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VOL. 38. No. 108 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1937 - Per Copy lOcts
President Renominated Gov. Troy
OPERATE REINDEER FOR BENEFIT ESKIMOS
Want German Troops and Planes Out Of Spain
Senator Wheeler
Threatens Fili
Buster Session
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10
—Senator Wheeler, leader of of
opponents said, if the proponents
if the Roosevelt Court Bill try
to compromise on two justices,
•he opponents will filibuster all
summer. Chairman Ashurst of
he Senate Judicial Committee,
*aid, the filibuster will unprevent
the vote in any case.
No Money To
Repair Broken
Alaska Cable
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 10—Because of
insufficient funds, the broken un
dersea cables of the Alaska Com
munications system will not be
repaired immediately, Col. Kum
pe announced. The cable is brok
en between Seattle and Ketchi
kan. and between Ketchikan and
Sward. The cable ship Dellwood
has been sold to the Alaska S. S.
Company, hence is unavailable
for the repair work.
Airplane News
Nome Airport
Pilot Cross of the Wien Alaska
Airlines, flying the Fairchild 71,
hopped off Sunday at 2 P.M. for,
Wainwright via Kotzebue with
Jim Allen, Joe Lilly and local;
agent Tom Givan, as passengers, j
Pilot Sig. Wien of the WAA,
flew the Cessna plane, Sunday af
ternoon to Kotzebue with Messrs.,
Hirst and Beatty as passengers, i
Mr. Beatty is Director at Educa- j
tion for the Indian Service with'
headquarters at Washington, D.
C. Mr. Hirst is Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs for Al
aska, with headquarters at Jun
eau,
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The PAA Pilgrim plane, pioted
by Ai Munson, arrived Nome one
P.M. today from Fairbanks with
(express and the following pas-,
' sengers:
Mr. Nolte
Mr. Cox
Mr. Pederafini
B. Alvenslaben
M. Condell
Pilot Monson after a short stop
! returned to Fairbanks, picking up
a sickman at Ruby for hospital
ization at Fairbanks.
Pilot-Manager Hans Mirrow of
the MAS arrived at noon today
SHOT SHIELDING MOTHER
Lee Dixon, 15, was one of nine persons wounded when gunfire burst
from the Galena, Kas., headquarters of a C. 1. O. affiliated miners
union. The boy, shown with his mother, Mrs. Ola Dixon, was
m shielding her when he was shot. (Associated Press Photo)
BUI To Provide
Gov't Operation
Alaska Reindeer
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 10
—The Senate passed and sent to
the House a bill to provide for
the operation of the Alaska Rain
deer industry by the government
for the benefit of the Eskimos.
Senator Thomas who presented
the bill said, the industry is the
only means of livelihood of the
Eskimo, which the white inhab
itants were gradually taking ov
er. The bill provides for the
purchasing of all privately owned
animals.
with express, 82 pounds of first
class mail and the following pas
sengers:
Gust Detroach
Ted Hellene
Binks Seiffert
Larry Galvin
Pilot Don Emmons of the MAS
flew the Bach plane to Fairbanks
Sunday with Dick Robinson as a
passenger for Haycock. Pilot
Emmons in attempting to leave
Fairbanks field this morning.
Nomeward bound, struck a ditch,
resulting in minor injuries to the
plane. His passengers were brot
over by Pilot Mirow in the Lock
heed plane.
JUNIOR CLASS BANQUETS
SENIORS NOME HIGH
The annual banquet given by
the Nome High School Junior
Class to the outgoing Seniors was
held in the High School Assem
bly room Saturday evening at 7
o’clock. The gustatory repast was
prepared in splendid fashion by
Mrs. W. H. Rowe. Added em
bellishments in the form of table
decorations lent color to the fes
tive scene.
Those present in addition to the
Senior Junior classes were: Mem
bers of the Nome School Board
and the Nome High school facul
ty.
Eddie Shedley presided as toast
master, calling upon the follow
ing speakers: Charles Lewis, pres
ident of the Junior Class; Norvin
W. Lewis Jr., president of the
Senior Class; Mr. Rydeen, presi
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Baseball Scores
(Tv The Associated Pressi
Saturday Games
American League
Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 1
Washington 8 Detroit 3
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 7 San Francisco 0
Sacramento 5 Oakland 3
Missions 4 Los Angeles 7
Portland 7 Seattle 0
Sunday Games
American League
Boston 1 Cleveland 3
Washington 7 St. Louis 1
New York 1 Chicago 2
Philadelphia 9 Detroit 8
National League
St. Louis 7 Brooklyn 1
Chicago 1 New York 4
Cincinnati 21 Philadelphia 10
Pittsburg 6 Boston 3
j Coast League
Missions 1-4 Los Angeles 21-2
San Diego 6-2 Frisco 12-8
Seattle 1-4 Portland 4-5
Sacramento 2-3 Oakland 7-1
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dent of tlie Nome School Board;
Mr. Pool, school superintendent
and Mias Marguerite Lee, Miss
Alaska.
At the conclusion of the gastro
nomies! and oratorical session,
movies were shown on the audi
torium screen. Dancing in the
assembly room followed until
11:30 P.M.
All present acclaimed the party
most enjoyable, and the Juniors
are looking forward to next year
when they will be the guests and
not the hosts.
Was One Of
Fastest Races Run
Kentucky Derby
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(By The Associated Press)
CHURCHHILL DOWNS, Louis
ville, May 8th—War Admiral, a
chip ofT of the old throughbred
block, ran one of the biggest of
all Kentucky derby fields dizzy,
this afternoon; was second fastest.
War Admiral led from the start
and in the finish beat Pompoon
by two lengths, reaping a reward
of ten lengths. The derby was
attended by sixty-three thousand
people. The winner was a favor
ite 5 to 2 and was ridden by
Charley Kurtsinger, stepping a
mile and a quarter in two min
utes three and one fifths seconds.
The record is held by "Twenty
Grand" in two minutes one and
four fifths second, in 1991
Failed To Gel
Any Evidence
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Of Sabotage
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9—
I Chairman C peland announced
that the Senate Commerce Com
mittee investigator, who was sent
[to the scene of the Hindenburg
disaster, failed to get any evid
ence of sabotage
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TO RETURN TO PRISON
When Cecil Miracle, 35, was apprehended alter escapes troni
three prisons his wife, with whom he began a “new life, pledged
herself to wait for him until he served out the sentences. They are
shown here together in Pineville, Ky. (Associated Press I hoto)
John Troy Is
Reappointed As
Governor Alaska
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May id
—An Associated Press dispatch
receveid this afternoon announce!
the re-appointment of John W
Troy as Governor of Alaska for
the next four year term.
Governor Troy has been Alas
ka's Governor for the past four
years, during which period he
has rendered splendid service to
the people of the territory.
Governor Troy is a Sourdough
of '98. a veteran Alaska news
paperman, and for many years
was the owner and ip^lieher of
the Juneau Empire.
Governor Troy’s long residence
in Alaska, his thorough know
ledge of the needs and require
ments of the Territory, and his.
pleasant and sympathetic person
ality eminently equip him to
head the Territorial government
for the next f<>u: vear period.
Basque Gov't
Establishes A
Defense Council
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(Bv The Associated Press)
BILBAO. Spain, May 10—The
! Basque government stripped of
’ the power of military command,
! established a Defense Council to
! conduct war against the encroach,
ing ring of Insurgent armies. The
; Council as organized is similar t >
the Madrid government
A total of five thousand women
'and children were evacuated
' from the war zone and another
I two- thousand today, as evaeuu
! tion gains momentum
Basque forces dug new trench*;1
; and stiffened their defenses,while
government battalions blocked
’ Insurgent attackers northeast of
the capital
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Parade In Front
German Embassy
Washinjjton’D.C.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 9—About
thirty men and women paraded
in from of the German Embassy
here, calling for “withdrawal of
all German troops and plane*
from Spain.” Police took no ac
tion other than to keep pickets
t
on the move.
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