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j THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 298 NOME. ALASKA. SATURDAY DEC. 18 1937 Per Copy 10ct*
House Bolts Administration Leaders
Second United States Note Is Delivered to Japan
LOYALIST ARMY
STAGED A BIG
SURPRISE SPAIN
FIGHTING TAKES PLACE IN
CITY AS INSURGENTS
TAKEN UNAWARE
(By The Associated Pre^s)
MADRID, Dec. 18, — Teruel,
southern spearhead of General
issimo Francisco Franco’s Ara
gon line, was ringed by besieging
government forces tpday.
A communique announced this
morning that a battle raged with
in the oity. All of Teruel’s com
munications have been cut by the
government’s slashirvg three-day
surprise offensive.
Composer Tries
Buy Way Out
Of U, S. Navy
(Ry The Pns*a>
CffdSVBUAND, Dae 18,-^ftrad
ford Greene. 88 years old, is
trying to buy himself out of the
navy. He summoned qp a smile
today when he spoke of the suc
cess of the musical comedy for
which ho wrote the music, had
at its premier a few weeks ago
m Cleveland, but his heart filled
with sadness when he recalled
that by virtue of a navy enlist
ment when things were not going
ao well he faces throe more years
of service in the nation’s first
line defense. His plea for a dis
charge from the sea fighting for
ce has been denied.
After the music and lyrics of
the musical comedy were com
pleted, Greene was unable to get
any theatrical producer in Cleve
land to stage it, but the attrac
tion finally was financed by Miss
Alice Alexander, who has been
interested in several successful
pmsical attractions. Its premier
Was such a notable triumph that
several New York theatres were
anxious to book it. It will hit
Broadway Christmas week.
YUKON MAIL CARRIER
HAS TRYING TRIP
Percy DeWolf arrived at Eagle,
Alaska, safely with the mail from
Dawson. Nov. 28, but is having
a hard time getting back. He
tried the river again, and again,
but too much water, so will go
by the American Creek and over
land to Dawson.
The Yukon river closed in front
of Eagle, November 27.
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Disclosure of Receipt of Second Note'
From U. S. Prompts Guess It
About Gunning Panay
(By The Associates! Pre'5>
TOKYO, Dec. 18, — The Jap
anese Foreign Office today dis
closed to U. S. Ambassador Jos
eph C. Grwe, what was believed
to be a second American note
in connection with the sinking
of the American gunboat Panay.
It was reliably reported, and
is now understood, that the note
^concerned reports that the ship
,was machine gunned by Japan
ese launches before it sank un
der the pounding of Japanese
a-rial bombs.
Petty Racket
Games Gome
At Christmas
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(By Robbin Coons)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 18
—Christmas is coming, and so are
the nifty little schemes of the
petty racketeers who prey on the
nyma colony especially when
Hollywood's eyes are blurred by
the artificial snow that annually
clouds Santa Claus Lane.
There’ll be the usual number of
phoney perfume salesman—offer
ing colored water in fancy bottles
—at a bargain; the usual furtive
deals in shining white fox furs
that turn into rabbit skin the first
heavy rain.
Many Threats By Mail
This film community has become
accustomed to all sorts of badger
games and petty rackets;it knows
about burglary—the Gary Coop-;
ers and Hal Roach, of the jewelry
store, can give fresh first-hand
information; Mae West is the col
ony’s leading authority on the
hold-up (receiving end); but the
major fear in these parts, in the
crime line, remains the kidnaper.
More than 20 screen celebrities
have rqceiyed threatening ltters
or phone calls in the past year.
In every case guards have been
assigned, and usually—when ex
tortion was attempted through
the mails—the federal men have
stepped in.
These precautions may explain
why there have been no actual
kidnappings. In fact, as police
statisticians point out in their,
1036-37 report, there have been
no kidnapings for ransom in the
entire Los Angeles community in
the period.
The Small-Town Girl Myth
inese city statistics, assembled
by Mrs. Rhoda Cross, official sta
tistician, would seem to blow an
other Hollywood legend—that
Hollywood is the meoca of miss
ing small-town girls. The statis
tics have no department devoted
to those lured here by movie gla
mour, unless these would copne
under the “adventure-seekers.”
In this category, among 644 juv
enile girfe, were listed only 14.
(CcKtihued OB PagB TVoe)
Two of Nation’s
Best Air Racers
Die Plane Crash
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(By The Associated Ptmi) |
MIAMI FI3-, Dec. 18, —Two
of the nation’s leading air-rac-;
irtg pilots, Rudy Kling of Lem
qnt, Jll., and Frank Haines of
Detroit, Michigan, were killed in
their planes at the aviation show
in Miami late yesterday within
a spLit second of each other.
The double tragedy occurred a
few moments after Aviatrix Jac
queline Cochrane tore into Mia-1
mi frcm New Yarw with a new
record of 4 hours, 12 minutes and
12 seconds for the 1170-anile air
mile distance. Miss Cochrane is
credited with an average speed
of 278.193 miles an hour.
The planes of Kling and Hain
es went out of control at the
first turn of the small race cour
se. They were going nearly 200
miles an hour when they hit the
ground. Each of the pilots was
filled instantly.
RESTRICTED AREAS IN EUROPE
PROVE NIGHTMARE TO
AIRPLANE PILOTS
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 18, — Forbid
den zones" are the avaitor’s bug
aboo in Europe today, and woe
to the transgressor! Each coun
try now has its lists of areas clos
ed to ordinary flying—on penal
ty in some oases of being shot
down.
The forbidden areas include
military fortifications, muni
tions factories and dumps, mili
tary camps and airfields and lar
ge camps and airfields, and large
manufacturing centers. Interna
tional frontiers especially are re
stricted. Where not to fly is a
problem. Commercial planes aTe
squeezed across international
frontiers in narrow “air lanes.’’
No Mercy For Violators
It’s a natural consequence—
all these aerial traffic rules—of
a re-arm 3d Europe where suspi
cion runs high and where mili
tary secrets must be safeguard
ed from areial photography.
Military planes police these
restricted areas in some instanc
es. Ground crews with high-pow
ered glasses and “electric ears"
do the rest. Penalties include
heavy fines—and imprisonment.
And aviators go miles out of their
way, in seeking a destination, to
avoid these prohibited areas.
Narrow Lanes into France
Prance provides a good exam
pie of how severe the restrictions
on flying have become. The Fren
ch frontier is marked with for
bidden zones (notably the fam
ous Miginot line of fortifications)
Only htree narrow passages, in
parts only four miles wide are
open to planes along the 250 miles
of French-Germ an border.
The French-Italian border also
is heavily restricted to aviation,
there being buit one small pass
ageway—three miles wide—at
Modane. The Franco-Berlgian
border has four routes over
which planes may fly and the
short Franco-Luxembourg bor
der is entirely blocked off. The
boundary line with Spain is clos
ed except for a three-mile stret
ch at the western end and a mile
I and a half stretch at the eastern
end.
Daily Bulletins Posted
| Central and Eastern Europe
| has become a jigsaw puzzle for
i the aviator. Not only must he
'watch his maps with their “mark
ed out” areas but bulletin ooards
! as well for daily announcements
1 of “artillery and anti-aircraft
practice."
The Czech, Hungarian, Yugo
slav and Italian borders are clos
ed to casual flying and aviators
may cross these borders only at
indicated places. Along the Czech
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BIG TIME BEEN
SLATED AT THE
ROOF GARDEN
PROGRAM FROM STAGE AND
THEN EATS, DANCING,
FILL EVENING
Well, tonight is the big night
of the Pioneer Roof Garden. And
committee reports indicated ev
erything was in readiness for a
good time for all.
The entertainment program is
going to be especially good, and
then th-re's the famous Pioneer
refreshments and dancing.
Everything is informal and you
don’t have to wear your “soup
and fish” if you don’t want to. j
Games and other feature en
tertaining acts are prepared and
r:jady for the opening.
As you wej.1 know, the Pion
eers of Alaska have the reputa
tion of doing things up “brown”
when they stage an affair, and
tonight promises to a huge suc
cess.
So put on your “straw hats”
and holiday clothes and enjoy
yourself at the Roof Garden to
night.
NOTICE
The Common Council, sitting
as a Board of Equalization, will
meet on Monday, December 20,
at 9 a.m.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
by M. J. WALSH,
1-t City Clerk
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 18,
Climaxing a House rebellion'
which shelved the Wage and
Hour bill and checkmated ad-!
ministration leaders in their ef-!
forts to push through much of
President Roosevelt’s program
before adjournment next week,
the House, in a tense overtime
session sent the battered measure
back to the Labor Committee, |
despite majority leader Ray-1
burn’s appear that such a step
would mean the death of wage
and hour legislation.
The vote dealth the administ
ration its first imajor defeat since
the senate killed the Roosevelt
court bill.
However, it was offset some
what by the senate approval of
another major item of the spec
ial session program—the “ever
normal granary” farm bill.
Cordell Hull"
Gives Invite
U. S. Consul
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18, —Se
cretary of State Cordell Hull an-!
nounced that William E. Chap
man, United States consul at!
Bilbao, insurgent-held city in
Spain, had been given leave to
return to the United States. He
now is Ln Europe and was on his
way to Bilbao.
Secretary Hull declared no ef-1
fort would be made to repoen
the consulate at Bilbao until the
attitude of the insurgents chang
es. He explained he understood
the insurgents demanded Chap-;
man return as a diplomatic as
well as a consular officer, which
would imply recognition by the
Washington government.
The United States is unwilling
to accord this recognition, Sec-;
retary Hull said.
SEATTLE, Dec. 18. —Despite
the customary pre-holiday dull
ness in the canned salmon trade,
which has been worrying salmon
packers for weeks, there is a
heavy inquiry developing indi
cating that buyers are thinking
of replenishing stocks, E. B. Mc
Govern, leading canned salmon
broker, declared today in Seattle.
This inquiry, in view' of the
short pack, is a strengthening
factor in the canned salmon mar
ket.
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“The Crucible” ?
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Unofficial bulletin for the
Nome Headquarters of the j
Territorial Department of
Mines
Assayed by Aben Shallit
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15th Pouring
Gus O’Leary and Elmer Tveter
are starting for the Alatna Riv
er in a few days. Like several
other spots north of the Arctic
Circle this district is not over
populated. The Alatna is a tribu
tary of the Koyukuk river and
heads along the southwest slope
of the Endicott Mountains.
When we oldtimers used to hit
the trail, we’d pack an axe, sleep
ing bag. rifle, memory of our
last Roof Garden and enough
fuel to keep our ftsh-burners go
ing for a week. Besides the re
gular trail equipment Gus is
taking along a windcharger and
radio battery set, while Elmer
hints of leectrci razors, portable
rocking chairs and lounging pa
jamas. They are taking a first
class passage on a flying mach
ine which will land them within
spitting distance of their first
camp. It is a good thing that
these young fellers can take it.
Good luck boys, we hope you
make a million.
To the Cheechaoco, mention of
the Pioneer Roof Garden may
not seem appropriate in a col
umn devoted to mining. To the
Sourdough, it brings memories
of “the prospector fresh from the
hills,” for this was the occasion
when miners and prospectors,
the pioneers of Alaska, would
come from afar to celebrate. The
Pioneer Roof Garden tonight is
decidedly an institution symbol
ic of the early gold-rush days.
A compilation of the mining
industry on Seward Peninsula
shows that 19 dredges operated
this season. Six of them in the
close proximity to Nome and the
others scattered from Solomon to
Candle. There are three on the
Nekluk River, two on the Keewa!
ik, two on the Kougarok, and
one each on the Inmachuk, Casa
depaga, Koyuk, Biuestone, and
Solomon rivers and on Spruce
reek.
Including the individual miner
as well as the large dredging
companies, there are over a hun
dred mining enterprises on the
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—ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS—
Don’t Miss The Pioneer Roof Garden, Sat. Dec. 18