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VOL. 41. NO. 134. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1938 Price per copy is#
French Threatened Split Over Mussolini’s Terms
United States Investigating Un-American Activities
BATTLE CRY trumpets from Greyhound, world champior
trotter who did a mile in 1:56. as trottinif season opens.
Resigns Entire
Private Practice
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15 (VP)—
President Roosevelt announced
-that Attorney General Cum
mings was resigning his entire
private practice and said that his
son James was resigning tempor
arily while recuperating from an
operation and would return to
liis pest as «cs he was able
to resume his secretarial duties,
probably in the spring.
Holding Company
* NEW YORK. Nov. 16 UP) —
Associated Gas and Electric Com
pany, one of the largest ulitil-ity.
holding companies was named in
an involuntary bankruptcy pe\ir.
tion filed in the U. S. district
court. The law firm of Battle,
Levy, Fowler and NejjHvap., alleg
ing the company was paying divi
dends for subsidiary companies
out of funds not properly so ap
plied.
Trade Agreements
Britain And U. S.
Signed Tomorrow
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 UP)—
The State Department announced
that trade' agreements > with
Great Britain and Canada would
be signed at the White House to
morrow at four p.m. Secretary
of State will sign for t'he
United States and Canadian
Prime Minister King, for Canada.
The trade agreement with the
United Kingdom was completed
after six months negotiation be
tween a special delegation sent
here from England and experts
from the State and Commerce
Departments. The British agree
ment brings the total trade agree
menls concluded to nineteen The
Canadian agreement is an enlarge
ment of- the existing Canadian
agreement which expires on Dec.
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. PIONEERS ATTENTION!
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Meeting, Pioneers Igloo No. 1,
Wednesday, Nov. 16, nomination
of officers and other business.
Large attendance requested.
Dave Gray, Secty.
PRECIOUS CIFTS for their royal majesties. King George
and Queen Elizabeth of England, who are expected in Paris June
28, will Include some of France's most costly porcelain, Sevres,
being painted at the Scvreo factory.
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Investigating
Un-American
Activities
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 f/P)—
A House 'ComMittC'e is investigat
ing un-American activities' and
c lied Nelson Sparks, former
mayor of Akron, Ohio, to discuss
the part played by the commun
ists in t-he strike at the Akron
tire factory.
A .special Senate committee in
reporting, on the improvement of
maritime' lakor conditions, turn
ed its attention to legislation arid
the build-up of American ' Mer
chant Marine as a supplement of
national defense. Chairman Bail
ey, Democrat of North Carolina,
said that the group would try to
hasten the construction of mer
chant ships which might be con
verted to government use in war
time.
Friendship Of
Italy Too High
For France
PARIS, N v. 16 (/Pi—-Premier
Daladier was threatened with a
wide open split in his cabinet ov
er financial problems. It is also
reported -that they have received
conditions from Italy as the price
for French-Italian friendship and
accord. Persons close to the for
eign office said that these de
mands were that France cede to
Italy the Djibouti, Addis Ababa
Railway, Port Djibouti in Eritrea
and share with Italy the control
of the Suez Canal Administration
I in Tunisia. Such terms were uni
versally acknowledged by par
liamentary deputies as unaccept
able to France.
Thousands Of
Spanish Govt.
Troops Trapped
HENDAYE. Nov. 16 (/Pi—Span
ish insurgents reported that their
armies were closing in on thou
sands of government militia men
trapped on the right bank of the
Ebro River. The militia men had
been driven out of the Fatarella
Mountains and found escape ac
ross the Ebro River cut off by a
successful circling movement
which gave the insurgents con
trol of the entire right bank, just
northeast of Gandesa.
BASKETBALL
Kean’s Bakery
vs
Gold Diggers
Nevada Nighthawks
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VS
Whaley's Whalers
TONIGHT, SCHOOL GYM
8:00 o’clock Adm. 25<‘ & 50<t
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POImiO-PEELINu is included in Nazi school for brides.
The frauleins study six weeks, pay 120 marks (about $5.75) for
room and board. They’re coached well in baby care.
Post Office Was
Turned Over to
Mish Tuesdav
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The keys to the newly con
structed U. S. Post Office and
Court House at N me, were of
ficially turned over to the Cus
todian, Guy E. M:sh, Nome’s af
fable Postma.-ter. at three o’rlnck
yesterday by Construction En
gineer Andrew Sandrgren.
The ceremonies occurred in the
court room of the building with
Dr. Thomas Morcom acting as
Chairman on behalf <!' the Cham
ber of Commerce.
He introducer! Rev Widney
who gave the Invocation, and
tiien Engineer Sandegren, who
told at some length of work car
ried on in the construction of the
new building.
He expressed his appreciation
and that of the contractors; the
MacDonald Construction Co. of
St. Louis, for the wonderful aid
and cooperation received during
the period of building, by the
people and business interests of
Nome. With only a few minor
items to clean up, he said, the
building is completed and he in
vited the public to inspect the
various offices, after which the
keys were officially turned over
to Postmaster Mish who is the
new Custodian of the building.
Custodian Mish in a few choice
words thanked him, and express
ed his wish that the public would
benefit by the use of the build
ing whenever necessary, and the
ceremonies came to a close with
the distribution of photographs
of the building presented thru
the courtesy of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Between three and five o'clock,
the public inspected the various
offices of the building, after
which the day came to a close.
printing blanks carried
The Nome Doily Nugget carrier
•everol forma of printing blank*
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,
Special Power of Attorney form*
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Labor Standards
Act To Apply To
Mining Industry
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 </P)~
Administrator Elmer F. Andrew?
declined to commit the wage
hour division on whether the
gold mining industry is subject
to the Labor Standards Act, and
said “the administrator has no
power under the act to exempt
the gold mining industry from the j
laws application, and whether
the mining industry under the
existing economic situation with
reference to gold is subject to the
Fair Labor Standards Act is ul
timately a question..-of interpret;
ation for the courts. The admin
istrator hasn’t the power to isi
sue any binding ruling.”
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ADDITION TO ARMY equipment includes new high
powered mobile public address system of which above control
board is the important unit. Maj. Gen. J. O. Mauborgne. chief sig- ,
nal officer of the army, is testing the system which is capable of i
covering an audience of at least 100,000 persons. Set is equipped j
with a radio receiver and phonograph record turn-tables.
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President Is
Shocked Jewish
Treatment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (/P)-^
President Roosevelt said that he
could “scarcely believe” Ger
many’s campaign against Jews
“could occur in twentieth cen
tury civilization,” revealing that
he himself asked the recall of
Wilson to get first-hand inform
ation. The President declared in
a press conference that “The
news of the past few days has
deeply shocked public opinion in
the United States, just as such
news from any part of the world
would inevitably produce a pro
found reaction among American
people in every part of the na
tion.”
Considering
Enlargement
Of Air Force
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (/P)_
President Roosevelt said he and
his advisors were? considering an
increased air force as the first
step to insure protection for the
twenty American republics in
this hemisphere and Canada. He
told the press that the defense
studies embraced protection for
the whole hemisphere rather
than for the United States alone.
He added that he didn't antici
pate any defection from com
plete solidarity in the defense
move.
THE KEGOAYAI1 KOZGA
Lending Library. Is located at
Polet’s Branch Store. Book ren
tal ten cents a week.
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Card Party and Dance, Sat. Nov. 19th, I.O.O.F Hall
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