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VOLUME 35 NoTl45 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934. Per Copy: 10 Cents.
Senators Advocate Change GOP Party
1,300,000 CRIMES SERIOUS NATURE LAST YEAR
Trunk Murderer Is Apprehended On St. Louis Bus
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SENATORS BORAH AND
NYE ADVOCATE FOR A
LIBERAL G O P PARTY
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 14—Two of the NRA’s doughtiest
opponents, Senators Borah and Nye, Thursday night, de
manded a reformed Republican party with a progressive
platform aimed at the re-distribution of wealth through
the destruction of monopolies.
The Idaho Republican-Independent, Borah, at a repub
lican rally here, called also for a better protection for small
■ business by exempting them from the Blue Eagle codes. He
urged that young republicans organize themselves under a
liberal leadership in every state and country and set up a
national organization and wrest the control from the con
servatives. _
■ At the same mass meeting arranged" by the young Re
publican Clubs of New York state, Senator Nye of North
Dakota, also and off-wing independent, asserted "A Progres
sive Party” might result if the present Organization remain
ed unchanged. -He demanded that the GOP unshaackle
itself from the “Wall Street ball and chain.” Nye also pro
posed giving labor a greater share of wealth, which creates
more attention to the security of the millions of homes than
to the security of those of the privileged few. He strongly
advocated adequate national defense and better civil service
curbs on the “munitions racket.”___
TO GET SIGHT
OF HISTORIC
GOLD VESSEL
Raised from the bottom of the sea
after reposing there for thirty-one
years, the historic old steamship Is
lander is about to take one last
cruise.
Frank Curtis, the Seattle man
who made engineering history by
harnessing the tides so that they
lifted the wreck from a depth of
365 feet, disclosed this when he an
nounced that what is left of the ill
fated ship is to be towed to Seattle
for exhibition purposes, according
to a report in the Seattle Post-In
telligencer.
The voyage will really be a second
salvaging venture. First they sal
vaged the wreck from the depths
and now they hope to salvage some
of the deficit they incurred, because
the feat didn’t prove the financial
success they had expected.
“It was an engineering triumph,”
Curtis observed, “but as far as
money is concerned it was a com
plete failure. By sluicing the 900
tons of shells and debris that we
removed from the Islander, approx
imately $40,000 in gold was recov
ered—but that didn’t begin to reim
burse us for what we spent.”
Nevertheless Curtis is anything
but displeased with the outcome of
the project to which he devoted two
• summers.
“I proved it could be done,” he
commented, “and now I’d like to
try my hand at something a little
more difficult. With the experience
I gained on this job I’d be ready to
take on a ship that was in 500 or
even 600 feet of water—I believe I
could bring her up all right”
(Continued oo Page Fear)
FROZEN OIL IS
USED AS FUEL
BY ESKIMOS
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After four years of life spent at
Point Barrow, where he and his
wife were engaged in teaching sch
ool, J.R. Trindle is on his way to
join Mrs. Trindle and daughter at
Seattle. ■ Accompanying him is his
young son Joseph, says the Seward
Gateway.
Natives Comfortable
The natiyes at i Point Barrow, be
lieves Mr, Trindle, are well housed
and will be comfortably provided
during the winter. The fuel situa
tion has been largely solved by use
of “frozen oil,” a pitch-like sub
stance obtained from neighboring
oil seepages. A business has sprung
up among the tribe in the handling
of this oil, the more enterprising
natives transporting the stuff by the
sackful to the nearby beaches, from
which point it is later taken to
Point Barrow where it is put on the
market. It makes ready and suffic
ient fire and is coming into general
use by the native residents.
Mr. Trindle also spoke of the coal
deposits about 60 miles from Bar
row and which he feels confident
will in course of time be made avail
able and practicable for native use.
The fur catch the past two sea
sons has not come up to hopes, but
a better price is recognized, which
with natural sources of supplies
meet local needs.
Mr. Trindle hasn’t definite plans
for the immediate future, excepting
that he will locate at least tempor
arily in Seattle, where Joe will en
ter the public school, already being
attended by his sister.
Subecribe For The Nugget
SLAYER WIFE
IS CAUGHT IN
ST. LOUIS BUS
(By The Associated Press)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, John Happel,
aged fifty three is being held here
for the Los Angeles authorities, at
which city he is wanted for the
“trunk murder” of his wife,' Mrs.
Rosabella Marie Happel, whose body
was found dismembered in a trunk
placed in their garage.
Happel was arrested on a bus
here, when it was reported by the
police that he had killed his wife
with an iron pipe and then dis
membered the body with a meat
saw and hid it, because he feared
he was going insane from his wife’s
nagging. ~
Eskimo Burial
Customs Found
To Be Queer
x Burial of a late Eskimo family
head, in the country south of Nor
ton Sound, proves of considerable
economic loss to surviving relatives
for canoes, paddles, guns, tools, pots
and pans go with him to the grave.
It is figured that the departed will
need the implements in the world
to come, and that those who are left
behind will find it much easier task
to acquire new equipment than
would the departed.
At Tanunak, on Nelson Island,
there is no difficulty in distinguish
ing the graves of departed women
from those of their mates as the
graves are decorated exclusively
with pots, kettles, pans, ladles, and
such household utensils and kitchen
equipment.
These odd customs, and many oth
ers, are described in a pamphlet
called “Mortuary Customs of Eski
mos,” reprinted from the Scientific
American Monthly, and authored by
Clark M. Garber, former superin
tendent of Eskimo and Indian schools
in Interior Alaska for the Bureau of
Education. A copy of the interest
ing article, bearing the author’s au
tograph has been forwarded to the
Seward Gateway.
Some of the western tribes, writes
and pictures Mr. Garber, bury their
dead deep in the ground and roll
over the top of the grave heavy
stones to guard the grave against
predatory animals.
Others “bury” departed tribesmen
on the surface of the ground or on
elevated stands, making the bodies
easy prey to ravenous dogs and
wolves.
Professor Garber’s review is a val
uable contribution to the lives and
customs of the Eskimo, and pictures
in simple manner the tense drama
of life and death, where the hope
lessly ill and insane, were, with
their own connivance and non-re
sistance, put to death so that the
evil spirits may be driven from the
temple from which they had driven
the spirits of light.
LOST—One 32x6 truck tire moun
ted on rim. Return to Nohalico and
receive reward.
1,300.000 CRIMES OF A
SERIOUS NATURE LAST
YEAR—SAYS A REPORT
(By The Associated Press) —
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—The never ending struggle
to remedy what Cummings called “the intolerable break
down of law and order,” was pledged by six hundred dele
gates who are now heading home from the National Crime
Conference.
Statistics showed that there were one million three
hundred thousand serious crimes last year and that three
fourths of them were entirely unpunished.
This prompted the conference to vote to set up a per
petual national code, the body to coordinate all efforts of
all peace officers and establish a national scientific educa
tional center here for the study of better anti-crime meth
ods. According to the plah, it is to be a sort of “West Point”
for peace officers., , _
NEW PIONEERS HOME
IS ACCEPTED BY HOME
COMMISSION FINISHED
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(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Dec. 14—The new three hundred and seven
ty-five thousand dollar Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, was for
mally accepted by the Home Commission from the Warrack
Construction Co., which completed the contract fifty days
ahead of schedule.
Furniture is now being installed and the Pioneers will
probably be located by Christmas, or not later than New
Years in any event.
A government nurse left Hoonah where she has been
for some time, taking care of an epidemic of pneumonia for
Angoon where another epidemic which has been raging, is
now abating.__
STORM BLAMED
FOR 11 DEATHS
THRU THE WEST
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, The
storm which spread over six West
ern States is held responsible for el
even deaths.
Planes are grounded at several
points. Eight of the dead were kill
ed in traffic accidents due to slip
pery streets Southern California,
which was affected, again fears the
coming of floods.
CARD PARTY SATURDAY
The Catholic Ladies will five a
Card Party Saturday, December
15th, at 9 p.m. Refreshments will
be served. St. Joseph’s Hall, Sted
man avenue, place formerly used by
John Lichtenberg after Are.
FOR SALE—New Simmons Studio
Couch at cost, inquire of Mr. Ralph
Reat at Lomen Com’l Co. checkers’
office. 3t.
STEEL SHOWS
SIGNS OF LIFE
MILLS AT WORK
(By The Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, Steel,
the lethargic giant of American in
dustry, today showed signs of new
life, as word came of an increasing
glow from the open hearths of the
finishing mills, that will help light
the candles of many workers’ Christ
mas trees.
Experts said “Almost everyone is
planning a fifteen percent increase
in business over last year. The first
quarter’s operations outside of the
heavy materials, is about thirty-eight
percent of capacity at the present
time, 'v
Board Meets Tonite
The Equalization Board of the
Nome City Council, meets for the
first time this evening, with other
meetings to come next week. The
reading of the Assessment Roll will
take place tonight.
SEIGE LIFTED
ON OFFICIALS „
NOT HARMED
(By The Associated Press)
NANAIMO, Dec. 13 — The group
of upwards of fifty unemployed men
and women who beseiged the govern
ment relief offices since Monday,
keeping two officials inside, dispers
ed this morning when thirty pro
vincial police appeared and ushered
them away from the offices. Officials
J. F. Carigan and J. F. Edge- Parring
ton, were unhurt during the seige.
MAN LOSES HIS
SAVINGS KILLS
POET REVENGE
(By The Associated Press)
! SANTIAGO, Chili, Dec. 14, Jose
Santos Chocaso, considered by some
; critics to be the greatest living poet
| of the Spanish speaking countries,
was stabbed to death in the street,
by a man who claimed that he had
lost his life-savings in Chocaso’s
scheme to seek buried treasure.
LOCAL NEWS
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Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service, returned from his flight
to Fairbanks, this morning He flew
non-stop in three hours and fifty
minutes. A capacity load of express
was carried. There were no passen
gers.
Pilot Frank Whaley of the Roust
Airways, arrived Nome today from
Fairbanks, taking off from that place
this morning. Mrs. Whaley who flew
to Fairbanks with him the other
day, returned with her husband.
Pilot Robbins of the Pacific Al
aska Airways, arrived Nome just af
ter noon today, from Fairbanks, fly
ing the mail. There were no pass
engers to Nome. Miss Davick, gov
ernment nurse will be a passenger
tomorrow to Golovin.
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Pilot Chester Brown of the Nor
thern Air Transport returned this
morning from Candle Deering and
Kotzebue, with passengers and ex
press. It was impossible to ascer
tain the names of the passengers up
to the time of going to press.
The Catholic Ladies are giving one
of a series of contemplated card
parties, tomorrow evening, in the
St. Joseph’s Hall on Stedman Av
enue, the building formerly occu
pied temporarily by the Lichten
berg Hardware Store.
The admission price is fifty cents
for gentlemen and ladies will be ad
mitted free of charge. Plans are be
ing made to have a series of these
card parties, and dates will probab
ly be announced later.
Peter Curran Jr., dog team mail
carrier, is due to leave tomorrow,
the 15th, with mail for Golovin and
Norton Bay points.
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ed to do your Job printing.