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VOL. 38. No. 349 NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday. DEC. 15. 1937 t Copy lOcte
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Mozee Receives Endorsement For U. S. Marshalship
B. B. MOZEE
IS ENDORSED
U.S. MARSHAL
Benjamin B. Mozee's applica
tion for appointment as U. S.
Marshal to succeed the late Thos.
GafTnev, was unanimously andor
last evening by the Demo
cratic Divisional Committee for
the Second Division.
With a full comittee present
the endorsement came as a sup
porting factor, following his ap
' pointment as Marshal pro tern by
Judge J. H. S. Morison of the
District Court.
It is understood that endorse
ments will also be secured for
Mr. Mozee from the Chairman of
the Democratic Central Commit
tee. Dr. Aubrey Carter of Fair
oanks, and from Deocratic Nation
al Committeeman Jack HeLlen
thal of Juneau, Alaska, ana in
turn transmitted to Delegate An
thony J. Dimond in Washington,
D. C., for presentation to the De
partment of Justice, in support of
Mr. Mozee’s application.
The office of U. S. Marshal be
came vacant upon , the death of
Thomas Gaffney, who passed away
last week. Under the rules and
regulations. Judge Morison ap
' pointed Mr. Mozee as Marshal
protem.
This was also out of respect to
Marshal Gaffney’s special request
That in case he died, he would
appreciate the appointment by
Judge Morison of B. B. Mozee,
ais Chief Deputy Marshal.
The endorsement of Mr. Mozee
by the Democratic Committee, is
supplemented, it is believed, by
The entire public of Nome and
thus division, as he is well known,
a man of strong character, and
sterling qualities of leadership &
executive ability.
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AN ACCOLADE
TO PIONEERS
OF ALASKA
Pioneers of Alaska! What stir
ring thoughts this revered phrase
calls to mind, when contemplat
ing these rugged men and women
who, ore than any other factor
made possible the creation of the
Territory of Alaska that you and
I now enjoy.
Truly their souls must have
b.-.-n possessed of that flaming
spirit, whcih only high adventure
and the conquest of empire could
satisfy.
Suffering the severence of fam
ily ties, putting behind them the
comforts of civilization, facing the
untold hardships before them
with tranqui'liyt and courage,
these sturdy men and women
gave unstintingly of their brain,
brawn and buoyancy of spirit,
in the subjugation and develop
ment of our great Territory. Am
erica's last frontier.
The Pioneer has won an honor
ed place in the hearts of all true
Alaskans. His valient spirit, has
staunch courage, and complete
devotion to the land of his,chou:e
stand forth like a shining light,
a beacon to show the way to
those who follow.
The test of experience is the
meories it leaves us. We are hon
oring these memories of exper
iences incident to the upbuild
ing of our Territory by this in
trepid band of Pioneers on Sat
urday vening, December 18. A
short program, usic, dancing, and
games, in addition to the famous
Pioneer’s refreshments, will be
provided for your entertainment
and enjoyment by Nome's Pion
e.r Igloo No. 1. Let us make this
a gala event and a fitting cele
bration commemorating the
mighty deeds of the Pioneers of
the past, as well as a tribute to
the living Pioneers still with us.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. (/F)—
Carving a Christmas Carol out of'
wood, this creator of tiny Dick
ens characters plies his strange
trade in a Philadelphia suburb,
preparing for a rush of Yuletide
business. He is Frank Haines
who with his wife, manufacture
marionettes for sale to a selecl
group of wealth patrons.
A. L. Carpenter
Died At Pioneer
Home in Sitka
A telegram received today from
Eiler Hansen, Superintendent of
the Pioneers Home at Sitka. Al
aska, conveyed the news of the
death of A. L. Carpenter, form
er Nomeite.
The wire said he died yester
day and burial would take place
in the Pioneer’s Cemetery today.
“Carp”, as he was known to
the residents of Nome, went to
the home last spring early, after
a year and a half spent in Nome,
upon his return from St. Paul,
Missouri where he had lived for
six years, in attempts to recover
from paralysis.
A music master in his early
life. Carpenter came to Nome in
the gold rush days, was a histor
ic dance-hall piano player in
Nome and other boom camps in
Alaska. He taught piano here
for some years until his ailment
became too serious, and he went
to the states.
Surviving him are a widow,
and a son and daughter, all liv
ing in Vancouver, British Colum
bia.
His many friends throughout
this section and other parts of
Alaska will be grieved to hear of
his passing.
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PHILADELPHIA. Dec. (/P)—
Cm on guy, ya goin’ to take all -
day'.1 ‘Is what these youngsters
ask in piping tones as they impat
iently wait for a chance at the
di inking cup during “lime-out” ‘
in a football game. Though they
weigh only 105 pounds, these
young gridders of Philadelphia's
Episcopal Academy, take their;
game just as seriously as colleg-j
lans. They are shown during
their clash with Meadowbrook;
School’s 105-pound squad of;
swine-skin warriors.
Pneumonia Has
Varied Typ es As
32 Are Known
By Iago Galdstone, M. D.
Edited for the New York
Academy of Medicine
NEW YORK, Dec.—Now that
serum is available for the treat
ment of certain types of pneu
monia, the early diagnosis of the
condition is ever more important.
For the earlier the type of the
pneumonia is established, and the
sooner suitable serum (if avail
able) is administered, the better
are the results likely to be
However, we do not as yet have
an effective serum for each type
of pneumococcus.
The pneumococci, that is, the
germs of pneumonia, are divisible
into 32 types. Serums are avail
able against types 1 and 2 and
against types 5, 7, 8 and 14. Type
1 pneumonia is the commonest of
all, causing one-fourth to one
third of all lobar pneumonias.
In atypical case, the onset of
pneumonia is sudden. The pat
1 ient suffers with a shaking chill
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Newspaper Man
Relates Story of
Panay Bombing
Illy The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 15, — Jim
Marshal!, Collier’s magazine Far
Eastern correspondent, a surviv
or of the bombing of the Ameri
can gunboat Panay, said the
ship opened fire on attacking Jap
anes.- planes when bombs start
ed dropping.
“She ket her guns blazing un
til the last minute", he said
Marshal arrived here by air
plane from Wuhu to which he
made his way after the attack.
“Japanese planes dropped twel
ve bombs around the Panay and
Standard Oil Co. vessels. The
planes came so close it was im
possible for them not to know
the Panay was a foreign ship.
The visibility was excellent.
“The first bombs hit the fore
castle, and when the ship began
sinking, the captain ordered her
abandoned. All passengers and
crew jumped overboard. I land
ed on the deck of the Meian when
struck in the shoulder by shrap
nel.”
Marshal said he had not seen
Japanese launches machine gun
the Panay before she w.nt down,
as reported by Colin MacDonald
correspondent for the London
Times, another survivor,
Other survivors said the Panay
machine-gunners remained at
their posts, firing at the planes
and launches until they were
forced to flee from the sinking
vessel
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OFFICE OF A J. DIMOND
Delegate front Alaska
(Special Correspondence)
Air Rase in Alaska
During the recess of Congress
Dimond continuedf to press for
early action in getting construc
tion started on the Army Air
Corps station authorized for Alas
ka. While no funds for this use
were appropriated in the current
War Department appropriation
bill, the Delegate has been act
ively developing the subject with
officials in the War Department
in order that full support will
be given his request for an ap
propriation for the air defense
base when the appropriation bill
for the 1939 fiscal year is mad*
u.
A report was recently circulat
ed that one of the reasons the
War Department was not more
active in calling for immediate
construction of the proposed air
defense facilities in Alaska was
due to alleged representations
by the Japanese SjfivenAnent that
any such construction would be
considered an unfriendly action
on rhe paid of the United Stales
The Delegate made inquiry of
the Secretary of War and of the
Secretary of State as to any pos
sible basis of fact behind such
rumor. The State Department re
plied that it has no record of
any statement on the subject by
the Japanese Government, and
S cretary of Wrar Woodring stat
ed “that the War Department has
not been informed of any con
versations between the respective
governments in this regard".
.Motor Freight From Alaska
To Washington
At 3:30 in the afternoon of
November 8th, strictly on trie
schedule made when leaving
Ketchikan about two weeks be
fore, an auto truok loaded with
Alaska products—chiefly Mata
nuska potatoes and Alaska sal
mon—arrived in Washington at
the offices of the Works Progres.
Administration where delivery
of a sack of potatoes was made
for WPA Administrator Marry
Hopkins, who has been in charge
of the establishment of the col
ony in the Matanuska Valtle;
Delegate Dimond met the truck
at the WPA ofticas and after tin
delivery there had been effected
he accompanied it to the Capitol
where he received three bushel
ol Matanuska potatoes and seve
al sample cans of salmon labc
ed “Alaska Gold."
The following day the D logo ■
presented a bushel of the potatoe
to the White House with tl -
compliments of Alaska and the
Matanuska Valley. In acknov. -
lodgment of this gift to the Pres
id. nt, Miss M. A. Le Hand, ms
private secretary, wrote Delega'o
Dimond that the President “asks
me to send you this little note
to assure you of his sincerrst
appreciation of your friendl/
thought of him."
The truck was ferried from
Ketchikan to Prince Rupert in
British Columbia and there it
was equpiped with antlged w*hefls
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