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, VOL. 41. No. 47. -OME. ALASKA. Wednesday, April 19, 1939 Price per copy 15*
Kirkpatrick ?Iane Found In Ocean
Joe Louis Knocks Out Jack Roper in 1st Round
Russian Pledge to British-French Alliance Awaited
Kirkpatrick
Plane Located
By Boat with Drag
CORDOVA. April 19 (Special
to the Nome Nugget via the Cor
dova Times) — 4:45 p.m. The
plane piloted by M. R. Kirk
patrick which searching parties
have been looking for for several
days, was found today by use
of a drag attached to Otto Tier
man's boat, at 2:15 this after
noon, 300 yards off shore from
Humpback Power Station.
Oil bubbles coming to the sur
face of the water, lead to the dis
covery and position. Indications
point to the belief that the plane
dove head first into the inlet
Pilot Smith is satisfied that
Kirkpatrick was flying entirely
by instrument at the time of the
accident.
Plane had been dragged to with
in 100 feet di shore. A local deep
sea diver made several dives but
was unable to get inside of the
plane.
W'm. King, with a pile driver,
proceeded to the location and ex
pects to raise the plane this even
ing and return it to the local air
port.
Liner “Paris”
Burns and Sinks
Suspect Sabotage
LE HAVRE, April 19 (A5)—The
liner “Paris," once the flagship of!
the French merchant fleet, keel-j
ed over and settled in 36 feet of :
water. She was burned through
by fire which officials suspected
was set by foreign saboteurs.
Two persons were kil'ed and
two others seriously injured in
the night long fire which firemen
said spread to two widely separ
ated parts of the ship.
One point of origin of the fire |
is behind locked doors. An Ital- j
ian dockworker was held for1
questioning.
A shipment of ten warplanes
made in the United States for the
French Army were taken off
only an hour before the vessel
Qisted. After a quick check, only
case containing a half mil
lion dollar shipment of art
treasures, consigned to the
World’s Fair, New York, were
found to be damaged. Two mil
lion dollars worth of jewels were
saved.
Fire fighters said the fire start
ed in the ship’s bakery and also
in the barber ship two decks
ebove the bakery'.
Ambassador To
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Spain is Named
WASHINGTON, April 19 <JP)—
Alexander Weddell of Virginia,
has been nominated by President
Roosevelt as ambassador to the
new government of Spain. He is
now ambassador to Argentine.
He will succeed Claude Bowers,
former Spanish ambassador.
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EIGHT KILLED, FOUR INJURED IN AIRLINER CRASH
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Eight persons were killed and four seriously injured when this tvv in-motored Braniff Airways Transport plane crashed and burned
shortly after taking off from the Oklahoma City Municipal Airport. Witnesses said the left motor of the ship tore from its moorings
as the plane took off, the left wing dipped and the craft shot earth ward. Then came an explosion and a fire so intense that the eight
persons trapped in the cabin were incinerated
NLRB Declares
Picketing Waning
WASHINGTON, April 18 1/P)—
Chairman Madden of the Nation
al Labor Relations Board declar
ed h's agency was “dispensing
justice with as much fairness and
impartiality as our more trad
itional courts.”
Testifying before the Senate
labor committee bearing on pro
posals to amend the labor act,
Madden presented detailed fig
ures in reply to charges that the
Board was partial to employees
who were C I O as opposed to
those being A F of L. Madden
to'd the committee “our work
ers are learning to settle their
rivalries at the ballot box and
not on the picket line.”
Senate Approves
$820,000 For
Reindeer Bill
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WASHINGTON, April 18 1/P)—
The Senate approved the one
hundred seventy five million dol
lar Interior Department appropria
tion bill yesterday. The Senate
added $820,000 for use in restor
ing the reindeer industry to the
Indians and Eskimos. The bill
now goes to the joint Senate and
House conference committee to
adjust differences.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Joe Louis KOes
Jack Roper In
2:20 In 1st Round
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LOS ANGELES, April 17 UP)
—;Joe Louis knocked out Roper
in . the first roupd.
Louis floored Roper in 2 minutes
20 seconds after the opening.
Roper landed the first punch, a
left to the -dhin and attempted a
two-fisted attack when Louis hit
him with a left to the body.
Louis hooked a stiff left and
Roper staggered, a second left
cut Roper’s right eye. The champ
ion jumped in in a two-fisted
attack to the face and dropped
Roper who vainly tried to rise
but his legs were paralyzed. He
grasped the top rope and attempt
ed to pull himself up but only
fell over on his face again. Ref
eree Blake tolled the count.
C of (1 Directors
Hold Busy Session
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At Noon Luncheon
The regular meeting of the
Board of Directors of the N W A
Chamber of Commerce met Tues
day neon, April 18th, in the Nev
ada Grill, with all directors pres
ent. Several small bills were or
dered paid. Under correspond
ence, letters from the Territorial
Chamber, the Chambers of Com
merce of Tacoma and Anchor
age were read and replies order
ed.
The new 'letter head with the
names of officers and committees
was ordered printed. Allso 500
copies of a form letter in a re
vised form were ordered printed.
These are used to answer let
ters not requiring individual re
plies.
The committtee on publicity
and entertainment through Dr.
Moreom, chairman, reported re
conunending that we purchase
the newspaper cuts and mats
service as well as the theater
screen service. It was also report
ed that the Nome Nugget and
the Dream Theater had signified]
their willingness to display samei
at no cost to the Chamber. On I
motion, the committee was given |
full power to act.
The matter of increased tele- j
phone service as an aid towards i
fire prevention was taken up and,
the matter referred to the com- j
mittee on communications to re-,
port at next meeting.
The matter of an airport sign ■
to be placed over the Dream ]
Theater roof with an arrow point ]
I
ing to Nome Airport, was dis-J
cussed and referred to the com- j
nuttee on communications, Chair i
man Tom Givan.
The luncheon meeting for next!
Tuesday was discussed and the
I subject of mining will be featur-i
• ed. Mr. Gerry Harney was sel-!
: ected to preside. It is hoped that i
a good number of iocatl and re-.
I turning miners will be present. It
! was also decided that speeches
will be limited to three mintues
1 each.
j The meeting of May 9th was
designated as Ladies Day and
Director S. W. Taggart was ap
' pointed chairman of same. The
secretary was instructed to com
municate with the several ladies
organizations of Nome and sug-;
gest that a representative of said
organization may attend said ;
meeting and tell the Chamber
how the Chamber can help them.
Meeting adjourned.
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RUSS PRIEST INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
NEW YORK — The Most Rev
erend Nicholas John Kedroff, 36,
Archbishop of the Russian Ortho
dox Greek Catholic church in
North America and the Aleutian \
Islands, was indicted by a fed- j
eral grand jury.
He is charged with perjury,
and conspiracy, representing
falsely that Michael P. Kosolap-'
off, a Russian, was bom at Sitka. j
Conviction on the charge
woul'.d carry seven years and <
$12,000 fine as tihe maximum sen i
fence. i
The alleged offense occurred at i
a deportation hearing for Koso
lapoflf. i
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Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim. . 1
Attempt Brin"
Russia Into
Defensive Alliance
UNDATED, April 18 UP) —
Chamberlain, in a brief state
ment of foreign affairs told the
House of Commons that Britain
i welcomed “with great satisfac
tion” President Roosevelt’s ap
| peal to Italy and Germany for a
i ten-year peace agreement.
Chamberlain added that con
■ versations with Russia were con
tinuing in an effort to get Rus
sia into the British-Frenoh de
fensive alliance. The expected
announcement of the British
French pledge to fight for Turk
ish independence, if menaced, is
delayed, it is understood, until
the Russian conversations are
completed.
In the meantime, demrbiliza
tion started of Spanish Rational
ist army troops and north^Kjvsec
tors were mustered out but' the
bulk of the Soatn&rm forees re
mained under arms until after
the victory parade at Madrid
next month.
Belguim got a new govern
ment headed by Senator Pierlot,
his Catholic Party and the Liber
als working together.
Report Quakes
SANTIAGO. April 18 .(/Pi—Er
nest Lilio, chief of the state tele
graph department reported
heavy earth shocks centering in
the Coquimbo Atacama provinc
es and caused alarm among the
populace, but only slight damage
and no injuries to persons.
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Search for Miss Hope Brewster
(above) 24-year-old musician of
Memphis, Tenn., ended at He|
ina. Ark., where she was found
‘ating breakfast in a hotel after
legotiating the treacherous Miss
ssippi River for 90 miles in a $2
;kiff. She was disappointed that
icr daring trip, which created
io much excitement, as sh» was
tnly looking for employment.
Vlrplanes and speedboat parties
lad joined in the search. .