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VOL. 41. NO. 139. NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, Nov. 28, 1938. Price per copy l*
Roosevelt and Ambassadors Confer
Unalaska Experiences Severe Quake Last Night
Maniac Slasher Attacks 9 Women in Halifax, Eng.
BOSS OF 9.000 on the
social security staff. Frank Bane
(above) has no idle time at his
%Va:»iington office. He used to b«
city manager at Norfolk, Va.
Dionne Quints
To Appear In
New York Fair
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (JP) —
Worlds Fair officials said the way
was cleared for the exhibition
of the Dionne Quintuplets in
next year’s exposition. They said
I they expected the contract to be
signed within the next few
weeks but the pay had not yet
■been settled. Elaborate precau
tions and protections against
crowds have been planned as this
will be the Quints first trip out
. side of Canada.
Oliva Dionne
Savs “No”!
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TORONTO. Nov. 26 f/P)—Olivt
Dionne, commenting on the re
port that the quints are to appeal
in the New York Flair said “Un
der no circumstances will the
five girls be removed fron
northern Ontario.”
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President and
Ambassadors
In Conference
WARM SPRINGS. Ga.. Nov.
28 OP)—President Roosevelt held
the Ambassadors from Germany
and Italy here for further dis
cussions of the problem of op
pressed racial and religious min
orities abroad. After a four hour
dinner conference last night he
sent them to bed with instruc
tions to come back for luncheon
to resume the interchange of
views. The conferences are ex
pected to crystallize the devel
oping American policy which
thus far embraced the condem
nation of persecutions of Jews
I and Catholics and Protestants in
' Europe thru the efforts to pro
: tect American citizens by U. S
' ambassadors Hugh R. Wilson
i from Berlin and William Phillips
j from Rome.
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Ambassador
Wilson Home
From Berlin
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 <7P>
i Acting Secretary of State Welles
said that Hugh Wilson was re
turning today from his post aj
i ambassador in Berlin and would
be assigned to the state deipart
: ment for an indefinite period, ad
vising the department on Ger
! man affairs. Although no fur
] ther information was given, i'
! was indicated that the actior
might be preliminary to Wilson’:
permanent transfer from the Be
lin post.
MERCY SHIP ARRIVES SPAl>
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CARTAGENA, Nov.—A mere]
ship from the United States
carrying 5.000 tons of food am
other supplies to needy civilian:
in civil-war rent Spain. arrive<
safely in this port after eluding
warships. The cargo is valued a
: $3,000,000.
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RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT lm«nt Czechs
who’d fled Sudetenland, Prague organized them into labor corps.
84 Dead Result
\^ orst November
Storm in Years
UNDATED Nov. 26 lAb— Clear
ing skies and slowly rising tem
! peratures speeded the task of
mopping up after the nation’s
worst November storm in years.
The tempest, wind and snow
; claimed eighty four lives. Frigid
vv e other generally prevailed
from the East coast to the Rocky
Mountains. Snow packed roads
; remained a menace to week-end
travelers, particularly in rural
areas. Airplanes and trains mov
j ed again on schedule, but bus
transportation was still slowed
! somewhat by sonwdrifts. In the
! East, main highways in all States
!are open
Elev eii Die In
Liner Crash
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, LONDON, Nov. 26 (Ah—A dis
patch from Bathurst, Gambia, on i
['the West Coast of Africa said
. that eleven of fifteen passengers
I were believed to have been killed
. when the German Lufthansan
[ airliner crashed.
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Pope Pius Is
Normal Again
VATICAN CITY. Nov. -26 (TP
An official communique sail
Pope Pius “returned more or Ies:
to a normal condition" after hi:
heart attack which caused gravi
conceitn Vatican sources saic
that the eighty-one year old pun
tiff, although still too weak to bi
able to get up from bed. receiver
Eugenio Cardinal PacellPapa
Secretary of Slate.
TEACHER FIRED
FOR APPEARING
CLASS IN SHORTS
NEW ORLEANS Nov. - Vail)
Wieltheier. a Viennese sculptres:
debated whether she would b<
wiser to change her costume be
fore looking for a new job.
She was fired as an instructoi
at flhe Louisiana State Univer
sity because she appeared befori
her class in shorts. Maj Fred C
Frey, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, said her temper
men-t had been forgiven, but
scanty garments in public wert
too much. .
After submitting the resigna
tion, tendered at Frey’s request
Miss Wieltheier had her taxicab
driver cut across the campus
lawn.
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Phantom Slasher
Gets 11 Victims
In English Town
HALIFAX, England, Nov, 28
Pi -Women in this grimy north
England town were ordered to
roma n indoors after nightfall
because oif a phantom slasher
who strikes unseen along dark
ened byways. The Slasher added
the eleventh victim to his list
early today, slipping up behind
Mrs. Constance Wood, a mill
worker, only a few yards from
her doorway. He knocked her
down and hacked through her
- heavy coat and inflicted two gash
es in her left arm, then escaped.
All but two of the viatims are
i women.
I MAX BAER STOPS
IIANKISON IN FIRST
i HONOLULU. Nov.—Max Baer,
I former heavy champ who says !>■
i is out to regain the title, was off
; | to a good start on his series of
‘ bouts in Hawaii after scoring a
first-round knockout over Hank
. Hankinson. Baer polished off the
• veteran Hank in the first 48 sec
onds of their scheduled 10-round
i bout at the Elks’ benefit card.
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NOMINATIONS BE
LAST OFFICIAL ACT
II WASHINGTON, Nov.— Attor
ney geral Homer Cummings, who
; arnouneed h.s resignation a few
! days ago, said one of the last of
1 ficial acts lie will perform will
“ be nominating a number of peo
■I pie in his department to new and
j higher posts.
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180,215,000 PEOPLE
IN UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON. Nov. — The
Bureau of Census reports as of
jJuly l there were 130,215.000
people in continental United Srtat
I es; this figure is exclusive of Al
! aska, Hawaii. P. I.. Panama, Vir
j gin Isles, Guam and Samoa
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ALL MATERIALS they
need, except manpower, would
be made available to England
and France if U. S. adopts policy
advocated by Sen iVf. M. Logan
(above), Kentucky Democrat.
Unalaska Had
An Earthquake
Last Night
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UNALASKA. Nov. 28 (JP) —
Unalaska and vicinity experienc
ed an earthquake at 9:29 p. m.,
Pacific Standard Time, last night,
with an intensity that rocked
buildings, causing dishes to rat
tle and chandeliers to sway. No
damage was reported. The quake
| lasted for twenty seconds. ,
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ANCHORAGE AFTER
THE PEDDLERS
| ANCHORAGE. Nov. —A “bet
I ter business" committee to pro
! tect merchants and individuals,
against “fly-by-night” salesmen
and psuedo-professional men was
, appointed by Clyde R. Ellis, pres
ident of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce.
Thomas C. Price, R. C. Louder
milch, George Mumford and Ar
thur G. Thompson were named a
committee to keep a close check
on itinerant peddlers and so
called quacks. Th? committee
was also asked to cooperate with
the city officials in seeing that
city ordinances regarding sellers
license are enforced
C OF C LUNCHEON TUESDAY
The regular twice monthly
Noon Luncheon of the N. W. Al
aska Chamber of Commerce will
be held tomorrow (Tuesday), at
the Nevada Cafe. Leroy M. Sulli
van will be chairman. Member?
requested to attend.
Found—A Yale Key, in front
of the Nevada, Nov. 27th. Own
er can obtain same at Nome Nug
get Office.
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