Alaska Dog Team
(Championship
Anchorage
The Alaskan Sled Dog Racing
Vssn. is putting on the Alaskan
'hampionship dog race at An
horage, Alaska, Feb. 20-27 over a
:5-mile course. The team with the
>est total time wins.
Prize money will be awarded as
■jllows:
.it ..$700
-nd . 350
rd . 200
Hi. 100
. »h . 75
( th . 50
7th . 25
In addition to the prize money
beautiful trophy signifying the
hampionship of Alaska is being
'.it, up by Dog World magazine of
hicago. The trophy must be won
tree times for permanent posses- j
.ion.
All entries must be received by
e secretary of the Alaskan Sled
'Tog Racing Assn., Box 91, An- 1
norage, Alaska, by Feb. 20, 1949.
The secretary will furnish infor- ‘
I
ration if desired.
I Ecuador “Invasion
From Mars’ Kills 15
QUITO, Ecuador, (tf*r— Fifteen
persons were killed and at least 15
j injured by enraged mobs retaliat
I ing against an overly-realistic
j broadcast of a fictional “Invasion
! from Mars” Saturday.
This city of 175,000 was in com
plete turmoil as a result of the
, panic caused by the broadcast ami
the army was called out to quell
the raging mobs. Troops used
tanks and tear gas on the angry
citizens.
The building housing Ecuador’s
principal newspaper was com
pletely wrecked, along with its
equipment and the radio station
in it which made the broadcast.
Damage was put at $350,000.
The government appointed the
minister of defense to investigate,
indicted the station’s art and dra
ma editors and arrested 10 other
persons.
The Saturday night broadcast
was based on H. G. Wells’ fantas
tic novel, “The War of Worlds.” ,
A similar bi'oadcts was staged j
by Orson Welles in the United
States in 1938.
Train Arrives—
55 Hours Late
- —
SEATTLE (/P)—Fifty-five hours
, behind schedule, 60 pasengers
from two Milwaukee Railroad
i trains finally arrived in Seattle
Friday night boasting the name:
“Snowbirds.”
The travelers were aboard the
Olympia Hiawatha and the Co
lumbian, halted by slides Wed
nesday morning in the mountains
between Easton and Cedar Falls.
They finally arrived aboard the
Milwaukee’s No. 15. using North
ern Pacific tracks.
Mrs. Robert C. Sands of Mont
gomery, Ala., had her hands full,
traveling with her six-year-old
daughter Regina and two-year-old
son, Bill. They are enroute to join
her husband, an air force master
sergeant at Anchorage. “We had
everything we needed,” said Mrs.
Sands.
The Fire Department was called
out about four-thirty Saturday
morning to 1st and C Street, to
put out a fire in the cabin occu
pied by Sunny Jim. The cabin,
owned by Harry Longley, was
completely gutted and the cause
is unknown.
[VALENTINE PARTY AT
BERING SEA CLUB
Satrday evening the Bering Sea
Club was decorated with a Valen
tine mo’if and red tapers for their
Valentine party, at which time
they gave prizes to the longest
married couple at the party and
the newest bride. #
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Roell, mar
, ried twenty-eight years, were the
longest married and Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Diaz, married last Thurs
day, were the recipients of the
prize for the newest married cou
ple. The prizes were beautiful
handcarvd ivory bracelets with
heart-shaped design.
ORA D. CLARK SERIOUSLY
HURT IN JUNEAU
Word was received from Juneau
that Ora D. Clark, well known
Anchorage woman, who was here
with the OPA during the war, was
seriously hurt last Monday whe^
she was run over by a truck in
Juneau.
The letter, received from Mil
dred Herman, one of her close
friends, states that she is in a crit
ical condition in the hospital.
Oro D. Clark taught in many
Alaska schools before retiring, and
is well known throughout the
Territory.
JW* WANAI ._ THE MISS THAT'S A HIT
OH, DIANA - \M(LL YOU
GET MV GLOVES FOR
ME, PLEASE P
here you ARE
KETCH/ _^
THANKS,
t^4 J HONEy .
HA-HA / ARE YOU
IN LOVE. DIANAS
you GAVE NAE
THE WRONG
i /r—/- f
DIDN'T YOU NOTICE
THAT ONE IS BLACK
AND THE OTHER IS
brown * ^
YOUR OTHER RA/R ) .
IS JUST THE SAbAE/J''
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CREEPERS ! LAWRENCE
LOVEDALE/ HE'S REALLY
A, SUPER SINOONER...
/VOW IF I DIDN'T NAVE TO
GO 70 SCWOOC^*,^/-^
II V I
HKN-N/S- XT'S
RAINING...
SHALL I (SO /AJ!. »
T” "J/ J *y
ONE, PLEASE.
HELLO, MOTHER.../
SCORCHY SMITH ACE OF THE AIR STRIPS
GO/ saaall
LAPV GAJAH.'
AlP VOUR <
SAWS WASTE?/
s\ ?
/MVBE WE )7 THIS DEADFALL'S GOT AAE,1
could Dig U pinned down, but good}
you OUT IT'D TAKE AN ELEPHANT TO .
SCOgCHV.^yy^LlFT IT A BIG ONEJ^
( WHY.' IT'S >
EUOISE, HATTER'S
PACHYDERM PET.'
.„BUT SINCE YOU GAVE
HER THAT PEANUT BRITTLE,
SHE'S BEEN
QSCORCHV.'
mmi
PULL eloise.'W ******
PULL: FIPTV/ ,y>
POUNDS OP <y\T
PEANUTS IP I) Jl
get out *7 /jrr
SHE'S NOT SURGING PULL./
IT.' ITS TOO HEAVY PULL
EVEN FOR HER l AGAIN J
r
PIONEER WOMEN
MET FRIDAY NIGHT
The new officers of the Pioneer
i
Women held their first meeting
last Friday with Mrs. Chas. Pen
nycook presiding.
Degrees of the order were con
ferred upon Mrs. L. Mattala after
which whist was played with the
following lucky members taking
home the prizes: Mrs. James
Walsh, Mrs. Harry Hagen and
Mrs. Joe Walsh.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH AT CRAIG. ALASKA
Last week the Seventh Day Ad
ventist Church opened its doors at
(Craig, Alaska, with special serv
ices under the direction of its pas
tor Rev. Fred Wagner, who left
Nome last month. The church was
purchased from the Christian
Church.
DON'T BE A DRIP . . . Park
your dripping umbrella and
overshoes at the door and
don't track over the rug.
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Nome Nugget
For Sale at
News Stands
at
NOME DRUG STORE
And POLET’S
NUGGET ADS
_ GET RESULTS
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Sea.
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
8eattle Office:
801 Lowraan Building