ALASKA EARS HEAR
PERSONAL GREETINGS
FROM GOLDEN GATE
From Treasure Island—2700
miles distant by airwave—the
voices of "Miss Alaska” and
“Miss Fairbanks” greeted all the
northland Thursday night.
Highpoint of a day on the man
made pleasure island which brot
sourdoughs from all states of the
union flocking to the Golden
Gate International Exposition, a
short-wave broadcast carried the
mesages of Miss Irene Reenstrom
Miss Jane Gordon and scores of
others to chums and cronies from
Ketchikan to Point Barrow.
The vene marked conclusion of
the Alaska Day Program on the
island and the most thrilling mo
ment of all for the 1,000 delegates
to the eleventh annual Interna
tional Sourdoughs’ Reunion.
Buck Harris, former Ketchikan
newspaperman now manager of
the General Electric station on
Treasure Island, was master of
ceremonies on the broadcast, and
introduced Misses Reenstrom and
Gordon, the guests of honor.
In clear steady tones, her voice
unshaken by the emotion result
ant of addressing parents and
friends more than 2000 miles
away, Miss Reenstrom, “Miss A1
aska” for 1939, said “hello” to
her mother and father in Seward.
“Miss Alaska” then performed
Chamber of Commerce chores
by her description of the Alaska
strawberries as “monstrous” and
of dimensions of inflated foot
balls.
“No words can express how
much I am enjoying the exposi
tion.” she said. “As for the ilium
inaiions—I am speechless. I shall
stay as long as I can.”
Harris announced a weekly “A1
aiska Mailbag” program will soon
be inaugurated by the station
KGEI, w'hich will give Outsiders
opportunity publicly to address
old acquaintances in the Terri
tory.
As a sample, the announcer
brought to the microphone nu
merous oldtimers who were pres
ent in the control room to utter
messages to friends in the north.
Among them were;
Mrs. Birsig of Nome, who said
hello to her sister, Carrie Mc
Lain and the McLain children.
Mrs. Barney Rolando who sent
best wishes to her two sons and
daughter-inlaw in Nome.
Mrs. Ralf Reat who addressed
Ruth and Ralf Reat in
Nome and said she was on her
way to Nome, expecting to arrive
there by September 12.
John Paul “Pop” Jones, who
left Nome “20 years ago today”
land is now living at Belmont,
■ California.
William H. Brown of Los An
gelos, formerly of Nome, who an
nounced 100 Alaskans from Los
Angeles were at Treasure Island
for the sourdoughs’ convention.
A single squawk on the short
i wave broadcasts from Treasure
Island was registered in a letter
from H. D. Hawman of Fair
banks, who complained of ‘too
much swing music” on the pro
J grams.
Death Rate In
Alaska Is 357
Per 100,000
, According to figures recently
released by Dr. W. W. Council,
Territorial Health Commissioner,
215 people in the Territory of
of Alaska died last year from
tuberculosis and this disease ac
counted for about 25% of the
deaths from all causes in the
Territory during this period. ,
In regard to this condition, Dr.
Council said. “ It is impossible to
over-emphasize the importance
of tuberculosis control in Alaska.
This disease is the leading cause
of deaths in the Territory, the
death rate being 357 per 100,000
compared with 49 per 100,000 in
I the United States. 367 new cases
of this disease were reported dur j
ing 1938 and of course there are
many more cases in which the
disease is either unsuspected or
the victims live in isolated com
munities which are without reg
ular medical services.
“Among the chief needs of the
Territory at the present time are
Sanatoria for the care of the new
cases of tuberculosis which are
constantly being discovered by
privated physicians and the tu
berculin testing and the early
case finding clinics conducted by
the Territorial Department of!
Health. Except for the limited ;
number of beds available in the
Government Hospitals there are
no facilities for the treatment of
this disease in the Territory. At
the present time the Department
of Public Welafre is taking care
of 25 cases in Sanatoria in the
States but there are many more
cases which they are unable to
handle and for which facilities
for treatment should be avail
able.”
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
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(THIRD SAILING EL CAPITAN
j FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER
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akleet. In spite of coercion, threats of reprisal
and ridiculously “Drastic’ cuts in rates there are
still enough loyal shippers who appreciate the
saving the El Capitan has afforded Seward Pen
insula to make it possible for her to round out the
j season. Please let us have your reservations for
space on this last sailing as soon as posible.
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WELCOME D—Bri tain’s
most cordial welcome was given
Gen. Maurice Gamelin (above),
supreme commander of France's
air, land and sea forces, who
visited London recently.
Notice of Hearing and Settlement
of Final Account and Petition
For Distribution
No. 561
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory I
of Alaska, Second Division.
In the matter of the estate of
JULIUS KNUTSON, Deceased. |
Notice is hereby given to
whom it may concern; that the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Julius Knutson, deceas
ed, has filed in the said Court
his finail account and report and
petition for the distribution of
said estate and that Monday, the
2nd day of October, 1939, at the
hour of 11 o’clock a.m. of said
date in the courtroom of said
Court at Nome. Alaska, has been
fixed by the order of said Court
as the time and place for the
hearing of the same and objec
tions thereto and the settlement
thereof, and that at said time and
place the Court will adjudicate
and determine who are the heirs
and distributees of said deceas
ed.
Dated this, the 31st day of
July, 1939.
John A. Fallman
Administrator of the estate
of Juius Knutson, deceased
Pubish July 31, Aug. 7, 14.
21, 1939.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
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NOME LODGE NO. A-5
Meets second and fourth
Friday of each month 8 p.m.
Odd Fellows Building
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Meets third Monday
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m
Lyous & Orton
Attorneys At I-r.w
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
rbos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortor
Dr. W. A. Rystroin
DENTIST
First Avenue West
Phone Main 22
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
Pioneer Water Co.
Water Delivery During Summer
Months — Tuesdays and Fridays.
Hauling Gravel, Oil, Etc.
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.
NELSON and BULLOCK
Phone Black 44
$10,000,000 for Alaska Business
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IN JUST ONE AVERAGE YEAR the Canned Salmon Industry brings
over $10,000,000 to Alaska. This is money paid directly for local labor,
lumber, wire, cannery supplies, taxes. It is money which benefits not
only Alaskan fishery workers and workers in other industries, but also
Alaska’s professional people and merchants, whom it reaches in the form
of trade for services ami goods. Thanks to the Salmon Industry, Alaska
prospers.
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OTHER FISH IN THE SEA —Fish names seem appropriate for these underwater craft, sub
marines of Uncle Sam’s navy, shown alongside their mother ship, the U.S.S. Holland, at San Diego.
From right to left are the Sturgeon, the Permit and the Pickerel. The submarines have since gone to
Hawaiian waters to engage in maneuvers with other surface and undersea craft.
HOLLYWOOD STAR-LITES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —
Candid glimpses round town.
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson
Eddy, our favorite singing screen
pair, will continue together in
pictures. After a long holdout
against her studio Miss MacDon
ald has signed a new contract
that will permit her to travel
25.000 miles each year on a con
cert tour. Her next with Eddy
will be the operetta “Lover
Come Back To Me.”
Get ready for a shock; “Gone
With the Wind” is actually finish
ed—in other words the picture is
ready to be released. Although
it has been shown only in ueep
est secrecy—we have this much
to say from those who have seen
it—“It lives up to expectations
and was worth the long time we
had to wait for it to be filmed.”
It will be roadshowed in Decem
ber with a world premiere in the
southern city of Atlanta. Georgia.
That’s Hollywood: For $1,000
the. studio prop department at
20th Century-Fox has reproduc
ed the Crown Jewels of England,
valued at $15,000,000 with such
accuracy that at a distance of five
feet one couldn’t be distinguished
from the other. All for the film
"The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes.”
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Traditions are being broken
right and left. First, we are al
i lowed past the “no visitors sign”
on the Garbo set and now comes
word that the Swedish star will
! sing a Parisian comedy song
i "Marie" and the Russian favorite
“The Volga Boatman” in her first
: romantic comedy “Ninotchka”
' with Melvyn Douglas.
“Beau Geste,” the re-make of
; the silent fi'm hit, features Gary
i Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert
Preston Rrian Donlevv. and that
glamour girl Susan Hayward. It’s
the s'orv of three brothers, bond
e^ together by a great love for
each other, who join the Foreign
Legion. You’ll really go for this
film.
Alaska Cutter Aground
Boston Harbor, in Fof
BOSTON. Aug. 19—The Coast
Guard cutter Northland, in
bound from Oakland on its first
trip to Boston, ran aground in
the harbor during the season’s
thickest fog. 4
The cutter was enroute to join
Admiral Byrd’s expedition to the
Antarctic in October. The vessel
will probably be freed on the
next high tide.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
for you.