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VOL 37. No. 207 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 31, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
Spain Attempts Bomb U.S.Destroyer
ROOSEVELT SENDS PROTEST IMMEDIATELY
El Duce Says Armaments Race Cannot be Checked
REBELS APPROACHING
MADRID FROM THE
SOUTH SIDE
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A GREAT REBEL TRIUMPH IS CLAIMED BY
REBEL COMMANDER. OTHER SOURCES
DISCREDIT THE NEWS.
(By The Associated Press)
LISBON, August 31—Breaking]
all records for bitter fighting in
the already bloody Spanish Civil j
War, Rebel armies approached I
Madrid from the South today.
Elsewhere despite appalling loss
of life, positions remained un
changed.
Irun and San Sebastian, out
lets to the sea, v h>h Popular
front miners are holding against
the desperate Rebel offensives,
withstood their fifty days of aid
bombardment, machine gun and
artillery fire.
On the Southern Front the Moots,
Fascists, Rebels, Regulars and the
hardbitten Spanish Foreign Leg
ion, maneuvered for positions in
their drive on Madrid and Tole
do, that would allow a joint of
fensive on the capital from the
north and south. The main ob
jective of the Rebel drive in the
south was Toledo, where 1,700
Rebels have withstood a six
weeks siege from government
forces.
A great insurgent triumph was
reported by the Rebel Gentral,
Gonzalos Quiepo de Llano, speak
ing over the Seville radio station
saying “we took many prisoners
of both sexes,” He boasted, “our
attention is now fixed on Toledo
which will fall into oul hands
shortly. Then we shall attack
Madrid.”
The government radio station
at Madrid, described great losses
to Rebel ranks from Loyalists air
planes. Aviators subjected Gen- j
eral Llanes to a fierce bombard- j
ment and prevented the capture
of Puerto Espina, the only point
from which Rebels in Galicia
province would be able to march I
to the aid of insurgents besieged
in Vogiedo. A Rebel column at
Luarca was also claimed to have
been destroyed.
Three Men Slain
In Battle With
2 Prospectors
(By The Associated Press)
YREKA, Calif., August 31st—
Three men. two of them Sissiou
county deputy sheriffs and the
third a civilian were slain yes
terday in a fierce gun battle with
two prospector brothers along
Horse Creek, deep in the moun
tains west of this northern Cali
fornia town. The brothers, iden
tified as John and Coke Bright,
are alleged to have opened fire
at the officers, Martin Lange 45,
and Joseph Clark 65 and the ci
vilian Fred Seaborn, a yard-work
man, for the U. S. Navy at Mare
Island Navy Yard. In Vallejoe,
when they appeared to serve a
warrant sworn to by a rancher
named Baker, who was Seaborn’s
companion. Baker was the only
member of the party to escape.
Posses were scouring the woods
in search of the brothers.
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Fear Is Felt I
For Safety Of !
Roscoe Turner |
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(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, August 31st—
Fear for the safety of Colonel
Roscoe Turner, famed speed flier,
was expressed late today when
the flier was unreported follow
ing his takeox ten hours before
for New York,
Turner took off at 5:31 am.PST
and was unreported at Albuquer
que, N. M., which was expected
to be his first stop by 3 PM yes
terday.
Pilot Turner nearly cracked up
his plane twice while trying to
lift it off the field for a test hop.
He ordered a rush overhaul of
the engine intending to test it to
day. Instead he changed his
plans and had the plane refueled
at dawn for a takeoff to Albuq
uerque which he expected to
reach in two and a half hours.
After September 1st, 1936, a
penalty of $2.00 will be added to
all unpaid school taxes and col
lection of same will be enforced.
M. J. WALSH,
3t School Tax Collector.
Confers With
Chiefs over The
Week - End
TOPEKA, Kansas, August 31—
Governor Alf M. Landon confer
red with his board of strategy
over the weed-end in prepara
tion for a monstrous meeting on
Thursday with President Roose
velt, The president and the re
publican candidate will meet at
Des Moines and sit down with
the Governors of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri and Oklahoma to lay
plans for a future drought pro
gram. The president has re-em
phasized recently his belief that
the drought must be approached
from a long range with the possi
bility of large expenditures for
the saving of larger sums in the
future.
Landon’s own views have ap
peared to pivot on an appeal for
neighborly cooperation between
business and farm interests, es
ecially in regard to saving the
Kansas cattle herds.
Ordered Protest
Sent to Spanish
Gov’t. Today
CBv The Associated Press)
RAPID CITY, S. D„ Aug. 31—j
President Roosevelt last night or
dered Secretary of State Cordell
C. Hull, to protest immediately to
the Spanish Loyalist and Rebel
officials over the bombing of the
U. S. S. Kane, an American de- j
stroyer in Spanish waters. It i
was understood the Kane return
ed the fire of the plane presum
ably belonging to one of the two
groups now engaged in a strug
gle for control of the Spanish
government.
j The destroyer Kane with the
U. S. S. Hatfield, another destroy
er, recently was ordered to the
European station to relieve the
cruiser Quincy and the battleship
Oklahoma. The last named ships
had been on duty in the Atlantic
for the past month carrying Am
erican nationals to places of saf
ety. The Kane was unscathed in
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Wage Increases For Employees
In The Steel Industry Are Now
Under Consideration Wall St.
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, August 31—Wage
increases for employees of the
Steel industry were under con
sideration today by the officials
of major companies, but no im
mediate action is likely today.
These officials meeting in Wall
Street and at the various steel
centers, are under two fires as a
result of improving operations
which are bringing the best com
pany earnings since 1931.
Employees want more pay, and
stockholders want more returns
on their capital. Officials do not
reel that the time is ripe tor wage
increases. They point out that a
rise could not be made without
an increase in the price of steel.
Such a price rise might diminish
the demand that has carried pro
duction consistently above 70 per
cent of capicity.
Two steel company treasuries
were depleted in the lean years
as major companies piled up $98,
000,000 in deficits. Officials be
lieve that the treasuries should
be aided now.
The political campaign is under
way and steel officials do not
want to increase their wage out
put when there is a chance that
some political gestures may be
made toward the labor vote that
may cost the employers money.
Steel production is consistently
running above 70 per cent of
capacity level. The magazine
“Steel” said that operation? had
advanced to 73 percent, a six
year high, and demand for steel
scrap is so great that highs since
1929 are being established. Var
ious avenues of sale of products
are stepping up and with the fore
cast that at least 100 locomotives
will be ordered by five or six
eastern railroads during the next
three months.
Soviet Airmen
Landed Close to
The Lena Riv.
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, August 3 lest—The
Russian California to Moscow
fliers landed safe Sunday night
at Bulon near the mouth of the
Lena River in north Central Si
beria. They have weather bound
at Ambarchik Bay near Lena
river for some time.
This is the first news of the
fliers since their arrival at East
Cape from Nome.
MUSSOLINI CONVINCED THAT
ARMAMENT RACE CANNOT P»E
CHECKED STATES OF EUROPE
the bombardment.
Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to
the President, called newspaper
men in for conference last even
ing and read the following Pres
ident’s memorandum: "The Pres
ident has received dispatches re
lating to the dropping of bombs
in the vicinity of the U. S. S.
Kane, 38 miles ofi the Spanish
coast, by an unidentified plane.
He has talked to the Secretary of
State and representation will be
immediately made to the Spanish
government and the Spanish Re
bels. Any further information
will be given out by the Secre
tary of State. The President is in
constant contact with Washing
ton.”
Derblay Arrived
The S. S. Derblay of the Alas
ka line arrived at Nome about
7:00 A.M. today with a capacity
cargo. Following is the passen
ger list:
For Nome
Mrs. Lawrence Mead
J. Kelleher
For Dutch Harbor
Lillian Ross
Arthur J. Harris
For Teller
Rev. Kleve
Mrs. Kleve
Gertrude Kleve
Samuel Kleve
For Keewalik
Mrs. G B Smith
For Kotzebue
Dell Westbrook
Mrs. Westbrook
Miss O D Clarke
To Pay Tribute
(By The Associated Press)
RAPID CITY, S. D., August 31
—President Roosevelt last night
turned westward to Salt Lake
City as he temporarily put aside
his study of Drought conditions
in order to pay tribute at the
burial of Dern, late secretary of
war. At Salt Lake City the pres
dent will attend the funeral ser
vices for Dern and at their con
clusion will head immediately
for Des Moines for his long wait
ed conference with Governor Alf
M. Landon of Kansas, the repub
lican nominee, on drought prob
lems.
Subscribe for the Nugget
fBy The Associated Kress)
AVELLING, Italy, August 31—
Declaring he is convinced the
World Armaments race cannot be
checked, Premier Benito Musso
lini boasted today to his country
men that Italy can mobilize 8,000,
000 men in a few hours. In a
Bellicose speech closing Italy’s
army maneuvers, II Duce drew
an ominous picture of world con
ditions. Peasants and troops
sang as Mussolini mounted the
platform and surveyed the large
throng. “This gathering is pow
erful but it is only a modest frac
tion of the men that Italy can
now count upon,’’ II Duce said.
| “Never before have the Italian
; forces been so strong despite the
European campaign. Tomorrow
in the valley of the Volturari and
before the King of Italy and the
Emperor of Ethiopia more than
6,OUO men, 200 tanks, 400 cannJfl
and 3.000 machine guns will file
past. The King and Emperor will
see a block of men which 14
years of Fascism have tempered
and made hard. Italy's peace
domestic and foreign is well
guarded, and with her own peace
is guarded that of the world. The
! armaments race cannot now be
checked."
Praising Italy’s “just war in
Ethiopia,” Mussolini said: "Italy
is now able to work for several
decades in Ethiop.a: Our empire
was not born on the green tab
les of diplomacy, but from five
victorious battles, which we
fought with the spirit that de
feated all physical diffculties and
an almost universal coalition of
nations.” Have all scores been
settled. II Duce cried near the
end of his speech. “No,” the
crowd yelled. “Have we gone
straight ahead.” The crowd roar
ed “Yes.”
Northland in Port
The Coast Puard Cutter North
land, Captain W. K. Scammel,
returned to the Nome roadstead
Sunday morning after an exten
sive trip to Point Barrow. Mrs.
J. H. S. Morison, wife of United
States District Court Judge Mori
son, at Nome, and grandson
Stuart, were returning passen
gers.
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