1960 Fishing, Hunting and
Trapping Licenses For Sale
at Home Hardware Store
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Netherlands Dike Breaks,
Flooding Section of City
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, (S\
— An Amsterdam suburb was
flooded by a break in a dike
yesterday and police and naval
units began evacuating the old
and sick from the area. Water in
the area reached a depth of more
than three feet, but police an
nounced there was no immediate
danger. With Dutch naval units,
however, they began evacuating
some of the people.
The flooding was caused by a
break in a branch of the North
Sea channel that links Amster
dam Harbor with the North Sea
coast.
The break in the dike is near
ly 80 yards wide. The Amsterdam
public prosecutor has ordered an
inquiry into the cause.
Numbered Duplicate Stub Ticket!
For Sale at The Nugget
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
When Venus is closest to the
earth it is only 2.2 millions of
miles distant and 160 millions of
miles when farthest away.
The orbit of Venus is tipped
slightly from the plane of the
earth’s orbit. Only on very rare
occasions does it pass directly in
front of the sun. Such a passage
is called a transit. These transits
occur in pairs, two transits being
eight years apart, and the suc
cessive pairs being separated by
122 years. The last transit oc
curred on December 9, 1874, and
December 6, 1882. They will not
occur again until June 8, 2004,
and June 6, 2012.
When passing before the face
of the sun, Venus has the ap
pearance of a black spot sur
rounded by an illuminated ring of
atmosphere. The spectroscope has
shown that this atmosphere is
like that of the earth’s, possibly
a little more dense.
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South Peru Again Rocked
By Violent Quakes
LIMA, Peru, WI — Sharp earth
quakes rocked Peru again today.
Reports from lea Province in the
south said four people were in
jured when a building collapsed.
The shocks were relatively
light here in the capitol. They
lasted for about two hours be
fore dawn.
Strong earth shocks were felt
at Ancon, a Pacific beach resort
25 miles north of Lima. A near
tidal wave rolled in, and the
spray splashed almost as high as
the top of some 10-story build
ings on the oceanfront.
There was no immediate word
from Arequipa, a center of death
and destruction this week. Com
munications with that southern
city were still spotty because of
quake damage.
Pioneer Giveaway Nugget
Is Roof Garden Attraction
The Nugget staff was given a
preview of some of the souvenirs
to be given away at the Roof
Garden, anjong which is the most
uniquely-Shaped, rare, priceless
specimen of a gold nugget, meas
uring almost six inches across,
recently mined from the aurifer
ous gravel deposit of an ancient
channel on Long Creek in the
Ruby District of the Yukon River.
This nugget may be seen on dis
play in the office of the Nome
Light and Power Utilities.
Vivieros Named to VFW •
National Safety Committee
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Louis
G. Feldmann, Hazelton, Pa., Com
mander-in-Chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, has announced
the appointment of Silvano (Mike)
Vivieros as a member of the
National VFW Safety Committee.
In announcing the appointment,
Commander Feldmann said:
"Mr. Vivieros has devoted
much of his time and energy to
VFW activities, and I am sure he
will be instrumental in the furth
erance of safety education.”
SALE — ONE WEEK ONLY
January 16 to January 23
Fawn Colored Rabbit Skins $2
Men's Felt Shoes $8
Men's 100% Wool Sweaters 66
J. & L.
TRADING POST
Phone:- MAIN 75
Oldest’ U.S.-Founded
Church Year’s Offerings
Exceed 82 Millions
INDIANAPOLIS, UF>' — Mem
bers of the Christian Churches
(Disciples of Christ) contributed
a record 82 million dollars in the
1958-59 fiscal year, church head
quarters announced Wednesday.
The total gifts of $82,639,137
during the year ending last June
30 topped the previous year by
about four million dollars.
Texas churches led all states
with contributions totaling about
13 million, but Alaska edged the
Texans in per capita giving with
an average of $116 per member.
Texas congregations averaged
$115.39.
Total Disciple contributions
averaged $59.55 per member for
the year, up from $40 for thq year
before.
The Christian Churches, claim
ing to be the oldest Protestant
Church originating on American
soil, listed world membership of
2,006,003. Concentrated in the
central states, membership in this
country was reported at 1,808,947.
three lucky repeaters
TAKE HOME HUGE
B.O.T. GIVEAWAY PRIZES
Jimmy Rogers’ luck paid off
the second time in as many years,
as the Board of Trade Bar pre
sented him with $450 for being
there at the right time. Fanny
Iokienna also nicked the Board
of Trade Jackpot for one hun
dred dollars, and Bill Haley has
gained a round trip ticket to the
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, in
lucky /BOT Giveaways. All three
lucky patrons were winners of
last year’s Giveaway packages.
The undersigned will no longer
be responsible for any bills con
tracted by Bill Harris.
— Vera Harris
SCORCHY SMITH
(what a deflate spot for poor ]
^BAB5 TO CRACK UP HER PLANE//
BOOM!
THE OPENING GUN
BOOM! BOOM!
COME ONE — COME ALL — COME GREAT — COME SMALL
WHERE JOY WILL REIGN SUPREME!
Where The Sunshine of Your Smile Will Brighten Every Heart
WHERE ALL MEN WILL BE MEN
AND ALL WOMEN WILL BE QUEENS
LADY LUCK \VILL HAVE SMILES FOR EVERYONE !
— AND —
MAY THROW HER ARMS AROUND YOU AND SING OUT
“DATS MAH BOY”
The Event All Look Forward To With Bubbling Anticipation!
Walk Up, Roll Up, Tumble Up, Any Way to Get Up
THE PIONEER ROOF GARDEN
NUF SED
NOME SCHOOL BUILDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1960
THE GROUND'S COMING Up FAST
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilks
Worthy Matron
Halan Dunbai
Secretory
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYBbN G. REED, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meats First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ast Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Masts last Tuasday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, Prasidanl
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Sscty.
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