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Activities, Alaska
Products Dinner
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sorry that we have nothing from
the Matanuska Valley but time
did not permit. We could not
produce the complete dinner yet
but did manage most of the
meal and as we go on year by
year we will be able to supply
more and more and eventually
we will become self-supporting.”;
Thomas Givan was called upon
for a few remarks regarding the I
Arctic Club: “The Arctic Club
was formed this spring through
the efforts of the N W A Cham- J
ber of Commerce and the young
people of the town for the pur->
pose of completing the recreation'
al program. It is primarily. inter
ested in sports and includes bas-1
ketball, baseball, badminton, ten i
nis and skiing. The idea of the j
Club was to unite and form one
organization for sports and other'
activities of the Community un-1
der one head. Through the Cham j
ber of Commerce committee Dr. ■
Morcom, Ralph Lomen and Har
ry Gabrielson meeting with the(
officers of the other organiza-l
tions, the Arctic Club was form
ed. Arcticle II of the Constitu
tion of the club shows its pur
pos:
1. To sponsor and promote all
type and kinds of sports and |
sports activities; and to provide!
equipment and means toward
the end that all sports and sports
activities shall be made avail
able to ad the members.
2. To cultivate social inter
course and good fellowship
among its members and to pro
mote the welfare and enhance
the happiness of its members and
to provide social facilities for
the use of the members.
3. To cooperate with and aid
all civic organizations in promot
ing the welfare of the people of
the City of Nome, Territory of
Alaska.
And it is towards that end we
have aimed and are bending our
efforts. Basketball is in season
and baseball will start as soon as
that is over. Badminton has in
creased this year so that two
nights a week are now reserved
for that sport. Skiing is becom
ing a regular Alaska sport and
the Club is putting up a cabin
at the foot of the hill at Dry
Creek. A new tennis court will
be put up this spring across
from the Federal Building be
tween the M and M Bank and
the Polar Bar and Grill. At the
present time the tentative Christ
mas Fund plans have been more
or less pointed towards the Arc-!
tic Club for putting over. It
wou'd at least give a permanent
place to keep the records from
year to year which would help
each Committee and it is hoped
that the town will give its whole
hearted support to the Club.” j
Dr. Morcom brought out the j
[fact that the Arctic Club is also
! handling the Kennel Club which!
! handles the races in the spring. >
The Kennel Club generously j
hirned over all their funds fori
the benefit of the Arctic Club.
Mr. Lenny Sullivan, President
of the Ck mb.r of Commerce at
Nome whs ca’led upon to review
the work " the Chamber for the
past year and a busy one it has
been. “Just about a year ago a
similar dinner was held and at
that time a program was outlin
ed in the form of resolutions and
suggestions to be presented for
Legislation This program includ
ed Roads for both the Territor
ial and Federal funds, aviation
fields for appropriations from
both funds, the additional equip
ment and assistant for the Nome
Assay Office, the petitioning for
more funds for the Geo’ogical
Survey, the reconsideration of
the gold tax, the Divisional High
School, the extension of the
Nome Schiol, the Nome revet
ment and the making possible for
the building of the U S Coast
Guard headquarters and station,
hte assistance to annual fairs and
territorial communication. At
that time the liquor question was
considered as well as the native
problem in some of its complex
subjects.
Due to an article written in a
world-read magazine, the large
consignment of mails which ar
rived at Nome were handled
very satisfactorily. The approxi
mate number of letters handled
was about 5,000. About ten thou1
sand circulars printed and mim
eographed were put out and we
believe that we successfuly avert
el any undue influx of labor or
undesirables to Nome and the
Second Division.
The Chamber handled the tour
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, WAR DIDN’T HALT LAUNCHIN C—Named for Marienburg, a town in East Prussia,
this motorship intended for passenger and freight service to Baltic ports was launched by Nazis.
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JJALY PLANS SOUTH ATLANTIC SERVICE-V.ar apparently has not Inter
fer^d Hitii Italy s plan to inaugurate transatlantic mail service flights over the southern rout * to i
sometime in November, using tri-motored planes such as this one. It Is of the type flown by JUru^o
_Mussolini and his companions of the “Green Mice” squad on a tr«n to *?«o Janeiro.
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C A P T 0 r? OF A NAZI FREIGHTE R—Here is France's 4,300-ton submarine, the world's
largest st-bmerr’ble, reportedly believed to have captured a German merchant ship in the Atlantic.
l*ie tar-ranging “s •,ouf’ has a cruising radius of 12,000 miles, has reached speeds of ID kno»s, and
carries tier own seaplane. Her armament includes 22 torpedoes and eight guns.
1st excursion, dedications and"*
inaugurations First-flight envel
opes for jur coast wise mail run
were printed and used. The mail
drop box in front of the Post Of
fice was asked for and granted
i'or the convenience of the pub
lic. The consolidation of the
clubs of Nome under one head
was successful. Thanks to the
prompt action of our Chamber
through the Delegate, a possible
strike situation at the time of
the sailing of the October boat
was stopped. We have entertain
ed at various times all the visit
ors that came to Nome, the new
school personnel, all the ladies
organizations and recently receiv
ed acknowledgement of the re
ception to the Japanese flyers.
We believe that we have served
our city well and really reserve
good support of the Second Div
ision.”
Dr. Morcom, Chairman of the
Entertainment Committee in a
few remarks mentioned the good
attendance given to the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon and the
good work that they are doing.
In regard to the mail situation
he stated that for the past few
weeks we have not received any
second class mail of any kind
and when a friend began to com
plain, it was time to do some
thing which gave us an idea. The
secretary was instructed to wire
the proper authorities and see
what was wrong The Secretary
sent a wire to Seward and the
following reply was received:
'Your tel delay reading matter
cause detected now arranging
for emergency trip.
Signed March’
And so we have our reading
matter coming in this week
The Kougarok Realroad is one
of the things that we are vitally
interested in. With the exception
of a little and very little main
enance there has been no direct
ffort to make any lasting im
provements to this road. We ap
preciate the difficulty of the road
beds and the rivers and crocks
to cross but when considering
the tonnage that passes over the
road, it is quite imporant to the
mining industry that it be in
§cod condiion And it is to that
end which we arc working. The
Bunker Hill crossing needs a
bridge in order to relieve the con
gestion there. The Alaska Road
Commission has been working
from both ends on the Taylor
Creek road and it is hoped that
for this coming season it will be
in good use It may be optimism,
but from the work that has been
done last year, it has already re
duced the cost of transportation
materially.
Considerable work and thot
has been done by the Chamber
on the new road to Solomon
which goes back of '-he Cape to
Shovel Creek which will mater
ially help and open up a large
mining area inthe Council sec
tion. Also the road 'o Teller i
gradua Iv being worked out.
Aviation fields are of vital irr.
porta nee to this section and we
need a ti Id with a cross run
way. Our present field does not
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mave such a cross runway and at
times it makes very difficult land
ing and taking off. A site is be
ing considered ever the tailings
and the U S S R & M Co. have
made some changes in their wir
ing in anticipation that an air
field in that particular section
can be built, it is needless to men
lion that the airplane will do the
prospecting an dthe road will do
the mining, so our interest is in
both of these departments.
Mr. O D Cochran, with a few
very fitting remarks brought
greetings from the Territorial
Chamber of Commerce and hop
ed that we would continue to be
active and influential body of the
Territory and hoped that we
wou’d continue to advise our Leg
L.ators of the immediate needs
and wants of the Second Divi
sion for it benefits them as well
as us..
During the course of the even
ing a lovely program was car
ried through including several
numbers by the High School
Band, the singing of Alaska, My
Alaska by the audience accom
panied by the band, a Cornet trio
including Bernie Knudsen, Miss
He'en Forshaug, and Paul Wil
son accompanied at the piano by
Miss Edith Hablutzel and a vio
lin solo by Richard Lee accom
panied by Mrs. Allen Lee.
Dr. Morcom, in behalf of the
Chamber of Commerce thanked
all who thad helped to make this
A 1-Alaska Products Dinner and
the entertainment such a success
including Tom Cloninger for let
ting Mrs. Larry Miller and Mar
cia Wahl play during the dinner
the ladies who put up the lovely
dinner and to one who not on
the program but who is the act
ual back-bone and driving force
behind the Chamber, Secretary
A. Polet.
EERNIE NEILY NEW STAR
AT THE RENDEZVOUS
( From Fairbanks News-Miner )
Bernard W. Neily — Bernie
when you know’ him better—ver
.-able entertainer, is the latest ac
quisition at the Rendezvous.
Son of the Golden North bless
cd with a talent to contribute to
the gaiety of life, Bernie came to
the Rendezvous from Nome,
where he has been scattering sun
shine and cheer.
With a rich baritone voice and
mastery of the piano, Bernie nev
er fans to give his audience a
thrill, declare all acquainted
with his talent. Born in Nome,
he son of p.oneer parents, he
"•'as reared there, attended the
Tniversity of Alaska two years—
1932-33—conducted the Northern
bights orchestra w'hile at the U
and participated in many music
al events. Later he attended St.
Martin’s Coliege near Tacoma,
where he played an important
part in musical entertainment.
Returning to Nome he has car
ried on there in numerous en
gagements. His father is B W
Neily, Deputy U S Marshal at
Kotzebue.
Popular song hits and Scotch
ballads, with piano accompani
ments and specialties make Ber
nie a real acquisition to the Ren
dezvous, declare his many
friends. It is expected he will
orove a real card at the well
known suburban resort.
Executive—“I’ll bet you don’t
knew what good honest work is.”
IPred Man — “No, sir. what
good is it.”
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••Vincent" Marino doesn't mind being a football hero to Manje
Toret'.o <!c»e) and Anna Calore after he and the Hell's Kite rn
"Fran-cnsteins" had battled with the "Panthers" in New York.
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'MOTHER’S WORK IS NEVER DONE ’—When policemen who had been aiding
school children across the street were assigned to other duties in St. Louis, a number of m< diet , in
cluding Mrs. Everett W. Hayes (above), volunteered their services as school traffic cops. Here, Mrs,
Hayes holds back an automobile while shepherding a group of youngsters across the street.