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VOL. 38 No. 80 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, APRIL 7, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
Chrysler Sit-Down Strike Is Ended
NAVY PLANES CRASHED 1n~MANEUVERS
Further Conference Settlement Details On April 8
gQCTUMrr) FOR MIW.RS
,.on or being a "tough to.vn’’ but the miners even then demanded
L , . > ;e ks and this huge me3t chopper came in handy. The device, all iron, weighs 222 pounds
and. to add weight, has a five-pound iron ball on top. It has five blades and Irene Hood (left) and Mable
Smith show how it was “rocked" across a piece of meat so it would be more tender when cooked. (Asso
ciated Press Photo)
FERGUSON BROS. RECEIVED
PERMISSION HUNT WOLVES
FROM AIRPLANE IN NORTH
_
Proving that hunting wolves
front an airplane in flight, and
whatsmore, killing them with re
markable efficiency, Warren Fer
guson member of the firm of
Ferguson Bros, who operate trad
ing posts, fur farms and lighter
age plants in Kotzebue Sound,
Selawick and up the Kobuk Riv
er, says that the Bureau of Air
Commerce recently notified them
permitting the use of a newly
purchased Robin cabin plane, to
hunt wolves in.
The authorization, said Mr.
Ferguson came from Washing
ton, D. C., following considerable
correspondence, and a test of the
newest method of eradicating this
predatory animal in northern Al
aska, which has developed into
a serious threat to the reindeer
industry, and the source of food
and clothing to the Eskimos.
Recently a newspaper story in
the Nugget told of the experience
of Archie Ferguson, another broth
er, in shooting down three big
wolves, while enroute on a flight
from Fairbanks to Kotzebue, the
northern base of the Ferguson
Airways, which has as a pilot
Maurice King.
The regulation, said Warren
Ferguson, prohibiting low flying
•of commercial aircraft, was waiv
ed by the department, for the
Robin plane so that a hunter
in the plane may fly low enough
to bag wolves with either a shot
gun or rifle. j
“We have been trying for some
time to get this permission, as
we are convinced the most eco
nomical and practical means of
wiping out this threat to the wild
life of northern Alaska, is by
use of the airplane,” said Warr
en.
Elaborating further he added,
“It is possible, as all Alaskans
know, to travel further and cov
er more territory in such a pur
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Newly Married
Couple to Come
Nome On Trip
(By The Associated Press > '
LOS ANGELES, April 7, — j
Ben Hatch, 24 and his bride aged ;
23, left here by motorcycle on a j
honeymoon trip to Nome Alas- i
ka, where they said they would I
“settle down and start life all j
over again”.
They carried pots, pans, a tent,
and a rifle and hope to bag game;
for their meals enroute.
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Special Air Mail
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON D C April 7 —
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond ask
ed Congress today to authorize
t'he Postmaster Genera' to charge
thirty cents an ounce for airmail
Harried to, from and within Al
aska.
His bill would authorize the
Post Office to provide for a “diffi
Hult or emergency" mail service
in Alaska to cost yearly not more
than twenty five thousand doll
ars, without advertising for bids.
Four Navy Fliers
Killed Collision
Midair San Diego
iBy The Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, April 7, — Four
naval filers plunged to their death
in the sea after two fast scout
bombing planes, carrying live
bombs, collided headon while en
gaged in maneuvers over the fleet
drill grounds, forty miles ofT
sjiure.
,They were carried to their
death in the tangled wreckage.
Killed were Lieut. Joseph J.
L'.ughlin of Long Beach, Harry
M Bradley of San Diego Mach
inists Mate. John Joseph Carney
chief mate.
Although officially denied by
Commander A. W. Radford, more
than eight sailors among liberty
parties gave vivid descriptions of
tie explosion.
They said the two ships were
loaded with live bombs. From
the deck of the aircraft carrier
Lexington they took off in order.
About a mile from the ship one
of the planes appeared to side
slip into the other. They hit
with a splintering and grinding
crash like a thunder clap.
A cloud of black smoke obseur
ed them for a second and then
the planes plummeted down,
green and y-ellow flames shooting
from their sides.
Bradley had been in the navy'
for more than 19 years and had
only a few more week to go be
fore retirement.
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FLOOD CAUSES TRAIN WRECK
I'he engine cr ew of a Western Pacific freight train escaped injury when
the train wae derailed near Pleasant Grove, Calif. The wreck was
caused by high water undermining the tracks. Tangled wreckage of
seven cart and the locomotive is shown above. (Associated Press
Photo)
CHRYSLER STRIKE IS
OVER: WAS VICTORY
Governor Frank Murphy
Again Give Credit for
Performing Service
(By The Associated Press)
LANSING, Michigan April 7,
--Governor Frank Murphy an
nounced last evening that an ag
reement had been reached in the
Chrysler automotive strike, and
brings about a comp'ete settle
ment.
The agreement provides for re
cognition by the Chrysler corpora
tion of the United Autombile
Workers of America as the sole
i collective bargaining agency, and
of its employees and members by
the firm.
The union, claiming fifty nine
thousand of the sixty seven thou
sand Chrysler employees were
members, asked for the sole bar
gaining rights when it called the
strike March 8th, when this de
mand was rejected.
It also provided that the cor
poration would not aid, promote,
or finance any group or any oth
er union which might undermine
the UAWA.
In return the Union ledged it
would call no sitdown strikes nor
permit its members to engage in
any in ChrysBer plants during
the term of the contract which
extends from March 3st on.
Negotiations will open April
8th to arrive at a supplementary
agreement disposing of issues not
treated in the preliminary settle
ment.
The corporation promised to re
open their closed plants and re
employ the men as rapidly as
possible.
The employees on strike were
I—
John L. Lewis, who broke with the
American Federation of Labor over
his policy of Industrial unionism,
today is one of the dominant figures
In the nation. Now In his middle
fifties, the former coal miner claims
allegiance of some two million
workers. This portrait was made re
cently In Washington. (Associated
Press Photo)
to return to their usual work
without discrimination being us
ed against them for participation
in the strike.
The settlement uiTecttd eighty
five thousand men who have
been out of work since the strike
began.
It was described as one of the
greatest victories for John L. Lew
is, leader of the Committee for
Industrial Organization, of which
the United Automobile Workers
of America was an affiliate.
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Quiet Election
Nome, 379 Votes
Cast Was All
Only 379 voters cast hteir ball
ots in yesterday’s quiet election.
One bellot was spoiled. 69 persons
swore their votes in and 310 per
sons had registered.
Those elected were: Mayor Ed
ward M. Seidenverg; Councilmen
Emerson Bassett, S. W. Taggart,
Edward Anderson; City Clerk M.
J. Walsh, City Attorney Leroy M.
Sullivan, City Treasurer J. S.
Stangroom; Member of School
Board Mrs. Effie Baldwin. Please
refer page 2 for returns.
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Carl Westerlund
Captain Alaska
Line Died T’day
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. April 7, —Captain
Carl Westerlund, aged 55, master
of the S. S. Alaska and senior
captain of the Alaska Steamship
Company died here today.
He was a veteran Pacific Coast
navigator. Westerlund started
his career with the Alaska Line
in 1907. His widow and daught
er both of Seattle, survive him.
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