T THE NOME NUGGET
Fiscaped Marine
Corps Prisoners
Captured In Calif, j
SAN ONOFRE, Calif. (A1)—Six
escaped Marine Corps prisoners,
armed with two carbine .rifles,
were cornered in heavy brush on a
1 each near here early yesterday
end captured after 20 minutes of
gunplay, the state highway patrol
reported.
Highway patrolman A1 Misgard,
who was at the scene, said he be
lieved one prisoner was wounded, i
He said he did not know if the
prisoners, who escaped from Camp]
Pendleton Wednesday in a stolen
iruck, returned the fire of law en
forcement officers and military po-!
lice.
Misgard said the escaped men
were sighted walking down the t
beach by members of a Marine
beach patrol. When an order to
halt was shouted the six scurried
into the brush at the foot of a
bluff. Misgard estimated that some
*10 officers were at the scene. He
said officers fired shots into the
brush from the top of the cliff to
force the prisoners out and cap
ture them.
Police from several nearby
communities as well as sheriff’s
officers and highway patrolmen
mined in the search for the six
prisoners. The .provost marshal’s
office at Camp Pendleton said the
prisoners were members of a
working party at a staging area of
the vast Marine camp and that
they escaped Wednesday by over
powering guards and stealing a
truck.
Object Lesson
For Smokers
DETROIT — For two reasons,
Mrs Polly McClure will think!
wice before she smokes in bed
again.
First, Mrs. McClure set fire to
her hotel room and was given ten
days in the House of Correction
by Judge George T. Murphy in
Traffic and Ordnance Court, She
pleaded guilty.
Second, Mrs. McClure has not
seen her husband, Eugene, since
the fire.
“We had been drinking together
for two weeks,” Mrs. McClure told
Judge Murphy. “He ran out of the
room when the fire started and I
haven’t seen him since.”
In sending her up, Judge Mur
phy commented, “There are no|
bars there—where you can cele
brate.”
For Good Printing Call Main 125
Friday. September 5. 1947
HOUSE COMMITTEE DUE TO
ARRIVE IN NOME TODAY
The House sub-committee on
territories and insular possessions
of the public lands committee now
touring Alaska, is scheduled to
arrive here late this afternoon for
a hearing to be held at Federal
Court room at eight o’clock.
The chamber of commerce is
planning an informal dinner if it
is found to be convenient for the
party upon their arrival. In the
party are Congressman Fred L.
Crawford <R.-Mich.>, chairman;
Clair Engle (D.-Calif.), P. E. Pe
den <D.-Okla.), Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Y. LeFevre <R.-N. Y.), Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Jenison and son (R -
111.), W. A. Dawson (R.-Utah),
Delegate Bartlett and Joe Flakne.
The party is accompanied by Re
gina Gardnier. reporter for *he
committee.
At press time it was not ascer-:
tained if the entire party would
make the side trip to Nome. It is
understood they are interested in
statehood, breakwater an other
problems now before Congress.
Japs Convicted Of
Atrocitv Murders
GUAM. (/P) — Capt. Hiroshi
Iwanami, frail Japanese medical
officer convicted in the atrocity
murders of 10 American airmen
on Truk Atoll in 1944, was sen
tenced by a five-man military
commission today to die on the
gallows.
Lt. (jg> Shniji Sakagami, con
victed of strangling two prisoners
after a dynamite blast failed to
end their lives, was sentenced to
life imprisonment.
Eighteen of Iwanami’s subor
dinates, also defendants, were sen
tenced to prison terms ranging
from 10 years to life.
The Japanese were convicted of
killing the Americans through ex
periments with bacterial injec
tions, tourniquets, bayonets and
spears.
Litvinoff Trimmed
U. S. Bridge Expert
OXFORD, O. UP)—Maxim Lit
vinoff, former Russian ambassa
dor to the United States, is a
bridge expert, according to Ely
Culbertson, famed authority on the
game, who addressed Miami uni
versity students on his plan for
post-war peace.
“The last time we played, Mr.
Litvinoff won $32, I won $8 and
Joseph E. Davies, former ambas
sador to Russia, won $2,’* Culbert
son said.
“Jesse Jones was the fourth
player, so you know from whom
the winners collected.”
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SS. ALEUTIAN scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 6th. cancelled
SS BARANOF scheduled to sail from Seattle for Ketchikan.
Juneau, Cordova, Valdes and Seward, Sept. 13th.
SS BARANOF scheduled to sail from Seward for
Juneau, Ketchikan, and Seattle Sept. 19th.
THE LAST SHIP OF THE 1947 SEASON FOR NORTON SOUND
IS SCHEDULED TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE SEPTEMBER 15th.
Reservations made through Anchorage, Fairbanks or Nome Agent
NOTICE
'
Ladies Aid will meet at the
; home of Mrs. Andy Nerland Fri
day evening at 8:00. All visitors in
terested in church work in the
community are invited.
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POSITION OF BASE
LIBRARIAN.
The position of Base Librarian
will be open at Nome Air Base on
21 September 1947. At present,
l funds are available to fill this po
j sition until 20 January 1948 at a
fixed salary of $249.38 per month,
! (40 hour week>. Definite assurance
of hire after the above date can
not be given at this time, but ap
plication will be made to higher
heacifluarters for further allotment
of funds.
Applications for this position
must be submitted not later than
5 September 1947, addressed to
Commanding Officer, Nome Army
Air Base, Att: Capt, Stephenson,
stating fully the applicants quali-j
fications as pertains to the follow- j
ing:
a. Library experience (practic-1
al). I
t b. Library training at college
level.
c. Education ^Schools, courses,
degrees).
d. Age: 20 to 40 years.
e. Interest in this type of work.
f. Ability to select books and
advise patrons.
g. United States Citizen (re
quired).
h. Married or single.
| The applicant selected for this
j position will be notified on 10
September 1947, and name will be
announced herein on 11 Septem
ber.
All residents of the Base and
Nome who are eligible and desire
to apply for this position are
urged to do so.
Publish Aug. 27, 29, Sept. 1, 3.
Classified Ads
RAWLEIGH Dealer wanted at
once. Good opportunity, Write at
once. Rawleigh’s, Dept. SKI-21
105, Oakland, Calif.
j Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
i FOR SALE—Studebaker Sedan.
Excellent condition. Call at Nome
' Nugget. 102-6t
FOR SALE—1 wood and coal
range, new; 1 base cabinet, 1
Venetian blind 30x60—Call Main
60. 106-3t
DRESSES, Fresh Silk Lingerie,
Avon cosmetics and household
items, yardage, Christmas Cards,
- Men’s Apparel. Contact Miss Ren
Selman, Wallace Hotel, 7 to 9
p.m. 109-lt
For Good Printing Call Main 125
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DREAM
THEATER
—•—
2 Shows, Sept.'5, 7:15 & 9:00 P:M:
Friday
"TEXAS PANHANDLE"
# - Charles Starrett
Also Chap. 5 "Dick Tracy"
—•—
1 Show, Sept. 6, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday
"HERE COMES THE WAVES"
Bing Crosby - Sonny Tufts
Betty Hutton
Also "Talk Of The Town"
—•—
2 Shows, Sept. 7, 7:15 & 9:00 P.M.
Sunday
"MADONNA'S SECRET"
Francis Lederer - Gail Patrick
Also "Mouse In Manhattan" •
Surgeons Remove
Two-Inch Nail
From Vet's Head
DENVER, (IP) — A veteran of
Bataan clung today to a slender
thread of life after a delicate op
eration to remove a two-inch nail
he believes was hammered into his
head by a Japanese soldier.
Surgeons at the Fort Logan vet
erans administration hospital
worked more than two hours yes
terday in removing the nail from
the head of Virgil Gomez, 27-year
old farmer from Cerro, N. Mex.,
while his 21-year-old wife, Isabel,
waited prayerfully in a nearby
room.
The Gomez couple expect a,
child in November.
Surgeons said Gomez condition,
while satisfactory today, may re
main critical anywhere from five
to ten days. Even if he survives,
they said, he might suffer partial
N. Y. Giants K-O
All-Stars, 21 to 0
NEW YORK, (/P)—The divorce
is final now for Mr. Inside and
Mr. Outside—Glenn Davis and
Doc Blanchard—and the best you
can say about their farewell Uing
on a football field is that it was
too late coming.
Army’s famed gridiron wrecking
twins put on their finale as the
highly-touted one-two punch of
the eastern college All-Stars
against the New York professional
Giants in the ninth annual clam
bake of this series in the Polo
Grounds last night. But the only
wrecking that was done was on
the persons of B. and D. in par
ticular and the All-Stars in gen
eral, as the Giants rolled up the
most lop-sided decision of the ser
ies, 21-0.
paralysis caused by abcesses form
ed by the nail.
COLD WEATHER IS COMING
BUY YOURSELF
A FUR JACKET
On Monday morning, Sept. 8, we
will place on sale a large lot of Fur
Jackets for Adults arid Children..
4
k
'.I ■
Drastically marked down to sell.
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No reservation - No returns
First Come - First Served
A.POLET
Specializing in
GENUINE ALASKAN ARTCRAFT
Carved Ivory - Curios - Model Baskets
Handmade Fur Garments - Native Footwear
Raw and Dressed Furs
Wholesale and Retail