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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 69 NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, MARCH 25 1937 Per Copy 15cts
ALASKA FREIGHT RATES SHOOT UPWARD
Fights In Congress For Alaska Development Plan
URGES SPENDING
MILLIONS DOLLARS
• DEVELOPS ALASKA
(By The Associated Tress)
WASHINGTON, March 25, —
Senator Lewis B. Sehwellenbach
of Washington proposed that the
eight million dollar public works
program for Alaska be complet
«d by January 1, 1941.
The bill which he introduced
provided tha* the money would
be used under ti e direction of
the President, with the following
Jim bus for various classes of werk:
Highways, roads, bridges, trains
ferries, one mill'on five hundred
-thousand dollars. A.rfl.ld facili
ties on? million five hundred thou
sand dollars. Schools one million
dollars. University of Alaska sev
en hundred and fifty thousand dol
4 '
pu II istp.ta.s tv t iit* thou
sand dollars. Topographical soil
•urvieys two hundred and fifty
inousand dollars. Village improve
mentis five hundred thousand
dollars. Hotels and tourist facil
ities one million. Alaska Railroad
one million dollars.
Sehwellenbach introduced a
separate bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to con
struct airports and navigation
aids in Alaska. The bill provid
ed the projects might be built
entirely at the expense of the
government, but would permit
i the secretary of the interior to
; accept Alaskan funds which
might be made available to fin
j ance the program.
Amendments To
Social Security
J
Heard at Juneau
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March 25, —An am
endment t,o change the social se
curity house bill on old age as
sistance so that the control would
rest with the Board of Public
Wc'fare rather than the Depart
ment of Public Welfare under a
director, is now under discus
sion by the house, in a briel
session today.
After hearing a long list of
amendment to make the measure
conform the house adopted the
report and refererd it back to
the committee for re-drafting.
Virtually all measure are being
redrawn* in the committee and
when in shape will be put up for
action by the respective branch
es. The object of establishing
a welfare board is to have a
clearing house for handling all
matters of social security with
which the territory has to deal.
Dt. J. N. Harbct, who ratigneu n.» kuh «> mayo o - ■ • «•
10 return to oollogo, to ohown here with hit wilt) •tuaymg toi the '•*»
0/1 olooooo ot tho tffrtvotoKv o« Oklahoma Whtfro ho to an uneiaaa.fien
i Ototfont Hloohttmatotf $MOOiOOO for tun* oattrt' from oil. tAaaociat.o
ProoeWiotO)
striking ST'rnrwTs PROTEST SCHOOI MFAD OUSTER
Young striking students at the Columbus, Kas., high school are shown displaying banners In front of
their school’s entrance protesting selection of a new principal by a display of banners while on "picket"
duty. At the top (left) is Blaine Nolan, of Mineral, Kas., who replaced Mrs. Ethel Lock (lower left), 14
years principal of the school. (Associated Press Photo)
NEW LIQUOR BILL FOR THE
TERRITORY CONTAINS A
FEW CHANCES THIS YEAR
Rates Going Up
1 (Bv The Associated Pr«<s>
WASHINGTON, March 25, —
The division of regulation of the
Maritime Commission notified
Delegate DLmond that three steam
ship companies desire to increase
their passenger rates June 1st be
tween Seattle and territorial
ports.
Freight rates were advanced as
of February 15th.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany, Northland Transportation
Company and Alaska Transpor
tation Co., told the Commission
the increases were necessary be
cause of higher wages, fuel costs
and food prcies.
H. J. Lange of the division of
regulation, said the rates rise from
one dollar to five dollars per pass-,
enger depending on the length of
the voyage and accomodations. 1
Freight rates went up approx-;
innately a dollar a ton on mer
chandise carried by weight, a
dollar per thousand board feet of
lumber, and two and one half:
cents per cubic foot of merchan-1
disc carried by measurement in j
eluding southbound fish.
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JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER
Smart newt hats, straws and
felta—Up to the minute styles.
Ladles’ dresses in printed silks,
broadcloth, «■*■■■** linene,
12.50 to 55.95 at POLETS.
AN ACT
(S. B. 9)
To provide for the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors
in the Territory of Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska:
(■Continued From Yesterday)
(C) Any distiller, brewer or
wholesaler, whose plant or prin
cipal p aee of business is outside
of the Territory, bu: whose pro
ducts are sold in the Territory,
shall be reuired to obtain a whole
sale License for the sale of his
products in the territory, and a
separate license shall be required
for each wholesale dstributing
point within the territory. Any
distiller, brewer or wholesaler,
not resident in the territory, sell
ing intoxicating liquors in the
territory, shall, before soliciting
any business in the territory, des
ignate a principal place of busi
ness, or headquarters, in the ter
ritory and appoint an agent upon
whom service can be had, and
shall also obtain a license under
the provisions of this Act. This
subdivision shall not apply to
sales made to any regularly lic
ensed- wholesaler resident in the
territory.
(D) No person or persons, other
than the licensee, shall have any
direct or indirect financial inter
est in the business for which the
license is issued; that the licensee
(Continued on Page Three)
$609.80 In Prizes
For 3-Day Race
V
During; the Fair
T 'e.v’re Off! The big dog race
of the Nome Kennel Ciub being
held in connection with the Nor
thwestern Alaska Fair at Nome,
April 1, 2 and 3, promises to have
nearly a dozen or fifteen entries,
according to all present predic
tions. Numerous outside teams,
from outlying sections have coine
in and ar? entering the race to
Cape Nome and return, which
will be run in three laps, the
team covering the lapis in the
shortest Length of time winning
first place, and so on down thru
five prize;.
The prizes are first $200, second
$150; third $75; fourth $50, and
fifth $25 The race w 11 start
from the corner of Main Street
and Lane’s Way each morning of
the three days at 9 a m. Rules
for the race are being worked up
now with several dog team racers
And to crown the glory of our
present day dog racing, Miss
Alaska, Marguerite Lee, will be
the Official Starter and preside
over the race. A special grand
stand is being constructed for her
out of snow and ice and will be
tastefully decorated. She will
flag the racers as they leave, and
welcome them when they return
home. Tlie details of marshall
ing the huge crowd expected, are
being worked out, and the event
each day should be the real stuff
for amatuer photographers.
The entrance fee for the race
(Cotitihuad on four)
Democrats Choose
Dr. A. Carter
Of Fairbanks
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, March 25 —The
Democratic Territorial Centra!
Committee for Alaska, in conven
tion the evening of March 24th,
elected Dr Aubrey C. Carter.
Fairbanks physician, as Chairman
cf the Committee tc succeed A. A
Shonbeck of Anchorage resigned
Carter is a young man. a lesi
rient here of several years. He
hails from an old Virginia demo,
c ratio family.
The ci mmittee as a whole en
d rsed al! encumbents of terri
i! offices f ir reappointment
ling, th< gov . col lector
f customs, territ - i rotary
r r.d others.
i; e cont 1 between C J Todd
>i' vent encunib ml of Valdez and
P C McMullen of Seward for U
S. Marshal of the Third Division
w; s left to the Divisional Com
mittee of that District to sett
le.
The matter of the Marshal for
the Fourth Division was referr
ed to the Fourth Divisional Com
mittee for endorsement.
The endorsement of the U. S
Land Registrar at Anchorage was
deferred because of the long time
before his term expires
P C McMullen who attended
the conclave here, holding most
of the Third Division proxies,
left yesterday morning by train
for his home at Seward.
Mrs. Irma Clifton of Valdez,
holding one proxy, attended the
convention. "7er father Marshal
C J Todd was in the city unoffi
cially. They left by plane yester
day for Valdez.
U. S. Marshal Thos. Gaffney,
the delegate from Nome is to
leave soon by plane for his home
at Nome He held the Second Div
ision proxies. Ail other proxies
were held by Harry Philips. 4th
Divisin committeeman. All four
members of the Fourth Division
Committee attended in person
Wants Action To
Protect Fisheries
(By The Associated Press!
WASHINGTON D C March 25,
—Senator Bone demanded in the
senate today that the Secretary
of State be asked to take all nec
essary steps, as quickly as poss
ible, to safeguard the salmon fish
eries of Alaska ‘‘threatened with
invasion” by Japanese interests.
He urged the adoption this
morning of a rasoluton calling
for State Department action to
end recognition obtained by “spec
ial rights from the United States”
in salmon fisheries in Alaska and
extra-territorial waters.