THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Attend Hearing on
Alaska's Constitution Tonight
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Nome citizens will have an opportunity tonight to
participate personally in the biggest event in the history
of Alaska, the framing of a constitution for the future
State.
The hearing on the constitution will be held in the
high school gymnasium at eight o’clock. It is under
the auspices of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Congress. Mrs. -Mildred Hermann, delegate at large
from Alaska, will conduct it, with the assistance of any
other delegates from the Second Division who may
arrive today.
It is open to the public, and the public should
attend. Everv adult citizen in Nome should be on hand
on this occasion. This is the time to offer suggestions,
criticism, recommendations. This is the time when we,
the citizens of the Territory, may have our say about
the constitution under which the State of Alaska may
be exnected to operate for many years to come.
Whether you favor statehood now, or statehood in
the future, you will want statehood under the best
constitution it is possible to produce. To achieve such
a constitution, the voice of the people of Alaska, from
every section of Alaska, should be heard. It is fitting
also that they have a report of what has already been
done.
The hearing in Nome tonight will have its counter
part this week in every major community of Alaska.
From Klawock to Nome, from Fairbanks to Dillingham,
delegates to the convention are calling their people
together to consult them about their recommendations.
In 17 Alaska towns such meetings will be held to secure
these recommendations.
The preliminary work toward writing the consti
tution has been done. But no section or article in the
constitution has yet been adopted. That is the job that
lies ahead for the next month. It is a stupendous job
and it needs the support of all Alaskans.
That is why you should attend the meeting tonight.
It’s your Alaska. It’s your constitution.
It’s your responsibility.
Attend the hearing.
Bob Hope Lands on
Noggin When Thrown
By Strong Woman
LONDON, —Bob Hope, nurs
ing a sore head and two hurt fin
gers from his Christmas perform
ance for GIs in Iceland, plans to
resume work today in a movie he
is making here.
London doctors X-rayed Hope’s
skull to find out why he still had
a headache from the tumble he
took when he and British strong
woman Joan Rhodes were enter
taining the troops last week.
So far, the American comedian
said, the X rays haven’t disclosed
much, and the doctors want to
take some more.
Hope told newsmen how it all
happened:
* Wfts singing “Embraceable
You with Miss Rhodes, who I
had never met. But there was no
doubt about her being strong, and
at the climactic moment she was
supposed to flip me over her
shoulders, and I was supposed to
on the other side.
to and then
landing on my a one-point
w '■ Then the
Russia Still Wants
World Bolshevized
TOKYO, [3—The chairman of
the government party’s National
Defense Committees said Tuesday
the Soviet Union has not changed
its intention of “Bolshevizing the
world.”
Zenshiro Hoshina, formerly a
vice admiral, said the Russians
“intend to deceive other nations
by talking peace while they are
not powerful, and to try to launch
direct or indirect aggression pow
erful enough.”
He said Japan should have suf
ficient defense strength to resist
direct foreign invasion for two or
three months until American aid
comes. '
world seemed to collapse, and that
was Miss Rhodes coming down on
me. That’s when two fingers were
hurt, and I hope they aren't
broken.
“Miss Rhodes was very upset,
but she couldn’t help it. She
slipped. It’s the sort of thing that
can happen to anyone.”
Lunch Program . .
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individuals will contribute for the
purchase of tickets.
The children who will receive
the free lunch tickets will be se
lected by a committee of three—
Miss Jolley, Miss McDonald, and
Miss McCoy.
Menus have been carefully
planned to follow federal govern
ment regulations for a Type B
lunch, which includes at each
meal milk, bread and butter, Vz
cup of fruit or vegetable, and 1
ounce of meat, fish or cheese for
each child.
The federal government will re
imburse the School Lunch Fund
about five cents for each lunch
served to a chilld.
The purposes of this program
are to provide a hot lunch for* any
child in school regardless of where
he lives; to protect the children
from cold and exposure during the
cold days ahead; to help in the
teaching of proper nutrition.
If you wish to prolong your
wonderful spirit of Christmas giv
ing, please contribute to any com
mittee what you can for free lunch
tickets. Each meal costs 25 cents.
Many questions have been asked
and in the next issue of the Nug
get there will be a question and
answer column.
Ely Culbertson, Bridge
Expert, Dies In Sleep
BRATTLEBORO, Vt., UP> — Ely
Culbertson, who helped make the
card pastime of bridge a national
rage, died while taking a before
dinner nap last night.
Death was attributed to heart
failure due to insufficient oxygen.
He had been suffering from a
shortness of breath condition for
! several years. He became serious-*
ly ill last May, but recovered. Two
weeks ago he was stricken again.
His death was discovered by a
ward, a 15-year-old Mexican girl,
when she went to wake him for
dinner shortly before 7 p.m.
Culbertson founded the World
Federation, Inc., in 1942, to pro
mote a plan for what he termed
freedom from war through har
nessing the means of waging war;
rather than attacking the causes
of war.
He was born in Romania. His
father was a Pennsylvanian who
had gone there in search of oil.
His mother was the daughter of
a Cossack general.
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DEADLINE NEARS
FOR LAND FILING
W. A. Chipperfield, land com
missioner, has advised the U.S.
commissioner that only four state
ments of ownership have been
filed from the Cape Nome Pre
cinct in October and November of
this year. 0
He cautions that the time is
growing short in which individu
als who have not previously filed
such statements may do so with
out being assessed penalties for
delinquent filing.
The property must be filed not
later than December 31, after
which a penalty is assessed and
the territory may take steps to
foreclose liens on the property.
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U.S. Actors Are
Smash Hit With •
Russian Audience
LENINGRAD, U.S.S.R. W>—'The
first major American theatrical
troupe to visit Russia since the
Bolshevik Revolution won a 10
minute ovation Monday night at
the end of their opening perform
ance of “Porgy and Bess.”
All 2,400 seats of the Palace of
Culture were filled for the Negro
company’s first performance in
Russia of the American Gulf Op
era by George Gershwin and Du
Bose Heyward. The production al
ready has been acclaimed through
out western Europe.
It was a homecoming of sorts,
for the Gershwin family originat
ed in Leningrad, and Alexander
Smallens, here from America to
conduct the production, was born
in this city. Before the perform
ance Smallens and Mrs. Ira Gersh
win, sister-in-law of the composer,
were introduced from the stage.
Much of the audience found the
English language and the unfamil
iar music a barrier at first but
enthusiasm mounted as the eve
ning progressed.
At the final curtain the applause
went on so long that the orchestra
drummer joined in and some of
the cast did impromptu turns.
One Russian commented at in
termission: “My friends and I like
it and like the music, but it is
unfamiliar to us.”
“Brilliant,” another remarked.
Moscow radio termed the pre
mier a great success.
Seats for the Leningrad engage
ment are at a premium. The com
pany will open at Moscow Jan. 10,
with jammed theaters in prospect
there also.
U.S. Ambassador Charles Boh
len and his wife came up from
Moscow for the opening, which in
cluded such unusual aspects as
the American and Soviet flags
draped above the stage and the
playing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner and the Soviet Anthem.
CUT FLOWERS ARRIVING
THURSDAY VIA PAN AM
FOR*N.C. STORE
City Council Holds
Regular Meeting
Tuesday Evening
Monday being a holiday, the
Nome City Council met in regu
lar session last evening.
A* resolution was prepared and
sent to the Fairbanks City Man
ager endorsing their program and
plan which will send the mayors
of Fairbanks and Anchorage to
Washington, D.C., this week to
appear before the Federal Budget
Committee and urge the contin
uation of Alaska Public Works.
These representatives of the Al
askan municipalities are prepared
to show the necessity for further
municipal development with fed
eral aid.
Ordinance 372 was passed,
which extends the hours of bot
tled liquor dealers from 6:30 p.m.
until 9 o’clock each evening of
the week.
A summary was given on the
meeting of the Council and Mayor
with the Utility Board and Bob
Rutherford, electrical engineer
from the consulting firm of Ruth
erford and Associates of Anchor
age, who upon authorization of
the city will start a two-months
survey of the present inadequate
electrical system and make the
necessary recommendations for
the system and estimate the cor
rections needed.
The Territorial Department of
Mines was voted the city lots upon
which their newly completed Sec
ond Division headquarters is lo
cated.
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