PIONEERS
OF
ALASKA
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
ROOF
GARDEN
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Saturday, December 2J>, 1940
Doors Open 8 p.m. — Program Begins 9 p.m.
Medley of Stajje Acts
Refreshments - - ■ Dancing
Fun For The Whole Family
j
Admission, Adults $1.00
Children (school age) 25c
810.00 DOOR PRIZE
TO WINNING NUMBER
$3.00 Worth of Food and Fun
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STEFANSSON GETS LOST
ANCHORAGE — Vilhjalmlur
Stefansson famed explorer, has
no trouble finding his way across
an uncharted Arctic wasteland,
but an Alaska railroad station
without a compass was too much
for him.
He wanted to go north to Fair
'banks. After a two-day wait for
the twie;-a-week train, he enter
ed the depot and boarded one of
the two trains there.
To his alarm, he soon discover
ed he was traveling south. He dis
embarked and called for aid at a
section house 12 mil s south of
here. A special speeder—a rail
riding automobile — picked him
up and overtook the Fairbanks
bound train at Curry, 100 miles
north of Anchorage.
LENGTHENING FLIGHT FROM WAR-Former
Queen Geraldine of Albania is shown in London with her young
son. Prince Alexander, after flights from war zones that began in
April, 1939, when Italy took over Albania, continued with her
escape from Paris during Germans' invasion of France. Queen s
l mother was an American; her husband is former King Zog.
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
Washington celebrated Thanks
giving Day in a more or less
conventional manner, aside from
the interest which was injected
by reason of fact that the city is
the home and c nter of the Fed
eral Government. The turkey
had a hard time of it there as
elsewhere, the churches were
well filled, and a warm and be
nign air tempted many into the
country. For the first time in a
number of years, the President
was at the old Hyde Park home,
above the Hudson. Personal bless
ings aside, he voiced the national
grounds for Thanksgiving as
well as anyone could have done,
when he said in the proclam
ation: “In a year which has seen
calamity and sorrow fall upon
many peoples elsewhere in the
world, may we give thanks for
our preservation.’’
Due perhaps to the season of
the year, although Thanksgiving
is an American institution, the
English parliament opens a new
session in a spirit of high optim
ism. The King in the customary
address from the throne spoke
encouragingly of friendly rela
tions with the United States al
though he can hardly claim that,
inmany other quarters, he and
his land are held in such high
estimation. George looks for
ward to an enlarged delivery of
supplies from this side of the wa
ter; and perhaps a substantial
loan, in the fullness of time, is
not an entire stranger to his
mind. Americans tinged with
Scottish thrift still wonder what
Is to be done about those old war
debts, but maybe they will be at
t.nded to if Britain can outlast
Germany in the present conflict.
Certainly the money is positive
ly gone for good if she does not.
Among those on the fence and
seemingly cool toward England,
Bulgaria may be mentioned. In
d ed. fact that country is said to
look upon England as her prime
and foremost enemy. The enmity
of Bulgaria may have arrived by
a roundabout trail. Bulgaria and
Greece have unsettled claims ag
ainst each other relating to terri
tory Greo. is licking Italy. Italy
is the bedfellow of Germany, and
the feeling of Germany for Eng
land is a matter of oft repeated
full page newspaper print. Ru
mania, another fence sitter, is
all ged in diplomatic circles to
be about reayd to side with the
axis powers. Small European
countries are hardly to be blam
ed for anything they may do. Be
ing kind to Germany may ward
off conquest for a time. Few will
be inclined to think that pro-Ger
man thinking and action will pro
s rve for long, the autonomy and
liberty of countries not large
enough to offer substantial op
position.
Judged gy American standards
of efficiency, Hitler is entitled to
more respect or less contempt
than Mussolini. The Fuehrer told
in advance what he was going to
do, and has substantially made
good so far. The Duce has been
talking for approximately fifteen
years about restorating the an
cient Roman empire, and so on
without acomplishing more than
taking over Ethiopia in a war
that was practically a contest be
tween air bombs and pitchforks.
There is some comfort in the
thought that both pests at length
may go down under an error of i
the kind that has worked the
ruin of many of their predeces
sors: namely taking over too
much disaffected territory. Not
withstanding all the unkind lan
guage that has been used of late
regarding France, it is said that
French hate for Germany still
smoulders, ready to burst into
flame when the time is ripe. A
single hard setback for Germany
might be all that is needed: but
the setback crop appears to be
something of a failure up to the
date of the present writing.
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Nothing runs smooth all the
time. Just as the possibility of
peace in labor ranks seemed
In The Alaska Line’s Seattle shipyards
many steamers are now “standing by
ready to steam into service when the
tempo of Alaska traffic speed- up this
spring. Having pioneered the policy of
meeting Alaska - sharp sea on.al trends
with adequate \ear round service, t! e
Alaska Steamship Lompanv mu-1 hold
idle a number ol .-hips dm mg the slack
season, in order to have them immedi
ately available w hen A !a>ka ne ■ !> them.
i stronger, due to the pre-election
j stand of Mr. Lewis coupled with
' subsequent events, an American
j Federation of Labor leader who
j was taken back into the fold af
! t r a sojourn in the field of sec
| ession, rises up in a New Orleans
j convention anl expresses in sub
stance a regret that he ever came
i back. It is to be feared that
j peace between the Federation
and the CIO still has a long and
I rugged road to travel.
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; STEFANSSON ADVOCATES
! ALASKA COLONIZATION
JOINT FEDERAL BOARD
—
NEW YORK. Dec. 6—Vilhjal
j mur Stefansson, explorer and sci
jentist, advocated that the Unit d
j States extend the good neighbor
[policy to Russia, which he term
led “our nearest neighbor,” with
the exception of Canada and
Mexico.
St fansson returned recently
from a month's survey of var
ious points in Alaska and said in
an interview that general coop
eration between the United Stat
es and Russia will benefit the
nation's national defense pro
gram.
The explorer said Alaskans
don’t consider Russia a potential
threat, but “worry a good deal
about Japan.”
He suggested as a defense mea
sure that the government em
bark on an expansion measure
and colonization plan for Alaska
to be carried out under a joint
committee of Congress, Army
and Navy and Interior depart
ment heads.
NEW YEAR BOWL GRID
GAMES BEING LINED IP
SEATTLE, Dec. 6 — In the us
ual burst of post-season madness
the principals of three football
games to be played on New
Year’s Day were selected over
the week end. One team was
named for two contests.
The lineup now stands:
Rose Bowl — Stanford vs. Ne
braska, once-beaten Big Six
Champion.
Sugar Bowl — Tennessee vs.
Boston College.
Sun Bowl — Arizona State vs.
Western Reserve.
Orange Bowl — Mississippi
State vs. team still to be chosen.
Cotton Bowl — Fordham vs. a
team to be selected later.
PRANKSTERS BURNED
INITIALS ON WRONG LAWN
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 -
Piankst rs apparently had made
a mistake when they burned in
itials, U. S. A. into the lawn
next door to the house of the
German Consul, Fritz Wiede
' man. The pranksters apparently
meant the initials for the lawn
of Wiedemann, much publici/. d
German consul in the United
States and close friend of Adolf
Hitler. The U. S. A. initials were
burned in the lawn by pouring
kerosene on the grass and then
igniting the liquid.
MONTGOMERY WARD
STORES FACE STRIKE
LOS ANGELES. Dee, 6 —A. F.
of L. leaders went into cnnf r
ence for a discussion of possible
action against Montgomery Ward
stores in 11 Western states.
Labor officials charged that the
company refused to recognize A
F of L unions. The officials threat
en d immediate economic action
unless the company recognized
the closed shop.
Then pending action would af
fect all Montgomery stores in the
11 Western states. Several Cal
ifornia stores are air ady closed
and one company store in Idaho.
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
The Nome Daily Nugget carrier
several forms of printing bia
for your conven, nee — Di edd
Logs, thawing and drill reports
Vlining Deeds T'lacer and Lod.
vocation Mold Vouchers
N OTIC E
Pursuant to an order of court
entered on this 22nd of Novem
ber, A. D. 1940, notice is hereby
given that a general term of the
District Court, Second Judicial
Division, Territory of Alaska,
will be held in the Court House
at Nome, in said division and
territory, aommeincing at the
hour of nine fifteen o’clock (9:15)
a.m. on Thursday. January 2,
1941, and to continue according
to further orders of the court.
Given under my hand and
with the Court’s seal affixed this
22nd day of November, 1940.
Aim, r Rydeen,
Clerk of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska,
Second Division.
Publish December 9 16 23 30.
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FRENCH MAN-Vice Ad
miral Emile Muselier (above),
credited with saving a large part
of the French navy for Britain,
Is shown in London. Muselier
and Gen. Charles de Gaulle are
organizing Frenchmen into con
tinuing war against Nazis.
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Delivery of Fresh, Sparkling
Spring Water
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE
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Phone Back 44 or Main 15
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Sale
it The Nome Nugget.