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VOL. 41. No. 92. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1939. Price pcr copy ,w
President Roosevelt Signs Hatch Bill
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House Appropriations Exceed 13 Billion Dollars
Croats Threatening To Secede From Yugoslavia
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Flying Fortress
Spans Continent
In Nine Hours
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 WP»—The
• Army’s new 22-ton Boeing flying
fortress landed at 1:24 p.m. com
pleting a non-stop flight from
Burbank, Calif., in 9 hours 14
minutes, 30 seconds.
The giant four-motored craft,
carrying 2500 gallons of gasoline
and cruising at an attitude of
25,000 fdet spanned the contin
ent at an average speed of ap
^ proximately 250 miles an hour.
Pilot Major Stanley Umpstead
made the flight in about 2 hours
behind the mark set by Howard
Hughes in January, 1937 of 7
hours, 28 minues, 25 seconds.
House Refuses
To Consider The
# Lending Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (/P) —
The House considered the admin
istration of the $1,950,000,000
lending bill. Some of the mem
bers said the mesaure was kill
ed by a session vote of 193
# against a consideration of 166 in
favor. Coalition Democrats and
Republicans successfully fought
the adoption of the resolution
setting forth the procedure for
the formal consideration of the
bill which already passed the
Senate in somewhat different
form.
The refusal of the House to
consider the bill came over the
vehement opposition of rnajor
* ity leader Rayburn, against such
arbitrary action. The rejection
impelled several members to pre
diet adjournment to follow with
a rush.
In the Senate however, major
ity leader Barkley said odds and
ends of business might keep Con
gress in session until August 9.
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President Signs
Hatch Bill and
Gives Reasons
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 <&) —'
President Roosevelt today signed j
the Hatch Bill regulating polit-1
ical activity of most federal job
holders.
He told Congress in a special
message that if it was adminis
tered “in accord with its spirit”
it would serve the purpose in
tended by Congress.
Taking this unusual step in in
forming Congress why he approv
ed of the measure, the President j
I said that despite questions of con |
1 stitutionality, he had resolved in !
favor of the bill.
Roosevelt pointed to the many
broad provisions fo the measure
as involving difficulty of inter
pretation, but he said: “It is be
cause for so many years I have
striven in public life and private
life, fir decency in political cam
paigns both on the part of gov
ernment servants, candidates,
newspaper corporations, and in
dividuals, that I regard this new
legislation at least a step in the
right direction."
I The Act. sought for almost two
years by Senator Hatch, prohib
its all federal job holders ex
cept policy-making officials from
participating in politics in any
way except to vote, on threat of
removal from office. This will
apply particularly to U. S. Attor
neys. Marshals, Customs and Rev
enue Collectors, who in the past
have served as delegates to pres
idential nominating conventions.
Asks For Funds
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Restore Reindeer
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (/P) —
The House Appropriations Com
mittee asked again for federal
funds to restore Alaskan reindeer
to Indian and Eskimo ownership,
i The committee included in its
last deficiency appropriation bill
of the session a $720,000 item to
take all reindeer out of white
ownership in the territory of Al
aska.
The proposal, which became a
political issue during debate over
the Interior Department supply
bill, was finally stricken from the
measure.
Recommends 27
Million for West
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (&) —
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended appropria
tions for oontractural authority
totaling $27,000,000 for Western
air, land, and sea defense. In
cluded was three million for a
graving dock at the Puget Sound!
Navy Yard, and four hundred
thousand for the start of an Al
aska laiir base exptected to be
located near Fairbanks. i
In the Alaska Steamship ad it
will be noted that the Baranof
will sail in place of the Denali
on September 12th.
SON BORN TO FILM ACTRESS
Film Actress Maureen O’Sullivan is shown in a Los Angeles hos
pital bed with her day-old son, Michael Damien Farrow. It is the
first child for Miss O’Sullivan, known for her portrayals of the
role of Tarzan’s mate, and her husband, John Farrow, a director.
Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce
Lunched at the Nevada Tuesday
noon with a large number of
members and guests in attend
ance. Charles Code as master of
ceremonies introduced Mr. Corey
Brayton of American Manganese
Steel, Miss Pentz of the Terri
torial Department of Public Wel
fare, and Dr. Bauer of the Al
aska Planning Council, who
were prominent guests of the
day.
Old-timers will perhaps remem
ber Mr. Brayton (from the early
days when he operated a dredge
on Shovel Greek. Now as sales
engineer of the American Man
ganese Steel Company he is re
visiting his old stamping grounds
with an eye for the sale of more
of the mining equipment he now
manufactures. He states that he
has seen many possibilities for
sma'll dredging units in various
parts of the Peninsula, and only
hopes that the continuous de
velopment of our mining re
sources makes us as happy as
it does him.
Miss Pentz is visiting Nome for
the first time, as a representative
of the Child Welfare Division of
the Territorial Department of
Public Welfare. When asked to
say a few words to the Cham
ber, Miss Pentz explained that
the work her department was at
tempting to do was limited by
lack of funds and requested that
the members help her to gather
information about the needs of
this section and the best means
of satisfying thorn.
Dr. Bauer, consultant of the
National Resources Planning
Board who has been assigned to
the Alaska Planning Council to
carry on research in the territory
briefly outlined the purpose and
technique of planning & the gen
eral details of the preliminary
economic survey of Seward Pen
insula on which he is now work
ing. Dr. Bauer explained that
planning is not a new thing; but,
in contrast to earlier planning, it
is now realized that there must
be better coordination between
the plans of the various indiv
idual departments and private in
terests to result in the maxi
mum of government efficiency
and regional development. At
present there are two regional
projects under way in Alaska,
which ds No. 10 of the nation’s
planning regions; one a soil and
economic survey if the Matan
uska Valley and the other here
in the Seward Peninsula region.
These two projects comply with
the suggestion voiced in the Al
aska Resources report published
last year by the National Re
sources Committee, that this gen
eral report be followed by more
comprehensive surveys.
The work on the Seward Penin
sula survey may well be divided
into five major parts, as follows:
1. A comprehensive physical
Inventory of the (area.
2. A thorough 'analysis of the
population—distribution, occupa
tional status of various groups,
etc.
3. A concise picture of the ec
onomic situation with its advan
tages and handicaps.
4. The administrative angle—
the share of the territor
ial and national governments in
the development of this region.
5. Formulation , b a se d on
these concrete facts, of such
plans, ideas, requests, and re
commendations which seem
sound and have a chance to mat
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Croats Want To
Secede From
Y ugoslavia
UNDATED, Aug. 1, WPi— New
signs of internal discord in Yugo
slavia and increasing Polish
watchfulness over the Danzig sit
ua'.ion are straws in the wind of
Europe's struggle to preserve
peace.
Dr. Vladko Machek, Crotian
autonomy leader, threatened the
secession from Yugoslavia, unless
his followers demands for a Ger
man protection over the inde
pendent state of five million
Croats were met, even if it meant
a world war.
In Danzig, Polish customs of
ficials began enforcing a ban on
fat products exports from Dan
zig to Poland, extending to
“a herring and Margerine war”
which began when Polish author
ities restricted fish shipments se\
eral weeks ago. There are indic
ations of reprisals and counter
j reprisals which might extend in
| to a long list of articles.
In Warsaw, Poland appeared to
j launch a campaign against for
eign espionage and politicail act
ivity attributed to Germans in
Poland and an increasingly strict
watch is kept on German societ
ies. Several were ordered to dis
band. An undisclosed number of
Polish-Ukrainians, the nation's
largest minority were arrested
j because some of the Ukrainians
[ were reportedly to have been in
touch with Berlin.
Parliament Is
Adjourned For
Britain is Ready
UNDATED, Aug. 2 iVP) — Brit
! ain is piling up her war resources
against any emergency and turn
| ed toward girding her navy, al
1 ready the world’s greatest, ias
Italy put her powerful land de
fenses to a test.
Geoffrey Shakespeare, financ
ial Secretary to the Admiralty,
announced in the Commons that
Britain had 180 vessels, mostly
smaller craft, in the naval con
struction budget at a cost of
fifty one million.
Chamberlain told the House of
Commons that Sir Robert Craigie
British ambassador to Japan, was
instructed to make further pro
tests against agitation in China
against the British. Expressing
satisfaction that Britain is now
ready for any emergency, Cham
berlain moved that Parliament
adjourn until October 3rd.
“Red” forces advancing from
the direction of France were re
pulsed by Italy’s army at the
River Po in big military man
euvers but the “enemy’ aviation
caused heavy theoretical damage
behind anti-aircraft defenses.
NOTICE
George Anderson, expert Piano
tuner with Pianos for sale or
rent will be in Nome about Aug
ust 15th.
Threat Strikes
In Massachusetts
And Cleveland, 0.
UNDATED. August 1 (/P) —
Strikes were threatened affecting
nearly 25,000 persons today in
serious trouble zones centered at
Cleveland, Ohio, and South Bar
re, Mass., In that Atlantic sea
board town, steel-helmeted State
trooper patrolled the streets as
I the community’s selectmen ap
! pealed to Lieut. Governor Hor
! ace Cahill with predictions of
|1'riots and bloodshed" which i3
; imminent.
Troopers cleared the streets,
| breaking up sporadic fighting ai
1 ter a crowd of 3000 assembled
! outside the gates of the Barre
1 Wool Combing Company. About
2000 of the plant’s employees are
on strike in Massachussetts.
Troopers were reported to be
I mobilized throughout the state il
| needed.
In Cleveland, where tear gas,
shilling, and brick throwing
, clashes occurred between police
and some 5 to 6,000 strikers and
sympathizers, 46 were injured.
Yesterday police established "a
riot zone” outside the General
Motors Sprawling Fisher Body
j plant where nearly 300 beseiged
! workers spent the night. Pickets
| banded into flying squad patrols
| as the police cleared the troubled
| area. None of the striking em*
| ployees entered the plant
! Appropriations
By the House
Exceed 13 Billion
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 </P> _
The House Appropriations Com
mittee at the end of ts final ses
sion, with an appeal for economy
trimmed the administration’s last
bill from $215,891,000 to $53,190,
000. Commenting on its recom
mendations, the committee said:
‘'Faced with the record of the
session thus far, the appropria
tions greatly exceed in the ag
I gregate the sum total of the bud
! get estimates, and felt prone to
i feel constrained whereever such
| a course seemingly would do no
hurt.”
The committee records showed
that the total appropriations
since Congress met in January,
including so-called permanent ap
propriations of the government
by law, exceeded 13 billion dol
lars as compared to ilast year’s
total of $11,361,000,000.
Cut Half Million
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 </P) _
President Roosevelt nominated
William Murray as postmaster
at Skagway.
The Appropriations Committee
cut out a half million dollar
item from the third deficiency
bill for the start of the com
bined Coast Guard and air base
station at Kodiak.