THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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11. S. RIGHTS AND CHINA
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The United Stales now faces a
decision in regard to events in
the Far East, where Japan is
patiently beginning to use force
*to make effective in Asia the
“Monroe Doctrine” for Japan,
unofficially announced in 1934.
The Japanese are confronted
With the failure of their Chinese
campaign. The hope that influen
tial Chinese might be persuaded
to cooperate with the invaders
has not. materialized, largely due
to the effective threat of Chinese
axemen and the subtle support
that goes to China from the pow
ers that have concessions and in
terests in the International Set
tlements in China.
Japan, it is quite certain, is
gambling upon the supposition
that the United States will re
frain from making common
cause with the British. From this
country the Japanese get most of
the war supplies needed to pros
ecute its offensive in China.
Moreover, the Japanese count
upon European trouble to keep
Great Britain and France from
putting up much of a fight for
their stakes in the far east.
Faced with this situation, the
United States Government must
determine whether it will sup
port Great Britain and France in
a great three-power defense of
the Western nations’ rights to
China. If the United States stands
by and permits the Japanese to
take advantage of the European
situation to oust the British and
French, this should be done with
full realization that inevitably
our turn will come.
Thus, the present question is
r.ot whether the United States
will make a common cause with
the British and French but whe
ther the United States is ready
to give up its rights in China or
protect them. Obviously, if we in
tend to protect our rights in
China, the present is the time
to do so. To wait until we have
to act alone would be foolish.
Army Maneuvers To Occupy
Fifty Thousand Acres
One of the largest real estate
deals since the Indians sold Man
I hattan Island- has just been com
pleted in northern New York
jstate.
The party of the first part was
! the U. S. Government and the
parties of the second part, the
1 1.500 owners and leasees of tracts
of one-half acre to 50,000 acres
located in eight townships in the
Lake Champlain region.
This became known when Ma
jor General Hugh A. Drum, com
manding the First Army, an
nounced completion of the work
of the Rentals Board appointed
by him to secure rights from
land owners for military trespass
on their lands during the First
Army Maneuvers to be held Aug
ust 13 to 27, centering around
the army post of Plattsburg Bar
racks, N.Y.
The lands upon which two
weeks easements were granted
comprise a total of 288,000 acres.
Lands of every class from raw
mountain-side to highly develop
I ed farms and town plots were
included, involving both publicly
and privately owned property.
“One surprising and pleasing
feature,” General Drum said,
“was the patriotic response by
persons controlling the property
when they learned that the gov
ernment needed the temporary
use of private grounds to further
the training of the army.” He
said that only in one minor case
j was there refusal to negotiate.
General Drum said the Platts
burg area is especially desirable
for the scheduled maneuvers,
largest for American troops since
the World War. He stated that
the area includes all classes of
terrain from a military view
point. “Fighting” over such a var
iety of country will bring out
the best and the weakest featur
es in the new vehicles and wea
pons now in the hands of the
; army. It will, at the same time.
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Activities
June 26— Pilot Mirow on his
I return trip from Haycock brot in
| Fred Chase and mail, then flew
to Council with Ralph Lomen &
Mr. Loerpable where they spent
the night at the Alaska Placers
holdings.
July 27—Pilot Mirow to Solo
mon with express picking up Cor
: oy Brayton and on to Council,
leaving Mr. Brayton and express
(then on to Taylor with Mr. Lo
j men ad Mr Loerpable. From Tay
! Tor to American Creek where Mr
! and Mrs. Lloyd Root were pick
ed up for Nome.
July 28—Pilot Mirow to Kot
j zebue with A. V. Cordovado and
one man also Wessley and Peter
Wood for Kotzebue with mail &
express.
A trip for Unalakleet, Hay
cock and Ungalik with one pas
i senger this afternoon will be
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1 Pilot Martin arrived this after
i noon from Fairbanks with three
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i Coomara and Mrs. Anna Seguak.
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Activities
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Thursday, July 27th—
Three trips were made north
today. On the first trip Mr Stines
was a passenger to Taylor and
! Mr. Jorgensen was brought to
i Nome from Taylor.
Bud Thompson was taken to
j Taylor in the afternoon. Stops
were also made at Fox Bar, Nox
: a paga, and Bluff. Other passen
gers were Graham Lammers, Fox
Bar to Noxapaga; Rosemary Gun
derson. Noxapaga to Nome; and
Mrs. William Nelson, Bluff to
Nome.
A freighting trip was made to
, Taylor in the evening.
I July 28—Freight was taken to
I Macklin on the first trip and
Emil Laurin was brought to
i Nome.
The second trip north was to
Coffee Creek with Henry Wuhr
man and Noxapaga wth Mrs. Ed
Burke. Graham Lammers was a
passenger to Deering from Noxa
paga.
Freight was carried for the var
ious places.
Several trips are scheduled for
Bunker Hill and Taylor with
j freight and the following passen
gers: Edna Fix for Bunker Hill
and John Sheehy for Taylor.
Sourdoughs Visit In California
(From The Alaska Weekly)
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lewis of
Nome have returned from a trip
to California which included the
Fair and an evening with the
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San Francisco-Oakland Sour
doughs. Mrs. Lewis represented
the Federation of Women’s Clubs
of Juneau at the regional con
vention Among oldtiimers whom
she saw were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Miller of Itidarod and
Dawson; Frank Murphy of An
chorage; Mrs. Dan Alvich, Mr.
and Mrs. Walford. Mrs. Pearl
Van Sickle, Mr. and Mrs. John
Riordan, Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Dooling, Mrs. Peter Burg and
Josephine Sundbach whose fath
i er was clerk at Nome; Scotty
; Allan with his popular Scotch
| brogue; Mrs. W. C. Kirby, Mar
| tha Mayo Craig, Mr. and Mrs.
| Jim O’Neill, Mrs. Jim Murray,
Mrs. Joe Matthews, Mrs. Wm.
Maloney, Mrs. W. A. (Wilma
Carlson) Humphrey of Fairbanks
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Sivertson and
a host of others.
Mrs. Lewis reports that the
Sourdoughs of the Bay district
: have four days of stampede act
ivities planned and suggests that
no oldtimer should miss the 1939
convention on August 16-19 this
coming summer in Oakland.
Among those planning to attend
are Judge and Mrs. Wickersham
[ of Juneau.
Pioneer Alaska and Yukon
River Woman Passes On
From Anna V. Horner of Los
Angeles comes news of the death
of Mrs. Catharin Masters, a real
1 old Sourdough, who died at the
age of 81 at her home in San
Diego. Born in Portland, she
went to Dawson in 1898 and re
j sidel there, in Nome, and Fair
banks. until 1915, when she went
to San Diego for the exposition
and decided to remain. She is
survived by two daughters. Mrs.
B. T. Moores and Mrs Lottie
Thompson of San Diego; a son,
John Masters of Los Angeles;
j two sisters and two brothers. A
large group of Sourdoughs from
the Alaska-Yukon Club of South
ern California drove down for
the funeral, which was held in
Merkley’s chapel, followed by in
terment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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| Marie Watson, 16, sensed danger when her destitute mother gave
“medicine” to her and four young brothers, and ran seven blocks
to a Clinton, la., hospital where they were found suffering from
poison. One brother died. Meanwhile the mother sashed her throat.
Survivors were reported recovering. Marie is shown in hospital.
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THE HARDY FAMILY in
“YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE”
with Lewis Stone. Cecelia Parker, Mickey Rooney
Dad in a Money Jam—Mother in a Frenzy—And the Kids in Love
also Our Gang in “3 SMART BOYS” and “BAR RAC’S NITE OCT"
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“WAIKIKI WEDDING”
with Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Bob Burns
Songs and Laughs Galore—In a Tropical Setting
and “HOLLYWOOD EXTRA”
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“ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN”
with JEAN ARTHUR — JOEL McCRAE
A Story Writer Solves A Murder—and Catches A Jewel Thief
and “CARNIVAL IN PARIS”—A Revue
Old Timer Heading North Again
(From Alaska Weekly)
Capt. Alex Olson, 78-year-old
trader, one of the discoverers of
gold in Nome, will sail north
I about July 15 to Point Barrow &
Kotzebue Sound with a cargo of
1 freight including native stores or
j ders for the U. S. Bureau of In
dian Affairs. He has purchased
j the Redwood, idle the past two
| years, from the Lowe Trading
! Company. She was first built for
' the Pacific American Fisheres in
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Bellingham n 1917 and has a reg
istry of 1790 gross tons. Capt. O.
A. Johanson will be master of
the vessel which will be manned
by a crew of 26 men.
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