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; VOL. 41. No. 12, NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1939 Price per Copy 15«
I Insurgents Take Barcelona No Effort
Governor’s 5 Percent Gold Tax Not yet Introduced
I Bill Appropriates
$10,000 Addition
To Nome School
JUNEAU, Jan. 25 (ZP) —It is
understood that Attorney Gen
era! James Truitt has submitted
to the se' citor of the Interi r
Department as asked and request
ed by Ickcs, the bill of the Gov
ernor’s providing license and tax
of gold output of five percent to
foe paid an-ually in. all eases
where the output exceeds fifteen
thousand dollars and also re
qu res pasting a bond of $2500
by co-partnerships, corporations
and compan'es which engage in
mining in Alaska.
The bill has not been present
ed yet in either house.
Governor’s Bill—
5 % Gold Tax On
All Over $15,000
JUNEAU, Jan. 25 (ZP>— Repre
sentative Rogge introduced a bill
memorializing Congress to vote
on the National Wild Life Bill
which would extend wild life
projects to Alaska.
Martin and Lyng introduced a
bill asking for an appropriation
of $10,000 for an additional
building for the Nome school.
Davis introduced a bill appro
priating $25,000 to assist Haines
in the construct on and altera
tion of her school build ng.
Rogge introduced a bill to re
imburse the L brary Associations
st Hyder. Fairbanks, Nenana.
Valdez smd Pr -iburg f ex
penditures of tue past b :nnium
of to t: • sum of cnlv $804.
The H ,:se passed the Senate
bill returning $147 to G:arf
Lowe of L'vr grod f fe overpay
ment of 1V‘"-' _
U. S. Companies
To Build Planes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (£>)—
President Roosevelt sa d that
United States aircraft manufac
turers had agreed with this gov
ernment’s knowledge to supply
France w'th an undesignated
number of p'anes. The President
was asked in a press conference
whether steps had been taken to
facilitate the French purchase of
planes but sa;d he would have
to reply negatively because of
the way the question was put.
but added that since many Am
erican plane fac'ories were idle
and it wou'd be a good thing if
they accepted the French plane
orders and got them substan
tially under way before the larg
er American air program star:s.
When asked why the French
observer was aboard !he bomber
tested for the army when it
crashed in California, the Presi
dent replied that the War De
partment had no objection to
other countries ordering planes
from private manufacturers.
He sent a request to Speaker
5 , ■ head far I .ho Immediate
uppro'priaticn cf fifty m ll on dot
lars to speed the airplane pur
chases cf the arnp's 300 million
dollars plar.e procurement pro
gram.
Federated Chureh
Rev. Vincent Widney, pastor.
—
Services for Sunday, Jan. 29
Church school, 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship, 7:45 p.m.
Sermon topic: ”Do Something
About It.”
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Native Methodist Church
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Service, 5 P. M.
Franco’s Troops
Enter Barcelona
Noon Thursday
J
HENDAYE, Jan. 26 UP) —
Franco’s Spanish, Moon, h, and
Italian troops marched into Bar
celona at noon with flags flying
and bands playing, formally tak
ing over Spain's largest city after
two and a half years of civil
war.
The government’s defense col
lapsed and insurgent dispatches
said they met with little or no
resistance. At the end of the re
ports they said the government
army was forming a new defense
line somewhere to the north.
Insurgent accounts of the en
try said the peop'e of Bercelona
flecked from their houses to
greet the victorious army whose
planes, for the past month had
been raining death in their
midst.
WINS AGAINST
FOE CALLED “BUM”
NEW YORK. Jan — Calling a
man a “bum” is not slander but
a: the worst merely the use of
an "abusive and ill-chosen” word
Such was the opinion of Jus
tice Thomas C. Kadien Jr., in d:s
missing the $100,000 slander suit
brought by William Weidberg. a
Brooklyn lawyer, against Mayor,
F. H. LaGuardia. Weidberg
•charged the mayor slandered
him by calling him a “bum”
when he arose to question La
Guardia during a campaign rally
speech.
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Estimate Twelve
Thousand Dead
In Quake Area
SANTIAGO, Jan. 26 (TP)—The
first government reports gave
four thousand dead but the total
may go above twelve thousand,
as the earthquake spread ruin
and terror in central Chile Tues
day night.
The government communique
with the first official tabulation
of death and damages is far
from complete, and the estimates
o.f twelve thousand dead came
from the aviators who flew over
the region.
The region hardest hit is 250
miles south of Santiago in the
heart of the agricultural belt.
From refugees who came out
by air and from amateur radio
operators, the communique con
firmed the Chilean news report
that early Chilean history has
been destroyed.
TWO-TON TON DROPS
BRESCIA IN 1ST ROUND
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. — Two
Ton Tony Galento beat Joe
Louis record for short fights by
flattening Jorge Brescia last
Thursday night. The tall Argen
tine hit the floor for keep in the
first round. Galento weighed in
at 235 pounds and Brescia, 216.
Tangling with the South Am-j
erican, who lasted three rounds j
with Louis, the Pudgy Pounder'
dashed in and dropped Brescia
once for a one count with a
left hook to the body, then put
him away for keeps with a half j
dozen more of the same south
paw shots to the tummy.
Groaning and grimacing with
pain as he clutched his stomach,
Brescia was on his kness as he!
was counted out.
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Traveling Salesman— Where’st
:he menu?
'Waitress—Down the aisle and
irst door to the right.
Four Indians to
Represent Alaska
At Frisco Fair
JUNEAU, Jan. 26 (/P) — Two
bill drafts were submitted to the
House from the Division of La
bor Standards, which would set
up an industrial board to ad
minister the revised compulsory
workmens’ compensation law
and creating new departments
necessary to meet requirements
of the wage-hour act.
Rep. McCutchcon sent a letter
to the House asking the new hos
pital at Kod'alj he called the
Griffin Memorial in tribute to the
late Secretary of Alaska.
The Senate b 11 f r $20,000 for
the Seld via hospital passed the
House.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
announced that Alaska will be
represented at the San Francisco
Exposition with six totem poles,
four Hydaburg Indians, dancing
blankets and other Indian craft
to be displayed.
New Addition to the
Public School Building
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Ever since the construction of
the new public school building,
a group of men and women deep
ly interested in education in
Nome have been quietly working
to overcome the inadequacy of
the present school plant for a
bread educational program. This
has culminated in the introduc
tion of a bill, in the legislature1
by Representatives Howard
Lyng and Garnet Martin of the
Second Division, providing for a
$10,000 appropriation to con
struct a north annex to the build
ing. Briefly, it would provide
additional quarters for the home
making and manual training de
partments, offer better facilities
for a prospective program of vis
ual education, supply the school
nurse with appropriate quarters,
and furnish some badly needed,
storage space.
Louis Floors
Lewis 3 Times
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (JP) —
Ruthless Joe Louis blasted John
Henry Lewis into submission in
less than three minutes to suc
cessfully defend the world heavy
weight championship for the fifth
time.
The most dangerous puncher
since Dempsey nearly tore the
head off the challenger with vic
ious right hooks as he bettered
John Henry all over the ring.
Joe dropped him for counts of
two and three, then smashed him
to the floor again, and there John
Henry lay helpless while referee
Arthur Donovan counted to five
deciding to declare Joe the win
ner by a technical knockout in
2 minutes 29 seconds of the first
round.
This was the first all-negro
heavy-weight championship bout
ever held in the United States.
Recommend P A A
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, (/P)—
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
Examiners recommended that the
Pacific Alaska Airways Inc. be
issued a certificate for conven
ience and necessity for air line
operations over its three routes
in Alaska. He said the Company’s
operation has been “both effic
ient and adequate” during the
so-called Grandfather Period Act
from May to August over last
years routes from Juneau to
Fairbanks via Whitehorse, be
tween Fairbanks and Nome, andi
between Fairbanks and Bethel.
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