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Oldest Newspaper in Alaska. Member of The AssoeiaUstl I'ress DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AM) THE SECOND DIVISION. NOME] IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY ‘\f , D'N THE NOME DAILY NUGGET ___ _ VOL. 37. No. 278 NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 23, 1936. Per Copy 15cta Aerial Bombing is ed LAND SLIDeITwRECKED HAVOC JUNEAU Great Britain to Protect Shipping on the High Seas Predict Decline Cold Import To United States (By The Associated Pressi WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 23, •—Administration banking auth orities predicted a steady decline in future gold imports, but an. nounced they were considering reducing the excess bank reserv. es, which have now swollen to abnormal proportions by the sus tained flight of foreign money to the United States, because of the desire by the United States to prevent a runaway expansion of credit. Great Britain Protect Shipping On High Seas _Z fBy The Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 23 — Great * Britain will protect her shipping on the high seas from either the Spanish government or insur gents, Foreign Secretary Anth_ ony Eden told the House of Com. mons this morning. The emphatic pronouncement | also said that the government would introduce a bill making it illegal to carry arms to Spain in British Ships. It seems that there are two es sential conditions to a modern state. First, it must have a strong and compact political organiza. tion—one where there is good communication between “its head and tail,” coordination and close junction between its limbs and body. Second, it must be an or_ ganization which is strong and sound both within and without. It must have healthy blood cir cuation in the shape of taxes, also well developed muscles. The more taxes that are collected, the more successful the organization will be. “ir ORIGINATO KEEP IN T( (By The Associated Press) “. .‘It’—that rare gift of the Gods! . . . • To have ‘it’, the fortun. ate possessor must have that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes. He or she must be entirely unselfconscious and full of self.confidence, indifferent to the effect he or she is producing, and uninfluenced by others. There REBEL AIR RAIDERS DROPPED BOMBS ON MINISTRY WAR BLDG (By The Associated Press) MADRID, Nov. 23, — Insurgent air raiders drop ped several bombs early today on ministry of war build ingin the heart of the city. One of them fell in the patio of the buildine which is the headquarters for the em ergency defense council, and several others fell in the central district, in a renewal of air assaults which were suspended for the past three days. Charges that two unnamed foreign submarines at tacked the government warships Cervantes and Men dez Munea, in Cartagena harbor yesterday morning, were made by the ministry of air and navy in Valen cia. The report declared that the Cervantes was dam aged—“at least two of several submarines certainly must have belonged to s foreign Te^t.” Flood Waters In Brit. Columbia Have Receded (By The Associated Press) PRINCE RUPERT, Nov. 23, — Rapidly receding waters of the Skeena River near here, raised hopes today that flood conditions in northern British Columbia are nearing normal. The Canadian National Railroad expected to resume services be. tween here and Alberta some time today. The bridge at Salvus was reported washed out, about 65 miles east of here. SMILES Kept His Word? Anyhow Mrs. Pester—“Well, you mar ried me after boasting that you wouldn’t marry the best woman in the world.” Her Husband—“And I didn’t. I know lots of better ones.” Armor Smith—Sire, I have come to collect for that last suit of armor. Duke of Durham—Odds Bod. R DOESN’T )UCH ANYMORE must be physical attraction, but beauty is unnecessary. Conceit or self-consciousness destroys ‘it’ immediately. In the animal wor. Id ‘it’ is demonstrated in tigers and cats—both animals being fas cinating and mysterious, and quite unibiddable.” —From “It” by Elinor Gyn. LONDON, Nov. 23, — Elinor Army Men Will Get Schooling General School (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 23, —The War Department today an nounced that Captain Lawrence Castner in charge of the infantry at Chilkoot Barracks and Captain Dale Mason of the Signal Corps at Anchorage, had been selected as students for schooling at the General Staff Command School at Fort Leavenworth, for the 1937-38 course. How to prevent tuberculosis is a part of the campaign financed by the annual sale of Christmas Seals. kins, knave! How did you get across the moat and into my cast, le? Amor Smith—’Twas easy sire. I caught the gate guard with his bridges down. Poet—Are you the man whos cut my hair last time? Barber—I don’t think so sir. I’ve only been here six months. Gyn^ who made “it” a household word, isn’t interested in it any more. She has lost touch with modern youth, she says—and after eight years’ absence from America, she has almost forgotten what “it” is all about. The “flaming youth” she made famous seemingly is giving way to sensibility, she said, but “it” will take time. Sitting on a 200_year-old chair in her ornate, gold decorated liv_ (Continued on Page Three) Oiie Dead Many Hurl & Missing Slides in Juneau fBv The Associated Press) JUNEAU, Nov. 23—One woman dead, seven persons known to be missing and nine others in the hospital with injuries as a result of two destructive avalanches which roared down the mountain side here yesterday and buried apartments and stores under tons of mud. The dead woman is Mrs. Gus Erickson whose body was found crushed behind the stove of her frame home; her husband is in the hospital, crushed and injured internally. The injured are Mrs. William Lott, negress who was found partly crushed by the piano in her demolished house. Alfred Bates,had his side pierc ed with a board. August Maki, suffered a broken ankle. Mrs. H. Lee, negress, suffered a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Perrson and their children, were bruised and shocked. Gail Allen of the Cutter Talla_ poosa, was also bruised and shocked. At an earlier hour Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill placed the missing at from five to twenty-five. When the big slide struck, c:ti zens, army men and firemen rushed to the scene immediately and set about the task of remov ing the oozing mud and broken timbers and jagged rocks which engulfed two apartment houses, a lodging house, the Peterson Store and several small frame houses. The heavy rains ceased during the night—the power lines hav. ing been wiped out, fire trucks and automobiles trained their headlights on the slide while will ing workers delved into the de bris. The second slide was the worst > cutting a one hundred foot swath through the district in the vicin. ity of Gastineau Avenue and Ew ing Street, The cut ranged from ten to forty feet deep and stopped just short of the Juneau Cold Storage Warehouse. In every city there seems to be people who think they know it all, who can tell you with a knowing wink just what should be done for the betterment of the Home city and how the other fel_ laws should spend their time and money. The only thing they are free with is advice. j HOPE DWINDLING CHARTER VESSELS ALASKA SERVICE (Bv The Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23 — J Hope dwindled today for the em ergency operation of vessels to relieve possible distress in Alaska. ’ The Pacific Coast committee for the shipowners announced that Col. Oh Ison of the Alaska Rail, road was refused union person nel to man ships so long as they were operated by firms represent cd on the coast. The committee said the apparent alternative re maining is that the government | could charter vessels and hire crews under the name of the government. Union heads have not yet an. Commission To Set Substitute Mail Contr aefs (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D, C. Nov. 23. J —The Maritime Commission is moving rapidly to operate the new administrative machinery to substitute the multi.million dol_ lar ship subsidy program, for the present system of mai: detracts, worth about thirty-three million dollars annually, which must terminate by June 30th. 1937. The substitute subsidies funds will be taken from a hundred m;l_ lion dollar fund for such chang. es. Newspaper advertising will develop new business for you. swered Ohlson’s request fur their attitude toward the latter propos ition. Colonel Ohl.'-on indicated he might go to Seattle to seek ves sel fur charter. The committee statement said that Ohlson had advised them that the government had offered to employ members of the mari_ time unions to man ships, under the same conditions prevailing at the time the strike was called, also a further agreement on the part of the government to give the crews retroactive benefits in. the event of any future agree ment, but the unions declined. “He also advised the commit, tee that the unions had refused to man any vessels owned and operated by steamship l ues re presented by the committee”, the statement read. Under these circumstances, the committee indicated, it was im_ possible for the committee to take any action. In Y cry Serious Condition After Jump Into Lake £ ' P,v The Associated Prpss) SEATTLE \ • ° - Mrs. He 1 n it ' . a hospital het • su ! i :-m1 i.s a serious condition today. She leap- 1 f tr the Aurora Bridge in*.- Lake Union S turday night. NATIONAL GRANGE HAS 13 POINT PRO GRAM _NEXT YEAR (By The Associated Press) COL.UMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 23, — The National Grange today announced a thirteen point platform for next year, including sound farmer controlled soil con servation programs, federal crop insurance, a tariff designed to safeguard American markets, a sound cur rency, continued aid for agricultural extension, coop erative rural credit systems, a rural rehabilitation pro gram, cheap transportation system, extension of rural electrification, taxation of all incomes, support of buy ing and selling cooperatives, nationalization of the mun itions industry, efficiency and economy in government. The platform represents the opinions of the delegates to the convention which was held here during the past week, and which adjourned Sunday.