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Program Start Promptly 8 P. M.
SEWARD MAY SOON GET POWER PLANT
Snowslide Near Sitka Proves Nearly Fatal to Man
MAN UNDER SNOW
,5 i HOURS RESCUED
ALIVE NEAR SITKA
Co. t: jr'lions Caught In Second Slide While Trying To
iind Covered Traveler. Searching Party
Discovered Him Still Alive
(!iv I he Associated Press I
SI TKA, Dec. 23, — Easley was
rescued alive today after being
buried for 51 hours under a
great snowslide.
He was taken from ins snowy
tomb in a weakened condition,
with his fingers and toes in a
frostbitten cond tion. However,
it was said that the freezing
was not serious and that he
would recover entirely.
(Bv The Associated Press)
SITKA, Dec. 23, — A rescue
party consisting of ten men left
here Monday night for Silver Bay
ten miles away, to search for
Fred Easley, aged 29, formerly of
Los Angeles, who was buried in
a snowslide Sunday.
Easley, J. Clark Sutherland, a
mining engineer of Los Angeles,
and Otto Hill of Sitka headed
for the property of the Edgecom
be Exploration Company’s mine
when the slide covered the three
of them.
After extricating themselves,
Sutherland and Hill went to
search for Easley. A second slide
occurred, temporar ly burying
them, and after searching for
hours, they were forced to send
to Sitka for help.
Missing In Spain
James Mlnlfie (above), epecial cor
respondent for a New York news
paper, was reported missing In
8pain following a day of fierce
fighting In the southern area.
(Associated Press Photo)
Alaska Railroad
Christmas Train
Has Lots Mail
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 23, — Play
ing the role of Santa Claus, the
Alaska Railroad ‘‘Christmas Spec
ial” rumbled northward carrying
turkeys, perishable products, and
ten carloads of Christmas mail,
the first received since the mari
time strike was declared.
It will end its trip at Fair
banks. The freight and mail
were picked up at Seward from
the steamer Arctic.
The author.ties said today that
Harold W. Snell had been appoint
ed assistant general manager of
the Alaska Railroad, with main
tenance office in Chicago.
It was made known that Col
onel Ohlson has said he would
resign the general managership
in April of next year.
Five are Killed
Airplane Crash
In Texas Today
(By The Associated Press'
DALLAS. Texas, Dec. 23, —
Five persons were killed today
when a transport plane crashed
near a lake adjacent to Love
Field, municipal airport.
Witnesses said the ship left
the field, flying low over the wat
er, and crashed on the north
shore of Bachman’s Lake, explod
ing and bursting into flames, the
bodies being burned beyond re
cognition before aid could ar
rive. ,
The flight was to test the type
of plane, said airport attendants
who named the occupants as
pilot Joe Pitts, a mechanic nam
ed Chamberlain, Mr. Perry sup
erintendent of maintenance for
the Braniff Line, and Don Wall
bridge, General Manager of the
Braniff Airways. There was one
other passenger, whose name was
unknown.
Newspaper advertising
jvill develop new business
for you.
ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR’S NEW HOME IN ENGLAND
Although he it far removed from his throne and hie country le held by Italy, Emperor Halle Selassie of
Ethiopia llvea with hie family under comfortable circumatancee on this beautiful estate In one of the
secluded spots In Bath, England. (Associated Press Photo)
BIG PROGRAM OF THE XMAS
SEASON STARTS PROMPTLY
8 PM SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Many people were down town
at noon today to see the sporls
program and the appearance of
Santa Claus, and it was notab’e
there were plenty of contestant;
in the sports events to make the
affair exciting.
Urvfortunate'y, at the last min
ute, it was mpossible to obtain
the six reindeer for Santa’s team
and it was necessary for Santa
to drive thru Nome by dog team.
Later Santa Claus appeared at
Polet’s Store, where nearly one
hundred children were waiting
and there distributed many gifts
to the young Alaskans who were
present.
This evening, commencing
promptly at 8 p.m., the program
will get under way, and it was
announced that the doors would
be open to the public at 7 p.m.
Entrances may be effected by
the regular doors to the school
house, and the public will then
be directed to the various points
where they may witness the pro
The Office of Indian Affairs
School, V. R. Farrell in charge,
| suspended classes for the dura
tion of the Xmas holidays this
morniing, after convening, and
holding a small party.
The school will remain closed
until Monday January 4th, when
classes will again be re-conven
ed.
he. greets the children of Nome.
TI? requested that any little tots
'/ho are not able to he present
should have t e'r names tu ned
in so that st citings may be sent
‘o th~m.
The Xma- Tree C-immitlee
again called a'.tent on to the post
poning of the F reworks Dis
play until New Year’s Eve be
tween the hours of 7 and 9 p.m.
gram, both on the floor and in
the balcony.
More than 400 Christmas stock
ings have been prepared for dis
tribution by Santa Claus, when
Individual Terms
Alaska Operators
'O’- The A^soeiatf-d Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23, —
Shipowners and marine firemen
J ew up a separate accord for A1
aska marine men, as they com
p!etr-d 3 tentative agreement for
s-'bmssion to un!nn rn.mber
s p .
Th • -'C"- oc:- rd pr^vdes for
an right hour day for Alaska
•r’.-rs rs v.-e'' as oJTshore
mi rrs, monthly wages from
*17.50 to $S7.59.
Tt also provd?s fo-- eighty
c nts an hour overtime, subsist
-.•’<? allmrarce rf $160 in port.
T: also provides that all disputed
matters s all be sett'ed n the
home port.
ESKIMO CAROL SINGERS WILL
TOUR CITY CHRISTMAS EVE
That excellent Eskimo Choir,
directed by Miss Dorolhy Russell |
Deaconness of the Native Church ^
promises to provide Caroling on
Christmas Eve, following the re
gular Eskimo Christmas program
at the church that night.
Miss Russell states that they J
will start out at about 10 p.m. j
; and tour the city, singing many
beautiful Christmas Carols. There j
will be twenty-two members of
| the choir this year dec’ared Miss j
j Russell.
Everyohe who has lived in
Nome for any length of time will
recall the beautiful singingwhich
this group rendered in the past.
A number of years ago the
Christmas Carolers used to be
carried around the town by a
horse team and sleigh, early in
the morning of Christmas Day.
So many persons did not hear
them nt that early hour that it
was derided to make the occas
ion on Chr stmas Eve, and since
that time, Nomeites have been
"really delighted at the fine mus
ic.
Be sure and listen for the
Christmas carols on Christmas
Eve after ten p.m.
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PWA 0 K’s
SEWARD
REQUEST
Long-Sought Power Plant
At Last May Be
Received
' By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23,
—Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
said today that the PWrA had
^proved of the plan calling for
a n nety thousand dollar loan a>'d
a thirty thousand dollar grant to
finance the construction of a dies
el powered plant to serve Sew
ard with electrical energy.
The proposal is subject to final
presidential action.
The plant would be operated
by the city. Application for the
loan and grant to finance a mun
icipal hydroelectric plant was
approved in 1933, to cost one
hundred and sixteen thousand
dollars.
Later investigations, Dimond
said showed that the amount was
insufficient, so a new program
calling for the expenditure of a
hundred and sixty-six thousand
dollars was submitted, but con
tractors submitted bids far over
the amount figured on.
Subsequently the PWA revised
i p'ans and providing plans for
, a diesel plant, costing not more
han one hundred and twenty
thousand dol'ars.
Tomor"ow is the last shopping
’..iy before Xmas, and stnrekeep
■'rs throughout t e city request
shoppers to get in the r la t min
ute necessities as ear'y as poss
ble so that they Will not have
to remain open too late on Orist
mas Eve.
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS