Hollywood
Star - Litcs
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD f Exclusive) —
A men? $10,005,000 has been
grossed by pictures in which Dor
othy Lamour has apeared in 35
cents worth of calico or 10 cents
worth of fern loaves—and now
the studio is going to make her
wear a wardrobe with 22 changes
of costume, ranging from neg
ligee to formal gowns valued at
$5,000 for her part in “Caught
in the Draft" opposite Bob Hope.
Shirley Temple is coming back
—she’ll be 12 soon—on April 23
to be exact and you’ll soon be see
ing her in “Panama Hattie,”
which is the screen musical of
that Broadway hit.
All of Hollywood is plenty wor
ried over the “Citizen Kane”
films which RKO may release —
if they do William Randolph
Hearst will sue every theater it
plays and the studio as well and
if they don’t release it Orson
W'Elles will sue RKO for breach
otf contract or somethin’ —what’s
. wrong with a studio that will let
i a picture be made when they
I know before it even starts pro
I duction it will cause trouble —
I The entire movie industry will
I suffer if the picture is released.
Not just RKO.
IlNAZI CHEMISTS MAKE
PERFUME FROM TOBACCO
I BERLIN. — Tobacco blossoms
rare the source of a new German
perfume, with a scent of combin
ed hyacinths and carnations.
| Professor Dr. Koenig, director
lof the German tobacco Research
institute, reports it is likely the
new product will develope in
dustrial uses. It has been pro
duced through work of both bot
anists and chemists.
Professor Koenig discloses also
that the institute has extracted
an edible oil from tobacco seed.
It has the flavor of peanut oil. An
oil cake is made from the seed,
too.
German scientists have produc
ed a tobacco Which has only one
tenth of one percent nicotine.
|About 3,000,000 pounds was har
vested in 1939.
GINGER ROGERS
OBTAINS DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, March— Film
Actress Ginger Rogers obtained
a final divorce from film actor
Lew Ayres, and is now free to
marry again if she chooses.
The final decree was granted
in superior count on application
of the actress’ lawyer. Ginger ob
tained an interlocutory divorce a
year ago when she told the court
that Lew told her to pack up and
go home to mother.
WOMAN LAWYER TO
DEFEND BRIDGES
SAN FRANCISCO, March —
The New York woman lawyer
who defended Harry Bridges
against deportation proceedings
two years ago, Miss Carol King,
will again head his defense.
Bridges goes on trial before
Special Examiner Charles Sears
at San Francisco March 31.
The labor leader is accused of
having been a member of the
communist party.
Old Papers For Sale
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Sale
at The Nome Nugget.
BRITISH REQUEST
USE OF HARBORS
WASHINGTON, March — Sec
retary of the Navy Frank Knox
disclosed that a specific request
fo.r use of ship repair facilities in
American hafbors had been
made iby Britain within the last
three or four days. Knox said
there were limit:d facilities avail
able for certain repair jobs and
the Navy was considering the
British request.
Knox also revealed that “the
first effort” in furnishing naval
vessels to Great Britain would be
in various types of smaller than
destroyers. He mentioned mos
quito boats, sub chasers and mot
orboats for use in the English
Channel as the type lkely to be
furnished but added none has
been transferred as yet.
ITALIANS SAID TO
WOUND THEMSELVES
ATHENS, Greece, March — A
Greek spokesman said that num
bers of self-inflicted wounds had
be:n. noticed among Italian pri
soners recently taken in Albania.
The wounds were said to have
ben inflicted by the Italians in
hopes of being retired behind the
lines and thus escape from the
battle. Prisoners said that an or
der had been issued to all Fascist
officers to shoot any Italian sol
diers found guilty of this prac
tice.
Italian prisoners also confirm
ed reports that the Italians are
concentrating on the construc
tion of defensive works, machine
gun nests and barbed wire en
tanglements on the Albanian
front.
PAN AMERICAN TO
TRAIN BRITISH
WASHINGTON, March — The
British Embassy disclosed that a
small number of civilian students
now in Montreal, Canada, will at
tend the navigational school of
Pan American Airways in Miami,
Fla.
The Embassy said the students
will attend the classes by special
arrangement with Pan-American.
MEXICO IS FREE
TO U. S. PLANES
|
MEXICO CITY, March — A
Senate resolution granting Unit
ed States warplanes the use of
Mexican air facilities was made
public.
The resolution authorized Presi
dent Avila Comacho to permit
United States planes to land at
Mexican fields or fly over the re
public’s territory.
SIX MEN GIVEN
40 LASHES EACH
WILMINGTON, Del., March —
Six men convicted of robbery
were tied to a whipping post and
given 40 lashes each.
The 240 lashes were administer
ed in about eight minutes by War
den Elwoid Wilson. The prison
ers also must serve-year prison
terms.
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Variable weather tonight and Tu esday. Mostly cloudy with inter
mittent light snow ibut with a few brief periods of sunshine.
Not much change in temperature.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 29 Lowest te mp — 16 Precipitation — T
Total precip this month — 0.35 Total since Jan. 1 1941, 1.22
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight---—— - 26 78 N 7 Snowing
Bam------ 19 83 SI Snowing
12:30 p m--- 27 770 NE 6 Cloudy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 5:21 a. m. Sunset 6:52 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 24 Lowest te mp — -1 Precipitation — T j
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the
annual Muncipal and School
Board election of the City of
Nome and Nome School District
will be held on April 1, 1941, a?
City Hall, Nome, Alaska, for the
purpose of electing the following
officers, viz:
Mayor; ithree members of the
Common Council for a term of
two years, and two members of
the Common Council for a term
of one year; a City Treasurer;
City Attorney City Clerk and one
member of the School Board
And I hereby CERTIFY that the
following named candidates have
been r gularly nominated in ac
cordance with the City Ordinance
pertiaing to same, To wit:
For Mayor: Edward Anderson,
Henry G. Miller.
For Councilmen for two year
term: Fred Havercamp, Eric T.
Nelson, E. B. (Duffy) O’Connor,
A. J. (Gus) O'Leary.
For Councilmen for on: year
term: B. G. Baker, Ralph Kitz
miller.
For City Treasurer, L. H. Mc
Cloy. v
For City Attorney: Leroy M.
Sullivan.
For City Clerk: M. J. Walsh.
For Member of School Board:
K. D. (Ken.) Rude.
Also there will appear on the
official ballot for ratification, the
following three Ordinances:
Ordinance No. 291 Entitl d An
Ordinance granting to the North
ern Light and Power Company,
its successors and assigns, a fran
ehise to construct, equip, main
tain and use an electric light and
power plant and system within
the City of Nome, and provid
ing for the ratification hereof.”
Ordinance No. 292. Entitled
“An Ordinanc selling to the Dir
ectors of the ‘Drifters Club’ and
W. H. Kelsey the South and
North one-half (lb) respectively
of Lot 14, Block 30 and provid
ing for the ratification hereof.”
Ordinance No. 293. Entitled
“An Ordinance to convey to Jam
es E. Hewitt a portion of Lanes
Way, and providing for ratific
j ation hersof.”
Polls will open at 8 o’clock a.
m. and close at 6 o’clock p.m.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
NOTICE TO VOTERS
There are five members to be
elected to the Council tomorrow.
Three for the usual two-year
term, and two for a term of one
year.
If you vote for more than
three candidates for the two year
term, your vote will be invalid
insofar as it applies to the two
year term.
If you vote for more than two
candidates for the one year term,
your vote will be invalid insofar
as it applies to the one year
term.
Please consult your ballot care
fully and follow instructions on
the margin thereof. If you fail to
understand you may request the
judges of election to explain.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
Thr*, unique and numorous
and typical Alaskan stationery
‘Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
oeads and Envelopes”, have beei
orought strictly upiodate. and ar
now available at the Nugget oth
'•e.
PLANE TAKES OFF
WITHOUT PILOT
REVERE, Mass., March — Seor
es of spectators at Revere air
port shook their heads in amaze
ment at the frisky antics of a
pilotless plane prancing around
the field with the abandon of a
colt.
It was believ.d the throttle of
a plane whose motor was idling
beran-e jarred open in some man'
ni r and set the craft in motion.
Attention was drawn toward
what at first looked like the
sSart of a normal takeoff when
the plane chas d two persons
around the airport.
Then as it picked up speed, the
lane rose from the ground in a
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PHILIPPINES CALL
23,000 RESERVES
MANILA, P. I., March — The
Philippine Commonwealth axmys
.greatest mobilization got under
way with more than 23,000 re
serves called up for temporary
training.
The reserves of th; conscript
classes from 1937 to 1940 will go
through 10 days of intensified
training to refresh them in what
they learned in former years.
slightly bumpy but passable take
off. Finally, the lack of a pilot
roved too much of a handicap
and the airplane climaxed its
weird flight by crashing and
arsting into flames.
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CARREL TO SEEK
AID FOR CHILDREN
VICHY, France, March — The
French surgeon and experiment
al biologist. Dr. Alexis Carrel, an
nounced that he planned a trip
to the United States to seek
fund® for welfare work among
children in unoccupied France.
MORE NORTHWEST
MEN TO BE CALLED
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. March
—Army headquarters reveal that
021 Northwest men will be called
to the colors under draft between
April 7 and 11.
Out of the total, 533 must re
port in Tacoma, 61 in Spokane,
and 27 in Portland.
OF SUN, THE SEA AND S A I S —Wind bilious out the sails as these sun-drenched, six
meter, racing boats push to card the finish Sine in Southern California regatta held off Los Angeles.
John t.uigart guidea No. 77 (leading; to first place in its class.
CHAMBER OF ODORS —Talk of gas possibly bring used in the expected spring “bliWjirieg”
»—*• has increased Londoners’ interest in gas chambers, where masks are tested daily.
WINGED MESSENGER OF GOOD WILI_In this blue and white twin-motored amphibian. Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy,
U.S.A. retired, and three companions are making a 28.000-mile good will tour of American republics. The plane was. j»ur‘hf**d b*
rence Rockefeller, brother of the Nelson A. Rockefeller who as coordinator of commercial and cultural relations between the Americas
sped the tour on its way. Maj. Gen. McCoy is president of the Foreign Policy association and flight leader.