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VOL. 41. No. 17. 'TOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1939 Price per Copy 154
Fire Razes Goldstein Bldg, in Juneau
Liquor Bill Would Limit Each Person to 2 Drinks
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Fire Destroys
Goldstein Bldg,
in Heart Juneau
JUNEAU, Feb. 8 (/PI—A three
alarm fit'e at 5:10 this morning
| destroyed the five story Gold
stein building in the heart of
Juneau. At 8 o’clock the firemen
were hnld'ng the flames within
rth-e concrete interior of the build
ir-g which is occupied by be
tween 45 and 50 one and two
room apar'm-ents, including on
one flour the Juneau M dical
Clinic. On the first floor is the
United Food Company and Gold
etei-ns fur store. Broadcasting sta
rtion KINYJs on the top floor.
All occupants of the building
were aroused and made t-heir
exit safely.
Started From
Cigaret Which
Fired Mattress
JUNEAU, Feb. 8 (Ah—The fire
3S’*reported to have started from
a mattress in the basement
which had been carried from the
top floor when found that it was
afire from a cigarette. The flames
started up the elevator shaft then
spread.
# At 8:15 o’clock bucket brigades
were placed on roofs of all frame
buildings surrounding the Gold
stein Building. Occupants are
moving out store, stock and
-household goods.
'Fortunately the high winds
prevailing for the past several
days with a temperature aver
aging five degrees above zero
abated.
* The firemen at 8:30 kept the
flames confined to the interior of
the building when the Douglas
fire department at rived.
HARD TIMES PARTY
SAT. FEB. lltli
Cards 9:00 p.m. Dance 10:30
I O O F HALL
J
USING HER HEAD,
litis skiing enthusiast, Helen
Kcysser, wrapped her earg up
welt before braving the moun
tainous slopes of St. Moritz, a
' Swiss winter resort.
Blaze Jumps
Across Street
JUNEAU, Feb. 8 At 9:35
this morning the fire was prac
tically under control by both
fresh and salt water mains throw
ing streams of water.
A second blaze started across
Second Avenue, from the Gold
stein Building, in a two story
building on Seward Street, oc
cupied by Kann’s Five and Ten
Cent Store, Hellar's Barber Shop
and the Pioneer Rooming House
but was brought under control.
The old Franklin Hotel a block
away and unoccupied caught fire
from flying embers but was ex
tinguished. It is believed there
will be no further fires unless a
wind starts.
The Coast Guard Cutter Haida
offered its aid.
Strings of salt water hose lines
are now playing on tihe roofs
of surrounding buildings
The loss in estimated at from
$110,000 to $190,000.
Patrol lines were established to
keep people back for a radius
of two blocks on account of fall
ing wires.
Loss Estimated
At $100,000.00
JUNEAU, Feb. 8 (/Pi—The fire
loss of the Goldstein Building
and contents was tentatively es
timated at 11 o’clock by insur
ance adjusters as a quarter of a
million dollars with $200,000 in
surance. This does not cover the
household goods of fifty nine ten
ants, nor the $25,000 loss to the
Juneau Clinic equipment, which
was not insured, and the damage
to neaiby property tentatively es
timated at $10,000.
The Goldstein Bui'ding was of
concrete-laminated construction,
built and occupied in 1914 and
owned by Charles Goldstein. It
was formerly occupied by offices
and later changed into apart
ments.
Can Nome Muster
A Good Fast
Racing Team?
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fob. 1, 1939
Editor Nome Nugget
Nome, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
Do you have any bang-up good
race drivers in your section of
the country this year, who would
like to represent Nome in the
1939 Dog Derby in Fairbanks?
If you have any especially
good drivers and dogs, or can get
together one select team, please
send them to Fairbanks for the
races March 10, 11 and 12. The
purse for the derby is $1,650.00
for three heats, 30 miles per day.
Please post or publish this
challenge, and we will send you
more information later.
Very truly yours,
I>og Derby Committee
Noel C. Ross
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LOVE THAT ROCKED AN EMPIRE still seems to
bind the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who recently granted a
can,* ra Interview at their villa near Cannes, France. It is from this
winter home of the W'indsors that the report came that the duke
naa* visit England and the royal family in March, possibly with
out the wife for whom he abdicated the throne of England.
S.S. Service For
Alaska Peninsula
WASHINGTON. D. €.. Feb. 7,
f/P>—Delegate Anthony J. Dim
ond and Erriest Gruening discus
sed with President Roosevelt the
need for a steamship service be
tween Alaska Peninsula and the
Aleutian Islands area, describ
ing the coming importance of
that section in view of National
Defense plans.
Delegate Dimond said that reg
I ular transportation far the five
! thousand people of that region
! was cutoff, because of the fact
ithat the mail boat operating
| there was not allowed to carry
j freight and passengers.
The Delegate said he was much
encouraged by the visit to the
White House.
Alaska Mail
Leaves Seattle
SEATTLE. Feb. 7, (-P)-^Seattle
mail. Superintendent A. D. Law
rence said, that Alaska mail is
departing tonight aboard a Can
adian Pacific steamer from Van
couver to Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Petersburg, Juneau, Skagway,
and if tihe strike is not over by
Saturday U. S. Postal authori
ties will dispatch Alaska mail
via some small ships from Seat
tle.
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Election of Board of Directors
Nome Kennel Club
Noon Friday, F’eb. 10th
At Nevada Grill
Russell Maynard, Pres.
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Bill Prohibits
Sale Liquor on
Election Days
JUNEAU. Feb. 6, (/Pj—Liquor
legislation again had the center
of the stage of the legislature
Monday, when the Territorial
Wholesale Liquor Bill passed the
House by a vote of 11 to 5. The
bill also provides for a salary of
four thousand dollars for a Di
rector who njust furnish a bond
of fifty thousand dollars.
Senator O. D. Cochran intro
duced a Senate bill to make it
unlawful to sell liquor on any
General, Special or Primary Elec
tion day until after the polls are
closed; or to permit a licensee
to permit drinking of hard liq
uor by any persons upon the
premises covered by a license
which conflicts with the Walker
Cocktail measure.
Bill Asks For
Referendum on
Terr. Liquor Store
JUNEAU, Feb. 7 </P>—Senator
Anderson reintroduced a bill in
the Senate asking a referendum
on the question of Territorial
Liquor stores, at the next gener
al election.
In the House, Rep. Coffee intro
duced a joint memorial asking
the gradual elimination of fish
traps until 1943 then issue no
more licenses.
$23,000 Protest
Appropriation
Laid on Table
JUNEAU. Feb. 7 iA*)—During a
debate in the House over the
$25,000 protest appropriation for
the payment of federal tolls on
the Richardson Highway, Repre
sentative Spencer said: “If we
protest enough maybe we can get
rid of Ickes and Colonel Ohlson’s
j tolls. I hope we can get rid of
j all three.” Lander who introduc
i ed the measure said: “We have
: memorialized Congress but it
! don’t seem to do any good so if
! we pass this measure maybe
| somebody would listen."
Rep. Davis said the bill should
| pass on the grounds that “the
| federal government is doing just
what our Enabling Aet forbids
us to do—levying tolls on any
roads." A motion however, to lay
the bill on the table was carried
ten to six.
HARD TIMES PARTY
SAT. FEB. 11th
Cards 9:00 p.m. Dance 10:3(1
1 O O F HALL
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Would Limit
Each Person to
Two Drinks
JUNEAU. Feb. 7 UP)— Liquor
bills fluttered down to the Sen
ate introduced by Senators Coch
ran, Patterson and Walker. The
longest measure was Patterson's
which regulates licensing, requir
ing applicants to have five years
residence in Alaska and of good
character and also not to dis
pense or sell more than two
drinks to any one person at any
one call. It provides that three
fourths of all license money go to
the Liquor Enforcement Act, to
police bars and dispensaries
which will be one room affairs on
the ground floor wi.th no stools.
Walker's bill prohibits liquor
dispensaries within two hundred
feet of schools and churches.
Cochran’s bill provides a legal
manner of describing a habitual
drunkard and allows relatives to
sue dispensaries for damages if
liquor is sold to anyone so ad
judged.
Russian Icebreaker
300 Mi. From Pole
MOSCOW. Feb. 7th, (/P)—The
Russian icebreaker “Sedoc,” ra
dioed that her drifted position
is believed to be the farthest
North any ship ever reached in
the 20th century: the actual pos
ition being 85.42 North, and is
about three hundred miles from
the Pole.
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CETTINC THE BIRD,
an English miss, Kate Wilkin
son, poses in the “Bird of Para
dise" costume she were to Lon
don's annual Chelsea arts ball
which this year—because of
England's emphasis on fitness—
"’ed hy-ical Mon.
DOUBLE HEADER BASEBALL GAMES HIGH SCHOOL GYM WED. FEB. 8
FIRST GAME BEGINS 0 P. M. ALASKANS vs. NOME; COMMERCIALS vs. HAMMONS ADM. 25c & 50c
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