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VOL. 41 No. 110 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday SEPT. 21 1938 Single Codv 25ct»r
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Disorder Reigns Prague With Czech Announcement
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10 Dead 40 Injured Southern Pacific Train Wreck
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Pres. Roosevelt
Gets Victory in
N. Y. Primaries
UNDATED, Sept. 21, Wh—The
ctafea*. of Representative John
O'Connor for the democratic re
nomination in New York, gave
President Roosevelt his first ar.d
Only victory in his personal cam
paign against four democratic
legislators.
The sole triumph is not com
plete, however, because O’Con
nor’s name will be on the Novem
her ballot, having won the re
publican nomination by one thou
sand votes over Ali n. W. Dulles
who lost the democratic nomin
ation to James H. Fay, a New
Dealer.
O'Connor, who is chairman of
the powerful House Rules Com
mittee, attributed his defeat in
the election, to dishbnesy, and
h.rved that he would seek a re- j
ccjrnt of the Fay vote who won
the labor parties nomination!
without opposition.
The Massachussrtts democratic
primary witnessed a triumphant '
comeback by former Governor ;
James Macauly who won the;
Gubernatorial nomination from
> Gov.. Chas. F Hurley.
Former Senator W. Warren !
Barour, was an easy winner for
t. . republican senatorial nomin
ation of New Jersey.
William J. J. Ely, won the dem ;
erratic nomination without oppo-;
s*t ion.
Wisconsin progressives put Gov.;
Philip LaFoll-ette far out in the
fitmit in his campaign for his
fourth tenn renomination.
How Mining Claims can be!
Staked in Alaska, length. Bread ;
lb, how many, and the Associa
flun Claim, described in detail, in j
p .mphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
iHE'S ACAINST I V
and so tiny Arleen Helen Young
wailed this tearful protest
against the world in general
during the children’s parade
staged in connection with annual
Mardi Gras at Venice. Cal. Hun
dreds of other tots took part
No Settlement
Arrived at Yet
Bv Hie S. U. P.
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SEATTLE. Sept. 21, — Peter
Hill, representing the Seamen’s
union of the Pacific, said an ag
reement between the Alaska S.
S. Company and the S. U. P.
"had not yet been decided upon
but would probably be effected
within a few days"
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Czech Government
Agrees to Plan
British. French
UNDATED, Sept. 20, (£*> —
Czechoslavakia made last minute
efforts to get Russian support to
offset Adolph Hitler’s demands
while new complications ware
I injected into the crisis, in the
form of border clashes and visift
| of Hungarian and Polish envoys
! to Hitler at Berchtesgaden.
At Udnine, Italy, II Duce Mus
solini declared it was time that
the “world became acquainted
with this new warlike and de
1 termined Italy.” However, no re
ference was made by him to the
I CzechosLavakian situation.
He did say, thought, “that the
Fascist march had not yet finish
ed, and nobody will stop us.”
The border clashes coming at
i a time while the Czech govern
I merit stalLed for time and Cham
Iberlain of England and Daladier
! of France pled for the ceding of
: Sudeten 13nd to Germany, kept
Europe keyed to war dangers.
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A German official communique
said that Premier Bela Imredi.
and foreign minister Huan Kan
ya of Hungary had placed before
Dictator Hitler, a demand that
the seven hundred thousand Hun
garian Czechs be given the right
to self determination.
The view of Poland are under
stood to be similar to those of
Hungary. They were presented
to Hitler by Joseph Lipski, Pol
ish Ambassador to Berlin.
Reports from Geneva said that
Czechoslavakia had received the
Soviet promise of support if Ger
many tries to seize Sudeten Ger
man areas.
However, a possible barrier to
such aid was found in the fact
that Rumania took a position she
could not permit Soviet troops
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TENTIN’ IN THE MELON P A T C H . Oscar Mlddlebrook Inspects one of hta> moniter
itltns which, growing at Hope. Ark., will weigh from 150 to 115 pounds. The bu p - d
male? from hot sun. each day the big melons are turned over, gaining from
| dally With tender oare, Mlddlebrook last year nursed one melon up to 59-i i>o
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to pas? through her territory.
Moscow dispatches said that
Sovief circles were silent regard
ing the Russian position, but em
phasized she was not obligat d
to support Czechoslavakia if the
French refuse.
PRAGUE, Sept. 21, (/P>— The
Czech government announced at
7:25 today acceptance, of the Brit
ish and French plan for meeting
the peace terms with Hitler.
The news came from Czecho
slavakia by radio broadcasts, and
was carried by loudspeakers to
the streets of Prague.
Premier Hodza issued a com
munique saying:
"Our friends, to whom we have
been attached for the Last twenty
years, have advised us to secure
peace by making territorial sac
rifices. Czechoslovakia suggested
a s tt lenient by the judgment of
an intern .'.ion-1 i rrt, but he
suggestion was . ed. What is
to be lost -a st-U s_oject to nego
tiations. Your government, in the
the interests of peace has decid
ed to make seme sacrifices to
avoid suffering and the loss of its
whole existence.”
No suggestion was made as to
the amount of territory to be,
ceded.
Silence fell over the crowds of
soldiers, who had been asked to
remain calm, following the an
nouncement,
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PRAGUE, Sept. 2!, The pro
paganda ministry disclosed in
formally last night that' the Czech
government had accepted the
Briish. French plan for meeting
Hitler’s peace terms.
An official of the ministry said
the government had yielded to
the pressure from London and
Paris. The British and French
legations were apparently noti
fied of the decision, as notes
were delivered to htem.
PRAGUE, Sept. 21, —An offi
cial announcement from the prem
ier’s office was expected while
the crowds gathered in the main
Authorities were worried ab
streets took on an excited mood,
out the reaction and chaos whoih
migh result.
Definite news that the repub
ic faced a loss of considerable
territory, was expected.
In the streets there were shouts
of “Rather war than dictator
ship.”
Crowds estimated at five thou
sand persons staged noisy demon
strations in the main thorough
fares, crying: “long live the *r
tny: log live Czechoslavakia."
Thousands of persons crowded
into the entrances of building**,
and the windows in hotels and
business establishments were fill
ed with people, cheerig the mar
chers and taxicabs bearing Czech
army officers.
BURBANK, Clif., Sept. 21, —
Major General Oscar Westover,
Chief-of the United States Army
Air Corps, and his sergeant pil
ot kere killed in the crash today
of Westover’s plane.
The accident occurred while
the plane was nearing a landing.
Westover was enroute here af
ter presenting trophies to the 19th
bombardment squadron at March
Field, near Riverside, Calif.
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EaK» ^ BIRD Henry Hoter,
village blacksmith in Pleasant
Valley district of Sharpsburg, !
Pa., ntuflled his anvil-clanging
with a cork padding after neigh
bors protested that his activity
at 5 a.m. kept them from getting
• their sleep.
Many Dead And
Injured in Train
• Wreck In Calif.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, — j
Ten persons are dead and about |
forty are injured following the
telescoping of two Southern Pac
ific trains in Imperial Valley, at
Tortuga, a switching point, elev
en miles East, in land.
The identified dead are H. R.
Parsons, firemen of the West
bound “Argonaut" and P. E- Mar
tin fireman of the California
train: Robert N. Richardson, en
gineer of the California express,
all of Los Angeles Mrs. J. A.
Hall, Emma Hall of Loma Linda,
and Florence Tatar of Rinebeek
New York were also killed.
Besides the identified dead,
there ware four unidentified wo-1
men. Most of the dead and in-'
jured were aboard the California
train.
Officials after a preliminary ex
amination, said that the tragedy
had apparently been caused by
a faulty switch wheih shunted
the Argonaut onto a siding where
the “California” waited for it to
pass on the main line.
Among the passengers was J.
H. Dyer vice president of the
Southern Pacific, who was unin
jured. He took charge of the res
cue work, and reported that the
work was delayed by the fact of
many being trapped in the twist
ed steel of the heavy cars, nec
essitating the use of acetylene
torches to cut away he metal.
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No Sign Isadore
Fix Disovered
Party of Three
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Ernest Lottsfeld. of the Alaska
Road Commission, who was a
member of the searching party
flown to the Kougarok river to
look for the missing Isadore Fix,
returned yesterday to Nome, af
ter a fruitless attempt.
He repored that search was in
stituted by Harry Longley and .1
native and himself, about the
vicinity of where the Fix boat
was moored. No trace of Isadore
could be found, he declared.
An examination of the boat
revealed most of the supplies and
equipment, and everything in shio
shape order. It might have ap
peared, he said that Fix had been
wet, because his extra pair of
underdrawers were gone, and his
wet ones were in the boat.
The boat was rv v to a stake
which seemed to point in the dir
ection of Whaley’s and Nelson’s
camp on the Noxapaga. about 20
miles distant.
The men floated the boat down
as far as Bunker Hill, from
which point Mr. Lottsfeld came
on into town, the others remain
ing there. i'-’*
It was understood today that
pilot Sig Wien of the Wien Al
aska Airlines expects to fly to
Rainbow Carnap, pick up Frank
Whatley for an observer and then
reconnoiter over the country be
tween that point and the point
where the Fix boat was moored.
American Legion
Paraded At L A.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 21, —
The might of American Legion
representatives from posts in ev
ery state in the union and from
across the sea, went into one
big parade, in a display of pow
er and color, here Monday.
Officials estimated there were
forty thousand people in the line
of march. Army air force planes
participated in the parade whcih
culminated at the memorial col
iseum .
i< fc 0 HUE of ci*ht V. s.
officials he linked with Com
munism was cited at nrobe by
Hep. Noah Mason of Illinois.