THE NOME NUGGET
OEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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Sitka Woman Is First
To Get Rum License
SITKA —Distinction of being
the first person in the First Div
ision to apply for a saloon lic
ense under the Walker liquor
law passed at the recent legisla
ture went to Margaret Fenton of
Sitka.
The law went into effect June
1th.
Mrs. Fenton, who has been the
(operator of a beer dispensary at
Sitka, asked to have her lic
ense issued so she could start
selling hard liquor the day the
law became effective rather than
wait until July 1, when the lic
ense for the remainder of the
year would cost hallf.
CAPONE’S MIND FAILS
WASHINGTON. (/PI—Attorney
Genera!! Murphy said the mental
condition of A1 Capone was re
parted as "not good” although
his own physicians said he look
ed healthy.
It takes two to make life mis
erable: One to have a sense of
duty, and one to impose upon it.
SPIES OPERATE IN ALASKA
SAN FRANCISCO <A>) — Es
pionage has increased tremend- ‘
ously during the past two years j
especially around San Francisco;
and in Alaska and Hawaii, At
torney General Murphy said!
here.
The federal government has
the situation well in hand, the
attorney said, and there is no
cause for hysteria.
He attributed the increase in |
spying to the military import
ance in those areas.
“Thursday I lost a gold watch
which I valued very highly. Im
mediately I inserted an ad in
your lost-and-found column and
wraited. Yesterday I went home
and found the watch in the pock
et of another suit. God bless your
paper.”—Milwaukee Journal.
Hitler drinks beer—a special
one-per-cent beverage, brewed
i especially for him. Moderation in
i all things?
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Ilanne Nugget office.
DON’T BE FOOLED by the light-hearted look worn by 1
"Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.” Riding a major caliber shell, Oswald i
Is the insignia of plane observation squadron 3, attached to tho
battleship Tennessee now in N. Y. This Is a U. S. navy photo.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS
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NOME LODGE NO. A-5
Meets second and fourth
Friday of each month 8 p.m.
Odd Fellows Building
L. O. O. M.
No. 14 IS
Meets third Monday
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Dr. W. A. Rv8trom
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First Avenue West
Phone Main 22
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
Thos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortov
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
Pioneer Water Co.
Water Delivery During Summer
Months — Tuesdays and Fridays.
Hauling Gravel, Oil, Etc.
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.
NELSON and BULLOCK
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE
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HEADS FOR MARS
BUT TRIP HAS
DAMP ENDING
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CHATHAM, Mass. tA*)—Quoted
bv his rescuers as declaring he
was heading “for Mars,” Chester
Eshelman, of Carlisle, Pa., 22, on
his second solo hop, was picked
up late yesterday on the George
Banks, fishing grounds, apparent
I ly lost, 175 miles out at sea.
Capt. Bjartnarz, skipper of the
Boston trawiler Villanova, mes
j saged the Associated Press he
j picked up Eshelman just before
j the rented plane, that • took off
I from the Philadelphia airport
i yesterday afternoon, sank in 40
; fathoms of water.
Meanwhile, at Camden, N. J.,
Charles Kulp, attorney for Ed
ward Walz who owned the air
plane Eshelman flew, obtained a
larceny warrant against him. The
flier also faces four Civil Aero
nautics Authority charges for
violations of the flying regula
tions when the rescue boat docks
at Boston.
Europe would be an ideal place
for Daniel Boone. Every day it
has new frontiers.
( OFFICIAL PUBLICATION )
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
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OF THE
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Alaska, Territory of Alaska, at the close of
j business on the 30th day of June, 1939.
RESOURCES
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| Loans and discounts ....:... $320,265.66
j Loans on real estate . J06.462.45
Overdrafts .„. 1,908.88
United States bonds owned .>. 173,065.32
| Other bonds and warrants oiwned .. >255,501.25
1 Banking house, furniture and fixtures. 41,426.00
; Other real estate owned .... 2,782.00
1 Checks on others banks and other cash items . 6,175.22
Exchanges for clearing house ..
Cash on hand and due from banks .... 228,469.47
Other resources, judgements, claims, etc...
| Expenses in excess of earnings ......
Gold Bullion on Hand . 93,930.79
Fuel Oil! on Hand .... 143.8B
TOTAL . $1,230,120.87
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .... ... $100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 110,721.57
Dividends declared but unpaid .....
Due to other banks—deposits .
Due to other banks—overdrafts ..._....
Individual and savings deposits . 530,418.67
Demand and time certificates of deposit . 463,980.63
Cashier’s and certified checks ...
Notes and bills rediscounted ..-.
Bills pay yule (including certificates of deposit) for _
money borrowed ... .
TOTAL .$1,230,120.87
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Territory of Alaska, : ss:
Second Division. )
I, H. G. GABRIELSON, cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the beet
of my knowledge and belief..
H. G. GABRIELSON, Cashier
( NOTORIAL SEAL ) ( CORRECT ATTEST )
Subscribed and sworn to before me thin IRA D. ORTON
5th day of July, 1939. G. R. JACKSON
Directors
ALVA A. DAUE
Notary Public in and for the Territory of
Alaska. My commission expires July 18, 1942.
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“TURN OFF THE MOON”
with Charles Ruggles, Eleanor Whitney, Johnny Downs
Gay and Girly—Gaggy and Whirly—Fast and Funny
and “GIVE TILL IT HURTS"
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