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THE NOME NUGGET
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EDITORIAL
on> dooft ns china
MAJOR IS 5 IT.
Far reacnmg .—pi marcs at*
latter; So dp-irutc ar.-t m ..tary
tr-ar. * .—era sow n pt .cess m me
Oriental ant Eu.- par. treaters
*f war. ir.t parvemar tearm-g
vo Vie tpsn-t '.cr t- . :y .r. Ct.ta
aa regard! .American and B-niar
trade
Expravr if the Japanese-Am
mean eta&merttal treaty focus
es. attention oa the situation.
Kes.y awaas to the iitiamm the
U 5 State I>ec ammer.t Dctmec
Japan, ese Anxaa-sadn? Ksmsuke
He* ..I*.. 11. at 15 nr— ^. r. n.
future relations is riser, me two
countries will depend -pm Jap
an a aturade os® ;ri the rights tf
Ameracara .* Chma.
Erttam n pressing ftr um_a:
recognitor. if ter ngr.dJ m Chita
and it is hoped mat the recent
change m po.cxa. treses m Jap
an will result c a mors tolerance
ati.mde toward the m'antmes
which long hare enjoyed rate
privileges n Cara
Recent Japanese reveries x
Qma and the string me;ack
if the Chinese fortes atn-g.y
..vLcahe the attempt of Japan v.
earur-er Cr.rna n far from cm*
fhwirr
Japan, s rr.lr.ary and financial
atresi a men en ha and her
prestige r. :tai* "S'.:: : - r.vs
iter "e a rrep *i lent* prl-cy
and tart her face r? presa m :r
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what may eventually prove a did
astraus attempt to d -.mmate an
other great nation and defy the
x trid a leading commercial r.a -
Kina.
The Cincinnati Inquirer makes
the following pertinent com
ment:
“Because if the European war
the maend-tg tccttmuitce of
tne Ur. .ted States-Japanese trade
treaty id even more serious
hearing upon Japan, than it
would oe otherwise. The war
has greatly enlarged me import
ance cf tr e American market to
Japan.
-Japan * exports * t the Ur.ted
States note.tied .r. October 44
percent aver AugasS wn_e her
tmporti fr-om this country in
creases 21 percent m 'he same
time.
•'Japanese mporta frtm South
American cc .rtried aid.; have .r
treaaed anarpiy atnoe the
tre ax of the I .r to ear. war
“An immediate edfec of the
war war to c*toc Japan a trade
with Germany Before the war
Japan had teen .nctrnng set er.
or eight tnr.ee as made goods
from Germ t-y aa she tad teen
aebra -Jre P.e.c- Jacanese-Eid
aian trace a teg.ightle
“Star. e hter expert* —used m
the manufacture t-f x met i gar
menu, rugi and crarcatra—cave
tee- Jtrokirgiy affected cy '.te
Buro-pea- war In Scttemter trus
nation nr ptmed rob »i pounds
and m October took &f? of Jap
an s Cite ever er.piru— 1 *>41 -
fimfr Ofcier.y a consid
erable part of Japan's economic
welfare is entwined with her
trade relations with the United
States."
Eskimo Stvle
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Parade Feature
Fur Rendezvous
ANCHORAGE —A sty ie shew
mat's dJTerent will be one of
tie main features of the Anchor
iga Fur Rendezvous Feoruary IT
through Hit.
T’.i3 particular style show will
he me "Estonia Style Show" with
- y Eskimo girls acting 33 mod
S3. The girls are from all over
A .iska including Point Barrow
W ■ : n-vr .gh 1 N: me. No 2 lak. K a
a.ta. Kotzebue and other towns.
T ■ ay will wear valuable Alaskan
furs, caught by them men-folks
and hand-made into beautiful
f.r coats, trousers. rt-kiuks. par
.-cas and other clothes. The Es
u:mc Style Shew 3 the only one
f .‘ 3 kind to be held ar.y place
:n the world and 3 one of the
mist popular features tf the en
tire winter carnival.
In addition, many other Es
k:m.0 activities take place during
the Rendezvous Native dances.
Eikurto bail games, hockey teams
fancy skaters and a grand Scale
called the “blanket toss." The
• .ir.ket t h 3 a thnilxag spot
practiced almc-st exclusively by
I ■ -Amos. A huge blanket made
of sealskin 3 grasped by several
tf the males while the "victim"
It ys m the center. Then by a
r -s of maneuvers the Eskirr.i
-. t.tr: v.n high into the air. many
“tea to- a -.eight of 20 feet or
mere—13 .bject being to lar.d
to me blanket again without bo
ng hurt. The Eskimo able tc
'.a: over in mid-air and lar.d
to A3 feet agam 3 consideret
the ■ tampion At the least he 3
certainly agile ar.d must be the
possessor of clever f rot work to
avoid a broken foot or sprained
ankle.
T • a s - . a. a are tr.l;
a cart of the huge winter car
J* ^ R ^ * p ® JRC £ . . . A N D 1 9 4 0—Their classes filled with non-alcoholic
fruit juiees. President Ida B. Wise Smith of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and four of
her secretaries drink to the new year at F.vanston. III., headquarters Left to richt: Mrs. Dorothy
_ “Pntinctow, Mrs. Mrginia Pirrmann, Mrs. .Smith. Mrs. Gladys Werner, and Miss Martha Cooper.
WAIT LL THE SUN SEES I T_Xoo cold for comfort did Betty Kraft find this coveted
w.iJT'i'j »n Minneapolis f*len ( hristophrr tnotr Uirre dajs lo build ire statuary
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nival which is rapidly becoming
the must popular winter event in;
the north Land. Primarily the
Rendezvous is held to sell the
* .--er catch of Alaskan fur trap
pers to any and all bidders. But
the carnival atmosphere of the
Rendezvous draws Alaskans and
jurists from hundreds of miles
around as well as from the States.
HOLLYWOOD STAJt-LJ 1 KS
By Cbuc* Cochard
HOLL.r»cUOD (LxcAisive; —
V.vien Scarlett u h'ara' Leigr.
: moit-.aiKed of-aCkress in
America today as the result of
Gone wo h me Wind has re
piorte-i a. MGM it start prepara-,
cms fur her role in “Waterloo
Bridge.' M.-s Leigh was born in ;
BarjeelLog, India.
Thai Hedy Lamar feature with
Spencer Tracy when was put on
the shelf a few months ago ha;,1
just h.m finished. It was “I Take
This Woman" because of rt-mak
,ng the employees on the MGM
are now calling it “I Retake
This Woman.”
Deanna Durbin's seventh pic
ture rolled" last week—entitled
It Happened in Kaloha.” The
feminine star holds one of the
most unique records in movie an
■cals— i has made six consec
itivo "hit'' pictures and each
-.. --; a b x cffica attraction.
Ja < H it is beginning his 24th
yem of sardom in "Passport to
Aica raz' this week—a record to
•hoot at.
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CABLE S EX —She pre
fer? to be known as a dramatic
coach rather than as the first
Mrs Clark Gable—doe Jose
phine Dillon iabovei, seen in
New York before departure for
Christian calleee in Missouri
where she's to coach drama.
C O M M A N D E R-nithts
made by Britain's aviators along
the western front are under the
direction ^of Air Vi£e-Marshal
Patrick Henry L. Playfair
(above), commander of the
Koyal Air Force in France. He’s
seen “somewhere at the front.”
DREAM THEATRE
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“LOVE KINDS ANDY HARDY”
with MICKEY ROONEY—JUDY GARLAND—LEWIS STONE
The Newest and Be«t of the Hardy Family Serin
also First Capter of new Serial “WILD BILL IIIf KOK
MALA—MONTE BLUE—CAROLE WAYNE—FRANKIE DARRO
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 55< ft W$
“LETTER OF INTRODUCTION”
with ADOLPH MENJOC, ANDREA LEEDS, CHARLIE MCCARTHY
A Splendid Picture of Novel Entertainment
anil "SELF CONTROL”
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FISHY? WHY NOT !—Refuting the charge Jhat the
“cod's a good fish but dumb,” C. J. O'Neil of Milton, Mass., offers
evidence of a cod's intelligence. Above cod-scliolar was caught,
says O’Neil, with a notebook in its stomach.
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