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VOL. 41. No. 7. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 16, 1939. Price per Copy 1W
France Asks Spain Lay Down Arms
Warns That Franco Insurgent Victory Is Inevitable
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Asks Government
To Lay Down
Their Arms
LERIA, Spain, Jan. 16 (/P) —
France appealed to the govern
ment of Spain to lay down its
arms, warning that an insurgent
victory was now inevitable.
General Franco had a pe-sag;
broadcasted by insurgent radio
and declared that insurgent
troops were marching against
Barcelona “not to destroy her but
lo take her."
Supreme Court
Is To Review
1933 Gold Act
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1G '■?) -
The Supreme Court agreed toj
review litigation involving the1
application of the 1033 act abre^
gating the payments and obli
gations in gold to contracts re-;
Quring payment in foreign cur-1
rer.cy :y—the equivalent of gold
dollars.
Reviews granted included an ap
peal to the Chemical Bank Trust
Company of New York, a trustee j
cinder mortgage to the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway and by
tire Bethlehem Steel Company of j
New York. A review h-as already j
(been granted to similar litiga
tion brought by the Guaranty
Trust Company of New York.
Former Nomcite,
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James Galen Dies
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18 </P);
—James Galen, aged sixty six,,
Cordova Transfer Company oper-;
ator, died at St. Vincent’s Hos-j
pital after a long illness. The
trody will be sent to Helena.
Montana, for burial.
-Mr. Galen was a former Nome-!
ite of early gold rush days.
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PUFFS break out like a rash
on the silhouet of new Schia
parelli evening suit. Note the
puffs at shoulder, hip and pocket.
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Japan Disapproves
Fortification Of
Island of Guam
TOKYO, Jan. 13 (TP) — Real
Admiral Kanazawa, navy spoke:
man said Japan regarded witt
grave concern the United Stst°:
naval boards proposal to fortifj
the Island of Guam. Personallj
Kanazawa saw no necessity foi
any foreign power strengthening
fortifications near Japan.
Japan is watching closely th<
progress of American defense
plans. The Admiral withheld an\
comment what Japan will do tc
meet this new military situatior
caused by the establishing of :
United States submarine and av
iation bases at Guam only fif
teen hundred miles from Japan.
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Northwest Airlines
Plane Crashes,
Burns Four
MILES CITY, Jan. 13, (JP) - (
The St. Paul to Sea tile bound'
Northwest Airlines passengerj
plane carrying four persons to
their death fell in flames on a
snow-covcred creek bottom two
miles west of Miles City after a
normal takeoff.
The four listed aboard the
plane were Mrs. Clara Morris,j
wife of a Northern Pacific Rail-'
road conductor of Mandan, North
Dakc'a; Richard S. Zshniser of
Bismack, Montana: Pilot C. B.
Chamberlain of Minneapolis; and
co-pilot Raymond B. Norby of
Minneapolis. H. V. Hewitt, com
pany employee of Parkwater,
Washington, left the plane at
Miles City.
While hundreds were restrain
ed at the airport from going to
the scene of the crash, searchers
dragged three charred bod es
from the ruins. One body has not
yet been recovered. All were hor
ribly burned.
Memorial Asks
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Inclusion Alaska
"29 Marine Act
JUNEAU, Jan. 15 (fP)—Bien
1 mal attention is again drawn to
'the merchant marine act of 1929
known as the Jones Act, when
Representative McCutoheon intro
duced a memorial asking Con
gres to include Alaska in the
clauses of the act which provides
i for transshipment from Canadian
ports to all United States posses
r sions and from which the north
land was excluded.
Gasoline tax receipt will be
1 used exclusively for highway pur
' poses was proposed in a report
by Highway Engineer William
Hesse. No recommendation was
made, however, for the amount
of the tax. Traffic regulations for
i the highway were also recom
mended as virtually esential to
life and .property.
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RIVER BOUNDS RUMANIA on the east, separating her from Russia's fertile Ukraine, i
„ eiiierf the soviet granary. A lone Rumanian sentinel at Tlghina gazes across the Dniester river
often c»He«Jh*k8°™e‘ towards which-some observers belleve-Hitler has cast longing eyes.
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Dimonds Asks .
101) Million
For Alaska
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (/TV
Delegate D mnnd outlined a legis
lative program for AJaska, em-.
bracing the establishment of
naval bases and a greater mea
sure of home rule. He said the
bases were a vital part of the
proposed national defense pro
gram.
“I have introduced a bill au
thorizing the establishim"-' of
naval bases ini Alaska, calling
for an appropriation of a hun
dred million dollars, therefore,
to plan in line with Admiral
Hepburn’s report calling 1 r air
bases at Sitka and Kodiak and
submarine bases at Kodiak and
Unalaska. The funds for at least
the Sitka and Kodiak station can
be appropriated this session,"
said Delegate Dirnond.
Del. Dirnond Seeks
Extension Of
Air Mai!
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 (/P, —
Delegate Dimond outlined his
progra m as follows: “I am work
ing to secure appropriations for
roads, air fields, and navigation
facilities in Alaska: for the ex
tension of air mail within the
territory. Air mail between
Seattle and Juneau was au
thorized last session, ithe ap
propriation made to put it into
operation, but the service did not
start due to lack of air naviga
tion facilities. Those are now be
ing installed. I seek extension of
air mail from Juneau along the
coast to Cordova, Valdez, Seward
and Anchorage, thence to the in
terior to Fairbanks, Nome, and
Bethel. I am advised that the
Civil Aeronautic Authority is in
sympathy with air transportation
development in Alaska at last.
Three millions are needed im
mediately for 3ir fields, and air
navigation facilities and aid from
army air bases and the proposed
navy bases or stations. The road
system and extension needs at
least two millions and it should
be appropriated for that purpose.
German Sailors
Draw Rotten
Eggs In Cuba
HAVANA, Jan. -13 (JPt — A
group described as Cuban work
men pelted goose-stepping Ger
man sailors with rotten eggs, de
cayed tomatoes and oranges. Of
ficers and midshipmen of the
sailors school ship Schleswig
Holstein were marching behind a
band down the fashionable Prado
when the workmen darted from
a side street and let fly with their
old fruit. Many found their
marks before the police halted
■the barrage. _
Meets ^ ith A. G. C.
JUNEAU, Jan. 15 <JP)—A joint
session of the legislature is sched
tiled for Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock to discuss the governor’s
app 'in,tments following which the
Senators as a Committee of the
Whole will meet with the Alaska
Game Commission which is hold
ir.g an open hearing Monday
from 1 to 3 for suggestions and
proposals in changing the game
laws.
Asks $25,000 For
Alaska Exhibit To
Frisco Fair
JUNEAU, Jan. 13 (JP) — Four
representatives showing they
were not superstitious on Friday:
the thirteenth dumped bills into'
the House hopper. Frank Gordon i
asking twenty five thousand for
an Alaska exhibit to the San;
Francisco Fair; J. P. Anderson
asking the discontinuance of the,
eagle bounty; H. S. McCutcheon,
asking five thousand dollars to_
stock Territory streams with
game fish, and ten thousand doi
lars to stock Alaska with Roose
velt Elk, Buffalo and game birds.
Representative Coffey announc
ed that because a person or per-|
sons have been charging the fish
ermen of Alaska for certain jobs
he promises a bill to take care:
of that situation and have the
“dirty practice stoped."
The Senate held only a half
hour session.
Legislators to Visit
Pioneers Home
Next Week
JUNEAU. Jan. 13 (TP) — The
House passed without a dessent
ing vote a resolution that an Al
askan be appointed Fisheries
Commissioner.
The Senate meets again at 11
o'clock Saturday and the House
at 10:30.
Lev,' Williams, formerly of the
Juneau Empire staff and Eleanor
Jahnke were added to the House
staff; and William Winn and
Phyllis Jeane were added to the
Senate staff.
The legislator's plan to visit the
Pioneers Home probably next
week-end. The Territorial Cham
ber of Commerce submitted its
annual report and asked for five
thousand to continue its public
ity information service.
The Governor submitted a de
ficiency report totalling $174,780,
of which $85,000 is for wolf and
coyote bounties and $72,000 for
the relief of the needy and desti
tute.
Baby Clipper
SEATTLE. Jan. 13 (TP) — The
baby clipper arrived here from
Ketchikan. Pan-American says
the date for starting the service
is still not decided.
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QUICK ON TRIGAMY Three
wives are too many for any one
man, the San Jose, Calif., police
department concluded when they
jailed. 25-year-o!d Boyd Burke
(above), on >a bigamy charge. He
was being held in default of
$10,000 bond and held as material
witnesses were two young wo
men, who told poire they had
both married him and both stilt
wanted him for a husband.
“Red’’ Burman
I) e c i s i o n s
Tommy rarr
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (TP)—De
spite a gallant showing in late
rounds by game Tommy Farr,
Clarence “Red” Bunman was
awarded a ten round decision
over the Welsh heavyweight to
the accompaniment of boos by a
crowd of ten thousand.
Burman is Jack Dempsey’s pro
tege, had better going in the first
six round but was tagged by the
more experienced Welshman irv
his rally, through losing heats.
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vance for your subseriDtion
Rookie John Vander
iVtuJ Meer of Cincinnati
Reds, then 22, outstripped hi*
baseball elders by pitching two
successive no-hit, no-rur* games,
against Boston Bees and joklyn
Dodgers, a record in both leagues.
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