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VOL. 41. No. 27. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939_Price per Copy i»
Cardinal Pacelli Is Elected to Throne of St. Peter
House Refuses Accept Senate’s Gold Tax Measure
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Eugenio Pacelli,
Pope Pius XII
Is New Pontiff
VATICAN CITY, March 2 UP)
— Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was
elected Pope.
VATICAN CITY, March 2 {IP) \
— Eugenio Pacelli. 262nd Pope,
the new pontiff, papal secretary \
of state under Pope Pius XI, suc
ceeded to the throne of St. Peter
on his 63rd birthday. He will
take the name of Pope Pius XII
Pacelli is the new spiritual
head of 331,00*0,000 Catholics.
The Italian Cardinal of Domin
:ons made the announcement of
election and of his new name,
from the central balcony of St.
Peters. The Dean of the order of
Deacons appeared on the balcony
at 6:07 p.m.'Cheers from a great
# crowd on the piazza prevented
him from speaking for several
moments, then speaking in Latin
he said ”1 announce glad tid
ings. We have a new Pope.”
More Than Score
Missing In Big
Hotel Fire
HALIFAX. March 2 (/P>—More
than a score of persons are miss
ing and are believed to be dead
after a fire destroyed the Queen
Hotel here ar.d swept a large sec
tion of this seaport’s closely built
business section, causing a dam
age estimated at $800,000.
Only 48 out of the 117 persons
believed to have be~n in the ho
tel when the early morning fire
broke out, were accounted for
definitely at neon, but police
said others undoubtedly escaped.
The police after conferring
with hotel employees said the
death list might be as high as
thirty.
The hotel register is buried
in the safe beneath tons of de
bris.
Twenty survivors are in hos
pitals and many are suffering
serious injuries from flames or
from jumpng out of windows.
T.AKF A TIP from Miss
Mary IJavin (above), who was
named the most beautiful wait
ress in Pittsburgh during a con
test sponsored by the western
Pennsylvania restaurant associa
tion at a convention. It pays to
be pleasant, says Miss Davin.
Propose Give
People Sole Right
To Declare War
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (/P) —
Twelve Senators proposed a con
stitutional amendment to give!
the people the sole right to de—
clare an oversea war. The reso- j
lution provides for a national re
ferendum on whether such a war
will be declared when Congress
deems a “national crisis exists.”
Those signing the resolution
were Senators LoFoilette, Bone.
Clark, Dona hey, Murray, Wheel
er, Capper. Frazier. Nye, Lun
deen and Shipstead.
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I TAKE IT OR LEAF IT, Hat Stylist Lilly Daehe (above)
. whipped up a millinery number, out of a seagrape leaf at Miami
] Beach, Fla. Her time set a record; she did it in two minutes.
House Refuses
Accept Cold Tax
Exemption Bill
JUNEAU, March 3 </P) — The
House in night session completed
its Committee of the Whole read
ing of the appropriation measure
made increases totaling approx
imately $110,000. Various items
increased was the trout tail
bounty from $25,000 to $50,000
and the Planning Council appro
priation from 10 to $20,000.
The compensation bill went to
the Senate but it is unknown
whether it will be considered as
it is past the deadline.
The House refused to accept
the Senate gold tax exemption
bill also the tax lien measure.
The Senate passed the mini
mum teachers’ salary bill which
eliminates the $15 yearly in
crease also the memorial asking
that an Alaska Fisheries Com
mission of fishermen be created
to confer annually with the Bu
reau of Fisheries.
Cuts Bank Interest
To 8 Per Cent
JUNEAU, March 2, (TP) — The
Senate passed the House bill ap
propriating $15,000 to equip the
Griffin Memorial Hospital at Ko
diak; and the Lyng bill to cut
the maximum bank interest from
ten to eight per cent.
The Senate also passed a group
of nine House bills relative to
repair of roads and aviation
fields as needed.
They refused to pass the act
providing for the purchase of
Wickersham's library for $35,000.
In the appropriation bill, the
sum for telephone lines in the
Second, Third, and Fourth Div
isions, as previously sent was in
creased from $1800 to $8,000.
Teachers’ Salary
Bill Passes Senate
JUNEAU, March 1 (A1)—Strip
ped of the provision for a pay in
crease of $45 a year, the teachers’
salary bill came out of the Sen
ate committee on education.
They substituted Rep. Coffee’s
House bill which provides for a
$1800 salary in the Finst Divi
sion; $1980 in the Third Division;
and $2100 in the Second and
Fourth Divisions. It provides al
so that refunds remain as at
present.
Cochran’s liquor permit bill
passed the Senate but the House
by a vote of 10 to 6 refused to
accept it.
The Senate held a night ses
sion and the House this after
noon started consideration of the
appropriation bill.
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,
Special Power of Attorney forms
Meet Me At The KENNEL CLUB CARNIVAL Tomorrow Night, Saturday. March 4. Fun For All :
Doors Open At 8 P. M. Door Prize Drawing At 10 P. M. Admission Ad ults 50 cents. Children 25 cents
DEFENSE PROCRAM as outlined by the President is
special concern of Rep. Andrew J. May (left) (D.-Ky ), chairman
of the House military affairs committee. On right is Rep. Dow W.
llarter (I) -Ohio), chairman of an army air subcommittee.
Senate Attempts Give Gold l ax Lien
Payment Priority Over Labor Liens
j
JUNEAU, March 2 </P) —Last
minute attempts to get through
gold tax legislation in the pres
ent session was mad? in the Sen
ate with two bills. It is a ques
tio n whether the House will ac
cept them as the last day for
transmission was Tuesday and
bills now require a two-thirds
vote for passage.
One measure passed the Senate
which would raise the exemption
from taxation from ten to twenty
thousand dollars. The original
bills provided for a $25,000 ex
emption but was amended. This
bill and also a similar bill in
the House were left at the post
in the race to get the bills from
house to house before the dead
line.
Unpaid gross gold taxes with
an interest rate of six percent
which accures from the date the
taxes are due would be made
to have a prior right over any
lien against a mining property,
by a measure which also passed
the Senate. Several Senators at
tacked the treasure claiming that
labor liens should have a prior-1
•ty.
A substitute for a House bill
passed making the Teritorial
Superintendent of Public Works
the supervisor on the construc
tion of all public buildings in
cluding schools.
The House memorial support
ing Dimond's bill restricting her
ring fishing in southeast Alaska
also passed.
The Senate killed by a 4 to 4
vote Sen. Roden’s bill to change!
the general election from Sep
tember to October.
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UOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
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Says Nation Would
Be Shocked Bv
j
Conference
WASHINGTON. March 2. f/P)
—Senator Lundeen told the Sen
ate if the American people ever
learned what was said by Presi
dent Roosevelt in the conference
with the Senate Military Commit
tee several weeks ago “the na
tion would be shocked and stun
ned by the secretary and what
he said there.” Lundeen's state
ment climaxed a suddenly flar
ing acriminous debate over the
secrecy surrounding the commit
tees investigation of the official
assistant of the French Air Min
istry who is' here to purchase
war planes.
Senator Bridges touched off
the debate with his charge that
the confidential record of the
testimony before the committee
in its investigation of airplane
sales told a “different story”
from the expurgated testimony
later made public by the com
mittee. He said confidential cop
ies were returned to committee
for safe keeping but were des
troyed when asked for their
return. V ' *. •'
Today Senator Connatly ac
cused Senator Bridges of having
had a part in providing the news
leaks from the committee.
Bridges denied this and asserted
that his lips were sealed on the
matter also about the White
House conference from which
some Senators are said to have
emerged with the impression
that the administration was com
mitted to aiding European demo
cracies to prepare against any
threats of totalitarian aggression.
Hit And Run
H A NOVER COURTHOUSE,
March 2, {&)—Dr. William Dodd,
former Ambassador to Germany
was fined $250.00 and costs when
he pleaded guilty to a charge of
hit and run driving, involving
a negro child, Glois Garmes.
The child is still in a hospital.
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