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VOL. 38 No. 189. NOME, ALASKA. Thursday, JUNE 17, 1937. Per Copy lOcta
Victoria Sails South—50 Passengers
REVIEW OF REVIEWS TAKES OVER DIGEST
Senator Finds Roosevelt Sympathetic With Alaska
W C FIELD MUST PAY
$12,000 DOCTOR FEE
(By The Associated Press>
RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 1«. —
•'Bull-Nosed" W. C. Fields, screen
-comedian roared denial of charg
es that he drank two quarts of
whiskey a day.
‘‘Nonsense; It’s a lie”, he shout
ed, to statement of Dr. Jesse Cit
ron, that the actor’s excessive
drinking made his hospital case
hard to handle.
“Why I never drank two quarts
o day, even in the good old days.
Now I m a teetotaller, said tne
big-nosed actor.
Fields was defending himself
in Citron's twelve thousand doll
ar medical fees suit.
The physician said his fee was
arrived at on the basis of one
twelf'h of Fields' annual income.
He testified the comedian earned
one hundred and forty-four thou
sand dollars annually, and had
accumulated a surplus of seven
hundred thousand dollars.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 17—W. C. Fields, popular
movie star, will have to pay Dr. Citron $12,000 for ser
vices as a physician. The decision was rendered by
Judge Morton granting a head fee for twenty-five days
treatment as reasonable. The judge also denied action
by Fields in a demand for $25,000 damages on the claim
• hat his physician administered narcotics, thereby im
peding his recovery.
Actor Fields when testifying, was asked for an esti
mate of his total wealth, replied, “I don't know, the
only guy that can tell is the income tax collector. I
worry about thinking up gags for pictures and let others
worry about how much money I have.”
A NEW STAR TO TAKE HARLOW'S PLACE
(By Tlie Associated Press)
HOLLYWOOD, June 17, — Rita Johnson, blonde,
blu-eved actress now under contract to Metro Goldwyn
Mayer studio, is undergoing tests to take over the role
Jean Harlow was playing at the time of herdeath, stud
io officials said today. The executives pointed out how
ever, that if Miss Johnson gets the role she was in no
sense to be considered a second Jean Harlow. The pict
ure "Saratoga” starring Clark Gable, is to be re-made
entirely with the story rewitten to fit the new feminine
lead, it was said. Miss Johnson is anative of Worcester,
Mass., and appeared on the New York stage for several
years before coming to Hollywood where she did radio
work for a time.
BIG GUN GETS ANNUAL TEST
This photograph was snapped at Fort Hancock, N. J.. as one of
the 12-inch mortars belched smoke and flame in a test of coast de
fenses. The guns are fired annually
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The Asso- .ited Press)
WARREN, Ohio, June 17—The eight hour strike of
87 telephone switchboard operators has been settled,
thereby restoring service to forty thousand citizens.
KARACHI, India, June 17—Amelia Earhart, inter
nationally known aviatrix, hopped into the air on an
other leg of her round the world flight at 5:55 p.m., PST.
Wednesday, enroute to Calcutta, but maybe will stop
at Allahabad.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., June 17—While five thous
and people crowded outside of the Wilshire Methodist
Episcopal church, Jeannette MacDonald and Gene Ray
mond were married. One thousand invitations wen*
issued to close friends. The bridesmaids had a hard
time getting inside the church on account of the crowd.
She is aged 30, and he is 29.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 17—Roy Norene, Regional
Director of the Federal Immigration Service, admitted
that his department investigated the citizenship of one
Harry Bridges, but denied any knowledge of a dicto
graph. which Bridges charged, was installed in his
hotel room.
S.S. VICTORIA
SAILED NOON
FOR SEATTLE
The S. S. Victoria of the Alaska
Line sailed from Nome shortly
after noon today, bound for Seat
tle on its first voyage south from
Nome in 1937.
Its next voyage North, sailing
from Seattle July 2nd will be
the first of two Arctic Cruises
scheduled for this year The ves
sel will touch at several points
enroute to Nome and then pro
ceed to East Cape, Siberia and
the Arctic.
Following are the names of
those who sailed aboard the ship
today:
Kossie L. Webb and son
Miss Norma Bouck
Ciene Elms, wife and child
Mrs W. G. Benawa
Mrs IV C. Stahy
M iss Bertha M. Leake
i Miss Jean Dempster
Mrs Lawrence Meade
Master Jack Kapalowitz
Mrs. M. Kaipalowitz
Mrs Robt. E. Pherson
Mrs Dan Alvich
Mrs Jean Fallman
Mrs Ole Hay, (2 children)
Mrs Wm. O'Mara
Henry Amos
Joe Ilanaka
John Kivik
Silas Kamelook
Mark Kanagak
Charley Jack
Mr. Agoruk (Eskimo)
Thos. Gaffney
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Hugh O'Farrell
John Costello
S. Wav'd Mazen
Elijah Ketehison
Miss Ruby O'Farrell
Mrs Guy E Boyd
Frank W Rooney
George D. Martin
Miss F J Jacocks
Mrs W A Boucher
Master Wilfred Boucher
Miss Margaret Miller
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Mrs E. E. Kirkpatrick
Master Jerry Kirkpatrick
Hermen Forgers
John Hanson
Gust Utter
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LITERARY DIGEST IS
SOLD TO MAGAZINE
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, June 17—The Literary Digest has been
sold outright to the Review of Reviews Corporation,
headed by Albert Shaw, veteran magazine editor. The
Literary Digest’s circulation fell tremendously in the
recent year as a result of the new type of weekly news
magazine, coupled with the severe blow the Digest suf
fered last fall when President Roosevelt’s election up
set the Literary Digest poll.
President Now
Interested See
Danger to Fish
(Bv Tne Associated Press»
WASHINGTON June 17.—Sen
ator Sehvvellenbach said that Pres
idem Roosevelt had promised to
ask the State Department to
make a "full investigation" of
activities of the Japanese fishing
fleet outside the three mile lim
it near the coast of Alaska.
He also said he found the Pres
ide”' more sympathetic than
heretof-re toward the proposals
for an e'ght million dollars long
te ”ii ■ mstruction program in Al
ask .. and the extension of the
Pacific highway through to the
Territory, at an approximate cost
of Mventy four million dollars.
I. O S T—A black ribbon and
gold nugget buckle watch fob,
betw een the hospital and K Street
oil Second avenue. Return same
to Nugget Office and get reward.
Biological Sur.
Man Unreported
Pacific Island
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON June 17. —
Ofltciah of the B olrgical Survey
fear thaf John Holt Steenis, 31,
government bird --scientist from
Madison. Wiscons.n. has met with
an accident at Agattu Island, 1200
mile? out in the Pacific Ocean
ft'- m the mainland Alaska.
They have appealed to ti a
Navy to institute a -enplane sear
ch of the island since Steenis
failed to rejoin ti. • Survey's ship
Brown Bear, lac Saturday .
Tlie twelve- man crew of t,
survey ship, and >ther scientists
and the crew of the Coast Guard
Cutter Cvane are searching the
island Steenu was making a
survey O' the bird life on the is
land. He was a graduate of • ' e
University of Washington
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Coal Miners'’ Hand Conies Up for’ Coneert
A band formed by striking coal miners, MO feet below the surface ol the ground at Uiliesine, III.,
came to the surface for a short time to give a concert for their wives, children, and friends at the
head of the shaft.