THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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For Nome — A New Sanctuary
THE MEMBERS OF THE Community Methodist
Church and persons attending this church who
belong to churches elsewhere set a goal of $10,000 to
be raised in pledges as the local share in the building
of a larger Church.
From Sunday until Wednesday last week, a small
group of dedicated volunteers contacted those who
were unable to attend the Sunday service with their
pledges, and when the amounts pledged, were tabu
lated on Wednesday, the community had not only
pledged the required $10,000, but doubled their goal,
receiving over $20,000 in pledges.
Oldtimers, who recall the building of the Church,
now in use, will say the same pioneer spirit which built
that church prevails in Nome today. “The faith of our
fathers living still” makes it possible for Nome to have
another -place of worship, modern, convenient, big
enough to handle youth activities, and, most of all, a
sanctuary with an atmosphere of reverence and
prayer.
Mother - In - Law
Accused of Plot
In Girl’s Murder
VENTURA, Calif., W) — Police
fitted in the pieces today of a
plot they said led to the brutal
killing of attractive Olga Duncan
whose bruised body was found in
a shallow grave beside a lonely
road
An itinerant laborer, with a
local police record, climaxed his
tale of what he said was a hired
slaying by leading officers Sun
day to her hand-scooped grave.
Augustine Baldonado, 25, said
in a statement that the dead wo
man’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Eliza
beth Duncan, 54, hired him and
Luis Moya, 22, to kill the five
months-pregnant Olga Duncan,
30, for $6,000.
Investigators said the victim
may have 'been buried alive. They
quoted Baldonado: “I don’t know.
We strangled her, and I think we
killed her before we put her in
the ground.”
The victim, a surgical nurse,
had been missing since November
18. She was the estranged wife
of Santa Barbara lawyer Frank
Duncan. They separated only two
weeks after their marriage last
June.
District Attorney Roy Gustafson
said jealousy from the older wo
man was the major motive.
Coroner Virgil L Payton, mean
time, indicated that because the
murdered nurse was carrying a
child of more than five months’
development, the case possibly
would be considered a double
homicide.
Less than four months before
her death, the dead woman had
written her mother, Mrs. Jessie
Kupczyk of Benito, Manitoba, tha|
Mrs. Duncan held “an uncanny
hold” over her son. She said she
planned an annulment.
“Don’t dwell on my troubles,”
Olga Duncan wrote. “Life is short,
and I want to enjoy the rest of it.”
‘Police say Mrs. Duncan has
been married five times in eight i
years. She is charged with posing
in court here as her son’s wife,
along with a paid confederate, to
obtain a fraudulent annulment of
her son’s marriage last August.
It was the discovery of thei
Careless Landlord
Sentenced After
Elevator Fatality
NEW YORK, (0) — The landlord
of a Riverside Drive apartment
house, where a boy was killed by
a defective elevator, has been sen
tenced to 30 days in jail and fined.
Irving Zelowitz, 60, president
of the corporation which owns
the building at 300 Riverside
Drive, pleaded guilty Wednesday
to 296 building law and health
code violations on the premises.
He was given two days to cor
rect the conditions but failed to
do so. He pleaded in court that
he hadn’t enough time.
On December 6, 14-year-old
Stanley Guinn, a Negro who lived
in the building, was crushed to
death as he tossed a two-year-old
girl to safety from a defective
lift.
Magistrate Evelyn Richman
sentence Zelkowitz to prison and
fined him $1,125. She also fined
Philip Singere, managing agent
for Zelkowitz’ firm, $550.
The magistrate said, “Paying a
fine means nothing to them. If
they go to jail, maybe they’ll
think a little about the way their
tenants had to live.
“This particular building was
the worst. Doesn’t this man care?
Has he no fear of God or man?
I think the only thing he’ll under
stand is jail.”
spurious annulment, authorities
say, that caused them to begin an
intensive search for the missing
daughter-in-law
Police, led by Baldonado, found
the body of the nurse, clothed
only in a nylon bathrobe, buried
at the bottom of a 20-foot embank
ment on Casitas Pass, 19 miles
northwest of Ventura
Gustafson quoted Baldonado as
saying he and Moya took turns
holding the struggling woman
while the other dug the 16-inch
deep grave.
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Kotzebue C of C
Members Plan
Highway 97 Route
KOTZEBUE, — The members of
the Arctic Circle Chamber of
Commerce, Kotzebue, proposed the
following route for Highway 97 for
consideration by all interested
parties, in a letter to Commis
sioner Dewey Goodrich of the
Alaska Highway and Public Works
Commission last week:
Highway 97 to be continued
from the present Bunkerhill lo
cale along the Kougarock Road
until it crosses the Kougarok Ri
ver; then following the high
ground between the Kougarok and
Goodhope Rivers and crossing the
Goodhope at the Cottonwood Shel
ter Cabin. This is approximately
the same route as the old Deering
trail, and connects with the Deer
ing road up the Inmachuk River.
Thence from the Inmachuk east,
on the Candle trail, across the
Buckland River drainage; thence
easterly towards the Kateel oil
areas and southeast along the Yu
sron, OR — continuing almost di
rectly east through the Hog River,
Hughes, Utopia districts.
This road avoids the rough coun
trv of further south, which re
quires heavy fills, going through
areas of comparatively easy con
stuction. This route also has less
snow fall than a route farther
south. It also has the advantage
of going through a number of
known developments with less
cost and greater ease of trans
portation.
i Consideration should also be
given to an integrated road sys
tem which will eventually connect
with Kotzebue and northward to
areas of expected great activity,
they recommended.
Dulles Denies French
Newspaper Reports He
Will Return To Hospital
PARIS, UP) — U. S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles Thurs
day denied Paris newspaper re
ports that he is expected to re
enter the hospital for an opera
tion.
A statement issued by Asst.
Secretary Andrew Berding added
that Dulles has almost completely
recovered from the inflammatory
condition of the colon for which
he was treated at Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington before he
came to Paris.
COSTLY CHRISTMAS TREE
LARAMIE, Wyo., UP) — Rich
ard Goodman got a Christmas tree
for free this year, but he’s con
sidering buying the tree' next
year.
Goodman spent 26 hours on a
trek to nearby Snowy range to
cut a tree, and car troubles on the
Snowy Mountain roads cost him
$286.30.
Turncoat ‘Lonely’
In Red China
HONG KONG. OP) — American
turncoat Richard Corden says his
.life in Red China was “pretty
tough and terribly lonely.”
“I used to get loaded drunk
every Saturday night,”- he said
“I was always getting into trouble
over drinking.”
Corden left Red China Friday
and is returning to the United
States. He is from Providence,
R. L
Corden, who did not finish high
school, spent five years in a Chi
nese Communist university.
Except for education, Corden
mouthed party line answers to
most questions, but insisted he
was no. a Communist. He looked
worried when discussing his pos
sible reception in the United
States.
“I’ve been very lonely but I ex
pect to be lonlier than ever be
fore during my first ffew months
back home,” he said.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
NOTICE
The City Ordinance governing
the control of loose dogs will be
strictly enforced.
All dogs must be kept on the
owner's premised This also in
cludes pups.
All dogs, 10 months and older
must be licensed. Therefore, after
deligent effort has been made to
capture any loose dog. whether
licensed or unlicensed, they will
be shot. In accordance with Code
of Ordinances, City of Nome, Sec
tion 4-15, part (C).
JOHN MARVIK, Chief of Police^
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LORD OF ALASKA — Out of print for several years, and
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STATE OF ALASKA — Senator Ernest Gruening.
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KLONDIKE FEVER —, A complete story of the Gold Rush.
MOONLIGHT AT MIDDAY — By Sally Garrigher.
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