Further Details
Nome Hotel And
Garage Bldg. Fire
In the complete destruction by
fire Wednesday afternoon of the
Nome Hotel and Nome Garage
located on Front Street opposite
the Nome fire station, owned by
H. F. (Bud) Harper, Nome loos
es one of its largest structures
built since the big fire of 1934.
About the only thing saved
from the burning building was
the taxi auto owned by Keith
Hedrine, which was close to the
front door and driven out. Her
bert Turner had a narrow call
when he attempted to drive out
the Nome Motors truck, the
flames following the truck as it
started out, only to stall at the
entrance and was blown to
pieces by explosion, young Turn
er getting away from the con
cussion with only his eye brows
singed. Turner’s own car was out
of the garage and parked in back
of the building at the time of the
fire.
As stated in our Wednesday
evening issue the fire began from
back fire from a gas pump, which
was being used to pump oil into
the tanks which supply the heat
ling system. The garage doors be
ing open caused a heavy draft
and the explosion spread the fire
which rapidly eat thru all por
tions of the building.
The twelve occupants of the
rooms and apartments above the
garage were all out of their
rooms except Jack Hurley, who
.is employed at Lomen Commer
cial Company at nights. He was
already up and dressed and was
notified of the fire, and immed
iately left the building which
was then full of smoke in the
hall and stairway.
Others who were living in
rooms or apartments were: Dis
trict Attorney Chas. J. Clasby,
Mrs. J. S. Stangroom, Ed. Serber,
M arco Martinovich, Herb Turner,
Jimmy Barnette, Emery Martin,
W. R. (Doc) Hinckley, the man
ager; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelsey,
the latter was looking after the
hotel during the absence of Mr.
and Mrs. Harper who are in
(Seattle on a business and plea
sure trip.
All of the above persons lost
all their personal effects, and
others who left trunks and per
sonal goods in the hotel for stor
age until their return, were also
a total loss.
No one was injured during the
fire and no damage resulted to
neighboring property, altho the
Wien Alaska Airlines office build
ing was in danger of being con
sumed from the heat and flames,
but constant wetting with water
from a nozzle saved it.
A probable loss is estimated at
about $50,000. part of which is
covered by insurance.
Manager Hinckley wired Mr
Harper at Seattle, and received
an answer the following morn
ing, stating that he was returning
to Nome as soon as possible. No
thing further will be learned as
to rebuilding until further word
from Mr. Harper is received.
Manager Hinckley is endeavor
ing to haul a small office build
ing near the premises to estab
lish office work and carry on.
MEETING OF
NOME HEALTH COUNCH,
The Nome Health Council met
Wedneday evening, March 29 at
7:30 p.m. In the absence of the
secretary, the minutes of the last
meeting were read by A. Polet.
Mrs. Ida Sprenger, Nome Public
Health Nurse, gave a narrative
report of her work for the month
of February. She described the
work given in the First Aid Class
at the Territorial School and
showed photographs of students
demonstrating procedures in first
aid. Members of the Health Coun
cil discussed the desirability of
continuing the public health
nursing service for the next year
and the necessity for community
support.
Sen. Hof man
Of Alaska
Dies At Seward
SEWARD, March 30 (/P) —
Joseph S. Hof man, veteran Dem
ocratic legislator, aged 69, a Sen
ator and former Speaker of the
House, died at 7 o’clock Wednes
day night in his hotel, of a heart
attack. He had been ill since his
return from Juneau but had been
able to be about.
He lived in Seward since 1905
and served in marshalships at
Palmer and Dillingham. He built
the Seward Hotel, in the early
days, of logs, and it is still stand
ing. He worked on the railroad
during construction days as tie
inspector. He was born in Aus
tria of German and Jewish par
entage.
Alaska Salmon
Industry Picketed
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31
l'P)—Picketing of Alaska salmon,
industry ships and plants contin
ues by union vote at least until
Monday. A coordinating com
mittee and the unions involved
voted to continue the picketing
over the week end.
A tentative agreement with op
erators is reported by the marine
engineers and four ether unions
reported some progress while
five other unions reported no ap
proach of a settlement.
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STATIONERY
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and typical Alaskan stationery—
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heads and Envelopes”, have been
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget otifi
ce
Subscribe for The Nugget.
4 Dead, 5 Missing
Bridge Wash-out
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VICKSBURG, Miss., March 30
| (A*)—Seven bodies were recover
; ed and seven others still sought
I in the swollen Clear Creek bayou
where nine cars plunged after
| the bridge had been swept away.
VICKSBURG, Miss., i/P) — A
plunging line of motor cars into
Clear Creek Bayou, after a
bridge wash-out last night, kil'ed
four, injured eight and left five
missing.
Six or more machines dropped
fifty feet into the bayou which
was swelled by torrential rains
after flocdwaters undermined the
bridge approach just at darkness.
WAINWRIGHT REINDEER
CORRALLING
The Wainwright Reindeer
Association recently built a new
corral of .modern design. It strad
dies a small hill in such manner
that reindeer which are being
driven into it cannot see the
main enclosure until they are al
j ready trapped.
A vein of excellent lginite coal
I was located at the corral site, so
! the fuel problem is solved inde
finitely. There is no driftwood at
Wainwright.
The Wainwright Reindeer Asso
ciation corralled and handled
19,810 reindeer during Novem
ber. This is disclosed in a detail
ed report recently received by
the Field Headquarters of the
Reindeer Service, Nome, Alaska,
i from its Wainwright agent, O.
! E. Arnold.
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The job of corralling and hand
lng t.he herd took only ten days.
Almost the entire native popula
tion of Wainwright engaged in
this large cooperative task,
which was typical of reindeer
, handlings being carried on thru
i out western Alaska.
A total of 8,292 fawns and
mavericks ware newly marked to
ownership; but only 614 steers
\yere created, alt ho the Wain
vvright natives use about 1,200
j animals for food each year. A
! total of 2,605 bull fawns were
turned loose from the corral,
nearly all of those should have
been castrated, according to the
Reindeer Service.
! The Reindeer Service is doing
i everything possible to induce the
. natives ot castrate fawns. This
j would fill the herds with better
| meat stock, make the herds more
' tractable, and is otherwise de
jsirable. Many native groups do
j not realize that meat sleek, in
j eluding cattle, sheep, and pigs,
I is improved by castration of ani
mals when they are but a few
'week old; and that reindeer meat
! can be improved by the same
means.
However, notable progress has
been made in educating the nat
' ives to accept this important
principle of proper herd manage
ment. Reindeer owners in the
Kuskokwim and Unalaklett areas
have learned this lesson, and
one herd near Bethel was found
to contain 2,141 fine steers last
month.
Ready for Presidential once-over , this battleship bucks heavy Caribbean seas demonstrating sea
prowess that’ll be on display wh en F. D. R. views secret war games.
THAT TAVERN TYPHOON who trains on brer in
his bar-room, Tony Galento (above), promises to “flatten dat
bum, Louis, wit’ my left” when their bout is actually staged, come
summer time. Whether Louis will carve barrel-shaped Tony down
to his own lean size no one knows, but Galento expects to do some
reducing on his own. “I'll really train for Louis,” he says.
ON E- ROUND joe Louis
observes his usual silence about
Tony Galento. The records show
that Louis finished SchmelinK
in 2:04 of Round 1 and Lewis in
2:29. Round 1.
JOE LOUIS CATCHES DINNER FOR TRAINING TABLE
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Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who has begun training at a Negro dude ranch at Victorville,
Calif., for his 10-round bout with Jack Roper in Los Angeles April 17, had to t rovide the
piece de resstance for his training tab! > dinner, and it was not a difficult job. Joe is shown
about to catch one of the turkeys raised at the r^e^h.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDED HEBREW MEDAL
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This was (he scene in President Roosevelt’s office as he was presented by Gen. Hugh Johll&m
(right) with (he American Hebrew Medal for promoting better understanding between . Christ
ians and Jews. Left to right: J. H. Bidcn, editor and publisher of American Hebrew; Rep. E.
Celler D-NY); Prof. Daniel C'ascy, Georgetown University; Prof. Mever Jreolstein; .Ilian Dina
burg; Mrs. Maurice Goldman, National President of the council of Jewish Women in America.