THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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NEWS ITEMS
The funeral of Wm. H. Vollen
tine took place today when ser
vices were said by the Rev. Vin
cent Widney at the Federated
church at 2 p.m. A large num
ber of friends and lodge brothers
attended the funeral services, in
cluding the Odd Fellows, of whi
ch he was a member.
Mr. Vollentine, an old time
miner in the Dime Creek section
for many years, died Thursday
at the Maynard Columbus hospi
tal, after being brought here by
plane from Dime Creek, for med
ical attention. Surviving him are
his nephew here in Nome at pre
sent, and two daughters at Dime.
A telegram received yesterday
by Mrs. B. J. McConaghy from
her husband in Seattle, contained
the information that the firm of
B. J. McConaghy had been quali
fied as Nome agents for the Fed
eral Housing Administration,with
provisions to handle six per cent
loans up to and including $16,000
classification. No other details
were contained, but are expected
at an early date. Mrs. MoCon
aghy expects to leave by the earl
iest plane for the States to join
her husband. ^
Advertising Of
Canned Salmon
Cause Interest
i
National advertising of Can
ned Salmon is leading to consider
. ably greater interest in Alaska
and Alaskan travel, according to
L. W. Baker, Traffic Manager of
the Alaska Steamship Company.
“Housewives re reading salmon
advertising in national magazm
I es and recipe articles in these
magazines and newspapers more
frequently than ever since this
advertising started. The roman
tic background of the salmon has
been so widely publicized that
most families who have salmon
for dinner are quite apt to think
or talk about Alaska", Baker said.
'The increase in retail sales of
Canned Salmon which the ad
vertising has brought about is al
go increns ng the attention given
~/i.!"lka by consumers in the Un
ited States. The salmon.-advertis
ing is making an effective addi
^?n to the regular Alaska tour
ist advertising being used by
steamship lines and railroads.
“The excellent sound movie,
Alaska's Silver Millions, produc
ed by the American Can Com
pany to show the background of
the salmon industry, devotes a
large part of its footage to the
scenic beauty and attractions of
Alaska. This picture is being
shown to club and school groups
in all parts of the country and
is certain to have a decided in
fluence in bringing more tour
ists to the Territory during the
summer season", Baker contin
ued. “The Seattle office of the
can oompany is now showing this
to groups in Washington, and in
the few weeks that the picture
has been available, more than
10,000 persons have seen the film.
Many other copies of the movie
are being shown in other sec
tions of the United States.
“The salmon fishing and can
ning operations are among Al
aska's most interesting attractions
and most tourists want to see
something of this activity when
they come to Alaska.
“Since the start of this ad
vertising campaign, this industry
has also been helping to interest
more people in the United Stat
es to come to Alaska and see its
scenery and unusual activities.
Many tourists decide on a north
ern vacation because they are
attracted by articles they have
; read of the salmon run. The fact
' that the run occurs at the time
most suited for tourists gives it
special value as a travel appeal"
Baker said. ,
Newspaper advertising
jvill develop new business
' for you.
toward Blom (aaovei was pilot of
ti e b-motored San Franciaco-Los
Angeles plane of United Air Lines
which crashed with 12 persons
aboard on a night southbound flight
in the rugged country near Saugus,
Calif. (Associated Press Photo)
School Activities Told In Nome Hi
News, Including Sports, Studies &
Social Happenings by Miss Chapman
Week Feb. 12th, 1937
Entertainment Planned
The play “Fourteen” is .n the
process of preparation and will
be presented at an evening en
tertainment to be given at the
school in about six weeks. The
English IV class is working up
a comedy skit ‘The Apple Pie"
as a part of the same entertain
ment.
Student Body Meeting
The regular February meeting
of the Student Body was called
to order Friday, February 12, by
President Tom Martin. Various ;
means of raising money for the
treasury were discussed but the
meeting adjourned without mak
ing a definite decision.
_
Home-Making Class
The Home-Making girls, having
completed their blouses, are now
working on aprons and maid’s
caps. Their ice cream sale at
the game Wednesday night was
successful and the money taken
in will be used to buy supplies
for the class.
Manual Training News
Several of the boys in the Man
ual Training Class are doing
work on metals, which includes
instruction and practice in sold
ering and riveting. Bob Scott,
Fred Waid, and Bud Cunning
ham are making wall candle
holders from hammered metal.
Dick Margraf has completed his
end table and Lee Reat, after fin
ishing the repairs to his dog sled
is beginning work on ah end tab
le.
SPORTS FLASHES
Baseball Game
Last Wednesday night the base
ball fans saw some real playing
when the Huskies tangled with
the Commercials for one of the
most exciting games of the season.
Star, speedball artist Martin
Willoya pitched the entire game,
and kept the Comms swinging at
the ozone a good part of the
time, but Pitcher O’Mara of the
Commercials returned the com
pliment and held the Huskie slug
gers down almost as efficiently.
However the Huskie, perhaps due
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CHASES OR PAID ON ACCOUNT.
Following are the names of those
business houses at votes
will be distributed free:
Mayfair Tavern
Nome Daily Nugget
Bob Jackson's Barber Shop
John Lichtenberg Hardware
A. Polet Stores
Nevada Bar
Nevada Lunch Counter
Potter Studio
Calkins Shoppe
Nome Drug Store
Cavey's Cafe
Lehmann’s
Jack Seidenverg
Mirow Air Service
Board of Trade
Pioneer Drug Company
North Pole Bakery
Arctic Beer Parlor
Nome Lumber Co. W
Wien Alaska Airlines
; * -«•
Alaska Emporium
Harry Hagen, Jeweler
Pacific Alaska Airways
Northern Light & Power Co.
Mrs. Curtis Jacobs
Lomen Commercial Co.
Yenney Water Delivery
Pangman Water Delivery
City Laundry
Gus Barber Shop
Jack White Restaurant
Nome Liquor Store
Pioneer Sheet Mrtai Works
Nome Motor Co.
Nome Laundry,Joe Amarok
Neva Whaley Dance school
Dream Theatre
Phyllis’ Beauty Shop
Poison Water Delivery
U. S. Mercantile Store
in some small measure to the fer
vent players of their rooting sec
tion, wrapped their bats around
balls for some pretty hits and
came in the victors with nine
runs to the Commercial’s seven.
Neither team scored during the
first three innings and during
the remainder of the play the
score constantly see-sawed back
and forth, providing some mom
ents of suspense. All in all, it
was a pretty good game, and the
only really deplorable thing is
that the Huskie ddin’t discover
their ability to play baseball a
little earlier in the series.
Girls Baseball Game
The High School Girls team
would seem to be a femine re
plica of the celebrated Hammons,
for they gave the Blazers the
well-known “works” Wednes
day evening. A-l pitcher Alice
Martin, with a little help in the
last few innings from Rita O’
Leary, surely had the Blazers
waving futily at the ball, and,
with the rest of the team back
ing her up, held their score down
to four runs. The Huskiettes, on
the other hand, walked up to the
plate and socked the ball often
enough to get around sixteen tim
es. Nice going, girls!
Squirts Versus Scrubs
The second big game in which
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