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DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETI'ER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION.
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASF.— ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY V IATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
“VOL. 38. No. 236. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, August 12. 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
3rd Soviet Plane Enroute New York
NOMINATES SEN. BLACK, SUPREME COURT
Soviet Plane Due Fairbanks 1:00 P. M. Tomorrow
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First Price On
Winter Tractor
Read Last Night
Following up the action taken
at the last council meeting, the
Nome Motor Co., submitted a
quotation on winter fire equip-1
rr.ent for the coming year.
At the last meeting the coun
i 1 voted to completely mechanize
the fire department by the install
ation of some kind of tractor eq
uipment practical to meet the
requirements of winter calls.
The Nome Motor Co. listed a
Caterpillar 30 equiped for winter
work at $2,980. The council dis
cussed the proposition, and a com
jnittee was appointed to bring in
ail information possible at the
r.ext meeting, regarding winter
motorized equipmen*.
Merchants Will
Be Asked Doll
Up & Decorate
In response to a letter from the
Fair Management for the North
western Alaska Fair Association,
the council decided to authorize
the issuing of a Proclamation call
ing on all merchants, and others
located in the business district
to doll up and decorate their
places of business in harmony
with the gay spirit of carnival
and fair. Such proclamation will
probably appear in an early is
sue of the Nugget.
WRONG MAN.
A Hollywood studio party (or
Mlesmen brought charges from
grotty Patricia Douglas, 20, film
extra, that she was attacked. She
exonerated a Hollywood theater
The Second Plane to Fly from Moscow across Pole to United States -
And The Soviet Airmen Who Set Long Distance Record
Special Election
Selling School
Building Be Sat.
In view of the fact that the
special eiection to ratify the ac
tion of the council in selling the
old school building to the Odd
Fellows lodge, the subject was
of considerable importance at the
council meeting last night.
A communication from the
Nome School Board and School
District was read in which the
Board consisting of Aimer Ry
deen, Mrs. E. Baldwin, and Mrs.
A. T. McLean, turned over to the
city the right to dispose of the
building in accordance with law,
and asked that suitable storage
quarters be provided for some
school equipment still in the build
ing.
In connection with this sub
ject, a letter from Attorney Gen
eral James A. Truitt of Alaska,
was read in which it was clearly
and plainly indicated that the dis
posal of old and obsolete school
buildings was a matter entirely
governed by the School District
and City Council of an incor
porated municipality, and that
the jurisdiction over rural school
buildings rested with the Terri
tory. Some doubt was held in sev
eral quarters that the city did not
have the authority to dispose of
the building, but the most recent
information from Juneau, which
Sanitation Eng.
Describes Move
Oil In Territory
Ben L. Grimes, Sanitary En
gineer for the Territorial Board
of Health spoke before last nite’s
council meeting on the subject of
sanitation throughout Alaska and
particularly as it applied to Nome.
presented the council vviht
a book of rules and regulations
passed by the Board, in accord
ance with power granted it by
the 1937 Legislature, and ex
the purpose and how the inspec
tion of conditions was being car
ried out.
Inspection of all places of busi
ness serving food or drink to the
public is being carried on by Mr.
Grimes and a report of conditions
and suggestions for remedies is
to be submitted to the council
when the inspection is concluded.
Medical examinations of all per
sons serving food or drink is nec
essary under the regulations, said
Mr. Grimes, and all of this pro
cedure is directed toward the pur
pose of decreasing possibilities
for the spread of contagious dis
ease.
(Continued on Page Three)
substatiates the opinion of the city
attorney, is that it is a local aff
air and entirely within the con
fines of the District and munici
pality.
THIRD SOVIET FLIGHT ACROSS
NORTH POLE TO STATES
IS NOW UNDER WAY
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Aug. 12. — S gis-'
mund Levan-efsky, noted Soviet
airmen, took off from here on a
trans-Polar flight to New York
with five other members contitut
ing the crew, at 6:13 P. M. which
is 7:13 a.in. Pacific Standard time.
(Stops are scheduled at Fair
banks and Edmon'on, and poss
ibly Chicago.
MOSCOW. Aug. 12th—(Later)
The four motored plane enroute
to New York via Alaska is vastly
different from the wide-winged
single motored craft of its two
predecessors in their flight to
America.
The new plane rose from Sri,el
voko A:me i wrh a or wJ or or
.icial spectators cheering as the
:>lane and crew left .ts base.
Plans for the flight were kept
secrc until just before the take
off. when Pilot Levanefsky said
he would not try to make a speed
:.i. bu* estimated he would
reach Fairbanks in about thirty
hours, or about 1 P. M Pacific
Standard Time, tomorrow.
Pilot Levan erfsky further said:
•'I intend flying ir. the sub-strato
sphere. much higher than Pilots
Chekaloff and Gromoff’
The time of arrival at New York
.v M therefore depend on their
speed and time out for refueling
a: Fairbanks and Edmonton.
J. P. Morgan, the American Capitalist who was sick abed at the
time of the Coronation of King George VI, and who made cryptic
remarks concerning Amercians who rushed to London at that time.
Two Senators
Stalled Action
Until Friday
(By The Associated T,ress'
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 12
President Roosevelt named Sena
tor Hugo Black of Alabama, as a
Justice of the Supreme Court, but
immediate confirmation was
blocked by Senators Burke and
Johnson who objected to immed
late action on it, thereby putting
the matter over at least until to
morrow.
Telegraphic Briefs
(By The Associated Press)
TUNIS. Tunisia, Aug. 12, -A
Spanish government .ship of about
six thousand tons, was reported
torpedoed ar.d sunk off Cape Bon
60 miles from here, with a loss
of twelve passengers and her
crew of forty members.
DANT BRICE Sous Bois, Fran-,
ce. Aug. 12. — Edith Wharton,
noted American novelist, died at
her Chateau yesterday morning
Building Horse
Barn Objection
Heard Meeting
A resolution was read object
ing to the construction of a horse
barn in the vicinity of the Fed
erated Church, between there and
the old GilchrLc property. The
resolution was from the Pioneers,
of Alaska Igloo 1. and their
reasons were that it would prove
a nuisance to homeowners in that
locality and be a detriment to
their proposed dub room and
hall which they intend to build
some time in the future.
C C Tanner representing C.
F. Yenney, who plans to build
the barn in connection with h;s
Yenney Water Service, spoke at
some length regarding the ob
jection, pointing out, as did the
city attorney, that there was no
legal ground to prevent Mr. Yen
ney from constructing such a
building, and saying that thecoun
cil’s oniv jurisdiction at the pres
ent time would be only in the
event that a nuisance was creat
ed in the future.
The council decdied to do noth
ing regarding the objection, trust
ing that Mr. Yenney would not
allow his horse barn to become a
public nuisance, as outlined un
der a recent ordinance enacted by
the city.