THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
Telephone Main 114 P. O. Box 518
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Wages Paid To Men in 1937
Twice Those Paid to Women
Women working, during 1937,
on industrial and commercial
jobs covered by the old-age insur
ance provisions of the Social Se
curity Act received an annual
average wage of S525, as com
pared to an average of $1,027 for
men, according to Mr. Wade. Dir
ector of the Social Security
Hoard’s Territorial office at Jun
eau. Mr. Wade explained that
this information comes from a
survey of oid-sge insurance
wage accounts made by the Bu
reau of Old-Age Insurance.
The number of women with
eaflnings credited to their ac
counts was 8,251,036 or 27.4 per
cent of the total included in the
study. The number of men for
whom wages were reported was
21,906.658. The total wages paid
v. to women, as reported by their
I amounted to $4,335,
lile earnings reported
taled $22,489,920,809.
wages paid to 3,921
Alaska amounted to
the wages paid to
amounted to $25,927,
average wage of $337
i in Alaska compared
the average wage for
difference of $580 in
e yearly wage of men
l in Alaska is explain
e fact that women as
primarily engaged in
industry of a seasonal nature.
July Issue Alaska Sportsman
Now Out Very Interesting
Picture?, of canneries and can
nery men and a story “Cannery
Men Noirth” feature the July
number ■ of The Alaska Sports
man, jufct issued. On the cover is
a .photograph of a "Cannery Men
Nortl.v’ by Bob Schiller explains
whv so many men are anxious to
confie to Alaska to work in can
neries and why they are so eag
ot to return home at the end of
the season. “Their’s is a rebel
lious spirit,7 he says, “irked by
conventions—one that prefers to
work the hard way and find ad
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venture rather than accept ordin
ary way of life; one that finds sat
1 satisfaction in seeing anl learning
rather than studying and ’staying
put.’ It’s a modern murmuring of
i the spirit that sent men across
the plains to win the West and
to sail North to the Klondike for
gold in ’98.”
“Woman Unafraid” is a descrip
tion of Lawing roadhouse and its
dynamic owner, Nellie Lawing,
also illustrated with many pic
tures.
The Aleutians are featured in
two articles, “Blue Gold of the
Aleutians” by George L. De
j Venne, and “I took My Bride to
the Aleutian Islands” by Jay El
| lis Ransom.
A thrilling bear story is told
by Charles H. Nelson in “Hard
tcr'Kill’ and the last of a series
1 of Letters of a King Cove school
Teacher is entitled '“Where’s the
Mail Boat?”
The Alaska Sportsman has na
tional circulation and is on thou
■ sands of newsstands throughout
the West. The July issue is re
ported to have a circulation of
25.000 copies and the August Pic
torial Number, now being pre
pared, will have 30,000.
PHILADELPHIA— The Board
of city trustees has applied to
the orphans court to amend the
150-year old will oif Benjamin
i Franklin. Attorneys said the
amendment would permit the
: B .ard’s small loan committee to
, lend money from the $125,000
.Frankin Fund to Philadelphia
workers at four percent interest.
The original will stipulated that
the loans could be made only
' to apprentices.
CHICAGO —John Barrymore’s
estranged fourth wife arrived in
Chicago today by plane but re
fused to say whether or not she
would visit her husband now.
The stormy ix>mance of the two
stage performers developed a rift
while they were acting together
I in St. Louis. Miss Barrie left the
show and her husband. She said
she was enroute to New York
and a summer stock show.
Wien Airlines
Activities
June 20 — Sig Wien made a
flight to Solomon with Jack Bul
lock.
After returning to Nome he
left for Macklin and Taylor with
freight.
Herman Joslyn made a trip to
Noxapaga and Fox Bar.
The Hamilton returned to Fair
banks yesterday afternoon with
Noel Wien, Fritz Wien, Herman
Joslyn, and Harry Lewis. The
Hamilton will be returning to
Nome in a week or two.
Today—Pilot Sig Wien made a
trip to points north with freight.
Mrs. Marion Frawley is in
receipt of news from Mrs. Otto
Van Sickel at Oakland, Califor
n a, of the death of John Rior
dan, a very prominent old-time
miner in this section and a form
er deputy marshal at Teller, Al
aska. In the early days he was
an active member of the Arctic
Club of that city.
Among the recent arrivals in
Nome cn the S. S. Columbia was
young Barton Van Sickel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Van Sickel,
formerly of Nome. Oldtimers
will recall Mr. Van Sickel as the
owner of the original Nevada
saloon here in Nome. Barton was
born here about 20 years ago.
At present he is residing at the
home of Mrs. Frawley and is em
ployed at the Alaska Road Com
mission.
HITCH-HIKER ADVISES
CLEANLINESS
EDMONTON (A1) —Lome Bin
nie, who calls hitch-hiking a
sport, has covered 32,000 free
miles, but that’s not enough for
him—he plans a summer tour.
He recently return to his home,
here from the United States, dur
ing which he traveling 7000 miles
in 17 days, averaging 600 miles
traveling day and night.
"It was a grand adventure," he
! said. He has been thumbing rid
! es for years, since he was 14. He’s
about 30 now.
Binnie has his own rules for
the road which he recommends
I to other hikers. They are:
1. Be clean and tidy. 2. Never
rush up to a car and climb in,
ask the driver’s permission to
ride. 3. Show your appreciation
ifor the ride.
"People instinctively like a per
son who is clean. I always carry
a clean shirt and trousers in my
pack. The hitch-hiker who keeps
himself clean wins 10 to one.”
VICAR’S DAUGHTER i
pr.rbara Gray, 21, rehearses her
'Go to Hell" -number for a Lon
don cabaret She says that her
father, vicar In a London sub
urb, doesn’t mind her appear -
inf in a cabaret, but she admits
that her real name Isn’t Gray.
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QUINTS NOW BE SEEN
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CALLANDER. Ont., — Start-!
1 ing last Sunday, the Dionne
quints may be seen by the pub
! lie twice daily, Dr. Alan DaFoe
announced.
The celebrated sisters will be
seen in their playground in the
afternoons as well as dn the
j mornings. ,
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
j kick out of it
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RADIOPHONE RATES
The below information is pub
lished for the benefit of those
desiring direct personal contact
with friends or business associat
es in outlying localities by means
of radiophone.
Radiophone conversation rate
between signal corps stations or
between a signal corps station
and a commercial station for
three (3) minutes or less is three
times the minimum message rate;
for each additional minute or frac
tion add one third of the initial
rate.
For example—the day rate
from Nome to Kotzebue is SOC,
a three minute conversation to
Kotzebue would cost three times
the day rate or $1.50 and each
additional minute or fraction
thereof would cost 50<“. (Federal
tax of 5% is charged on all total
charges).
Anyone desiring radiophone
conversation must make their re
quest for such service to the op
erator on duty at the radio sta
tion.
For most satisfactory contacts
requests for radiophone conver
sation should be made sufficient
ly in advance to allow arrange
ments to be made for the special
schedule during norma] office
hours.
The following is a list of ra
diophone stations with whom
the Nome radio station is in daily
contact.
Station Day Rate
Teller . $1.00
Elim . .50
' Selawik . 1.00
Savoonga .50
Ungalik . 1.00
Anchorage . 1.50
Kotzebue .'.50
Pilgrim Springs . 1.00
Candle . 1.50
Gambell .50
St. Michael . 1.50
Unalakleet . 50
Fairbanks . 70
All contacts are subject to de
lay during periods when routine
communication is interrupted
due to atmospheric disturbances.
Notice of Filing Final Account
and Petition for Final Distribu
tion. and of the Time and Place
of the Hearing and Settlement
Thereof, and Adjudication of the
Heirship and Distribution of
Said Estate
No. 573
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, Second Division.
In the Matter of the Estate of
J. S. Macintosh. Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that G. R. Jackson, Administrat
or with the .will annexed of J. S.
Macintosh, deceased, has filed in
the above-entitled Court his final
account and petition for final dis
tribution of said estate, and that
the United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of said Pro
bate Court has entered an order
fixing the 21st day of August,
1939, at 11 o’clock a.m. of said
day, and the courtroom of said
Court in Nome, Alaska, as the
time and place for the hearing exf
said final account and objections
thereto and to the settlement
thereof, and directing notice
thereof to be given by publica
tion once a week for four consec
utive weeks of a notice of such
hearing in the Nome Nugget, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published at Nome,
Alaska.
All persons interested in said
estate are therefore notified of
said hearing to be held on the
21st day of August, 1939, at 11
o’clock a.m., at which time they
may make objections to said ac
count and the approval and set
tlement thereof.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN
that at the time and place of said
hearing the said above-entitled
Court will adjudicate and decree
who are the heirs, devisees and
distributees of said J . S. Mac
intosh, deceased.
Dated June 21, 1939.
G. R Jackson,
Administrator with the will
annexed of J. S. Macintosh,
Deceased
Publish June 21, 28, July 5,
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