Oiliest Newspaper in Alaska._ Member of Tlie Asso. ialeil Press
DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION.
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Volume 3G. Number 204. , NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935. per Copv Ten Cents
Queen Astrid Belgium Killed Today
HEARST APPARENTLY BACKING AL E. SMITH
Italian’s Next Move Is Force Ethiopia Out Of League
BELGIUM AND SWEDEN
PLUNGED IN SORROW
OVER DEATH OF QUEEN
Royal Couple Were Touring Alps When
Aiilomohilc Accident Took Place
(By The Associated Press)
KUSSNACHT, Switzerland, Aug 29—The King told
members of his entourage after the accident “I leaned over
to look at a map which the Queen was holding on her lap.
only for a second, and when I looked again at the road, the
ear wTas almost on top of a tree.”
The car actually hit the tree and the windshield cut the
King’s face and head. The marriage of King Leopold and
Queen Astrid was acclaimed as a true love match, as the
Princess told after the bethrothal how she had refused the
crown of Prince Leopold three times in three weeks. She
said “I loved him, but I was just afraid to become Queen.”
The accident occurred at 9:15 A.M. this morning.
LUCLKNii., Aug. 29—lhe King suffered cuts and bruises,
but was not badly injured. He was unable to explain the
cause of the accident. She was 29 years old and he was 33.
They were driving speedily along the pleasant lakeside
road near Kussnacht and behind them in the rear seat rode
the chauffeur. Their speed was about fifty or fifty-five
miles an hour, and the road was comparatively straight. In
another car close behind rode a gentleman and a lady in
waiting with a chauffeur. They said they thought they saw
the King turn his head and look at the mountains bordering
Lake “Vier Waldstatter See” near Kussnacht, nine miles
east of here.
The car appeared to swerve off the road and onto the
rough ground. Both the king and queen were thrown out,
the queen’s head striking the tree and fracturing her skull.
The car then ran into the lake.
The Queen lay motionless and the King, his face smear
ed with blood picked himself up and went to his wife’s side
and gathered her in his arms. He kissed her and implored
her to speak. She barely moved and it was impossible to
tell if she recognized her husband in the five minutes left
before she died in his arms.
The King straightened her body and smoother her
clothes. Royal attendants covered the still form with coats.
A peasant telephoned for help and a doctor arrived after the
queen was dead. Leopold kissed the dead Astrid once more
before he was taken away to have his wounds dressed. He
was taken to Villa Haslisorn to which the queen’s body was,
also taken, in another car.
The king and queen's chauffeur is in a serious condition.'
Physicians feared he might die. His legs are broken and
he probably has internal injuries.
(Continued on Page Two)
f armer Kills His
Wife And Wounds
Daughter In Head
(By The Associated Press)
DEFIANCE, Ohio, Aug. 29, —Ed
gar Burd, 44, a farmer, crazed with
jealousy shot and fatally wounded
his wife Margaret today and critic
ally wounded his neighbor Fred
Kline. He also wounded his daught
er Helen, 14, in the head.
Afterwards, he went home and
committed suicide, shooting himself.
Mrs. Burd had gone to the Kline
home to sew for Mrs. Kline who
was ill at the time.
Queen Of Belgium
Killed In Accident
!
Loses Control Car
(By The Associated Press)
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 29,
—Queen Astrid of Belgium was kill
ed today in an automobile accident.
King Leopold who was driving, lost
control of the car, and the queen
i was thrown out against a tree. The
Iking was slightly hurt.
Alaska Highway
Bill Signed Today
Pres. Roosevelt
(By The Associated Press)
j WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, — Dele
gate Dimond was notified by tin
president that he had signed thi
Alaska Highway Bill.
The measure authorizes the sur
vey and construction of the Alaski
portion of the proposed Internation
al Highway, which would connec
the Territory with the Pacific Coas
states, through Yukon Territory anc
British Columbia.
NOTICK TO CONTRACTORS
“Instructions to Bidders”
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of City Clerk to be opened at
1 P. M. on Sptember 5th, 1935, for
furnishing all labor and materials
necessary for construction of Muni
cipal Building, City Square, Block
“G”, Nome, Alaska, according to
plans and specifications on file with
the City Clerk. A deposit of twen
ty dollars ($20.00) will be required
on said plans and specifications, and
will be returned if documents are
returned in good condition 3 days
after the award of contract. Bids
shall be submitted on the forms pre
scribed by the undersigned accom
panying the specifications.
All bids shall be accompanied by
a certified check (or a bid bond fur
nished by a surety company author
ized to do business in Alaska) for
five per cent of the amount of the
bid. Should the successful bidder
fail to enter into a contract and fur
nish a satisfactory performance bond
within the time stated in his pro
posal, the certified check (or bid
bond) shall be forfeited as liquidat
ed damages. Certified checks of the
three low bidders will be retained
until the contract is awarded; others
will be returned after the low bid
ders have been determined.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to file a performance bond in
the full amount of the contract price,
which bond shall be furnished by a
surety company, or a personal bond
guaranteed by one or more men of
known standing in Nome, and or a
certified check for the full amount
of the contract, acceptable to the
Public Works Administration.
This improvement shall be con
structed under the contract provi
sions of Bulletin No. 2, P.W.A., ’‘Re
quirements as to Bids, Contractor’s
Bonds, and Contract, Wage and La
bor Provisions” dated March 3, 1934,;
and amended for Alaska
Labor required for this project t
shall be outlined in 3 (a) (and 3c
•evised) of the Construction Regula
:ions. The Contractor will be per
nitted to deduct Territorial School
rax in case of employees liable for j
[his tax.
Attention is called to the fact that j
not less than the minumum wage j
rates prescribed by the Federal Em- |
ergency Administration of Public
Works must be paid on this project.
Contractors will be permitted to
work up to 8 hours per day and 48 j
hours per week.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids and to waive any infor
I mality in the bids received.
REX F. SWARTZ, Mayor,
j Publish Aug. 29, and Sept. 3, 1935. j
Italy To Force
Ethiopia Out Of
League Nations
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 29, — Report:
' from Rome, informed quarters ir
' London said, indicated that Musso
lini would attempt an indictment o
Ethiopia as a treaty breaker, at tin
League of Nation’s Council nex
month, and follow it by demand:
of ejection of Ethiopia from th<
1 League.
The reports added, that shoulc
. the demand be ignored, Mussolin
was likely to issue an ultimatum
—unless other powers yielded terri
j lory in Africa to Italy, that he woulc
proceed against Ethiopia.
All eyes were on Mussolini am
his cabinet meeting which is believ
j ed to have resulted in decisive con
clusions relative to the Ethiopian
] conflict.
In Ethiopia, Emperor Selassie or
dered gas mask drill for Friday ti
| convince superstitious natives that
the protective devices were not fac
i es of the devils.
Rome cancelled all furloughs and
! is marshalling every resource tc
| meet the possible crisis.
The French cabinet empowered
Premier Laval to oppose the appii
, cation of sanctions by the League
against Italy.
Laval plans to induce the League
! to regard an Italian war against
Ethiopia as a colonial expedition.
Inventor Marconia is in direct
communication with the Italian arm
[ ies in East Africa, via wireless.
_
Smelter Shut Down
Anyox, B. C. Is To
Be A Ghost Town
(By The Associated Press)
ANYOX, B. C., Aug, 20, — This
mining settlement of some 2000 per
sons will become another “ghost
town” for the rest of the season at
least.
The Granby Consolidated Mining
Smelting and Power Co., Ltd., has
decided to close its large Anyox
plant because of the low price of
copper. Salaried employees were
given a month’s notice and prepar
ations were begun immediately to
dismantle the mine.
Unconfirmed reports said an east
ern interest might take over and op
erate the property. The town con
tains a hospital, government build
ings, four churches, a large hall a
gymnasium, two moving picture
theatres and several business build
ings.
Anyox has been a thriving center
for many years, due to the activities
of the Granby Smelter, which is the
sole industry of the town. The min
es, located within a mile of the town ,
(Continued on Page Three) [
f,
W R HEARST BACKS
ALFRED E SMITH AS
POSSIBLE CANDIDA 5
W iIlium Han<lol|)li lloarsl Denies Humor
Hr Supporl <ioiisliliilional < iumlidnle
< (By The Associaled Press)
SANTA MONICA, Calil'., Aug. 29. — With the state
ment “I think Alfred E Smith would make the most power
ful candidate" for President, William Randolph Hearst, last
night described as “inaccurate” reports that he would sup
port a candidate of a proposed "Constitutional" Democratic
Party.
“I do not know whether there will be a Constitutional
'Democratic Party or not”, read the statement which Hearst
supplied the Associated Press, and which appeared as a
Thursday morning editorial in his newspapers.
Continuing, it said: “And if there should be one I do
not know who the nominees of such a party will bo. I do not
know who will be the nominees of the Republican party.”
This apparent approval by Hearst of A1 Smith as a can
didate aroused immediate speculation in Washington, D. C.,
as Smith and Hearst have been political foes since 1922 when
Smith refused to run for Governor of New York, if Hearst
was named as a party candidate for the United States Sen
ate.
As a result Dr. Royal Copeland, a Hearst writer and
backer, i'an and has served in the Senate ever since.
U. S. Signal (iorps
Officials Visiting
Nome On Business
I Arriving on the Pacific Alaska Air
i ways Electra this afternoon from
Fairbanks, were Colonel Kumpe and
George Gallately, both of the U. S.
Signal Corps.
Colonel Kumpe, with headquar
ters at Seattle is commanding officer
in charge of the U. S. Signal Corps
system in Alaska. He has been mak
ing a trip through Alaska inspecting
and visiting all of the system sta
tions.
While at Nome he will condemn
certain wireless equipment of the
station here of which Leon F. Har
per is Officer in Charge, and also
luok over the new developments
planned for this fall.
Mr. Gallately is chief electrical
engineer for the system and made
the flight to Nome to confer concern
ing reported new equipment and de
velopments to be made here this
year.
Both gentlemen were met on the
field by Chamber of Commerce of- i
fiqials and escorted to town where
they were joined by other directors
in a luncheon held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Polet. Mr Polet is
secretary of the local Chamber
They will remain overnight and
then return aboard the plane to j
Fairbanks tomorrow.
Pilots Joe Barrows and Bill Knox
flew the plane here today. The ‘
plane will remain tonight and take
of! tomorrow morning on its return
flight.
For
The Care Silver
Hales By Miners
•>
As a number of men are mining
the beach and in other places near
Nome, who have had little or no
experience in the handling and care
of silver plates used to catch the
fine gold, the following is offered
for their help and guidance.
To prepare new silver plated cop
per plate for use first clean the sil
vered side of all paint or foreign
matter. Then give the plate a thor
ough scrubbing with wet sand using
a stubby wisk broom or stiff scrub
brush. Before applying quicksilver
dress the plate with a diluted solu
tion of sulphuric acid (half ounce to
a gallon of water). Continue scrub
bing plate with brush (a stiff whisk
broom cut down to the stiff broom
item is best) until quicksilver com
pletely covers the plate and a thin
layer of soft silver amalgam has
formed. The plate should never be
;oo wet with quick as soft gold or
silver amalgam will catch the fine
'old much quicker than straight
quicksilver.
The present beach contains many
netals such as lead, tin, solder, and
;opper which amalgamate as read
ly as gold and these metals must
(Continued on Page Three)
*