Teller
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Jan. 26, 1934
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Anderson en
tertained at a party at tbe Lomen
Hall to which all of the people of
Teller were invited. Oames and j
contests of all kinds, from a pea
nut contest to a checker tourna
ment occupied the early part of
the evening. One of the chief at
tractions was a fish pond at which
both young and old had a turn.
Many novel and interesiing prizes
were given for the various con
tests. About midnight a lovely
lunch was served after which there
was a couple of hours of dancing.
The C W A work is progressing
nicely in spite of the extremely
cold weather that Teller has been
having since the first of the year.
The spillway has been finished and
work is now being done on the
dam.
At a public meeting last week
a board of health, consisting of
five members was appointed. This
board will serv^ for one year.
The extreme cold weather has
been hard on the miners. Wm.
MaAdams and his crew have re
turned to town and Ole Martin
son of Gold Run has gone to Nome
for a vacation.
Qolovln
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Jan. 26. 1934
Mrs. Joseph Dexter, age fifty
eight, wife of the well known pio
neer Joe Dexter died at their home
January 25th. Mrs. Dexter has
been ill for more than a year, and
for the last" month has been in a
most critical condition. Mrs. Dex
ter is survived by her husband;
her son John who resides at Kla
wock. Alaska; Mrs. Arthur Peter
son of Golovin; Molly Dexter of
Golovin;*James Dexter of Golov.'n.
Funeral services were held by Mr.
Pearson after which interment
was made in the Golovin cemetary.
WALES
(Special Nuggex Correspondence)
Jan. 2\, 1934
Nom’eTJugget
Nome, Alaska -——
Dec. 17, Men are hunting fox
every good day. Conditions are
not so good for seal hunting. The
women are very busy these days
getting ready for Christmas. They
are raak ng fancy fur clothing out
of the best material they have on
hand.
Dec. 23, the teachers gave a very
successful Christmas program. The
plays given by the children were
better than ever. We also had
out door entertainments. There
was a men's dog race of eight
miles in which there were nine en
trees. The winners were, first,
Harold Amasuk; second, Carl Mo
gonna and third Willie Sinangit
uk. The men’s ski race was won
by Bob Tokenna with Andrew Sea
took second and McKenna Too
sona third. Next came the young
men’s ski race. The winners were
Alfred Pienna, first, who beat
Clarence Anoluk, second by about
fifty yards and third Peter Seal
kik.
Dec. 25, we had the women’s
dog race. The winners are as
follows: first, Mrs.. Harold Ama
suk; second, Mrs. Edward Natan
gok and third, Mrs. Carl Kenasuk.
'At four p.m. we had a big feast
at the church. Berries of all kinds
■were distributed. Soap, coffee, hot
milk, and bread was also served.
After everyone had eaten their
fill winners of the races were
awarded their prizes, after which
we had games. The evening was
enjoyed by everyone. Thomas
Christensen of York was among
those who enjoyed the Christmas
celebration.
Jan. 1, the teachers Invited a
whole bunch of young married
people to a party they were giv
ing. Candy pulling and molding
animals with molding clay was
tried. Pussies were worked out
and everyone thoroughly enjoyed
themselves.
Jan.. 3, a few fox were brot in
by trappers lately and some seal
were shot or caught in nets.
Jan. 13, Mike Kwaluk proved
himself to be the best hunter when
he killed the first polar bear of
the season. To celebrate the event
•Mike invited all the old men to a
feast of bear meat which the old
men relished very much.
Jan. 21, Willie Sinungetuk kill
ed a polar bear. Dick Sigiagluk
wsa with him when they spotted
the bear on a moving ice floe.
They went out on the moving ice,
killed the bear and returned to
shore just before dark.
Robert Mayo
LATE TELEGRAPH
STRATOSPHERE HAAA.OON
CREW PERISHED
(By The Associated Press) •
MOSCOW, Jan. 31 — l.'ncoii
flnned repom here say that all
■ hree members of the crew of the
record breaking stratosphere ball
oon were killed. Nothing was
heard of the crew since last night
when they sent a wireless saying
they were trying to find a safe
landing place during a heavy fog
I lanes were seny up to direct the
balloonists to safety but were un
able to find the bag. It was as
certained later that the balloonists
dumped all their ballast in an eff
ort to ascend far into the strat
osphere and in returning had no
thing left to direct the course of
the balloon. All of the scientific
instruments as well as the bodies
of the crew were smashed to
pieces.
PRESIDENT HAS
HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY
(By The . Associated Press)
UNDATED, Jan. 31 — America
danced into the dawn and gave
the President "the happiest birth
day I have ever known.” There
were six thousand or more balls
in all parts of the counttry and
territories and a fund that may
reach two million dollars is held
| forth to the President for the
i eut'fit of sufferers from infantile
paralysis. The exact figures will
not be available for several days.
The Associated Press canvas show
ed the celebrants numbered more
than ten millions with democracy
the keynote of the night. Swells
in tails coats, lumber jacks in flan
nel shirts, lovely ladies with jew
els, Indian squaws w.'th babies on
their backs, white people, Eskimos,
all creeds, colors and classes danc
ed at the birthday party in all the
states and territories.
AMERICA TO INCREASE
FIGHTING FORCES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — A
horde of - more than fire thousand
army and navy planes will be or
dered for the two services under
plans afoot at Caplol Hill, as the
preparedness cry rang in the hall
of Congress. Efforts aimed at ex
panding America’s fighting forces
were seen both in the House and
Senate as Chairman Tramwell of
the Senate Naval Committee said
that a favorable report on the
navy bill would be submitted to
day. A similar bill to the big
navy measure was passed yester
day by the House. The bill is
virtually assured of Senate ap
proval and gives the navy one hun
dred and two new warships, and
1180 new planes, all to be built
by 1939. A bill to be introduced
in the next day or two, will give
the army planes to increase their
number up to 3000.
MINA, NEVADA
HAS EARTHQUAKE
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 —
Mina, Nevada, was the oenter of a
quake where a dozen buildings
were damaged. It was felt in Cal
ifornia and Utah. Th'rty shocks \
were felt in Mina, Tall buildings
?wayed in Salt Lake City.
LEAK JN GOLD PRICE
PLANS STIR CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. — Leaks
In the announcement of the gov
ernment's dally domestic gold
price, enabling foreign speculators
to m?ke large profits, were under
investigation by the Treasury De
partment.
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Preliminary investgalion has re
vealed the American price has
reached London from five to eight
minutes before being announced
here. ,
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been able to get the gold ’ price
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DENIES ROUTE
UNDER CONSIDERATION
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 30 — Deny
ing knowledge of any definite con
sideration of an air mail route
connecting the States with Alaska,
Lyman S. Peck, general manager
of the 'Pacific Alaska Airways,
pasBed thru Ketchikn Monday, en
route to his Fairbanks headquart
ers. He said, “As far as I know
no efforts have been made to es
tablish such routes.” He further
said, that other airways may poss
bly be interested in the route but
he knew nothing of any such
plans. *
Spokane sources reported Peck
as saying that his company was in
vesiigating the possibility of air
lines from Spokane to Fairbanks
and Nome.
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Bi t K JONES' HORSE SILVER
SHAKES MASTER'S GLORY
For a number of years, Silver
has been as necessary to the suc
cess of a Buck Jdnes starring pic
ture as the actor himself.
Silver is Buck's beautiful full
blooded Arabian horse, the white
stallion who has shared his mas
ters cinema explore in dozens of
Western thrillers. The latest dual
appearance is in “One Man Law"
the Dream Theatre attraction of
Friday. February 9.
Silver although fourteen yeafs
old, has many more years of pic
ti/Ve work, according to Buck. The
finest care and constant instruc
tion are keeping h'm in excellent
trim. He comes to work in a
specially bulit truck, and Silver’s
stables are the most elaborate in
California.
“One Man Law” also features
Shirley Grey, lovely blonde hero
ine.
Location Notices, Power* of At
torney, Leases, Deeds, etc., oa
'ale at the Nugget Office.
“THE FEATHERED SERPENT,”
\\ EDGAR WALLACE THRILLER 4
» >!)»•: IlfTO A • !•*«« AND RK
Tli LED “THE MENACE"
One of the most recent works of
the prolific mystery thriller author
Edgar Wallace, “The Feathered
Serpent,” has been brought to the
screen as "The Menace,” and is
schedule^ to play at the Dream
Theatre on Sunday.
Wallace, who has written many
d zens of thrillers; \ which have
been translated into nearly ail
languages, is considered the most
outstanding concoctor of melo
dramas. Everyone, who read*
detective stories, reads Wallace,
and readers of Wallace have de
clred his novel, “The Feathered
Serpent*’ one of the moat thrill
ing tales.* It is a drama of ven
geance in which an aristocratic
young Englishman cleverly arran
ges things so that the guilty part
ies convict themselves. The story
is unfolded in an ancestral Eng
lish manor house, and the settings
are sa'd to be masterpieces in
architectural beauty.
Practically an entire English
cast brings this thriller, which
has been declared a tonic Tor jad
ed nerves, to the screen. Bette
Davis and Natalie Moorhead are
the sole (American members. The
native Englishmen who appear in ’
this English story are H. B. Warn
er, Walter Byron, Oaufurd^ Kent,
Murray Kinnel and Charles Ger
rard.
UNUSUAL MUSICAL NOVELTIES
IN "THE CUBAN LOVE BONG"
See Lupe Velez Dance The Rtunba
Two startling novelties in mus
ic as applied to talking picture*
figure in "The Cuban Love Song,"
Lawrence Tibbett’B new starring
vehicle which will open Tuesday,
at the Dream Theatre.
Tibbett sings a number of song?
as well as the ofAcial United Stat
es Marine Corps song, in the new
picture. He and Lupe Veles do
“The Peanut Vender” as a comedy
episode and M ss Velez dances the
rumba with a Cuban orchestra.
The picture is the dramatic
story of a marine in the tropics,
and his love romance. W. S. Van
Dyke s directed it with a notable
cast that, includes, besides Mis*
V lez, Ernest Torrence, Jimmy
Durante, Karen Morley, Louise
Fazenda.
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or others returning to Nome at
any time, the Nugget would appre
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•Heal mention of same
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