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VOL. 38 No. 331 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY. NOV. 23. 1937. Per Copy 10ct»
, Looks For An Early Settlement
AMERICANS MOVE FROM DANGER AREAS
Thanksgiving Proclamations Were Issued Today
Wilkins Arrived
At Aklavik OK
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 23,
—The Royal Canadian Signal
Corps today reported that Sir
ubert Wilkins’ search party arriv
ed at Aklavik. completing the one
thousand and forty mile flight
from Fort Resolution.
Aklavik wil be Wilkins’ base
in a renewed search for the last
Soyiet plane.
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!= THANKSGIVING *
K PROCLAMATION! *
it *
y In accordance with a long *
* established American cust- *
* om, and in keeping with the *
y wishes of the President of *
* the United States and the *
y Governor of our Territory, *
y I. Edward M. Seidenverg. *
* Mayor of the Municipality of *
* Nome, hereby Proclaim *
* Thursday, November 25th, *
* 1937. a Day of Thanksgiving *
* to be observed in giving *
* thanks to Almight God for *
* the many blessings He has *
* bestowed upon our people *
* during the past year. *
I urge the people of Nome *
y to assemble on the day set *
* forth at their customary *
y place of worship and offer *
* thanks that our city. terrL- *
* itory and nation have escaped *
* the distressed conditions that *
* have borne so heavily in the *
* part few years, and that hap- *■
* piness has been restored ag- *
'I- ain. *
* In witness whereof, I have *
* set my hand and caused the *
* seal of the City of Nome to *
be affixed hereto, this 23rd *
y day of November, 1937. *
* *
* Edward M. Seidenverg, *
* Mayor. *
* Attest: M. J. Walsh, *
y City Clerk. *
* (SEAL) *
* *
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AMERICAN EMBASSY IS
MOVED NANKING
TO HANKOW
SHANGHAI. Nov. 23, (/P>—
The American Embassy was
moved from Nanking today.
The move was made to stay
in touch with the Chinese
government, and also because
of the danger of advancing
Japanese armies.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 23, — U. S
Ambassador Nelson T. Johnsor
and members of his staff embark
ed today on the U. S. Gunboai
Luzon, for the long Yangtze riv
er trip from Nanking to Hankow
where a temporary embassy wil
be established. Hankow is in Hu
peh province, and is one of the
three cities to which the central
Chinese government has moved
under threat of the advancing
Japanese army. _
tlankow Inaccessible
Hankow lies about two hundred
and eighty miles by air to the
southwest of Nanking, but is con
siderably further by way of the
winding Yangtze river.
Some Stayed Behind
Johnson left several of his aid
es at Nanking. Another U. S.
gunboat, the Oahu, steamed to
' the assistance of American at
Wuhu, Kiukang and other Yang
tze ports upriver from Nanking.
A third gunboat, the Panay is
under orders to remain at Nan
king. v
Japs Continuing Drive
| Meanwhile Japanese navy air
planes hammered at Wusih. Jap
anese authorities said their forces
were still five miles East of Wu
isih.
School Worries Are
Over For 2 Days
Public school students will cel
ebrate Thanksgiving Day without
a single scholastic worry’- Both
Thanksgiving Day and Friday,
the day following, are legal
school holidays in Alaska, as else
I where.
Due to intensive preparations
for a grade school Christmas op
eretta, no formal programs will
be given. However, the signifi
cance of the day will be discuss
ed by all grades.
In the high school, plans are
being made for an informal ob
servance consisting of group sing
ing, a humorous skit, and dis
cussions of the meaning of the
day to our forefathers and to the
individual of today.
The big gymnasium which has
been echoing to the sound of
clattering bats and thudding balls
will be the cE«ter of interest to
morrow night for another reas
on. Baseball practice has been
cancelled to make way for the
Firemen’s Ball, but will be re
sumed again next Monday.
Rubber Chech’ Wanders,
But Always Comes Back
IONA, Mich., Nov.1/P)—“Rubber
Cheak", an aged but agile turtle,
has boor, hanging around the Vern
Judevine farm near Palo for more
than 36 years, and the family is
prepared to prove it.
Judevine caught the turtle in
1901 and carved his initials and
the date on the animal's shell.
lELeven years later he again en
countered the turtle and repeated
the “registration.” Recently Ju
devine’s son, Dannon, caught a
turtle ambling across the lawn &
Judevine discovered it to be Rub
ber Check with his two inscrip
tions intact.
"We call him Rubber Check,”
Frank Judevine, brother of VeT
ne explained, “because he always
comes back."
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SPLENDID HOUSING CONDITIONS will be found in the motion picture industry
by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their expected visit to Hollywood. While in Southern Cali
fornia the former British monarch and his American wife may visit the palatial beach home of Marion
Davies, film actress, at Santa Monica. Here is a recent picture of the estate about which the duke will
^ be able to jot down notes of a swimming pool and tennis court..
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WE RE OFF TO A
THANKSGIVING
SEASON AFTER
GOOD YEAR j
With Thanksgiving just around
: the corner, and the spirit of
thankfulness and well-being that
' goes with it, we point with ad
miration to the recovery which
| Nome and this section of Alaska
has achieved during the past three
years.
Nome had an even more gigan
tic task of recovery due to the
disastrous fire of September 1934.
But today progressive merchants
have rebuilt, homes have been
constructed, further impetus has |
bsen received by the mining in
dustry, and the people of Nome
j as a whole are happier and bett
, er adjusted to conditions, than
1 for many years—and that is one
prayer of thanks that may be
given on Thanksgiving Day.
Schools and public offices, fed
eral and territorial will remain
closed on Thursday, so the public
is advised to do their last min
ute shopping for Thanksgiving
1 tomorrow.
The Nome Daily Nugget issued
■ an 8-page special edition today
including feature stories, illustra
tions, cartoons, and holiday ad
vertising.
Attention is drawn to the advt.
of The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, appearing on page three,
publicizing their big Thanksgiv
ing Eve dance at the school aud
itorium.
The North Pole Bakery has an
attractive Thanksgiving Menu al
; so on page three, special for
Thanksgiving Day.
The Palace Liquor advertise
ment appearing on page three
calls attention to its fine stock of
liquor to go with holiday dinners.
The Nome Liquor Store ad
■ vertisememt on page seven lists
.pecial reduced prices on all its |
, high grade liquors.
Polet Stores advertisement of
Thanksgiving goods, appears on1
page eight, with many suggestions j
to make the day complete.
All in all, Nome has a real
Thanksgiving to look forward to, ]
and with many suggestions for,
observing the day, Nomeites
should remember this Thanksgiv \
ing for some time. The Churches
are holding Thanksgiving servic
es for families and everyone in
vited.
Starting the oecasion of! with
a bang will be the newly or
ganized Nome Volunteer Fire
Department’s big dance and en
tertainment tomorrow night. They
have many surprises in store,
and, are anxious to give the pub
lic of Nome a good time.
The Nome Daily Nugget will
not publisih its regular edition on
Thursday but will observe the
day, as do other business con
cerns. In passing we wish to
credit those concerns who took
special space in our edition today.
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FEDERAL MEDIATOR FORECASTS
DEFINITE RESULTS W ITHIN
NEXT 24 HOURS •,
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SEATTLE, Nov. 23, </P)—
The deadlock over the de
mands of marine cooks and
stewards, continued in effect
today, while efforts were be
ing made to arbitrate the dif
ficulties.
SEATTLE, Nov. 23, - In an ef
fort to settle the dispute which
is tying up Alaska shipping, re
presentative of the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Association, and the
Alaska Steamship Co, and the
Northland Steamship Co., met
with Federal Latx>r Conciliator
E. P. Marsh, but the conference
adjourned soon after.
No Agreement Reached
Max Watson, union business ag
ent announced today that no ag
reement had been reached by the
conference, which will be resum
ed again tomorrow. Watson said:
‘‘We charged the companies
with violation of their agreement
in tying up their ships without
going through the proper chan
nel to settle the controversy”.
Represented hte Union
Watson, W. Pottle and D. Ross
represented the union and put
forth their demands that employ
ment on the ships be alternated
| among all of the unemployed un
j ion members, which number ab
j out 500.
Vessels Included
The tieup extends to all ship,-;
i including freighters, etc., and
I other ships now enroute to Seat
, tie from Alaska, and those post
ed to sail this week, will be
cancelled.
SEATTLE, Nov 23, —Federal
Labor conciliator E. P. Marsh to
• night forecast a speedy settlement
of the dispute which has tied up
all Alaska shipping, as he ad
journed the second conference
between union and oerators’ re
presentatives, subject to call pro
; bably tomorrow.
Marsh said: “Both sides are
• making a real effort to get to
gether. I anticipate definite re
sults within twenty-four hours.”
ROOSEVELT
CALLS NATION
THANK GOD
I, Franklin I). Roosevelt, Presi
dent of the United States of Am
erica, hereby designate Thursday,
the 25th day of November, 1!)37,
as a day of National Thanksgiv
ing.
The custom of observing a day
of public Thanksgiving began in
Colonial times and has been giv
en the sanction of national ob
servance through many years. It
is in keeping with all of our tra
ditions that, even as our fathers
in olden days, give gumble and
hearty thanks for the bounty and
the goodness of Divine Provi
dence.
The harvests of our fields have
been abundant and men and wo
men have been given the bless
ing of stable employment.
A period unhappily marked in
many parts of the world by strike
and threats of war finds our peo
ple enjoying the blessing of peace.
We have no selfish designs again
st other nations.
We have been fortunate in de
voting our energies and our re
sources to constructive purposes
and usual works. We have sought
to fulfill our obligations to use
our national heritage hv, effort
for the common good.
Let us therefore on this date
appointed forego our usual occu
pations and, in onr accustomed
places of worship, each in his
own way, humbly acknowledge
the mercy of God from whom
comes everv good and perfect
gift."
FRANKLIN I>. ROOSEVELT
President of the United States
Of Amercia.
President Standard
Oil California,
Dies Panama
*
(By The Associated Press)
COL.ON, Canal Zone, Nov. 23,
—Kenneth R. Kingsbury, Presi
dent of the Standard Oil Com
pany of California, died sudden
ly last night aboard the Grac«*
Liner Santa Paula, as the ship
passed through the canal.
He was sixtyone years old, and
i was accompanied on his vaca
I tion cruise to Havana by A. B
Swinnerton, San Francisco con
| tractor. They left their homes
a wee kago.
The ship's doctor said that
death was probably due to heart
j faliure.
Kingsbury started Ins caree
:with the Standard Oil Company
in Pennsylvania as a pipe check
or and fireman, in Deecrr her 1897
In 1919 he became the young
est president in the group of the
world's largest oil corporation
lHe was born at Columbus Ohio,
and was a graduate of Princeton
College.
President \ Hie/on
(By The Associated Press)
MANILA. Nov. 23, — Manuel
Quezon, president of the Philip
pine Commonwealth underwent
an operation today for appendi
citis. His condition was said to
be as good as could be expected.
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