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VOL. 41. No. 63. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1939 Price per ccpy iw
26 of Crew Perish in Sunken Sub
Rescue Chamber Disabled After 33 Men are Saved
Assessment Work Must Be Done says Del. Dimond
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Delegate Dimond
Wires Information
Assessment Work
Wash., D. C„ May 26
Nome Nugget:
On May 19 the Senate unani
mously agreed to the indefinite
•postponement of the Senate bill
tor the suspension of assessment
■work on mining claims in the
United States and Alaska.
On May 25 the House Mines
•Committee voted to indefinitely
postpone several similar House
bills. In view of the action taken
by the Senate and by the House
Mines Committee it appears ab
solutely certain that no bill for
suspending assessment work on
mining claims will be passed at
this session.
Will you please give publicity
to this telegram as well as sim
ilar news dispatches so that mine
owners will know that they must
perform assessment work to hold
mining claims for the assessment
work year which will end at
noon on July first.
Anthony J. Dimond,
Delegate from Alaska.
30 Billion Dollar
Bond Limit Raised
WASHINGTON, May 26 UP) —
The Senate Finance Committee
approved the legislation el'min
__ atinig the 30 billian dollars top
limit on the amount of federal
bonds which may be outstand
ing. Committee action in the
House approved the measure
•unanimously after Secretary Mot
gentbau testified in its favor.
NAMED TO SEC
Leon Henderson (above), 44
year-old forecaster of business
trends, was named by President
Roosevelt to the Securities and
Exchange Commission to fill the
; vacancy created when Chairman
Willian O. Douglas was elevated
to the Supreme Court. Whether
Henderson also would be chair
man remained in doubt.
PAA TO START TWICE
WEEK SCHEDULE MONDAY
I _
Local PAA agent Wm. Barber,
announced today that the twice
weekly trips of the PAA plane
service to Nome will commence
next Monday, followed by an
other plane Thursday. Agent Bar
her is in receipt of a quantity of
express matter which arrived to
day via the Mirow Air Service
plane.
LINDBERGH BEGINS AIR TOUR
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Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is shown as he arrived at Wright Field,
Dayton, O., his first stop on his projected tour of military aviation
facilities. He is shown with Brig. Gen. George H. Briett, Chief of
the Army Air Corps Material Division. Lindbergh, now on active
V army duty, flew his own plane to Dayton for a “technical confer
ence on Air Corps Affairs."
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Rescue Chamber
Disabled After
33 Are Saved
PORTSMOUTH, May 25 (VP) —
Although admitting that only the
barest possibility existed that
there is still life on the Squaus,
Read Admiral W. C. Cole an
nounced the resumption of res
cue work, asserting ‘‘Never say
die until all hope is lost.”
In pointing out a little hope
for the 26 men still trapped in
the ill-fated submersible, Cole
said the submarine temperature
I had dropped 27 degrees since the
] craft went down Tuesday and
tilted sharply when water flood
ed the after part.
From the rescue ship Falcon,
to which 33 survivors were hoist
i ed yesterday night, the admiral
said “When repairs to the rescue
chamber are completed we will
resume rescue operations on the
after part of the Squalus.
Lieutenant Oliver Naquin,
commander of the Squalus was
among the last survivors to leave,
j He came ashore with another
I seven members of the crew, and
| fhep were trapped for 4 hours
! after the great rescue bell be
| came fouled on its final upward
I trip.
Cause Sinking
I
Sub Squalus
Still Unknown
PORTSMOUTH, May 26 UP) —
Asserting that the cause of the
sinking of the submarine Squal
us, Tuesday, with a loss of 26
lives, is unknown, Captain H. R.
Greenlee, manager of the Ports
mouth Navy Yard said: “Any
thing said about the induction
valve is merely conjecture.’’
It was originally believed that
jan open induction valve allowed
! water to pour in while the
; Squalus was making a fast dive.
Alfred G. Prien, 26, machinists
mate, asserted that the control
board lights indicated that the
valve was closed.
Divers went down to attach a
permanent descending line to the
deck gun of the Squalus and
clear away the antennae and any
thing else that mgiht impede the
rescue work.
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jNo Suspension
i Assessment Work
WASHINGTON, May 25 UP) —
The House Mines and Mining
Committee tabled and in effect
killed for this session, any legis
lation which would permit pros
oectors to suspend assessment
work on claims during the cur
rent fiscal year.
The Senate took similar action
on the matter recently. The
House committee members said
tihat 'their act ion would ‘Hdi31
all such measures at this session
at least.”
QUEEN WILHELMINA
WOMAN’S WIT may
have to cope with Nazi strategy.
Tiiis is Queen Wilhelmina to
whom went assurance in Febru
ary that Hitler has only peaceful
intentions toward Holland.
World War
“Slack” Back
After 19 Years
NEW YORK. May 25 iJP)—Gro
ver Cleveland Bergdoll. the notor
ious World War draft dodger,
faces a five-year sentence.
"The slacker” was turned over
to military authorities on his re
turn to this country after an
| exile of 19 years in Germany.
From the liner Bremen he was
immediately taken to Governor’s
Island and placed in-communi
cado in the disciplinary barracks
{ at Fort Jay, as an escaped prison
; er.
Leaders Agree On
Tax Program
WASHINGTON, May 25 </P) —
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau reported that Congres
sional leaders agreed on a tax
program with President Roose
velt which would "definitely”
contribute to business recovery.
He said the tax conference was
held in the White House and it
cleared up the final details of the
corporation tax. With the revis
ion of the program no further
conferences are expected.
He explained that when the
House committtee calls on him
to testify, he will make a gen
eral statement about the tax re
vision.
WHITE WOMAN — Good all
around. experienced camp
cook, wants work on creeks.
Inquire at Nugget Office.
1 I
Alaska Planning
Council Adjourns
Session on Wed.
, JUNEAU, May 24 (Special to
the Nugget) — At the urgent re
quest of A. Polet, Nome member
i of the Alaska Planning Council,
( at the final session today, approv
! ed of a project for a preliminary
study of the economic and indus
1 trial structure of Seward Penin
, sula.
One staff member will prcbab
ly spend some time in the Nome
area this summer. This will be
■ the first regional study undertak
1 on by the council and if the re
| suits are encouraging, it w ill be
; the pathfinder for similar projects
I in other regions.
The Alaska Planning Council
w'ill als i cooperate with fed .r I
gene t > n a soil and ecor mic
survey in ‘he Mainstay-Suutr.a
River valley area where a party
f six experts are expected to be
engaged for several months.
The planners adopted a gen-,
j eral comprehensive program in
! eluding a continuation of studies
Ion taxation, land use, mining,
I fisheries, labor conditions, public
| assistance, and development of
recreational resources.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The Star Motor Co., located op
posite the Lincoln Hotel, is now
open for business. In addition to
garage we are equipped with two
trucks and a tractor to handle
your transportation needs. Your
phone calls will be given prompt
attention and your patronage
will be appreciated.
NAMED TO SENATE
James M. Slattery C^:ove), of
Chicago, chairman of i'.e Illinois
State Commerce Cfomtinsslon and
close political adviser of Gover
nor Henry Horner of Illinois, was
named by Horner to succeed the
late James Hamilton Lewis in.
the United States Senate.
Pleads Innocent
NEW YORK, May 26 UP) —
Fritz Kuhn pleaded innocent t>
charges of forgery and grand laar
ceny.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the ITcme Nugget offlca,
ROOSEVELT CONDEMNS AGGRESSION
Addresfcii^g the governing board of the Pan American union in
Washington, President Roosevelt condemned aggression as “ridic
ulous” and “criminal” and pledged this nation’s economic supprirt
to any Pan-American country whose freedom is threatened by “ec
onomic pressure” from abroad. Shown greeting the President after
his address is Jose Richling, minister! from Uruguay. At left is
Dr. Lew S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American union.