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VOL. 41. NO. 136. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 21, 1938. Price per copy 1W
Refuge For German Jews Planned
2000 Chinese Perish In Five Day Conflagration
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4 Resume Of Nome’s Three Day Storm Is Given
. ‘I CALLED TO CET MY CAR ACE.’ Carl Braun told Philadelphia neighbor, a* he
started to dismantle garage carried a quarter block and overturned by recent squall.
Executed But Tries
Clear His Brother
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 21 UP)
—Joseph O’Donell, aged forty,
Seattle salesman, paid on the
4 gallows for the killing of two
m Seattle policemen three years
ago; but before he died he tried
to clear his brother of the slay
ing, sayinig his brother did not
kill the officers. The brother and
John Lester Rorick are both serv
ing life sentences for the same
crime.
Tin; K EGO AY AH KOZGA
Leading Library, is located at
Point's Branch Store. Book ren
tal ten cents a weak.
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FEEL OF PIGSKIN
Is only way to relieve itching
palm of football man like Vic
Eichler of Cornell backlield. In
spile of torrid heat, Eichler
dusted off a football aud started
passing practice on a field al
Utica, N. Y.
3 Day Blizzard,
Storm at Sea
Buffets Nome
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Menaced during the past three!
days and nights by ever increas-'
ing blizzards on land and storms;
at sea, volunteer firemen, private
citizens and property owners j
went to bed this morning after,
fighting most of the night to keep!
the angry seas and slush ice from \
tearing away the foundations of,
buildings the entire length of
Front Street fronting the beach.
Several serious losses were ex
perienced but on the whole, the
damage was slight. The sea wall
in front of the Northern Light &
Power Co. plant was partially
swept away by the angry water;
and slush ice.
The Lomen Commercial Com-,
pany dock, on which a consider-;
able quantity of coal was stored,
took a terrible beating before,
collapsing and falling .into the'
sea. and it is estimated that to!
repair the damage will cost some;
$25,000.
The basement of the Lincoln
Hotel again took a severe beating
from the waves and slush ice;
which jammed underneath thej
building, flooding the basement j
and causing several thousand dol
lars loss in winter stocks, etc.
Nearly every business house
on the south side of Front Street
experienced flooded basements,
but little loss occurred. Some
stocks were moved to higher
ground and some small residenc
es were even moved out of the
danger zone.
The new concrete jeltty at the
mouth of Snake River construct
ed this summer, was pract’.cally
under water at all times, but ap
parently withstood the storm.
The high water backed up Snake
River and caused the destruction
of the Dry Creek foot bridge to
Belmont Point. Numerous small
boats were hurriedly hauled to
higher ground to keep them from
being battered to pieces by ice
and water.
During the past three or four
days, blizzards brought an unus
ual amount of snow for this time
of the year, impeding traffic
which caused fire prevention
programs to be instituted. The
Volunteers of Nome’s fire de
partment patrolled the entire
city last night and today to keep
the chances of >blazes at a mini
mum.
The weather cleared off con
siderably this morning and busi
ness went on as usual.
Reports from Teller saiy they
experienced the highest water at
that port since the storm of 1913.
Resume Of Weather Conditions
By One Who Knows!
Low pressure of considerable
intensity moved slowly but with
winds of gale force at times
along the Northwest Alaska
coast leaving much damage in its
wake. The center of the low
passed over Nome sometime dur
ing the small hours of Sunday
morning and the backside of the
low gave the coast and the city
of Nome a kick in the pants after
having had about twelve hours
of fun earlier on Saturday. The
stonm area then went bouncing
along the coast and finding the
going pretty touigh, as a high
pressure area of considerable
magnitude stood in its path, re
turned slightly and took another
slap at the good people of Nome
and then went merrily on its
way and at last reports was
somewhere between here and Pt.
Barrow sparring with the High
for an opening.
The storm was more severe
than the one experienced last
year as the winds were recording
as high as 35 miles for a period
of five minutes, while in the
gusts they were reaching an es
timated velocity of between fifty
and sixty miles. The people of
Nome were very fortunate to
have had the slush ice along
the entire waterfront as other
wise the waters could very well
have been lapping at Front
Street.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Home Nugget office.
2000 Persons Die
In Five Day Fire
SHANGHAI, Nov. 21 (JPl — A
five day fire which razed Chang
sha, capital of Hunan Province,
was reported to have caused the
death of two thousand persons
and brought the execution of 3
Chinese officials, accused of start
ing the conflagration. The fires
; were started in anticipation of
f the pity’s capture by slorwlv ad
! vancing Japanese columns, and
reduced Changsha bo ruins.
Dispatches said that General
Feng T. garrison commander,
; chief of pTee, and commander
of the local guards at the pro
vincial capital was one of the
i three executed.
t The Japanese, are still forty
| miles north of t’* city and at
j the same time the Chinese said
i they recaptured Thungying, twen
; ty miles east of Sienning which
i is fifty miles south of Hankow,
They asserted that five hundred
Japanese were killed in the en
| gagement..
Japan Intends
To Dictate To
Foreign Business
TOKYO, Nov. 19 (/Pi — Japan
denied point by point every
charge of the American note de
■ manding maintenance of the
; open door policy in China. They
asserted that the ideas and prin
ciple no longer apply to China’s
i new situation. The note is an
; open declaration of Japan’s in
tention to dictate the conditions
: under which foreign business
| may continue and the way for
eigners may live henceforth, in
China.
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British Plan
Refuge For
German Jews
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LONDON, Nov. 21 f/P)—Prime
Minister Chamberlain told the
.House of Commons of a plan to
i lease at least ten thousand
square miles of British Guiana
to provide homes for German
Jews seeking refuge abroad from
the Nazi anti-Jewish 'campaign.
He also, disolosed that favorable
progress has been made toward a
| settlement for Jewish refugees in
Tanganyica, formerly German
East Africa, and other territories
in Africa. Tanganyica is now
held by the British under a Lea
gue of Nations mandate, and
i Chamberlain last week declared
that the British would not con
sider its return to Germany to
satisfy Hitler's colonial demands.
Army Bomber
Crashes, Kills
6, Injures other
LA GRANGE. Georgia, Nov.
; 19 (/P) — Four army fliers were
killed and two seriously injured
and a seventh is missing after a
bomber cracked up in some
woods while enroute to Montgom
ery from New York.
LA GRANGE, Georgia, Nov.
19(/P)—-A crash of a twin motor
ed army bombing plane in a
storm last night killed six army
fliers and seriously injured an
other, while and e.ghth man is
believed to be still aboard the
big Doi*glais plane. Searchers
could not find him, and feared
the body was still an the smould
ering wreckage. The ship was on
a routine flight. The tragedy is
one of the worst in military avia
tion history.
NEW MANAGER *f#D«
trolt Tigers is Del Baker
(above), former coach, who suc
ceeds deposed Mickey Cochrane,
Navy Contracts
Amount to More
than 150 Million
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 (/P>—.
The navy awarded contracts for
the construction of three battle
ships, which are expected to cost
more than a hundred fifty mil
lion dollars. One will be built at:
Newport News. Virginia, and an
other at Quincy, Mass., both pri
vate yards. The third will be
built at the Norfolk, Virginia,.
Navy Yard.
BASKETBALL
TONIGHT. SCHOOL GYM
High School Huskies
vs
Gold Diggers
Kenn's Bakery
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Whaley’s Whalers
8:00 o’clock Adm. tS4 St Sf
LEST THEIR BLOOD SPILL upon the acres they are cultivating in Jewish colonies in
Palestine, these four carry rifles along, to resist any marauding attacks as they work in the J*e*€*!*
Note farm implements. Meanwhile in London, a Washington attorney. George Ruhlee, was elected
permanent director of intergovernmental committee on political refugees.