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The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
PRESIDENT SHOT

PARIS, May 6, (P,-President Doumer was shot four times while attending an exhibition of books prepared by soldiers.
 The assailant was said to be a Russian and who used revolver.
 An operation was performed and surgeons state Doumer's condition was grave. The noted novelist Claude Parrere and Inspector of the Police Paul Guichard, were wounded.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
.iIRPLANE NEWS

Pilot Mirow of the NAT re- turned last evening from a flight to Candle and Kotzebue. Marshal Jones and guard Mrs. Rose Nelly were round trippers, Two pass engers were brought back, an in sane native woman from Kotzebue, and a native prisoner from Cand- le.
 Pilot Graham and Laiblin with Edna Christofferson, took off from Kotzebue for Pt. Hope. Wed nesday. expecting to hop from Pt. Hope Thursday for Barrow.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
NOTICE SALE OF PROPERTY. In The Probate Court for the Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of
 Alaska Second Division

In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN JACOB TOPOLSKY, Deceas- ed.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance to an Order made by the above entitled Court on the 7th day of April, 1892, the undersigned Administrator of the above estate will sell at pub 1 lie auction to the highest bidder for cash. subject to the confirma- ition of said Court, On Saturday, the 14th day of May. 1892, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon at the Office of the U S Commits lsioner for the above-namej Pre- cinct and Territory at Nome, AL aska, all the right, title, and in- terest of the said John Jacoo Top olsky, deceased. at the time of his death, in and to those certain min- ing claims and other real property in the Town of Nome. all in said precinct and Territory, particular Fly described as follows:
 All interest in HOPEFUL FRAC- TON BENCH on Specimen Gulch: P1uTE BENCH, left limit No. Dexter Creek; STAR FRACTION ON GROUSE GULCH: AUGUSTA, on Wet Gulch; GERTRUDE, LENA D.. and HELEN BENCH, right limit of Dry Creek: ROsALINE, on left fork of Dexter Creek; MOHAWK, sometimes called "In- dian' on left fork of Dexter Creek; BLACK CAT, on right limit of Snake River; also, the following lots and buildings in the Town of Nome, Alaska: LOTS 3 and in Block 55: LOT ? in Block 27, together will all buildings and inn provements on said lots.
 Terms and conditions of sales cash' in lawful money of the Un- 1ted States. twenty (2o) per cent to the undersigned on the day of sale. and the balance upon con- nrmat1on of sale by the above named Court, and d dlivery of conveyance
 Dated: April 2, 1882.
 GEO. J. wALDHELM,
 Administrator ruoiish April g, 1s, 23, 30, and May z, 1882.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
GIRL HACKED TO DEATH

Memphis. Tenn, May ,, [Pl- An eight-year-old girl was hacked to death and her mother was crit ically wounded as they lay sleep ing in their home in an exclus- i've subdivision.
 Audelia Puryear and her mother Mrs. Stanley Puryear, were at tackled by an assailant. presum- ably using an axe.
 Puryear said the assailant was a negro who then went to Pur- years bedroom and seized two pistols from a dresser and open ed fire.
 Puryear returned the fire with "a shotgun. The negro ran limp ing from the house.
 The story was contradicted by Will Jamison, negor, who was ar rested as he stumbled down the street critically wounded. Jamison said Puryear picked him up. offering him three dollars to help him get some whiskey from the house.
 "He shot me down when we got out of the house. said Jamison. "l don't know anything about things inside
 The negro died later
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
MORE WORRY.

SEATTLE, May 6, (P)-Decis- i've action in the battle for the control of the republican state con yention tomorrow, is anticipated.
 The resolution committee assem- bled today in an effort to frame plank Former It. Governor Lon Johnson whose opponent is Hartley appears to have clear sailing toward his selection as the keynoter.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
JUNEAU PREPARING OBJECT

JUNEAU, May 5, lP)-The proposal to transfer road build ing activities in Alaska from the war department to the department Of the interior does not meet with the approval of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. That or ganization has prepared a protest which will be wired to Washing ton in an effort to prevent the
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
STILL WORKING
WASHINGTON, May 6.

WASHINGTON, May 6. P)- In a final desperate lunge to reach the goal of balancing the budget, the Senate Finance Com mittee has, written into the new revenue law the stiffest income tax rates ever adopted.
 They begin at the normal rate of four percent on the first four thousand dollars income with eight percent on all above that plus the sur tax rates beginning at one
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
JURY STILL OUT

SEATTLE. May ,, LP)-The ,nauperior court jury which was " iyen the Mckeown case last night
 still out today.
 The prosecutor said if McKeown
 7ere brought to trial a second lAime it would be on a first degree nyaurder charge.
 R, Seattle, May ). LPD-Flash: Me ,e&eown was convicted of second degree murder. The jury recom- d nended leniency.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
LOOKS STRONG

SAN FRANCISCO, May ,, tPJ -California' forty-four votes at the democratic convention are lin- ed up for Garner, with his mar gin now being forty-fve thousand with only 375 precincts to come n yet.
 Backers seem fairly sure in their statements that Garner will get the nomination.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
100 AIRPLANE RUNWAY FOR
 NOME IS PROPOSED

nA, WASHINGTON, May ), lP)- ,,aylegate Wickersham today intro- ,csced a bill authorizing the Al ,ao,ka Road Commission to spend ,h 100000 of the funds assigned
 o the road work in the Nome dis h jet, to build an airplane land ;c field 200 feet wide and 4,4OO
 ,et long at Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
ALL OFF NOW.

SHANGHAI, May 5, lPy-Four months of open warfare are now ended Representatives of Japan and China signed an armistice.
 No statesmen were needed to sign the truce, because the con- tiict was never officially war.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
IN THE PEN
tIIAA

rty ATLANTA May D. tAD)-l he for steel gates of the Atlanta |. eorgia, pententiary changed shut DOS. dnesday night behind Scar halle Al Capone' where ne Will ,reeve an eleven year sentence for isome law evasion. Capone de- S red '1 am thru with politics
 Rod all other rack cts
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
INTRODUCES BILL

lion WASHINGTON, May 5, (P,- uhus irman Sumner of the House
 iciary Committee introduced omp ill to authorize the President I'd the United States to grant re- or yes or pardons for offenses com Hted by persons in all the ter col ries and nossessions os the
 ted States.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
WILL TAKE APPEAL

Minneapolis, May ,. CP)-Wil- bur R Foshay and H H Henley said they would appeal before June 20 from 15-year sentences for mail frauds in connection with the FOshay enterprises.
 They were granted a stay of execution until that date.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
AIRPLANE NEWS

ilot Mirow of the NAT took ,oday for Keewalik and kotze-
 having as passengers Marshal !. D Jones, and guard Mrs.
 Nelly. They will bring back isoner or two.
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07

percent on incomes of between 6 and 10 thousand dollars, graduat-
 ing up to 55 percent on incomes above one million dollars,
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07

One Blast of the Siren Indicates Alarm from East of the Fire Stan. Two Blasts Indicate an Alarm From
 West of the Fire Station
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
FRIDAY

tFrom NuGget Daily Bulletin.l
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
N O T I c E EXTRA COPIES OF THE NOME NUGGET AT THE NEVADA
NOTICE LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES

Standard Oil. 3...-.................-...-.. Carstens Way Il 14..--...-..........- Nome Lighterage 15-.-..... Front. St. and Steadman 21..--.-Steadman and Second Ave. 23.-.... Third St. and Lanes Way 24------.--..First Ave. and B. St.
 25.-----...-...-.....-... Catholic Church 31-------.-... First Ave. and D. St. S2.-....-.D. St. near Anderson House 33...--.... First Ave. and Bridge St. 41.---.-.-.....-...-.--..- Nugget Office. 42-.--...---- .-----...--............ Hospital
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rom Nugget Daily Bulletin.)
The Nome nugget., 1932-05-07
SUMMONS No. 3153

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOX
 THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 SECOND DIVISION.
 HILKEY ROBINSON and HER BERT GREENBERG, copartners. doing business under the firm name and style of Robinson and Greenberg, Plaintiffs, ]. HOOGENDORN and D. HOOG- ENDORN, Defendants.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
NAACP. PUSHES FIGHT ON MOB
BING AND JIM CROW IN
SOUTHERN FLOUR RELIEF

New York, Dec.-Negroes and Red
Gross workers distributing free gov
eminent flour in Southern states are
being inundated and prevented from
reporting the discrimination practiced
against Negroes according to a letter
sent yesterday to Judge John Barton
Payne, national Red Cross chief. by
the National ASSOCIATION for the Adj
vancement of Colored People
The NAACP. letter points to the
floggings and intimidation at Clear
water, Florida, as showing the spirit
which prevails. In reply to a letter
from Judge Payne, giving ssuranc
that no discrimination would be toll
Grated by the Red Cross, the NAACP.
says:
THE very system which prevails in
the South makes it impossible for a
local official to report the true state
of affairs to the national headquar-
tiers of the Red Cross. In many cases
they are prevented from doing 30 BY
intimidation such as IS clearly indie
ated in Clearwater, Fla, and in other
cases they report no discrimination
because it is not within their power.
considering their training and back
ground, 10 discern unjust and unfair
discrimination when it actually cyl
lists
The NAACP. urges an investig-
alton on he spot by national head
quarters of the Red Cross.
New reports from Clearwater. Fla.
state that none Of the mobbists who
brutally logged two members Of the
Colored Welfare Association has been
apprehended. Colored people are by
ing paid for relief work not ~ cash
As T the whites but in grocery or-
ders and on these orders there iz no.
for meat other than awbiae
bacon or fat pork, no butter mo-
fresh milk.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
SAYS No Jim Grow
in New Post Office
POST OFFICE ASSURES NAACP
NO JIM CROW ROOMS IN
LOUISVILLE

New York, Dec.-Assurance has
been given from the office of the
Postmaster General in Washington
that the Department does not intend
to establish segregated rest rooms in
the new Louisville, KY, post office
Writing to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, in response to its protest, Arch
Coleman, First Assistant Postmaster
General says:
"The Department does not contem-
plate the establishment and main
tenance of separate rest rooms in the
Louisville, Kentucky p~ostoffice for
white and colored employees or to
.segregate them"
The reports of intended segregation
came from the Louisville branch Of
the NAACP. and these plans are def
initely scotched
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
BILL ROBINSON DOES STUNTS
IN COURT ROOM TO AMUSE
HTDGE

Richmond, Va, (CNS) Bill DO
jangles" Robinson. a home town boy
who has made good in vaudeville as
a tap dancer and good story teller
brought cheers into the drab routine
Of the police court one day last week
while his show "Going to Town" was
showing here. He paid a visit to
Justice T. Gray Haddon and told a
few stories and did some of his i'm
nitable stepping.
Bill stold Justice Haddon that "a
Negro once appeared in this court on
a charge of having stolen a ride into
the city on a freight train. The judge
asked him if he could catch the next
train out if he let him go, and the
prisoner replied; If you let me go
now I'll get out of town so fast III
catch up with that train / rode in on"
After a few pleasantries about his
early years spent in Richmond, Rob
AAASOh wei INV q udHCe turn winch
his made him one Of the best known
figures on twe-eontinestsH He prsnc-
ed, strutted and stepped with all of
the rhythmic, s%yncopating grace
which have brought him the plaudits
OF audiences everywhere.
Before dancing Robinson and the
court acted a little sketch wkAah had
the full approval Of prisoners. Wit
nesSes and courtroom loungers. Rob
inson went into the "pen" with the
prisoners, called to the judge that he
could dance his way out, and without
further ado gave a sample Of tap
dancing such as the court hasn't seen
since Robinson's last appearance
here
~"Bojangles" also visited the Hen
rico County Jail and the State peni-
tertiary where he gave performances
for the inmates.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
ST MARKS RECTOR BACKS
NAACP- FIGHT ON n Y.
NURSE JIM GRO "

New York, Dee. Il. King, Rec
tor of ST. Marks ME Church is back
ing up the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored PeopIe
IN the fight being made against the
discrimination being practiced against
colored nurses under The admnistra-
ton IF 4. 6. Greeff. Commissioner of
Hospitals.
Rev King has written to Commis-
sioner Greeff urging that when aliens
are displaced from employment in
that service, American citizens " coI
Or be given opportunity ~ Fiji The
Jobs made available
"a considerable number Of deserv-
ing citizens displaced in your Depart
metn By alien labor are of the Negro
group" writes Rev. King. "Such a
displacement works upon this group
very substantial economic hardship.
The considerable number Of Negro
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
APPEAL BRIEF FILED IN DUMAS
CASE ASKING RAPE CONVICTION
REVERSAL


Oklahoma City, Dec.-Roscoe Dun
Jee, president of the local branch
National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People, an
nounces that appeal brief has beer
filed in the Oklahoma State Grimm
al Court of Appeals in the case of
Charley Dumas, convicted on a forced
confession of rape alleged to have
been committed on a white girl
while Dumas was a road camp pris-
oner. The brief r~ecites that Dumas
was made to plead guilty without
having any attorney, that he was UNI
der threat of mob violence, that he
had only five minutes conversation
with an attorney appointed by the
court and that the presiding judge
had remarked after imposing death
sentence that "he wished he could
pull the switch"
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
MAN KEPT FROM GALLONS SIX
TIMES IN Is MONTHS

Jackson. Miss. (CNS) Tom Cara
way convicted Of an attack on a white
woman, vas halted here last week by
the Mississippi Supreme Court whsa
the high tribunal granted a suppressed
cas- in the Caraway case, which am
cunts to a stay of execution pending
decision of the circuit Judge, in which
the later refused a new trial to Cara
way on grounds of new evidence.
Reputation Of a confession. alley
edly made by Caraway Immediately
after the Commission of the crime, is
the basis of the petition for the sup
ersedeas, which was allowed by the
court.
The reputation is ~subetantiated BY
a deputy sheriff who testified last
month that Carawsy did not confess
althoagh he She dH o-sin
ally so testified.
After several scheduled hangings
had been halted. Caraway was sup
posed to hang last spring. but in the
meantime, ar appeal was taken to the
high court on the ground of the false
testimony Of the deputy
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
HOOVER TRAIN STORY REVEAL
ED AS HOAX

San Francisco. Calf.
Charles b. Fish, the railroad watch
man who claimed he fought two men.
y a Negro. trying u dynamite a
bridge near PaIisade, New. over
which President Hoover's train was
soon to pass PA November 2, now ad-
mits that thu story was false.
Fish after tagging the train said
he heard a disturbance on the Wes-
tern Pacific tracks which cross over
the Southern Pacific tracks and that
when H. investigated he found y
white man and y Negro on the over
head tracks re said they had six
sticks of dynamite. and that he had
had a scuffle with the two men and
that they escaped in the darkness. af
ter iniuring him
Fish nov admits that he shot him
self and made up the story to gain
.notoriety.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA

Wisner, La, (CNS) William House
a 26 year old Negro, was lynched
near here last week, by a band Of
men who took him from the Wisner
town Marshall.
The man was arrested after two
young women had complained that he
had insulted them. The prisoner
was taken to Jail at Winnsboro by
the marshall for safe excepting.
Graham and P. c. Sutton. also Of
Wisner, went to Winnsboro and took
charge Of House with the intention Of
returning him here for trial.
Two miles from Winsboro. Crab
am said, a band of about fifteen men
stopped his car and forced him to
give up his prisoner and pistol.
Sheriff Allen Price Of Winnsboro
said the Negroes body, with two bull
let wounds in it, was found hanging
from = tree this morning.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
Dr.. Lennox On the JOB
WRITES BELL
TELEPHONE Co.

December 5, 1882
Mr.. w. F. Cozad. General Manager,
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co,
1906 Douglas St..
Omaha, Nebr.
Dear Sir:
Some time ago I wrote you relat-
i've to seeking consideration in the
form Of employment for your Colored
customers who have been constant
supporters Of your institution
In your letters and in our CONVEX
s%ation. 4 favorable consideration was
to Be given, but to date 10 repres-
entatives Of j group have been en-
ployed.
I realize it is a great task to bring
about an immediate rectification at
this time. but knowing that we com
prise So percent Of the city's pop
ulation and are 514 percent of The
Northwestern Bell Telephone Comp
~"s 9APPnA $3.50 Wt dIE tnIi4eQ 70
oar full pro-rata Of employment.
which would be SIS employees.
For your information a tabulated
form has been figured out relatively
to the situation regarding employ
ment ~ thy Northwestern Bel TeIe-
phone Company. which We hope that
you viii carefully examine.
IF there Is any way that a rectific-
alton Gan be brought about relative
to giving employment to OUT group
pit will be greatly appreciated and
needed 6y this body of people who
are also supporters Of your concern,
but given the least OF no consider
alton.
Thanking you for whatever favor
able consideration in the form Of en-
ployment you may give. I am
Respectfully yours.
DR.. G. B Lennox. Pres.
Omaha Working Mems
Commissioners
16O2K n. 24th Street.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
IMPERIAL LEAGUE SERVES
WAFFLE SUPPER

The Imperial League will serve a
Waffle Supper from A D.. m. to 9 p.
m. Sunday evening, December 18th
at the Morning Glory Tea Room. De-
licious waffles, creamed chicken and
coffee for 15c. The proceeds from
this supper will be used to help the
needy families have a merry Christ
mas. Grace Adams is chairman
This League is an independent or
ganization, but cooperates with other
social agencies. Emergency cases
may be referred to the league by call
ing Robbie Turner Davis, president at
Webster 1864.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17

Dear Sir:
Sometime ago | wrote you relative
to securing u pro rata Of employ
ment with your concern.
n your letters and in our CONVEX
sation with you a favorable consider
alton was to ybe given concerning
same, but today we have learned no
employment has been given to mem-
bers IF our group. Since that time
We have been Informed an employee
Of u group who has been with your
company any number Of years has
been let out.
| realize conditions Of today. but
knowing that we comprise 51a per-
cent of the eity's population and
spend the same amoun with your
coneern directly Of indirectly. We are
entitled to our fun pro-rata of EN-
PiDs lieNt' when would De ~ employ
ees.
For your information a tabulated
form Il enclosed which shows actual
conditions regarding the employment
situation with your company. and We
are wondering what consideration can
ne given regarding same.
We d hoping that a re~ctification
can be brought about regarding en-
ployment for members Of our group.
Thanking you for whatever favor
able consideration you may give. /
am
Respectfully yours,
DR.. G. B. Lennox. Pres.
Omaha Working Mems
Commissioners.
1922 N. 24th st.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA
APPOINTS FIRST NEGRO
STAFF MAJOR

IT. G. Mccormick, bookkeeper at the
farmers and Merchants Bank Of
Boley. Okla, where the Negro presi-
dent was killed, received a check for
$500 which ~ the double award for
killing bank bandits and Y commis-
zion as a colonel W the Governors
staff, thu first of IT'S kind in history
Mr.. Mccormick shot and killed the
bandit Bridewell of the "FloEd
Cane" i'm the robbery attempt off the
Farmer and Merchants bank of Boz
ley. Okla.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
HARRY BUFORD's REINSTATE-
MENT DEFERRED

Mr. Harry Buford, lieutenant of w..
lice, who was %ex0nerated by Judge
Woodrough from the liquor conspir-
acy asked to be reinstated. but the
reinstating has been deferred until q
later date.
Two other officers, Paul Sutton.
and Joe Patach, were indicted with
Buford They remain under indict-
ment owing 70 the mistriaI.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
Wagner Presents
LeVee Resolution

nurses, orderlies and others now un-
employed, would have an opportunity
as native citizens to qualify for place
ment in these vacancies and Just con
sideration be given to their claims
for employment"
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
Well Known Omahan
Dies

preston through its series Of coast
to coast broadcasts over the Column
bia B~roadcasting System, one Of
which was transmitted to Europe.
Itinerary of the Choir: January Is,
Detroit; Is, Cleveland; 10, Pittsfield;
10, Hartford; 20, New Haven; %.
Providence; %, Boston or suburb;
25, Worcester; &c, New York City;
~, Syracuse; 20, Akron.
The Omaha guide., 1932-12-17
FISK UNI CHOIR BEGINS
JANUARY Is, 1888

Nashville, Tennessee. Dec. 3. 1892
On January Is, the Fisk University
Choir will sing in Detroit. Michigan,
the first Of the eleven cities in which
i is to appear on the tour covering
two weeks. The Choir is composed of
sixty college men and women under
the direction Of Mr.. Ray Francis
Brown and the assistant d~irectorship
~ Mrs. James "A. Myers. who is in
charge Of the spirituals. II will
present to its audiences an unusual
repertory Of sacred unaccompanied
music ranging from the extremely
difficult church music of the 10th,
nth adj 18th centuries to productions
BY well known contemporary com
posers as Dett, Christensen. Rach-
mammoth. and T Tertius Noble. For
the first time in the history Of the
choir it can sing with genuine fervor
II got a robe" for now it has vest
ments. a personal gift of Mr.. and
Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller, Jr. The
Choir is being backed financially by
Paul ID. Cravath, chairman Of the
Board Of Trustees and president Of
the Metropolitan Opera Company. T..
Tertius Noble. organist and choir
master Of the st. Thomas Church in
New York City, who was guest con-
ductor of the choir last spring was
so impressed BY its singing, that he
wrote last summer 30 Sacred Head
Surrounded and dedicated it To Mr..
Brown and the Fisk University
Choir. Tie is to conduct a group Of
his own compositions on each pro-
gram of the tour. David Names.
head of me David Names Music
School and chairman Of the music
committee of The Fisk Board, IL co-
operating with Mr. Brown and Mrs.
Myers To SEE that ths tour y artistic
ally successful. Mrs. Ethel Bedient
Gilbert Director Of Publicity. for the
past five years at Fisk, has general
charge Of the tour. She is forming
committees In each city to work with
the local manager. She hopes to
Tind great interest among all Fisk
Alumni and Negroes ia general in
tnis very large undertaking.
To become a good a cappella choir
as 90 attempt one of the most diff
Te1lt things i'm music. After five
ears We relentless work Fisk has
made an unusual accomplishment.
Bu- behind these five years are sixty
vear of tradition which haze made
-le singing of the 4 eappella music
a natural undertaking There has
een a growing musical tradition at
Fisk In 1871 the first Jubilee Sing
went Quit to sing their way into
he hearts of the world with their
7Di rtuals Five years later in 1876
-he Mozart Society was founded Nv
study the classics As wei as the spir-
ituals, for from the earliest days IT
has been a practice at Fisk to teach
the best Of the worlds music. Out
Of this two-fold tradition of the sing
ing OF the s~pirituals and Of classical
music has come the present a c~appeIla
choir which made 50 great an i'm