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VOL. 41. No. 80. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1939 Price Per '**■
Pres. Wins Back Monetary Powers
Cloudburst And Flood In Kentucky Takes 38 Lives
To Aid Poland Only If Independence Threatened
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WARPATH of Chief Grey
hound (above), 47, itinerant
Cherokee Indian medicine man,
netted him jail instead of scalps
at Medina. Ohio, where he
threatened WPA workers, then
fired two guns cross-armed at
tiirce deputies and his wife.
Pass Money Bill
WASHINGTON, July 5 <JP) —
The Senate finally approved the
^ administration's battle-scarred
monetary bitl despite Republican
protests that “it is contrary to
the law.”
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Senate Votes
Monetary Powers
To President
WASHINGTON, July 5 (/P) —
The Treasury in a sudden change
of policy decided not to issue any
more silver prices o.r make any
other comments on the monetary
situation before the Senate votes
at 2 p.m. PST today on the
monetary bill. The decision was
disclosed tess than an hour after
the official spokesman promised a
statement around noon.
LATFR —A vote of 43 to 39
sent the measure to the White
House for President Roosevet’s
signature. Administration leaders
said its enactment would restore
the president’s power to devalue
the dollar and further, would re
vise the dormant stabilization
fund, both of which expired Fri
day midnight.
Repubiicans asserted the the
powers once lapsed couldn’t be
recovered and said continuing of
the legislation is illegal.
An entirely new bill! recreating
.he powers necessary for the
president, who had the opinion
of the Attorney General, uphold
ing the other view, also provides
for the fixed price of 71,11 cents
an ounce that the Treasury must
pay for domestic silver.
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SHE TELLS OF BUCKNER S PARTY
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Mrs. John E. Schurman (left), New York society matron, shown as
she left Federal court in New York, testified of a weekend she and
her husband spent in Washngton, D. C., at a party headed by
William P. Buckner, Jr., at which much wine was consumed and
congressmen present. At right is Capt. John Stuart Hyde, one of
Buckner’s four co-defendants in the alleged $1,000,000 mail fraud
manipulation of Philippine railway bonds.
BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME GETS TOGETHER
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Here are ten of the eleven mein bers of baseball’s hall of fame as they assembled in Cooperstown
N. Y., for the game’s centennial celebration, during which the baseball museum and hall of fame
were formally dedicated. Only Ty Cobb was missing. Left to right, rear row: Ilonus Wagner,
Grover Alexander, Tris Speaker, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler and Walter Johnson. Seated, left to
right: Cddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack, Cy Young.__
Britain Fi<*hi
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Only if Freedom
Is Threatened
UNDATED, July 5 (/P)—Ques
tioners in the House of Com
mons failed to get government
assurances that Britain would
offer all her forces to PoC'and im
mediately “If Poland suffers an
act of aggression.”
Asked for such assurances by
Laborite F. S. Cocks, Undersec
retary of Foreign Affairs Rich
ard Butler answered that Britain
is obligated to resist aggression
against Poland only in the event
that there “be a clear threat” to
Poland’s independence.
The questions arose while Brit
ain and France anxiously watch
ed the Danzig situation hanging
over Europe’s peace. They took
new steps to overcome Russia’s
objections to joining their mutual
assistance agreement. Chamber
lain told the House of Commons
that “his majesty’s government
will not fail to take any steps
which it may seem necessary and
desirable to make the British
French mutual assistance propos
als complete which are being
closely studied in London and
Pars.
Condition Banks
WASHINGTON, July 5 </P) —
The Comptroller of Currency is
sued a call for the condition of
all national banks at the close of
business on June 30th.
The 'Federal! Deposit Insurance
Corporation and the Federal Re
serve Board were also sent a
call to report on their condition.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
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| Poland Charges
Free City Officials
! Are Goin<* Nazi
o
UNDATED, July 4 i/P) — The
free city of Danzig, although
peacefully past what had been
predicted as a critical week end,
remained the focus the Europe’s
worries as bitterness between
Poland and Danzig deepened
over charges that free city offic
als are taking the Nazi oath.
Hitler is back in the capital af
ter a several weeks rest. He
awaited the arrival tonight of
General Henry Werth, chief of
the general staff of the Hungar
ian army, also prime minister
George Kiosseivanoff of Bulgaria.
Britain’s cabinet committee
heard a personal report on the
Danzig situation from Sir How- [
ard William Kcnnard, the Brit-:
ish ambassador to Poland. Sir I
Neville Henderson, ambassador j
to Berlin is due in London ti- ‘
night.
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Japanese Report
9 Soviet Planes
Shot Down
TOKYO, July 4 (P)—Japanese
reported that nine Soviet planes
were shot down by Japanese air
men in a renewed of the aerial
warfare on the outer Mongolian
border. They said that the Jap
anese air forces carried out a
dozen raids on Mongolian or i
Russian positions on the West1
Khalka River.
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JOHN BARRYMO
38 Drowned In
Flood of Kentucky
Mountain Town
MOREHEAD, Ky.. July 5
; W. W. Crutcher, Morehead post
master said that at least 38 per*
! sons were drowned in a “flash”
, flood which inundated this east
ern Kentucky mountain town be
I fore dawn.
Crutcher and Joe Duncan, tel®
, phone manager here said that
1 11 bodies wore recovered. Crutch
er- and Duncan were unable to
1 send out full details as the em
ergency telephone line was com
: mandeered to order medical sup
• plies and to ask aid for the
stricken community.
Paul Morthort. delivery truck
! driver for a Louisville newspap
! er who was stranded here by the
j cloudburst which preceeded the
! flood estimated “that at least 40
j or 50 were drowned.
Mayor Lappin wired Arthur
•Gamble, WPA district Uirec\ >r,
i asking for all! WPA help avail
! able. He also said sanitary condi
i lions were the worst possible.
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NOTICE
The Pioneers will hold their
regular monthly meeting Wed
nesday, July 5th, 8 p.m. at the
Odd Fellows Hall. Meeting to be
followed by a social.
! “SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
RE SUES ELAINE
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John Barrymore filed suit in the New York Supreme Court for a
separation from his wife, Elaine, and for an accounting of more
than S300,009. The accounting suit also named his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Edna Jacobs, and a David Fisher, described as confidential
advisor to the two women. Barrymore is shown in Sioux Falls,
N. D., where ho is appearing in “My Dear Children.”