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Aside from topics which appear
pertinent fh thfc news of the day,
much confab has been apparent
in regard to winter and the ac
tivities, social and otherwise,
which are connected with the
months of frigid temperature.
On several occasions ye scribe
has overheard much talk of re
viving as one activity the inter
« esting and much-popularized
game of softball as a winter
sport. ,
Obviously, there are no “Tris
Speakers” or “Tyrus Raymond
Cobb’s” in our midst, but Nome
has known in the past, many
whose qualifications in the art
of ball-tossing rank with the best
in amateur circles.
True, the majority of we base
ball fans would much prefer get
ting our baseball thrills from the
open bleachers in our favorite
baseball “orchard”. The great
American game has called many
of us to the stands of a Saturday
afternoon, to hear a “meanje”
umpire call out his familiar cry:
“Play ball”.
Throughout the ensuing innings,
if memory recalls correctly, our
biggest thrill came from calling
this said official, a “thief, rob
ber” or what-not simply ^s . a
• means, not only for an enjoyable
afternoon, but rather for whaj we
thought justification, but in real
ity, because our favorite ball
tossers ran off with the low end
of a 2-0 score or such like.
The same spirit of competition
in baseball can apply here in
the city this winter. Only this
time—indoor baseball. The extent'
of enjoyment gained from this
sport can be highly comparable
to that of a Saturday afternoon’s
thrill over a session of “The Daf
finess Boys” versus “The Gas
House Gang”.
So it behooves ye scribe to agi
tate and pronounce that baseball
is again in order—indoor base
ball, if you please, in the hopes
that some civic organization in
the city will take the project in
hand, so that once again we can
hear the thrill of our life-time
echo and re-echo down the halls
of the school house, as the “mean
•ie” of an ump dons his mask,
strikes up a pose and in tones
final and severe commands the
local gentry to again—“Play
Ball!”
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Congratulations!
“. . . And a little child shall
lead them”! ,
Such has been proven by the
students attending the local Gov
ernment School, who have con
tributed $21.35 to the fund now
being raised for a gift to the
heavy cruiser “Alaska”, to be
commissioned shortly.
This is the first return to be
made in Nome, as far as ye scribe
has been informed and we wish
to extend our hearty congratula
tions to the students and officials
of the school in taking such an
initiative in this worthy matter.
Again we extend thanks.
•••
Brevities of the Week
Sandy Cutting causing us to
suffer “goose pimples” as he
recites at length the strangest of
truth stories ever told . . . Roy
Adkins, principal of the Govern
ment school, smiling over his
students and the good work of
their “Alaska” cruiser donation
. . . Photographer Jacobs mistak
ing the past sunny days for a
“breath” of Spring and “sham
pooing” the windows of his busi
ness edifice ... A certain city
official throwing a “Sir Walter
Raleigh” on Front Street the
other evening . . . The beautiful
hues of the sun as it sinks in the
West, come evening . . . Herb
Jenks in an early morning rush
to the shop for another day of
ltfaor . . . Songsters, Inc., doing
their stuff in local spots of
amusement . . . Rev. Hooker all
agog over his new redecorating
venture at the Federated Church
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Pertinent Question of the Day:
"Does the price of water go up
or come down as a result of an
incident in the Nome Grill the
other day”
Yours for Bail-Playing,
JAY RAYMOND.
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THE NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 45.—No. 84. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1943 PER COPY—15c
NAZIS ARE
CIRCLED IN
DNEIPER
LONDON, Oct. 22.—(AP)—
German positions north of Kri
voi-Rog in the iron ore center of
the great Dnieper bend, lost all
semblance of timing, before the
massed Red Army drive.
The retreating Nazis were fight
ing in hastily improvised actions
first at one point then another.
Reuters Moscow dispatches
said that German radio stations
broadcast reports 'thgt German,
Naval force were bombarding
Soviet positions on the north
coast of the,Sea of Azov, in an
effort to halt the squeeze offen
sive toward the throat of the
Crimean peninsula. •'"V .
The Swiss radio said! that Rus
sian .troops hacj completely en-,
circled Dniepro-Petrovsk, and:
from the best information avail
able here two German armies in
»•
the Melitopol and the. Crimea ;
areas are also threatened by en
trapment.
J APS FAIL TO.
CROSS SALW m
CHUNGKING, Oct. 22.—(AP)
—The Chinese high command j
declared today that the Japan- !
ese offensive on the Burma Road j
had not succeeded in pushing ’
across the1 Salween river on ac
count of the heavy Chinese ac
tion against the three-pronged*
drive halted at the river barrier.
The Chinese stopped the eight
day Japanese drive in western
Yunnan province which had '■
forced the Chinese back across
the Salween river.
Chiang Kai Sheks headquar
ters reported no change in posi- j
tions today.
AGREEMENT IS j
COMPLETED j
CHUNGKING, Oct. 22—(AP)—
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat
ten, supreme Allied commander
of the Southeast Asia battle
area, completed a three-power \
pact with Generalissimo Chiang j
Kai Shek and Lt. Gen. Joseph
Stilwell, according to a British j
broadcast recorded by NBC.
The broadcast said that Lord
Mountbatten and General Stil- I
well left Cungklng after the five
day conference to return to their
bases.
Communication
Editor, Nome Nugget '
Nome, Alaska.
I noticed in the University of
Alaska college paper where my
son Billie is still a Nome boost
er.
At the class of ’47 initiation
festivities, when the freshmen
were put through their paces,
Billie broke out with such a fine
extemperaneous speech on Nome
that he was honored with the
privilege of introducing Presi
dent Bunnell to the class.
Not much, but the Nome kids
seem to never forget the old
home town.
—LEONARD SMITH.
See us. We have everything
’except what you want.—Tex’^
Chili Parlor.
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COMPANY IS
LOSER IN CIVIL
COURT ACTION
John Freeland, an oldtimer in
the Candle mining district, yes
terday, in the court of Judge J.
H. S. Morison in this city, won
a suit in all five counts, as
claimed, from the defendant
company in the case, the Arctic
Circle Exploration Company,
Inc., a Chicago company mining
in the Candle-Keewalik district.
All five of the charges were
for wages, due and owing, but
not received by the plaintiff.
After the trial had started, the
defense asked that the jury be
allowed to leave the courtroom,
as counsel for the defense had
a plea to make regarding the
first three of the five counts in
the case.
The jury was then recessed for
a few minutes at call of the
court.
Defense Attorney Ira Orton,
for his client company, agreed
that in their lack of evidence to
the contrary, they were forced
to agree to pay the first three
counts of the five charges.
Attorney C. C. Tanner, in be
half of his client, John Freeland,
accepted the plea regarding the
three counts, but argued that the
last two would continue. The jury
was then recalled and the case
resumed.
The plaintiff, Freeland, was
called to the stand to testify in
his own behalf and to present all
facts relating to the charges in
the case. He stated that over a
period of six years, the company
had held out on him for several
periods of work, for which he
O. E. S. FETES
OFFICERS MONDAY
Last Monday evening the Or
der of Eastern Star gave a party
for all past matrons and patrons
of the order in Nome.
Following the regular business
meeting, cards were played after
which a fine lunch was served by
the social committee in charge
for the evening party.
Those serving on the commit
tee were Mrs. Ann Jenks, Grace 1
Mahan, and Edith Yenney, were
given a rising vote of thanks for
the pleasant evening.
Prizes for the Whist contest
were won by Mrs. Rosa B. Ha
gen, first; Mrs. Mary Polet, sec
ond and Anna Hewitt, third.
| had at various times asked for
settlement.
With James Robins, manager
of the defendant company, on the
stand, the picture was reversed,
and he stated that he knew noth
ing of any work performed, or
any arrangement by any official
of the company for such work if
performed by the plaintiff.
The complaining counsel. C. C.
Tanner .during the afternoon
session, produced a witness to
corroborate the testimony of his
client, regarding the periods of
work in question.
The jury requested that the
case be continued through the
evening and the court declared
a recess for dinner.
Final pleas were resumed dur
ing the evening session and the
case was given to the jury about
9:00 p. m. The jury sent word to
| the judge before 10:00 p. m. They
were ready to present the ver
dict.
Court was called to order and
the jury foreman read the ver
dict, which gave John Freeland,,
NINTH DIVISION
BARRING WAY
FOR JAPANESE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Oct. 22.—(AP)—Japanese troops
in the jungles northwest of
Finschafen, New Guinea, advanc
ed further in their infiltration
move as was disclosed for the
first time by Allied spokesmen.
It is intended that we will save
our forces by reaching the coa«*
The enemy drive at present is
not aimed at the recapture of
Finschafen.
Acknowledging some enemy
progress for the third straight
day, and that the Japanese were
seeking to achieve a solid line
along the Song river, but ele
ments of the Australian Ninth
Division are barring the way to
the control areas on both sides
of the Japanese positions.
In the heaviest raids recently
by the Japanese, 30 enemy planes
harrassed the Australian posi
tions near Finschafen yesterday,
bombs caused minor damage and
casualties.
KNOX AIRS HIS
VIEWS ON WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—(AP)
—The only way to lose the war
and to kick victory is to haw
disunity, said the Secretary of
Navy, Frank Knox.
the complainant, all five counts
and court costs, against the
Arctic Circle Exploration Co.,
Inc.
CITIES AND
TOWNS GO
TO ALLIES
ALLIED HE ADBU ARTERS PH
ALGIERS. Oct. 22.—(AP)—Per
suing the German retreating
forces too close to permit them
to establish new defense posi
tions, the troops of Clark’s
Fifth Army captured the impor
tant road junction town of Alife
in a 10-m.ile advance and beat
pff furious German ctxunKerat
taclbs.
Gen. Eisenhower’s headquar
ters also reported the towns of
Piedmont and Dalife also.fell.
The British troops on the left
flank beat off a massive attack
which the German forces aimed
at Cancello, on the north bank
of the Volturno, eight miles from
trhe sea.
Alife has been repeatedly
bombed until no military installa
tions were left.
The communiques also men
tioned another aerial venture
over Yugo-Slavia in a fighter
and b>mber attack on Skoplje.
Six German planes were des
troyed in forays off the Yugoslav
coast. ' —
The Northwest African air
force destroyed 16 enemy aircraft
in the past 24 hours.
WAR ACE IS
TOURING SITES
ALEUTIAN ISLAND BAS®,
Oct. 22.—(AP>— Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker, observing the an
niversary of the lost plane ad
venture, in the South Pacific, said
he foresaw the collapse of Ger
many as a possibility next fall,
and the defeat of Japan a year
later, “if we are lucky.”
As a personal representative of
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim
son, he is here on a tour of all
World War fronts, predicting
“bombing will cut the heart out
of Japan.”
Rickenbacker has covered 55,
000 miles in three months on this
tour of the fronts.
EMMONS VIEWS
DEFENSE ACTS
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Oct 22.
—(AP)—Declaring “There is al
ways a possibility, more than a
probability, of a Japanese com
mando raid and submarine at
tack on the Pacific Coast,” Lt.
Gen. Delos C. Emmons, com
mander of the Western Defense
Command, said he was afraid
that the relaxation of the Civ
ilian Defense regulations on the
West coast, was misinterpreted,
and told newsmen that he ex
pected the relaxation proclama
tion to be modified "in some mi
nor respects”, in about twQ
months.
GILBERT ISLES
ARE ATTACKED
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Oct.
22.—(AP)—The major Japanese
base in the Gilbert Islands was
attacked October 19 by a small
force of Navy Liberator bomb
ers, the Navy announced today.