Irart Of Canada
Under Quarantine
OTTAWA, (£*) — A vast region
-if Canada’s sub-Arctic—some 40,
000 square miles—is under quar
antine because of an “obscure”
malady which has affected 25 per
sons, killing four. The government
<•; investigating.
Causing rapid and severe paral
ysis, the sickness has struck at
Chesterfield Inlet, 350 miles north
of Churchill, Man., on the north
western shore of Hudson Bay.
Both whites and Eskimos are
believed affected.
An RCAF Dakota will take off
Com Winnipeg this week on a
UOOO-mile mercy flight, carrying
three doctors and 300 pounds of
medical supplies.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
will prohibit other travel to and
from the area, extending 200
miles inland from the inlet to Ba
ker Lake and the same distance to
Eskimo Point. Officers will in
form natives not to leave the area.
m a statement, health minister
Paul Martin said last night “the
-*xact nature of the epidemic has
lot. been determined, but it is sus
oeeted of being of virus origin.”
Heavy Seas Smash
Redondo Beach
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., f/P)
With five wave-smashed water
front blocks evacuated—city offi
cials estimate the damage at
$200,000 — residents girded them
selves Saturday for a third bout
with thundering ground swells.
Lifeguards said the rampaging
surf, which in two days has
wrecked a score of homes and
apartments, showed no signs of
abating.
At high tide Saturday, combers
exploded spray 70 feet into the air
and 'rolled granite boulders from
the sea wall across 200 yards of
sand onto Hermosa Ave.
Sidewalks were torn up, fences
bowled over and the facades of
buildings dented or holed. Gas
and electricity were shut off in
the danger area. Several blocks
were roped off to prevent looting.
Hilky Robinson, manager of the
Nome Liquor Store left today on
Pan American for the States
where he plans to spend several
months. The Liquor Store is being
managed by John Vlaar during
his absence.
W. A. BOUCHER. NUGGET
PUBLISHER. RETURNS HOME
Wilfred Boucher arrived from
the States this morning, having
driven up to Seattle from, Califor
nia where he was recuperating
from a throat infection. He re
ports the highway flooded in sev
eral places and many passes
closed to traffic.
It is anticipated, he reports, that
with the great amount of snow
there will probably be floods
throughout the country this
spring.
He enjoyed only four days of
sunshine in the far south during
his two months stay.
ORAH D. CLARK SHOWS IM
PROVEMENT FOR INJURIES
Miss Orah D. Clark, pioneer
Alaskan, shows some improve
ment from serious injuries re
ceived when she was struck by a
truck recently. She suffered a
fractured pelvic bone, and in ter
nal injuries. ,
Miss Clark was going to the ex
press office for a painting which
was to be a gift from her to the
Territorial Museum and has since
been delivered to the Museum. It
is a lovely pastel, thought to be a
scene near Skagway where the
artist, Mrs. Mary Milligan, did
much of her work.
Four Builders Bid
On Conversion Of
Coastal Rider
SEATTLE, (/P)—Four shipyards
entered bids Friday for conversion
of the 5,000-ton Coastal .Rider for
use in the Alaska Native Service.
Bidders were the Everett Pacif
ic Shipyards Everett; and Todd
Shipyards, commercial ship repair
and Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredge company, all Seattle.
V. R. Farrell administrative as
sistant for the native service, said
bids would be forwarded to his
Washington, D. C., office for con
sideration, and that amou n t s
would not be announced mean
time.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska an
nounced in Washington this week
that he had asked the Senate ap
propriation committee to provide
$700,000 to outfit the new steam
ship.
Bids also were received here
on overhaul of the Motorship
North Star, which is scheduled to
make at least two trips to Alaska i
for the native service this year.'
Low bidder was the Lake Union
Drydock Machine Works of Seat
tle at $2,027.
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I States Trying To
Bar Communists
iFrom Public Jobs
(Contined from Page One>
studying suggestions for outlaw
ing the communist party.
Moves are under way in other
states to put a crimp in the party
line in one way or another.
Oaths of loyalty or allegiance
to the U. S. would be required of
public school teachers and college
and university professors in Okla
homa, Nebraska and New Hamp
shire.
All public officials and candi
dates for public office would have
to do likewise in California.
In Texas, all state officials and
employees, including those in
schools who get money from the
state, would have to swear they
never have been members of the
communist party or other subver
sive group.
The meaning of the bills and
the reasons they are offered seem
to be clear. Assemblyman Frank
J. McMullen <R.-Brooklyn), spon
sor of two New York bills, said
“As a nation we have taken a
stand against communism in our
foreign affairs and have appro
priated billions to fight it. At the
same time we should bar these
people who owe their allegiance
to a foreign ideology from hold
ing posts in our state or munici
pal governments.”
NOSE MAKES NEWS
BRUSSELS, (^P) — Having lost
his nose following an operation,
Monsieur Xof Brussels went to a
plastic surgeon and ordered a new
one. The new one had a splendid
appearance but, he claimed, failed
to fulfill its main function of en
abling him to breathe normally. A
court action against the surgeon
failed, but the defendant promised
to reimburse Monsieur X a part of
the fees on condition that he re
turn the nose.
Copies of
Nome Nugget
For Sale at
News Stands
at
NOME DRUG STORE
And POLET’S
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB "
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, See,
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
EARL COULTHARD. W. M.
_NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office: ^
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 8808