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VOL. 38 No. 300 NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY. DEC. 21. 1937. Per Copy 10ct»
MANY PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS
Chinese Fear Attacks On Nation’s Main Seaports
U. S. and British
Women Children
Are In Danger
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Dec. 21, — Jap
anese troop and warship move
ment aroused Chinese fears that
three of the nation's great coast
al cities would suffer the fate of
fallen Nanking.
They expected a Japanese drive
against Hangichow, Chekiang pro
vince seaport some hundred and
ten miles southwest of Shang
hai; Canton, China’s southern
metropolis; and Tsingtao, Shan
tung province seaport to the
North.
A party of three hundred Am
erican and British women and
children, attempting to flee war1
threats in central China, were
turned, back toward Hankow. A
military boom across the Yangtze
at Matung, a hundred miles ab
ove Nanking, obstructed the pass
age of their refugee vessel, the
British river steamer Woosung.
The U. S. Destroyer Pope ar-1
rived at Tsingtao wTiere the1
Cruiser Marblehead is due today, j
to aid in protecting three hund-1
red American in the threatened
port, and evacuate them if nec-1
essary.
Polar Flights
Are Postponed
Again He Says
(By The Associated Press)
POINT BARROW, Dec. 21, —
Cloudy weather Sunday night
prevented Sir Hubert Wilkins
and his pilot Holiick Kenyon
from making their scheduled
flight in search of the Soviet trans
polar party lost since August 14.
They plan further test flights
weather permitting. Should bad
weather continue they will be,
forced to abandon the flight un- ,
til the next full moon.
.- 1 1
6-Day Battle Is On
(By The Associated Press)
HENDAYE, Dec. 21, —The bat
tle for strategic Tereul, one of
the greatest in the seventeen'
months’-old conflict, raged into'
its sixth day, through last night,;
while the civilian population of1
the battered provincial capital;
cowered in underground tunnels!
awaiting word of (he city’s fate, j
Giant field searchlights ilium-'
inated scattered battle areas,'
while the clatter of machine
guns and the pinging Are of rifl
es echoed through the streets. I
WINTER COMES TO THE ARCTIC. BUT SEARCHERS GO O N scouring the barren ice and tundra for
six Russian fliers who disappeared August 13. Eskimos at Point Barrow, Alaska, here are inspecting the giant amphibian piloted by
Alexsei Gracianasky and his Soviet companions.
SUMMER AIR
MAIL NOME
IS SOUCHT
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON Dec. 21, —
Delegate Dimond said the United
States government was paying
about as much attention to the
defenses of Alaska as those of
Mars, and the mountains on the
Moon.
“Just as miportant to national
defense, is an airbase in Alaska,
as two additional battleshpis for|
which President Roosevelt is ask
ing’’, he said after learning that
General Malin Craig had declared
it was unlikely that funds would
be available for the Fairbanks
base until next year.
He said that Alaska was too
close to the Orient “to be com
fortable”.
Dimond also urged the House
appropriations comittee to pro
vide additional air mail service.
He said he was encouraged by
the thought that at least of part
of hs recommendations had been
incorporated in the appropriations
bill to be reported to the House
in January, which asked for
funds for a weekly summer air
mail service between Fairbanks
and Nome, Fairbanks and Beth
el, also Tanacross, Valdez, Cor
dova, Seward and Anchorage.
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CHURCHES & SCHOOLS
PLAN PROGRAMS
CHRISTMAS
Catholic Church
J. A. Concannon, S. J.
The program for Christmas ser
vices at St. Joseph’s Church will
be as follows:
Friday, vigil of Christinas, is a
day of fast and abstinence. Con
fessions will be heard in the af
ternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock, prin
cipally for the children—and in
the evening from 8 to 10 o’clock
for adults.
Should anyone find these hours
inconvenient, they may come at
any time before midnight. Con
fessions will be heard in the
Chapel.
The Mass which starts prompt
ly at Midnight will be proceeded
by the singing of Christinas car
ols.
The Mass of the Angels—in Gre
gorian rythm—will be chanted,
and the responses will be sung
by the Choir in harmony.
The Offertory Interlude will be
the affective composition of the
celebrated Cherubini—Veni Jesu,
Amor Mi (Come Jesus, my Love).
During the reception of Holy
Communion the Domine Non Sum
Dignus (O Lord I am not Wor
thy), will be rendered by a spec
ial quartette.
Mrs. J. Herman will then sing
Schubert’s beautiful Ave Maria.
The termination of the Mass
will be marked by the singing of
Silent Night.
The following compose the
Choir:
Mrs. M. J. Walsh, Mrs. J. J.
O’Leary, Mrs. Hugh O’Farrell,
Mrs. W. Brown, Mrs. Fred Yen
ney, Mrs. J. Herman, Miss Stubk
jaer, Miss Vesta Poison, Miss
Alice Martin, Mrs. Stanley Mar
tin, Miss Alice Simms, and the
Messrs. Calvin E. Pool, Wilfred
Neilly, Wilfred Boucher and An
thony Cerrutti.
Miss Stubkjaer will direct the
choir, with Miss Anna Walsh at
the organ.
Immediately following the High
Mass there will be a low Mass of
thanksgiving.
At ten o’clock on Christmas
morning there will be a Mass,
especially for those unable to at
tend the celebration of the Mid
night ceremony. Benediction will
follow this Mass.
The Altar boys selected to serve
at Midnight, ore Frankie O'Far
relLTeddy Amarok, Kevin Walsh,
and John Luke.
We again cordially invite all to
be with us on Christmas Eve.
“THE NATIVITY"
Eskimo Methodist Church
Friday, Dec. 24, 7:30 PJH.
Piano and organ prelude of
carols. 7:00 P. M.
Carols by Junior Choir and
Church hoir, 7:30 P. M.
Processional.
Prologue: Prophet Isaiah.
Junior hoir: “It Came Upon
the Midnight Clear’’.
Reading: “The Story”— .. .
. Charley Weokuluk.
Shepherd Scene: Music by the
I two choirs.
Manger Scene:
| Duet: "Infant Holy”—Mrs.
.Freida Larson, and Miss
.. Grace O'Connor
Church Choir: “Silent Night”
in Eskimo.
“We Three Kings".
Offering. ' '
Children's Department: ‘‘Away
in a Manger” and unison prayer.
Organ Interlude.
‘‘Joy to the World”.
Reader throughout: Olaf Pis
coya, interpreter.
The public is welcome.
HIGH SCHOOL TO
PRESENT SHORT PROGRAM
WED. AFTERNOON
The High School class plays
which have been in preparation
for some time will be given to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 in the
school auditorium. In addition
appearing for the first time this
I year the mixed High School
Chorus will present a number of
! Christmas carols and other songs.
The grade school has been in
vited as guests. Parents and
friends of the school are invited
and urged to attend. The pro
gram is short but promises to be
; very enjoyable. Of particular
; note is the work of the mixed
chorus which is composed of al
most the entire student body of
I the high school and the eighty
grade.
PROGRAM TOMORROW
Programs have been printed for
the Community Xmas Tree cele
' bration at the Auditorium and
, will be distributed Thursday ev
; er.ing when the affair takes place
The program will appear in the
Nugget in tomorrow’s issue.
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
(Special Correspondence)
Both the Senate and the House
have business on their hands. As
to the upper legislative body,
there is the farm bill, the first bill
having a distinctive White House
backing to come forward for con*
sideration, with plans to moke it
a law without loss of time. About
a billion dollars is involved, but it
i is said to contain no tax provi
sions to meet its demands, that,
perhaps, being a matter for subse
quent consideration. Its chief
provisions include, as to wheat
and cotton, acreage control made
compulsory by a two thirds vote
of the growers, a similar control
of cotton, and a strong hand laid
on tobacco and rice growing, with
penalties for over-acreage, all
| coupled with payments equal to
| or greater than those proposed by
| certain measures sent to the dis
]card by the Supreme Court or
i otherwise. The bill is said to
have been hastily prepared and
complex in its provisions. If the
acreage reader does not interpret
I it aright, he may therefore be ex
'cused for his* error, and Congress
should be complimented for its
astuteness in asking for no more
| than a few days to straighten af
fairs out, by amendent and de
| bate.
!
The Wages and Hours Bill
| seams to have grounded hard on
‘a roak, taking the form of a dis
approving letter from Mr. Green,
of the American Federation of
Labor, who feels that administra
tion of labor legislation by inde
pendent governmental agencies us
■ fatally defective, and that a short
er working day, coupled with a
shorter working week are essen
! tial to the cure of what is called
a serious recession of business.
The government attitude seem
, to be to bring the bill to an early
vote, though possibly with some
conciliatory amendments. In the
meantime there is a House move
ment to get the matter out of
hand by December 13, and every
thing may be over by Christmas.
, In the meantime Congress has
J decided not to make Thanksgiv
ing an excuse for a week-end lay
-off, and as a matter of fact a Con
' gressman can give a large amount
■ of humble and hearty thanks on
1 his own time, and not feel over
worked officially.
On the horizon, but a'ready vis
ible. is the Administrative plan to
improve housing conditions, the
obstacle being the high cost of
i building and the financing of such
' operations. The assumption is
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Santa Claus Is Driving His Own Reindeer to Nome