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VOL. 41. NO. 125. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1938 _Price per copy IS}
Chinese Determined Not Sue Peace
No One Injured as Fire Guts Deutchsland at Sea
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McKinley Arrived Nome Today Last Trip Season
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W I L L I N C to be investi
gated himself, as asked by Ger
in an-American Bund, Rep.
Samuel Dick stein (D.-N. Y.) has
requested House to probe alien
activity in U. S.
Storms Raging
Over Blaek Sea
BUCHAREST. Roumania. Oct.
25 </P)—Six army aviation offic
ers were drowned in storms rag
ing over Rumania and the Black
Sea.
Admiral Kronstantin Negru,
commander of the naval aviation
department was reported drown
ed with two other officers when
their seaplane collapsed and
made a forced landing on Lake
Siutghiol.
“I understand you are courting
a widow. Has she given you any
encouragement?”
“I’ll say she has. Last night she
asked me if I snored.”
Cliiang Kai Sliek
Determined To
Fight Last Ditch
SHANGHAI, Oct. 26 i/P)—Chin
ese troops dug into new defense
lines southwest of Hankow while
the victorious Japanese forces
at once took possession of the
new ground of the nearly isolat
ed Wuhan cities. Japanese war
ships steamed cautiously through
mine fields in the Yangtze River
below Hankow and the sister cit
ies Wuchang and Hanyang. In
fantry units made forced march
es from the Northwest to help
preceeding Japanese troops over
come street fighting in flaming
Wuchang. Machine-gun fire blaz
ed in Hankow suburbs indicating
that Japanese vanguards are
meeting resistance in their at
tempts to consolidate positions in
the erstwhile capital which they
entered yesterday.
Explosion after explosion of
Chinese mines in buildings rock
ed the metropolitan area so that
no more than necessary be left
for the conquerors.
Dispatches from Chungking
quoted thigh Chinese officials as
saying that Chiang Kai Chek is
determined to conduct a prolong
ed resistance against' the Japan
ese without any intention of su
ing for peace.
Notice to Subscribers
Due to numerous changes in
address of subscribers to the
Nugget at this time of the year,
it will be appreciated if those
coming to Nome from outlying
sections and others leaving for
the States, will notify The Nome
Nugget office as to the disposi
tion of their paper and also
change in address.
FAREWELL DANCE
Tonight I. O. O. F. Hall
Adm. S1.00 Ladies Free
IN NO MOOD for laughs
is Gov. A. B. “Happy” Chand
ler (above) as he digs into Ken
tucky’s bitter fight with Nsw
Dealer Aiben Barkley for Demo
cratic Senatorial nomination.
18 Persons
including MP
Die In Crash
SIDNEY, Australia, Oct. 25 (JP)
! —Eighteen persons including a
member of the Australian Par
liament were killed in one of the
dominion’s worst airline crashes
on mist-shrouded Mount Dande
1 nong, forty miles southeast of
Melbourne. Seven were thrown
j from the cabin while the rest
were trapped in the burning
ship.
C. Hawker, member of par
' liament and former minister of
! commerce was among the vic
! tims.
Subscribe for The Nome Nugget.
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S U S PE ND ED ANIMATION of Yo*1 Rahman Bey caused suspense In London where BeR
inside this steel water andalr-tijht casket, was lowered under water; he remained an hour. j
^Duetscliland”
German Liner
Swept By Fire
NEW YORK. Oct. 26 (£>)—Fire
aboard ship in a perilous gale
which whipped the seas of the
north Atlantic, remained a night
mareish memory to five hundred
ninety one passengers and three
hundred ninety two members of
the crew of the German liner
Duetschland which is plodd ng
toward port with her insides
charred by flames,
Electrying SOS's flashed thru
the air early last night when fire
broke out in the ship’s number
two hold, after an explosion of
an unexplained nature. After
winning a two h 'ur battle with
the flames. Capt i Karl Stein
ecke, master, radioed that the
fire was under control of the
hoses. Later the Hamburg offices
of the Steamship Company was
advised by the master that the
fire was completely controlled!
and that the ship and passen-!
gers were no longer in danger.
Not one single passenger was in
jured and the vessel hoped to
continue to New York soon.
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Chamber Holds
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i
Luncheon
!
The regular meeting of the'
Board of Directors of the North
western Alaska Chamber of
Commerce met in the dining
room of the North Pole Bakery,
Tuesday noon.
President Mish called the meet
ing to order. All officers and dir
ectors were present with the ex-!
' cepticn of Treasurer Gabrielson,
, and Director Seidenverg.
Minutes of the meetings held
on October 11 and of the lunch
I eon on October 18 were read and t
approved as read,
The subject of a celebration of
the inauguration of Air Mail in
Northwestern Alaska was taken
up and Hank Miller, Chairman
of the Aviation Committee was
directed to take immediate steps
to arrange for the celebration
and to have printed a suitable
first-flight envelope in commem-,
oration of the event. These en- j
velopes are to be made available i
for the people of Nome to use on
that occasion.
The regular luncheon of the i
membership of the-Chamber of
Commerce falls due on Tuesday,1
November 1 and it was decided,
that the luncheon would be held
at Cavey’s Bakery in order to
tie that up with the inauguration
of the Air Mail ceremony. The
program will be announced thru
the Press by the Committee.
Mr. Hank Miller has been chos
en chairman for the next lunch-1
eon.
The Entertainment Committee
reported that they will soon call
a meeting of the joint commit-1
tees of the City and of the Cham-!
ber for the purpose of making
plans and preparation for the
Dedication Ceremony of the new;
Federal Building to be held on
the fifteenth, day of November.
Also the Committee reports that j
the smoker to be held on the
S. S. McKinley
Last Boat Of
Season Is Here
The S. S. Mt. McKinley of the
Alaska Line. Capt. A. Ryning,
commander, arrived in the Nome
roadstead shortly after noon to
day, after a stormy voyage from
Seattle, completing the last north
bound voyage of the 1938 season.
The vessel carried a full cargo of
freight and the following passen
gers:
Chas. Levien
Mrs Ralph Kitzmiller
Mrs. Geo. S. Maynard
Mrs. Russel G. Maynard
Mrs. P. C. Sthay, infant
Mrs. Chris O'Leary, infant
Miss Patty Frazier
Mrs. Floyd Frazier
Marjorie Brodt
Virginia Roberts
Mrs. A J O’Leary, daughter
Mrs. A. H Lobley
Everett P. Woods
Mrs. Henry M Xavt'v
Robert M. Barnett
Mrs. Victor B Novak and
daughter
Mrs. C O Glass
Mrs. Maloney, and child
Mat Parvin
Emily Pederson
Myrtle Fagerstrom
Mrs. A Brunell
Mary Cerruti
E. W. Miller
Mrs, Carl Anderson
Mrs. Nels Swan.berg, and 2
children
Mrs. Bill Jefford and child
A J. Tourtellotte
Mark Kanyak
Reece Holland
After discharging cargo here
the vessel will sail direct to
Seattle via Dutoh Harbor with a
full load of passengers, names of
which will probably be printed
in the Friday issue. The vessel is
scheduled to sail south probably
late Saturday night.
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tenth day of November will be
held in the Odd Fellows Hall and
proper notice of the hour and
program will be given to the
public.
A. Polet, Secretary.
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WAR’S E N O in a rear is
predicted by Y. Tsunai. Jap
anese Diet member now In U. S.
to Improve relations with Japan.
Jap Troops
Enter Hankow
SHANGHAI, Oct. 25. <&>—Jap,
anese authorities announced to
night that a detachment of Jap
anese soldiers entered Hankow,
! the invader’s chief military ob
jective in China, The detach
ment is said to have gone at
nightfall into the city, the goal of
nearly eleven months heavy fight,
ing.
Previously, authoritative re
ports said that Japanese soldiers
entered northern sections of the
provisional capitol and that they
were the vanguard of widespread^
Japanese forces which relentless
ly pressed on Hankow from
three sides. While Chinese of
ficials announced they did not de
fend the important Chinese met
ropolis, other government lead
1 ers reported that they had moved
all offices to interior points.
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THE TRUTH AT LAST
, “No, Sah,’’ said the elderly col
ored man to the visitor who ask
ed if he had ever seen President
Lincoln. "Ah used to ’member
seein’ Massa Lincoln; but since I
jined de church. Ah, doan’ ’mem
ber seein” him no mo,.”
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SPEED LOVINC Prince Bcrtil of Sweden who drove an •
mito 85 miles an hour around River Rouge plant’s proving ground
’track* si wed down to hear Henry Ford (left) describe hUtorio j
details of Ford’s early American village, CreenB^d. J
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