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VOL. 40. NO. 153. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 1938. Price per Copy is#
WPA Releases 6 Billion Last 6 Mo.
IranBreaks Off Relations With France Over a Pun
AS ADVISER to King |
C .»r<5l of Rumania, George Ta- !
tarescu (above), tlie former I
premier, is helping guide his I
country through the crisis re- .
suiting from the German-Crech )|
situation. Tatarescu, a Liberal, is ,
t .noneut of close political rela
tions with France as bulwark
of his defense strategy.
Closing New Year
BUSINESS HOUSES TO
OBSERVE NEW YEARS
AS A HOLIDAY
Federal offices will observe a
three day holiday, Saturday, I
Sunday and Monday. The Miners
;:nd Merchants Bank will re
' main open until nom Saturday.;
and remain closed Sunday and
Monday, The business houses wil!
observe Sunday and Monday as'
New Year’s holidays. The U. S.
Signal Corps will observe Sunday
and Monday with its usual holi
day hours. The public schools
will remain closed until Tues
day. The Nome Nugget will is
sue a paper Monday, due to the
long period of time between Fri
day and Tuesday, and changes
of advertisements must be in The1
Nugget office not later than Sun
day, noon, to insure publication
of same.
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COURT TEST f»rw«{(.
hour law seems a possibility to
£en. Elbert D. Thomas (above),
l tah Democrat who helped draw
up the act. He believes that be
cause ‘•committee worked in ac
cordance with best constitutional
* principles,” bill will survive
Fighting In
Spain Almost
Even Terms
UNDATED. D c. 29 i/P)— Op
posing armies in Spain battled
on almost even terms while strife
over Italian aspirations for
French territory narrowed down
to two areas. Tunis, French pro
tectorate in North Africa and Dj:
bouti. French port in Somaliland
in East Africa.
Despite insurgent reports that
twenty government warplanes
had been shot down in the great
est air battle of the six-day-old
offensive in Catalonia, Franco’s
gains were apparently of minor
consequence. Advices from both
sides indicated that intense fight
:ng went on through the night in
central and southern Lerida
fronts. In the north government
forces withdrew from Mount
Boada to strongly fortified posi
tions guarding the Aretest Tremp
road.
Eur Traders
Converging on
A nch o rage
ANCHORAGE, (Special):
Sam Foss, Iliamna Lake fur trad
or. is saving all his furs for the
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. It is
bkely that Mr. Foss will handle
the bulk of the Ilianma country
furs this season as his trading
oust in Pedro Bay is growing rap
idly.
.He hopes to install a short wave
radio sending and receiving set
al Pedro Bay Late disasterous
fires in that vicinity in which two
persons were burned to death
and a third may not live have
accented the need for such a sta
tion in that area.
ANCHORAGE (Special)
John Sohwegler, Fairbanks fur
buver, has announced his inten
tions to attend the 1939 Anchor
age Fur Rendezvous, Feb. 19 to
21. He indicates that prices will
be about the same as last year on
some skins, with greater demand
for blue fox, muskrats, mink, and
lynx because the market has
been cleaned out of those part
icular furs.
BABIES CAN CRY
IN THIS THEATER
SYDNEY, Australia, <&) — A
new movie theater here has a
room walled with thick glass in
to which mothers can retire with
their crying babies and still see
the screen.
Special equipment brings the
film dialogue into the room.
XMAS COMMITTEE MEETING
The Christmas Community
Tree Committee will hold its
final meeting next Sunday at 3
pm. at City Hall. All members
requested to attend in order to
attend to final disposal of busi
ness.
I
Business, Industry
Accelerated Six
Billions Worth
j
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 OP)—
Secretary Ickes reported to
Piesident Roosevelt that the
PWA put a billion and a half pro
gram “completely under con
tract” in the past six months to
the accompaniment of “constant
ly accelerated recovery of busi
ness and industry.” The report
went to the White House amid
speculation that Roosevelt might
supp rt the movement among
congressmen to make the PWA a
permanent agency.
World News
JAPAN PLACES
BAN, FASHIONS
TOKYO, Dec. —On the ground
that they “incite customers to
make unnecessary purchases, con
trary to the government’s econ
omy program.” fashion shows
have been prohibited throughout
Japan.
WHOLE CITY VANISHES
MANILA, Dec. — Relief work
ers reported the whole town of
Camlig was buried by volcanic
debris washed from the slopes of
the famous Mayon volcano by
flood waters recently
They asserted the town, which
had a population in 1920 of 20,000
had completely disappeared.
POWELLS QUIT
WARNER BROTHERS
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. — Dick
Powell and his wife, Joan Blon
dell, announced they were quit
ting the Warner Brothers studios
where they have been employed
since they entered pictures al
most at the same time. Powell
said after a long vacation they
will probably free lance.
BUYS 8 AUTOS FOR SI
BUTTE. Mont., Dec. — One
Butte city employe thinks he has I
made the record buy in automo-1
biles for all time. He bought 8;
of them for $1—-12Ms cents each—,
recently when the city advertis- j
ed for bids but none was receiv-!
ed. The cars were junk models'
that hid been' abandoned during
the year on city streets.
FEW WOMEN ENTER
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. —'Foreign
consular and diplomatic service;
appears to have little allure for
the American girl. Only seven ’
women have entered since the
first qualified in 1922.
Only two women will remain
in the service after next month j
when Margaret H. Hanna retires
for age from her post as consul
at Geneva These are a second
secretary at Brussels and a vice
consul at Basel, Switzerland.
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ARMY-NAVY *ame next
year wilt find Kankakee, III.,
fans divided as to their alle
giance, now that navy has elected
Allen Bergner (above) as 1939
navy football captain. Like Berg
ner, the army's captain-elect
Harry Stella is from Kankakee.
PAN-AMERICA'
BUILDS f" VATE
AIRPORT PORTUGAL
LTSRON, Portugal, Dec. 22 —
Pan-American Airways, it), the in
terests of transatlantic service,
is building a private airport on
the river Tagus, three miles from
Lisbon.
The work will be finished soon.
The airport includes large under
ground gasoline reservoire. a
customs house, passenger wait
ing rooms, office, a pier and high
way to the government airport.
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French Sending
Warships And
Troops Africa
UNDATED. December 30 UP)
—The Franco-Italian issue mark
ed time under the shadow of
Neville Chamberlain’s expected
visit to Rome on January 11.
Chamberlain is reported to have
promised to keep the controversy
over Djibouti out of the discus
sions with Mussolini but believ
ed he would have difficulty in
ruling out talk concerning Tun
isia which is linked with any
consideration of the Mediterran
ean status quo.
The French meanwhile made a
show of firmness and readiness.
Two warships steamed into Dji
bouti and French Senagelese
troops made ready to embark
from Marsailles to reinforce the
East African garrison.
A MYSTERY LAKE
McCammon, Idaho, Dec. —Con
trary to most lakes, Mystery
Lake disappears in the spring
’ and farmers nearby plant its
fertile basin. Each autumn it fills
' to the brim, only to disappear the
next spring.
BACKFIRED
Jones had heard what he thot
was a go ;d conundrum and when
he reached home he tried it on
Ins wife.
“Do you know why 1 am like a
mule?” he asked.
“No,” said his wife, “but I’ve
‘ often been going to ask you."
Shall of Iran
Is Cat of Iran
Pun the French
PARIS, Dec. 30 (/P» — Iranian
Minister Sepah Bodi, called at
the French Foreign Office and
announced that Iran was no
longer related diplomatically to
France. The breach occurred
over the French word cat, “chat”
which is pronounced “shah”, and
which was used as a pun in three
French newspaper articles on
Shah, Iran’s ruler. He protested
through Bodi that he didn’t like
being confused wttn cats.
Despite French assurances that
nothing derogatory was intended
his government cut off relations.
French officials pondered on how
to correct what the Shah evident
ly considered an indignity.
GIVE DRUNKEN DRIVER
PIECE OF THEIR MIND
TAYLORVJLLE, 111.. Dec. — A
letter signed by 118 Taylorville
business men and addressed “to
the drunken driver” was publish
1 • a local new1* as part
of a highway safety campaign.
“Brother, you’re not the big
shot you think you are." the let
ter read. “You're just a fuzzv
brained, liquored up. obstinate
ass.”
Newspaper advertising
a ill develop new business
for vou.
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i WITH AN 'AMERICAN HOLIDAY SPIRIT’ do the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
(above) plan to celebrate their Christmas on the French Riviera, and not—as had been rumored—with
England's royal family. The duke and the duchess for whom he abdicated the British throne on Dec.
10, 1936. rated these salutes by youngsters as they left the American church in Paris.
Best Wishes For a Happy and Prosperous New Year