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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-07-24
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET, NOME, ALASKA
The Washington
 Newsletter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND Delegate from Alaska
 (By J. J. ECKLES)

Washington, July 10, 1887.
 The benefits of the Social Sec urity Act marched into Alaska this week to the tune of nearly S30,0O0 in Federal funds to be expended for old-age assistance among residents of the Territory. The exact amount was $29, 137 50 which was the initial grant made to the Territory as announced by the Social Security Board in Wash ington on July 9th.
 This allotment will be available for aid in providing for aged per sons under the provisions of the Social Security Act and the Pub lie Welfare Act of Alaska during the months of July, August, and September, and is expected to furnish aid to about 700 eligible benefciaries during this period.
 A favorable department report was made to the House Commit tee on the Public Lands July 3 by Acting Secretam of the Interior Charles West on the bill to vali- date settlement claims established on sections l6 and 36 in th earea withdrawn from settlement in the Matanuska Valley.
 The Delegate introduced this bill to authorize the Territory to designate other lands in lieu of l the land in sections numbered l6 and 36 in the area reserved for the use of the Matanuska Colony, to which it is entitled through the provisions of the Act of Feb ruary 28, 1891, which reserves these numbered sections in each township in Alaska for the sup port of the schools. This will al- so afford relief to those settlers in the Matanuska Valley who lo- cated on these lands reserved for schools after the territorial rights had attached to the land.
 i Commercial telephone service bewteen Alaska and the United States fhich was formally inaug- urated June 8 by conversations between government and tele- phone company officials in Wash ington and Territorial officials in Juneau, is but the first connec- ton, in the opinion of Delegate Dimond, in network that will eventually permit telephone con- versation between all of the larger cities in the Territory as well as with points in the States having telephone service. As funds are made available for the
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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-07-24
DIVISION M VEGETABLES

First Award, Blue Ribbon Second Award, Red Ribbon
 Class |
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Class Iu-Wild Flowers Lot 1-Best potted wild flower ............ .. 2-Best display of individual specie of wild -----... 3-Best variety displayed of wild flowers .~ 5-Best scrapbook pressed flowers -
 Class V-F1ower Arrangements 1-Most artistic display in basket or vase .... 2Most artistic centerpiece for tea table - SMost artistic centerpiece for bridge table - 4Most artistic corsage ............
 Class V-Special Prize
 The Olympia Brewing Company of Olympia Washington has donated a five dollar first prize for
 Lot
 l-Best assortment of Alaskan flowers grown by an individual -
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-07-24

Class HI-Ceremonial Equipment
 Prizes 1.. 1st 2nd Best display old ceremonial ~ equipment ..;:...'-|'oo l.Vo
 Class IV-HiStOrical Relics
 First Award, Blue Ribbon
 Second Award, Red Ribbon Lot
 Best display historical relics of the days of Russian occupation ...-........ 2-Best display of historical relics of the early American period of Alaskan history ........... 3-Best display of relics of the Stampede days. Class V-PrehistOric Animal CuriOs Ribbon Awards will be made in this class Exhibits must be clean and in proper condition for display.
 Lot
 d-Mammoh 2-Horse e..-.....--....-...-...- 3-Water Buffalo +Miscellaneous
Evening star., 1937-01-31
BY JOHN JAY DAILY.

n. Haywood Robbins. leading men,
Der Of North Carolinas Young Demo-
cratic Clubs and . prominent attor-
ney Of Mecklenburg County. the Tar
Heel State, arrived in Washington
yesterday to start . new movement,
the building OF miles and miles OF
what will be known as secondary
farm to- market roads.
With the assistance of Senator Rob-
ert Reynolds, the Up-and-at- En-
Senator From -Down-H Home, Is he Is
called, Robbins hopes to interest Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Big Jim Farley and
all the boys in the building of the
grandest array Of secondary roads ever
planned in this country. North Caro-
lima, naturally, would be the starting
point.
Since Robbins not long ago sue
ceeded in getting President Roosevelt
to visit Charlotte. attending the great
Green Pastures rally, all his friends
down home believe this North Caro-
lima boy is going to make good.
Has Three Objectives.
Three great objectives feature this
new movement, 50 far as North Caro-
lima Is concerned. They are:
First, to take all tramps and hitch
h!kers on the roads and put them to
building highways 50 that North
Carolina will be free Of the thumb
a-ride nuisance.
Second. the riddance Of unemploy-
ment throughout the State by build
ing 5000 miles Of secondary roads
using only the unemployed. able bodied
men.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Carolina Lawyer Starts Driue
For Farn,-t0-Market Roads
H. Haywood Robbins Hopes to Interest
President and Hopkins in Re.Em.
pIOyn1ent Plan.
Third. the bringing Of all North
Cardinals s crops to market.

Third. the bringing Of all North
Carolina's crops to market.
Need $2,500.000 to Start.
Senator Reynolds and Robbins, in
conference yesterday. figured that 1t
will take close to $2,500, 600 to start
the project, and they intend to put the
proposition up to Thomas H. MacDon.
aid, chief Of the Public Roads Bureau.
Robbins called attention to the fact
that North Carolina has a problem in
its red clay, which makes some Of the
back roads almost impossible.
The bulk Of the farm population in
North Carolina lives along these roads,
and 1t Is almost impossible for the
farmers to get their products to mar.
ket. in Winter especially.
Schools Forced to Close.
Another factor Is the closing of the
school houses, due to muddy roads.
Says Robbins: North Carolina's sec.
ondary highways get 50 bad during .
prolonged rainy season that school
busses cannot operate"
Since the New Deal has been help
ing the big cities and larger towns
pave their streets and highways dur.
ing the last four years, Robbins thinka
that now is the time to turn attention
to the rural roads. This Is the plea
he will make to the President and to
Harry Hopkins.
Gov. Clyde H. Hooey of North Caro-
lima sent Robbins to Washington with
his blessings, as did Capus Waynick,
chairman Of the State Highway Com
mission.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Reserve
IOontinued From First Page.)

from the Federal Reserve Board that
the new increase would for the first
time since 1888 put the board In q
position where it could more nearly
exercise q genuine credit control, the
board announced that 1t would hold
ready in the future its other weapon
In the battle against too great credit
expansion.
Characterised a. . more flexible
instrument" this weapon Of open
market operations" rests in the hands
Of the board and the Federal Reserve
banks.
banks. It involves the buying and SELL
ing Of Government securities for the
system, An operation which has as di-
rect effect on excess reserves as does an
. increase in requirements. The system
now holds a portfolio Of $2,430, 900 900
of Government securities, which could
be allowed to run of" If further re-
duction in excess reserves was found
desirable.
No Petition to Congress.
The Federal Reserve Board said that
Il had no intention of petitioning Con-
gress for additional authority to in
crease reserve requirements. The board
pointed out that the tremendous in
crease in excess banking reserves over
the last three years had come as an
aftermath to the steady inflow Of gold.
From 1888 to date the gold inflow to-
tailed $4,000, ,000. 900.
The thesis of the Reserve Board rea-
had now "sterilized" incoming gold, as
OF December %. and the metal was
thus prevented from having a full ef-
feet on the banking system, reduction
in the huge credit base created by
the inflow would create an amount of
excess reserves, easy to control, but
yet sufficient to meet the demands Of
business.
To mitigate against repercussions,
the board decided that one-half Of
tn, increase in reserve requirements
would be effective on March i; the
other half on May /. This division
Of application was made, notwith-
standing studies of the board that the
banks would not face hardships by the
move, for three reasons Cd to make
the transition Is easy as possible; ca
to prevent too great an effect from
the drain Of March tax payments; go
to pave the way for possible Treasury
refundings on March IS.
In moving to reduce present excess
reserves Of about $2,150,0O0 900, the
increase Of requirements by 331a Der
cent. will have the following effect:
On demand deposits, at banks in
central reserve cities, from 1914 to 2s
per cent; at banks in reserve cities,
from is to 20 per cent, and ut "coun-
try" banks, from AZ to 6 per cent.
Previous High Exceeded.
The prospective reserve require
hhent Of 26 per cent for central reserve
city banks increases by l per cent the
high for reserve requirements previous
to establishment Of the Federal Re.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
SOUTHERN INDIANA
STARTS RECOVERY.
Evansville Only Major City
Where River Still Is
Rising.
~ the Associated Press.

-
INDIANAPOLIS, January 30.-
Mopping up Of Southern Indianas
Ohio Valley began in earnest today.
Some places were still too water
soaked for efiicacious efforts toward
rehabilitation but along the eastern
boundary Of Indiana citizens Of Law
renceburg Aurora and Rising Sun
followed the river as it retreated foot
by foot, anxious to salvage what they
could.
Down in the so-called pocket dis
trict," triangular strip pordered by
the Ohio. Wabash and White Rivers
the Ohio's crest hung for hours.
At Evansville. the last big city down.
State, the river continued q slow but
steady rise. 1t reached 537 feet late
today and weather bureau observers
said 1t would likely stop just short OF
81 feet.
Jeffersonville. harder hit than its
neighbor city, New Albany. made slow
forward recovery because nearly all OF
its $4,000 population had gone to up
State cities pending improvement Of
sanitary conditions.
In the State Capitol here govern
mental agencies and volunteer Or
ranizations rushed relief and rehabili-
tation plans.
Adjt. Gen. Elmer F. Straub Of the
National Guard warned that the Ohio
Valley.is no place for sightseers. The
guard, through Gov. M. Clifford Town
sends martial law proclamation, has
control Of q broad strip Of territory
extending several miles north from
the river and only those on official or
urgent business will be permitted to
enter.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

serve system. With an estimated
reduction to $50o.0O0,00O of excess
reserves, use of the multiple in
computation Of the theoretically pos
sible expansion Of this fund. gives the
$4,000, 100000 credit reservoir. II the
board had not acted last July, with q
SO per cent reserve increase. reserves
Of an estimated $4,000. 900 900 then
could have been swelled to $36.000.-
100000, since the multiple OF IL was
applicable without the increase.
Throughout its formal statement,
the Federal Reserve Board emphasized
that its action was not a reversal OF
previous policy; that it did not repre-
sent an abandonment of easy money
conditions; that adequate credit would
be available for recovery and expand
Ing business-but that the move was
lin anticipation, in accordance with
obligation Of the law.
Confident, according to its formal
statement. that the increase in re-
serve requirements would give as
surance for continued progress to-
wa ~ AAAA ASSoNCiy, tiiC Iouuu
Of economic events which produced
the decision, according to board Of
f1cials, was as follows:
Accelerated recovery by Midsum-
mer OF last year had brought in
creased use of bank credit, with q
rough estimate that this continuing
trend during 1886 had produced .
credit expansion by banks of between
81 ,250. 900, 900 and $l,750, ,000. 900. This
was the first real credit expansion
since the late 20s. Commodity mar
kets continued to show great strength
during the year, with prices rising
on the basis Of anticipated additional
increases. The security markets also
maintained strength. While business
was thus advancing during 1885. Of
ficias explained that the credit pic.
ture was shifting since the Govern
ment was approaching closer to =
balanced budget and to reduced need
for public borrowing.
Interest Rates Low.
Coincidentally, during the year in
terest rates kept At unprecedented
low levels. Money vas available at
the most favorable terms in history
for expansion of business and for
construction. But the point had been
reached recently where there was 4
national resistance to very low in
terest rates. Institutions and inves-
tors were beginning to turn from the
long-term capital market to q more
speculative field Of stocks and real
estate.
In the interest Of the stability of
the economy, 1t was necessary to re-
move the pressure Of the huge excess
reserves. particularly when there was
assurance that . large supply of
available funds would continue to
Evening star., 1937-01-31

maintain cheap interest rates. The
move was particularly desirable be-
cause of need that the Reserve Board
be in q better position to control ex-
pansion Of credit, it was said.
Reserve Board officials said that
they would not be surprised If short
term money rates stiffened with an
nouncement Of the reserve require
ment increase. They disagreed that
there would be any firning of long
term interest rates. One official
pointed to the possibility. for ex-
ample, that rates on mortgages might
60 even lower in some parts OF the
country, because Of variance of in
terest rates in different sections.
The administration since last Sum-
mer has taken cognizance Of fears
Of undue credit expansion-and of
imitation, by . series of moves. The
first was the Federal Reserve Board
initial increase In reserve require
ments last July. Then came the Sc
curities and Exchange Commissions
warning that 1t proposed to move
against excessive stock market trad
ing by members of the stock ex-
changes, through new credit restric-
tions. President Roosevelt, soon
afterward, issued his statement on
the dangers of hot money" the in
flow Of foreign funds. and the admin
istration started a study Of the prob
lem. Then came the Treasury steri-
lization of gold order on December
%. Now as another move. the Fed
eral Reserve Board has announced
its increase in member bank reserve
requirements.
(Copyrkht, New York Herald-Tribune.)
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Man IL, ROWbOat
Drifts DO1U1l Ohio
TOSee Relatives
lust Sit and Steer,' He
Informs Would.Be
Rescuers.
n the Associated Press.

81 the Associated FresS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 30
Cincinnati police received a report late
today that a man calling for help was
floating down the flooded Ohio River
in . small rowboat. The message was
relayed to the Coast Guard here.
A little later Coast Guardsmen saw
their man and put out in q 26-foot
surf boat to rescue him.
Grab hold" they shouted. We'll
save you"
II don't want to be saved" the man
shouted back. I'm on my way to
Madison, Ind, to see relatives"
The boatsman said he was Charles
Wright, 21, Of Maysville, KY. Informed
his trip was . dangerous one in a small
boat. Wright said he was doing all
right"
II left Maysville (60 miles up the
river) at Z o'clock this morning." he
said as he waved farewell. mo pad
ding At all, Just sit here and steer her
Q little"
Evening star., 1937-01-31

women,s Club Of Arlington will be
celebrated with . special program
Monday night in st. Charles School
hall.
A committee under direction of Mrs
Bertin Toulotte has arranged an en-
tertainment, which will be followed by
. supper party. The program will
include instrumental selections by Jean
Colango's Melody Makers, dance num-
bers by Barbara Mann, Jean Talbot.
Jane Thompson, Catherine Payne and
Evening star., 1937-01-31

Jeanne Payne. sponsored by Mrs. jean
cite Tolford; vocal selections by Miss
Dorothy Dowden. accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Helen Cyr. and solo
dance by Marianne McCarth. accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. c. Kirch-
ner. A brief business meeting will be
held at 7:45.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Glee Club Program Tonight.

WOODSIDE, Nd, January zoo Spe-
ciaD The combined Glee Clubs Of the
Montgomery Blair Senior Iigh School
will give program of sacred music
Sunday night at 8 pm, at the Wood
side Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs.
Verna Metcalf Is director.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

Lolo National Forest, in Idaho and
Montana, has the largest gross area
Of any national forest.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB
TO MARK ANNIVERSARY

Arlington Organization Will Cele-
brate in st. Charles School
Tomorrow Night.
Special Dispatch to TIE Star.
CLARENDON. Va, January 30.-
The NTH anniversary of the Catholic
Evening star., 1937-01-31

Japan plans to permit writing Of
aviation insurance.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
Religious Duty to Join a Labor Union

1T is the moral and religious duty of a
worker to join a labor union" declared Rev.
James Myers, industrial secretary of the Fed
eral Council of the Churches of Christ in
America, preaching the Labor Sunday Ser
mon in the Central Woodward Christian
Church of Detroit, of which DR.. Edgar De-
Witt Jones, president of the Federal Council
of the Churches Of Christ in America, is pas
tor. in Church and Sunday School" said
Mr.. Myers, we are taught to think of others,
not just of ourselves. Industrial workers who
are unselfish enough to care for the welfare
of all workers will ally themselves with labor
unions, for chiefly by means of such associa-
ton can they help raise the standards for
all" He characterized as "t~aX-dodging' the
acceptance by a worker of Improvements in
wages, hours and freedom gained for him by
the labor movement unless he joins a union
and pays his dues"
On the issue of the closed shop MIR. Myers
said that workers themselves should settle
the issue of the closed shop by voluntarily
joining the union. The church urges its mem
bers to shouldee their responsibilities as
Christian citizens, pay their taxes, and take
part in political activity, even though politics,
like labor unionism, has its faults. The way
for conscientious workers to help control and
guide unionism in constructive, peaceful poll
cies, is from within. They do not gain the
respect of their fellows by accepting for
themselves the benefits gained by union
members through great sacrifice and struggle,
without helping to pay the price or sharing
the responsibility. While no worker should
be coerced by force or intimidation by his
fellows into joining a union, it is equally clear
that if he is informed and unselfsh, he will
desire to join. Instead of rushing to the de-
Tense of a workers %undoubted right not to
join a union, the press and pulpit would do
better to point out the workers moral obliga-
ton to join, and exert their influence as mem
bers of the union against extreme measures
and in favor of reasonable policies"
The speaker referred to the annual Labor
Sunday Message of the Federal Council which
refers to organized labor relations as an *
preston Of democracy in industry, and de-
clares that democracy is founded upon the
religious concept of the infinite value of hu-
man personality.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
Government Wins Big Verdict
for Farmers

The salutary results from Federal legisla-
ton designed to protect farmers from over
charges imposed on them by live stock COM
mission firms are revealed in the fact that
nearly $500,000 will be refunded to farmers
and stock men trading in the Kansas City
Stock Yards since July, 1888, by a decision
of the Federal District Court which has a sec
ond time upheld Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace in reducing by about twelve per cent
the rates charged by commission firms oper-
ating in the yards.
The half-million dollars represents the diff
ference between the old rates charged and
the lower rates ordered by the Secretary.
The money was %impounded by the court after
Fred O. Morgan and other commission firms
obtained a restraining order which has been
in effect for four years.
First inquiry into Kansas City commission
rates was in 1890 and a second examiners
hearing, under the Packers and ~Stockyards
Act, was held in 1882.
An oral hearing, in which attorneys for the
commission firms argued against a reduction
in rates, was held in March, 1888, before Rex
ford G. Tugwell, then assistant secretary of
Agriculture. The rates reduction order is
sued on June IA, 1888, to be effective July IA,
1888, was signed by Secretary Wallace.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
Doctors Vision SiIicOsiS Cure

General interest is being manifested in the
new pathological treatment for s~ilicosis dis
covered after considerable experimentation
at the Banting Institute, Toronto, Canada, in
connection with research work at the Nc
Intyre Mine at Schumacher, Ontario.
The details Of the discovery will be pub
lished in the journal of the Canadian Medical
Association, according to ar announcement
by the Toronto Academy Of Medicine. A
brief statement issued by the Academy de-
clared that the discovery represented the
most outstanding contribution in the history
of s~ilicosis research and that it might point
the way to the prevention of what is regarded
as perhaps the chief of our industrial dis
cases."
SiIicoSiS is an occupational disease caused
By the accumulation of dust IN the lungs. tt
incapacitateS d lUorker, generally leads to
tuberculosis, and inevitably causes death. 1t
develops IN men 1UhoSe Work is IN rock quartz,
sand and other duStS found in mines and
foundrieS.
So far no cure for s~ilicosis has been discov-
cred, although many governments, including
the government Of the United States, are
making thorough surveys with regard to
methods for both it's diminution and preven-
ton.
The government of Ontario has a provision
whereby mines are obliged to set aside CAPT
tai funds for the compensation Of workers
who contract the disease. In the United
States, some of the state workmen's compen-
sation laws include ~silicosis as a compensate
disease.
Hitherto masks and respiratorS haze been
employed to preUent contraction Of S~iIicosis.
The new method developed By the Banting
Institute, holoever, promises prevention by
pathological means. 1t is believed that the
metallic aluminium delays the SoIubiIity Of the
quartz dust, thus preventing moduIes forming
IN the lungs.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
Federal Government Hats Melon Ship
ments to Stop Price SlumpS

One Of the methods used by the Federal
Government to benefit farmers by preventing
excess supplies of farm products in city mar
kets was illustrated in the order issued by
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
for a second forty-eight hour halt in ship
ments of watermelons from the southeastern
states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina, effective July Is to July IL.
The first of these shipping holidays this year
was in effect July to July 10.
In a statement explaining the order the
AAA said it was necessary because of the
continued heavy accumulation Of supplies in
terminal markets outside the area of the
four states.
Other steps taken this year to prevent the
heavy accumulation Of watermelon supplies
in terminal markets have consisted of regula-
tons permitting only the shipment of melons
above a certain grade. The first of these
regulations limited shipments to u. S. No. 2
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09

grade or better during the period July l-July
7, inclusive. When the July $40 shipping
holiday terminated, a second Of these regula-
tons limiting the shipment of melons to U. S..
No. l went into effect for the period July 10
August /, 1897.
Grower prices declined from an average Of
$500 per car in the week ending July 3 to
$78 per car on July T.. For July 8 and 9, no
prices were quoted because of the shipping
holiday. Sales on July IS were reported as
low as $35 per car. Following this low quota
ton the second 48-hour cessation Of ship
ments was ordered.
The shipment limitations are established
under authority Of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture on the basis of recommendations made
by the control committee in charge of admin
~istering the marketing agreement program
for the Southeastern watermelon industry.
Montana labor news., 1937-09-09
electricity

electricity.
Question: What's the difference be-
tween electricity and unemploy-
ment?
Answer: We've learned to control