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VOL. 41. No. 13. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 30, 1939 Price per Copy 15*
Hundreds Perish In Worst Blizzard of The Season
OBJECTS TO FRANKFURTER'S APPOINTMENT A book called
“Jsnrus” was read before a Senate Judiciary Committee on the
•appointment of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court by George
E. Sullivan, (above). Sullivan sa d he objected to Frankfur. er be
cause he was alien barn and he said Frankfurter alto had alien
miriided affiliations.
Frankfurter
Takes Oath
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 i.T’)—
A solemn ceremony mode Vienna
born Felix Frankfurter, a mem
ber of the Supreme Court
In the seelus on of an an‘c
xoom the new jurist tr.uk the
<t«ath to support the Cons iiutio
then before a pocked cnorlrrcrn
swore with upraised r ght hand
V> adnrnis'er justic • impartially.
House Passes
4 Memorials
JUNEAU. Jan. 20 (/TV -After a
! lg discuss Vo Saturday afier
n on the House b ll requesting
the removal of the eagle bounty
w us indefinitely postponed which
means tihe bill will not come up
again at the present session. The
old bounty of $1 for a claw was
enacted at a previous biennium.
One amendment finally worm
ed its difficult way into the Walk
er Liquor Bill when the Senate
approved the Laboyteaux pro
posal, permitting present beer
and wine licenses of unexpired
term, apply on the $1300 lic
ense if they pass the later and
also continue the licenses if they
earn until they expire if they do
not care to continue under the
new system.
More than 250,000 gallons of
soft drinks will be consumed in 1
the 288 days of the California
World's Fair in 1938.
Recognize Franco’s
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Government Spain
rtiAp.vi’ r . 3lo-"»Va. j-,n.
<>•' -v, t*' Crb'-’et decided toj
’-'z2 Insurgent General:
Prr-'ea’s government and break
ofr w:‘h Premier -Tuan
Na.sv'n’s Span'sh government.
TO COLOMBIA where
he'll constitute the U. 8. military
mission goes Capt. Wallace Whit*
son (above) of the air corps.
Born In Union City. Tenn.. Cap*
tain Whitson finished at West
Point In 1923 and has seen serv
ice In the Philippines. I
Worst Blizzard
On Record
Hits Chicago
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 id’)—-Para
lyzing blizzards whipped across
the Southern Great Lakes S'ates
and the Ohio Valiev, burying
Chicago under one of the heav
iest snowfalls on record.
Forecaster C. A. Bormell said
that if the storm continued all
day with the severity prevalent
in the mid-morning, the nation's
second city by night would have
more snow than the existing rec
ord of 19 and two-tenths inches
of March 1931. The snowfall was
approximately one foot at 9:30
a.m. today.
The storm is worst in northern
and central Illinois and northern
Indiana. In Chicago all public
and parochial schools were
closed.
According to latest news today
scores of persons were dead and
130 injured in and around Chic
ago due to the terriffic blizza.rd
cold snap and snow storms. The
weather, it is announced is be
coming more severe and a cold
er snap is expected.
Hitler Tells
World to Mind
Own Business
BERLIN, Jan. 30 (vP)— Hitler
warned western powers against
interfering “in matters concern
ing us alone with the purpose of
preventing natural, sensible solu
tions ”
He declared to the swollen
Reichstag, Germany in establish
ing “the right to self determina
tion” in Austria and Czechoslo
vakia, “only defended itself
against attempts of interfering
by third parties." He added “I
need not assure you that in the
future also we shall tolerate no
attempt at interference in mat
ters concerning us alone with the
purpose of preventing natural,
sensible solutions.
In his address celebrating the
sixth anniversary of Nazi rule,
Hitler launched a bitter attack
on Bolshevism and hailed the
success of insurgents in Spain as
another “valient defeat of the
newest universal attempt to des
troy the European cultured
world.”
Four Boats For
Seattle-Orient Run
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (/P)—
The United States Maritime Com
mission announced they had!
awarded contracts for four large
diesel powered combination pass
enger and cargo vessels to oper
ate in the Seattle to Orient ser
vice..
Delivery is to be made on two
years and each ship is to cost
more than three -million dollars.
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Present Licenses
Are To Apply
JUNEAU, Jan. 29 (/Pi - The
Walker Liquor Bill will have its
second reading in the House Mon
day.
Saturday the H' use pass: d
the memorials urging Congr ss
to transfer the con rol of sea
otter along the Aleutian Islands
from the Commerce ot the Ag
ricultural D p; rtment.
Urging Congress and the? Ag
ricultural Department to appro
priate monies for wild life studjv.
Urging that the government
organize a system of fire protec
tion 'or brush, tundra, and tim
ber a eas.
Urging intermediate road
standards and highways.
Urging the conducting of sur
veys in Alaska on the poss bil
ities of minor wood.
The House also passed the Sen
ate bill permitting uninco, pir
ated towns into public utility dis
tricts.
A message was received from
the Governor in the Senate sug
gesting the enactment of a traffi
code for the territory.
Senate Dawdles
Over Liquor Bill
JUNEAU, Jan. 27 <A’i —After
practicaaly an entire afternoon
session the Senate got nowhere
Friday on Senator Walker’s mea
sure permitting the sale of hard
liquor by the drink. Finally it
was decided to order an engross
ed second reading and to take
up other business and several
amendments relative to licenses
which were knocked out by a
four to four vote. A motion to Lay
the measure on the table was de
feated.
Likewise in the House an en
tire afternoon session and dis
cussion of wolf and coyote
bounties got nowhere. One
amendment to pay $30 for wolves
and coyotes was given approval
then the bill was laid over for
further debate in the House.
A joint memorial was introduc
ed by Representative Martin
whic urges Congress to appro
priate 2 and one-quarter million
dollars for immediate initial con
struction work on the 183 miles
of road representing the Alaskan
end of the International High
way.
Another memorial was intro
duced by Rep. Coffey which urg
es Congress to pass Delegate1
Dimond’s bill to protect Alaska
salmon fisheries from foreign en
eroachment.
Private Companies
Without Standing
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (Ah—
The Supreme Court turned back;
the challenge of the fourteen
private power companies on the
constitutionality of the T V A
Power Program decision. It was
delivered by Justice Roberts and
the Tribunal held that the ut
ilities held “no standing in the
mountain suit.” j
FRANKFURTER READS CONGRATULATIONS Hundreds of mes
sages cf congratulation poured into the home of Felix Frankfurter,,
foil/w>;; news of his appointment as an associate justice of the
Un d S'ates Supreme Court. Frankfurter, who will fill the vac
on. y caused by the death of Justice Cardozo, is shown with some
f the messages.
Walker Liquor
Bill Put Lp For
Final Passage
r
JUNEAU, Jan. 30 (vP) — The
Senate put Walker’s cocktail
bar measure through its second
reading this morning and it is
now up for final passage.
R-den introduced a bill requir
ing that only Alaska lumber be
used for by j b; paid for by
territorial funds.
The bill requiring payment for
assaying was kiT.d,
The R indeer Bill providing
reg ntration and that brands be
filed with a supervisor passed the
Senate. j
The Sen 'e edjourned until 2
o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
Dewey Forces
Judge Manton
Into Resigning
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NEW YORK. Jon. 30 oRi -Mar
tin Manton, Second Judge m the
U. S. Circuit Court, accused by;
District Attorney Dewey of hav
ing accepted more then four hun
dred thousand dollars in loans
fj'orn litigants announced his j
resignation from the bench at
which he served for more than 19
years.
At the same time he protested
innocence of any wrong doing
and said he had done nothing
for "which I am in any way!
ashamed." His resignation, he!
said would be sent to the Presi
dent not later than February 1.
Kaiser Celebrates
80th Birthday
DOOKN, Netherlands. Jan. 28
(/P) — Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, Ger
many’s one-time all highest, cele
brated his 80th birthday with a
gala dinner.
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FILMS’ FIRST LADY
Norma Shearer tries out her ski
skill at Sun Valley in Idaho’s
Sawtooth mountains and, inci
dentally, models a dashing
oorU costume.