THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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NEWS ITEMS
Local agent Wm. Barber of the
PAA office, announced today that
the PAA mail plane piloted by
Murray Stewart which left
Nome Sunday, stopped overnight
at Nulato, took off again from
there this morning, flew to Fair
banks, picked up the mail for
Nome and returned again to Nu
lato this afternoon, where it is
stopping over night, before com
ing on into Nome again.
Pilot Sig Wien took off early
this morning for outlying sec
tions, but due to the stormy na
ture of the •weather, this after
noon, it is unlikely he will be
able to return to the Nome base.
Wm. "Billy” Anderson pro
prietor of the Bunker Hill road
house located at the northern
■end of the tram-road to the Kou
garok mining section, is a visit
or in town having come in via
plane Saturday.
Pilot Noel Wien and ’Musso
Jini at the controls are scheduled
to make a flight to Taylor Creek
in the Kougarok section as soon
as weather permits, with some 6
or 8 passengers and a cargo of
express and freight.
The sixth and last trophy ser-'
ies of card games under the aus- |
pices of the Pioneers of Alaska, j
takes place tonight at 9:15, after!
which the grand trophies for the I
series will be awarded to the I
winners.
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Sam Godfrey, the well known
Kougarok mining man, accom
panied by A1 Berg and Neil Ste
wart, mining men from the Stat
t . were arrivals in Nome Sun-1
<3 -y via plane. They will accom-1
puny Mr. Godfrey to the Kougar- j
c.t to look over some mining
p round, as soon as weather per-'
r ts plane activities again.
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'The nopn day luncheon of the;
< mber of Commerce toonor- j <
r w, Tuesday, April 11th, at thei
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North Pole Bakery, is expected
to be largely attended not only
by the membership but by a nura
ber of visitors now in Nome from
the outlying sections as well as
some from the States
Miss Peggy Strand, secretary
of the Nome Camera Club, an
nounced today that the club will
hold a meeting at 8 p.m., Wednes
day, April 12. a; the City Hall.
Each member is requested to
bring his best snap shot for ex
hibition. The best picture select
ed at this meeting will be sent
outside to be entered in a contest.
Returning to Nome on the tri
motored Ford plane Sunday, was
Mrs A1 Gawn and baby girl, to
join Papa Gawn after a lengthy
visit in Portland. Oregon, where
the young lady was born. Mrs.
Gawn and daughter are reported
as having stood the trip fine,
with a stay overnight at Koyuk
Station along the coast east of i
Nome, due to stormy weather.
The regular meeting of city
council is scheduled for tonight
at the city hall, when the can
vasing of the election returns of
the recent city election will take
place as well as other city -mat- j
ters. The old council upon ad-'
journment will meet again Thurs i
day, April 20th, which will be;
their last meeting before going
‘out of office: and at the same;
time the new eouncilmen will
take their oath of office and be!
seated.
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Passengers arriving on the i
; tri-motored Ford plane of the
i Wien Alaska Airlines, yesterday,
piloted by Noel Wien and Albert
A.'moslino, flight mechanic, were:
Sam Godfrey, A1 Berg, Neil Ste
wart, ,M. E. Kelly, Chub Douglas,
Mrs. A1 Gawn and child, A1
Hovelin, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Bris
son, L. K. Long, and Mr. Abbott.
The plane left Fairbanks Satur
day but due to stormy weather ‘
on this end of the route was forcj
ed to stop overnight at Koyuk <
Station, where they were all tak|
en care of and made comfortable;
in the school building.
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Saturday, Pilot Sig Wien made
two trips north with freight and
passengers. Two children were
.taken to the Mission at Pilgrim
! Springs. Two passengers were
! brought to Nome, Walt Taylor
« from Taylor Creek and Bill An
derson from Coffee Creek. Mrs.
Ethel Vegan was taken to Tel
ler from Igloo. The return trip
to Nome was made Sunday via
Coffee Creek to bring E. K. Jo
j iiansen and Bert Noble to Nome.
Upon returning .to Nome Pilot
i Wien went to Council and White
, Moutain to bring John Ost and
Winona Gregorv to Nome.
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Jimmy Keahher, former pro
prietor of the Taylor Creek road
house in the Kougarok, and who
spent the winter in the States,
was a returning passenger to
Nr me Saturday, via an Anchor
age plane piloted by Pilot Glass.
Four other passengers also ar
rived, names unknown. Mr. Keali
her will leave shortly for the
Kougarok where he intends to in
terest himself in mining. It will
be recalled that Jimmy sold his
roadhouse business last fall to
Mrs. Bess Cross, who expects to
run the business this season.
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A new model Hamilton 8-place
all-metal plane for the Wien Al
aska Airlines is enroute from
Seattle to Cordova via steamer,
said Preident Noel Wien, yester
day, and will be assembled and
flown to Fairbanks soon, for use
j in the fast expanding business of
I this pioneer flying organization.
'This plane is similar to the one
purchased by Mr. Wien some 10
, years ago except that it is more
; modern and up-to-date in every
respect. President Wien expects
, to return to Fairbanks with the
tr:-motored Ford as soon as he
completes the Kougarok trip.
The second mail plane to ar
rive Nome Sunday, was piloted
; by Walt Hall and flight mech
I anic Art Martin. The plane was
j delayed at Nulato due to stormy
; weather while enroute here from
Fairbanks. The wives of Pilot
1 Hall and flight mechanic Martin
i accompanied them on this trip.
Trygve Ullrickson was a passen
1 ger for Nome.
, The plane is still held at Nome
; due to bad flying weather which
| existed all day. The plane is ex
pected to take off early tomor
row morning, W.P. Emerson
Bassett who has been in charge
of the office during the absence
of Billy Barber, will be an out
going passenger enroute to Jun
eau.
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During a lull in the storm
which has been brewing for
! about a week, the P A A mail
plane which was delayed at Koy
uk Station, arrived Sunday, pi
loted by Murray Stewart, and
' the following passengers: Harvey
Grant, A1 Carey and William Bar
i ber, the latter is local agent for
:he PAA Nome office, who is re
: turning from a business trip to
Juneau.
Pilot Stewart left shortly after
his arrival on the return trip to
Fairbanks and got as far as Nu
i lato on the return trip .to Fair
banks. He had as outgoing
passengers, an insane prisoner
named Emma Martinskull, a nat
. ive woman, in charge of U. S.
Marshal Hugh O'Farrell; Mrs.
Charlotte Patterson and Mrs. Ger
trude K. Mazen, also made the
tr;p and are expected to return
to Nome on the first passenger
steamer in June.
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PLAY NEWS
"Bargains” the second of the
three one-act plays to be present
td by the Junior Class, Saturday
night, at the High School audit
j or.urn. at 8:15, is a simple but en
tertaining treatment of the age
j old mother-in-law problem. Vir
; ginia Calkins enacts the part of
the prospective daughter-in-law
who isn’t “cheap,” Alice Martin
is the weary salesgirl, Jane Nel
son is the sweet old mother, and
Marty, the husky son is played
by Frederik Bockman. Under the
J r.ble direction of Alice Thompson
: this play promises to be one of
the high lights of the evening.
I Admission adults 50 cents, child
I ren twenty five cents.
Don’t forget to leave your name
and address for the Nugget to be
sent to you via airplane at your
mining camps, from on.
"THE SINGAPORE SPIDER”
When the curtain goes up at
8:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 15,
spectators will be thrilled and
chilled by “The Singapore Spid
er,” as it fulfills the sworn ven
geance of Tom Bishop, human
victim of Jason Harridew. As the
plot mounts to its surprising cli
max the characters of Jason
Harridew, an old sea dog, por
trayed by Henry Becker, Mrs.
Meggs, a spying landlady, by
Edith Hoop and R. Margraf as
Jimm Meggs, the town drunk,
Matt Harridew, acted by Bob
Scott, the sailor nephew of Ja
son, and Josie W'hite, Connie A1
len, with whom Matt is in love,
meet swift justice and reward.
The play is directed by Calvin
Pool, director of the memorable
"Balmy Mr. Brown.”
SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING Memed the right
medicine for dusky Buster Brown whose under-sweater welts
looked suspiciously like baseballs. They were, but this pre-season
shakeup was all In fun, with George Kelly, Boston Bees coach,
doing the assist at the Bees training camp-in Bradenton, Fla.
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Sen. J- Hamilton
Lewis Dies Of
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Heart Attack
, WASHINGTON, April 9 (A1)—
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
aged 72, of Illinois, died at the
Garfie’d Hospital of a heart ail
! mend. He was a Democrat and a
j staunch supporter of Roosevelt.
i He died six hours after return
i ing by train from his Chicago
j home. He became ill aboard the
j train and was .taken by ambul
j ance to the hospital. Mrs. Rose
Douglas Lewis, his wife was with
' him.
Lewis was known throughout
the nation for his Chesterfieldian
manner and Democratic whip in
the Senate.
He followed few departures
from the leadership of the Roose
volt administration, the most out
standing being the difference ov
er the ratification of the St. Law
rence Seaway part with Canada.
In his early days, Lewis was a
resident of Seattle and was well
known in the Northwest.
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