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VOL. 38 No. 192 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY JUNE 21. 1937. Per Copy 10cts
Soviet Flight Ends Vancouver, Wn.
FOREST FIRES ENDANGERING ANCHORAGE
Adverse Weather Cause Might End Short of Frisco
FLIERS ASTOUNDED
BY ACCLAIM GIVEN
THEM ON ARRIVAL
Flew 5,300 Miles To Be Forced Down By
Poor Visibility. Plane Will Be
Dismantled Vancouver
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(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, Washington, June 20, — The Sov
iet polar plane landed here at 8:22 a.m. Sunday. Chief
Pilot Chekaloff said the landing was due to poor visib
ility, and plane being in good condition and with suffi
cient gasoline for an additional seven hundred and
fifty miles flight.
He refused to discuss the plans for any possible
continuance* saving he would await the arrival of A. A
Troyanovsky, Russian Ambassador, who is flying up
:rom San Francisco. “We are feeling fine” they said, af
ter traveling 5,300 miles in 64 hours.
Will be Immortals of World Aviation
The three men of iron from Russia laid upon the
New World’s doorstep claim to aviation immortality by
their challenge to flying geniuses of the world’s great
est nations, by piloting the red-winged Soviet mono
plane nearly 5,300 miles nonstop from Moscow across
the top of the world to this American army post on the
banks of the Columbia River.
Fell Short of San Francisco 592 Miles
The conquerors of one of the world’s most hazard
ous flights in the history of aviation fell short 592 mil
es of their goal—San Francisco.
Only a Few Witnesses Saw End of Flight
The only witnesses to the end of their journey, oth
er than themselves, were some amazed soldiers and
three University ROTC students.
Swarthy pilot Chekaloff, who didn’t relinquish the
controls for more than two and a half days, was astound
ed at the acclaim which was quickly bestowed upon
them. The birdmen immediately went to sleep after
:eporting to the Soviet officials at San Francisco.
They said the plane would be dismantled and they
would fly late today to San Francisco in company with
Soviet Ambassador Troyanovsky, who flew here Sun
day to greet them.
Experienced Adverse Flying Weather
Chekaloff said the most trying portions of the hop
came when they ran into stormy weather over Barents
Sea, near Franz Josef Land, near Patrick Island and
near the North Pole.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram
of congratulations to them as did Director Stalin, who
talked to them over the wireless telephone from Mos
cow.
LOCAL ITEMS
The S. S. Tanana of the Alaska 1
Line, said Agent Joe Hamish at
Nome, is expected to arrive here
late Tuesday evening from Seat
tle via way ports. At 10 a.m. to
day the vessel was reported at
Nunivak Island. Captain G. J.
Cloetz is in command of the ves
sel.
Excavation work is about com
pleted for the new barber shop
and bath house of John Solon, on
Front Street next door to the
Nome Drug Store. John Remer
the contractor, is now busy ar
ranging for tiie construction of
the building, which will be a onei
story structure.
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NOTICE TO PATRONS
AND FRIENDS.
Dr. L. \V. Fromm will open his
Dental Office, Monday, in the
Dill residence, Second avenue
near B Street.
Amelia's “Flyinj* Laboratory" As it Took ofl fr<
f orest Fire Fanned By W ind, Heading
For Anchorage. \ olunteers Called
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(By The As ociaied Prcvs)
ANCHDRACE. J.-ne 19—Delay
e<.i :rs tr vn»m:ss: n—Mayor Romi.u
calk t v.-lantfur; to fight a
raging t*': :t fir * two miles .' tit.,
east i-: her., ■•r.j approaching th-.
city r-.tpl 1 .• All physically ab’e
men -,v ere c • :e 1 to meet with
Fire Chi f :*•< yer# who is dir ’fl
ing the tiro fighting act.vlw
M :y R n;s said tlu; v
dar ge .1: weepi
tl e ■ Vtrchoragd. H igh
Brew ■ nets head, .<
coi’si 4 e- !r> Lake Sp. "ar t
to pi r.c: - • Si e lake u
the p . *’ f •■ flan.e •. Ti fir■
Start i yest ’day b it a oh in >e •
win J '.’.a- ctoj a i he l
H The ... •.-<1 r- -s.-'
AN7H >RAGK. Jure 10 De’.iy
ed ;r .ve'- r.i aei—Tw, nt.v me ’
who spent the night fighting the
forest tire returned home at four
a.m. The fire is sti'l raging, but
Fire Chief Bevers said there was
no further danger unless the So
uth winds shif; to the West.
Hr!; 'f the men spent the night
lighting the lire ur.d soaking the
pi snerty i Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Put Ur . homes, e: ders, whtse
tv :n. s dangerously near the
;1 nte<. Thu Pattersons’ aided by
ho r. w i f the men. went to the
s- ’.r.hiH’r part of the burning area.
Tne city of Anchorage is shroud
. 1 -moke, and hundreds otTer
_ i :■,> light the fire, but officials
i twenty n.cn were sufiicient
at pr. hut if the wind shifts
■■ th W?-t, more than tiian 20
!i in.-readers will be in the path
oi tli:• flames.
BLAMES BRICE FOR SHINERS
BEFORE AFTER
Lois fie Fee. 18, tali show sir; and former night club bouncer, asked
in New York for a warrant for the arrest of Lou Brice, brother of
Fanny dice, on an assault charge, displaying two badly discolored
eyes and a broken nose as evidence. She said Brice started something
he couldn’t finish, which resulted into the alleged assault.
;
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ARRIVED AT RANGOON
ON FLIGHT FROM
CALCUTTA.
(By The Associated Press)
RANGOON, Burma, June 19—.
Amelia Earhart on her r und the
world flight, reached here after
a three hundred mile flight from
Aykab, a stepping point, yester
day, on the hop from Calcutta,
after flying most of the way thru
a ram storm , which was the
“worst experience of the journey
so far." j
Hotel Will Be
Constructed Mt.
McKinley Park
0
(Bv The Associated Tress)
WASHINGTON, June 21, —The
Interior Department today dLsclus
ed plans to build a giant hotel
in Mount McKinley National
Parle between Seward and Fair
banks, construction to begin July
15th.
It is estimated the building will
cost three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, and will accomo
date one hundred and twenty
persons
Secretary Ickes said ‘ The hotel
is the first step in a long-range
Alaska travel develpment pro
gram". A hundred men will be
employed, and the Alaska Rail
road will operate the hotel which
will be opened in June next year.
NEWS ITEMS
—
The Nome city council is meet
i ing this evening at the city hall
Uo take up regular business. It
is due to convene at 8 P.M. No
meeting was held on the regular
meeting night last Monday, due
to the rush of business which al
ways accompanies the arrival of
the first boat from the states.
Old Papers—for placing under
carpets, starting fires, wrappings,
j for sale at Nugget, 25cts bundle.
RADIO WAS
GUIDE ON
FLIGHT
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, B C , June 19—
(Delayed in transtnissi rn) —The
Russian plane reported at 12:25 p.
m. PST., her location as latitude
ti4, longitude 124, or about one
hundred nules south of Fort Nor
man. Northwest Territory along
the MacKenzie River basin, a
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
message said, which also said “all
was well. The message was re
ceived by the station at Fort
Smith, Northwest Territory. Fort
Norman is twelve hundred and
fifty miles northwest Of here.
WASHINGTON. D. C . June P>
(Delayed in Transmission) —The
Russian aviators reported to the
Army Signal Corps at Seattle,
that they were well beyond the
North Pole on their Moscow to
San Francisco fligh*. The station
also told the War Department th »
following message which was re
ceived at 12:20 ant PST..: “Lati
tude 84 degrees, iongitude 110 de
grees west,“everything all right”
The message was unsigned. War
Department officials estimated its
position as 400 miles north of the
American side of the Pole.
SEATTLE, June 19—(Delayed
in transmission—Note this mes
sage was sent to the Nugget 11:45
p.m. Saturday night and receiv
ed by the Nugget about noon on
Sunday, and is as follows: "Rus
sian plane was L,st reported over
Queen Charlotte Island- at 8:45
PST. Saturday Plane messaged
for weather at 11:10 but did not
give position. Said, getting along
fine"
Dimond Comments
(By The Associated Press)
BOISE, Idaho. June 21, —Dele
gate Anthony J Dimond, com
menting on the Soviet flight ac
ross the North Pole from Moscow
to Vancouver. Washington, call
ed it an experimental “route
which might be feasible commer
cially, but I doubt it. I believe it
would be cheaper and less dist
ant to cross the Arctic west of
the Pole. There is a future in a
trans-Arctic route I think there
will be regular service between
Russia and Alaska."
He said he could not see any
military significance to the flight,
when questioned along that line.