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VOL. 41. No. 95. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1939 pr:ce per copy 154
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J. H. S. Morison Confirmed District Judge 2nd Div.
CORRIGAN AND HIS BRIDE
Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan was all dolled up iu a linen suit
for his wedding at San Antonio, Texas, to Miss Elizabeth Marvin.
He and his bride are shown as they left the church following the
ceremony. They left San Antonio by airplane on a honeymoon trip
to an undisclosed destination.
President Leaves
Capital To Work
On 200 Bills
HYDE PARK, Aug. 8 <JP) —
President Roosevelt arrived here
a; 8:24 ia.m. He motored to his
country home to spend several
days working on a stack of 200
bills passed during the closing
days of Congress.
Claiming the fulfillment of all
the objectives of his 37-count re
organization program, Roosevelt
began three weeks of work and
recreation.
A few hours before he left
■Washington the President unex
pectedly issued a statement say
ing: "The attacks recently made
on the Supreme Court itself by
(Ultra-conservative members of
the bar indicate how fully our
liberal idea? have already pre
vailed.” The President’s com
ment was occassioned by his sign
ing of a bill which created an
administratve officer to oversee
(the affairs of all federal courts.
The measure /is one of seven
parts of his original proposal.
Six parts had been enacted and
/the President said the seventh
“was accomplished through the
Supreme Court itself” since the
Senate killed his Supreme Court
bill of two years ago. The Presi
dent also named four judges.
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Danzig Nazi
Leader Forster
Speak Thursday
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UNDATED, Aug. 9 (/P> —Brit
ish air and naval maneuvers and
i German civilian manpower
survey helped keep the Europ
ean pot simmering while new
anti - American demonstrations
occurred in Japanfcse-controlled
sections of China.
Though a plane crash marred
Britain’s air raid defense drill,
die air ministry declared that
“the observer system was work
ing perfectly” and detected the
theoretical invaders who swept
over Southern England from the
direction of Germany.
,The King reviewed 133 reserve
warships anchored across Wey
moit Harbor, before the vessels
were manned by 14,000 reserv
ists who were called up for spec
ial training and departed to join
the extensive summer maneuv
ers before the home fleet re
turns.
Danzig Nazi leader Albert For
ster visited Hitler at Berchates
gaden, it was announced in the
Free City, where Forster is to
speak at a mass meeting at 11
a.m. PST tomorrow. Party offic
ials said the Danzig Nazi leader
emphasized the “unbearable war
threat by the Poles” but did not
divulge whether Forster was
bringing a personal message
from Hitler.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
! To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
I
Japan’s Rulers,
Army Officers
Lock Over Policy
UNDATED, Aug. 9 (JP) —Jap
an’s rulers are reported locked in
! a bitter struggle over whether to;
1 conclude an outright alliance,
| with Germany and Italy.
| An informed traveler from To
1 kyo told in Shanghai of the ex
' tremely tense situation in the
Japanese capital. Arrayed
■ against the Japanese cabinet, and
j high officials close to the Em- j
j peror, were a powerful group of
‘young army officers” demanding
a strong military tie with Rome'
and Berlin axis. Rumors are cur
rent that the lives of cabinet.
: officers were threatened over the,
j issue which might cause the cab
inet’s fall, because of its opposi
tion to any serious European
commitments.
War Minister General Itagake
arranged a report to the Emper
or tomorrow on the army atti
tude, while there are indications!
in Tokyo that the British-Jap- i
anese talks on the China situa-;
tion will probably not be resum- j
ed this week.
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Senate Confirms
Judge Morison
For 2nd Division
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Judge J. H. S. Morison. of the'
U. S. District Court for the Sec- j
ond Division was in receipt of a '■
telegram from Delegate Anthony!
J. Dimond, advising him that,
President Roosevelt had nominat
ed him to succeed for another
term of four years, his position
as District Judge of this Division.
The telegram also advised him
that the Senate had confirmed
his re-appointment just prior to
the adjourning of Congress, Sat
urday, Aug. 5th.
In the rush of. last minute con
gressional news, The Nugget did
not receive press mention until
today of Judge Morison’s confirm
ation.
Bearing the local recommenda
tions and Territorial endorse
ments by the Democratic party,
Judge Morison's reappointment
for additional term of four years
was received in Nome with much
satisfaction.
His record during his tenure of
office at Nome has been of the
highest. Having presided over
this court during many trials
during the past fivtf years, Judge
Morison’s rulings and decisions
of law, have been tempered with
justioe and learning. Not once
has an appeal been taken from
his court during the past five
years.
The presence of a man of
Judge Morison’s distinction and
ability on the Nome bench has
met with commendation by both
the bar association and the pub
lic.
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Official Census
Start In Alaska
In October
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TP) —
Uncle Sam will bcg:n an official
cou-t of nc?es in Alaska in Oe
tobe: and will send workers by
dogiled. beat, airplane, and snow
slice and others forn's of trans
port tion to cover the vast terri
tr.ry and the many islands in
Bering Sea.
Secretary Hopkins ordered
Dwight R. Hammock, veteran
of the Census Bureau from San
Francisco, to proc ed to Alaska
and select 20i) supervisors and
enumerators to carry on the
work. H&mmaek will spend up
p: .ximately s.x weeks in various
parts of the Territory, lining up
crews, supplies, and transporta
tion facilities. He expects to
leave for the Territory in about
three weeks.
CORDOVA, Aug. 3 (TP) —Ben
Raymond arrived half dead after
bat ling mountainous seas in a
-imall skill and afoot, following
the capsizing of h;s power boat
in Prince William Sound in Sun
day's storm. He reported that his
companions, H nry Hull, aged
55, and William Erickson. 25.
were trapped and drowned in
the cabin. He escaped and re
covered the dinghy.
Raymond was at first inco
herent and hospitalized.
^ ill Import No
Outside Workers
Unless Necessary
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -
Thu Bureau of Indian Affairs
will exhaust the Alaskan supply
of skilled labor befoi'e importing
workers from the S'ates to carry
out the current school and hos
pitalization program.
Officials advised Delegate Di
mond that the recent authoriz
ation by the Comptroller General
permitting the Bureau to import
necessary skilled labor at the gov
err:mem's expense, also provided
it could pay the cost of trans
port.ng skilled workers from one
. section of the Territory to an
' ether.
"I have been assured that the
Bureau in! nds to utilize all avail
able Alaskan labor first before
ivsor.irg to importing workers
from ‘he States and only if it is
! trend the. the Teri u.supply
’.adequate," Dimond said.
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PMs Cet Authority
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I WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (/P) —
Authoiily 1*01 postmasters in Al
aska to administer legal oaths
and affirm at ms and perform oth
r ‘.''a les of a notary public was
given a bill signed by Presi
‘ dent Roosevelt.
i The purpose of the legislation,
, he Pcs ton ice department said,
; was to provide accomodation to
i the residents of sparsely set-led
• sections of the Territory. The
| act permits post.mas.ers to charge
1 the usual fees for notarial ser
I vices.
HELD IN SHOOTING
. _ * _
June Stager, 22-year-old orches
tra singer is shown as she was
held by Los Angeles police and
booked on suspicion of assault
lritli intent to commit murder,"
wh le her husband. Wiliam, 23,
lav noar deatk in a hospital. She
claimed the shooting was accid
ental while her husband, police
said, told them: “She shot me oa
purpose.’’
DEMPSEY UP AGAIN AFTER THE NINE COUNT
That sock peritonitis landed in J ack Dempsey’s midriff all hut had him down and out, but here he
is—almost as well as ever—as lie celebrated his recovery with his daughters, Joan (left), and
i Barbara in the Dempsey Central Park (New York) apartment.