NEWS ITEMS
Council, Nov. 11, 1939
Albert Johnson was in town re
cently with his dog-team. Frank
Johnson joined him and together
they went in search of reindeer.
After several days, both teams
were reported in Solomon, with j
only two deer. Frank Johnson’s I
team has not returned home yet.:
Joseph Kowchee, Walter Si- i
mon and Stanislaus Amarok
were visitors in Council the oth
er day.
Mr. Brookins and family are
in town.
Last Sunday a number of the \
young people of the community j
skied out to the Milligan’s, going |
over the hills on the way out, j
and enjoying both the trip and;
the subsequent supper served by
Agnes Milligan.
Miss Helve Enatti, the school
teacher, is wintering in the Shaw
house, the former Mclver prop- i
erty.
Mr. iFred Derocher has been1
doing some panning for Alaska!
Placer Co.
Ted Coomara has been caulk
ing on John Ost's house.
Airplane are now landing on
the river ice at the south end
of town.
Joe and Denny Ost are develop!
ing remarkable skill in skiing
down hill and in mastering the ■
technique of turning at speed.
They are anxiously awaiting
their new steel-edged skiis with
cable bindings. They will use1
regulation ski boots with their
equipment instead of mukluks.
Cost of One Battleship
Equals 200 Bombers
For every battleship costing
$60,000,000 the United States gov
ernment could purchase nearly
200 modern bombing planes
which could be shuttled from
California to the Atantic coast
in a fraction of the time and at
the same expense involved in the
movement of one surface ship be
tween the two areas. Senator
Robert R. Reynolds told the Unit
ed States Senate.
W. KIRKLAND IS IN
CHARGE OF “CAT" UNIT
William H. Kirkland has taken
over the management of the Cat
erpillar Department of the North
ern Commercial Company in
Fairbanks while Manager Dan
Lhamon is on a trip to the States.
Mr. Kirkland is' manager of
the company’s Caterpillar Do
partment at Nome. With him are
Mrs. Kirkland and their little
son. They will occupy the Lha
mon home.
ALASKA PILOTS URGED
TO JOIN AIR RESERVE
Anticipating the establish
ment of an Air Corps base in A1
aska, Captain Clifford P. Bradley
of the Boeing Field Headquar
ters Air Corps Detachment in
Seattle has forwarded letters to
numerous Alaska pilots with a
view to interesting them in ob
taining a commission and aero
nautical rating in the Air Corps
Reserve.
According to Capt. Bradley,
many waivers and exemptions
are at present allowed qualified
pilots residing in Alaska as spec
ial inducements to enable them
to obtain a commission and rat
ing. It is contemplated that some
of the reserve pilots residing in
Alaska will be ordered to Extend
ed Active Duty with the Army
Air corps when the air base is
completed at Fairbanks.
The Seattle officer referred pi
lots interested in further informa
tion to the following Air Reserve
officers now residing in Alaska:
Capt. John M. Cross, Deering;
Capt. William A Hoppin, Capt.
Benton W. Davis, and Second
Lieutenants Allen E. Horning &
Arthur S. Woodley, Anchorage;
Second Lieut. Jack T. Jefford,
Nome; and Second Lieut. Stan
ley P. Wagner, Sitka.
Are you taking advantage
of six months paid in ad
vance subscription ?
FOR ECAST —1 'I am con
vinced (hat Russia and Germany
will go to war with each other,”
said Auth, r ’’’r-'.nice Hindus
(above), on arrival in N. Y. after
four months in Europe. He sees
their co-opcration now as "more
cause for a clash later on.”
DUMMY HIDES ESCAPE
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To hide her escape from the Arizone State hospital near Phoenix,
Winnie Rutlih Judd, trunk murderess who was twice condemned
to die, left a hummy-like form in her bed. Y. C. White, executive
secretary to the Governor, who took charge of the investigation,
hrows back the sheet of Mrs. Judd's bed to show the boxes, bot
tles, and cakes of soap of which the dummy was constructed.
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LAST YEAR’S GOLD
shipments are to
BE EXCEEDED IN 1939
Customs House figures so far
this year prophesy an increase in
gold shipments for the Territory
this year, over last year, probab
ly by about one and one-half
million dollars.
In 1938, total shipments of
gold from the Territory for the
period up to October 31, were
$15,615,997. This year they are at
$16,459,079 in increase of $843,
082.
This figure, in comparison with
last year’s 23,000.000 dollar total
shipment will be around 241 i mil
lion dollars.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
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NOME LODGE NO. A-5
Nome Lodge No. A-5
i Will have an Annual Roll Call
November 17th, 1939
Odd Fellows Building
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p m.
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Lew
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortor j
U & I DANCE U & I
The Folks Who Know—Say
It’s a Better Place To Go
Jonesy says — For Ice Cream
Anti Pie,
Try—The U & I.
Open Every Night 7 pm to 3 am
NO DRUNKS ALLOWED
CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Ston
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME
Pioneer Water Co.
Arrange Now For Your Winter
Delivery of Fresh, Sparkling
Spring Water
41.WAYS AT YOUR SERVICE
NELSON and BULLOCK
I'honc Black 44 or Main 15
SHE’S P E R F E C T—judges
at Virginia Beach, Va., decided
that Mary Rose Cooper, 17, got
their votes for the title, “Miss
Perfect Figure,” at a pageant.
Her home is in Jasper, Ala.,
and she attended school in
Winter Haven, Fla.
GRAND IGLOO SECRETARY
VISITING IN FARBANKS
Marl F. Thomas, of Cordova,
grand secretary of the Grand Ig
loo of the Pioneers of Alaska, is
visiting in Fairbanks.
“The Grand Igloo,” says Mr.
Thomas, “is looking forward to
an enjoyable time at its con
vention, to be held in Fairbanks
next September. The 193!) con
vention was held in Anchorage
last February. It is planned to
hold the 1940 convention at Fair
banks at a time when the dele
gates can get out over the adja
cent highways and view the min
ing and other local attractions.
This doubtless will be a treat to
those coming from other dis
tricts, especially the coast.
“The dry, crisp air of this re
gion is so different from that of
the coastal area, and I am enjoy
ing it immensely.”
DR. DIIK ON LONG
VISIT TO STATES
On a trip to the States that
will last about three months, Dr.
Noble Dick left Fairbanks re
cently.
Mrs. Dick and the children,
Nobel Dick Jr. and Caroline Dick
accompanied him.
In the States, the doctor will
make slays at the eye, ear and
nose clinics at the Virginia Ma
son Hospital in Seattle, at Mayo
Brothers in Rochester, Minn.,
and in New York City.
A visit will be made to his old
home in South Carolina.
RADIO REAM STATION
AT RUBY DONE
Construction of the radio beam
station at Ruby has been com
p’eted, P. S. Batchelder, who had
the contract for erection of the
buildings, and who just returned
to Fairbanks, declared.
Technicians now are hooking
up the radio equipment he said.
The station is one of several
the Civil Aeronautics authority
is erecting in Alaska. The en
tire cost of the Ruiby station,
when ready for operation, is es
timated at close to $156,000.
FLYING FRIJOLES
At the inauguration of direct
connecting service between Cen
tra and North America a typical
Mexican meal was flown from
Mexico City to New York. At the
Mexican capital, Pan American
placed the food aboard one of its
Panairliners and from Browns- i
ville, Texas an Eastern Airplane
taking off in its first flight con
necting the two Americas carried
it to New York. The food arriv
ed in time for lunch the next day
and was served piping hot.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
SALES
Every Month in the Year
Auction Sales Dates
1939
DECEMBER 13
1940
January 17 July 17
February 14 August 14
March 13 September 11
April 10 October 16
May 15 November 13
June 12 December 11
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON
REQUEST OF SHIPPERS
Advances will be maae as
urual when requested.
Transferred by telegraph
If Desired
The Seattle Fur Exchange
1008 Western Avenue
Seattle, Wash.
GO EAST, YOUNG M A N—Out of 700 girls in colleges east of the Mississippi, these were
finalists in a N. Y. contest to find the “ideal college girl.” Clockwise, starling with Catherine Home
(in striped dress) of Barnard, girls and colleges are: Selma Brach, Goucher: Blossom hogers, Beaver;
Mary Reisingo-, Connecticut; Jean Miller, Brooklyn: Betty Hammond. Adelphi; Janet McCarthy,
Manhattan Y.) college of Sacred Heart; Helena McCann, Mount St. Vincent college, N, Y. CV,
Mary Walker, Skidmore; Patricia Voils, St. Lawrence, the contest w inner.
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THROUGH THE AIR W1T H LAIR —Having one arm doesn’t keep plucky Clarence
Lair of Lompoc, Cal., from playing guard for the Sanla Barbara, Cal., State college. He’s tarUling.