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VOL. 41. No. 81. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1939 Price per copy 114
Support Present Neutrality Laws
* Two War Referendum Proposals Are Voted Down
I Bridges Deportation Hearing Be In Frisco Monday
» Claude Swanson,
Secretary Navy
Died Today
WASHINGTON, July 7, W) —
President Roosevelt announced
the death of Claude A. Swanson,
Secretary of the Navy, at Rapi
» dan Camp in Virginia.
Swanson was former governor
and senator from Virginia, was
Secretary of the Navy since
President Roosevelt took office in
1933. He was 77 years old, and
had been ill for many months.
President Roosevelt issued a
statement expressing sorrow at
his death and that “He brought
* to public service, not only ability
and integrity but loyalty to a
principle and duty from which
no consideration could move him
By his example, he provided an
inspiration for all public serv
ants. I, personally, mourn the
passing of a steadfast and inti
mate friend of more than a
quarter of a century.”
The widow, Mrs. Lulie Swan
son was at the death bed.
* Other survivors are Stephen
Douglas, his half-brother Henry,
and sisters Misses Sallie and
Anna Swanson, all who live at
Swansonville, Virginia.
He died at 8:06 a.m. EST after
suffering a cerebral hemmorhage
yesterday. He had been in Rapid
an Camp for more than a month
^ convalescing from a long illness.
Assistant Secretary Charles
Edison automatically becomes
Acting Secretary.
Hearing Nears
Deportation Of
Harry Bridges
SAN FRANCISCO. July 6 (JP)
— Preparations neared comple
tion for the deportation hearing
of Harry Bridges, beginning next
Monday on Angel Island in San
Francisco Bay.
Carol King, New York woman
attorney, has been in San Fran
cisco since Sunday mapping out
the defense strategy.
Labor leadeivi. and San Fran
cisco attorneys along with Brid
ges are charged with being affil
iated with an organization which
seeks to overthrows the govern
ment by force. The Communistic
party is not specifically named in
the papers filed.
James Landis, Dean of the
Harvard University School of
Law is enroute to preside as
special examiner.
Provide Credit
To Arm Allies
LONDON. July 6 '(/P) — The
Government introduced a bill in
Parliament to provide a huge
fund of probably 468,000,000 to
provide credit for Britain's allies
for arms.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
DOG MAY TRAP BABY KILLLER
War Referendum
Proposals Reject
ed By Committee
m
WASHINGTON, July 6 <JP> —
Two war referendum proposals
[ sponsored by twelve senators
! were rejected by the Senate Ju
diciary Committee but were sent
on to the Senate for considera
tion.
The committee, by a nine to
i five vote, disapproved the pro
posed constitutional amendment
j which woud order a popular vote
to decide on a declaration of
war in “warfare overseas.”
By a second vote of nine to
six, the committee disapproved
of another proposal which would
call for a referendum then final
action by Congress, in declaring
war.
Nome Boy Is
City Auditor At
Vallejo, Calif.
VALLEJO. Calif., Juy 7 <£>)—
' Afred Wanger, aged 20, a native
! of Nome, Alaska, and a graduate
of the University of Santa Clara,
was appointed City Auditor and
Assessor by the City Council of
Vallejo.
Note—Alfred’s parents Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Wanger, lived in Nome
in 1016 and had another son,
George, who was with the Min
ers and Merchants Bank during
Mr. J. J. Cole's management.
Mrs. Wanger operated The
Fashionable Gowm and Millinery
Shop and Mr. Wangefr was
freight clerk for Session’s Light
erage and later for the Northern
Commercial Co.
FOR SALE
A brand new Frisco Standard,
10 h.p. heavy duty, marine en
gine. Inquire St. Joseph’s Cath
olic Church.
Senators Pledge
Fight Changes
Neutrality Laws
—
! WASHINGTON, July 7 OP)
A declaration which Senator
Johnson said was signed by 34
| senators, stated that the group
j would fight any change in the
| existing neutrality law “by ev
I cry legitimate and honorable
j means at our command.’’
The statement was issued by
; Johnson after a conference in
: His office with the other senators.
, It was immediately interpreted
| as a threat to engage in a pro
! longed debate with the admin
j istration’s neutrality proposals.
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Mrs. Velma Baker Fink, mother of 10-weeks old Hahlon Fink, is
! shown as she dried her eyes and attempted to aid authorities run
I
down the infant’s killer. She is holding the family dog, Rap|s, w'hose
failure to bark at the time the child was taken from the Clyde. O.,
home led relatives to believe the dog knew the abductor.
Lindbergh Off
Secret Mission
"
j SEATTLE. July 6 </P) — Cod.
; Lindbergh left Boeing Field in
j a speedy army pursuit plane at
| 8:?5 a.m. with his destination a
j secret. Only a few field attend
| ants watched him leave.
Take British Op en
| ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July
7 (£*)■—Deadeye Dick Burton, En
I glish professional, hoded a 12-foot
I putt for a birdie in the 18th
! green to win the British Open
j Golf Championship with a score
j of 290 for the 72-hole course.
: Johnny Bulla, of Chicago, finish
, ed second with 292.
Wins Tennis Cup
WIMBLEDON, England, July
7 (ydP)—Bobby Riggs of Chicago,
beat his room-mate and doubles
partner Elwood Cooke of Port
land, Oregon, 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3,
6-2 in the all-American finals of
the adl-England tennis champion
jship.
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Going Down
WASHINGTON. Judy 6 (A>) —
The Treasury slashed its foreign
J silver price from 38 to 36%
! cent an ounce.
—
WASHINGTON. July 7 (IP) —
The foreign silver price of the
Treasury was unchanged at 36.75
j cents an ounce.
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INDEPENDENT Nepal.*
tiny atate bordering Tibet In
Asia, has sent Gen. Singh*
Shumshere Jung Badahur Ran*
(above) to London as her envoy.1
Nepal has some 5.000,000 popu«
lation.
A Milwaukee county deputy sheriff, whom strikers at the Allis
Chalmers factory, West Allis, Minn., claimed released tear gas
♦ during their attack on a street car bearing factory office workers,
is shown being escorted from the scene. During the demonstration
thirteen persons were injured and windows in the street car broken
$
One of two freight engines hitched tandem almost stood erect after plunging through a derail
and over the end of a “stub” track at Pittsburgh, P. Five trainmen lost their lives in the wreck.
Workers are shown removing one of the bodies from the cab of the locomotive.