THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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•Current Comments
Written From
Washington
(Special to the Nugget)
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.
The President’s message on de
fense, although calling for
prompt preparation for repelling
invasion by foreign enemies, was
somewhat more mild than was
expected. Emphasis was laid on
the protection of the Panama
Canal, and the necessity for in
creasing the available war planes
by three thousand was pointed
out. The building of the planes
will be done in private factories,
a double or triple shift being re
quired. Notwithstanding the in
creased working force, planes
cannot be turned out as rapidly
as autos, since the manufacture
of flying machines calls for skill
ed labor of a kind that cannot
be drawn from a mass and w*it
ing supply.
Representative comments on
the defense message are as fol
lows: “I thought the message
most timely and appropriate in
view of world conditions. The
amount asked for is not in excess
of what is necessary to give us
national defense that will favor
ably compare with other world
powers.” The opposing view is
that “the American people are
still in the dark as to what na
tion or nations intend to attack
us. No airplane has yet been de
vised that can bomb our cities
from Europe or Asiatic bases. It
looks like another pump priming
program done up in red, white
and blue ribbons.” The reader is
left to his own decision as to
which attitude is sound and for
the best Interest of the land.
The monopoly inquiry has
turned its eye toward patents, a
subject of wide interest, since al
most everyone, at one time or
another, has made a useful in
vention. The latest suggestions
do not involve anything that
need cause alarm on the part of
an Inventor. The proposed ohang
r- relate chiefly to simplification
of the procedure, more prompt
action on the part of all con
cerned, and a more effective pro
tection of the rights which a pat
ent confers.
It is probable that during the
present session, Congress will be
asked to impeach Secretary of
Labor Perkins, on the ground
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I that she has neglected to deport
[ some criminal aliens and has
I blocked the deportation of oth
ers. Efforts to impeach Miss Per
1 kins, and opposition thereto, will
i be along strictly partisan lines.
The charge of improper conduct
must originate in the House of
Representatives, the Senate be
j ing the court in which the matter
must be tried, and impeachment
can be sustained only by a two
thirds vote. The entire impeach
ment record contains hardly
more than a dozen instances, the
most notable of which was the
action against President Johnson
who was acquitted under the two
thirds rule, there being 35 guilty
ballots and 19 not guilty.
The Dies Committee, which
has been investigating Commun
ist, Facist and Nazi activities in
the United States, has been bat
tling for its life, and the indica
tions are that it will be contin
ued for two years longer, altho
its opponents still hope to be
able to curtail its powers. The
foes of the Committee are sharp
and outspoken, and the President
has not given h:s full support.
Mr. Roosevelt, however, has ‘had
nothing to say on the subject of
permitting the Dies work to run
on for the period stated. Regard
less of what may be dene about
it ultimately, the itestimony ad
duced has made instructive and
interesting reading.
The latest word of the Presi
dent on the subject of Social
Security is to the effect that its
privileges should be extended to
approximately seventeen million
persons who have not been reach
ed by it heretofore. Of those,
ten million are dependent child
ten, wives and widows, a deserv
ing group. Wild pension schemes
got no support, since the mess
age of the Executive embodied
a warning against “untried and
unsound panaceas,” a phrase of
general import, but capable of
application to specific cases whi
ch anybody can identify.
NOTICE
Pursuant to an order of court
entered on this 7th day of Nov
ember. 1938, notice is hereby
given that a general term of the
District Court, Second Division,
Territory of Alaska will be held
in the court house at Nome, in
said Division and Territory, com
men'cing at the hour of eleven
o’clock a.m., on Monday, March
13, 1939, and to continue there
after according to further orders
of the court.
Given under my hand and
with the Court’s seal affixed this
7th day of February, 1939.
Aimer Rydeen
Clerk of the District
(SEAL) Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Second Division,
Publish Feb. 8, 15. 22, March 1,
1939.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, Second Division.
In the Matter of the estate of
WILLIAM ALLISON, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that
the undersigned, H. C. Longley,
has been appointed by the above
entitled Court, Administrator of
the Estate of William Allison, de
ceased. All persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased are hereby required to
present the same, duly verified,
to the undersigned Administrat
or of said Estate, at Nome. Al
aska, within six months from the
date of this notice.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
8th day of February, 1939.
H. C. Longley
Administrator of the
estate of William Alli
son, deceased.
Publish Feb. 8, 15, 22, March
1, 1939.
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Only Small Number Nomeites
At Pioneers' Home
Sitka, Alaska
In looking over the Biennial
Report of the Superintendent of
1 the Alaska Pioneers’ Home, at
Sitka. Alaska, which includes
business transacted from Jan. 1,
1937 to Dec. 31, 1938. it is noted
that there were 292 persons car
ed for at the Home. 121 were ad
mitted, 76 died, 32 were dis
charged, and 184 were residents
of the Home at the close of this
report.
During this period the Home
carried an continuous capacity |
load of 180, or more men. The
‘ report further says, “unfortun
ately there was a constant wait
ing list of between 20 and 30
men. It is hoped that with the
replenishments of the indigent
fund, and some regimentation of
the present residents to take
place this spring, that the wait
ing list can be cared for.”
Active List in Home
First Division 80; Second Div
ision 18; Third Division 52;
Fourth Division 34.
32 Pioneers were discharged
from the Home during this same
period. Five being from Nome as
follows: A. W. Guisler, Ferdi
nand Kleiner, Lewis Lyle Ma
loney, Charles McFadden and
Francis _W. Redwood.
Six Nomeites Died
Of the 76 deaths which occur
red at the Home during this per
iod, six were from Nome, whose
names are as follows; Arthur L.
Carpenter, Joe Fortune, John
Gregor, John Jacobson, Joe Mc
Arthur and Chas. McFadden.
Pioneers Home Trust Fund
Superintendent Eiler Hansen,
1 of the Pioneers’ Home, states
: there has been made in past years
special requests bv decedents to
the Pioneers’ Home, from 3 per
j sons amounting to $5,853.14.
He further states:
“These sums as collected were
! covered into the general fund of j
the Territory of Alaska. It was
I clearly the intention of the don- \
; ors that these bequests should be |
! used for special benefits for the
Pioneers. To accomplish this pur
pose a Pioneers’ Home Trust
| Fund should be created encom
i passing these bequests, the in
| terest of which should be sub
ject to disposal and expenditure
by the Board of Trustees of the
Pioneers’ Home. There is pre
vious Legislative sanction for
such procedure as provided by
Section 7, Chapter 65, Laws of
1929.
“So that this matter can be
definitely determined I recom
mend that the Legislature pass a j
j special act setting up a Pioneers'
j Home Trust Fund, as outlined
and providing for the transfer of
the money bequethed fer this
purpose from the General Fund
into the Trust Fund.
“It is my sincere belief that it I
a fund of this nature is created
by law it will be an incentive
to persons interested in the Pio
neers to make future bequests.
In time the Fund will thus grow
to a proportion so that the in
terest thereon can be expended
to materially promote the happi-1
ness and contentment of the res |
dents of the Pioneers’ Home.”
“SOU RDO U G H”
STATIONERY
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That unique and humorous
and typical Alaskan stationery— !
“Sourdough Roadhouse Letter j
heads and Envelopes”, have been j
brought strictly uptodate, and art
now available at the Nugget offl
ce.
Are you keeping in touch with
what your representatives and
senators are doing in the legis
lature at Juneau? You have that
opportunity to do so by reading
each issue of the Nome Nugget.
If you are not a subscriber it is
still possible for you to keep
posted by buying a paper from
the route carriers. It is frequent
ly said that everybody does not
get the paper—hut it does appear
that anytime a mistake appears
in print, everybody knows about
it. So why not be fair to your
self and the community in which
you live and make your bread
and butter and be a regular sub
scriber, or at least buy an extra
paper from the route carriers.
End Spanish Civil
War Imminent
UNDATED Feb. 7 f/P) — The
end of tihe Spanish Civil War ap
peared imminent while France
and Britain considered recogniz
ing insurgent General Franco’s
regime as the legitimate govern
ment of Spain, in an effort to
check Italian and German in
fluence there.
Diplomatic circles reported
that Premier Negrin has scatter
ed his government, swinging to
the belief that further resistance
would he futile.
President Azana went to tlhe
French retreat of Collonges and
promised not to attempt the dir
ection of the Spanish govern
ment from France.
A stream of refugees and gov
ernment troops poured across the
frontier of France following a
hundred thousand others who
had already sought refuge in the
jammed border region.
Will Make Loans
For Promise Oust
Italians, Germans
UNDATED, Feb. 8 (ff)—France
and Britain, assuming that r
Spanish insurgent victory was in
evitable took action designed t
eliminate Italian and German in
fluence in Spain once peace
established. In Paris diplomat:
circles said the two democracy
offered Franco huge rehahTta
tion loans in return for promise
to oust Italian and Germa
troops.
Premier Negrin is still on rec
ord as determined to resV
the bitter end. Meanwhile h° h
set up a new government head
quarters in the “last he -e
Spain” one foot from the Fre-no’
frontier at Leperthus.
British offic’als t-c’-m 1 7
that a truce had been nr'
to Franco but if any r pi
received it rema'r-ed .
The arrival of the cruiser “ >
shire at Minorca gave su'
to the reports that th ■ Dr
and French fear for fh- r r p
life lines through the possibT
of Italian and German :r -n
cupying the island of B lear
the only one still in Spanish "
ernment hands.
In London, reports said ■that
the British cabinet w.as contem
plating a large loan to Franco to
counterbalance the foothold gain
ed by the totalitarian powers in
Spain, also through military sup
port they give France
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Grant when he appeared as at
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'MADE IN GERMANY »" this caricature on the U. 8. |
coat-of-arms appeared in a Berlin newspaper with heading: j
“America’s Crisis Vulture.” A Jewish star surmounts the hat, and '
the wing words, starting with “Hetze,” and reading clockwise, i
mean: atrocity, corruption, gangster bands, demoralization, lynch .
law, lies. The lower phrase, directed at Senator Key Pittman and
Secretary Harold Ickes, reads: "Under Us wings Ickes, Pittman J
and consorts dare to slander authoritarian states.”