feb. 6, — Coffey’s
memorial Urging the abolition of
fish traps popped into the house
when the author demanded that
it be brought out of the fisheries
committee, where it has been for
sixteen days.
The committee said it needed
more time. Finally a motion was
passed to give five days more.
Rep. Tolbert Scott of the Sec
ond Division introduced a memor
ial requesting the hundred doll
ar assessment work be eliminat
ed and an annual tax of twen
ty dollars be charged claim own
ers, the money received to go in
to a road fund. The bill has come
up for second readings.
Little has transpired in the sen
ate as a result of committee meet
ings.
Sen. Powers presented a bill
aimed to extend the existing ab
sentee voting law by broadening
its scope so that an elector ten
miles from a precinct, instead of
twenty miles, may cast an absen
tee ballot.
Visit Former King
<By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 6, — The Duke
of Windsor’s sister, Princess Roy
al Mary, received last minute ad
vice before here departure today
for Enzesfeld Castle in Austria,
on a secret mission, to help the
former King Edward solve fln
.anoial problems.
To Name Vessels
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4,
—President Roosevelt with two
new battleships to name is con
sidering the claims of thirty
three states not represented in
the Navy’s battle line.
His decision must be made be
fore their keels are Laid in June.
Iowa, Missouri, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, and Virginia
have already asked to be honor
ed. Maine and Vermont are plan
ning to ask for the nominations.
Works For Husband
Miniature sunflowers were too small
for Mrs. Fred E. Tydeman of Poca
tello, Idaho, so she created this one
to show her support of her husband a
candidacy for county prosecutor and
of her other favorite candidates.
(Associated Press Photo)
ACCUSED POISONER KILLS SELF
The camera caught this graphic picture of John R. Kizer, 64, wealthy
planter and stockman, at he was rushed to a hospital at Pocahontas,
Ark., after swallowing a fatal dose of poison at officers were bringing
him to a hearing on charges growing out of sudden deaths among his
relatives over the past seven years. He died before he could be glvsn
treatment. Letters found In Klzer’s pockets protested his Innocence
of an accusation that he poisoned his stepson. (Copyright by Memphis
Commercial Appeal from Associated Press)
Secret Meeting
Took Place In
In Auto Strike
(Bv The Associated Pressl
DETROIT, Feb. 6, —The dis
closure by authoritative sources
this morning that William S.
Knudsen, executive vice president
of General Motors and John L.
Lewis, labor organization head,
had met secretly at the apart
ment of Governor Murphy, for an
intimate exchange of views last
night, heightened the belief to
day that progress was being made
toward a settlement of the para
lyzing automobile strike, which
is now in its 39th day.
Sub-committees meanwhile stud
ied problems confronting both
sides in the dispute.
Crew Schooner
Rescued After A
Storm Atlantic
(By The Associated Press)
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 6, — The
crew of the burned schooner Wil
liam A. Morse, was taken aboard
the steamship Tela, whose home
port weis listed as St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands, according to a
wireless report today.
The message said the schooner
was a total loss. The number of
the crew was not given.
Coast Guard cutters also hur
ried to the aid of two freighters,
the El Occidente and the Riegel,
which are drifting with broken
rudders in heavy seas, following
a northeast storm off the coast.
Subscribe Far The Nonet
Erect Monument
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•CHELAN, Feb. 6, — A com-;
m:t‘ee of n:-e .cday contemplat
ed the possibility of erecting a
memorial to Dr. Townsend.
Mrs. E. D. Sm’th, the club pres
lident and leader here snid that
a business structure was being
considered, and that hr cks would
be sold at two cents apiece, or
some such plan.
Mrs. Freeman, a member of the
experiment plan, has now spent
one hundred and twenty three
dollars and forty five cents, in
cluding Fleming collections.
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Likely Governor
o _
Qen. Ramon Yocuplcio (above), a
leader in the 1929 revolution againat
the government of Mexico, waa
practically aaaured of the governor
ahlp of Sonora when he defeated
two opponenta In a apecial primary
election. A full-blooded Indian^
Yocuplcio waa expected to be unop
posed In the general election. (Ae
j eoclated Preae Photo) _
Rehabilitation Is
Under Way Thru
Out Flood Area
CRv The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Feb. 6, — The gi
gantic task of rehabilitation, far
surpassing the aftermath of the
San Francisco fire and eathquake
of 1906, forged ahead at a quick
ening pace in the flood ravaged
Ohio valley.
Federal and state officials count
ed the loss at unestimated mill
ions of dollars.
AM down the thousand mile
flood trail from Pittsburgh to
Cairo “clean up” legions of WPA
workers pushed mud, muck and
fculed debris back into the river.
It was estimated it would cost
two hundred and fifty dollars
to repair each private home. The
herculean job, it was believed,
would take from three to six
months and would consist of re
habilitating approximately four
hundred thousand homes and
buildings damaged.
Near Cairo, the peak of the
flood shoved into the Mississip
pi valley, but the waters are re
ceding slowly. Additional fataliti
es checked raised the total dead
to four hundred.
WPA Workers On
Strike: Question
Wag es Primary
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 6, — Strikes
continued to spread in King
County WPA projects, despite
the order of State Administra
tor Don Abel dismissing seven
teen hundred workers.
An official workers’ alliance re
presenting them, said that by
this morning forty five hundred
iri all had left their jobs, seek
ing higher pay. Seventy five
more are striking tonight.
Abel said they were discharged
because the regulations provide
for the release of employees vol
untarily absent from work more
than five days.
Mussolini’s Son Is
Married in Rome
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Feb. 6, — Vittorio Mus
solini, son of II Duce, and his boy
hood sweetheart Orsola Buvoli,
21, slim blonde daughter of im
poverished parents, were married
by Mussolini himself today at the
parish church.
Business Houses
Nome Joined In
Drive for Queen
Manager Ed. Steffin of the
Queen Contest for the election of
a Miss Nome, announced today
that he had secured the coopera
tion of 37 business establishments
in Nome in promoting the elec
tion and distribution of votes for
Queen. There are several which
have not yet been lined up and
efforts are being made to con
tact them today.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Kennel Club to
day a motion was passed setting
the time for the closing of this
, campaign. “The latest date at
which business houses and mer
chants may enter the campaign
for handling of Queen Contest
vote tickets has been set at nine
A.M. Monday, Feb. 8th,” the de
cision read.
Nearly 100 per cent backing
has been received throughout the
city. Anyone overlooked is direct
ed to contact Manager Steffin for
further details. The distribution
of votes for Queen will be in the
hands of the following business
houses: so many votes being giv
en away free for cash purchases
or paid on account. The votes
hawe a blank line on them for
the purpose of filling in the name
of the person for whom the cus
tomer cares to vote.
It was expected that several
other business houses would come
in on the plan before the expira
tion of the time for entering, and
their names will be listed later.
Following are the names of those
business houses at which votes
will be distributed free:
Mayfair Tavern
Nome Daily Nugget
Bob Jackson’s Barber Shop
John Lichtenberg Hardware
A. Polet Stores
Nevada Bar
Nevada Lunch Counter
Potter Studio
Calkins Shoppe
Nome Drug Store
Cavey’s Cafe
Lehmann’s
Jack Seidenverg
Mirow Air Service
Board of Trade
Pioneer Drug Company
North Pole Bakery
Arctic Beer Parlor
Nome Lumber Co.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Alaska Emporium
Northern Light & Power Co.
Harry Hagen, Jeweler
Pacific Alaska Airways
Lomen Commercial Co.
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