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VOL. 38. No. 18 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
Opening Way to Strike Settlement
80,000 HOMELESS RESULT RECORD FLOODS
Ohio River on Rampage Threatening Destruction
DANGER WHOLE CITIES
BEING FLOODED
IN STATES
XBy The Associated Press)
UNDATED. Jan. 22, — The
rampaging Ohio river threatened
to engulf whole cities and vill_
ages, beating back lowland de
fenders along a thousand miles
of the nation’s most critical flood
front and ripping a half mile gap
in earthen levees at Portsmouth
Ohio,' filling one section of the
city with water to a depth of
seven feet, while a third of the
city’s forty three thousand resi.
dents fled to the hilltops.
Previously the city officials
purposely flooded the business
and industrial districts to save
a million dollar sea wall. Water
went over the sixty foot flood
wall p-o’.ecting the south side of
the c:ty for the first time in 24
years.
With more than fifty thousand
in all. driven from their homes
along the Ohio river, another
fifteen thousand are homeless in
Indiana, and others in West Vir.
ginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
North Carolina, Illinois, Ken
tucky, brought the list of refug
ees to an estimated national to.
tal of eighty thousand, while the
number of known flood deaths
was listed at 9.
Ten thousand persons were
driven from their homes, with a
million dollars loss at Cincinnati.
At Pittsburgh water reached a
a level of twenty seven and a
half feet, two and a half feet
over the flood stage, at the con_
fluence of the Alleghany and Mon
ongahela rivers.
Governor Earle ordered state
officials to prepare for an almost
certain emergency.
2 Quadruplets
New Born, Die
In Auto Crash
(Hv The Associated Pres^-'
MONTREAL, Jan. 22. — Two
of the quadruplets born yester
day to Mrs. Archade Rondeau,
aged 40, a farm.wife of St. Thom
as, Quebec, who were being rush
ed here in a forty mile dash over
icy roads, died when the ambul_
ance crashed into a snowplow.
..
LOST—Between Cwey’s Bak_
ery and Swanberg’s residence, a
lady’s large brown purse, con
taining $45.45. Reward of $10.4».
Finder please return to Mrs. Nels
Swan berg Sr., or to Nugget office.
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New And Old Bills
Introduced Juneau
(Bv The Associated Press'!
JUNEAU, Jan. 22, — Old fav.
orites and new proposals made
their appearance in the House
yesterday. Rep. Smith of Nome
introduced a memorial calling
for a Territorial Legislature of
one house, to be known as the
Senate and to consist of twenty
four members—six from each
division—to serve four years.
The same proposal was up last
year but failed to win support.
MoCutcheon introduced a mem
orial asking congress to elimin.
ate from the Jones Act, a clause
excluding the Territory, in order
that Alaskans could get freight
via Canadian systems, whicli
would aid in situations like the
present mariitme strike.
The elimination of fish traps,
both floating and standing was
contained in a memorial by Rep
presentative Coffee, which would
afford more men employment in
the fish industry.
,A bill by Rep. Anderson would
refer to the people in the next
election the question of whether
they want territorial liquor stor
es.
Hitting at depredations com.
mitted in buildings, a measure
was incorporated in the Davis
bill to appropriate five thousand
dollars into a fund from which
two hundred dollars would be
paid for rewards for information
which would lead to convictions.
(Continued on Fife Four)
r $1,000,000 FIRE DESTROYS COTTON SEED i
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Flames of unknown origin destroyed or damaged beyond use 17,000 tons of cotton seed stored In a bbOfoot
shod at Los Angslss at a loss estimated by R. F. Ingold, president of a cotton oil company, at $1,000,000.
Firsmen are shown as they battled the smouldering blaze. (Associated Press Photo)
10,000
HOMELESS
CINCINNATI
(By The Associated Press)
CINCINNATI, Jan. 22, —The
Ohio R.ver reached a level of
seventy feet, the highest on re
cord, as Meteorologist W. C. Dev.
eraux predicted “the greatest
flood on record” here and at oth.
er lower river points.
He predicted a crest of be
tween seventy one and seventy
two feet here tonight or tomor.
row.
The highest previously was six
ty nine point nine feet in 1930.
This city of three quarters of
a million people faced the pos.
oibility of curtailed, if not dis
continued electric service. Street
car transportation has already
been curtailed due to intenrup.
tions in the power service.
The forecast was for colder
weather tonight and continued
cold rains, probably sleet and
snow, temperature 20 degrees.
Striking Seamen
Opening Way for
Early Settlement
(By The Associated Pr*?ss;
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, — Strik.
ing seamen of New York opened
the way today for a termination
of the East and Gulf Coast mani
time walkout.
Strikers are all affected at
eastern and gulf ports, and also
the maritime unions on the West
Coast were asked to ratify a re
solution adopted by twenty two
hundred seamen last night calling
workers back to their posts.
Final action on the proposal,
leaders said, would possibly come
at a meeting Sunday night when
ratification reports will be com.
piled.
The resolution said the action
.vas taken “in order to maintain
aur present gains, and gain addi.
tional strength.”
ATTENTION
ODD FELLOWS—REBEKAUS
All Odd Fellows, their families
ind lady friends, and Rebckahs
mil their families are invited to
ittend Joint Installation of Of.
leers. Friday, January 22, at 9
P.M. Business meet'ng at 8 P.M.
COMMITTEE. I
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LITA CHAPLIN REMARRIES
Llta Grey Chaplin, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, and Henry Aguirre,
Jr., 26-year-old actor, are pictured at their Hollywood home when they
announced they were married in September but had kept it a secret
because she had been in ill health. (Associated Press Photo)
Electrocuted For
Murders
i
llr Associated Press,
OSSINING, N. Y„ Jan. 22, —
John Fiorenza, aged 25, an uphol
ster r's asssitant, was electrocuted
this morning for the bathtub mur
der of Mrs. Nancy Titterton at
her home last Good Friday.
A negro and two other white
J men were also electrocuted today
I following their convictions for
[ other murders.
Stalemate in Strike
< Rv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22,
—A new stalemate in government
attempts to negotiate a settlement
for the widespread General Mot
ors strike, made presidential in_
tervention appear inevitable.
Both Alfred Sloan, company
president and John L. Lewis,
bor chieftain indicated their be
liefs that this was the next logi„
cal step. •
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ASTOR KIN DIE? in ™ l JNGE
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Oav:d Brooks, nephew of Lady Astor and son ln-law of James Moffett,
vice-pres'dent of Standard Oil of New Jersey, was killed- when he fell
from a window of his fourteenth floor Park avenue apartment at New
York. He Is shown with his wife after their wedding In July. (Asso
ciated Press Photo) j