Editorial
Memories Remain Plain
Observance of Memorial
Day Throughout Nation
Today is the day when the Un
ited States of America commem
orates its war dead. Congress
declared it a legal holiday many
years ago, and since that time,
when May 30th rolls around, pa
triotic organizations the nation
over have assembled their mem
bers, augmented their plans with
other orders and proceeded to
carry out services over America’s
war dead.
Parades have been held, com
memoration services taken part
in, and ftow'ers and wreaths laid
on the graves of many of the
soldier dead of the nation.
Nome is no different than any
other city throughout the nation.
The American Legion Post No. 9
here, has in the past always con
ducted Memorial Day Services,
which the public attended. Since
the fire this organization has
been, like others, greatly retard
ed, and at present is unable to
sponsor the usual services.
However, flowers were laid on
many graves in the Belmont Pt.
cemetery today, perhaps slight in
number but magnificient in spirit
and feeling, by the Women’s Aux
iliary of the Loyal Order of
Moose.
federal offices in the city com
memorated the Day closing their
doors. The U. S. Signal Corps is
observing only holiday hours,
city offices have been closed, and
some business institutions have
oberved the day.
The Nome Daily Nugget is
publishing in abbreaveated form
today due to the fact that the
Signal Corps Statios is pbserving
the holiday ' and no more news
telegrams can be received before
late this evening. All advertis
ing matter except the Dream
Theatre was dispensed with in
this issue and we are only print
ing news which is at hand, thus
allowing the Nugget staff a part
of the day off and giving our sub
scribers an early issue.
We have one duty of which
there is no compromise—no less
ening of appreciation and thank
fulness—a duty which we can all
understand, when we say that to
those who died in the service >f
their country both in wartime
and peace, no greater honor can
come than to have those remain
ing, and in whose behalf they
died, commemorate their mem
ories and decorate their graves in
the spirit of all Christianity. Bit- j
ter feelings, hatred of the enemy
and warlike spirits should be
placed aside for a greater cause.
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told that the extracting of glands
from criminals may end crime.
Well, execution is a handy met
hod of extracting the criminal
from the gland.
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VOL. 37. No. 128. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday. MAY 30. 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Northwest Working Alaska Fields
SHORTEST ROUTE ORIENT IS VIA ALASKA
AVIATION COUNCIL
ADJOURNED AFTER
GOING ON RECORD
Aviation Development Group Paeific
Northwest Working Hard Reelify
Deft •uselessness of The Territory
(By The Associated Press')
SPOKANE, Wn, May 30—The First Northwest
Aviationing Planning Council, hailed its conference as
valuable to regional flying development, and planned a i
permanent organization, with its second annual meet
ing to take place at Portland, Oregon next year.
The Council adjourned after adopting resolutions
calling for the extensive development of Alaskan fly
ing, greatly increased defensive air bases in Alaska
and the Northwest, a proposal that the states set aside
land adjacent to main highways at intervals of fifty ,
miles to create emergency landing fields.
Brigadier General H. H. Arnold, Assistant Chief
of the U. S. Air Force called Alaska the “Key to North
west deftfn&e;’'' -*•'—•**
He said: “A strong force could seize and occupy
Alaska, at the present time and remain practically im
pregnable.”
The Council recorded “indignation at the defense
lessness of the North Pacific and coastal territory”. The
Navy Department was called upon to recognize the
weakness, and locate naval seaplane bases. Raymond
Staub of Portland was authorized to appoint a com
mittee of five to act on the permanent steering of the
group and the council.
Queen Mary Is
On Maiden Trip
England to U. S.
(By Tnc Associated Press)
ABOARD QUEEN MARY, En
route to New York, May 30, —
The Queen Mary, Britain’s bid
for the speed crown of the Atlan
tic, broke the one day run record
of the Normandie, of the French
Line, by travelling 766 miles for
25 hours, (the extra hour due to
the change of time in traveling
West), as against the Norman
die’s 748 mile record.
The two vessels passed out of
sight of each other today, but
exchanged messages by wireless.
Income Surtax
Be Boosted In
Some Brackets
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 30,
—Individual income surtaxes are
to be boosted one percent in each
bracket between the six and
fifty thousand dollars.
The lowest bracket of from
four to six thousand dollars will
not be affected.
The committee rejected thir
teen to five a final attempt of ad
ministration forces to put over
higher graduated levies, on un
distributed corporate earnings,
as wanted by President Roose
velt. The measure will come on
to the floor of the senate next
week.
Little-clad Body
Woman Found In
Water Murdered
(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, B. C„ May 30,
—The little-clad body of Mrs.
Holger Sundstrom, who disap
peared Monday night from the
steamer Cardena, bound for Rock
Bay, Vancouver Island, was found
on the beach of Texada Island,
in the Strait of Georgia, with
marks of violence upon her. Her
throat displayed several bruises.
The Lomen Commercial Com
pany yesterday launched two
lighters and one tug boat—the
Naguruk, formerly of ttie Nohal-,
ico, and now named the Helen
Lee.
It was announced that the bal
ance of their .lighterage equip
ment.that necessary for the work
ing of the first boats upon their j
arrival here, will probably be
launched the fore-part of next
week.
Federated Church
.. Norman McCay, Pastor...
11 A. M.Sunday School.
7:40 P. M.Evening Worship
Sermon Message: “Shall We
Teach Religion in Schools?”
Friday, June 5th at 2 p.m., Mrs
Charles Code is hostess to the
Ladies Aid. All women interest
ed in the work of this church are
most qordially invited.
FOR SALE—Furnished 4 room
house and lot. Inquire F. R. Ham
ilton. WedJMLWed
Mayor McNair Of
Pittsburgh Is Out
Zioncheck Called
(By The Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, May 30, — May
or William McNair was strangely
absent yesterday while his guest
Marion Zioncheck, who has pro
posed him for president, cut cap
ers in his executive offices in the
city hall, and spoke to members
of the Mayor’s Henry George
Club.
McNair’s associates said he
rarely failed to visit the weekly
meeting of the club. He showed
up after Zioncheck had started
on his return trip to Washing
ton, D. C., saying that he had
been tied up in court: “I’m sor
ry I should like to have met
him.”
At Washington, D. C., Mrs.'
Benjamin Scott Young, manager
of the Huddlcson Apartments,
said she had re.ently dispossess
ed them. She \ alked into their
apartment anc stayed there
while Mrs. Zior heck, the bride,
wept.
,... — *
Peace-time Defense
Bill Was Passed
By House
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 30,
-Congressional action was com
pleted on the record peace-time
national defense budget of ap
proximately a billion dollars,
when the House approved the
conference report on the large
$526,546,532 naval appropriation
bill and sent it to the White
House.
Primary Vote Is
Complete in The
First Division
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, May 30—With returns
from the recent primary in Yak
utat precinct received in Juneau
figures on the balloting April 28
in the First Division are now com
plete, the results are as follows;
For Territorial Auditor—Frank
A. Boyle, incumbent, 1,708 votes.
J. S. Hofman, 454.
Four Legislative Candidates
, The four Democrats who recei
ved nominations for the 4 First
Division seats in the Territorial
House of Representatves and who
will run against four Republicans
in the election September 8 are:
Joe Green, J. P. Anderson,
Capt. James Davis, and Crystal
Snow Jennie.
Republican Primary Results
The results of the Republican
primary in the First Division
show:
For Territorial Auditor—Cash
Cole 736 votes, C. H. MacSpad
den 6,394.
The four Republicans who were
nominated for the four First Di
vision seats in the Territorial
House of Representatives are:
Hanford Henning, Frank Price,
Harry Race and Jack Wilson.
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Two More Acts
Violence China
Strain Feelings
(Bv The Associated Press') i
TIENTSIN, May 30, — Two
acts of violence today further
embittered Sino-Japanese rela
tions.
A bridge between Tangku and
Tientsin was destroyed and an
attempt made to wreck a Japan
ese troop train, but fortunately
there were no casualties.
The Chinese authorities said
they feared the Japanese might !
construe the acts as their action,
and in reply sending more troops. !
The city is extremely nervous.!
Eight hundred American sold-!
iers are station at the large Am- i
erican colony here.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
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A deep centered storm area j
continues near Dutch Harbor, Al-1
aska. on the Aleutians, and is at- j
.• r by., rainj * sjsT *
weather. Showery weather oc-1
curred over Seward Peninsula!
while generally cloudy weather ,
prevails in the central Yukon
district. A heavy rain of one.
inch and thirty hundredths was1
reported from Cordova last night.
Generally fair weather prevails
in southeastern Alaska and west
ern Canada. It is quite likely j
unsettled weather will continue]
over the western section of the
Norn e-Fairbanks airway for the
next 24 hours.
Airplane News j
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service took off today for
Fairbanks with Mrs. Wm. H.
Bloom and child, and Wm. A.
Hesse, Territorial Highway En
gineer, as passengers. Mr. Hes
se is returning, enroute to his
office at Juneau after making ob
servations of territorial road pro
jects in the Second Division, hav
mg made an aerial survey follow
ing his arrival here last Wednes
day.
Pilot Frank Whaley of the
Nome Airways returned to Nome
this morning from Solomon,
where lie flew to yesterday.
Pilot Hall of the Mirow Air
Service arrived Nome about ele
ven thirty last night from Fair
banks with C. J. Newlin, mana
ger of the Cooperative drug store
at Fairbanks who came to Nome
in connection with business re
lations here, and a Mr. O’Leary
as passenger.
Pilot Hall left again today for
Kotzebue with Warren Ferguson,
a Mr. Long, and Mr. Newlin,
from which point he will fly to
Fairbanks.
A telegram from Glendale,
California, this morning to Mrs.
Chester Brown, stated that her
husband Chester Brown, Nome
aviator, had purchased a tri
motored Ford Plane and expects
to fly it into Nome. He stated
he was flying in company with
Hank Miller, mechanic, from
Glendale today enroute to San
Francisco.
URGE SUPPORT OF
3 MILLION DOLLAR
BILL PLANE FIELDS
Committee Reports Northern \ir Route
Asia Thousand Miles Shorter Than
Other Possible Route Could Re
(By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Washington. May 30. — A northern
air route to the Orient, a thousand miles shorter than
any other possible route, Was desm i ed bed'. >re the Nor
thwest Planning Council, by the Committee on Avia
tion Development.
The route would be a continuous chain of landing
fields out through the Aleutians, makim air operation
to Japan, China and Siberia, said the .nimittee, feas
ible, was the report to the policy pi mnmg commission
which will make definite recommendations to the Coun
cil.
The Committee declined to take am stand on the
issue whether the seaCoast or inland route to Alaska
^ouid he best./-Tfc* ewv**# .y, . i^uLi con.. . m.
eentrated action of congressmen of ihe nortlfWiP^'t town
organizations in support of the .S2.!)oo.n<)0 approprl *
tion now before congress for the development of 1),
Alaska airports._
22 Year Old Girl
Sentenced to 20
Years Forgery
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 30, — Mrs.
Ventres Porter Vincent, aged 22.
former University . of Missouri
eo-ed, was sentenced to serve
twenty years, the maximum time,:
in the state penitentiary, after
pleading guilty to issuing seven
teen worthless checks. She was
married to a naval seaman while
in jail.
Memorial Day Is
Being Observed
Thruout Nation
(By The Associated Press) \
UNDATED, May 30, _ The
death-thinned ranks of the Grand
Army of the Republic this mom-1
ing brushed off their fading suits
of blue, and world war veterans
gave dubious appraisal to their
outgrown uniforms, as the nation
prepared to pay homage to its
war dead.
From coast to coast plans in
clude parades and other exer
cises. Only 4,500 Civil War vet
erans are still living National
Commander Oley Nelson said »t
Des Moines, Iowa today.
President Roosevelt will attend
exercises in the amphitheatre at
Arlington National Cemetery.
Today, Memorial Day, is a leg
al holiday everywhere, except in
eight states of the old confeder
acy.
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Might lie Unable
Try Townsend
Until This l all
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 30, —
Speaker Byrns sent the House’s
eont.rnpt citation of Dr. Town
send and h tv i aides to United
State.- Attorney Leslie Garnett,
who said he believed he could
obtain indictments in about a
week, but that he was doubtful
if a trial could be had before
fall. The citation bore the sig
nntim- of Speaker of the House
and House Clerk Trimble.
Baseball Scores
(By The A: ociated Press)
COAST LEAGUE
San F: tiu'bvn 12 San Diego 0
Los Angeles 3 Missions 4
Sacramento 3 Portland 4
Oakland i Seattle 9
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia 10
Boston 0 New York 15
Cincinnati 1 Chicago 8
Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 3 Detroit 4 — Only
games in American League.
McMullen Taken
Seattle Improved
(By The Associated Press)
BELLINGHAM, May 30, —
Edward McMullen, who is gain
ing strength rapidly, was moved
by ambulance to Seattle. Marsh
al Chitty said that he would ask
that one hundred thousand dol
lar* bond be set.