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Oldest Newspaper in Alaska. M* inker el ^ hr .V^so,- j:- r * Press DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOfiiE AND THE SECOND DIVISION. NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASF- ESPECIALLY ADAPTED I OK COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION THE NOME DAILY i' VOL. 37. No. 24. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Jan 29th, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents Borah Suggests 1936 Pol. Planks BRANDS ALFRED E. SMITH AS “TURNCOAT’’ “SMITH FORGOT THE 1928 CAMPAIGN” AS SAME HIS ADDRESS Robinson Of Arkansas Pans Smith For Repealing Hoover During 1928 (By The Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 29, — The New Deal officially por trayed Alfred E. Smith as a turncoat, “warring again st his own people; against the men and women with whom he fought shoulder to shoulder with in the past. The spokesman in the re ply to Smith’s Saturday speech impugning Ameri canism, and the integrity of Roosevelt’s policies, was A1 Smith’s running mate in 1928—Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, who said Smith’s hour-long har angue before the mis-called Liberty League was barren and sterile—without a sing le constructive suggestion. Robinson said Smith had approved of the NRA, farm relief, urged federal spend ing for public works, urged congress to cut red tape and confer wide powers on the executive. “With merciless logic op Continued on Page 3 War Is Being Waged On Fish Traps in North (By The Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 28th— Salmon traps were describ ed by former Gov. William A. Sulzer of New York,who is interested in mining in Alaska as the “most mur derous instrumentalit i e s ever devised by the hum an mind.” He testified re cently before the House Merchant Marine and Fish cries Committee, which op ened hearings on a bill in troduced by Delegate An thony J. Dimond to abolish fish traps in Alaska waters. Sulzer, who declared he is a veteran of many Alas ka gold stampedes,said that unless traps are abolished, the fishing industry in Al aska will die. He declared Proposes Plan To Develop Tin Cape Prince W. (By The Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 28—De velopment of Tin resources in Alaska through a liberal government subsidy pro possed by Representative Scrugham, democrat of Ne vada. In his recommenda tion of the report to the House Appropriations sub committee. Scrugham said, “Of all the possible short age of metals, that of tin is the most dangerous and acute to the United States.” Paul W. Gordon, super visor ofAlaskan affairs,told the committee of consider able tin deposits in Alaska, stating that “last summer was a profitable one for the mining interests at Tin City about 100 miles from the city of Nome.” Gordon al so said at the same hearing that the outlook of the Ma tanuska colony was exceed ingly bright. Dimond Intro. Bill Issue Bonds Up To $80,000 (By The Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 29, — Delegate Dimond introduc ed a bill today authorizing an $80,000 bond issue for the construction of public works in the city of Wrang ell, the proceeds to be used on streets, water system, harbor, and to float munici pal structures. hundreds of thousands of fish are lost every year be cause storms make it im possible to empty the traps. He urged members of the Committee to get acquaint (Continued on Page Three) Recent Filings For Legislature Brot Up Todate (By Tne Associated Press) Undated, Jan. 29, —Re cent filings for the Alaska Legislature include the fol lowing: R. E. Baumgartner Sew ard attorney, democrat, fil ed for the house. L. V. Ray Seward attorney squelched the report he would file for republican candidate for delegate to congress. Mar ion Edmundson of Circle, republican, filed for the house. W Rogge Fairbanks democrat filed for house. Julian A. Hurley, Fair banks republican filed fj>r the senate. Mrs. R R. Hermann, Ju neau republican admitted to the bar last year filed for the house. Mrs. Crystal ,Snow Jenne, Juneau demo crat recently filed for the same post. Mayor Oscar Gill, Anchorage republican I filed for the senate. John J. ;Bugge, pioneer Matanuska I republican filed for the house. You can save $2.00 by paying for your subscrip tion for six months in ad vance for the Nome Daily Nugget. Do it now ! WM. E. BORAH EXPRESSES 1st OPINION REGARDS TO ISSUES Idahoan Believes Townsend Plan Is Not Practical But That Old Persons Should Get $50-$60 Month (By The Associated Press) New York, Jan 29, —Sen ator William E. Borah, of Idaho, last night expressed the view “that every old person of 60 years or over, deserved fifty or sixty doll ars a month as an old age pension”, but that the Town send plan was impractical, in the first comprehensive exposition of his stand on a number of vital issues smce his name began to be mentioned for the republi can presidential nomina tion. The Idahoan called for the delegate to the nation al convention to be instruct ed to frame a “living plat form to take care of the people as a whole”; hands off policy of this country in international political em broilments; anti-lynching legislation; if a law could be framed that would’nt infringe upon the states rights policy “if it became a . (Continued on Page Three, PRESIDENT-CHILDRENS ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY JAN 30th COME ONE! COME ALL! Proceeds To Go Needy Children’s Medical Care Dream Theatre, 7:30 P. M. Adm. Adults $1.00; Children 50cts Ethiopians Hard Pressed Italians Following Defeat L (By The Associated Press> Undated, Jan. 29, —De layed accounts from the southern front told of des perate efforts of Ras Desta Demtu, Ethiopian chieftain to reassemble ms scattered forces after fascist victories along the Ganale Dorya. Pursuing forces of Gener al Rudiolfo Graziani found retreating defenders had fired one large supply mag azine, hut the invaders captured a second with guns, ammunition and sup plies. Italians moved to cut off possible Ethiopian supply sources from British Ken ya colony, as scattered Eth iopian soldiers left water holes in the sands to swiftly moving Blackshirts. Two planes flying across the Kenya border were re ported by the Italian high command as signalling troop movements to the E.hiopians. AL SMITH TURNS DOWN INVITATION IN A NICE NOTE' Washington, D. C., —Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt dis closed recently that Alfred E. Smith in a nice note de clined an invitation to be an overnight guest at the White House when he was to come to Washington Jan uary 25th to address the American Liberty League. Smith assailed as false a published assertion attrib uted to an anonymous White House spokesman that he had been invited at least once each year by the Roosevelts’ to pass either a night or a week-end at the White House and that he had always refused. Subscribe for the Nugget [ Richard Loeb, 1924 Killer Was (hit Death Razor (By The Associated Press) Joliet, Illinois, Jan. 29, Slashed 52 times with a raz or in the hands of an enrag ed fellow convict, Richard Loeb, 30, co-perpetrator of the “thrill slaving'’ of Bob by Franks, in 1924, was kill ed Tuesday at the State’s penitentiary. James Day, 23. serving a term for larceny, confessed to killing Loeb. State’s at torney Will McCabe, of Will County said he blam ed it to Loeb’s persistance in pursuing him over a long period, with improper ad vances. Day first said it was just a fight”. He denied he had stolen the razor with which he cut to pieces, the part er of Nathan Leopold in Chicago’s most revolting cr ime, of nearly a dozen years ago. The razor, he claimed, he wrested from Loch's hands when Loeb threatened him with it. ‘‘Ever since I have been a prisoner here Loeb has been hounding me and try ing to get me to submit to him. I always refused”, Day said in a statement. The altercation occurred in the private showerbath room. Loeb was taken to the prison hospital where e’ght doctors worked over him, but to no avail. No charges had been placed against Day up to a late hour. Open Season On Beaver Set i>v Tile Game Com. As a result of its field in vestigation and in response to many petitions and re quests from trappers and traders in the areas affect ed, the Alaska Game Com mission on January 11, an nounced an OPEN SEA SON on BEAVER in Bris tol Bay, Kuskokwim, Low er Yukon and Tanana Riv er drainages for the Spring of 1936 with a Bag Limit of TEN BEAVER per Trapper ( Continued On Page Four ) Roosevelt-Children’s Benefit, Thursday, Jan. 30th