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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-02-12
Weather Today GU. s. Weather Bureau)

Cloudy and unsettled wea ther continues over west ern, central and southern Alaska while fair skies are observed in southeastern Alaska. Rain was falling along the coast of Oregon and California and also a. long the Gulf of Alaska while snow storms were re ported over scattered DOT tions of the Yukon Valley. Slowly rising temperatures are recorded at most Alas kan stations. The baromet- CT continues low over the ocean with the centers charted about 100 miles west of the Oregon coast & about 200 miles south of Kodiak Island.
 Airways conditions at 7 A. M. were as follows: Nome cloudy, temp. IT Solomon cloudy, 25 Golovin cloudy, 16 Nulato cloudy 10 Kaltag showing, 8 Ruby showing, 10 Flat cloudy 16 Fairbanks cloudy 6 Nenana foggy, 5 Candle clear, -18 Kotzebue clear, g Cordova showing, A Kodiak raining, 36 Juneau clear, 14 clear, 10
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-02-12

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dancing.

dancing.
 On New Years Day the natives and whites of the village gathered at the SchoolhouSe for a twelve o'clock dinner, toward the common meal of which, each family contributed what they were abe in the line oI meat, vegetables, or berries. Mrs. SWenSOn, Mrs. Susook and Mrs. Lock wood superintended the cooking of the meal, The girls of the home econom- ics class waited tables and washed dishes. It is esti- mated that about 250 peo- pie were served that day.
 On New Years day the natives had a series of dog races. First place for the 5-dog team race was won by Shafter from Ega- vik;; first place for women's 5dog team race was won by Esther Oliver of Unala- kleet. In the evening, Es- kimo games of all kinds enjoyed by all at the Schoolhouse.
 At 5 pm. on New Years day the whites at Unala- kleet gathered at the home of Mir. and Mrs. SWenson. Mrs. Peter Bahls and her sister, Mary Bahr, super the cooking of a love ly dinner, served to 26 people that evening,
 In order that Unalakleet might also usher in the New Year. Charles Traeger and Henry Traeger gave a dance at their home on New Years Eve. The dance en- Iivened by plenty of horns. whistles. balloons and pap CT hats was well under way by 9::30 pm. At 12 o'clock the crowd proceeded out side to entertain the rest of the villagers with fireworks of various kinds After ward Charlie Traeger serv ed a delicious lunch of sandwiches, coffee, ic C cream, and cookies.
 A Nome AirWays plane
 piloted by Frank Whaley
 dropped in at Unalakleet
 on January 9th, bringing
 native, Oswald Aaron, as
 passenger. Oswald hac
 spent a few days at the May
 hard Columbus Hospital 1T
 Nome.
 Mrs. G. Leroy Swenson
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Stadium Follow Seasons Around Circle Invented by Capital Men

72,000 ut q hockey match. Under
another, the hockey seating capacity
would be $1,000 and that for other
contests, 10000. Under q third plan.
with the end sections moved In to the
limit. It would be from 10000 to $4,000.
WITH the central arena contracted
w according to specifications un-
der the third plan. there would be sep
arate spaces at each end that would
seat $500 each. II the end areas were
not in use, however, 1t would reduce
the space for which heating and
lighting were required by 100000 to
100000 cubic feet.
Mr.. de Sibour said q careful study
had been made Of the sight lines In
the stands. with the result that his
plans provided for steeply sloped seat
sections nearer to the playing feld
than in any other stadium.
The ramps, exits and entrances
have been designed to afford easy
access to all seats. There is special
provision In the plans for busses, play
ers' dressing rooms and concession
booth.
Large 'boxes" containing radio an
nouncers and sports writer's would be
suspended from the roof and moved
along above the sidelines by ma
chinery. This would enable those de-
scribing the contests to the world OUT
side to see each play In detail.
In all probability, according to the
designers, the size Of the stadium
would be reduced only once q year.
from the plan accommodated to foot
ball games to one of the two designed
for hockey or other Winter contests.
During the Summer months it would
be opened to rain and sunshine. which
which would aid In the preservation OF
the turf.
The cost Of such stadium was
estimated at $2,000, 900. Since there Is
no similar structure operating 365 days
Q year, Its receipts cannot be guessed.
but the, designers suggest 1t might be
self -hquidating within short time
after it, completion.
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Sounds like . product Of jules
verne's imagination, but Mr.. de Sibour
and his consulting engineers say 1t is
entirely practical. He has been study
ing stadia in the United States and
abroad for two years and in draft
ing his plans had the aid Of e. H.
Praeger, stadium expert. who was con-
nected with the construction Of Mad
ison Square Garden. The De Sibour-
Marshall stadium would make Mad
ison Square look like q prep school
neld house.
There Is almost no limit to the type
Of event which the stadium could
accommodate under present plans
foot ball. track meets, ice skating,
Ice hockey, bicycle racing, prize fights.
wrestling matches. polo, horse shows,
circuses, rodeo6 conventions, exhibits.
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viously trained, respectively, at Jack
sonville and st. Augustine, 1t was the
Rickey-men's invasion of st. Pete"
which pointed major league training
in q big way toward the Peninsular
State. BY 1926 as many as three
league teams-the New York YAM
KEGS, Boston Braves and the Provi-
dence nine of the International League
prepared for the season at st.
Petersburg. Eighteen professional
teams trained in Florida during Feb
ruary and part of March that year.
So today between 500 and TOO
major league stars and novices
garbed in fiannels, woolens and rub
Der shirts are perspiring profusely
and sweating steadily under the June
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800 feet and open as much or as little
of the roof as might be required. This
would be accomplished by moving the
end stands, divided into sections, in to-
ward the center for 100 feet or more.
q process requiring about i've hours.
The movable end sections would have
q 'false" back Of non-shatterable, re-
inforced glass. In normal position
this would be up against the regu-
lar masonry wall Of the stadium.
Moved inward, 1t would form part
OF q stadium within . stadium.
The space left free when the end
stands are moved in could be used
with temporary seats for exhibits and
other events requiring moderate seat
Ing arrangements, it Is contemplated.
Mr.. de sibour is seeking q substitute
for turf for use on the area designed
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for q foot ball field. # no suitable
one is found, the floor could be COW
cred with subsoil and turf that could
be removed when the foot ball season
was over.
The arena space available for ice
skating is SO arranged that q hockey
rink could be run from north TO
south or from east to west. Its d.
mensions would be 100 by 200 feet II
the former and 100 by 23o feet II the
latter. The total area available Tor
public skating would be 23o BY 200
feet, the plans propose.
Seating capacity would be variable
according to the type Of contest and
the demand for seats. Under one plan,
there would be room for 10000 at .
foot bail game or $4,000 at prize lights.
wrestling matches Or convention, or
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1t Really Is Not Native Soil, But Spe-
cial Imported Variety on Which New
Nationals and Other Teams Are Train
ing These Days.

to eliminate the sometimes chilly winds
from the Mexican Gulf and the
squally weather which at times made
Biloxi Objectionable. Furthermore.
with % major and minor league
teams training in Florida, and sched-
uled to play $50 practice games there,
a plethora of satisfactory competition
is readily accessible. Team build-up
by the trying test of daily games is
thus facilitated in the land Of the
kumquat and papaya.
Grapefruit's pre-eminent proving
grounds as the preseason rendezvous
of big league base ball matured from
a nebulous possibility into an assured
certainty chiefly through the in
defatigable efforts of ZAP Lang of st.
Petersburg, known commonly among
magnates and players as Americas
No. / fan. Because Of ill-health, Mr..
Lang, native of Pittsburgh, migrated
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cause it was Lang who originally
sold" the land of our last frontier
to the leaders and owners of big-time
base ball as the ideal training place.
It was indeed a titanic task, that job
of introducing the first major league
team to Florida. Eventually, however,
AL Lang turned the trick. Branch
Hickey brought his base ballers from
st. Louis to st. Petersburg in the late
Winter of 1918. And never did big
league outfit enjoy better training
weather, never was q nine at major
league gong time in finer condition
for mid-season competition than were
the st. Louis players Of that year.
Although the Philadelphia Athletics
and the Brooklyn Dodgers had pre-
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to that which he displayed as playing
boss of the never-to-be-f forgotten Mats
Of 1924-5.
Infallible indications show that
Owner Griffith, wise in the ways Of
professional base ball, has adopted
''build-if-you-can't-buy" slogan for his
newest edition of the Senators" To
wit: Senior Michael Martin, patient
pain-killer and muscle-manipulator de
luxe, chaperoned the largest consign-
nent of rubbing fluids which ever
migrated south of apple-growing when
he entrained for Orlando. Your Uncle
Nick Altrock spent the Winter in
Washington wrestling with the tough
est collection Of crossword puzzles
ever printed, training for his task of
srsfting base ball brains in the Griff-
men ivory collection. And, finally,
Griffith and Harris have arranged the
longest and hardest exhibition game
schedule in the Washington clubs
history. Twenty-six "prepping" games
face the newly woven aggregation of
''Nats," II with major league op-
ponents. A tempering and testing
period which should bring the Sena-
tors back to the Nations Capital on
April in shape to play the best ball
OF which they are capable.
With Myer, Travis and Powell as
the backbone of the team. the re-
building job Is not as difficult as it
might initially seem. Clark Grifith
actually bankers to repeat his team
renovating coupes Of 1912 and 1920.
In 1912 he developed an aggregation
around sClyde Milan, George Mcbride
and Walter johnson which finished
second that year: eight years later
Grif did even better, assembling q
team around sonlison. Harris, ttlce
and Juoge as . Iounoatlon which
eventually climbed the highest that
any Washington. nine has assembled in
the annals Of the American League.
The 1886 Mats" are formidable IN the
outfield, with Powell, Stone, Hill,
Reynolds and Miles to pick from.
Prospects are also good for q better
than-fair infield. If the paucity Of
pitchers can be plugged by the up
training of new and unSeasoned talent,
the Senators will be all set to 60 places
on the diamond.
EXTT Biloxi, welcome Orlando as the
Spring proving grounds Of WASH
ington's big-Wig base ball prospects.
The shift To the Florida front is a
wise one; III locates the bat-and-ball
tyros and experts close to the core
Of where the sunshine Is bright and
hot enough to produce some Of the
finest citrus fruits and vegetables ever
grown. Orlando Is far enough inland
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It would have . flexible seating Ca
pacity ranging from $4,000 to 10000,
according to the importance Of the
athletic contest or other event. This
would put 1t. or them, among the
major stadia in the country. New
York and Chicago interests also have
been contacted and the designers
expect to interest other centers.
THE open area when the sliding
root Is Withdrawn would be 2S0
by 800 feet, or approximately that OF
q foot ball field, the balance Of the
area being covered with . perma-
nent roof. s.
It Is possible, according to the de-
signers, to reduce the total arena
space from $40 BY 23o feet to 23o By
Evening star., 1936-03-01
By George H. Dacy.

~ OWN in our Southernmost
State, where Summer spends
the Winter and the base ball
- moguls ship in their diamonds
(playing fields) by freight. Manager
Stanley Raymond Harris-"Bucky" to
you-seeks to mold first division club
from one of the most extensive assort-
ment of base ball ivory ever collected.
Where the then aging Ponce de Leon
sought youth, Clark Grifith's con-
tractees are questing for potential
pennant-plucking ability. Perchance
what money magic failed to accom-
plish in garnering moundsmen, tire
less practice under azure skies and
breeze-tempered warmth may con-
summate-that is, if the Harris Of
1886 can sparkle in managerial brogues
with similar iridescence and efdciency
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Griff's Approval of Sunshine State Is
Shared by Sponsors of Other Clubs
Whose Hundreds of Stars Are Learning
to Shine Anew.
to Shine Anew.

Blossom time in citrus groves Is
again on wing, but the glory Of fruit
culture is temporarily forgotten in
favor Of the hits and misses of Or
ganized baseball.
FLORIDA lures base ball to begin
its season not so far from the
coastal sands of Tampa Bay because
it affords superlative weather for
practice of the diamond pastime.
Aye, and when we mention the dou-
ble-wedged playing field dotted with
its trio Of canvas sacks and its hard
rubber home plate, We are reminded
not to forget to describe Florida's
base ball fields which actually come
from Georgia, the Carolinas and even
as far west as Ohio. It is the miracle
of the travelling diamonds which jour-
Evening star., 1936-03-01

porting clay soil to Florida. The I'm.
ported clay, which rides to the far
thest stations south where base ballers
train eliminates the only flaw from
an otherwise perfect ball-training per-
spective.
Sandy soil is a drawback because 1t
scrambles fielding and base-running
into an impossible mess and also
smothers the speed and sting OF
hard-hit ground balls. Another COM
plication is the fact that Bermuda
grass, which fiourishes even on the
sandy soils, reproduces by tough and
tangled surface runners. This matted
sward is tenacious enough to intangle
the spikes of a cleated shoe to the
extent of causing a sprained ankle.
strained tendons or other muscular
ills which for the time being may
put unfortunate players on the hos
pital roster.
THE first touch of frost puts Ber-
muda grass to sleep for the VIM
ter. Unfortunately for the disciples
of our national pastime who train
in Florida, the grass does not green-up
again until the hot weather of April.
Hence, italian rye grass, rush-order
sod maker, which grows luxuriantly
and greens brilliantly during the
sombulence of Bermuda, is now util.
lied successfully as the vegetative
mantle for the Spring-training dia-
monds. It approximates Kentucky
bluegrass and certain Of the creeping
bents - dominant diamond green
swards on the home lots Of the Amer.
ican and National Leagus 4sgseeA-
tions. Furthermore, Italian rye grass
can be sown successfully on a sward
Of sleeping Bermuda without injuring
/N.,tfn,,na nx, cannv,d DoooN
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sidewalks many times around the
globe. On the other hand, clay loan.
such as base ball demands for the
high-salaried legs of the star and
near-star players, is painfully scarce.
Sand is okey for bathing beaches and
golf courses, but it is pure-spun gloom
for ball layouts. That is why Florida
would be as base ball-less as the high
est Himalayas If the State had to rely
on local soil resources as raw material
from which to manufacture ball yards.
Taking tip from the college foot
ball teams which invade California
and carry along huge tanks of drink
ing water, and the western eight-oar
crews which come East and bring with
them mammoth flagons of water from
their home wells, big-money base ball
ultimately formed the habit Of trans
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W Crashing cracks like pistol fire resound ashen bats
~ Lmberns creaky muscles and reducing the waistine
playing volley ball. good Sprnsme conditioner for the
base baers (3) Senor Mike the Martin, advance
~ When the Mats open the season at Griffith Stadium
April g. they will be in shape play good base bathe
product of Clark Grihs slogan "build if you can't
buy" (S) Spring sprainine the grapefruit
leagues imported diamonds which shipped by freight
Evening star., 1936-03-01
By William Bell, L.
WEATHERPROOF stadiu

~ operating on the principle Of a
~ convertible automobile with q
4 n roof that can be raised or
lowered" has been designed by ]. H.
de Sibour, Washington architect, and
George p. Marshall, local sportsman.
The plans have been shown to the
Commissioners and they are reported
to be interested. Demand for a
municipal stadium, with a seating
capacity that would attract the largest
athletic contests and facilities for
year-round operation, has been felt
here for some time. The De Sibour
stadium may well meet it.
Patents for the stadium have been
secured in this country and in Eng
land, France and Germany. Its most
radical device is a cantilever sliding
roof, built in sections, which can be
opened and closed within 10 minutes,
according to the designer. Seat Sec
tions at either end also could be moved
inward, reducing the arena area for
contests not requiring all the maxi
mum available space.
A ssUMING that the stadium is an
accomplished fact, operation
would be something like this.
The Army-Navy game is to be
player here on Saturday. November 2s.
1886. On Friday the weather man
says it's going to rain Army mules
and Navy goats the next day. Sta
dium engineers press buttons and
the sliding roof covers the entire
playing area. The rain arrives. The
field remains dry. The roof Is made
Of glass, steel-supported, 80 there's
plenty Of light. The stadium is air-
conditioned, likewise heated. Spec
tators can enjoy their thrills in com.
fort. The game Is faster, better play
ed, because the field u dry.
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like heat of Florida's February sun
shine. Cracks like pistol fire resound
as ashen bats collide with hurting
horsehide that encircles woolen and
cotton windings superimposed on vul-
canized cork-cored centers. Creaky
muscles are being whipped into shape,
portly catchers are dispossessng
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to st. Pete some Is years ago where
the equable climate and sunshine re-
stored the invalid to physical well
being. From then to now. Lang has
dedicated his idle hours to the up.
building of that tourist city which was
named on the toss Of q coin. Florida
is now historic in base ball history be-
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themselves Of those circlets Of flesh
which they have accumulated during
the Winter vacation: lanky, raw
boned twirlers wind up like wind
mills In reverse gear in order to loose
base balls which speed so fast through
the ozone that 1t Is test for the lay
man to discern their passage.
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ney via side-door Pullmans from
where nature by the longtime wealth
ering of rock originally produced
them to their areas of transportation
in Central and West Coast Florida.
Truth to tell, there is enough sand
in the Peninsular State to plaster
the walls Of the world or to build
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
ROOSEVELT TO BE REELECTED,
 SAYS MORGAN
Juneau Manager of Colum- bia Lumber Co. Reports
 Business on Upgrade

That President Roosevelt un- doubtedly will be reelected is the honest opinion of T. A. Morgan Alaska Manager of the Columbia Lumber Company, who returned on the Victoria from business trip to the Pacific Northwest.
 Naturally, there is some opposi- tion," he affirmed, but one must expect that during Presidential campaigns. General business is def initely on the upgrade and will continue so during the balance of 1886"
 Plans to spend approximately S3,- 500 in the immediate improvement of the Juneau Commercial Dock were revealed by MT Morgan, who foresees an unprecedented amount of construction work for Juneau, and lor the matter, the entire Terri ;ory, during the spring and sum- mer.
 Mrs. Morgan, who, with her son Tony" accompanied MT Morgan south, is visiting her parents in Arkansas, and will begin Ter homeWard trip about March 1 She expects to join MT Morgan in Juneau on March 15
 In the meantime, MT. Morgan is esiding at the Zynda Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
SIMMONS TO FLY PATC0 TO
 JUNEAU BASE
Gordon Graham and Harold Brown to Be Connect
 ed with A. A. I.

Pilot Sheldon Simmons of the Alaska Air Transport is now in Seattle and plans to leave there this week for Juneau in a newly and thoroughly overhauled Patco seaplane. Pilot Simmons and Mrs. Simmons flew to Seattle in the Patco several weeks ago, and trav- elled east to Boston while the plane was being overhauled in Seattle. On the return trip Pilot Simmons delivered a Monocoupe two-place plane at Seattle for Adrian Rolf of Juneau.
 Upon his arrival in Juneau, Pilot Simmons will be ready to operate commercially as a charter plane from the same hangar and office as last year.
 Gordon Graham of Mueller liar kins, airport operators of Tacoma, will be in charge of the upkeep of the plane from a shop which he will open in the near future on the Juneau Commercial Company s Dock, and Harold Brown, the son of MT. and Mrs. Harry Brown, well known in Juneau, has resigned his position with the Standard Oil Com pany and will shortly join the staff of the Alaska Air Transport, stationed in Juneau
 Pilot Simmons looks forward to a very busy season for his company this summer, passing his opinion on the number of requests for fly ing information that he has re- ceived.
 T. A. Morgan, of the Columbia Lumber Company, who returned to Juneau on the Victoria, stated that he had intended to return to AL aska from Seattle aboard the Sim mons plane, but that Simmons was delayed in Seattle awaiting the arrival of additional plane equip ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
GAS EXPLOSIONS
 STOP BUSINESS OF ENTIRE CITY
Utica, N. r., Is Visited by Another Blast-Police
 Guarding Streets

UTICA, N. Y, Feb. 19-Another blast of Illuminating gas today shook the main business section and sent manhole covers twenty feet into the air, endangering the lives of a dozen city officials, in- cludiny Chief of Police Nicholas Doll. who were standing IS feet away.
 The new explos ons occurred as cautious preparations were being made to permit a partial resumption of business. All downtown buildings had stood empty since II a. m. yesterday, when the first explosion occurred.
 Chief Doll ordered police and National Guardsmen, who were call ed out during the night, to drive back the groups of spectators who found their way through the rope lines stretched about the business district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
BLUM ENFIELD IS ACQUITTED OF
 LIGCETT DEATH
Man Accused of Murder of Militant Publisher
 Freed by Jury

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 19.- Isadore Kidd Cam Blumenfield was acquitted late yesterday of the first degree murder of Walter Liz gett, former Alaskan newspaper man, militant publisher of the Mid west American. after three-and half hours deliberations.
 Blumenfield, allegedly associated with the vice ring" Liggett attack ed in the issue of his paper preced- ing his death, was brought to trial on the testimony of Mrs. Liggett, who identified him as the man who shot down her husband from a pass ing car as he alighted from their automobile in an alley adjoining their home.
 Liggett was to have appeared the day following his staying before the Minnesota Leg i S a ure. to bring charges as to why Gov Floyd Ol- son, whom he accused of "counte- nancing organized vice" should be impeached.