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VOLUME 35. No. 139. _NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934_Per Copy: 10 Cents.
Worst Gale In Years Hits Cordova
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SOLVE MYSTERY SOUTHERN ISLANDS DEATHS
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Alaska Mentioned Establishment Strategic Air Bases
MEETING WILL
PROPOSE AIR
BASES ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
• WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, An or
ganization meeting of the National
Air Frontier Defense Association,
will be held next Monday to get be
hind a two hundred million dollar
program for the establishment of
strategically located air bases on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts, along
the Gulf of Mexico; in Alaska, Haw
aii, the Panama Canal Zone and in
Puerto Rico.
The meeting will be called by A.
S.' Dudlye, Secretary of the Sacra
mento Chamber of Commerce, who
is here in Washington.
More Rocks From
Niagara Falls Fall
Into Fall’s Gorge
(By The Associated Press)
NIAGRA FALLS, Dec. 6 — Two
hundred tons of rock fell into Niag
ara Gorge late Wednesday on the
Canadian shore, but made no
change in the appearance of the fall,
however, as it fell from beneath the
table rock which remained intact.
There were two previous slides on
August 31st, one of which caused a
large bend in the American Falls.
“He Learned About
Women”—Will Be
The Picture Tonite
"He Learned About Women,” an
amusing comedy dealing with the
adventures of a young man who
had $50,000,000, but who had never
been kissed, has been booked for
the Dream Theatre, where it will
open Friday. Stuart Erwin, Alison
Skipworth, Susan Fleming, Grant
Mitchell and Gordon Westcott head
the cast.
Erwin, again wearing his famous
bewildered expression, plays the
role of the wealthy, but unkissed,
youngster, who decides it’s time he
learned a few things about life. On
his first excursion into the world he
stumbles onto Miss Skipworth, an
old actress who has seen better days
and Miss Fleming, a stenographer,
whose services are being offered at
an auction conducted for the bene
fit of the jobless. He hires them
both.
Then the fun begins. Miss Skip
worth craftily grooms the younger
woman for the job of wife, not sec
retary. Meanwhile her own hus
band and an unscrupulous compan
ion try to chisel their way in.
The complications that result are
swift and comic. They bring a start
ling conclusion.
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MYSTERY OF SOUTHERN
ISLAND DEATHS SEEMS
APPARENTLY CLEARED
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(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6—News of the sudden death of
a world famous nudist and self exile, as the solution of the
equatorial death mystery, and the strange vanishing of the
Baroness “empress,”- was flashed from Charles Island of the
Galapagos Group by Captain G. Allan Hancock, Master of
the exploration cruiser Velero III.
Dr. Friedrich Ritter, Berlin philosopher and broker and
the strange Baroness Eloise Bonsquet Dewager, mysterious
ly left the Islands July 5th and were discovered Nov. 21st as
being these two personages, after their bodies had been dis
covered some time ago. They left the islands with Rob
ert Philiphon and no word was heard of them.
Shortly before their departure Dewager drove Lorenz
from Charles Island. He and Tryve Nuggrud, a Norwegian
sailor and a negro boy sailed in Nuggrud‘s launch for Chat
ham Islands, fifty miles from there. They were believed to
have been blown off their course to Marchena Island where
all three died of thirst.
NOMEITES PLANNING ON
FLYING OUT OF NOME TO
SPEND WINTER STATES
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Several Nome citizens are plann
ing on leaving here by plane for
the states either tomorrow or with
in the next few days, to spend the
holidays and balance of the winter
in the States.
Ralph .and Alfred Lomen, of the
Lomen Commercial Company, are
planning on leaving by plane as
soon as weather permits for Seattle.
They plan on holding several con
ferences during the remainder of
the winter in regard to the future
plans of their company. Ralph Lo
man will remain in Seattle in
charge of the company’s office there
and Alfred Lomen expects to return
to Nome in April. It is expected
that the entire Lomen family will
be joined during the Christmas holi
day season, for the first time in
many years.
Miss Ruth Reat, employed by the
Lomen Commercial Co., here is tak
ing a plane for the States as soon
as weather permits, for her first va
cation outside for several years.
Everett Sutherland, who remained
in Nome after the last boats sailed
for Seattle, expects to leave via air
plane as soon as weather will per
mit flying, for Fairbanks and the
Outside, expecting to return to
Nome in the spring.
N. Lester Troast, Architect for the
Office of Indian Affairs, and B. D.
Stewart, Territorial Mining Engin
eer, who have been in Nome since
the fire of September 17th, will be
outgoing passengers by airplane as
soon as weather will permit.
Mr. Johnson, Field Engineer for
the Fairbanks-Morse Diesel Co., was
an outgoing passenger by plane to
day after completing the installation
of two new Diesel engines for the
Hammon Consolidated Gpld Fields
at Nome.
Jas. P. Daly, Nome agent of the
Alaska Steamship Company, who re
mained over in Nome this year af
ter the last Victoria sailed for Seat
tle, expects to take the plane for
Fairbanks as soon as weather per
mits. He will also be accompanied
by his assistant Chas. Miller, who
stayed in Nome to assist Mr. Daly
with the huge amount of business
existing following the departure of
all the special Alaska Line steamers
sent to Nome with supplies and
equipment following the fire. His
work near completed, Mr. Daly will
proceed to Seattle where he will
spend the Christmas holidays with
Mrs. Daly. He expects to return to
Nome on the first boat in the spring.
PETTING, CUDDLING
QUINTUPLETS TO STOP
CALLANDER, Ontario—The Di
onne quintuplets, four months old
are becoming spoiled, Dr. A. R. Da
foe says.
Petting of the amazing little sis
ters must stop, said the doctor.
Since receiving so much attention,
the babies now demand it by whoop
ing it up when they are not petted
and cuddled.
Dr. Dafoe said something must be
done about it and he has decided
he is going to be stem again.
The five little babies are now im
measurably better fortified in the
race for life than one month ago,
the doctor said.
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MAX SHOWS BUDDY HOW IT’S DONE
Max B.aer, world’s heavyweight champion, giving a few pointers to
his younger brother, 19, on how to win fistic success. Buddy (left)
weighs a mere 249 pounds and is 19 years old. He Is fighting profes
slonally in California rings. (Associated Press Photo)
FIFTY MILE GALE HITS
CORDOVA DOES MUCH
DAMAGE TO HOUSES
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(By The Associated Press)
CORDOVA, Dec. 6 — A fifty mile gale, the worst in
three years, swept through Cordova Tuesday.
No official estimate of the damage has yet been made,
but it is likely to run into thousands of dollars.
The major individual sufferers were the Strand-Jensen
Fisheries; a corrugated iron boat and storehouse wasa blown:
over. The Cdrdova Mill and Lumber Co. had its roof blown
off. The Copper River and Northwestern Railroad repair
shops partially collapsed.
Plate glass windows were blown in in numerous build
ings. Outbuildings and garages Were destroyed. Two
families were forced to leave their homes and go to the hotel
at the height of the storm, because their1 dvvelling threat
ened to collapse. '_
Soviet Leader 8Is
Given A Hero’s
Funeral Moscow
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Dec. 6, A hero’s fun
eral was given to Sergei Kiroff, the
recently assassinated Communist
leader, as Soviet authorities prepar
ed to seek out all “enemies of the re
volution”. Sixty-six persons, termed
as White Guards by the Soviets,
have already been executed.
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Daily Press Delayed
In Arriving At Nome
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Unfortunately, today The Nome
Daily Nugget was unable to print
any of today’s Associated Press tel
egraph news reports, which usual
ly come through without any troub
le. /
The station at Nome, according to
Officer in Charge Harper, was un
able to contact the Anchorage sta
tion this morning or this afternoon,
and therefore the newspaper did not
receive its daily press. No reason is
known as to what the trouble at
Anchorage may be. However, it is
expected that-some information may
be received soon as to what was
wrong.
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BALKANS ARE
AGAIN MIXED
IN INTRIGUE
(By The Associated Press)
BELGRADE, Dec. 6 — The gpvern
ment today announced its decision
to expel all tyenty-seven thousand
Hungarians now living in Yugoslav
ia.
This decision means the uprooting
of the entire Hungarian elements in
Yugoslavia. The expulsion will be
gradual but will proceed relentless
ly. Hungary informed the League
that Yugoslavia was exiling nine
hundred persons including women
and children arid aged and infirm.
The statement will be taken up to
-morrow by the League.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 6 — The Hun
garian government retaliated by de
I daring they had decided to place be
fore the League of Nations the ex
pulsion and alleged ill treatment of
hundreds of Hungarian citizens, by
the Yugoslavia government.
Two PAA Planes
Flying U. S. Mail
Arrive At Nome
The Pacific Alaska Airways mail
planes, Pilots Robbins and Jones;
arrived Nome this morning on sched
ule with the U. S. Mail. Pilot Jon
es, who left Fairbanks Monday was
held up by weather conditions and
Nome. He flew back to Ruby yes
the lack of skii landing fields near
terday and changed to wheels, which
were brought there by pilot Robbins
enroute to Nome Thursday on his
mail flight. Pilot Jones flew as far
as Koyuk and spent the night there.
Pilot Robbins continued on and
remained overnight at Nulato com
ing on to Nome today, as also did
pilot Jones from Koyuk.
Pilot Jones arrived here within
schedule, as the mail contract al
lows five days for a flight to be
made; and in that regard he had un
til 8 a m. Saturday morning to ar
rive at Nome. He took off again
this morning for Fairbanks with Mr.
Johnson, Diesel engineer, as an out
going passenger.
Pilot Robbins is scheduled to hop
off for Fairbanks tomorrow morn
ing weather premitting, with the
mail, passengers and express. Todate,
the Pacific Alaska Airways has ful
filled the terms of its contract, by
completing two mail trips a week
into and out of Nome since the be
ginning of November, despite many
instances of adverse conditions.
Their record has been 100% and
mail contracts and flights are com
it is the hope of everyone that the
pleted on schedule, as it is expect
ed that it will not be very long be
fore there will be regular airmail
service between Seattle and Nome,
and that would be a fine recommen
dation to begin such a service with.
CAVEY’S RESTAURANT ,
AND BAKERY
WILL SERVE NOON LUNCH
IN THEIR NEW BUILDING
ON FRONT STREET
SATURDAY, DEQ. 8th, 1934.