Joe Louis Makes
Quick Work Of
Challenger Lewis
With a barrage of rights, mixed
with lefts, Joe Louis, heavy
weight champion, floored John
Henry Lewis three times and
Won the fight by a technical
knockout when the two met at
Madison Square Garden. John
Henry, heels in air, is shown go
ing down after Joe connected.
The fight lasted 2 minutes 29 sec
onds before Referee Arthur Dono
van stopped it.
(See picture below)
1
Pioneer Axel
Pearson Passes On
—
SEATTLE, Feb. 23 (/P) —Axel
Pearson, aged sixty one, general
manager of the Ungalik Mining
Syndicate on Norton Sound died
I in a hospital here, where he has
! been since December. The fun
; eral will be held tomorrow then
his remains will be cremated.
Mr. Pearson lived in Alaska for
about thirty eight years and is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Hilda
Johnson of Seattle.
FURNISHED HOUSE FOR SALE
Inquire Nugget Office
Bishop Created
SPOKANE, Feb. 24 </P) —Rev.
Fitzgerald was created Bishop
Coadjutor of Alaska in a three
hour session starting at 10 a.m.
A crowd estimated at nearly
four thousand overflowed from
the church and spilled onto the
street and grounds of Gonzaga
University, as the opening pro
cessional wound its way from the
University to the Church.
More than two hundred fifty
church dignitaries took part in
the ceremony. The church held
two thousand. Loud speakers
were .arranged to that persons on
the outside could hear the cere
mony.
Cochran Elected
President Terri.
C. Of Commerce
Senator O. D. Codliran
JUNEAU, Feb. 24 UP)—The bi
ennial meeting of the Alaska
Territorial Chamber of Commerce
| elected Senator O. D. Cochran of
Nome, President; L. W. Kulburn
! of Douglas, first Vice-president;
i W. C. Arnold of Ketchikan, sec
ond Vice-president; Leo Rogge
I of Fairbanks, 3rd Vice-president,
H. R. Vanderleest of Juneau,
I Treasurer and Curtiss Shattack
I of Juneau, Executive secretary.
Last Search Bein^
c>
Made Cope Plane
JUNEAU, Feb. 22 (JP) —What
was believed to be the last search
for the Lon Cope plane lost Feb.
12th, started Thursday morning
when fifteen men equipped with
snowshoes under the leadership
of Forest Examiner Jay Williams
left aboard the Fisheries boat
Brant to cover the region around
| South Dotys Cove, All the others
having been transversed with no
; results. The snow is reported to
| be waist-deep in the entire sec
tion.
The aerial photographs taken
Sunday by the naval planes and
Pilot Sheldon Simmons produced
nothing tangible in an area of
25 square miles.
JUNEAU, Feb. 23 (JP)—A land
j searching party of sixteen, for
the lost Cope plane left this
morning for the Cape Arden sec
tion to spend three days hunting
in the area. They are not expect
ed to return before Saturday.
Earthquake
Practically
Distroys This City
Only five houses were left stand
ing in Chilian, Chile, following
the severe earthquake which
rocked a 500 mile area. Chilian
was a city of 40,000. This scene
shows the market plaza. Death
j toll in the quake has been esti
mated at about 10,000, and many
1 hundreds were believed injured.
Broken communication lines
made it difficult to get accurate
estimates on damage and death.
(See picture at left)
Franco’s Guns
That Blasted Path
To Barcelona
Heavy field pieces of the insur
gent army are shown as they
blasted away at the government
lines in the advance on Bercel
ona., The ,'guns dropped. 35,000
shells a day behind Loyalist de
fenses and paved the way to the
ultimate capture of Barcelona,
whose fall has been looked upon
as a key point in the Spanish
Civil War.
(See picture at left)
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FEBRUARY 1939
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W. F. Code, Former
Nomeite, Passes Away
At Lomita. Calif
This morning Charles H. Code
proprietor of the Dream Theatre
i received the sad news of the
death of his brother, W. F
i (Billy) Code, at his home a'
i Lomita, Calif., a suburb of Los
j Angeles, from a heart attack, ha\
j :ng been a sufferer from heari
j trouble for the past 12 years.
“Billy” as he was familiarlj
known, was 64 years of age. He
came to Nome in June, 1900, dur
ing the gold rush days, and min
ed on Wonder Creek that sum
mer. In 1901 he joined the stam
pede to the Kougarok section
mined on No. 4 Dahl Creek from
j 1901 to 1902; sold his interest in
; No. 4 Dahl Creek to Charles
j Schneider; learned of the gold
| strike on the Inmaohuk River, he
decided to go there and carried
i on prospecting in that section
for a year.
In 1906, the Code brothers,
Billy and Charles H., purchased
the Monopole Cigar Store w-hich
they conducted until 1910. They
i also interested themselves in
j running a moving picture show
at Eagle Hall, showing pictures
twice a week; and also mined on
Little Creek at Monroeville.
1 In 1911 Charles H. Code sold
his interest in the moving picture
show to Jim Clark, who with
Billy Code then opened the orig
inal Dream Theatre, which was
run by Billy Code until 1918,
wrhen he decided to go outside
j on account of illness.
In 1921 the Code brothers,
Billy and Charles, built the Para
mount Theatre at 45th and Meri
dian Streets in Seattle, which
they operated until 1933 when
they sold out; Billy then went to
; California for his health.
He is survived by his wife and
daughter, two brothers and a sis
i ter, to whom is extended thru
i the Nome Nugget, the sympathy
j of many sourdough friends of the
deceased, in this their sad hour
of bereavement.
ICE DATES
Ice Moved at Nenana
1917— April 30 .11:30 AM
1918— May 11 .... ... 9:33 AM
1919— May 3 . 2:33 PM
1920— May 11 .... 10:46 AM
; 1921—May 11 . 6:42 AM
i 1922—May 12. 1:20 PM
| 1923—May 9 . 2:00 PM
| 1924—May 11.3:10 PM
j 1925—May 7 . 6:32 PM
1926— April 26 . 4:03 PM
1927— May 13 . 5:42 AM
1928— May 6 . 4:25 PM
1929— May 5 . 3:41 PM
1930— May 8 . 7:03 PM
1931— May 10 . 9:23 AM
1932— May 1 . 10:15 AM
1933— May 8 . 7:30 PM
11934—April 30 . 2:07 PM
1935— May 15 . 1:32 PM
1936— April 30 . 12:58 PM
1937— May 12 . 8:04 PM
1938— May 6 . 8:14 PM
1939— ?? ?? ??
Baseball
(Contributed)
Wednesday night the Com
mercials beat Nome 11 to 7 and
. put an end to a hard-fought ex
citing season. The winning setup
occurred when a strong Alaskan
squad caught Hammons on an off
night and trimmed them 14 to 6.
The big Grant Jackson trophy
will be awarded to the Champion.
Commercials at the next league
meeting. Their name will be en
graved as the third winner, both
Hammons and the Alaskans hav
ing had that honor in the three
years the trophy has been in
competition.
The standing of the teams fol
lows:
Won Lost, Unfinished
Commercials 4 2
Hammons 3 3
Nome 23 1
Alaskans 2 3 1
Batting average released to
day show Martin Willoya lead
ing the League with -895, Carl
Wuorinen second with .720 but
closely pressed by Russell May
i nard's .714. Chuck O’Leary was
j the workhorse pitcher of the sea
son with forty innings pitched
and 47 strikeouts. Willoya’s
strikeout average of 11 a per in
ning for 12 innings tops all other
pitchers. Allan Lee, Nome catch
er chalked up the mos' > s
from catcher to second b * ar
Givan of the Commercia mac
the most put outs. Given als
scored the most runs and Iran
up a record of fourteen runs fo
fourteen hits.
Tentative plans call for th
presentation of the Troph witu
all teams present Wednesday
night. The opening game of the
I women’s schedule is also plann
i ed for Wednesday. the Single
I Girls meeting the Married Wo
men. The other game of the
doubleheader has not been sched
! uled as yet.
Federated Chureh
i Rev. Vincent Widney, pastor.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Evening Worship, 7:45 p.m.
I Sermon topic: “The Requisi
tion for Disciplesh p.”
Miss Anna Rylander will sing
a solo.
Once again the Lenten period
1 has come. Is it not well to deepen
one’s spiritual sensibility by re
newing contact with the church?
Keep Lent by at least attending
j church.
Native Methodist Church
Church school, 11 o’clock.
Service, 5 P. M.
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