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VOL. 41. No. 86. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, July 19, 1939 Price per copy is#
To Abandon Neutrality Legislation
House Committee Is To Study Alaska Fisheries
Youthful Slayer Sentenced Die In Lethal Chamber
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BETTER JOBgets Gen.
Jose Esttgarribia (above). Para
guay minister te tl. S. While at
work in Washington, D. C., he
was elected Paraguay president.
9 He was only candidate.
Admiral Named
Control Spending
For Air Bases
WASHINGTON, July 17 </P) —
President Roosevelt reported
that Admiral Leahy is to head
a group of naval officers who are
to supervise the spending of a
third of $65,000,000 for air bases
in the Pacific and including Ko
diak and Sitka. The amount is to
be expended this year on work
progressing as rap;dly as possible
in an economical manner.
“SOURDOUGH”
At Nugget Office
STATIONERY
Conference Is
Called on Chances
Of Neutrality
WASHINGTON, July 18 (JP) —
An extraordinary night confer
ence at the White House was ar
ranged by Administration and
Senate leaders apparently for the
purpose of weighing the final
chances of the neutrality law re
vision at this session, is meeting
at 8:30 p.m. and is authoritativ
ely reported to inciude Presi
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Hull,
Senator Barkley, Senator Pitt
| man and three Senate Republi
| cans, McNary, Borah and Austin.
The invitations to tire Republi
cans were reported to have been
phoned by Senator Barkley.
Senator Austin said it was his
understanding that the President
and Secretary Hull wished to
learn the individual views of the
members in efforts by the admin
istration to obtain a revision.
A poll of the Republican senti
ment regarding the possibilities
if neutrality action at this ses
sion is said to have disclosed
that most Republicans desired
o defer the discussion. Austin
thought it wiser to wait until
January when “the country gets
a clearer view of what is in
volved.”
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Authorize Comm.
Thorough Study
Alaska Fisheries
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I WASHINGTON, July 17 (/P)—
| The House of Representatives
l authorized the Merchant Marine
i Committee to thoroughly study
Alaska fisheries.
.Delegate Dimond’s resolution
authorizes the committee to hold
sessions anywhere in the United
States and Alaska, during and
after adjournment for the invest;
gation to deal primarily in sal
mon traps; the advisability of
changing the salmon season; the
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Pres. Unwilling
Abandon Attempts
Neutrality Laws
WASHINGTON, July 18 tVP) —
President Roosevelt and Secre
tary Hull announced they were:
were unwilling for the abandon- 1
fent of attempts to obtain further
action on neutrality legislation
j at this session.
I After an unusual Whitehouse
| conference tonight with Demo
j cratic & Republican Senate lead
! crs, who nsisted that the admin
j istration make no change, and
mustered sufficient support to
force the program out of the,
foreign relations committee.
Roosevelt and Hull, though
yielding from an unbudged posi
tion, claiming the failure to en
act the law which would repeal
the arms embargo, would allow
any nations to buy here for cash,
j taking delivery on American soil,
weakens the American position
in the possible outbreak of war.
Conferees reported that the
President and Senator Borah re-!
peatedly clashed. The President
sai'd the Senate must take the J
responsibility for the failure. Bor
ah said “Of course the responsib i
iiiity must rest with the Senate— i
where else could the responsibil
ity for not completing the legis-1
lation rest? We are not operating
finder Aye, Hitler.”
The neutrality decision left the
way open for possible adjourn-1'
fent in two or three weeks de
pending on how quick the action
is completed on the new lending
program.
effect of herring fishing, as now
conducted, on the salmon indus
try; and “offshore fishing by for
eign nations for both crabs and
salmon.”
It also authorizes any inquiry
the committee “may consider im
portant and pertinent to mer
chant marine or fisheries of the
United States.”
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
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i THE FASHION IN ‘IRON LUNGS' was shown in London whore “drinker" rt**pir:.tor«
(such as lefi) and a jacket respirator demonstrated treatment for infantile paralysis victim.
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SECRECY CLOAKS PERFORMANCE of above 25-ton, two-motored “double de.cker”
flying boat tested by Consolidated Aircraft corp. at San Diego. It lias a length of 73 feet and wing
spread of 110 feet, and will carry 52 passengers and a crew of five on daytime flights.
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Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
The regular luncheon meeting
of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce met in
the dining room nf the North
Pole Bakery. Director Tom Gi
ven presided. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and ap
proved. The following guests
were introduced by the chair
man:
W. H. Loerpabel; Hon. James
S. Truitt, Attorney General of
Alaska; J. D. Nelson, General
Freight Agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company.
Mr. Loerpabel who has been
engaged for several months test
ing the quartz properties of the
Alaska Homestake Gold Mining
Company stated that he was very
glad to be home again, as he was
brought to Nome by his parents
when very young in 1900 and he
graduated from the Nome school,
later leaving for the States to con
tinue his studies. He was pleased
to see the 'advancement over the
old time jumping of tent ropes
on the beach. He was more than
glad to note that the destruction
of the City of Nome by fire brot
about the reconstruction of Nome
on better and more lasting lines
of a permanent nature.
He was glad to note the act
ivities and the prospects for the
future. Nome has always been
considered the greatest mining
district in the world and today
is still entitled to the same dis
tinction. He stated that he would
be delighted to be back in the
future in any capacity and to
make Nome his home.
J. D. Nelson, General Freight
Agent of the Alaska Steamship
Company when called upon by
the Chairman calling his atten
tion to his former promise that
le would in some future date
speak before the Chamber more
than the allotted one minute that
be was limited to at the last
luncheon, quoting his actual
words said: "At a Chamber of
Commerce meeting it is no more
than fair to explain that I am
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Special Session
Be Called in Event
Crisis in Europe
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! WASHINGTON, July 19 (VP) —
Stephen Early, the President’s
press secretary, said that Roose
velt wi l have to call a special
session of Congress to act on
neutrality legislation should a1
• crisis develop in Europe after,
i adjournment.
j Asked whether the President 'is
going to take the neutrality is
sue to the country, Early re
! plied “I’m certain of one thing—
that from the time Congress ad
journs until it reconvenes in Jan
I uary, the President is going to:
pray as he never before did in
dl his life that there will be no
! new crisis in Europe.’’
j Strong indications are that
from now until the issue arrives
| at the start of the next session,
he will take the fight for the re
peal of the arms embargo dir
1 ecMy to the people. Some senat
ors, apparently accepted these in:
i dications as constituting and un
j expressed challenge which they
promptly accepted. Among these
was Senator Johnson who told,
reporters “If the President does \
■ go to the country, we'll go too—
i we’ll go on the slogan that this
j country wants no war.”
Fines Flyer
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WASHINGTON, July 17 (VP) —
The Civil Aeronautics Authority'
fined Fred D. Toogood of An
chorage an unrevealed amount
for performing airplane acrobat-;
ics at low altitudes.
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Economist Dies
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., July 19
(VP) —Edwin R. A Siligman, 78,
noted economist and fiscal expert
died yesterday at his summer
home from heart seizure
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Burgunder Is
Sentenced Die
In Gas Chamber
PHOENIX, July 18 (-'Pi^Death
in the lethal gas chamber of the
state prison is the penalty as
sessed to Robert Burgunder, 22,
college sophomore and son of a
former King County prospecutor,
by a jury who convicted him of
killing Jack Peterson, a Phoenix
auto salesman.
Burgunder heard the verdict
without emotion, maintaining the
stony indifference which charac
terized his demeanor through
out every phase of the trial. Hi's
mother Mrs. Ruth Burgunder of
Alhambra, Calif., appearedr deep
ly shocked at the death verdict.
Judge Laprade said the sen
tence would be executed on July
24.
C. T. McKinney, associate de
fense counsel said he would file
motions for a new trial and for
an arrest of the judgement.
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BIGGEST welcoming show
in years was staged at Washing*
ton, D. C„ when Pres. Anastasio
Somoza (above) of Nicaragua
arrived for visit. Pianes, bands,
and tanks helped roar welcome
to visiting executive.