THE NOME NUGGET
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LITTLE AMERICA AND ALASKA
There are no submarines in the bay of Whales ex
cept the whales themselves. No bombs fall from the
sky, though one may hear the notes of splitting ice
bergs. Temperatures have been recorded at 70 below
zero, though just now the bay is probably not so cold as
Finland. But the frozen shores that lead to Little Am
erica are must more peaceful than the Finnish snows.
In fact, Antarctica is the one continent on earth still un
touched by the war. That is why the news of the arriv
al of the United tSates Antarctic Expedition under Ad
miral Byrd strikes a fresh note.
His expedition has gone south to answer the ques
tion “What good is Antarctica?” Admiral Byrd thinks
it may serve many useful purposes and may even be
colonized. He will attempt a temporary settlement so
that we may support our claim to the territory. This
glacial region, which brews the worst and windiest
weather in the world, was once a land of luxuriant ver
dure, for deposits of low grade coal have been discov
ered there. Iros, copper, titanium, molybdenum, mica
and various gem stones have also been found. Admiral
Byrd believes that oil will be located. If Antarctic
weather were better understood, as it may be when the
expedition completes its work, modern planes might
fly to the Bay of Whales; there are plenty of landing
fields in these poar wastes. It is conceivable that in time
Little America may become as valuable a part of the
rest of America as “Seward’s Folly” which we now call
Alaska.—New York Times.
A DREAM OF A SOURDOUGH
TRAPPER
I dreamed the other night
I was taken for a ride,
But I realized what had happened
When we crossed a great divide.
The angels were a-leading me
We were going awfully slow'.
Saint Peter just gave me the
once over—
And he pointed down below.
The guards, they rushed me
Before the Devil;
And he asked them:
“What in Hell you got in tow'?"
Just an old Sourdough
Trapper from Alaska,
And he is a good one
We are told.
Your place is up above old trap
per;
You certainly have my permission
’Cause you sure had Hell enough
Under the Alaska Game Commis-;
sion.
!
I’m sending a letter to St. Peter; t
It will take but a minute.
As he dictated the letter
This was what was in it:
"I am warning you Saint Peter,
I’m resigning my position.
I’m turning over Hell
To the Alaska Game Commission
"For I’m sure they’ll annex
Heaven
And then how I will laugh.
On account of there will be
A universial Hell at last.
“And that is what I planned,
Long long ago.
For when you cash in life’s
checks,
There’ll be no other place to go."
—B. A. STONE, McGrath
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LAWYER OUSTS MAE MURRAY
Vincent A. Catoggio, lawyer for Mae Murray of the stage and screen
Is shown as jhe escorted her forcibly from his New York office to an
elevator after Miss Murray had tossed an inkwell through a win
dow after Cattoggio had read to reporters parts of his decision in
Miss Murray’s ,habaes Corpus proceedings to regain custody of
13-year-old son.
U. S. To Have Tin
Smelter in Near
Future
Because of war difficulties Bo
livian tin ores whih previously
were sent to England to be re
fined now are coming to the Un-'
ited Stales to be refined here.
Although the United States is
able at present to obtain all the
tin required from the far east,
there is the possibility that this
source of supply might be serious
ly interfered with if the present
warfare should extend to that
area.
As a result, it is understood
that some leading United States
firms are conducting experiments
in refining Bolivian tin ores.
Speaking of the new American
tin industry M W Tuthill a mem
ber of the American Tin Trade
Association stated that the
Phelps-Dodge Corporation and
the American Metal Company
are now setting up plants in the
New York area for treating tin
ores from Bolivia and other av
ailable sources
^A(.hsEofAAHEc MAKE,S DEAL WITH INDIA N—When Indian tribesmen from the
mhm ( K0na. aJLr,'ed 111 Boston, where they’re scheduled to demonstrate Indian dances at a
«'i 'H February, the braves found themselves learning, not teaching, a dance. Here’s
t iicf White Horn practicing the bumps-a-daisy with Vera Chapin, dance teacher.
To some extent Mr Tuthill says
ore contracts have already been
entered into and several thous
and tons will arrive here shortly.
These ores largely are being
diverted from European smelt-,
ers now in the combat zone.
He pointed out that it is only
a matter of two or three mon
ths before the United States will
once more be turning out Amer
ican primary t*n. mostly from
refractory ores, and the good
thing about it is that this strateg
ically imported industry is to
stand on its own hind legs with
out the henefit of subsidy.
Test runs, he revealed, indicate
that the quality of this domestic
refined tin to be produced by
new and more efficient methods,
will be entirely acceptable To
American consumers.
Output as now contemplated
will not be large 'but it is view
ed as a vital step toward self
sufficiency, Bolivian concentrat
es now move to England and then
back to the United States as a
metal.
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TIME TURNS BAC K—This actual life-mask of Thomas
Jefferson, third U. S. president, is to be shown in N. Y. at Knocd
ler Galleries along with masks of other patriots. They were made
by John Browere, colonial period sculptor.
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{ Notice of Rendering Account for
Final Settlement and Petition for
Determination of Heirs and for
Distribution
No. 599
In the Probate Court In and For
The Cape Nome Precinct Second
Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the estate of
JOHN GROSS, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Fred P. Durocher, Administrator
of the estate of John Gross, de
ceased, has rendered and pre
sented for final settlement, and
filed in the above Court, his
first and final report and account
and petition for order for deter
mination of heirs and for dis
tribution and that Thursday, the
11th day of April, 1940, at 10:00 ^
o’clock am of said day at the
office and Courtroom of the
above Court in Nome, Alaska,
has been set as the time and
place for the settlement of said
report and account and for hear
ing of objections thereto if any
there be, and for a hearing on
the petition for determination of
heirs and for an order for final
distribution, and all persons in- *
terested in said estate are here
by notified then and there to ap
pear and show cause, if any they
have, why the said report and
account should not be settled
and allowed, and why distribu
tion of said estate should not
thereupon be immediately made
to the persons entitled thereto 4
without further notice of pro
ceedings. At such hearing the
Court will adjudicate and decree
who the heirs and distributees
are. Reference is hereby made to
the said report, account and peti
tion for further particulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 7th
day of February, 1940.
Fred P. Durocher, Administrator
Publish Feb 9 16 23, March
1, 1940
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