Member of The Associated Press
DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION.
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY ‘ VIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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VOL 37. No. 232. ~~ ~ NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1936Per Copy 15cta
Rescued Relate Stories of Horror
WORLD SERIES TO COMMENCE N. Y. WEEX
Fog And Dampness May Help Halt Forest Fires
ALCAZAR REFUGEES
TELL OF HORRIBLE
HAPPENINGS SEIGE
(By The Associated Press')
TALA VERA de la Reina, Sept.
29, —Guant Alcazar prisoners
came out of Toledo this morning
to tell epic stories of wholesale
death and “prophetic” birth.
They said that virtually all of
the priests in the city, about 600,
were slain in the reign of Leftist
terror, preceding the fall of Tol
edo to the insurgent armies.
^ They told how, within the
ruins, the birth ox two babies
was regarded as an omen of de
liverance.
It was related how they lived
on black bread, horse meat and
hope.
Added to other horrors of their
72 day seige, was the added as-,
sault by poison gas. They said i
about 80 of their number were
slain, and five hundred wound
ed women and children, all es-!
caped injured.
All the priests save one who
was celebrating Mass in the un
derground chapel of the Toledo
Cathedral, were executed in the
looting and killing, preceding the
insurgent capture.
Council Decided
* Insure Building
) For Sum $40,000
Discussing regular features of
city business, the city council
with all members present listen
ed to minutes of previous meet
ing read and approved, voted for
payment of all bills approved by
the finance committee, and tran
sacted business pertaining to the
^ new school.
Talk of grading the streets in
Nome before the final freeze-up
drew approval and the street com
mittee was ordered to proceed as
soon as ready.
Install Oil Burner
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U UUCf WUIlilUilivukiuiikJ) M *vv»w.
from Larry Galvin proposed the
installation and demonstration of
an automatic oil burner in the
city building, for the winter or
until such time as the council
had decided whether to call for
bids next year or purchase his.
After discussion for some min
utes it was decided to accept Mr.
Galvin’s proposal and install the
burner.
Health Board Created
Under old buisness the passage
of an ordinance setting up a
Oity Health Board was effected,
and the granting of powers to
that board pertaining to health
conditions within the city. An
other ordinance suggested thru
the services of Terri. Sanitation
Engineer Grimes, who was at
Nome on a visit some time ago,
was placed on the table temp
orarily until it had been ascertain
ed who would be carrying in
stock sufficient chloride of lime to
allow the ordinance to be lived
up to.
The subject of this ordinance
RADIOPHONES MAY
BE INSTALLED AT
UNALASKA, SHUNGNAK
;' Application has been made by
the Territory to the Federal Com •
munications Commission for lie-1
ense to install radiophone sta
1 tions at Unalaska in the Aleutian '
Islands and at Shungnak on the
Kokuk River, according to High
way Engineer William A. Hesse,
who has charge of radiophone
service for the Territory. ,
Two new stations have recent
ly been installed, one at Umak
and another at Attu, furthermost
western point of the Aleutians.
The stations are of great ser
vice to the outposts, Mr. Hesse
reports he finds, due to the total
lack of communication in many
of the places.
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dealt with the sanitary conditions
of water distributing systems in
Nome, particularly for the win
ter months. ;
The council took action not to i
approve the application of Mrs. .
R. E. Cleary for a restaurant liq
uor license, and instructed the
clerk to so notify the Board of
Liquor Control.
Insurance on School
The school building committee
of the council brought the sub
ject of insurance on the new
building before the meeting and
after arguments as to what value
it should be insured for had
been dispensed with, decided to
insure the building for $40,000
and the equipment for $5,000. It
was estimated that the value of
the building would possibly be
$80,000.
Action was also taken by vote
of the council to abolish the pos
ition of city inspector for the
Continued on Page Pour
Fires Rage On
In Oregon And
Damages Done
(By The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 29,
—Fog and smoke lay over a
»reat section of western Oregon,
;xtending as far inland as Port
end. Dampening weather con
ditions late today gave new hope
for the cessation of the fire men
ace which has laid sections of
the Oregon coast waste.
Extremely dense fog swirled
in over central and coast regions
where a series of fires are burn
ing, doing considerable proper
ly damage. It was believed the
fog also extended to Marshfield
Dregon where the telephone wir
?s are temporarily out of order
:his morning.
Immediate communications with
he area are impossible although
t is expected circuits will be re
paired shortly.
Late reports last night told of
fog approaching Marshfield,
which will assure calm weather,
md provide a barrier to a furth
er spread of the flames which de
itroyed Bandon, south of Marsh
ield, Saturday night, with the
oss of nine lives and a million
md a half dollars in property
lamage.
“What reading matter would a
;irl like you take on an ocean
voyage if she knew she was to
ie a castaway on a desert island?
“Ten nice big tattooed men.”
The Gull—What are those crea
ures on the beach? Are they
nermaids?
The Pelican—No, they’re hum
ins, all right. This is their molt
ng season.
Owens Lands At
& Plane
Results Wrecl
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Sept. 29, — Pil<
Russell Owen of Spokane ende
his projected non-stop Anchorag
to Seattle flight, in the wreck <
his auto engine-powered airplan
on a muddy private landing flel
nine miles from here.
The flier escaped unhurt, bi
his plane suffered a smashc
landing gear, both propello
were torn off, and the nose i
the plane buried in the mud. T1
structure of the plane was dar
aged beyond repair.
Owen said he attempted
land after the gas line guag
failed. He could not free hin
self from the wreck and remaii
ed fast until another pilot fro;
here extricated him.
He is undecided what he wi
, do next.
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Three Are Killed
In Airplane Crasl
(By The Associated Press!
RATTLESNAKE BUTTE, Co!
orado, Sept. 29, — Aviation off
cials and ranchers waded aero;
slush-covered southern Colorad
hills to recover the mangled bo
ies of three persons who wer
killed when their airplane srnas
ed into a hilltop during a blind
ing September snowstorm.
The bodies are believed to b
those of C. H. Chillay, El Pasi
Texas pilot of the Varney Airlir
I es, Ben T. Elkins San Francisc
stock broker and his bride c
j three months, the former Marg
I aret Heywood.
.
V1IR0W LOCKHEED VEGA PLANI
FOR FAIRBANKS TOMORROW
WEATHER PERMITTING
Make Your Reservations Now ! !
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WORLD SERIES DESCRIBED
AS SELL-OUT. EXCITEMENT IS
i INTENSE THROUGHOUT N.
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J Admiral Sims
de U. S. Navy Died
f Heart Attack
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(By The Associated Press')
it BOSTON, Sept. 29, —Admiral
d WITliam S. Sims, war time corn
's mander of the American fleet in
)f European waters, died here of
ie a heart attack, at his daughter’s
i- home.
j He was 77 years old. Through
o; out his career he was an out
le spoken critic of American naval
i- methods, but usually won event
i-; ual support from his superiors,
n ' He was the great exponent of
i systematic gunnery practice.
II Admiral Sims will be buried
: with full naval honors, at Ar
1 lington cemetery Thursday.
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^1936 Duck Season
Announced The
Game Commission
s
A thirty-day open season on
^ migratory waterfowl with four
separate zones for Alaska, has
been announced by the Biological
Survey. Two additional zones
have been added in an effort to
provide shooting dates adaptable
t | to local conditions.
Zone 1—All of Alaska north of
0 the Alaska Range and Ahklun
f Mountains, September 1 to 30,
inclusive.
Zone 2—West of 141st Merid
= ian to the tip of the Alaska Pen- j
■ insula at False Pass, September
' 16 to October 15, inclusive.
I’ Zone 3—Southeast Alaska from
1 141st Meridian to Dixon Entrance
from October 1 to October 30,
inclusive.
] Zone 4—Islands of Unimak, |
[Unalaska, Akutan and Akun.west
of Unimak Pass, November 30,
inclusive.
Shooting regulations are identi
cal to those of last season with
the exception of the elimination
of the one hundred foot blind
distance restriction. The daily
II and possession bag limit is ten
' ducks in the aggregate of all
species, 4 in the aggregate of
geese and brant and 15 snipe.
Protected species for which no
open season is provided include
- the Ross goose, ruddy, bufflehead,
W fnn Parra
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, — The
calmest spots in baseball in New
York today were the celebrated
PoJo Grounds and the Yankee
Stadium where the Giants and
Yankees worked out this after
noon for the last time before
they meet in the first game of
the 1936 World Series, Wednes
day.
Both teams announced a sell
out of all reserved seats in both
ball parks.
Ticket scalpers asked twenty
dollars for 550 seats, demanding
that purchasers buy at least three
at a time. Even this type of rack
eteering is not filling the demand
of the public to see the games
Design Preveil! ^
Icicles On N ome
Fed. Bid-. Told
(By The Associated Press)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 28,
—Icicles brought on by Alaska
icmperatures, are doing a mean
business at the Arizona Copper
Mines, which has resulted in a
jail to P. G. Spilsbury, consult
ing engineer for the Anaconda
Hopper Mining Company, to re
medy the trouble.
Spilsbury said ttr»t ;c:cles on
.he proposed federal b. .Iding for
Moi. c bothered the g >v 'rnment
officials, because pieces of ice
areal.ing off might imperil ped
estrians.
Sp ilobury designed a copper
iubing to run inside of the eves
:rough, around the building. The
device is to be thermostatically
jontrolled so as to become hot
anly at temperatures at which
ce forms, thereby preventing its
formation.
Prince tarlos ot
Bourbons Dead
Auto Hit Him
(By The Associated Press)
VIENNA, Sept. 29, — Prince
Alfonso Carlos of the royal
Bourbons, who once attempted
unsuccessfully to seize the Span
ish throne, died here today after
being struck by an automobile
last night. He was 85 years old.
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