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-yOL. 38 No. 209 NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY. JULY 12, 1937. Per Copy lOcta
Second Soviet Transp Jar Hop On
Nomeites Welcome S. S. Victoria “Arctic Cruisers”
!
Yacht Stranger
("apt. Lewis In
Port At Nome
^ The yacht “Stranger", Captain
Fred E. Lewis, home port Los
Angeles, California, arrived in
Ine Nome roadstead this morning
trom the Arctic Ocean. Accom
panying Captain Lewis, who is
toe owner of the vessel, is his
wife.
^ The “Stranger” is a ship 230 ft.
long, 34* ft. beam, gross tonnage
■ 309 tons. Aboard is a crew num
bering 52, which includes a de
tachment of Sea Scouts, whom
Captain Lewis is training. It has
t een in Bering Sea and Arctic
Ocean waters for the past sever
al weeks.
^ On its voyage, the Stranger call
-ed at Kotzebue and Point Hope,
i tid before starting its journey
-south had reached 69 degress lat
itude, north and west of Point
Hope, where the Arctic ice pack |
was contacted. It was the first;
vessel into Kotzebue Sound this
spring.
The vessel expects to continue
on south tomorrow, probably,said j
Captain Lewis, touching at the
Pr biloff Islands, thence over to
Southeastern Alaska, and back to
the States. Wh'de up North they
saw many walrus, but no polar i
tear or whale. Aboard are two
t aby walrus which are being
*** t.ijken south to a zoo.
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“Arctic Cruise" Ship Victoria In Port
ARCTIC CRUISERS ON
VOYAGE VISIT EAST
CAPE ARRIVE NOME
The S. S. Victoria, veteran steamer of the Alaska
Line, which has sailed to Nome for many years, arrived
in the roadstead here about 3:00 a.m. today, with more
than seventy “Arctic Cruise" passengers. In command
is Capt. A. W. Westerholm. Following is the list:
Edward Ayer
Mrs. Edward Ayer
Miss Mary T. Abele
Ta'bert Anderson
Mrs. Elsie Brown
Earl J. Brown
Mrs. Earl J. Brown
Keith Birlem
Miss Amanda Ball
Mrs. Annie Bohn
Fred H. Brown
Miss Mary Burch
Allen Bliss
Lionel Beauchamp
R. O. Case
F W Claus
C. T. Coekburn
Mrs. C. T Coekburn
Miss Marguerite Copeland
Jesse Cowles
Chas. M. Ccnvles
Fred H. Crosser
Mrs. Annie L. Daggs
Jane Daggs
Rev. Dedara
Allan Durand
Mrs. Sarah Durand
Ralph W. Erickeson
Mrs Raph W. Erickeson
Miss Margaret E. Gaver
John Giilmour
F. A. Greenwood
Miss Bernice Gange
Isabelle Grow
Mrs. J. H. Hallenberger
Miss Edith C. Halil
Miss Sally Hughes
Chas. Henry Hitchen
Mrs. Chas. Henry Hitchen
(Continued on Page Three)
FOUR T,^S TO Sn'-DOV'NFRS
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models are rehearsing the art of graceful sitting. Her* arc four views on the subject. (1) Margaret Mann
demonstrates the most graceful method of managing shorter skirts. (2) This is correct, but not as com
fortable as the first. (3) Not bad, but the angle Is unflattering. (4) This is double extra bad Known as
the “corkscrew” position, it went unnoticed under longer skirts. (Associated Press Photos}
jArciic Cruisers
Enjoy Program
Alaska Eskimos
T: A: tic Cruise" S. S. Vic
t i »t' the Alaska Line, Captair
A. A V.'c'terholm in command
arrived it Nome about 3 A. M. tc
o' - v from Seattle, via Dutch Har
; L't r and the PribilofF Islands, the
g vernrnent seal rookeries, where
the large number of passengere
went ashore and witnesses! the
delays of this unique industry,
protected by the government ol
the United States.
With more than seventy “Arctic
i Cruisers" aboard, and many Al
! askan passengers, the Victoria is
enroute to East Cape, Siberia
'the most easterly point on the
'
Asiatic continent, and Soviet Rus
, sia’s farthest domain. It will stop
, at several ports in these waters
before returning to Seattle vis
southeastern Alaska.
The special committee of the
I Chamber of Commerce, which
had perfected a program of en
tertainment for the visiting "Cru
■ isers”, was on hand and earlj
I this morning conducted therr
through the mysteries of the mil
ion dollar gold dredges operating
on the Third Beach Line at Nome
thru the kindness of the U. S
Smelting, Refining and Mining
Company.
Following their tour of the golc
fields, within three miles of the
city, the Arctic Cruisers visitec
many points of interest in Nome
' itself, having lunch and thenci
witnessed a truly Eskimo pro
gram of sports and other forms o
entertainment handed down foi
generations from the Eskimos o
the mainland of Alaska, the Dio
mede Islands and King Island.
This evening there will be i
big danee at the Public schoo
auditorium welcoming the visit
ors to Nome. The ship's orchestra
will furnish the dance music, anc
everyone in town will be there
from a!l accounts. There is nc
admission charge and everybody
is welcome.
Ted M. White and Mrs. White
who are aboard the S. S. Victoru
“Arctic Cruise”, are Cruise Direc
tors. They have been in charge
of furnishing the many passen
gers aboard with entertainment
on the trip, and will be pleasec
to see and meet everyone at the
dance this evening.
wt. n. u. nuguo win uc m nuiiu
for Z weeks, located at formei
office opposite Fed. Bldg. Call and
make your appointments now sc
that your dental needs may b«
taken care of before he returns tc
Fairbanks. 31
SOVIET PLANE IS 500
MILES FROM N. POLE
(Fj. T!;e Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 12. — Soviet air ace Michael Gro
nutff hopped off at 3:10 a.m. Moscow time Monday for
the United States via the North Pole, with his destina
tion scheduled as San Francisco.
Excellent weather conditions are reported all along
the route. Flight plans called for two companions to
accompany him. It was first reported Gromoff’s destina
tion would be Chicago, but it is later reported he may
land at any Pacific Coast port.
The plane is a single motored monoplane of the
ANT-25 type, identical with the one used on the pre
ceding trans-Polar flight. Identification marks are:
URSS 025-1. and is equipped with a short wave
radio, call letters RETET. The aviators will maintain
frequent communication with U. S. Signal Corps sta
tions at Anchorage, Alaska, and Seattle Washington.
Seattle. July 12, —Alaska Communications system
received message from Soviets fliers via Moscow “10:30
a.m. PST latitude 81 degrees 30 minutes longitude 58 de
grees. about 500 miles other side of North Pole. Flying
at speed of 105 mph. Encountering heavy fog."
Authenticity Of
Radios Doubted
i
iBv The Associated Press’
HONOLULU. July 12— As hopes
to rescue alive Mrs. Amelia Ear
hart Putnam and her navigator
Cap'. Free! Noonan, diminished
with each passing hour, radio ex
perts today believed that not one
of the numerous so called mes
sages could be proved as authen
, tically coming from the plane
lost s mewhere in mid Pacific
, ocean.
I Aboard the Battleship Colorado
July 11—One of the Colorado’s
I three planes landed in a lagoon
! at Hull Island in the almost for
gotten Phoenix Group, today, to
I learn from startled residents
| there, including a white man.that
nothing was known of the miss
ing fliers. Amelia Earhart and
iFred Noonan Natives stared in
awe and fear as the plane set
: tied down on the water. Some
of them leaped into an outrigger
and paddled out to see their first
airplane. The colony did not
even know the fliers were lost.
BROADWAY SEEKS DANCING COED
Heloise Martin, Drake university's dancing atfau o' honor .ed.
looks over offers of dancing engagements and tries to decide whether
to trade a college degree for a dancing career. Miss Martin's name hit
front pages after Ernest Bergmann, Drake football player, punched a
I student editor for labeling a picture of the Martin charms, ‘Today’s
Hot Tip." (Associsted Press Photo)
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