THE NOME NUGGET
published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
Telephone Main 114 P. O. Box 518
Subscription Rates Payable In Advance.
Delivered by carrier in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset
Creek, for $2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out
side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 per month.
filtered in the Post Office in, Nome as 2nd Class Matter
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
“OFF AGIN: ON AGIN.
OFF AG IN. FINNIGAN”
The announcement last Wed
nesday that the sailing of the last
boat from Seattle for Nome had
been advanced from October 10
to September 30. brought frantic
haste and confusion among north
ern shippers both at Nome and
throughout the Seward Penin
sula.
Reason for the drastic change
in sailing date was announced by
the Alaska Steamship Co., as due
to the inability to receive as
surance from the maritime work
ers that the present working ag
reement expiring Sept. 30. would
be renewed.
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce dispatch
ed wires to Delegate Dimond,
their National Counsellor Carl j
Lomen, and others, presenting
the case of Nome and Seward
Peninsula, and demanding con
sideration for a section of the
country which is shut off from
ocean navigation eight months
out of the year.
Yesterday. official announce
ment that the present agree
ment would be continued indef
initely, came as good news Short
ly thereafter the Alaska Line an
nouncement reset the sailing
date for October 10th
for October 10th.
Nome and Seward Peninsula
have had an unusually bountiful
year in production and commer
cial business. Development of
mining properties and new con
struction have lifted this camp
by its bootstraps. During the fin
al thirty days of operations is
when much of the cost and profit
are realized. To have it wiped
out from under them, would be
a severe blow to everyone.
While Nome and Alaska as a
whole are not directly concern
ed in maritime questions of work
and hours, they are directly af
fected by what transpires and
what agreements and disagree
ments arise. This is a country
where unusual expense is the
rule in transportation, and to suf!
fer additional sacrifices would be
killing the goose that layed the!
golden egg.
However, let us learn and pro-,
fit from past experience and be
come more interested in what
takes place. We should be ready
for whatever emergency arises l
in the future, and make it our
business to see that this section
of Alaska remains in the fore
ground at all times.
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Responsibility of Women Work
ers for Family Support Studied
By U. S. Women’s Bureau
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Women get scant credit for the j
heavy load of family support,
they carry Too seldom is it real!
ized that the weekly pay envel
opes of many thousands of wo
men single and married, white
and Negro, native and foreign-j
born—are used to the last penny ]
for family needs.
Conclusive proof of women’s1
important share in responsibility!
for family maintenance is con
tained in a publication of the
Women’s Bureau of the U.S. De
parturient of Labor, just released.
The dependence of large fam
ilies on help from their women
members is indicated by the,
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FULLERS HOT WATER
WALL FINISH
Will make a perfect smooth velvet-like finish
that will neither rub off, crack, nor peel.
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SERVICE LAUNDRY
Located in Basement of
NOME BARBER SHOP
DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING
THE MODERN WAY
Our New Steam Press Puts in a Press that Stays
Clothes Pressed While You Wait
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study, which shows that the pro
portion of families that had a
woman worker increased direct
ly with the size of the family.
Of all families reported, 1 in
every 3 or 4 had an employed
woman members; but 2 in 5 of
families of 5 persons, and approx
imately 3 in 5 of the families of
9 or more persons, included a
working woman.
While the burden of support
for dependents falls heaviest on
the widowed and divorced wo
men, in many cases married wo
men especially the Negro women
were the sole support of families
of considerable size, and these
families very often included
small children. In a number of
cases single women supported de
pendent parents and at times,
small children.
EXPLOSION IN FACTORY
LONDON. Sept 28 (A>) — The
Supply Ministry announced that
15 persons were killed in an ex
plosion in a factory somewhere
in north Britain.
KFAR—610 KILOCYCLES
7 PM OCTOBER FIRST
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 29 — On
the dial at 610 kilocycles, KFAR,
America’s “northest” commercial
broadcasting station, will slice its
first groove into the airways at
7 pm October 1.
Honor guest at the dedicatory
program will be Capt. A E Lath
rop Alaska pioneer and presi
dent of the Midnight Sun Broad
easting Company.
Regular daily broadcast sched
ule will swing into operation
the following day at 8 am. Pro
gram will be released thereaf
ter from 8 am to 1 pm and 5
until midnight. Sunday’s releases
will be broadcast from 2 until 10
pm.
CINCINNATTi REDS WIN
NATN'L LEAGUE TITLE
CINCINATTI. Sept. 28 (TP) —
The Reds won the final game
from the Cardinals. 5 to 3, to
clinch their first National League
Championship in 20 years.
REriuMiiER M A X I E —A year after his match with Joe
Louis, which mercifully ended for him in the first round, Max
Schmeling trains at Stuttgart, Germany, for a bout with Adolf
Ileuser. Above, Max waits for a sparring partner while his man
ager, Rothenburg, stands nearby. In June, 1938, Louis beat
Schmeling, to even up score for that 1936 Louis defeat in Round 12.
SCHOOL DAY S—The Thames river at New London, Conn.,
is a textbook for the coast guard academy seamanship class.
Carets get S780 a year, must have at least a high school education.
DREAM YHIATR
IOO% TALKING PICTURES
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Two Show’* Friday, 7:15 & 9:00 p.m. Adm. 55* & 25*
SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “THE STOWAWAY”
with ROBERT YOUNG
A Doll will be given to some girl and a gun to some boy
At the First Show Only — and “BOSKO IN BAGDAD”
TWO SHOWS 7:15 & 9 P.M. Adm. 5S> & 25*
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 55* & 25*
“THE BIG BROADCAST”
with JACK BENNY—GEORGE BURNS—GRACIE ALLEN
A Riot of Songs, Dances, Fun and Laughter
and “GOING PLACES”
TWO SHOWS: SUNDAY 7:15 & 9. Adm. 55* & 25*
“AS GOOD AS MARRIED”
with JOHN BOLES — DORIS NOLAN
She was a treasure—But he was sorry he dug her up
also “ROMANCE OF RADIUM” & POPEYE IN “FOWL PLAY”
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NOME MACHINE SHOP
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THE BOARD OF TRADE
WHERE THE
HEAL SOURDOUGHS MEET
BEST WINE IN NOME SERVED OVER BAB
also Beer, Soft Drinks, etc.
Cigars, Cigarettes and Candy
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