THE NOME NUGGET
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By The Nome Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska
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Th<* Suspending Publication
It has never happened before, although there is an
adage "that there is always a first, time for everything.”
Business conditions, loss of population, and many other
circumstances incident to the war have compelled The
Nome Nugget to voluntarily suspend publication for
this winter.
The Nome Nugget has been in continuous publica
tion since the day it was started in the fall of 1899.
The title of the paper at that time was the "Nome Daily
Chronicle." This paper was absorbed in the spring of
1900 by new interests and its name changed to The
Nome Nugget. It has passed through many trials and
tribulations—fires, floods, and boycotts—but has never
voluntarily been suspended during that time to this.
Failure to receive supplies, etc . high rates and the
other many increases in cost of doing business, coupled
with the fact that Nome is rapidly becoming an armed
camp for the purpose of waging war have caused the
management to consider all available avenues for the
continuation of the paper before reaching the conclu
sion that it must be suspended for the w'inter.
In this decision we know that many of our readers
and the many business concerns with which we do busi
ness will be deprived of what has been for the past
forty-two years an avenue of common interest in the
promotion of the mining and business advantages of
Nome and the Seward Peninsula. We regret that we
are compelled to make such a decision.
We have tried to furnish Nome and the Seward Pen
insula with the best paper that business would warrant.
In some days, The Nugget was a daily, in others a
weekly, and for the past five years has been published
as a tri-weekly. The Nugget during its forty-two years
of existence has supplied this section with the latest
and most up-to-date telegraphic news available. For the
past thirty years it has been a member in good stand
ing of The Associated Press, the world’s largest and
most competent news-gathering ^organization. The
Nugget has also represented the Associated Press in
gathering the news, and we take pride in our long
record of many world-wide stories which originated in
northern Alaska and which were transmitted to "The
AP" for dissemination throughout the world. We are
sorry to have to break our long record of representa
tion with this news-gathering organization, but the
conditions leave us no other course, at this time.
For the winter months at least there will be no fur
ther publications. Friday, November 27th will be the
las.t issue of “The Nome Nugget.” The up-to-date news
paper and job plant of The Nugget will remain here
and when conditions permit we hope to be able to fur
nish Nome again with a paper which will represent
the best interests and needs of this section of Alaska.
K<‘<sioiiiil Arlion Ner«Ie<I On Steel
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The redoubtable Henry J. K..scr has just obtained
an a Iditional twenty seven nr Non dollars for expan
sion oi' the “little Pittsburgh' steel plant he is erect
ing in Southern California.
Why isn’t the Pacific Northwest taking steps to meet
this it-.on’s needs for steel by developing an integrat
ed iron and steel industry?
California has a market for its steel, in its war plants
and industries. The Pacific Northwest has a similar
market which local steel plants are unable to meet.
California has to depend upon long rail hauls for
many of its raw materials. The Pacific Northwest has
coal withi na few miles of Puget Sound, and iron ore
and limerock in abundance, with easy water hauls from
British Columbia oi^Alaska, if local deposits are un
available.
As a matter of fact, as most of our readers remem
ber. this same Henry J. Kaiser caused a great flurry,
something over a year ago, by letting it be known
that he was considering the establishment of an iron
and steel plant in the Columbia River region.
Tha was when Mr. Kaiser was having some difficult
ies in getting prompt delivery of steel for his shipyards.
Thereafter it appears that this difficulty disappeared
and the plans for the Columbia River steel plant were
quietly dropped.
It is obvious that the established seel companies,
which have heir main plants in the East, do not want
to see integrated iron and steel operations in this region
That is no reason why this region should accept the
policy..
One reason why integrated iron and steel operations
have not been established in the region may lie in
lack of regional action.
We offer a practical sugge. ti< n. This is that the
Seattle and Tacoma Chambers of Commerce appoint
small committees of men genuinely interested in see
l ated rou and steel industry established
somev,i.ere in this region, and that these committees
May Robson Is Dead In Movieland
j
STAGE AND SCREEN ACTRESS PASSES AWAY
AFTER LONG CAREER
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 20 — May Robson,
78, veteran Australian born stage and screen charac
ter actress, died at her home here. Despite failing
health and eyesight, she was active in the movies until
: less than one year ago.
“Muzzy” May Robson, adored on and off stage by
folks of this and the European continent for nearly
three generations, was once referred to as “the Peter
Pan of the theater.” !She was past 70, and more active
than ever if possible, when this appellation was ap
| plied to her.
“Muzzy,” a term of endearment given her years
ago by younger players, made her theatrical debut in
1883 when she was 19, as an old maid in “The Hoop of
i Gold,” and she played few “young roles” in her long
career. She made her motion picture debut in 1924 in
her most successful play, “The Rejuvination of Aunt
Mary,” which in 1907 was her first starring vehicle. It
served, too, in January, 1910, to introduce her to the
London stage.
Back To Stage
After her first film ventures Miss Robson returned 1
to the stage for a few seasons but went back to pic
utres in 1930 and played important roles in dozens.
One of her close friends was Louise Closser Hale, who
went to Hollywood with her in 1930. When Miss Hale j
died suddenly, Miss Robson said:
“I want to go the way Louise did, quickly and with- |
out any suffering. I want to keep on working right up
until the final curtain. I’ve got to work—I can’t be hap
ply unless I am working.”
Miss Robson was born April 19, 1864, in Melbourne,
Australia, to Capt. Henry Robison of the British navy
and his wife, Julia. Miss Robison dropped the “i” for
phonetic reasons when she went on the stage. She was
the youngest of 4 children. Her father died when she
was six and her mother took her and the other child
ren to Europe, where May was educated.
A Great-Grandmother
Soon after being graduated from a school in France,
at the age of 16, she married E. H. Gore, a young in
ventor, and they came to this country, making their
home in New York. One son was born to them, E. H.
Gore, Jr. When a daughter was born to May’s grand
son in 1934, and named May Robson Gore, she was
the proudest person in Hollywood, “because I’m the
only great-grandmother in the movies.”
Gore died a few years afer their marriage and in
May, 1889, Miss Robson married Dr. A. H. Brown, a
New York physician. He died in 1919.
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Typhus Hits
Europe Areas
—
WASHINGTON—The Office of!
; War Information declared that
typhus dreaded disabling fever
i with a mortality rate as high as
! "0 percent, is spreading in Ger
1 man-occupied Europe, because
, >f an absence of vaccination
nd a break-down of sanitary
! controls.
Tne typhus area, the govern
: gency declared, is worst
1 Eastern Poland and in the
|1 nquered regions of Russia,
j where large numbers of Gorman
and other Axis troops are con
centrated.
Tiie information agency .said
tin German army on the East
j cun Front is not vaccinated ag
j ain.it typhus, and has no pre
vious immunity to the disease,
, and added that typhus has brok
en ut in Germany among Ger
man soldiers, prisoners of war
and civilians.
The situation inside Poland
and in Polish territory annexed
by Germany “is errible,” the
! agency said.
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SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
That unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
“Sourdough Roadhouse’’ Letter
heads and Envelopes, have been
brought strictly up to date, and
are now available at the Nugget
office.
meet together with a view to
ward arranging a regional pre
sentation of the problem.
It may be advisable to invite
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce to join in the presentation,
i Joint action by Seattle and Tac
oma would, at any rate, start
the ball rolling. It should help to
dissipate the recent misunder
standings between the two eham
bers, if it does nothing else. But
it is our hope that it would go
much farther.
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
$50,000for one 90-millimeter
anti-aircraft gun sou nils like
a lot of money, doesn’t it?
But this type gun is a real
“plane-crasher’"-one shell
from if ran smash a half
million dollar Jap homher
quicker thali you can suae
a fly.
★
This Message for Victory
Is Sponsored by
Miss Robson played supporting roles for more than
j 20 years before she was starred. Her starring vehicles
besides “Aunt Marv,” included “Mother’s Millions.”
| “Tish,” “The Making Over of Mrs. Matt” and “The A
j Three Lights.” For many years she played one-night
: stands and it was her boast that she had appeared on
; stages in every town of 4,000 or more population in
America.
Lived In Bungalow
Miss Robson lived in a modest bungalow in Beverly
: Hills, surrounded by hundreds of birds. Her companion
was Lillian Harmer, who became her secretary in 1910.
Her ability to get around and see everything and go
places amazed her friends, who marvelled at her great
i vitality. Although she arose at 0 a.m. when she was
working. Miss Robson went some place every night.
Some of her friends were worried after a party cele
brating her 50 years in the show business. She was kept*
i going at a terrific pace that day and several persons
telephoned her home that evening to inquire after her
! health. The maid reported she had gone to a movie.
If there wasn’t a new picture to see or a banquet to
attend or a friend to visit, she found something else
! to do. She made frequent trips but always by train. Al
though she said life was too short to do all she wanted
! to do, she refused to fly.
j “I made my first and last trip over the English chan *
nel many years ago,” she said once, “and my daughter
in-law, who was with me, had given me a crucifix. 1
held that in one hand and a bottle of smelling salts in
the other. Wo hadn’t been underway very long before
j she nudged me.
“Great grief! I was smelling the crucifix and kissing
the smelling salts.”
Neckties, Christmas Gifts
Miss Robson’s hobby was making neckties. She aver *
aged about 16 dozen a year, to present to as many men
friends at Christmas. To keep on a schedule, begun
each January, she had to average four ties a week.
May was si ill little more than a bride when she ex
pressed the then daring thought of going on the stage.
Telling her desire to some theatrical friends, and bol
stering it with a little instruction on the side, she got
her (list job, appearing in Brooklyn as “Tilly” in “The
Hoop of Gold.” She was associated with Charles Froh
man, great producer of the 90’s, for more than 20 years
“and there never was a line of contract between us.”
She appeared, during this time, with William Gil
lette, Viola Allen, William Faversham, Sir Guy Sand-^
ing, Arnold Daly and Leo Dietrichstein. She had parts
in such memory-stirring plays as “Jim the Penman,”
“The Charity Ball,” “The Importance of Being Earn
est,” “Lord and Lady Algy,” “Make Way For The
Ladies,” “Are You A Mason?” and “Dorothy Vernon
of Haddon Hall.”
I IIIS VNJ l-AIRCR VI T
GUN COSTS $50,000
Y OUK MOUSE may not be a military target,
but bombs don't stop to iinjuire. Bombs
don't ask your name or the names of your
children, either. In this wur, as in no other
in history, we are all targets. Blackout- merge
soldiers and civilians alike. “War is hell'' . , .
for all of mt. Vml it is costly . . . for all of ui.
Who's going to pay the hill? Not only for the
guns, hut for the tanks and ships and planes $
our hoys must have to smash the Axis?
Who? Why, all of us . . . you and me and
the man next door. Because we are all in this
war, and because hltxxl and tears and sweat
don’t mean a thing if they do not come from
everybody. Everybody must put every dime and
dollar he can spare into Bonds and Stamps,
even if it means going without something
else . . . realizing that we are apt to go without
everything, unless we win. f
Remember you can start buying Bonds by buy
ing Stamps for as little as 10 cents and that
you get a $25 Bond (maturity value) for only
$18.75.
Help If 'in the War With the Money You Save
BONDS STAMPS
Alaska Steamship
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