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VOL. 37. No. 236 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCT. 3,1936. Per Copy 15cta
Yanks Lucky To Win Third Game
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Latest Figures
Literary Digest
Poll Obtained |
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, — The
latest figures in the Literary Dig
est Poll released today show gains
for President Roosevelt, putting
the lead of Gov. Alf M. Landon
to less than 3 to 2.
The vote so far is Landon 438,
601, Roosevelt 282,524, Lemke 29,
083.
Although the Landon lead is re
duced in the new tabulation, The
Literary Digest points out that
in the 21 states the republican
candidate is to have an electoral
vote of 290 compared to the 112
electoral votes for the ten states
in the Roosevelt column.
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Madrid Received
Aerial Attacks At
2 Times In Night
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Oct. 3, — While
the capital of Spain twice heard
the scream of air raid sirens in
a single night, the government
crushed a huge Madrid spy ring
and in quick march maneuver
swung is arching line southeast
of Toledo, for a surprise flank
attack on fascist foes.
The 77th day of the civil war
saw insurgent airmen carrying
out the fear campaign, twice fly
ing over Madrid, the first time,
dropping bombs under heavy
fire from anti-aircraft guns.
The celebrated “Atadell” pol
ice brigade seized three hundred
alleged spies in Madrid, who are
charged with meeting daily in;
the national library reading'
rooms.
It was reported that General
Franco is reorganizing his high
command for the final stages of
the attack on Madrid.
An authoritative but unofficial
Vatican survey, stated that more
than five hundred priests and
nuns had been killed during the
war.
General Owen O’Duffy, leader
of the banned Irish republican
army, was reported prepared to
lead two thousand Irish volun
teers to Spain.
Italy Celebrates
(By The Associated Press 1
ROME, Oct. 3, — The Italian
Empire celebrated today the first
anniversary of the beginning of
the Italo-Ethiopian war.
YANKEES WON THE
THIRD GAME TODAY
BY SCORE OF 2 TO 1
-FLASH
YANKEES WIN—2 to 1.
Short Score
Yankees 2 runs 4 hits, no errors
Giants 1 run, 11 hits, no errors.
Batteries
Giants—Fitzsimmons and Man
cuso.
Yankees—Hadley, Malone and
Dickey.
Lineups
GIANTS—Moore left field, Bar
tell 2nd base, Terry 1st base, Ott
right field, Ripple center field,
Mancusco catcher, Whitehead 2nd
base, Jackson 3rd base, Fitsim
mons pitcher.
YANKEES—Crossetti shortstop
Rolfe 3rd base, Dimaggio center
field, Gehrig 1st base Dickey
catcher, Selkirk right field, Pow
ell left field Lazzeri 2nd base and
Hadley pitcher.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3—Despite
Freddy Fitzsimmons superb four
hit pitching, the Yankees edged
out a lucky two to one victory in
the third game of the world ser
ies, talking a lead of two games
to one, as the all-Manhattan bat
tie was resumed before a record
crowd of some seventy thousand
fans in Yankee Stadium.
Gehrig started scoring with a
four hundred foot homer to the
right center field stands in the
second inning.
Ripple tied the count for the
Giants in the fifth inning when
he rammed a homer to the right
field bleachers.
The Yankees got their winning
run in the last half of the eighth
inning. Selkirk singled, Powell
was walked, Lazerri sacrificed,
Ruffin who was batting for Had
ley, forced Selkirk to home plate,
Powell went to third base, Cros
setti’s single, scored Powell.
The Giants outhit the Yankees
eleven to four and had Hadley
almost constantly in trouble, but
were unable to come through the
clutch.
The Giants had two men on
bases, both in the seventh and
eighth innings, and one on base
in the ninth, when pinch-hitter
Leslie singled, batting for Fitzsim
mons, but died on the sacks.
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Typhoon Caused
Great Damage In
Japanese Islands
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Oct. 3, — An erratic
typhoon, beating a path of death
and destruction over the Japan
ese Islands, veered suddenly last
night over the Pacific ocean.
It left behind a reported death
toll of 70 persons, two steamers
in distress, and many injured.
It travelled more than 1500
miles from its point of origin in
the south seas, skipping between
shore and sea, creating extensive
property damage.
The largest number reported
dead were the sixty passengers
and four of the crew of the Jap
anese steamer Kashima Maru,
which foundered off the west
central coast of Korea. The Ger
man steamer Ursula Rickmers
sent out several appeals for as
sistance, announcing that it was
on fire off the coast of Yokohama.
Seven Year Old
Beat 22-Month
Baby On Head
(By The Associated Press)
BELLINGHAM, Oct. 3, — Rol
and Smith, 22-month-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, is
in a critical condition in the hos
pital here, while his assailant,
a 7-year-old first grade pupil, is
being held in the county deten
tion home by juvenile authorities.
The Smith child was beat over
the head with an iron rod, in a
woodshed near the rear of his
home, yesterday afternoon.
Inspector Fred Benson of the
police force, who carried out the
questioning said the boy turned
to him and barked: “If I were
a little older, I would punch
your nose.”
The youngster said he met the
baby in an alley on his way home
from school.—“I wanted to knock
his brains out”, he told the in
spector, but admitted he had
nothing particular against the
child.
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Youthful Writer
Told Arctic Trip
Of North Star
—
(By Louise Jeschien,)
From Berkeley, California.
Formerly of the Alaska Daily
Press, in Juneau.
(Special to The Nome Nugget)
Nome, Alaska, October 3, 1936
People in the States are prone
to think of Point Barrow as the
end of the world but to those in
Alaska, it is the top of the world.
To be explicit, it's latitude is 71
.degrees 24 minutes north, which
| makes it 1117 miles from the
1 North Pole, and consequently the
^ farthest-north village on the
North American continent.
The U. S. S. North Star was
I “stuck” at Point Barrow six days.
: Usually it is there one or two
| days. ,
| Even Arctic navigators of Ollie
j Morris’ calibre admitted it was
I an exceptionally early season. At
j times the Great Ice Pack was
only a half mile off shore, and
when we weren’t seeking shelter
behind Point Barrow proper, we
were ploughing through scattered
ice. We actually thought we
might be frozen in for the winter
—and those of us who weren't
going to fly home had already
selected igloo sites and decided
upon a diet of muktuk and oog
ruk.
Captain Whitlam, who has been
plying these waters since 1006,
: was a trifle worried for awhile—
as any master of a 220-foot ves
sel filled with passengers and
cargo would be. (This was the
longest time he’d ever been held
up at Barrow and the first time
he was forced to anchor on the
other side of the point.)
But when we finally managed
to discharge 450 tons of freight
at Barrow and weave our way in
and out of the ice fields, suffering
no less than a broken propeller
blade and a bent iron guard on
the bow, there were many sighs.
Some of relief; others heavy with
the realization that our year on
the Arctic Rim wasn’t going to
materialize, after all.
As for highlights of the trip: A
group of us were maroor.ed at
Igloo Point four nights because
of a storm on the Bering.
We staged the first Arctic Cir
cle initiation on record. Cross
ing the line took place at 11:10
p.m. August 27 in the 165 meri
dian. W. T. Loop, former Com
missioner of Education in Alaska,
dressed up as Rex Neptunis; First
Mate E. L. Bush was Davey
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STRANGE ANlviAl WASHED
ASHORE NEAR NOME PAST
2 DAYS. AID SCIENCE ASKED
A young native boy, coming in-!
to Nome this morning from up
the west beach of Bering Sea,
about three miles from Nome dis
covered the body of a strange
animal lying half buried in the
sand. Several persons immedi
ately made the trip up to the
scene by foot, including Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Harper, Mrs. E. G.
Davis, and Mrs. Helen Boekman.
Immediately after lunch O. S.
Rickman and Russell Maynard
started off and made the walk up
the beach. Mr. Rickman said
that word had been sent out to
Dr. Himmelhaber, ethnologist
who is visiting the Greenstone
Mines Inc., mining camp at Os
borne Creek.to come in and make
an investigation.
Inspecting the animal, if that
may be what it is, many peculiar
characteristics were noted. It is
between twenty and twenty-five
feet long from its head to the
end of its tail, which is about six
feet long, the spiral-bones of whi
ch are all that remain. At the
fore end, near the head a large
bone protrudes which appears to
be the bonal structure of a front
fin. The animal is lying on its
side, and it was thought best not
to try and dig it up until Dr. Him
melhaber had had seen it first.
The head is about two to two
and a half feet long, and the eye.
which was partially covered with
sand is about three inches in dia
meter. Large teeth protrude
from the two jaws, the upper of
which has been badly broken, &
most of the teeth have disappear
ed. However, the lower jaw still
has a number of finely preserved
teeth which are about two and
a half inches long.
The shape of the head leads
one to believe that it might be
an early specimen of the giant
sea lion, however, the presence
of such a tail on the beast, seems
to discount this theory
During the afternoon many
curiosity spectators walked up
the beach to see this strange
sight. It is not a whale and it is
not a land animal, for it has no
rear legs. At some time or other
the underside of the animal has
been slit or has burst open. Part
of the entrails lie on the beach.
Possibly the most unusual fea
ture of it, is the appearance of
hairy growth on parts of its skin
or hide. The many who have
,looked at it cannot describe the
family to which it belongs ,
From all appearances it has
been preserved in ice and has
just lately been thrown up. It
has not been on the beach but a
c mple of days. Some people
think it might be a prehistoric
animal, but, of course, your guess
is as good as the next man's.
It is a very interesting tight
and well worth the long walk to
see it. Many have made pictures
of the animal and it is supposed
that they may be n sale in N me
soon.
Roosevelt Had
A Busy Day At
Affairs Friday
fBy The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, — Presi
dent Roosevelt sandwiched in a
world series baseball game in
his schedule Friday, between the
dedication of a new unit to the
Jersey City medical center, and
the breaking of ground for the
new Queens-Manhattan, under
river tunnel.
Police estimated at least 200,
000 people were massed along
the route the President took to
Jersey City w’here he spoke brief
ly assuring the medical profes
sion ‘‘the federal government con
templates no action detrimental
to the interests of the profession.”
The President came to Manhat
tan after an ovc might journey
from P*ttsh »fi»h •*•!’. re e an noun
eed o' f • h r i! 1 ■ would be
bai-t.md probably "in the next
yea. of two", f national i lcume
continues to increase at its pres
ent rate.
Borah Talks
(By The Associated Press)
MERIDIAN, Idaho, Oct. 3, —
Senator William E. Borah told
southwestern Idaho farmers Fri
day that President Roosevelt
was “justified in spend ng large
sums of public money for relief.”
The senator campaigning for a
sixth consecutive term in the
senate against Governor Ben Ross
said he had made statements that
he would favor spending the last
cent in the national treasury if
necessary for the national desti
tute.
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