TRAPPER KILLED IN
SNOWSLIDE NEAR
CANTWELL, ALASKA
Dog Team ALso Buried,
Partner Finds Outfit A
Few Minutes After Slide.
Frank Thompson, native trap
per of the Valdez Creek country,
(tost his life April 2 when he was
buried in a snowslide near Yan
ena Fork, and Johnson Nickoli,
bis partner, escaped injury only
by coincidence, according to pilot
Hakon Christensen who came to
Anchorage.
Thompson and Nickoli were
mushing in the Yanert Fork coun
try when the mishap occurred.
Six of their 11 dogs were killed.
Nickoli said he stopped to look
for a wolf trap while Thompson
went ahead with the dogs. When
Nickoli was overtaking his part
ner he came upon a large slide
and found the lead dog of the
team just out in the open at the
far side.
Nickoli said he re’eased the
dead dog and tried to dig his
partner and the rest of the team
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cut with a snowshoe and a shov
el, but the snow was too wet to
move and he gave up. Nickoli
spent the next two days return
ing to Cantwel l for aid.
Pilot Christensen took Ole Nic
joli and Jake Tansy with Johnson
Nickoli to the scene of the slide.
With shovels they dug the party
out of the snow. Thompson was
found dead apparently from suf
focation under three feet of the
snow.
When the rescue party started
digging they found that the two
dogs behind the lead dog had
chewed their harness off and
made their escape. The two dogs
behind the two that were free,
were found alive but too weak
to stand up. They had been bur
ied in the snow three days. Be
lief was expressed that the move
ments of the harness while the
lead dogs tugged themselves free
opened holes in the snow that
permitted an inflow of air.
The men took the body of Mr.
Thompson to a camp at Denali
| for funeral services and burial.
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TWO MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
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Emil flacha (pronounced Ha-ha) (left), was a president without a
country, and General Lee Prchala (right), led a nationless army
as Germany took over what remained of Czechoslovakia. Hitler
was occupying the castle at Prague which had been Hacha’s resi
dence, an! General Prchala commanded a regiment in Carpatho
1'kraine, and his job was to lead his men into a friendly nation,
probably Rumania.
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HITLER S NOT A BOGY MAN was (he report
Dade in London by Marion Daniels of U.S.A., who danced for him.
IOOF Anniversary Celebratio
Very Delightful Affair
Last Saturday evening the Od;
Fellow's Hai l presented an unus
ual sight, simple but tasteful,
the hall was gaily decorated wltl
the national colors and the col
ors of the several! degrees of th:
order. The dining room and tab
les were also decorated for th;
occasion, it being the IOOF A;
niversary Celebration.
The hall was set for a lodg;
room. The officers by candle
light and under the reflections o'
colored lights on the Holy Bible
and altar, presented the ritualis
tic ceremonies in an abbreviated
form.
At the conclusion, an elaborate
program was presented. The first
part consisted of four well ren
dered band pieces under the lead
ership of Miss Stubkjaer, she is
entiti.ed to the congratulations of
the community in the display of
her abilities dn accomplishing so
much in such a short time and
furnishing Nome w'ith such a
treat.
Next w'ere tw'o well rendered
solos by Miss Ann Rylander
w'hich were received with hearty
applause. She was accompanied
by Miss Lorene Hagen.
Miss Jane Nelson in her two
piano solos, which we^e much
appreciated by the audience, dis
played her musical talent which
we hope she will continue to de
velop.
The tw’o duets by Mr. and Mrs.
Bjarne Olsen are distinctly in
the professional class. Nome is
fortunate to be able to enjoy
such music.
Miss Lorene Hagen again re
galed Nome's public with two dif
ficult renditions on the piano and
it is hoped that again she wall
consent to give us such treats.
The movie pictures shown by
Mr. A. M. Hartford at the con
clusion of the program, of his re
cent trip outside and the visit
at the fair was a revelation to all
present and the scenes sel ,i‘
ed, the places visited and the ar
tistic photogravure made a very
delightful presentation and judg
ing from the remarks and the
ahsj every one enjoyed same.
The hall wras in a very few
minutes arranged for cards and
over 20 tables used for a short
number of games after w'hich.
when the points w'ere counted,
the following were announced
winners of prizes:
Mrs. George Modini, first; M ;s
Stella Jackson, second; Mrs.
Waldheim, consolation.
Mr. Robert Ledger wood, first;
James Panos, second; and Ole
Hay, consolation.
By this time the hour was get
ting late and all were hungry,
you should have seen the very
tasty and sumptuous lunch dis
appear.
The surprise of the evening
was when a very large cake was
brought /in all aflame. When the
necessary number of candles
were lit to equal! the number of
years of the brothers w'hose birth
day was also celebrated in con
junction with the birthday of the
order, and the inscription was
read on the cake, it said;
“In celebration of the 120th
anniversary of the order and of
brothers Antonio Polet and Chas.
D. Jones.
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STILL MYSTERIOUS
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Under an assumed name, this
time “S. Polart,” Opt. Paul
Chcmidlin (above), French air
ministry observer, is shown as
he arrived at the Newark, N. J.,
aidp.it after wi air trip from
Les \njp, 1 *s -rl.fr 2 !>e was injur
ed in th crash cf a nr a bombing
plane cn a ie:-:t flight. That acci
dcat, aft r Cbem i'1'n va idenfi
fled a’ T ps ‘'Smut in, a mcch
anic” cars-’ a f wo cvai hew
nu ' ■ . - ration . • : vaiia le
to i' r ;~o " • . -; rt d v?!,M
nw!s ( iniutaiy p anes in the
i Unit' d States.
Owing to Lack of Support The
Library Committee Adjourns
The General Library commit-^
tee which consisted of a repre
sentative of nearly all organiza-,
‘ions of Nome with the purpose
:n view of forming a Library
Association under Laws of the
Territory of Alaska, met again
la.'t Sunday in the Odd Fellows
Hall to receive reports from the
committees appointed to study
he subject, after considering
the reports the following reso’ju- f
tions were introduced and adopt
ed; after which it adjourned sine
die.
Resolutions
WHEREAS during the discus- j
sions before the committee, facts
were disclosed that the Ladies of
the Kegoayah Kozga Club had
previously taken initial steps to- i
ward organizing a Library As
sociation. Articles of Incorpora
tion had been prepared and were
ready to be filed. Application for
the Territorial Funds would alao
be made, and
WHEREAS The several repre
sentatives of the different organ
izations reported that they were
unsuccessful to enlist direct sup
port of their organization for a
general Library Association .and
WHEREAS, the committee still
bei ieves that the project is a very
worthy cause and should have
the support of the entire com
munity, so be it
RESOLVED that we adjourn
sine die.
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L » T irl E SCALE of her ambition—to sing in the Metre •
i Ulan opera—Louise C’aselotli, a contralto, hopes to travel, an i
takes as a good omen titis congratulatory kiss from Compos-,
i ic Grofe. She had just song for \ordi club members in
and Impresario Armaiid Bagarozy beams approval. 3ir
husband is E. Richard Bagarozy, automotive executive.
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W AR TANK IN A BED OF ROSES appeared in a parade at Cairo, llms mingling grim*
ness and gaiety to celebrate marriage of I’rinccss I-'awzia to crown prince of Iran.
»foKMS DELAY CUPPER slFoP TO IReTa\L>
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Storms over the English channel forced the 42-ton Pan American Yankee t lipjier to turn back to
South Hampton, England, from a flight to Foynes, Ireland. The flight to Foynes will complete the
huge craft’s trans-Atlantic com meicial survey flight. The big ship is shown upon arrival at
South Hampton. This picture marked the inauguration of a new s rvice —the tranmission of pic
tures by Western Union cable from England.