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VOL. 37. No. 10. NOME, ALASKA, Monday, JAN. 13th, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Entire Crew Of 34 Are Dro
RAINS DELAY ITALIAN PROGRESS ETHIOPIA
U. S. Aircraft Carrier And Planes To Visit Alaska
STEAMSHIP IOWA GROUNDS
ENTIRE CREW 34 DROWNED
BODIES BEING RECOVERED
Ship Pounded To Pieces On
Spit Entrance Columbia
Ilivcr in Hurricane
Efforts Help Fail
(By The Associated Press)
Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 13,
—The freighter Iowa of
the States Steamship Com
pany was smashed to pieces
on the sands of Peacock
Spit, in a southeastern hur
ricane, sun-.lay morning.
Commander R. Stanley
Patch, Coast Guard Cutter
Onondaga said that it seem
ed conclusive that every
member of the crew of thir
ty-four had been drowned.
A number of bodies were
washed ashore.
The Iowa was outbound
from the Columbia River
for the East Coast with a
general cargo when she was
hit by heavy seas about 4
A. M. Sunday and swept
ashore. The wireless fad
ed even as the distress sig
nal was being sent out.
Only the top mast re
mained visibile as darkness
fell over the scene.
The Iowa was in com
mand of Captain Edgar L.
Yates, veteran skipper of
the States Lines. Although
this was the first trip out
of the Iowa, so high were
the seas that coast guard
life boats could approach
no nearer than a mile. The
Onondaga herself took a
bitter beating in the storm.
One of her small boats was
crushed and considerable
gear swept away. It was
considered doubtful if she
could have saved any liv
es even if she had been ab
le to approach, as the only
life seen aboard were three
men clinging to the rigging
at dawn, 6ut‘ail were soon
washed a way.
As life boats entered the
Columbia River with recov
ered bodies, the steam
schooner Siskiyou limped
into port with a big hole in
her side, and the hold full
of water. She had narrow
ly escaped the fate of the
Iowa.
Astoria, Jan. 13, — The
coast guard continued its
search for the bodies of 34
victims of the steamer Io
wa disaster. Only six bod
ies have so far been recov
ered. The entire crew per
ished.
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VICTOR MICKELSON OF NOME
IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Jan. 13, —Vict
or E. Mickelson, 31, was
killed, and Arne S. Ulrick
son and Mrs. Alice Mickel
son, wife of the deceased,
were injured, when the car
in which they were riding,
careened over a 29-foot em
bankment and landed up
side down on the road be
low, last night.
Arne Ullrickson was the
driver at the time the acci
dent occurred. The party
I was returning from the
wedding of Lawrence Mead
of Nome to Miss Margaret
Anderson of Seattle.
Mickelson was employ
ed for the past three years
by the Hammon Consoli
dated Gold Fields at Nome,
and has been living here
for the past two months.
He is survived by a broth
er Carl Mickelson, who is
.employed at present by the
Hammon Company.
The deceased was well
known in Nome, as is also
Mrs. Mickelson, and his
brother Carl. No funer
al arrangements have been
announced.
Arne Ullrickson. the driv
er, who was injured is also
known in Nome, and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ul
rickson. 1
Heavy Rains Arc
Hindering Italy’s ]
c1 J
Forces Advance]
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Jan. 13, — The
Fascist invaders’ campaigns
were hampered by weath
er oppositions on the two
main frontiers, but they
were reported pushing aer
ial attacks on southwestern
river valley settlements.
A neutral observer said
that air squadron bombs
courses were set between
Shibeli and Ganale Doria
for two hours daily.
Troop movements in the
North were hindered by
driving rains, early for this i
season, which are turning]
the Italian constructed i
roads into mud holes or
washing them away.
Lack of water and terrific
heat on the desert, in the
south, together with malar
ial fevers, also complicated
the invaders’ drive.
Warships Leave
Four British ships steam
ed southward today from
Portsmou.h, enroute to
Mediterranean posts being
vacated by four others.
Thirty-five hundred more
troops embarked today in
two steamers from Naples
for Africa. The crash of an
Italian bomber on the hill
side near Asmara took the
lives of three Italian sol
diers, Sunday.
SEASON ON BEAVER
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Jan. 13, — As a
result of field investigations
and also on the request of
many petitions, the Alaska
Game Commission announ
ced an open season on beav
er in Bristol Bay, the Kusk
okwim and lower Yukon, al
so on the Tanana river
drainages for the spring of
1936. The bag limit is ten
beaver per trapper. About
20,000 skins are expected
to be taken during the sea
son.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
The Republican Club will
meet in the City Hall, 8 pm
Wednesday, January 15th, i
1936... Election of officers
and other business of im
portance. All Republicans
invited.
LEROY, M. SULLIVAN,
4t President.
Buried Alive t:i
Snow Ava!ane!*,e
\t int. »akev
(By The Associated Press)
Bellingham. Jan. 13, —
Arthur Branlund was bur
ied alive in an avalanche on
the slope of Mount Baker,
above the Mount Baker
Lodge, Sunday. His body
was recovered four hours
later by his companions,
Francis Braves and Barlow
Henderson, who were luck
ily swept down the slope,
and escaped serious injury.
The three men were go
ing to the top of the ski
slide in place of using the
escalator invented by Bran
lund to take skiers to the
top of the slope, when the
slide occurred.
All were of Bellingham.
The deceased was forty-five
years old, and is survived
by a widow and two daugh
ters.
Telegraphic Ilriefs
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Jan. 13, —James
S. Truitt filed his candidacy
for reelection on the demo
cratic ticket for Attorney
General. His only oppon
ent so far, is Harry G. Mc
Cain of Ketchikan on the
republican ticket.
London, Jan. 13, —Rud
yard Kipling, Britain’s fam
ous bard, who became ser
iously ill Saturday, under
went an emergency opera
tion at a London hospital
late Sunday for gastric dis
orders. His condition was
reported satisfactory this
morning.
Fairbanks, Jan. 11, — A
special search committee,
headed by Mayor E. B. Coll
ins, today posted a $1,000.00
reward to be paid to anyone
who finds Pilot Arthur Hin
es and his three passengers,
missing since last August
19th.
The plane disappeared on
a flight from Dawson to
Fairbanks. The passengers
were Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Lonz, and Alton Nordale,
all of Fairbanks.
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Latest l . S. Carrier Se Convoyed *5> 2
(By The Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Jan. 13, —
The development of war
time flying doctrines, for
complete opposites in cli
matic weather conditions,
will be the missions of two
U. S. Navy aviation exped
itions leaving San Diego
this week.
Ranger to Alaska
Monday, the Navy’s new
aircraft carrier Ranger, in
command of Captain Arth
ur Bristol, will sail for the
Aleutian Island area to
conduct epochal cold weath
er flight operations.
Thursday, Rear-Admiral
Frederick J. Horne will
take a base force patrol
wing and tender, the flag
ship Wright, to Panama
from where he will dire't
Army Engineers
Recommend Har
bor Sunis Terr.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 13, —
Harbor improvements re
commended by Army En
gineers for the fiscal year
1937 included:
Dry Pass $79,000 to deep
en and widen ichannels;
Wrangell harbor $56,000 to
complete dredging; Stikine
river $000 for snag remov
al; Petersburgh $94,000 for
improvement of harbor and
to construct small boat bas
n; Cordova harbor $180,030
to construct a breakwater:
Seward $70,000 to construct
a norih breakwater; Kod
iak $77,000 to complete a
channel; Egegik River $5,
000 removal of boulders;
Nome $35,000 improving of
turning basin, repair to jet
ties and revetments; Lowell
Creek $10,000 flood control
repair of flume for salmon,
and $800 for dike repairs.
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vance for your subscription
a massed flight next month
of thirty-six giant trans-oc
eanic flying boats on an
“advance base” circumnav
igation of the Caribbean
Sea.
CoM Weather Flying
The Ranger expedition
will mark the first time
that an American aircraft
carrier and her planes will
have operated under sub
Arctic condi ions.
From lessons learned
thereby, the Navy hopes to
fay the foundations of de
finite cold weather flight
operating doc rines, inciud
ing the surmounting of
such obstacles as starting
motors in low temperatur
es, formation of ice on the
planes, and air navigation
in the thick weather pecu
liar to the Aleutian Islands.
The comfort of the flight
personnel in cold weather
is also to be investigated.
Tire Ranger will be ac
> ng n A by i: e destroy
. : s ; e , ncl Fop r, which
. . e sche. a. e .0 ".op at the
ng" Sound F vy Yard
Friday for extra, s ares and
equipment, and hen sail
the following day for the
Gulf of Alaska, returning to
San Diego about F bruarv
21st.
The definite mission of
the carrier's trip is consid
ered confidential by the
Navy Depar men . The pre
sent plans for he cruise
only allow about twenty
days for exercises along the
coast of Alaska so it is no:
likely that any extended
stops are contemplated at
any par s except when re
quired for refueling or wat
ering.
The full flying comple
ment of the Ranger con
sists of lour squadrons of
eighteen planes each, or
seventy-two in all; but is
understood that this full
complement will not be car
t ied on the trip to Alaska.
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