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VOL. 41. No. 52. 'TOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1939 Pric* p^ 154
Military May Day Observed Europe
Russian Non-stop Fliers Crash in New Brunswick
60,000 Japs Flee From Worst Quake In 25 Years
Moscow-New York
Plane Crashes
In New Brunswick
MLSCOUSILAND, New' Bruns
wick, April 29 (j'P) — A Royal
Canadian Mounted Poicetman doc
tor battled ice floes of Bay
Chau'leur in a rowboat to reach
General Vladimir Kokkinaki,
Russian pilot wtih several brok
en ribs. His plane crashed when
it made a forced landing on the
■projected Moscow to New York
flight.
The Russians came down in a
marsh five miles from the near
est house on an isolated St. Law
ranee Gulf island, 25 miles from
jthe mainland.
Th'e plane was demolished but
the navigator Major Mikhail
Gordienko escaped injury.
A plane belonging to Harold
S. Vanderbilt, piloted by Russell
Thaw left Boston with three
Russians and a Russian speaking
doctor.
The weather was described as
good when witnesses saw the
monoplane circling and its head
motor failing. Both wings and
propellers were broken and one
motor was put out of commis
sion in the crash.
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Hitler Proclaims
Germany Heaviest
Armed Nation
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UNDATED, May 1 (JP) —With j
the polishing of guns all over
Europe, as the May Day key note
and as the issue between Ger-'
many and Poland over the free
icity of Danzig and the Polish
corridor apparently drew closer
to a show-down, in Berlin Hitler
proclaimed Germany to be one
“of the most heavily armed na
tions in the world." Nazi diplo
mats pressed efforts to isolate
Poland and make her ripe for
yeilding to German demands.
Russia staged her annual May
Day show in Moscow with em
phasis on her military prepared
ness. Artillery and tanks thunder
ed by, soldiers and bayonets by
the thousand ,glinted in the big
gest military display the Red
Sou ace has seen. “Whoever dar
es step on the thresholds of our
home will be destroyed,” declar
ed Soviet Defense Commissar
Element Voroshiloff.
In Paris, authoritative sources
said Premier -Daladier and Air
Minister La Chapelle mapped
out plans to strengthen France’s
air force as a counterpart to Brit
ain’s expansion of -her army and
plans for military concentration.
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CHILDREN FIGURE IN WIFE SWAP
These Russellville, Ala., children were wondering to whom they
belonged as their parents faced bigamy charges in a deal which
i officials said two children, 80 acres and a mule, two husbands and
two wives figuTed. The children’s parents were Mr. and Mrs. Odell
Brand. Standing left to right afe: Chester Lee, Eva, Evalsen and
Jewel Brand. Seated: Flossie May Brand.
“THE KID” REACHES WIFE'S BEDSIDE
Jackie Coogan, “The Kid” of silent pictures flew from Texas, where
he was appearing in a theatrical engagement, to Glendale, Cal.
to be at the bedside of his wife, Betty Grable, who was stricken
with appendicitis while at work on a film. He is shown at the
hospital obtaining permission from Nurse Marie Winger to visit
his wife, who was reported “doing nicely.”
Eight Persons
Win $97,000
Nenana lee Pool
FAIRBANKS, April 29 — The
Nenana ice broke at 1:26 p.m.
Saturday afternoon.
The winners of the $97,000 ice
contest prize were all Alaskans,
namely:
T. W. and Mariam Benson of
Petersburg;
Dr. A. S. Walkowski, Dunford
and Hansen, J. A. Lawton, James
Scanlon and Patrick Gillam, all
of Anchorage.
In an unspectacular movement
the ice just me'ted out.
Preschool Conference to be Held
A pre-school conference will
be held by Mrs. Spren,ger, Nome j
Public Health Nurse, Friday,1
May 5, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Health
Center in the city hall.
Parents are invited to bring
children who will enter school
for the first time next year. The
children will be weighed and in
spected by Mrs. Sprenger a,t this
time. Conferences will also be
held with parents tin regard to
their child’s health.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
Ungalik River
Operations
This Season
Smith and Bauer, mining en- j
gineers at Seattle, are reported;
to be enroute to Nome. They will
carry on drilling operations for
ihe Ungalik Syndicate, which
constructed a modern dredge
last season on the property and ,
which is reported to have mined i
$105,000 in the short period in
which the idrec^ge had left to
work before the freeze up. Thisj
dredge has steel pontoons and is
operated by two Diesel engines
of ,t.be 0-7 “cat” design. The j
bucket line is composed of 3 cu
bic foot buckets.
It is also learned that the Shaw
& Cook dredge, which was con
structed last season and operated
for a short time before the freeze
up, will be given an overhaul
and additional! new machinery1
installed, including a revolving
screen. Heretofore the dredge |
was classed as a flume type. The
new machinery ds expected to ar (
rive on one of the first freighters.,
NOTICE
•
Written applications will be re
ceived at the office of the City
Clerk up to 5 o’clock p.m. Mon
day, May 1st, 1939 for the posi
tions of CHIEF, ENGINEER, and
DRIVER at Nome Fire Depart
ment.
M. J. Walsh
City Clerk
Publish April 26, 28, Maj 1.
Parts of Japan
Sink in Sea
After Earthquake
AKITAK, Japan, May 1, </P) —
Sixty thousand stricken residents
in this northern Japan coastal
city fled to open spaces during
a series of earth shocks described
as the most severe in 25 years.
Reports disclosedno casual
ties but it was understood that
parts of nearby Oka Pen inula
and the southern coastline of Ak
itak perfeature sunk beneath the
sea.
The quake was believed to
have centered in the Japan sea
and sunk widespread sections of
northern Japan. The town of
Fur.akoshi is burning. The trem
or lasted 27 seconds.
Plead Innocence
KANSAS CITY, May 1 (Ah —
T. M. Pendergrass, Kansas City
Democratic political dictator,
pleaded innocence to a federal
income tax evasion indictment
when arranged before Judge Mer
ril Oa t is.
iHe pleaded his innocence on
both counts of the indictment,
charging that he evaded the In
come tax on $443,000 in 1935 and
1936.
Pres. Roosevelt
Vlay RepJy Hitler
with Fireside Chat
WASHINGTON, April 29 </P>—•
President Roosevelt may reply to
Hitler in a fireside chat over the
radio. Informed sources said Hit
ler’s response to Roosevelt’s
; peace plea was delivered before
the German Reichstag and broad
cast over the world, therefore,
the President is likely to reply
in kind. Sentiment was divided
in Congress, generally on whe
there the President should reply.
New Defense Line
WASHINGTON, May 1 </P> —
| The War Department created a
new first line defense at Panama
Canal, B-4 and etablishing a
military’ department in the Car
ribean Sea with Headquarters at
San Juan. Porto Rico under the
i command of Brigadier General*
i Edmund Dalev.
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Roper to Canada
WASHINGTON, May 1 i/P) —
I President Roosevelt nominated
i former Secretary of Commerce
I Roper as minister to Canada.
INVOLVED IN WIFE MULE SWAP
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Here ate the couples in the Russellville. Ala., marriage mixup that
involved swapping wives and husbands, three children, 80 acres
and a mule. Two children also were said to be included. Top picture
is Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Johnson. Below is Odell Brand and his for
mer wife. Mrs. Johnson, police said married Brand, while Mrs.
Brand married Johnson. The four faced possible grand jury action
on bigamy charges. Brand was reported to have gotten the 80 acres
the mule and three children in the swap.