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VOL. 37. No. 19 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Cold Weather States Kills 25 People
PUCE DOESNT LIKE ANTI-ITALIAN PACTS
Robbers Shoot Selves As Officers Break Into Room
REPUBLICAN CLUB
FOURTH DIVISION
FIRES FIRST GUNS
Former Judge Clegg Declines Run For
Delegate—W ould Back Gore
Cj
(By The Associated Press')
Fairbanks, Jan. 23, —
The Fourth Division Alas
ka Republican Club, look
ing forward to the nation
al and territorial campaigns
fired the first gun, at an en
thusiastic meeting at the
Moose Hall last night, at
which 63 new members
were enrolled.
The old officers were re
elected, and included Dr.
H. A. Blyth, president; and
Louis D. Colbert secretary.
Cecil H. Clegg, former
U. S. District Judge for
the Third Division, but now
practicing law in Fairbanks
was asked to file as a can
didate in the April primar
ies, as a candidate for dele
gate to congress. He de
clined saying he would sup
port Lester O. Gore, of Ket
chikan, formerly U. S. Dis
trict Judge at Nome.
Fred Wann of Fairbanks
said he would file as a can
didate for territorial high
way engineer. Julian A.
Hurley, lawyer said he
would file for the terri
torial senate. Oscar Samuel
son of Bethel and H. Elton
Buzby of Fairbanks have
already filed for the House.
Andrew Nerland. raul
Rickert, and Louis Colbert
all of Fairbanks will file
for the House. A republi
can divisional convention
is to be held here February
1st.
Weather Reports
Broadcast Daily
Airplane Traffic
Beginning today the U.S.
Signal Corps Radio Station
at Nome, broadcasted wea
ther reports, field condi
tions and upper air data at
11:30 a.m. (Nome time) on
a frequency of 2604 KCS.,
this data being in addition
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Ten Nominated
Run For Title
Miss Fairbanks
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Jan. 23, —
The Fairbanks citizenry
nominated ten candidates
out of a field of seventy-five
as candidates for Miss Fair
banks, the winner of the
popularity contest to env
ter the lists with candidat
es from other Alaska towns
for the title of Miss Alas
ka, who will rule over the
Ice Carnival and dog derby
March 6 to 8th inclusive.
The nominees are all Al
aska born, and are Adriana
Black, Lucille Lavery, Si
grid Seppala, Josephine
Raats, Margaret Gilbert,
Elsie Phillips, Muriel Riv
ers, Dorothy Murphy, Er
nestine Erickson and Hilja
Rcinnaka.
Serum Taken To
Cook Inlet Cities j
Stop Small Pox
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Jan. 23, —Act
ing Territorial Health Com
missioner Dr. Cassius Car
ter, today granted the re
quest of western Alaska
authorities to fly serum for;
smallpox cases and Kenai
and Ninilchik on Cook In
let.
Dr. A. D. Haverstock
made a trip there. Local
authorities said the cases
were of mild form, but vac
cination was carried out as
a precautionary measure.
A consignment of vaccine
was received here Tuesday.
Additional supplies were
dispatched aboard a steam
er for the westward and
the interior.
Roosevelt Child
ren’s Show Next
Thurs. Be Good
A novel entertainment,
guaranteed to capture the
fancy of the anticipated
large Nome attendance at
the Roosevelt Children’s
Benefit, to be given at the
Dream Theatre, Thursday,
Jan. 30th, President Roose
velt’s birthday, is being pre
pared by an able staff in
cluding Miss Aleda Brink
erhoff, community chorus,
Mrs.Neva Whaley .dancing;
Richard Lee, orchestra; W.
H. Bloom, ticket sale.
Miss Mildred MaynardL
entertainment director, re
ports that plans have been
perfected and work is pro
gressing rapidly on the en
tertainment,the funds from
which are to be divided—
70 per cent to remain here
and 30 per cent to be sent
to the Georgia Warm Sprin
gs Foundation, to be used
in attempting to discover a
combat cure for infantile
paralysis.
J
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Low barometric pressure
continues throughout Alas
ka and over the north Paci
fic Ocean. Generally f.'iir
weather obtains over the
Nome - Fairbanks airway.
Elsewhere thruout Alaska
cloudy and unsettled wea
ther prevails, with rain re
ported at Cordova. Cloudy
weather prevails along the
coast of Oregon and Wash
ington. Temperatures are
somewhat higher in west
ern Alaska but continue
near the seasonal average
at other parts.
Airways conditions at 7
A. M. were as follows:
Nome partly cloudy, 23
Solomon partly cloudy, 4
Golovin clear, 4
Nulato clear, 10
Kaltag clear, 12
Unalakleet clear. 16
Ruby high broken, 9
Flat cloudy 22
Fairbanks partly cloudy 7
Nenana partly cloudy 20
Tanana partly cloudy 10
Hot Springs clear, 4
Kotzebue snowing, 7
Candle hazy, —3
Subscribe for the Nugget
Freakish Fr\*u\
Weather
25 More People
£
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, Jan. 23, — The
worst frigid wave of many
seasons swept down sudden
ly from the northwest on
the wings of a gale, and
snuffed out the lives of at
least twenty-five persons
in ten states.,
Weather bureau forecasts
held out little hope for any
immediate relief.
The great midwest belt,
and North and Eastern sec
tions bore the brunt of the
sub-zero wave.
The freakish frigidity
closed schools, factories,
halted automobile traffic,
blocked or delayed rail
transportation, broke in
numerable plate glass win
dows, caused widespread
hardships, innumerable fir
es and was responsible for
hundreds of traffic acci
dents.
Iniense suffering tor
birds and beasts also re
sulted. The weather even
brought higher prices in
grain and livestock mar
kets.
noneer Woman
Leaves Alaska
After 37 Years
Mrs. YVidner, Nearly 40
Years in Alaska Leaves
Long Familiar Scenes
Engulfed in the fearful
snowslide on the Skagway
trail in 1898 which took the
toll of so many lives; meet
ing Jack London in Daw
son where she was nurse in
the Good Samaritan hospi
tal; panning gold on Cand
le creek when the precious
metal could literally be
seen on the surface of the
ground; attending cake
walk parties where Rex
Beach starred in the popu
lar step of that day; meet
ing Big and Little Tex
Richard in the Nome coun
try—some of the fruitful
experiences over a span of
37 years that have enrich
ed the mind and heart of
Mrs. Anora Widner, says
a recent issue of the Sew
ard Gateway.
Two Men Killed
Selves As Police
Came Cet Them
(By The Assoeiatrd Press'
Vancouver, B. C., Jan.
23, —Two men, charged
with murder in a bank rob
bery, shot themselves fat
ally Wednesday night in a
rooming house, as heavily
armed policemen battered
down the door of their
room.
The dead men are Geor
ge Lawson 35, who died a
few minutes after the pol
ice broke into the room,
and Jack Hyslop. 23, who
died in the hospital a coup
!e of hours later without
regaining consciousness.
The men were charged
with the murder and shoot
ing of William Hobbs, bank
teller, January 15th, in a
robbery of a branch of the
Canadian Bank of Commer
ee.
Hobbs died the next day.
A third man. Charles Russ
ell, was arrested several
days ago. A coronor’s jury
found him responsible for
Ihe firing of the fatal shot.
Hyslop and Lawson were
accused of being his accom
plices. Several others, in
cluding two women, and be
ing held in connection witl;
the robbery and shooiing.
THIS HERBERT HOOVER
SIGNS UP AS A
DEMOCRAT
(By The Associated Pie-si
Lubbock, Tex.,—Herbert
Hoover has a government
job and is a Democrat.
He's only 17, a freshman
at Texas Tech from Post,
Texas.
An NYA job makes it
possible for him to attend
school.
Mussolini Doesn’t
Like Anti-Italian
Alliances Europe
<By The Associated Press)
Undated, Jan. 23, —Mus
solini today carried the dip
lomatic war controversy
deeper into the League
Council, bv striking out
against the five power mut
ual aid agreement and Brit
ish naval maneuvers in the
Mediterranean Sea.
The Fascist spokesman
asserted that the Italian
leader would protest the as
sistance pact as an anti-It
alian alliance. He further
reported II Duce was ready
to criticize the concentra
tion of British warships
near the scene of African
fighting.
A new committee was
called by the league to con
sider oil embargo reports.
Reports from the war
frontiers carried conflict
ing news of Italian victo
ies which were vigorous
ly denied by Ethiopian
sources.
ANCHORAGE IS IN
TOUCH RANGER
i 8v '1 ne Associated Pressi
Anchorage, Jan. —Capt.
Dale P. Mason of the Unit
ed Stares Signal Corps de
clared recent .y dr .t the An
chorage t ran-in it Ur is mak
mg direct r - lio contacts
with die United States navy
airplane carrier If mger,
which is enroute from Seat
tie to the Aleutian islands.
The contacts arc made at
9:30 a.m. Weather rep >rts
and other matters are giv
en the Ranger.
The significance of the
contacts is not known.Cap
tain Mason declared.
Tells Experiences
With gentle voice she
talked about them the oth
er evening at the Overland
hotel, on the eve of her de
parture for the south on
the S S Victoria, her first
trip to the states in 25
years. Mrs. Widner is alone
now. Her husband passed
away in Fairbanks two
years ago and they had lost
their “baby daughter” be
fore that.
Born in Boulder,* Colo.,
Mrs. Widner has spent her
life in the west, mining
camps and frontier living
calling she and her hus
band. He saw hectic life at
Dead wood before they were
married, and they were
living in Butte when the
call came to go to the
Klondike.
On the S S Seattle, with
decks crowded with adven
ture-seeking people, the
Widners made the trip to
Skagway, just in time to
be in on the tragic siide out
of Dyea, on the trail to
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