Airplai ie News
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Mirow Air Service Activities
Pilot Hans Mirow returned
Tuesday afternoon from a trip to
St. Lawrence Island, accoirpan
ied by mechanic Bill JefT rd. The
plane brought mail and a cargo
of furs and ivory.
Pilot Jack JefTord left Unala
ikleet for Kaltag and Nulato. He
will pick up Herlb Johnson at
Nulato and fly him to St. Mich
ael.
Wien Airways Activities
Pilot Sig Wien left Fairbanks
lor Nome this morning. He had
two passengers for Yukon River
points and one for Nome.
Pilot Wien arrived Nome about
3 p m. via White Mountain. Jack
Whaley was a passenger from
Fairbanks, and one passenger
was brought to Nome from
White Mountain.
PA A ACTIVITIES
The PAA mail plane is sched
uled to leave Fairbanks Thurs
day for Nome, weather psrm't
ting. Mrs. Morcom, wife of Dr.
Thomas Morcom, will be an out
going passenger on the next
plane.
The Chanvoer of Commerce
pamphlets jun* printed by The
Nome 'Nugget giving Interesting
Facts About Nome and illustrat
ed with pictures, a large quan
tity of which will be mailed to
the States on Thursday's mail
plane, are so designed that they
will fold and fit nicely in a 4x10
inch envelope. Business houses
and o'hers are requested by the
local Chamber to insert them in
their letters when mailing to
friends in the States. The Nug
get has obtained a sufficient num
ber from the Chamber to insert
one in each subscriber's paper.
Recent purchases of additional
space by big exhibitors at the
1939 California World's Fair aTe
considered a business barometer
indicating improved financial
conditions.
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NEWS ITEMS
Born—a baby girl to Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Vogan, Tuesday, at
Maynard Columbus hospital.
Mother and infant are reported
to be doing n'cely. Nomeites
! will remember the mother as the
former Miss Ethel Marx.
This afternoon the business
houses of Nome closed their
doors between 1 and 3 o’clock,
out of respect to the funeral of
Lee Reat. The local schools also
adjourned for a half day in order
to give the school children and
student body an opportunity of
attending the funeral services.
Following the return of the
Coroner’s Jury verdict Monday,;
i Joe Hanaka. an Eskimo, was ar
resrted, charged with the murder
of Mrs. Emily Pederson, aged
i Eskimo woman, whose body was
discovered late Sunday. He was
placed in the Nome Federal jail
by U. S. Marshal B. B. Mozee.
Tuesday morning Hanaka was
brought before U. S. Commis-I
sioner C. C. Tanner where upon
waiving examination on the
charge of murder, he was immed
iately bound over to appear be
fore the spring Grand Jury, with
out bail. The murder is alleged
to have occurred about Jan. 1st.
Hanaka, who had served a
i term at McNeil Island Penitent
iary, for larceny. returned ito
Nome last spring on the first
boat, as a parolee.
What might have been a ser
l ious fire yesterday afternoon was
; averted by Chief Laws, who
: when in the neigh tborhood o<f
White’s restaurant, noticed
smoke issuing from the home of
Herbert Greenberg on Second
Avenue. The Fire Chief immed
iately called Messrs. Greenberg
and Robinson by phone, who hur
riedly came from the Nome Liq
uor Store, and unlocked the dwel
ling. Upon entering they found
a quantity of wood blazing and
the house filled with smoke.
It was learned that Mr. Green
berg had placed some green
wood in the oven to dry when
he left for his store, dt having
become ignited and a blaze
about three feet high extended
above the stove. The fire was
extinguished without calling
out the fire department. No dam
age resulted.
The Pioneers of Alaska an
nounce their schedule for this
season’s card parties and dances:
Feb. 13 Card party
Feb. 27 .Card party
Mar. 4 Card party & dance
Mar. 13 ... Card party
Mar. 27 . Card party
April 1 Card party & dance |
All of the above events will
commence at 9.15 p.m. sharp. Re
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freshments will be served im-j
mediately after the playing of
cards; and on dance nights, the
dance will be from 11:00 p.m. t:ll
1:00 a.m. It is suggested that you:
reserve the above dates, so that
you will not miss any of the
series and thereby be in the race
for the Grand Prizes to be given
during the dance on the night of
April 1st. All of the above part
ies are to be held in the I O O F
Hall.
Funeral Services
Lee Warder Reat
W ere Held Today
Funeral services for Lee Reat
were held this afternoon at 2
p.m. at the Federated Church,
Rev. Vincent Widney conducting
the service. Pallbearers were:
Lincoln Ost, Ernest Burgh, Geo
rge Martin, Roger Bockm-an.
Martin Willoya, Harold Berg,
Emery Martin, and Herbert Turn
er and the ushers were Kevin
Walsh and Daniel Jones, all
friends and schoolmates of Lee’s, i
Lee Warder Reat was born!
July 31, 1921, in Denver, Colo-1
rado. When he was five years,
old his family moved to Florida
where they lived for three years. |
The following four years he liv
ed in Indiana and Illinois, and
the year previous to coming to
Alaska was spent in Seattle. The
last six years his heme has been
in Nome, and at the time of his
death he was a member of the
senior class of the local high
school.
He was a very ardent fisher
man and hunter. He had gone on
several hunting trips with local
native hunters for seal and wal-,
rus on Bering Sea. He had many
friends among the Eskimos and.
was well-known too, and loved
by, many Nome residents many j
years his senior. He was much
interested in automotive mach- ^
inery and had planned on attend1
ing an engineering school in the
States next fall.
His surviving relatives, besid
es the parents, are his grandmo
thers, Mrs. L. M. Jones of Au
burn, Indiana, and Mrs. J. L.
Reat of Charleston, Illinois, an
aunt Miss Ruth Reat of Nome,
and an uncle Ivan L. Reat of
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Larned, Kansas.
Fur Rendezvous
Anchorage, Alaska
Jan. 20, 1939
(By Kay J. Kennedy)
ANCHORAGE. (Special) —
Walter Winchell isn’t the only
one to have a keyhole. Alaska
radios tuned to KFQD last Thurs
day night got an earful of key
hole, listening in on an Anchor
age Fur Rendezvous committee
meeting.
Clyde R. Ellis, manager of the
event, called the meeting to or
der. Tom Bevers, in charge of
furs, reported each mail brings1
inquiries regarding furs and
curios and some furs are already!
arriving for Rendezvous sale Feb.
20 th.
Mrs. Alfred Balls, chairfan of
the queen committee, told the
meeting that “ten pretty girls”
were candidates for Queen of the
Rendezvous—all 1939 graduates
and alumni of .the Anchorage
high school, which she called the
“school of queens.” She said the
committee considered each of the
candidates well qualified, as the
group represented the typical
modern-minded, capable, charm
ing and beautiful 1939 girl.
Leonard Hopkins, head of the
sports committee gav e the low-!
down on athletic plans. Said he, i
“Counting our local athletes who:
will participates in games andi
events, we have invited 200 bas
ketball players, 30 hockey play
ers, 12' prize fighters, 50 skiers—
a round total of 300 athletes.
Sounds like a minature Olympic
meet, doesn’t it?”
He promised a run of the en-,
tire sports program with little I
overlapping of events. When re-1
plies from invitations are in, a 1
schedule of events will be an-;
nounced. Invitations have gone
to Fairbanks, College, Wasilla,
Palmer, Eklutna, Seward, Cord
ava, U. S. C. G. Spencer, Juneau!
CLOSING OUT
JONATHAN
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APPLES
$4.00
PER BOX
45e PER DOZEN
POLET STORES
Main Store Branch Store
Tel. Main 103 Tel. Main 55 ,
and other Southeastern towns.
Emery Kunkle sent a report on
finances and urged whole-heart
ed support Bert Wenerstrom re
ported on dances and entertain
ment. .Mrs. Clyde Ellis, pinch-hit
ting for A.B. Cummings who was
ill and unbale to attend, said
plans for a gala Mardi Gras pa
rade with masks and color were
under way. Kay Kennedy outlin
ed what has been done in public
izing the Rendezvous.
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Even the Constitution of the
United States is designed to serve
the people of the United States.
Dr. W. A. Rv8trom
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DENTIST
First Avenue West
Phone Main 22
FRATERNAL ORDERS
I. O. O. F.
NOME LODGE NO. A-5
Meets every Friday, 8 p.m.
Initiatory D'gree
Odd Fellows Building
MIDNIGHT SUN
Rebekah Lodge
Initiation, Jan. 25th
No. 3-A. I.O.O.F.
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday*!
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 P. ni.
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Next Meeting
Monday, January 30th
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 P.M.
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Captain Parker Is
New Commander of
Bering Sea Patrol
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SEATTLE, Jan. 24 (/P> —Cap
tain Stanley Parker, who sailed
in the Northland, now U. S. Mari
itime Commission Training Ship
at Oakland. California, was ap
pointing Commander of the Ber
ing Sea Patrol. Word was rec
eived while he was commander
of the San Francisco Division of
the Coast Guard and that Cap
tain James Alyer will succeed
him.
Where is my wandering boy to
night?
No more the parents wonder.
They know he’s out in the family
car
Hitting it up like thunder.
The 1939 California World’s
Fair on 'Measure Island will op
en next February 18 and contin
ue for 288 days.
Thos. R. Lyons Ira D. Orton
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
Pioneer Water Co.
Arrange Now for Your Winter
...Delivery of Fresh Sparkling_
Spring Water,
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.
NELSON and BULLOCK
Phone Black 44
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
FLY WITH
PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS INC.
WINTER SCHEDULE
Nome to Fairbanks-Every Mon. & Than.
(Thursday Electra connecting with Junean Schedule)
Radio-Equipped Lockheed Electras
SEATTLE NOW WITHIN FIVE DAYS TRAVELING
TIME OF NOME
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