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Sunday Colder.
VOL. 38. No. 323 NOME. ALASKA. Saturday. NOV. 13. 1937 Per Copy 10ct«
King Island Radio Is On The Air
NOME THREATENED AGAIN BY BERING SEA
Brussels Peace Conference Has Many Difficulties
RELIGION MOVES FORWARD with this trailer church, St. Paul’s Wayside Cathedral,
which seats *>5 persons. Devised by Bishop Henry Wise Hobson (left) to meet modern pastoral needs,
1* n-ju -ue n ‘ V diocese of southern Ohio of the Protestant Episcopal church. Behind Bishop Hob
oes to Ghana* to .tyres, organist, looking over the cathedral at the church's convention in Cincinnati.
Italy Objected
China Demand
Apply Sanctions
Other Powers Condemn Japan’s
Military Invasion of China
(Rv The Associated Pros*
BRUSSELS. Beilgium, Nov. 13,
—China's demand, what virtual
ly amounted to imposition of san
ctions against Japan, was dram
atically opposed by Italy at the
conference here seeking to end
the Sino-Japanese war.
Count Luigi Aldovrandi-Mares
cotte said: "That proposal is en
tirely ruled out. We are not here
tor that. It is entirely outside
the scope of the conference."
Stress Illegality
Nevertheless, the United State?
British and French delegations
prepared a declaration stressing
the illegality of Japan’s military
action, asserting that it amounted
to a defiance of the whole world.
Previously the conference heard
Norman l>avis, head of the Ameri
can delegation, declare "there
are compelling reasons" why Jap
an should cooperate in search of
peacJ. ''
STORMY WEATHER
CONTINUEING NOME
PROSPECTS POOR
Funeral for Smith
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Nov. 13, — Funer
al services for Elmer T. Smith,
70, a retired Alaska government
school teacher who died Thurs
day, were held here today. Cre
mation will follow.
Smith, an early stampeder in
the rush for gold, lived in Alaska
until two years ago, when he
moved to Bremerton. He is sur
vived by his widow Beatrice, and
a brother and sister, both of
whom live in the states.
Chairman.
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mikMmi
of i laifo
flaw company,
will direct
an enumeration
of C. 8.
unemployed la
the next
three months.
Registration, be
■aid, will be
volantary la
the census.
High wind and water last night
and early this morning brought
back anxiety and fears, that some
of the already damaged buildings
and foundations would undergo
further destruction.
Many persons remained up dur
ing tile night watching the action
of the waves as they beat with
great force, close to their back
doors.
While not as severe as the
Tuesday night storm, last night's
blow still carried enough force to
further tear the jetties apart and
generally wrack more damage.
Late this afternoon it appeared
to have gone done considerable
and the indication that tonight the
storm would be a "hum-dinger“,
seemed to be dissipated.
However, U. S. Weatherman
Ross Dobbs at Nome, warned that
the general conditions were un
certain and variable, and that
stormy weather may yet continue
tor Nome
Wilkins Arrives
Edmonton Way
Arctic Search
(By The Associated Press*
EDMONTON. Nov. 13—Sir Hu
bert WiLkins who is returning to
the Arctic Ocean to assist in hunt
ing for the lost Soviet fliers, ar
rived here at 11:28 A. M. today.
Wilkins expects to remain here a
few days, before taking off in his
new rescue ship.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
KING ISLAND
TELLS STORM
ROCKY ISLE
—
(By The Associated Press)
Contact by radio has been
established with the Father
Hubbard Arctic Expedition
now on King Island. The ex
pedition was taken to the Is
land this fall by U. S. Coast
Guard vessels, and consists of
Father Bernard Hubbard,
Ken Chisholm, Edgar Levin,
and Bernard Stanley.
KING ISLAND. Nov. 13, —
Father Hubbard said in a radio
message today that his baromet
er dropped one inch in ten hours
to 28.60 during the Nome storm
of last Tuesday and Wednesday,
the lowest reading he has seen in
his eleven years of exploration.
Icy Spray on Island
The natives’ cliff-side dwellings
were encased in ice by the spray,
blown eight hundred feet above
the waters’ edge. No damage was
done he reported.
Cold For Highway
(By The Associated Press)
HELENA, Montana, Nov. 13, —
Gold bear gravel will be used
for paving a seven-mile section
of a highway now under const
ruction near here.
Henry M. Lancaster, a mining
engineer, said that tests in the
pit from which the supply of
graved is being obtained, showed
about sixty cents worth of gold
per cubic yard.
Insufficient water in the local
ity would not permit placer or
dredging operations.
Investigate Club
<By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 13, —Council
men David Levine and Hugh De
lacey said they had been author
ized to proceed with an official
investigation of a German Club
meeting here last Tuesday at
which it was reported the Nazi
flag was displayed,’the Nazi sal
ute given, Nazi songs sung. A
resolution has been drawn up they
stated, condemning Nazi princi
ples as obnoxious.
Towns Isolated
(By The Associated Press)
MANILA, Nov. 13, — An in
complete record of the death and
destruction done Thursday by a
typhoon, stood at fifteen known
fatalities, several scores of per
sons still missing, and upwards
of thirty three thousand persons
homeless. Property damage was
more than a half million dollars.
Several towns still remain isolat
ed.
Setting a fan? ■
price tag oi>
her love
Miss Judith
Allen (right i
estranged
wife ol the
‘Irish I’hrush '
Jack Doyle,
has sued Mrs.
ih-lphim Dodge y!
Godtle for |
$‘>,000.0110 in I
California. j,<
Further she
has asked that
interlocutory
decree from
the fighter
be set aside.
FORMER MARSHAL NOME
ILL PNEUMONIA. ONE OF
HERE—FRANK RICHARDS
(By The Associated Press)
CARLSBAD, New Mexico, Nov.
13, —Frank H. Richards, aged 80.
a former U. S. Marshal at Nome,
is seriously ill here of pneumon
ia. Following is a short bio
graphical schetch of his life, ob
tained from the "Souvenir Edition
of Nome", by "Pop" Harrison:
Frank H Richards was appoint
td U. S. Marshal of the Second
Judicial Division of Alaska. June
4th, 1!K>1. and he held this posi
tion until the fall of 1904
/
He was born McHenry County,
Illinois, March 21, 1858. He lived
on a farm until he was 24 years
old. He emnugrated to the Puget
Sound country in 1883 and was
with Eugene Canfield, when he
made the first survey of the rail
road between British Columbia,
and Seattle. Later he studied
law at the Columbia law school,!
and was admitted to the bar but:
| never engaged in the practice of
the profession.
He was appointed harbor com
missioner of the State of Washing
ton, July 1st, 1890 and resigned.
the office in January 1893.
He was elected state senator!
from Whatcome County and serv
ed in biennial session of 1891-93.
He was chairman of the fisher
ies committee and the first legis
lator in the interest of the fish
industry in Washington.
Legislation which has built up
the great fish canning business
on the Sound was introduced by
him. The panic in 1883 swept aw
ay his accumulations and a few
years later he went to Alaska.
After prospecting in Southeast
ern Alaska he went to the Forty
Mile country in 1899 and arrived
in Nome in 1900. October 8th
1903 he married Miss Bessie Wil
ke of Chicago. When he was a
school boy her father was his
teacher.
I KODIAK, Nov. L3, —Mrs. Fred
Noren, aged 35, perished in a fire
I which' destroyed a Kodiak hotel
j yesterday. She was trapped in an
[upstairs room.
10 Persons Die
Crash German
Plane Tonight
c
fB.v Th<- Associated Press)
MANNHEIM. Germany. Nov.
13, — Ten persons aboard a Ber
lin to Mannheim airliner were
killed last night when the craft
crashed near the airdrome.
Seven passengers were among
the dead, the other's being the
crew. Two others were injured.
It was believed there were no
Americans aboard.
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KEEPS
ROAST
PIPING
HOT «
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Some of the charm of the old Eng
lish chop-house is brought to the
home by this new type of metal
roaster. Not only does its use per
mit more space on the table for
other food containers, but the heat
retaining qualities of the roaster
make it possible for the hostess to
serve several helpings, while tha
food in It remains piping hot.
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