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Vol. 37. No 88 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 14 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
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Roosevelt Addressed U. S. Youths
2 PLATFORMS ADOPTED GOP AT DOUGLAS
Borah And Knox, Claim Victories Illinois Primaries
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LETS
FLY RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
ADDRESS AT BALTIMORE, Md.
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Young Democratic Club Maryland Sets!
Stage For First Impressive Speech
(By The Associated Press)
Baltimore, April 14, —
Pledging new consideration
to some of the aims of the
head NR A, President Roose
velt put forward a tenta
tive suggestion last night,
limiting the “active work
ing ages at both ends”, giv
ing jobs only to those be
tween eighty and 65 years
of age, in a speech which
was broadcast nationally
from the young democratic
club of Maryland.
At the meeting he declar
ed “flaming youth has be
come a flaming question”.
His address followed a
torchlight parade and other
political activities.
He said: “You have the
right to expect those in
authority to do everything
in their power to help re
store conditions and oppor
tunities.
“It seems reasonable that
industry can contribute a
great measure by increas
ing employment. If the
hours are reduced and at
the same time, the pay is
as large, conditions among
all classes should improve, j
“We in the government
seek to extend the schoolj
age in every state in the un-1
ion to make it easier for
boys and girls to stay in
school.”
He addressed himself dir
ectly to the youth of the na-1
tion saying: “The period of
social pioneering is only in
the beginning. The total
production of industry is
about back to the peaks
before depression, but only
eighty percent as many per
sons are engaged.”
Miners Blasting
Save 3 Entombed
Below Surface
(By The Associated Press)
Moose River, Nova Scot
ia, April 14, — Miners are
blasting tons of rocks in an
attempt to reach three min
ers entombed in a mine.
The Toronto men are
trapped three hundred feet
down in a gold mine. Hope
is expressed that the men
gained the shelter of anoth
er tunnel before the cavein.
Police Boats Look
Craft In Trouble
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(By The Associated Press)
Vancouver, B. C., April
14, — Police boats left here
to search for the gasoline
boat Silver Wave which
the steamer Princes Elaine
wirelessed was in trouble
four miles off Point Atkin
son. It is not known how j
many are aboard.
Swedish Skiers
Plan 3,000 Mile
Trip To Nome
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Three Youths are Mapping
Projected Trek Across
Canada to Nome.
Stockholm, April—A 5000
mile ski trip across Canada
is being mapped out by 3
young Swedish ski-runners.
The distance skiers, who
hope to start from Quebec
some time this month, are
J. A. Boden, who has to his
credit several long journ
eys in the Scandinavian
countries; Karl Yngve Hall
stroem, an artist who will
make a photographic rec
ord of the trip, and Lieuten
ant Birger Hultstrand.
They plan to travel either
north from Quebec, cross
ing due west,south of Great
Bear Lake, to Nome, Alas
ka, or south of Hudson bay.
which would offer an easier
but less exciting route.
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W hite’s Faction
Adopts Political
Platform Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau. April 14, — The
White faction at the repub
lication territorial conven
tion this afternoon adopted
a platform with the follow
ing excerpts:
Reaffirm allegiance to
the principles of republican
part}'; condemn the present
administration; revolt at
the brain trust of the New
Dealers; support our candi
dates for territorial office;
condemn the administration
affairs of the territory of
Alaska bv- the democratic
legislature and officials;
pledge our delegates to
congress to the advocacy
of such measures as to give
the full territorial form of
government which Alaska
deserves; liberal provisions
hr appropriation for the aid
of prospectors; licensing of
Alaska fishermen as resi
dents of Alaska, as against
alian fishermen: enact so
cial security; abolition of
carpetbagging in federal ap
pointments; support of the
schools against any curtail
ment of appropriations; the
abolition of the liquor
board; development of av
iation; free use of all roads
trails and highways in the
territory and the abolish
ment of all tolls.
“We believe the proposal
to abolish fish traps as ad
vocated by the present del
egate to congress is not sin
cere, but is for political pur
poses only, or that the ab
olition of fish traps cannot
be had in Washington over
the opposition of the can
nery lobbyists and bureau
of fisheries.
“We believe that all mat
ters pertaining to the fisher
ies of Alaska, should be re
moved from the control of
Washington and placed un
der the direct supervision
of the Alaska Legislature,
which is responsible to the
voters of Alaska. We advo
cate the amendment of the
Drganic Act by striking out
the word ‘fish’ and direct
ly authorizing the Alaska
Legislature composed of A1
askans to regulate and man
age control throughout the j
fisheries of Alaska,” said,
the platform.
BORAH CONTINUES FIGHT
FOR G.O.P NOMINATION
WITH SHARP TUSSLE KNOX
Primaries Middle States Show Borah &
Knox Battling !l Out In Illinois
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, April 14, —Chi
cago, Illinois became the
battleground of two con
tenders for the republican
presidential nomination—
jjoran and Knox whom sup
porters of both claimed vie
tory.
Roosevelt was unopposed
on the democratic side.
There were many bitter
struggles for state offices.
Some observers estimated
two million, four hundred
thousand votes had been
cast.
Lincoln, Nebraska— Bor
ah and Roosevelt were un
opposed in the respective re
publican and democratic
primaries. The republican
a delegates will be uninstruct
ed.
At Baltimore, Roosevelt
i pushed forward in his refl
ection campaign with an ad
dress before the young dem
ocratic clubs of Maryland,
last night.
At Chicago, a prohibition
party announced that a plat
form would be adopted on
May 6th at a party conven
tion at Niagara Falls.
D. Leigh Colvin of New
York, considered a possib
le prohibition presidential
nominee, will be the key
notc speaker._ _
Four Buckland
Eskimos Visited
at Nome Nugget
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Four Eskimo boys; Edgar
Swan, Tim Richards. Leslie
Thomas, and Edward Aug
ruk, all of the Buckland vil
lage, who arrived in Nome
via plane last week in con
nection with cases brought
before the Grand Jury now
in session, visited the plant
of the Nome Daily Nugget
yesterday, and saw how a
newspaper was edited, com
posed and printed.
They were much surpris
ed to see the different kinds
of machinery, explaining
that they had never been to
Nome before and had only a
few times seen a copy of a
newspaper.
All but one of them read
English, and they all speak
the white man’s language
surprisingly well.
They said they intended
to tell all their Eskimo
friends in the North who
had never seen a newspa
per plant or had never been
to Nome, to be sure and go
to The Nome Daily Nugget
and watch the interesting
machinery as it turned out
the news of the day on its
latest No. 14 Linotype ma
chine and other printing
equipment.
Airplane Brings
Wife to Bedside
Of Sick Mate
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, April 14, —
An airplane left Whitehor
se today to meet Mrs Max
Love and return her to
Fairbanks, where her hus
band is ill of pneumonia.
Janet Preston became the
Easter bride of Rollin Live
sley, formerly of Seattle.
She is the daughter of Geo
rge Preston of Fairbanks.
The oouple will live in
Fairbanks.
—
Dr. Brooks Dead
(By The Associated Press)
New York, April 14, —
Doctor Harlow Brooks, 65,
died here today. He spent
many vacations hunting big
game in Alaska and Cana
da.
Anti-Whites At
Douglas Adopt
Their Platform
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, April 14, — Fol
lowing is a summary of the
platform adopted this morn
ing by the anti-White l'ac
tion at the republican terri
torial convention at Doug
las:
To support the m tional
republican party, its doct
rines and principles- obtain
home rule for Alaska: enact
social security legis'alion.
as well as to insure aid for
dependent children and
mothers; abolish earpetbag
ging in federal appoint
ments; enactment legisla
tion permitting popular el
ection by members of poli
tical parties for national
committeemen and national
committeewomen, besides
delegates to the n: tional
convention: abolition of the
territorial liquor board; en
actment of legislation to p>
tect, aid, and develop
oyster and shellfish bid
ry; clarify the minbig hi
enactment of lc islati ; i
transferring to the peopl
of Alaska control of the fish
eries and fur and game;
free use by the public oj
all roads, trails and high
ways owned by either the
federal or territorial gov
ernments, and thr . bolition
of all tolls thereon.
Popper Producers
Establishing r-asis
c
For Sleady Price
(By The Associated Press)
New York, April 14, —
Leading copper producers
took final steps today to es
tablish the domestic cop
per market on a fii m 9 and
one-cents a pound basis.
Sales were extremely
heavy on the rumor that
the companies plan to in
crease production, among
them the Kennecott Copper
Company at Kennecott, Al
aska.
It pays to watch the bar
gains in the ads appearing
regularly in the Nome Dai
ly Nugget.
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