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VOL. 41. NO. 1. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 2, 1939 Price per Copy 18#
IPlayed Today
Roosevelt Appoints Frank Murphy Attorney-Gen.
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• W HATS THIS — A DAISY CHAIN in the Foruham-Nortn Carolina game that ended 0-0? Fordham’s fullback, Dominic j
Principe (arrow', took 'he ball on a t, ^rse ’d 's advancing to his 25-yard Pne past a column of astonished Tarheel gridders. j
Frank Murphy
Appointed As
> Attorney Gen.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 i/P> —
Frank Murphy, former governor
of Michigan, and a firm adherent
of new deal policies came to the
capital to be sworn in as Attor
ney General. “I face a difficult
_ job but I would not have it other
wise,” he said in Detroit yes
terday just after the White
House announcement of his ap
pointment. He left at once for
Washington where he was invit
ed to take the oath in the White
House study where on Christmas
Eve Harry Hopkins was sworn
in as Secretary of Commerce.
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Stratoliner
Is Tested j
Successfully
v SEATTLE, Dec. 31 UP) — The
newest thing in aviation, a giant
thirty-three passenger stratolin
er, built by Boeing was success-;
*u 1 in its first preliminary tests.
The ship has four motors of.
eleven hundred horsepower each, |
enabling it to cruise four miles:
high at a speed of more than four:
miles a minute. The cabin’s shape1
bears a distinct resemblance to j
a metal dirigible, and is circular
throughout, because of the nec
essity of sealing the cabin so
passengers can enjoy low level
atmosphere conditions while
soaring at high altitudes. It has
a wing spand of one hundred sev
en feet three inches.
Investigates Fire
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RUMFORD, Me., Jan. 2 (JP) —
» State, County and town officials
are pushing the investigation of
-a hotel fire that snuffed out five
lives on New Years Eve.
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Edward Griffin
Secty. of Alaska
Dies at Banquet
JUNEAU, Dec. 31 (/P> — Ed
ward F. Griffin, aged about sev
enty, Secretary of Alaska, serv
ing his second term, died sudden
ly late last night after he coll
apsed while attending a banquet.
He died soon after his arrival
at the hospital.
Old timers said he probably
grub staked more prospectors
than any other Alaskan. He
came north at the turn of the
century as auditor for the North
American Trading and Trans
portation Company. and later
became superintendent. Still lat
er he started his own trading
company. He had made and lost
several fortunes in his lifetime.
Buried Today
At 2 O’clock
JUNEAU, Jan. 2 </P)—The last
rites for Secretary of Alaska Ed
ward W. Griffin, who was also
acting governor, will be held this
afternoon at two o’clock under
the auspices of the Elks with rit
ual services. The Rev. John A.
Glasse will make the eulogy
speech.
The remains will be sent to
Seward aboard the S. S. Bara
nof Tuesday for interment be
side his wife who died in 1930.
C. G. Rescues 2
Of Fishing Boat
CORDOVA, Jan. 2 </P)—Coast
guardsmen from the Cutter Mor
ris battled the surf for six hours
to rescue two members of the
crew of the fishing boat “Ya
Sure” which had grounded on
the bar in Copper River. The
rescued are Lawrence Ison and
Bill Anderwnoff, both of Peters
burg. The boat’s master Dick Fitz
gibbons remained aboard.
Slayer Confesses
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SEATTLE, Jan. 2 .(/P)—Deputy
prosecutor Charles C. Ralls said
that Leslie T. Wheeler confessed
he was the slayer of Mrs. Daisy
Mae Tillotson Moore. He said he
killed the woman last month be
cause he was afraid she would
leave him. He said “I am satis
fied none of the rest will ever
get her."
1st 2 Days New
Year Takes
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UNDATED. Jan. 2 (/P)—Acci
dents caused at least a hundred
and ninety three deaths in the
first two days of the nation’s
New' Year celebration. Auto
crashes caused one hundred fifty
of the fatalities.
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3 Of 5 Escaped
Prisoners Are
Recaptured
YAKIMA. Jan. 2 (/P)—Three of
five prisoners who escaped from
the Yakima County jail Satur
day night are now back in jail.
Roy Wright, aged eighteen, con
victed slayer surrendered to Top
penish police last night. Cecil B.
Charpelle and James Tudor had
been previously captured. The
two still at large are Rector Wat
son and Eugene Terwilliger.
Deficit This Year
$2,143,000,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 </P) —
The government ended another
year in the red with expendi
tures exceeding the income by
more than two billion one hun
dred forty three million dollars.
IRISH EYES WEREN’T SMILING When Notre Dame played The University of Southern California and U. S. rj. won 13-0, which
plays unbeaten Duke Jan. 2 in the Rose Bowl. Notre Dame’s defeat tumbled her to fifth place in the nation’s sports writers final
poll which gave first to Texas Christian. Two other major undefeated teams, Oklahoma and Tennessee meet Jan. 2 in Miami’s
Orange Bowl game. —Photo by Associated Press Service
,) Bowl Games
Played Today
SEATTLE, Jan. 1 (/Pi— With
the regular season over and done
with, football fans turned to the
great winter pastime of picking
“Bowl” winners. Five New
Year’s games on tap for today
in five bowls scattered among
the southern state from Califor
nia to Florida.
The complete lineup of Bowl
games follows:
At the Rose Bowl, Pasadena,
California, University of South
ern California plays unbeaten,
untied and unscored-upon Duke.
New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl will
see Texas Christian and Carnegie
Tech battle.
In the Cotton Bowl at Dallas,
Texas. Texas Tech and St. Mary’s
will furnish the excitement.
Miama, Florida, will see big
time football in the Orange Bowl(
with Oklohoma and Tennessee |
drawing the glory.
The Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex
as, will see two out-of-state!
teams. New Mexico and Utah, in
action.
Today’s Scores
Short scores are as follows:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.,
Southern California 7, Duke 3.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans,
Carnegie Tech 7, Texas Christian
15.
Orange Bowl, Miama, Florida,
Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0.
Cotton Bowl. Dallas. Texas,
St. Mary’s 20, Texas Tech 13.
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas,
Utah 26, New Mexico 0.
North 7, South 0.
San Francisco, East 0, West 14,
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JOINT INSTALLATION
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
and Pioneer Women Igloo No. 1
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 8 p.m.
Odd Fellows Hall
Large Attendnce Requested
President’s An
imal Message
Delivered W ed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 </P) —
Immediate clashes over relief
and defense policies are in pros
pect, as members of congress be
gan assembling for a crucial ses
sion which will put the Roose
vet leadership to new tests. Vice
President Garner and Speaker
Bankhead will call the session to
order at noon tomorrow. Presi
dent Roosevelt will deliver his
annual message, on Wednesday,
Jan. 4th.
The strengthened Republican
minority is demanding reorgan
ization of WPA activities and urg
ing caution in developing the
armament program. Democratic
leaders on the other hand ex
pressed confidence that their re
duced majority will carry out
the administrations wishes in
these, and other major issues.
United States
Rejects japan's
Far East Policy
TOKYO, Dec. 31 UP) — Th9
United States formally rejected
Japan’s November 18th note de
claring China’s open door policy
would be replaced with a new
order, in a note which Ambassa
dor Drew presented to Renzo
Sawada, vice minister of foreign
affairs. The note flatly told Japan
that we wouldn’t recognize any
new order and couched in strong
terms. It recalled Japan’s obli
gation under the nine power
treaty in 1922 guaranteeing the
open door and equal economic
rights to all.
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