18 May 1935
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1935
Page
1
Berlin reports foreign naval experts describe a defensive German program using speed boats capable of 60 knots with four torpedoes each. A five man crew could operate 450 boats to threaten battleships, with further naval developments including a larger, two thousand mile range craft.
Washington reports that Britain shows no interest in U S proposals for an international currency stabilizing plan. Financial observers ponder who might push a lasting agreement, with some pointing to the Bank of International Settlements as a possible vehicle for a proposal.
The Wagner labor disputes bill passed the Senate 63 to 12 and was sent to the House.
Yesterday in Nome the school program drew wide civic interest as the high school students performed for about an hour under Superintendent W. H. Bloom and the faculty. The Nome City Council and many parents attended, refreshments followed, and the event marked a departure from past methods with promising results for the term ahead. A rubber boot found is announced and can be claimed at the Nugget Office.
Nome mayor Dr Rex F Swartz appeals Seattle timber groups to lift the lumber shipments ban for Nome amid a damaging strike. He warns that halted shipments delay first boats to Nome and worsen overcrowding, asking for emergency release of supplies.
Alfred J. Lomen received a telegram today from John E. Pegues Administrator for the Federal Housing Administration. Pegues plans to visit Nome by Sunday aboard a Northern Air Transport plane and will confer with residents about FHA housing improvements and construction. He will return to Juneau soon and can stay in Nome for only two days.
Roy Robertson who leads California bonus marchers calls ex soldiers to travel by freight trains to Washington as soon as the Patman bill is vetoed. He says the army will stay until the bonus is paid and vows no autos no women or children taken on the trek. He expects at least five thousand veterans to join the effort this week.
The Thai Industrial Union of Marin Shipbuilding Workers held a meeting in Camden New Jersey to discuss a broad shipowners strike that union leaders say could halt most naval construction in private shipyards.
Roosevelt's social security program sits atop a backlog of administration measures awaiting Senate action. The finance committee approved it without a record vote, and administration leaders expect passage without major changes, though a lengthy debate is anticipated.
Pacific Coast oil tanker operators reject arbitration for the tanker sailors strike, claiming no new issues exist. They say the dispute is over, with unions insisting on collective bargaining, and note a three member arbitration board appointed by Secretary of Labor Perkins.
Reported street fighting in Vienna city area with fourteen killed in unrest believed linked to Yugoslav provinces Slovenia and Croatia. Unverified accounts mention youths involved in an improvised military display sparking clashes.
The Lithuanian president commuted four Memel Nazi death sentences to life imprisonment. The men had been condemned by a Lithuanian court for plotting to restore Memel territory to the Reich. The report places the event near SHAMROCK CAFE at noon on Sunday May 19, with a context note from KUANAS Lithuania dated May 18.
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow reports the Maxim Gorky or world’s largest airplane crashed at Moscow’s big airport. Forty seven people were killed including eleven crew members and thirty six passengers. The pilot of a smaller aircraft involved in the collision also died.
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