THE NOME NUGGET
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Seattle-Alaska skip
Fares Raised to Be
Effective Jan. 2
Increases in steamship fares
between Seattle and ports in A1
aska are announced by the Al
aska Steamship Company to be
come effective January 2.
The increases apply to all class
es of passenger traffic ranging
from first-class upper deck to
Steerage.
Notice of the increases has just
been received from the Seattle
headquarters of the steamship
company.
The schedule of increases in
cludes the following:
Between Seattle and Seward
first class upper deck now $72.50
will be $78; first class lower deck
now $65 wil be $70; stereage now
$41 will be $43.
Between Seattle and Juneau
first class upper deck now $48.50
will be $53; first class lower deck
now $43.50 will be $48
The company’s statement an
nouncing the increases declares
that the new higher fares effect
ive January 2 between Seattle
and Southwestern Alaska ports
are really the same as the fares
that were in effect between these
ports prior to the spring of 1933
when the present fares were
made effective.
The company explains that the
increased fares are the result of
extremely high operating costs
which the company has been fore
ed to meet in the last three or
four years and that these op
erating costs are increasing ev
ery year.
EMPLOYER MUST GIVE
EMPLOYEE RECORD of WORK
In order to comply with an
amendment to the Social Secur
ity law at the beginning of 1940
employers will be required to
furnish each employee wth a
written statement which he can
retain covering a period of one
calendar year or from one to
four calendar quarters.
The statement must show:
1. The employer’s name.
2. The employee’s name.
3. The period covered by the
statement.
4. Total amount of wgaes paid
within this period.
5. The amount of old-age bene!
fits tax deducted from the em
ployee’s wages.
This statement must be fur
nished the employee no later
than the last day of the second
calendar month following the per
iod dovered by the statendent.
When an employee leaves, how
ever the final statement must be
furnshed on te day on which the
last payment of wages is made.
If the employer desires he may
furnish the statement to the em
ployee at the time of each pay
ment of wages.
Planes All in For
Night With No
Sign of Mirow
(Continued From Page One)
Chas. Burnett CAA airplane
inspector at Fairbanks has form
ed a searching party to try to
locate Pilot Mirow near Kaltag.
By noon today dog teams were
reported to have reached the
! Chambers party and he was pre
1 paring to fly into Nulato.
Pilot Martin of the Mirow Air
Service returned to Nulato after
searching all of the country to
to west of Nulato for Mirow and
reported no success. He is now
weather bound at Nulato.
Last minute news on the Hans
Mirow search is the 9 dog teams
are out on the search but there
h3S been no report as yet.
All the searching plane have
cime in for the night.
The three dog teams with thef
Chambers party are on their way
to Nulato but there has been no
report of their arrival as yet.
WANTED TO GET
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
•BREMJ3RHAVEN, Germany,
Dec. 20 (iP)—Tall bronzed Com
modore Adolf Aherns captain of
the twenty million dollar Ger
man luxury liner Bremen told
newsmen stories that proved him
elf a diplomat as well as an ex
cellent seaman.
Commodore Aherns at the re
quest. of Nazi Propaganda Minis
ter oGebels gave a special inter
view to members of the foreign
press giving details of double es
cape from British blockade ships.
The Commodore parried ques
tons put to him by the newsmen
with equally subtle answers.
Queried one reporer: “Why did
you leave Murmask?” Answered
the Commodore: “We wanted to
be home for Christmas and New
Year’s celebrations.’’
Aherns said he had sighted
British warships on the thrilling
dash across the North Atlantic
from New York to Murmansk.
However he said that the naval j
vessels had failed to spot the
Bremen.
The stingy farmer was scold
ing the hired man for carrying
a lighted lantern to call on his
best girl.
The idea, he exclaimed when
I was courtin’ I never carried no
lantern; I went in the dark.
Yes sai dthe hired man sadly
and look what you got.
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At LEHMANN’S
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When Richard freal name Tom
Potts) Fiske read that Columbia
Pictures was conducting a wide
spread search for an unknown
young man to play the leading role
•n a picturization of Clifford Odets’
Golden Boy” he jumped on his
bicycle and managed to get within
1 '0 miles of San Francisco when
ti i bike broke down. Then ne
!• tch-hiked through a few more
1 w ns. hopped a freight train and
I lly arrived in Hollywood. Im
n i diately he cleaned up a bit and
went directly to
the studio where
he was photo
graphed. his face
adorn e d w i t h
grease paint, he
was taken to a
sound stage, faced
a camera for the
first time, and a
screen test was
■ made. Two daysi
Richard Fisk later while won
dering how much longer he could
exist without eating he was called
back to the studio — and the fairy
lale happened. He was signed to
a studio contract—not for Golden
• -but you have seen and en
I him in "The Lady Objects”,
ing G Men” and will shortly
- seen in “Pioneers of the
i oitier”. . . Benny Goodman's
u p saxophonist, Tony MondcUo is
v -iting a saxophone Instruction
bwhich Robbini Mrsio will
publish... Tic Toe maeitro Gray
V jrdon hrs a new find in 17 year
old Rita Ray, a native of Pitts
burgh whom critics are c»llin»
“another Judy Garland”... Lo*ell
Thomas NBC’s ace newscaster
• doesn’t care how many peop’e sit
! In front of him while he is on the
air—as long as—no one sits behind
I him. Reason is a secret... in
cidentally while dwelling on NBC
we’d like to pass this laugh on to
you. Ed Nathan who has the job
of making sure no one sneaks into
Toscanini’s rehearsal studto was
confronted recently by a pretty
! young lady who insisted upon
entering Ed who does his job
quite well, thank you, told V
young lady In question *1’
! enter the studio would h >
• .ioie until—she informed i.
was "only Toscanini’s daughter.
P. S. She entered the sacred port
als”... “Bad Boy” is the new titie
for the Warner Bros, screen play
that has been known variously as
“Mama Raviola” and "My Son” in
the earlier stages of its prepara
tion for the cameras. John Gar
field will star in the picture...
Edward G. Robinson back at the
studios following an attack of the
flu... Dick Powell has gone in for
real estate. Just acquired a busi
ness block in Long Beach, Cal...i
Hal Kemp auditioned more than
100 feminene singers in Pitts
burgh recently but couldn't find
a single prospect. Perhaps if
Kemp would get in touch with us
we might be in a position to sim
plify Ins search... Mtero-Goldwyn
Mayers "Ninotehka” is quite a
film according to box office quot
ations... Alan Gerard formerly
heard or; the Mutual Broadcasting
System is now recording for the
new Varsity records... Its a seven
pound, iwo ounce girl for the
CBS “Deep Purple” vocalist Doris
Rhodes wife of Jonie (music pub
lisher) Taps in private life. Baby
was originally scheduled for
Thanksgiving Day and proved a
politician of the future by arriv
nig—-astutely — between the new
and old turkey holidays.,. Carmen
Lombardo has penned a new song
for his 14-year old sister Rose
M.'rie called “Little Shepherd of
My Dreams”... Fatts Waller's pa,
pastor ci the Abyssinian Church
of Harlem, once told the portly
Bluebird that “Jazz is music from
the devil's workshop"... Rosemary
Lane, Warner Bros, star in town
tor a combination business and ,
pleasure trip... George Jessel is
of the opinion that “let a timid
guy get three sheets in the wind
and he’ll sail into anybody.” Or ,
we might add—anything... Its a 1
boy at the Kenny Stevens. He s ,
the tenor on Joe Penner’s show... I
Nick Kenny the well known N. Y.
newspaper man in his younger
l
- NICK KENNY
days had quite a reputation for .
smashing the line while playin'?
professional football with a St. n
Island N Y team—and today— h
still smashing the line. The mus; \t!«
line, we might add. You will i ?■•
member his- "Cathedral in the
Pines" which sold many, m. riyl
copies, yet his latest effort “Jut'
A Church By The Side of the •
Road” will be a future memb r j
of the “Hit Parrde",.. Fred A! o
and Portland Hoffa occassionaliy
do a “Bergen & McCarthy" for the |
benefit of the cast... Warner Bros,
have signed Eric Blore for a feat
ured role in “We Shall Meet |
Again”. . Jan Garber recently
celebrated his 20th anniversary...'
The strongest array of dance !
bands ever presented on one
scheduled will be heard over the (
Mutual Broadcasting Systems on
New Year's Eve... Dom Amecha
returns to the Chase & Sanborn
broadcast on December 17th.
MUSIC SWEEPSTAKES )
(As of December 1st)
—a-"' ——
1 ,uih oi t. o Border; 2: Scatterbrain; 3: My Via., i . . 4: Blue Orchids
>: O.i, Johnny; 6; Lilacs in the Kain; 7: My Over ti e Rainbow. I
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and
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MERRY XMAS
AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
HAGEN’S
Jeweler and Optician
Xmas Greetings
JULAKAKA
Place Your Order
Saturday
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North Pole Bakery
Anti Restaurant
CHRISTMAS CARMELS
With or Without Nuts
One Dollar per Pound
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Delivered to Your Friends
Day Before Christmas
Order Now—Phone Hank Miller
L. o. a M.
No. 1413
Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
Thos. R. Lyons Ira D. Orto* j
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The Folks Who Know—Say
It's a Better Place To Go
Jonesy says — For Ice Cream
And Pie,
Try—The U & I.
Nights from 7 pm to 3 am
Open Tuesday, Friday, Saturday'
Admission 25<* .
NO DRUNKS ALLOWED
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CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store,
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Been.
FRONT ST. NOMB. j
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO YOU ALL
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GREETINGS
FOR THE
Holiday Season And Coming Year
FROM
WIEN ALASKA
AIRLINES, INC