AT THE NORTHWESTERN ALASKA FAIR AT NOME. ALASKA—JOIN IN WITH THE CROWDS AND HELP MAKE THIS FAIR ONE PO BE PRO! D OF
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 74 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday MAR. 31, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
Big Native Potlatch—6 Tonight—Pre-Fair Function
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR NOME UNDER WAY
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11 ENTRIES TO START
3-DAY DOG DERBY
9AM SHARP
Eleven entries for th e big three
day dog marathon race to Cape
Nome and return, are registered,
and will leave the scratch tomor
" ow commencing at 9 a.m. sharp.
There will be an interval of
live minutes between each team.
The distance is slightly more than
26 miles, and the same route will
b run each day—Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Those registered and schedul
ed to leave in the following or
der tomorrow morning are:
Luke MoGluke 9:00
John Norbert 9:05
Ernie Buckmaster 9:10
Edwin Punguk 9:15
Little Alfred 9:20
Harry Kakoona 9:25
Chas. Blatchford . 9:30
Jehu Kost 9:35
Fred Topkok 9:40
Alien Lee 9:45
Albert Johnson 9:50
drawings were atso neia ior
Friday and Saturday, and will be
announced tomorrow.
The prizes are as follows: 1st
$300 2nd $150. 3rd $75, 4th $50
*nd 5th $25.
Work started this morning on
the erection of barrjprs at the
starting point to allow the teams
to leave and return, while the
crowds are held back a suitable
distance, so as not to interfere
with the dogs coming through the
Jane.
The starting and finishing line
is Front Street at Lane’s Way.
A few feet ahead of the line
a .special grand stand is being er
octed to be covered with snow and
decorated with the Nome Ken
nel Club color, for Miss Alaska
Marguerite Lee, who will be the
official starter and dignitary of
the event.
Miss Lee also holds another
honor in addition to Miss Alaska
and Miss Nome. She was official
Jy chosen in Nome March 6th
as the “Queen of tl\e Trial" the
position held by so many distin
guished ladies in times gone by.
In that capacity she represents
the Nome Kennel Club, as their
official hostess and Crowned
Head.” So amateur movie fans;
are advised, if you really want1
some real Alaskan movies, be on
hand early tomorrow morning.
A special loud speaing public
address system will be installed
in the grand stand, and also a
special leased telephone wire to
receive returns of the teams pass
ing the point at Cape Nome,
which will be announced to the
waiting crowds.
A lapse of about ten minutes
between the time the last team
leave Nemo and the first team
rounds Cape Nome for the return
lap, will elapse before the returns
will begin coming in over the
telephone, to be announced at
once, as they pass the turning
point Arrangements for tlvs ser
vice were comp eted today with
the Alaska Telephone and Tele
graph Co. O. S. Weaver mana
ger.
An air of royal dignity and
ceremony will crown the begin
ning of the race tomorrow morn
ing at 9 a.m., and the public
is urged to be on hand early to
witness the preliminary functions
and be acquainted with the teams
and their drivers.
Miss Marguerite Lee, selected
as Miss Alaska at the Fairbanks
Ice Carnival will officiate as the
central figure on the grand stand
and entertainment and introduc
tions to her Nome subjects will
undoubtedly keep the large crowd
occupied ail morning, as the re
turns are received and the racers
round the course, so let’s all
join together in the big start of
the Special 3-day Marathon Dog
Derby, and the commencement
of the Northwestern Alaska Fair
Association.
Prime Minister
■** a ' «•
Here Is an intimate study of Japan’s
new prime minister, General S¥n
Juro Hayashi, who is known also at
the ‘‘moustache general” because ol
his flowing moustache. (Associated!
Press Photo)
New R. E. A. Head
lolrn M. Carmody (above), of New
fork, was nominated by President
Roosevelt for the post of admini
strator of the Rural Electrification
Administration. He succeeds Morris
L. Cooke, resigned. (Associated
Press Photo)
Plot Frustrated
(By The Associated .’rcssi
TANGIER, (Morrocan Interna
tional Zone), Mawih 31—Insur
gent Spaniards are reported to
have frustrated a widespread
■counter revo'utionary plot to
seize Spanish Morocco, Fifty
persons were executed and elev
en hundred others were arrested.
FINGER PRINTS OF SEX KILLER
OBTAIN IN NEW YORK
(By The Associated Press)
NF.W YORK, March 31-Crim
- in fingerprints gave police offic
ia is their first concrete clue to
the triple murders which occur
n\l lie re last Monday. The finger
p infs were sent to the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington, D
C.. in in eotirt to learn the iden
tity i ! the person or persons who
'ran. ied to death Veronica Ged
i ‘i. pretty 20-year old model
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also her mother; and stabbed to
death Frank Byrnes.
The girl posed for artists and
photographers and illustrated de
tective stories and was a habitue
of bars and ballrooms.
Police are checking all friends,
and everyone held for question
ing since the murders, early Sun
day, have been discharged, hav
ing produced perfect alibis.
Accused Beating
Up Native Girl,
Pled Not Guilty
Jimmy Mills, a native, arrested
yesterday, was brought before U
S. Commissioner C C Tanner this
morning and charged with as
sault and battery on the pert
son of a native woman.
Mills pleaded not guilty and
time for hearing was set for 2
p.m Friday.
From all reports the native
woman is alleged to have been
so severely beaten that she can
neither see, nor can open her
mouth sufficiently to eat, it be
ing said it was necessary to feed
her through a straw.
Many Petitions
Mayor, Council
Streets
Petitions about the streets to
day for positions either as mayor
or councilmen included the fol
lowing:
For council, W H Cameron, S.
W Taggart, Edward D StefTen
Miss Gretehen Young, Emerson
Bassett, Mrs. Garnet Martin S. D.
Mazen David Livingston and Ed
Anderson.
For mayor Edward Seidenverg
and Eddie Gross.
FRESH SMELTS
AT POLET’S STORE
THE BIG FAIR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN - GET BUSY
News of the Divisions, and Highlights of what you can expect at the NWA Fair
Notice to all amateurs.—Entries
for the amateur contest must be
made by noon tomorrow, Thurs
day, the first of April. Make
your entry with Mrs_ Chapman
in the public school auditorium.
Drawing for place on the pro
gram will be made at six o'clock
at the Auditorium, if entrant is
not present at the drawing, his,
her or their number will be
drawn by the Management, as
every position on the program
will be by lot.
Mi's. Calvin Pool will be Super
intendent in charge of the ex
hibit from the Pilgrim Springs
Mission.
All the Superintendents are
busy this afternoon at the auditor
ium, arranging exhibits, and it is
an active scene.
The Baby Show is one depart
ment in which there are plenty >
of entrants. It is very encourag-.
ing to have such a large repre
sentative group of mothers of our
future citizens take the time and
trouble to enter their babies and
enter into the spirit of the Fair
with us.
Keen interest is being manifest
od in the baby parade. There is
one feature which will appeal to
the heart of everyone. We are
going to have something worth
everyone’s time to come and see
it. Friday Evening between the
hours of 7 and 8 o’clock
The typing and short hand con
tests will be held in the typing
room of the school building, the
audience attending these contests
will witness the same from the
book keeping room as quiet is
necessary for the contestants,
those interested will have a clear
view of the contests from the
book keeping room.
No aft'ort is being spared to give
a fine entertainment and to en
courage everyone to think of the
Fair as a personal matter so as
to imbue them with the thought
that it is Their Fair and a continu
ing feature in our lives here in
the Northwestern part of Alaska.
The sports program for the
children as well as adults will be
in charge of the following Com
mittee: E. E. Kirkpatrick, chair
man; T. B. Hayward and N. W.
Lewis. Look for the entire pro
gram to be distributed tomorrow
(Thursday), April 1st.
We will endeavor to keep the
public advised of additional feat
ures in this column each day_
Exhibits of cooked food in
Division J are requested to be
delivered at the Auditorium be
tween the hours of two and five
o’clock Thursday afternoon Ap
ril 1st, to be judged on Friday.
All exhibits .other than cooked
food are requested to be deliv
ered not later than 11 o’clock on
Thursday. The sooner the better
as it aids in getting the booths
fittingly arranged for the besl
possible display. Exhibits can be
brought to the auditorium this
Wednesday evening as work will
continue as late as possible.
Subscribe for The Nugget.
Potlatch Tonight &
Fair Opening Is
Tomorrow
Grand Opening Tomorrow
Evening. Exhibits Be on
Display Afternoon
This evening marks the firs'
feature of the fair day Fair, be
ing sponsored by the Northwest
ern Alaska Fair Association.
The big native potlatch com
mences at 5 p.m. when local and
visiting Eskimos will gather at
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
school. At 6 p.m. they will sit
down to eat. and then the ev
ening will be taken up with na
tive entertainment including E
kitno dancing. All Natives are
invited.
Tomorrow morning at 9 am
the Dog Derby starts followed at
11 a.m. by children's ski races,
open to children of grammar
school age. •
The afternoon also includes en
tertainment. The Flair building
will be open to the public which
may witness the exhibits. The
Nome High School ski race will
take place both for boys ami
girls and other sports will round
; out the day.
In the evening, the Grand Op
ening at 8 p.m. Address of Wei
come by Vice President C. M
Allyn, the Amateur Contest and
and then dancing to music of the
Nome Orchestra.
Doings Legislature
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March 30th—Trans
portation for school children oc
cupied the time of the House t*>
i
;day, after arguments made in an
effort to cut appropriations to
two thousand dollars to provide
for only the Matanuska colony.
The bill remains at sixty-five
; thousand dollars and is up for
final action Wednesday. If the
I
bill is approved by the House it
l
still leaves the Senate's two
! thirds rule which requires six
I
votes to be accepted.
The House approved the Walk
: er Liquor law revision measure,
| relative to licensing liquor estab
! lishments within two hundred
feet of a church or school house.
. The Senate amended the wel
fare director bill, fixing the sal
ary of that official at four thous
and dollars yearly.
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Bill as amended, comes be
. fore the Senate Wednesday fur
! final action.