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VOL. 38 No. 36 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY FEB. 13 1937 Per Copy IScts
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Quints Threatened with Kidnaping
NATIONAL GUARD ORDERED INTO ACTION
9 Queens in Contest for Coveted Honor Miss Nome
QUINTUPLETS
THREATENED
KIDNAPING
Story Reported Plans To
Kidnap Dionnes Told
By Bus Rider
(By The Associated Press)
TORONTO, Feb. 13, —A wide
spread search was ordered thru
out Toronto to thwart a reported
plot to kidnap two of the Dion
ne quintuplets.
Extra guards surround the nur
sery at the parents’ home.
Attorney General Arthur Roe
buck ordered an investigation of
the story of an unnamed bus
traveler, who said he heard two
foreign-looking men plotting the
abduction of the children.
The traveler said he heard one
man declare “we will knock
them off. Everything has been
arranged.” The quintuplets will
be three years old May 28th.
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Doings Legislature
(Special to the Nugget)
, JUNEAU, Feb. 13, — The Sen
ate passed the Davis bill per
taining to the breaking into or en
tering of buildings, caches, etc.,
outside of incorporated towns.
The bill provides that one hun
dred dollars will be paid for in
formation leading to any convic
tion. The law becomes effective
immediately.
Governor John W. Troy today
signed the house memorial urging
the carrying forward of an airport
construction program, but an am
endment, the elminiation of the
specific figure of two million nine
hundred thousand dollars, sends it
back to the house. The house yes
terday convened only in a brief
session on account of the holiday.
Last Direct Road
Madrid to Coast
Cut by Fascists
tBy The Associated Press)
MADRID, Feb. 13, — Insurgent
commanders reported today that
Madrid’s last direct connection
with the eastern seacoast had
been blocked by the Fascist oc
(cupation of nine miles of second
ary road. Insurgents drove deep
into Socialist territory this morn
ing with land and air attacks.
I The only remaining route of
escape from the capitol is by a
round-about road, it was declar
ed.
Fast Teams Are
Lined Up For
Race Tomorrow
At the request of several dog
team drivers, the course for to
morrow’s race has been reduced
from two laps to only one lap of
the course staked out on the sea
ice in front of Nome. This will
lessen the possibility of the dog
teams becoming entangled and
speed up the race in general.
The race is to start promptly
at one p.m. in back of Cavey’s
Restaurant and will finish about
two hundred feet from the start
ing line so that the dogs can
come in on the home stretch and
finish without making the last
turn of the course.
Everyone is looking for a good
fast race since the distance is
only three miles and the winning
team will more than likely make
the run in less than 15 minutes.
All drivers are requested to
have their teams on the sea ice
by 12:45 p.m., so that they can
get to the starting line as soon as
their turn comes for the start.
The Kennel Club is requesting
that the same judges and time
keepers that acted last Sunday,
officiate in tomorrow’s races.
Only four entries were filed at
noon today for the Queens’ race
and it has been decided that the
time for closing of entries be ex
tended to 11 a.m. Sunday, in or-1
der to try to get sufficient entries
so that all 9 Queen candidates
are in the race. The following
teams have entered and have
drawn for place.
ERNIE BUOKMASTER, 1st place
AL CAREY .2nd place
FRED ROHN..3rd place
ALLAN LEE .4th place
Sleeping Beauty
(By The Associated Press)
OAKPARK, 111, Feb. 13 — Pat
ricia Maguire aged 31, “sleeping
beauty”, entered her sixth year
of coma today, with her afflict
ion still puzzling physicians.
She is still on the borderline
of consciousness. Her sister Mrs.
Gladys Hansen said “Pat is more
alert now than a year ago”. She
is described as the victim of sleep
ing sickness.
(By The Associated Press)
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 13, — Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh and
his wife arrived here after a
flight of one hour and a half
from the resort city of Mersa
Matrousa. They had spent the
night at desert army post three.
JEANNE MGZEE IS NOW
LEADING RACE FOR
MISS NOME
Gertrude Johansen in second place, Rita O’Leary third.
Scads votes now being cast. Interest Turns
Personal Appearances Tuesday.
Miss Jeanne Mozee stepped up
in today’s count and is in first
place. However Gertrude Johan
sen is running a very close sec
ond, while Rita O’Leary and Mar
gueritte Lee are almost tied for
third place.
The following is the standings
of the various “Queens”today.
Jeanne Mozee .16,080
Gertrude Johansen .14,500
Rita O’Leary .7,200
Margueritte.. Lee . 7,000
Ada Baldwin .6,640
Eileen Stangroom .5,460
Dorofhy Nelson .3,120
Geraldine Rude .2,760
Borgny Ulricksen .1,600
“Queens” Measurements Will
Be Published Monday
We are unable to publish the
“Queen” candidates’ measure
ments today, but these will ap
pear in the Monday edition of
the Nugget.
It has been the aim of the Nome
Kennel Club to conduct the
Queen contest in such a manner
as to be beyond criticism. In
view of the fact that this contest
differs considerably from any pre
vious one, several new problems
have arisen and as soon as they
appear the Club attempts to cor-1
rect therein a fair and impartial,
manner. Several points were j
taken up in a meeting of the Ken
nel Club today.
Contest manager Ed. Steffen in-1
sisted that two persons assist him 1
in counting the votes. He stated j
it was against his wishes to as
sume this responsibility alone as
this offered room for criticism.
Consequently Bill Boucher and
Chief Laws were appointed be
ginning today, to assist in the
counting of all votes.
Acting on the suggestion of
several merchants and a large
number of the public, the Kennel
Club voted that in the future the
merchants shall not issue votes
(Continued on Page Four)
Good Will Tour
Of Chamber Is
Being Arranged
(By The Associated Press)
SEAATLE, Feb. 13, —Reserva
tions have already been made
for the Chamber of Commerce
biennial good will tour fo Alas
ka, leaving here June 5th aboard
the liner Aleutian.
Thomas Pelly, chairman of the
arrangements committee said one
group wlil visit Palmer, return
ing here on the twentieth. An
other group visiting Mount Mc
Kinley National Park, will return
the twenty-fourth on the Yu
kon. James Galen, operator of
the Mount McKinley hotel, is
here now arranging for the trip
through the Park.
CONFER NEXT WEEK
(Bv The Associated Press*
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13,
—President Roosevelt will con
fer next week with the senators
from Washington, Oregon and
Idaho over proposed legislation
to govern the disposition of pow
er to be generated by the Bon
neville Dam. ,
National Guard
Sent Into City
To Stop Riots
fBy The Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13. —
Governor M. Clifford Townsend
ordered a thousand national
guardsmen to occupy the town of
Anderson, after ten persons had
been wounded in labor disorders
there.
Mayor Harry R. Baldwin of
Anderson said the situation was
exceedingly grave, after violen
ce resulted between members of
the United Automobile Workers
of America and non-unionists.
Thirteen men were arrested
as leaders of the riot. Many car
loads of auto workers came from
Flint, six of whom were arrest
ed. The disorders started in a
tavern in Anderson, in which
shots were fired, bricks thrown,
and clubs wielded.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
NEW COMMANDER TAKES OVER
In the shadow of the e g gu/s of the flagship California, Admiral
Claude C. Bloch (left) was congratulated by Vice Admirals F. J. Horne
(center) and William T. Tarrant as he assumed command of the United
8tates Navy’s battle force at San Pedro, Calif. He succeeded Admiral
W. D. Leahy, new chief of naval operations. (Associated Press Photo)
Mrs. Wiley Post
Is Interested In
Secretarial Job
(Uv The Associated Press)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 13, —
Mrs. Wiley Post has enrolled in
the business course at the Un
iversity here, to prepare herself
for a career.
‘‘I'm interested in secretarial
work and getting a job”, she de
clared.
She is at the classroom from
eight a.m. for the first of her four
subjects, and with the exception
of a lunch period, she remains
at her studies until three thirty
p.m.
The late Wiley Post celebrated
world flyer, left only a small es
tate. However, Mrs. Post receiv
ed twenty five thousand dollars
from Congress, when it purchas
ed the globe-oircling plane "Win
nie Mae.”
MISS ANCHORAGE CHOSEN
FOR FAIRBANKS CARNIVAL
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 23—In the
competition for “Queen of Alas
ka,” to reign over the Fairbanks
Ice Carnival in March, Eileen Ba
goy was selected yesterday as
Anchorage’s entrant. She will be
“Miss Anchorage.” The selection
was made by the Anchorage Wo
men’s Club. Miss Bagoy, as Miss
Anchorage, will reign over the
second annual Sports Tourna
ment to be held in Anchorage,
February 14 to February 21.
Miss Bagoy is a brunette. She
was born in Flat, and has been a
resident of Alaska all her life.
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Wyoming Family
Goes Matanuska
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 13, —Harold
Dinkle and wife, packing their
Wyoming philosophy in a trunk
with other belongings, boarded
the steamer Alaska enroute to
Matanuska to join the colonists
there. Their philosophy:
“We’d been renters and were
getting no place. We want a place
of our own. When I’m through I
intend to have something’’.
Dinkel is twenty seven years
old, and comes from a small
town in Wyoming; he is the fath
er of five children.
The tenant farmer said he bund
led his wife and their children
into an old automobile, and with
the temperature twenty below,
commenced the drive through
snow covered regions to the west
coast—away from homes and
neighbors who called them crazy.
He said: “We tried for eleven
years to make a success of life
in Wyoming. Drought, and dust
storms have pretty well beaten
us down. Last summer when a
resettlement administration work
er chanced to note our name on
the list, he called on us one day.
After that we became the only
ones from Wyoming lucky en
ough to go to Matanuska. Peop
le spent five hours giving us a
physical examination. When we
were ready to go last fall, the
waterfront strike came along. We
lived for three months in a cab
in camp while I worked on the
WPA. We have nothing to lose
and everyting to gain. We’re go
ing to make a go of it.” Their
youngest child, Gene, is only
seven months old.