Hi, Kids!
Nell Muncy reports that letters
are coming in fast from kids of
all ages guessing the names of the
three Hallowe’en witches. Prizes
have been donated too she says of
candy, ice cream, cake, cookies,
Nome High School engraved pen,
pencil, ear muffs, Tee shirts, toys,
theater tickets, etc.
For the benefit of those who did
not see the clues to the identity of
the witches in Monday’s paper we
repeat the riddle—
“Does writing letters to be sent
on the next plane give you a head
ache?"
Send your answers to Box 93 or
leave at the Nugget Office.
Friday’s paper will announce
the big Hallowe’en surprise, what
it will be and where it will be and
the time it will be.
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—
Nome City Council met Monday
night for regular session at the
| City Hall.
The proposed sales tax was read
again and a lengthy discussion of
various details, exemptions, etc.,
followed after which the council
members were instructed to each
read the proposed tax carefully
and report again at the next regu
lar meeting as to their findings.
A letter from commanding of
ficer of Marks Air .Force Base Col.
D. C. Jamison announced that the
Sand Spit foot bridge would again
be open about November 1st when
the warehouses in that area are
completed.
The Lomen Commercial Co. of
fered $150.00 for Bridge Street.
Six applications for Police Chief
were received from the States.
Mr. Hopkins public health offi
cial urged the city to see that the
Standard Oil Co. put in a fire
berm around their tanks which are
at the west end of town.
Labor problems were discussed
in relation to the construction of
the breakwater which is getting
under way.
The Council approved of Carl
Newman’s liquor license being
transferred from the Nevada to a
new location on Front and Moore
Way.
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Nome Cub Scout
Pack Organized
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Nome will have the whole Scout
program available to its boys this
week, as a Cub Scout Pack is
added to the existing troop and
Air Explorer Squadron, Russ Ap
ple, Alaska Council field execu
| tive, said today.
This will mean, Apple said, that
Nome will have joined several
other Alaskan communities in
providing the full range of char- |
acter building and citizenship
training activities for the boys.
A Nome boy may now start into
Cub Scouting at 8 years old, and
continue on through the three pro
grams until he is 16 or older, re
ceiving the full benefit of Scout
training for 8 or more of his most
formative years.
This increase in Scouting in
Nome, Apple revealed, as well as j
in other Alaskan towns, has been |
the direct result of the activities i
of the Alaska Boy Scout Council. ;
which was formed four years ago j
by Alaskan businessmen ot bring
the Scouting program in its en- i
tirety to Alaska. Since formation
of the Council, Scout membership
has jumped from 251 to more than
1300.
The financing of the Council is
the joint responsibility of all Alas
kan towns with Scout units, Apple
said, and this year all Scout towns
including Point Barrow, Fort Yu
kon, and the small fishing com
munities of the southeast coast are
participating.
Both Fairbanks and Anchorage
have completed their finance cam
paigns this year, with both towns
exceeding last year’s total.
Man Accidentally
Shoots Friend
i JUNEAU, (/P)—Willis W. Roff,
56. chief mechanic for the public
roads administration here since
1927, was shot and killed Monday
while engaged in target practice
j with a friend on Douglas Island.
The friend, Ed Kibby, told po
lice his gun discharged accidental
ly and the bullet hit Roff in the
chest. Kibby was near collapse
last night.
An inquest was held yesterday.
Roff is survived by his widow
and son, both of Juneau, and a
daughter attending college in the
States.
Fisliwheel Strike
May Boom Yukon
Steamer Business
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PORTLAND, (VP)—Yukon River
boat Captain William Maki was
hopeful today the Alaskan gold
prospecting rush to Fishwheel will
revive traffic on the big sub-Arc
tic River.
“I don’t know, but I hope that
this will mean more business for
the boats next year,” the veteran
river pilot said.
He returned to his home here
after the summer season piloting
the steamer Alice between Nenana
and Fort Yukon. He explained the
government, which operates the
river boats as a service to river i
towns despite the financial loss, j
has been talking of retiring the
old steamers. He said the boats
would be needed to haul heavy
mining machinery to the new gold
field.
The captain reported the old Co
lumbia and Snake Rivers Steamer
Barry K, towed to the Yukon in
Alaska fo rwartime service, has
been beached at Nenana. He said
her hull is getting soft. The old
steamer for many years hauled
sacked grain between landings in
eastern Washington and Lewiston,
Idaho.
Blast Wrecks
Dallas Biiiltlin":
Many Injured
DALLAS, Tex. UP) — Fourteen
persons were injured, three seri
ously, when an explosion late last
night ripped apart a four-apart
ment building in a housing pro
ject.
The blast and what residents of
the stucco structure called a flash
of flame left it a mass of debris—
caved-in walls, smashed furniture
and crazily crumbled roofs.
Buildings in the five-block area
were rocked by the explosion
about 10:45 p.m. It threw some
people in nearby units in the Ce
dar Springs housing project in
North Dallas out of bed. Every one
in the building was hurt.
Battalion fire chief J. W. Owens
said he had no idea what caused
the explosion.
Leroy Shannon, 28, said the
blast occurred in his apartment.
He said he had smelled gas for
several days and had reported it
to the maintenance man.
Shannon said “workmen repair
ed the stove in Mrs. Ballard’s
j apartment today.”
Mr. and Mrs, John McNees have
moved to their new home on Bel
mont Point.
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