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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Volume 36 Number 219 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1935._Per Copy Ten Cents
New Nome Built Since Fire Year Ago
RESUME OF BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN NOME
Brooklyn Base Ball Player Killed In Flying Airplane
FIGHT IN AIRPLANE IN
FLIGHT ENDS IN DE ATH
OF THE I PASSENGER
Leu Koeniek®, Outfielder For Brooklyn Is
Killed in Plane When Starts To Fight
(By The Associated Press)
TORONTO, Sept. 17, —A melo
dramatic fight in an airplane high
over the Long Branch Race Track
early this morning resulted in the
death of Len Koenicke, 31, outfield
er for the Brooklyn National Leag
ue baseball team.
Joseph Mulqueeny who was pilot
ing the plane and Irwin Davis his
asssistant, who said they killed
Koenicke in self preservation, were
charged with manslaughter.
They said that Koenicke locked
with them in desperate battle and
the plane began to rock partly out
of control, as the pilot fought to
keep one hand on the controls.
Mulqueeny struck Koenicke sever
al blows on the head with the fire
extinguisher.
Koenicke was sent home from St.
Louis by the Dodgers. He chartered
the plane at Detroit for the trip to
Buffalo. The fliers said that the
ball player attacked them.
Mulqueeny said- “If he’s dead I
killed him”. The police said that
Mulqueeny said Koenicke became
restless and started grabbing at the
controls. “I advised him to get into
the back seat, and he did. Then
Davis came to the front seat and
everything was O K for a short time.
Then he grabbed me by the neck
which interfered With my flying.
I asked Davis to get into the rear
seat and try to quiet him. After an
other ten minutes he started fight
ing with Davis. When he became
unmanageable I hit him with the
fire extinguisher’.
No Confirmation
Fighting Frontier
Empire Ethiopia
LONDON. Sept. 17, —Reports
that fighting had broken out on the
Ethiopian frontier lacked confirma
tion here, at Rome and at other in
terested capitals.
NOTICE
The City of Nome has an Ordin
ance on its books pertaining to the
turning in of FALSE FIRE ALARMS
which provides a severe penalty for
its violation. It is the intention of
the Police Department to have this
ordinance rigidly enforced.
By Order of Nome Police Dept.
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Three Persons Are
Claiming Fortune
Aristocracy Days
(Bv The Associated Press)
NICE, France, Sept. 17—Republi
can French law will cross swords
with imperial czarist decree of old
Russia when the civil court of Nice
decides which of three claimants is
to inherit the fabulous Stroganoff
fortune, once estimated at $200,000,
000.
French law would make the
French-born wife of Count Strogan
oc, now Mrs. Lewiuze, and his sis
ter, Princess Olga Scherbatoff, joint
beneficiaries.
But an imperial ukase issued by
the czar, Alexandeer I, of Russia,
decrees that the Stroganoff title and
fortune must always succeed to the
last living male Stroganoff. Count
Nicholas Stroganoff, who says he is
a direct male descendant of the Stro
ganoffs and a cousin of Count Serge,
who died in 1923, bases his claim to i
the title on the law of primogeni
ture.
One of the rich families of Russia,
the Stroganoffs saw the greater part
of their vast estate in Russia con
fiscated by the soviet government.
When Count Serge Stroganoff died,
lawyers in the case say, he left a
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LOCAL NEWS
A jury in the U S Commissioner’s
Court today, in an inquiry into the
mental condition of Eva Nassuk.
brought here recently from Golo— j
vin, found her insane. Committment
to Morningside Sanitarium will pro- !
bably take place immediately.
_
Late information today said that
it was planned to place the body
of the late Bobby Benson who died
in the hospital recently of a chronic (
ailment, in the vault at Belmont
Point Cemetery, sometime tomor- i
row.
NOTICE
Changes of regular advertisements
will be Accepted up to 4 PM of the
day preceding insertion. New ad
vertisements will be accepted for
insertion in the paper up to 1:30
PM of the day of insertion—The I
Nome Daily Nugget.
BEFORE TWO MILLION DOLLAR FIRE DESTROYED ALASKAN CITY v
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“* The Business section of Nome as it ookcd prioi to bsmj swept .ai es *v! ich c fused an estimated damage of $2,000,000 and left vm
tually the ent're town in ruins. Hundreds were rendered homeless wit temperaturei near the freezing point (Associated Press Photo)
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
BIG FIRE AT NOME IS
TODAY—SEPTEMBER 17
Rehabilitation in Nome During The Past
Year Demonstrates Section Going Ahead
P
Let’s look for a few moments at
the past year’s achievements in re
building and rehabilitation of func
tions destroyed in the fire of Sept.
17th, 1934.
Buildings erected in the early days
of the gold rush and which had been
occupied by many of Nome's pioneer
merchants were burned to the
ground. Within a few days follow
ing the fire, rebuilding and construe
tion of new buildings had commenc
ed in the burned area of Nome.
Today we see new buildings oc
cupying lots where formerly histor
ical structures had been, which had
outlived the first gold rush period.
Beginning at the railroad track on
Main Street by the Lincoln Hotel,
C. W. Thornton rebuilt his building
and agency of the American Rail
way Express. Opposite are two new
homes, those of Mr and Mrs. Ben
Gillette and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
O’Farrell. Next door is the new
store of Ira M Rank, the U S Mer
cantile Stores. The Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works is now located in build
ings dragged into its former loca
tion. On Main Street opposite Fed
eral Square is the newly constructed
Miners and Merchants Bank Build
ing recently completed.
A section of one block in the
business section has been designat
ed as Federal Square and construc
tion will probably start on a new
federal building next spring.
Further up Main Street is the new
Bakery and Restaurant of Charles
Cavey.and a new building next door
occupied by the Nome Drug Store,
“Cappy” McDougall prop. H. Bror
son. watchmaker is located in the ]
Chas. Cavey restaurant bldg. Ac
cross the street is John Lichtenberg.s
Hardware Store and warehouse,
completed last fall. One lot distant
is the Nevada, Henry Burgh proprie
tor, which is being converted up
stairs into an apartment house.
On Main Street and Lane’s Way
is the B J McConaghy office build
ing and warehouse in the rear, build
ing supplies and contracting. Next
door to this building also on the
North Side of the street, is the Bon
Marche Stores, Leo and Edward
Seidenverg, one of Nome’s modern
department stores. Next door to
the Bon Marche is the Gus Kunelis
barber shop and office spaces, and
adjoining this building is the Nome
Sheet Metal Works, L E Kurth, who
also rebuilt last winter.
Across the street, on the South
side is the Thorulf Lehmann depart
ment store, one of the first new struc
tures to be occupied after the fire.
Next door is Jack Seidenverg, clotti
ng merchant, who was the first busi
ness man to move into his new
building last fall. Next door is the
Dream Theatre, Chas. Code mana
ger, also constructed last fall.
Across the street from this bund
ing is the office and home of the
Mirow Air Service, Hans Mirow
manager and pilot. And next door
to this a building is being remodel
ed and repaired for the Board of
Trade. Harry Phillips, proprietor.
Next door to the Dream Theatre
is the law office of Leroy M. Sulli
van. On the next lot is the Arctic
Beer Parlor, Jack Solomon manager
and owner. The Pioneer Drug Store
is on the next lot, Mrs. Charlotte Pot
ter owner and manager and next
door west, is the North Pole Bakery
Mrs Emma G. Davis, owner and
manager, these latter buildings
being on the South side of Main
street, in the same relative positions,
in most cases, as were occupied be
fore the fire.
The Nome Fire Department comes
next, which is being remodeled and
constructed into the new City Mun
icipal Building, at the present time.
Across the street is the temporary
offices of the City Clerk.
On Main Street and Hunter Way
is located the large garage and home
of the Nome Motor Company, C M
Allyn and Bud Harper, constructed
last fall.
H. E. Moon has a home located
in the rear of the Nome Motor Co.
on first Ave.
A. Polet, a leading Nome merchant,
department store operator before
the fire occupied the position where
the temporary city clerk's office is
now. The Polet Stores is now locat
ed on Main Street East of the tern
porary site of the M & M Bank, in
their large warehouses and store."
Next door to the fire station is the
Nome Liquor Store, Herbert Green
berg and Sol Lewis, proprietors. Op
posite this is the new home of Nor
vin W. Lewis, wife and family. On
the corner of First Avenue West and
B Street, is the Aurora Baths, recent i
ly completed.
Further up First Avenue are sev
eral newly constructed and occupied
homes—Kurt Sprenger, Ernest Lotts
feldt. Aimer Rydeen, Mr. Silver, A1
vin Polet, Peter Berg.
The Federal Government agencies,
for the most part, of the Second
Division are now located temporar
ily in what was several years ago,
the office building of the Pioneer
Mining Company, and at the lower
end of First Avenue west, are the
offices, warehouses etc., of the Nome
Harbor Lighterage Company, which
were not destroyed by fire last fall.
Close by is the Finn Alley Cafe es
tablished after the fire.
Buildings on the North side of
First Avenue from C street down to
the Snake River Harbor were not
burned in the fire. But buildings on
the South side of First Avenue from
B Street to D Street were totally
Difficulty Getting
To Nome Today
Due to local inter tore nee, weather
and other mysterious static interrup
tions the U S Signal Corps, Nome
station was unable to hear Anchor
age distinctly enough to obtain our
full quota of press dispatches to
day. It was further reported that
Anchorage was experiencing troub
les of practically the same nature
in receiving. However, we have
endeavored to furnish a descriptive
account of the present day situation
in Nome, one year in date from the
big fire.
Forced Landing
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Sept. 17, — Farquhar
and Beiler, round the world fliers
were reported to have had a forced
landing at Marinsky, three hundred
miles from Khabarovsk. They will
proceed to Khabarovsk in the next
twenty four hours, said the report.
destroyed.
On River street and B street is lo
cated the offices, home and lumber
yards of the Nome Lumber Com
pany, S. W. Taggart manager and
proprietor, which was erected last
fall following the fire.
Coming back a way—on B Street
and First Avenue is the new home
of the Roust Airways. Harry Nelson,
manager and Frank Whaley pilot.
Opposite the Roust Airways is a
new and modern bungalow construct
ed by H E Reimer, builder ond con
tractor.
Numerous homes have been built
remodeled and repaired along First
Avenue to Hunter Way. Located
on the corner of Lane’s Way and
First Avenue is the Alaska Liquor
store and Emporium, Dan Alvich
and John Lepri proprietors, and ac
cross Lane’s Way are the offices of
the Northern Light and Power Co.
and the Alaska Telephone and Tele
graph Company, O. S. Weaver mana
ger, which survived the fire, as also
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