CARNIVAL
SATURDAY. MARCH 1st
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HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
I CLOSE OF QUEEN CONTEST
AND
CROWNING OF MISS NOME
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Making Train Connections Each WTay
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DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS DEMANDS
of the
National Defense Program
Deliveries of equipment and supplies for
commercial use are increasingly uncertain. Price
advances appear inevitable.
It is just GOOD BUSINESS PROTECTION
to place orders NOW for your 1941 season re
quirements.
Full descriptive information and prices now
available.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO
The Queens And
How They Stand
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Tb? Queen Contest is running i
as usual with the following vot
es:
Jane Jones . 4200
Dorothy Nelson . 3200
Cissie Johansen 1200 :
Vesta Poison . 3001
Connie Mazen . 200 J
Jane Nelson . 200 ;
Alice Martin . 200 j
We also have a new queen:
Miss J. Litten . 100
The dog race committee has
changed the time of the Cheeohac
co race Sunday, March 2nd to
1:15 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. The
race Is to start a little north of
the Nome Public School.
Axel Edman is back from his
vacation in the States and is go
ing to Solomon to work during
the summer. He reports that
Grace is getting along very well
and that Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swan
;berg were leaving for California
i around March 15th, accompanied
j by their son Nels Swanberg. Jr.
! and his daughter Lois.
MINING EXTENSION
Mr. C. C. Tanner will explain
the Mining Law tonight at the
City Hall, at 7 p.m. His discus
sion will terminate the Univer
sity of Alaska’s Mining Exten
sion work started January 20th.
Mr. Tanner’s explanation of
the law will not only be interest
ing, but of practical value to all
connected with the various phas
es of mining. Everybody wel
come.
| FOR SALE — RCA 9-tube table
model radio. Inquire Nugget Of
fice.
PIONEER CARD PARTY
The Second Card Party of the
series will be played Thursday
evening, Feb 27th. Admission 50<*.
IOOF Hall. Pubic invited. Meet
ing of the members at 8 pm.
Games start at 9 pm.
Airways News
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Pilot Herm Joslyn of the PAA
arrived yesterday with four pas
sengers, mail and express. After
unloading he left immediat ly,
arriving in Fairbanks at 5 o’clock
Passengers for Juneau were: Mrs.
L. M. Sullivan, Mr, and Mrs. Sid
Rood and Charles Goldstein.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
Don Brady arrived Tuesday
from Fairbanks with a load of
Montgomery Ward catalogs and ,
one passenger, Eddie Maurer.
Sig Wien made several at- [
t mpts yesterday to fly to Shish- j
maref and Elephant Point but
the weather being bad, had to j
turn back. He left today with
George Goshaw and express.
A plane from Fairbanks is ex
pected in tomorrow with express
Sig Wien left on his second trip
north and is going to Barrow' to
be gone until tomorrow.
Eddie Maurer, Wien’s Fair
banks accountant arrived on Tues
day’s plane to be in Nome for a
few days.
MIROW ACTIVITIES
Passengers on Sasseen’s trip on
Monday from Anchorage to
Nome were: Pat Hoover, Mr.
Stentz, Mr. and Mrs. John Haven
strite, Mr. and Mrs. Georg; Lem
mon and Chub Douglas. Sasseen
is due into Nome today from An
chorage with freight and passen-.
gers. i
Sig Wien in the Lockheed ‘
made the trip to Elephant Point,
Kotzebue and Barrow with Glen
Briggs as passenger from Nome
to Elephant Point, Doc Hinckley
and Mrs. Rydeen from Nome to
Barrow and return, and a prison
er from Barrow to Nome.
Pilot Sassoen is returning to
Anchorage tomorrow.
JURY RETURNS VERDICT
OF DEATH BY FREEZING
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The jury, C. F. Yenney, Carl
Bernsten, T. C. Lehmann, Rich-1
ard Scobel, Fred Botsford and
Tony Cerutti, in the Coroner's in
quest decided that the death of
John Nelson was due to freezing,
contributing circumstances un- [
known.
The Marshal’s office has wired
Washington for permission to per
form an autopsy, and Mrs. Nel
son, wife of the deceased, has
already consented.
Ned E. Nelson, son of the de- •
ceased is arriving on Mirow’s ' \
plane tomorrow from Anchorage. | j
Funeral arrangements will be | j
made soon after his arrival. j i
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Mrs. L. M. Sullivan Lift on; ^
Tuesday’s PAA plane and is fly-1 1
ing direct to Juneau where sheii
will join her husband, Senator Le 1
roy M. Sullivan. Miss Lois Ost of j
Council, will stay at the Sulli-jj
van residence with Jimmy and ^
Frankie. | 1
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News received recently in <
Nome announced the birth of a \
son to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick i
Carroll at San Bruno, California.
Mrs. Carroll, a former resident of
Nome, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. D. Jones.
Deputy Marshal Hinckley ac
companied by a matrom, left for
Barro\ with Wien Airlines, to
bring down a violent insane wo
Mr. E. C. Stenz of the CAA, of
Anchorage is in Nome, on a main
tenance inspection tour of CAA
stations.
Mr. and Mrs. George Lemmon
are back from their vacation and
will leave soon for the Kougar
ok.
Mr. and Mrs. John Havenstrite
of the Kaiyuh Mining Co. near <
Nulato, accompanied by Chub k
Douglas are in Nome, on their
way to Candle. ^
Pat Hoover, daughter of Mrs.
L. Nicholas was an incoming pas
senger Tuesday. She plans to ]
stay here and visit for some
time.
You can .ave -2.00 by paying sii
months it advance for your sub
scription tw The Nome Nugget.
INSIST
For Health Sake
Especially at this time of the
Year that your meals include
FRESH UNALAKLEET
VEGETABLES
Turnips and Rutahagoes
10 lbs. for $1.00
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SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
>HIP Lv Seattle Lv Seward Lv Juneau
JcKINLEY_Wed. Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb M
OJKON-Sat. Feb 22 Feb 28 Max 2
1ARANOF-Wed. Feb 26 Mar 3 Mar 6
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
M. J. WILCOX, Agent