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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Vol. 37. No. 178. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Committee Hearings Held Today
New Dealers Jabbing Landon’s Acceptance Speech
LOYALISTS CLAIMED VICTORIES IN SPAIN
LOYALISTS CLAIMED
VICTORIES IN SPAIN
CIVIL WAR GOES ON
Reports Circulated Rebels Surrender
In Some Sections While Loyalists
Make Rapid Gains Quell Revolt
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, July 28—New civil war cannonading
shook the mountain barriers to Madrid as both the
Leftists and Rightists claimed victory. Loyalists as
serted that a daring raid blasted Insurgent ammunition
dumps out of existence. Rebel headquarters, fifty miles
from the capitol, announced the capture of Guadarama,
a mountain village, in bloody fighting with hundreds
dead and wounded.
General Emilio Mola, Fascist Chieftain, predicted
'he would reach the city of Madrid “Thursday or Fri’
day,” and further said that a “strong military dictator
ship” would follow.” His words found no support in
the leftists.
Government leaders claimed that not only would a
successful defense be made of Madrid, but said that
Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo, Altoaoete, Guadalajara, are
under complete Leftist domination and forcast Loyalist
victories at Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Cadiz, Oviedo,
and Zaragoza,
United States Ambassador Bowers, who was mar
ooned at the start of the rebellion in San Sebastian city,
informed the State Department that he had established
a floating Embassy “Aboard the Cutter Cayuga, in or
der to speed the task of evacuating Americans from the
danger zones.
It is reported that Rebel holdouts in Loyala bar
racks near San Sebastian, surrendered unconditionally,
following a long siege. Fascist Insurgents at Iviedo,
are apparently still hanging on to the garrison, but the
government has prepared for a new bombardment.
Trouble Brewing
Maritime Circles
Prompted Action
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 28—Re
ports of trouble brewing in the
Maritime labor situation, prompt
ed Labor Department officials to
prepare to intervene at the first
outbreak.
Edward McGrady, the depart
ment’s trouble shooter, declined
all Labor Day speech offers, for
fear he would be needed in con
nection with the Pacific Coast
wage hour agreements between
the Coast sailors and longshore
men and the employers, which
expire September 29th.
Negotiations for new agree
ments are slated to start thirty
days before the old pacts expire.
Officials feel that negotiations
will probably be complicated by
a war between old line unionists
and Young Left Wingers of the
seamen. The question is wheth
er the old line International Sea
men’s Union or Sailors Union of
the Pacific Coast shall make a
new contract.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 15, Chicago 8 ”
New York 1, Detroit 9
Boston 5, St. Louis 7
Washington and Cleveland rain
NATIONAL
Pittsburg 3, Brooklyn 6
All other games postponed ac-i
count of rain.
COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 5, Seattle 1
Oakland 9-5, Portland 10-10.
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Three Members
Geological Sur.
Crew Burned
(By The Associated press)
HAVRE, Montana, July 28th—1
Three members of the United
States Geological Survey crew I
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were trapped and burned fatally!
Monday night in a forest fire rag
ging on a twenty-five mile front
along Little Rockies Mountain
range southeast of Havre.
The dead are Cameron Baker
of Havre, a member of the North
western University faculty; John
Rowles of Landusky, Montana;
S.R. Brockunion of Lowell Mass.,
a Yale University student.
A check is being made to de
termine whether any other mem
bers of the party are missing.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
So substantial and widely cir
culated a periodical as the Wash
ington Post makes note of the
fact that one of its copies, forty
seven years old, is discovered dur
ing the tearing down of a house
in Virginia. Many details of his
tory are recorded in the news
papers only, and no pieces of
printed matter is more perishable
or disposed of more promptly
than a newspaper. Even the
publisher’s files are likely to be
come junk when publication cea
ses. It is suggested that a govern
ment subsidy insuring the print
ing of at least one copy of each
issue on enduring paper and its
preservation in the federal ar- j
chives, would not amount to a I
misappropriation of public funds.
Alimony collectors, process
servers and men carrying guns in
dark places lie in wait for many j
recipients of the bonus, though
they are no more open to such
inconveniences than any other
eroup similarly funded. Money ;
in the pocket is a good thing, but j
perhaps Shakespeare had just re- j
ceived his bonus when he wrote:
“Roses have thorns, silver foun
tains mud, clouds and eclipses
stain both sun and moon.’”
“A bill divorcing the Federal
Alcohol Administration from the
Treasury Department was signed
yesterday.” That is not the first j
time
been responsible for a trip to,
Reno.
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INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
LISTENS TO W HAT’S WRONG
WITH GOV'T. AID ESKIMOS
The Special Committee on Indian Affairs of the
United States Senate, consisting of Senator Elmer
Thomas, Chairman; Senator Lynn J. Frazer, and Albert
A. Grorud secretary, arrived aboard the Coast Guard
Cutter Chelan this morning early. Also included in
the party are: Senator Henry Shipstead and son Verne
of Minnesota; Dr. Philip S. Smith of the Geological Sur
vey; and Dr. Staub of Minneapolis.
Arrangements were made immediately for holding
public hearings in the City Hall on all matters pertain
ing to the Eskimos and native conditions in this part
of Alaska, together with the investigation into all activ
ities affecting them and their industries.
Hearings commenced at 10 A.M.. today and contin
ued all day.
Senator Thomas explained to those assembled, that
the purpose of the special investigating committee in
coming to Alaska and to Nome, was inquiring into the
conditions of the native peoples, their activities, and
the activities of federal agencies established in connec
tion with the Office of Indian Affairs, with especial in
terest in the reindeer question.
Witnesses called this morning, and who spoke on
various topics concerning the Eskimos included Sullivan
Coan, King Island school teacher under the Office of
Indian Affairs, who is temporarily in charge at Nome
this summer; Mrs. Elnora Benewa, assistant teacher in
the bureau school at Nome; Miss Mildred Keaton, tra
ding nurse under the Office of Indian Affairs. Father
La fortune, Catholic priest, who
discussed the church’s relation to
the Eskimos; John Ronan, Terri
torial Liquor Enforcement Offic
er; Miss Dorothy Russell, Mission
ary for the Methodist church, in
charge of work in Nome, and
Miss Emily Morgan, superinten
dent of the Maynard Columbus
hospital,operated by the Woman’s
Home Missionary Society of the
lVJethodist Church.
Questioning concerning the life
and customs of the Eskimos was
carried out by Senators Thomas
and Frazer of the Committee.
Suggestions, recommendations, &
observations by witnesses were
invited, and many of them had
several important recommenda
tions, the paramount of which,
appeared to be a suggestion that
the federal government establish
a tubercular sanitarium for the
hospitalization of tubercular pa
tients among the Eskimos.
Startling evidence in the form
af testimony by Nurse Keaton
ivas submitted. According to her
abservations & the testimony of
the records, the percentage of
tuberculosis present in one form
ar another among the native pop
ulation of Alaska was: 80 percent
tubercular in Southeastern Alas
ka, Eskimos of northwestern Al
aska 60 per cent, and Indians of
the Yukon River area from 80 to
55 per cent—a startling example
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Meteor From The
North Docked In
Snake Riv. Har.
The M. S. Meteor, coastwise
mail boat, anchored alongside of
the revetment in Snake River
^larbor this morning for the first
time this summer, discharging
freight, mail, etc. The Ford V-8
coupe of Thomas D. Jensen was
loaded on the deck of the vessel
for transportation to St. Michael
and up Yukon River points, to
Flat, where Mr. and Mrs. Jensen
will make their future home.
The vessel is due to sail for St.
Mikes tomorrow.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
It was still raining thruout the
western mountain district of the
Territory this morning. Rela
tively low pressure prevails over
Alaska with high pressure over
the Arctic Ocean and the North
Pacific.
The highest temperature in
Nome yesterday was 57 and the
lowest this morning was 52, and
has been 0.12 inch rainfall dur
ing the pa9t 24 hours.
Demo Campaign
Start Tonight On
Air with Speech
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 28—Demo
cratic National Chairman, James
A. Farley, declared that the dem
ocratic campaign will enter its
fighting phase Tuesday night,
“when six democratic governors
'will go on the air to discuss the
i acceptance speech of Governor
Landon, the republican nominee
for President.
The democratic speakers will be
Governors Theodore Green of
Rhode Island; George H. Earle of
Pennsylvania; Henry Horner of
| Illinois. Each will tell of the
reaction of Landon’s speech, in
I his own State.
12 Navy Planes
Hopped From
Seattle to Sitka
—
1 (By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. July 28th—Twelve
Navy planes of the VP squadron
j nine and twelve, hopped off early
: today from Sand Point for Sitka,
Alaska. Each plane had six men
aboard. The first squadron hop
ped off yesterday.
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Thos. I). Jensen
Wife, Leaving
For Flat Alaska
Thos. D. Jensen, for many
years associated with mining and
who held several federal ap
pointments in Nome in the past,
declared today he was leaving
Nome tomorrow, accompanied by
Mrs. Jensen, by plane for Flat,
where he will become associated
with Harry Donnelly in the bank
ing and mercantile business of
that Alaskan town.
Mr. Jensen recently withdrew
his candidacy on the Republican
Ticket for representative to the
Alaska Legislature. How'ever,
he said, that did not mean that
he would always be away from
the Republican party, as he was
just as ardent a Republican as
ever.
He stated he intended retain
ing his numerous property hold
ings in Nome, and hoped to see
his Nome friends again at a lat
er date.
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