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Fourth of July Celebration
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The Fourth of July celebration |
in Nome went off with a “bang” !
in more ways than one. Due to j
threatening rain, the morning ex
ercises were held at the school
auditorium, after which all the
kid|S in town were treated to
free ice cream cones and candy.
The races and other athletic
contests were held during the af
ternoon, the rain holding off until
late in the day. It is reported
some persons were arrested for
setting off fire crackers in the
city limits.
The day ended with a dance at
the school auditorium. More than
200 people, more or less in cos- j
tume, attended the dance. It is
■believed that many came to see
and hear the Texas Wranglers
“do their stuff.” This orchestra
has never before performed in
Nome and there was much com
ment on the excellence of the
music provided zy Milton O’Far
rel at the piano and Bud Abbey
with the drums. When Loren B.
Leech of the United States Wea
ther Bureau filled in on several
numbers with his sax. the danc
ers were indeed enthusiastic. We
heard that Milt was an accom
plished pianist. Now we are con
vinced and we prophecy that
Nome people will hear more
about this young man’s musical
ability.
Eileen Harris served punch to
the cowpunchers and their gals
over the bars of a corral built
in one corner of the gym. Empty
saddles and rusty horseshoes pro
vided additional western atmo
sphere.
Chairman of the committee.,
and in a large way responsibe
for the success of the Wild West
Fourth of July Dance was Mrs.
Charles Esch.
PIONEER NOME WOMAN
PASSES AWAY AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE — Funeral services
for Mrs. Edna Newcomb, 60,
were held June 20 at the John
son and Hamilton funeral parlors,
1400 Broadway. Mrs. Newcomb
died suddenly of a cerebral hem
orrhage at her home, on June 15.
A Seattle pioneer, Mrs. New
comb went to Seattle in 1900
from Barron, Wisconsin, with her
parents and eight brothers and
sisters and she came to Nome,
Alaska in 1902 during the hey
dey of the gold rush. She engaged
in gold mining at Nome and later
at Marshal where she was operat
or of various gold claims during
the first World War.
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair and warmer with partly cl oudy 9kies tonight and Saturday
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 58 Lowest temp — 51 Precipitation — 0.06
Total precip this month 0.28 Total since Jan. 1, 1940 2.84
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
M Midnight__-..51 90 BSE-13 Cloudy
Sara --- - - 52 85 SE-14 Cloudy
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Highest temp — 58 Lowest temp — 43 Precipitation — 0.00
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WAKE UP NATION DECLARE
NOTED ALASKA VISITORS ON
FIRST TRIP OF NEW CLIPPER
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JUNEAU—A stirring challenge
to the nation and Alaska to awak
en to- imminent peril of destruc- J
tion before it s too late was sound
ed by speakers at a Juneau Cham!
ber of Commerce dinner at the j
Baranof Hotel, arranged to honor
the passengers on the first Alaska
Clipper.
Those who came to salute the
arrival of the Clipper stayed on
to talk national defense until 2
o’clock in the morning, so re
vealing and engrossing were the
messages of the Clipper’s distin
guished passengers, says the
Daily Empre.
Thomas H. Beck, President of
Collier’s Weekly, made the out
standing address in an evening of
outstanding addresses. He spoke
of a visit to England a month be
fore the war began, of the amaz
ing state of unpireparedness of
the English, of 100,000 parachute j
troops now in Norway awaiting
the signal to conquer England.
Beck said that two months ago j
he predicted the fall of the Re- j
public of France and the disinte- j
gration of the British Empire.
“I repeat that prediction here i
and now,” he declared emphatic
ally, adding that it was already 1
too late to talk of helping the
Allies and warning that we must,
move quickly to save our own na j
tion.
‘‘We have to organize and arm
with the effectiveness of a dic
tatorship, and we have a long
way to go,” Beck said.
He pointed out that more than
i a million trained men, fliers and
mechanics will toe needed to man
the 50,000 plane we propose to
build. He said that we would
need ten times the number of air- j
fields we now have available for
training purposes.
We haven’t the guns we need,
nor any of the rest of the equip
ment necessary to repel invasion
said Beck. He remarked that Ger
many’s large new tanks are pow j
ered with diesel engines of 1,250
horsepower, while the largest
land diesel engines now made in
this country generate only 125
horsepower. An entirely new de
sign will be necessary, he said,
for our American manufacturers
agree that diesel engines power
ful enough to propel such tanks|
would take up so much room,!
thqte would be no room for the
breech of the tank cannon, let
alone for instruments and crew.
Germany’s triumphs of design
and manufacture must be, and
can be surpassed in this country,
Beck said, tout it will take a lot
of doing, and it must start now.
He said the German air force at
the start of the war was known
to have more than 400 squadrons
of planes. Only a little over 100
of those squadrons have been
identified in combat in all the
campaigns so far, leaving hun
dreds in reserve. He said that the
airport at Oslo was captured in
five minutes by a single German
plane which came down out of
bad weather, unloaded two small
tanks and cleaned out the defend
ers. Within a few minutes there
after German transports had un
loaded troops which had been
packed together in the planes, so
tightly that they couldn’t even
away from side to side. This large
force of infantry moved immed
iately upon Oslo’s rear, while the
bombardment proceeded in front
of the city.
“If we mean what we say when
we say we love democracy, and
will defend democracy,” Beck de
dared “we’ve got to get busy,
and busy at once. We’ve got to
go into this thing on a colossal
scale.
America has the men, the mon
ey and the materials which make
her the only people left who can
“shave that Charlie Chapin mous
tache,” Beck said.
He called for national unity,
saying —perhaps in reference to
the new cabinet appointments —
that there should be in the Unit
ed Statse “no majority from to
day on, no majority.”
Lieutenant-General John L. De
Witt, Commanding officer of the
Ninth Corps Area, who is charg
ed with the defense of the entire
Pacific Coast and Alaska, declar
ed that “every word Mr. Beck
has said is the truth.’ He said it
was necessary for the nation’s
safety that universal military
training be initiated at once.
“We have got in this country to
think big and fast,’ said the Gen
eral.
Saying that troops to reinforce
“Alaska infinitesimal garrison”
were leaving Seattle, Genera] Dc
Witt said that under wartime con
ditions reinforcement in this area
can be made only by air. He cal'
ed for immediate development of
Alaskan airfields.
LETTER FROM OSLO
Reported in the Fairbanks
News-Miner of a recent date is
the receipt of a lettdr by Mrs.
Arne Lee of Fairbanks from her
Parents living in Oslo, Norway.
The writers state they escaped
unharmed and are living at home
subject to the new conditions im
posed by the German authorities.
Little detail of conditions was
given. The letter was written in
May. It is stated, however, that
fuel was so scarce that trees in
arks were being cut down for
fire wood and everybody was on
a rationing basis. Only 50 gram
mes of coffee were allowed a
couple per week. City lots and
other places were being prepared
for the planting of potatoes and
other vegetables.
The letter had been censored
and bore the “Swastika” insignia.
CUTTER HEADS FOR BARROW
WITH NEEDED SUPPLIES
The Coast Guard cutter Aura
left San Pedro at Midnight June
24 with a cargo of medicine, clo
thing, food supplies and mail to
relieve the patrol cutter Perseus
in Alaskan waters. The Aura will
stop at Juneau enroute to Bar
row.
Doctors and Pharmascists
Required to Reregister
All physicians and pharmacists
of the State of Washington and
the Territory of Alaska were ad
vised today that their applica
tions for renegistry under the
Harrison Narcotic Act must be
received in the office of the Coil
lector of Internal Revenue at
Tacoma on or before July 1, ac
cording to announcement by
Thor W. Hendridksen, Acting
Collector. The applications cover
the fiscal year 1941. Failure to
reregister within the time allow
ed by law adds a penalty of five
percent for each thirty days of
delinquency until 25 percent of
the tax has been reached. Re
peated delinquencies make a reg
istrant in default liable to the
specific penalty $2,000 fine or im
prisonment not to exceed five
years or both.
Paterson Hotel Arrivals
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Harry S. Watson
W. Atkinson
Wiliam F. Luce
Harry Pederson
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NOTICE
All taxes real and personal
due the City of Nome for the
year 1939 are due, and on July
15, 1940, penalty and interest on
those unpaid taxes will be cal
culated, and the delinquent tax
roll will be prepared, advertised,
and the property sold according
to law.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk
WHAT THE WANT ADS
MEAN TO NOME
To Sell that gun, furniture,
baby carriage, coat, trunk at a
profit.
To Buy that ice box or rug,
piano or suit, car or accordian at
low cost.
To Rent that room, garage,
apartment or that house to de
sirable tenants.
To Hire that maid, gardener,
nurse, chaugeur, cook or laun
dress, etc.
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