THE NOME NUGGET
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FARLEY SYNDICATE WILL
BUY YANKEE BALL CLl'B
CHICAGO, Jrly 17 — Attor
ney Jeremiah Mahoney of New
York said he expected the New
Pork Yankee baseball club will
be sold by the Jacob Ruppert es
tate to a syndicate headed by
Postmaster General James Far
ley “within two weeks for a |
price of $4,000,000.”
COL. S.B. BUCKNER ASSUMES
COMMAND ALASKA TROOPS
SEATTLE, July 17 — Colonel
Simon Bolivar Buckner, soon to
to become Brigadier General
Buckner, sailed on the SS .Aleu
tian to assume commanl of all
Army troops in Alaska.
He said his only orders were
to take command of what troops
are now in Alaska and those to
come later. He will make his
headquarters at Anchorage.
Alcohol Tax Unit
Supervisor Visits Fairbanks
On the rounds of the section
over which he became respons
ible one year ago, W. R. Woods,
district supervisor of the Alcohol
Tax Chit, Bureau of Internal
Revenue, arrived in Fairbanks
by train last week.
The bureau official is accom
panied by Mrs. Woods. He is su
pervisor of the division including
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon
tana, and Alaska. He was receiv
collector of United tates i -.
ed by Peggy Lyle, deputy collect
or of United States internal rev
enue for the Fourth Division. I
Last Letter From
Press Agent For
Alaska Queens
July 13, 1940
Dear Alaska:
Looks like this trail is about
ended and my job as a queen- j
wrangler is over.
It has been a grand trip. Min
nie Motschman as “Miss Alaska”
and Margaret Scott as “Miss
Nome” represented Alaska splen
didly on this good will tour of
the States. You can be proud of
them both.
Really, the big thrill came
Tuesday night when we talked to j
Alaska over KGEI. Treasure Is
land — interview by Norman
Paige of NBC. San Francisco has
been a gracious host. Harry Gow
man arranged for us to be the
guests of the Sir Francis Drake
Hotel. We have a room on the
fifteenth floor from where there
is a fine view of the Bay area.
Dick Hibbard of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce,
which is currently very much in
terested in Alaska, took us in
tow for a day and an evening.
The girls were photographed at
the PAA Honolulu Clipper just
before it took off for Hawaii Tues
day afternoon, reminding them
of when they wished the Alaska
Clipper “good flying” as it left
Seattle on the first shake-down
flight for Juneau. They were also
The 7,216-ton Chilean liner, Copi ipo, with water in her bow up to the anchor line, is shown berthed
rt C •i .hc'.'al, C. /., after being t nved into the harbor after striking the we t breakwater at the
harbor entrance. The ships 110 p>ssengers and crew were rescued Official:- blamed the iavigator’s
failure to see the breakwater lights Ship channel where mish ip occurred is wide enough so
that a wreck would not have halted traffic.
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«• n of Holland, t \f o mi?Harr planes constituted ,,-ar. . V li.ee air ; rm. They are
£- • r- " i >t S-ciiusterber g, Holland.
John L. Clymer (left) General Manager of the San Francisco
Chamber, of Commerce showed Miss Minnie Motscliman (center),
Miss Alaska, and Miss Margaret Scott (right), Miss Nome, some
of San Francisco’s downtown district from their hotel room in the
Sic Francis Drake oveiy.ooking the city’s famed skyline. . j
The two Alaskan representatives were entertained in the famed
“City by the Golden Gate” as well as on Treasure Island site of
the 1940 World’s Fair, by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
which is currently very much interested in the development of
improved trade relations with their northern neighbors in Alaska.
snapped in a refrigerator and in
the General Motors Building at
the Fair. Chevrolet has been
faithful, providing a car and
driver here as in other cities.
Charles Siverston, president of
the Oakland Sourdoughs, rnuk
luk wirelessed his Northlanders
and a good Alaska gathering was
held at the Sir Francis Drake l
Hotel the evening of our arrival
here. Tire following persons at
tended (former Alaskan address
listed): Mr. Siverston, Solomon;
Judge and Mrs. E. Coke Hill,
Fairbanks; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Walford, Nomd> John J. McNeill,
i Fairbanks; Scotty Allen and Mrs.
John Riordan, Nome; Mrs. Wm.
A. Malony, Dawson and Fair
banks; Frank Murphy, Dawson,
Fairbanks, Ididarod; Charlotte E.
Remy Blomfield, Solomon; Ed
na D. Rice, Tanana; Fred Schroe
der, Fortymile and Circle City;
Kay Roberts, Rampart; Mrs.
Alice Tw'itchell McBride, Bethel,
Holy Cross, Ididarod; John Rice
Anderson, Tanana; Mrs. Herb i
Riley, Fairbanks.
Friday the Sourdoughs arrang
ed for a police escort to the Oak
'land Ctiy Hall where the girls
were met by the acting Mayor,
;Fred Jacobson, Phil Ray of the
i Oakland Chamber of Commerce
and Podie Wallman chief of Po
lice—aso by Capt. Goodnight, for ,
merly of Dawson. They were
i then taken to lunch by Fred
;Schroeder and Mr. Siverston. To
inight they are having a dinner;
! dance for us, and that will offic
ially wind up the celebration.
The San Francisco Fair is beau
tiful —especially at night, when
it is lighted. I crossed telephone
wires with Dorothy O'Keefe of
Fairbanks as she took off for Los
Angeles. Then I enjoyed Alaskan
j hospitality at Mr. and Mrs. Larry
O’Connor’s (Barrett Willoughby)
; at San Carlos overnight.
It seems ages ago that we were
: in St. Louis where we had a few
I hours with J. P. and Isobel Han
inon (J. P. of KFQD and the Ice
Worms!) He was the same J. P.
with Alaska in his heart. Minnie
! stayed over to visit friends while
Margaret and I dashed over to
the Grand Canyon. We met at
Los Angeles and came here to
gether.
.Margaret Scott likes it in S. F.
so much that she is going to
spend her vacation here. Minnie
is returning to Los Angeles to
visit reatives and I am making
tracks for the Gowman Hotel in
Seattle. This is the last of my
weekly letters to you—and until
we meet you on the trail again
somewhere, I say God bless you
—each and everyone.
Sincerely,
Kay J. Kennedy
The fighting in Europe is not
moving to a decision fast enough
to suit American arm-chair ex
perts.
IOO% TALKING PICTURES
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with WILLIAM BOYD — GEORGE HAYES
Hopalong Cassidy Rides Again
also "SINBAD THE SAILOR" and "BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR"
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 554 & 254
“MERRY-GO-ROUND”
with BERT LAHR—JIMMY SAVO—BILLY HOUSE
and “MARCH of TIME"
TWO SHOWS: SUNDAY 7:15 & 9. Adm. 554 ft 254
“WOMEN MEN MARRY”
with GEORGE MURPHY — CLAIRE DODD
A Newspaper Turns Up A Racket and A Romance
also “FOOL COVERAGE" and ‘.FISHERMAN’S PLUCK”
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