Rockefeller Offers
U.1Y 1-argeGift
I«AKK. SUCCESS, S Y. (/P) —
John L). Rockefeller, Jr., today of
fered the United Nations a gift of
$i,500,000 with which to purchase
a large tract of land in mid-town
Manhattan for i ; . . manent site.
Rockefeller said he had already
^received assurances of the City of
flew Vo k was i . -d to give to
the If. N .the b i! e of a city
Mock o » which _:tt purchase
■i tciuded i vo sm ts.
He aided that tie predicted his
gift for the land ••'vrchases on as
surances New York City would
I ermil the U. N 4 e the entire
area without restriction and would
also turn over to fJ N. use all
bulkheads and p ■- the East
adver frontage betw 42nd and
< ith streets.
Action must be taken within 30
days from Dec. !U.
In a letter asking that the com
munication be transmuted t t '1
site committee, Rockefeller stated
that he had “ventu.\.d to locate
territory on the East river in the
midtown area,” Roth because he
believed the pe New York
City wanted the U. N. among them
and because New York City af
forded the best spo4 f r the U. N.
t > locate permanently
DRINK NO DODGE
IjQNOON, </P)—"Lancet”, jour
nal of the British Medical Associa
tion, says the o i elief that gout
can be evaded by giving up drink
seems to have been exploded by
two specialists. Tlie> have never
been able to bring jl. gout attacks
i>7 giving alcohol.
Federated Church Holds
Annual Meeting
Tuesday night a fellowship din
ner was prepared by the Ladies’
Aid of the Federated Church, and
all in attendance were in agree
ment that the food and the fellow
ship were excellent.
Singing of Christmas songs was
o.ie of the most delightful features
of the evening. Many requests
were made and al lof the numbers
were sung lustily.
Reports on the activities of the
s. year were read by various
committee and board chairmen.
All reports were hopeful of prog
ress in each field of the church’s
endeavor.
The concluding business of the
session was the annual election of
.cers for the ensuing year. Of
ficers and committee chairmen
chosen were:
rlerk of the board, Mrs. C. Mc
Lain; financial secretary, Robert
Baldwin; treasurer. A. Polet;
d of religious education, chair
man, George Parkko: board of
missions, chairman, Mrs. E. Bald
ii: and four new trustees: Wil
liam Cameron, Jim Frye. Mrs.
Rhetta Harper, and Mrs. Rose
Rrnnsnn
Singing of Christmas music con
cluded the activities of the eve
ning. There will be more fellow
ship dinners in the future; all of
the townspeople and army person
nel are invited.
T
Sarge—What’s Private Jones in
the hospital for?
Corporal—He shot himself.
Sarge—Why did he do that?
Corporal—He was on guard
duty last night and forgot the
password.
One Ordinance Passed
Another Introduced
At the meeting of the City Coun
cil on Monday night the council
passed the Ordinance 315. which
designates names of streets and
numbering of houses throughout
the city.
Ordinance 316 regarding a
health officer for Nome, designat
ing his salary and duties, was in
troduced and will be further acted
upon at a later meeting.
W. J. Dowd, member of the
school board, told the city council
that the Territorial school was in
adequate. under present circum
stances, to house the number of
children requiring schooling in
this city, since the native school
has been condemned and would
not be used after this school-year
is ended.
He recommended the city coun
cil take the necessary action to
have additional buildings ready
for the beginning of the next
school-year, in order to make the
necessary room space available.
The council then adjourned to
the city clerk’s office to check over
the tax roll, preparatory to hold
ing meetings of the board of
equalization during the week of
December 15.
COBBLER, 82. PLUGS
ON HOME FRONT
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D. (/P)—
Age—he’s 82—and partial blind
ness aren’t keeping H. Prey, for
; mer shoemaker, from the ranks of
outstanding home front perform
ers.
Since January, 1942, Prey has
collected 42 tons of waste paper
and baled it. He has sold $300
worth and turned the proceeds
over to the Red Cross.
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’He good Saint Nick flies the airlines in this air-minded
country. And those who are doing their Christmas shopping
early in this "Santa Claus country" know that the depend
able Starliners will get their impcriant packages to des'.ina
non on schedule.
PASSENGERS • MAIL • EXPSSSS • A!» TT.Z'.Z il
M || I I I |i
Telephone Main 66
LEROY SULLIVANS MOVE
TO PROSSER. WASH.
Leroy M. Sullivan, former prom-,
inent Nomeite, has sold his home
in Seattle and moved to Prosser.
Wash., where they have purchased
| a new home. The Washington Title
and Insurance Co., for which he
worked in Seattle has opened a
branch office there and placed
him in charge. The Sullivan's new
address is Box 191, Prosser, Wash.
They would enjoy hearing from
friends up here.
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NOTICE
i American Legion Post 19 is
) meeting in the City Hall at 8:00
P.M., Friday, December 13.
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In Appreciation
—
We wish to thank all those who
so kindly assisted and offered
sympathy during our recent be
reavement in the loss of our son
* ‘
Herman.
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ezukameuw
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NOTICE
_
Ladies Aid of the Federated
Church will hold a food sale in
the Northern Commercial com
pany store, on Saturday. Decem
ber 14, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
! Classified Ads I
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FOR SALE—Two pair skiis and
poles, pr. shoe-skates 10Yz, two*
fancy fur-trimmed drill parkas
16-mm projector and splicer, li
ft. mounted polar bear rug. Bar
gains. Call Main 75 148-2t
LOST—Package, cloth and rick
rack. N. C. Store wrapper. Jenny
Oksoktaruk. 148-lt
\ Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
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DREAM
THEATER
—•—
1 Show, Dec. 11 and 12, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday and Thursday
"BRAZIL"
Ed. E. Horton
Virginia Bruce
Also "Two Way Street"
—e—
2 Shows, Dec. 13. 7:15 and 9 P.M.
Friday
"THE LAST HORSEMAN"
Bob Wills - Russel Hayden
Also "Tiger Woman," No. 3
And "Hare Ribbin"
XMAS GIFT ITEMS at . . .
NOME DRUG STORE
Kirsten Pipes
Christy Sport Knives
Compass Match Boxes
Cigaret Lighters
Dresser Sets
Ejector Cigaret Holders
Perfumed Oil Lamps
Snack Knife Sets
Hope For The
Bahl-headed Man
HOLLYWOOD. (/P)—“Toupee
not toupee, that is the questio
as B il Shhkespeare came pre
close to saying once—and it v
more of a question than ever
Hollywood today.
Film columnists received w
mixed reactions the pronoun
ment of Dr. Herbert Rattencr
Northwestern university that ba
nes sis a sign of supermasculin
—in other words that a smo<
pate is a sign of a hairy chest.
“I’m going to throw away i
tupees,” said Jack Benny, w
wears ’em on the screen.
Bob Hope, who gets by with
own hair, took another dig at
old pal Bing Crosby, cracking
“Wonder if the doctor has e’
seen Bing without his toupei
And dignified Cedric Hardwic
who also has been known to sp
a toupee, commented:
“Baldness may indicate mas*
linity, but it diminishes one’s i
portunity of finding out.”
Many Killed In
Greek Rattle
ATHENS, (j'P)—Press dispate
said today that 123 guerrillas I
been killed, 32 wounded and
captured in a battle which !
been raging for the past three d;
around Corymdos in west
Thrace, just south of the Bulg
ian border.
The Royalist paper, Emdros,
so carried a dispatch from its c
respondent at Alexandroupol
that a portion of the insurg
group had been “wiped out”
Turkish frontier guards when tl
tried to cross over into Turkey
NO PROGRAM
FRIDAY THIRTEENTH
It was announced today t
there will be no program at
school on Friday the thirteenth
was previously stated in the sot
calendar.
The Lapps keep large herds
tame reindeer.
Xmas Carmels
With or Without Nuts
$1.50 pound
— ORDER NOW —
Black 153 or Main 46