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VOL. 38 ' No. 55 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY MAR. 9, 1937. Per Copy 15cts
Raising Funds Nome Basketball Team To Carnival
Dimond Introduces Bill Rebuild Nome C. G. Station
Eight States Felt
Earth Tremors
In Middlewest
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, March 9, — Eight
■tates, and part of Canada were
shaken early Tuesday by earth
tremors and shocks. Each state
reported along minor damage, al
though the shocks were sufficient
Jiy severe in many cases to aw
aken persons by rattling of win
dows and shaking of furniture.
Reverent Joseph S. Joliet de
partment head of seismology at
the John Carrol University in
- Cleveland said the tremors were
felt in most midwestern states,,
and were "of about the same mag
nitude as last week’s, perhaps a
litter greater in intensity. The
source was the same, an upthrust
ing section of rock crust in the
old glacial' region in northwestern
Ohio, where the tremors lasted
for eight minutes and were clear
ly recorded.”.
.’ Southwestern Ohio and north
tern Kentucky felt two pronounc
ed shocks. 'i
Huntington, West Virginia, Mil
■waukee, Columbus Chicago Cin
cinnati Louisville and Detroit re
ported buildings were shaken,
but not dangerously.
Many central Indiana cities
and towns felt distinct shocks,
which lasted a few seconds.
Lafayette, Indiana recorded two
•successive tremors. Berkeley, Cal
ilornia felt shocks which rocked
beds. London, Ontario felt min
^p» shocks.
'Tather A. R. Schmidtt of the
Physics Department of Loyola Un
iversity in Chicago said the Cal
ifornia quake was not the same
which was felt in the middlewest.
Grand Jury Now
Session and Will
Investigate Here
The Grand Jury was duly im
paneled this morning before Jud
ge J H S Morison of the District
Court, Ed Johnson declared fore
man, and immediately retired to
commence their investigations.
Following is the jury as impan
•led.
Ed Johnson, Foreman
John Englen
Emily Boucher
, William Davis
' Jules Gunderson
J E Jensen
George Reimer
Charles Swanson
(Continued on Page Four)
Nome U. S. C. G.
(By Tne Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 9, —Del
egate Dimond said today he will j
Congress to appropriate $142,000
to rebuild the U. S. Coast Guard j
Station at Nome Alaska which i
was destroyed in the 1934 fire.
He said the “maintenance of the!
station in the past has resulted
in the saving of many lives and
property valued at hundreds of
thousands of dollars.”
Council Heard
Appeals Meet
ing last Night
...
The regular meeting of the
Nome city council last evening
listened to an appeal for $100 to
help finance a basketball team to
be sent to Fairbanks tomorrow
or the next day. After consider
able discussion, and evident ap
proval from several sources a mo
tion to appropriate the money
Was lost when finance chairman
Edddie Gross and Duffy O’Connor ,
voted no, while eouncilmen Rude
Hagen and Cavey voted yes. Four
votes for approval were necess
ary but the motion failed.
A. Polet and Chas. D. Jones
. appeared before the council with
an offer of $1500 for the old
j school building, the offer being
I made by the Independent Order j
] of Odd Fellows, Nome lodge.
Discussion occupied more than
an hour on the subject and ac
tion was finally agreed to place
a proposal of the kind suggested
on the ballot at the regular muni
cipal and school board election in :
April.
Other matters of routine busi- j
ness were disposed of and anoth
er comment made that city fin
ances should be carefully held in <
check, in view of the paymentsj
due on the city improvement
bonds June 1st.
TO MY FRIENDS ! j
I wish to express my heartfelt
appreciation to the many friends
and supporters who so loyally
and faithfully backed me in my
campaign for the title of “Miss
Nome”. I will sincerely represent
Nome to the very best of my
ability, as yonr Queen during the
Ice Carnival and my stay in Fair
banks. Gratefully,
Margueritte Lee
Buy them by the bundle. Use
them for starting fires. For Sale
I At the Nome Nugget
FUND TO SEND TEAM
NOME TO FAIRBANKS
APPEARS GOING OVER
The drive to secure financial
backing to send a Nome basket
ball team of seven men to the
Fairbanks Ice Carnival to com
pete with other Alaskan cities,
-an into a snag last night when
the Council declined to vote a
mndred dollars to start the ball
-oiling.
However, a popular subscrip
;ion was immediately started and
ach councilman donated privately
.oward the fund.
More than a hundred and fifty
iollars was subscribed last ev
ening through public donations,
and this morning even more en
:ouraging news was announced
when it became known that the
total had been swelled to nearly
$250. The campaign continued
this afternoon, and little doul t
remains that the mark of $450 to
finance the transportation, will
be reached.
The Kennel Club is being ap
proached this evening to donate
a hundred dollars, to put the fund
over.
Everyone will admit that inter
, city goodwill is a fine policy for
any town to get behind and push.
Nome, for some years past, has
been unable to provide athletic
entertainment due to the absence
of a public auditorium or gym.
Athletic spirit and interest was
revived this winter with the base
ball series. No team from Nome
has competed with other Alaskan
towns for many years, and Nome
has indirectly suffered from lack
of contact.
Here is an opportunity to re
instate Nome, and bring it into
harmony with other cities of the
Territory.
The expense is not prohibitory.
Fairbanks has guaranteed $300,
and that will cover the team's
expenses while they are in the
interior city, and the money rais
ed will go for transportation and
remain right in town. So let’s put
It over with a bang. Already siz
eable donations have been receiv
ed, testifying to the generosity
and interest of public spirited
people of Nome. It will be mon
ey well spent. Do your bit!
FR AN!'1 IN Q. ROOSFVr? T
.. ... —- i
j ^ 'WmisimfrmL -
Nomeites listened to him
describe the purpose of his
proposal to reorganize the.
Supreme Court, via short |
wave radio broadcast. Some j
local interference made
clear-cut reception difficult.
Vessel Was Sunk
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, March 9, — The
Spanish government sought to
learn the fate of the crew and
passengers aboard the freighter'
Mar Cantabrico which was sent I
to the bottom of the Bay of Bis-'
cay this morning by an insurgent
cruiser.
It is believed in some quarters
that they were all picked up by
the cruiser. The freighter sailed
from New York with war supplies
for the Spanish government, only
a few hours before congress pass
ed the bill prohibiting munitions
shipments to Spain.
British warships went into ac
tion when the sunken vessel was
at first thought to be a British
ship.
'
Seattle Voting (In
Street Railway
fRv The Associated presO
SEATTLE, March 9, — Voters
will ballot today on the twelve
piillion, five hundred thousand
dollar municipal railway rehabil
itation plan, including the in
stallation of trackless trolleys.
They will also elect three coun
cilmen.
Mayor John Dore charged the
plan is a “big steal”, although
the city council favors the idea.
Roosevelt Slams
Court System In
His Fireside Chat
(Bv The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9,
—Leading allies expect President
Roosevelt to contend in his na
tionwide radio talk tonight, that
his court reorganization program
is the only practical means to
meet the grave national crisis.
Senate hearings on the propos
al begin tomorrow.
The President was reported to
be optimistic over the fate of his
plan, and will resume tonight
where he left off last week, in
his Victory Dinner address.
| After the broadcast he will go
to Warm Springs, Georgia for a
vacation.
I The first formal reply to to
i night’s speech will be made to
-morrow night by Senator Wheel
er in Chicago, here he will pai
ticipate in a debate with James
M. Landis, chairman of the se
curities commission.
Wheeler will also start opposi
tion hearings next Monday.
Largest Money
Bill In History
Up for Passage
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, March 9, — Calling
for an appropriation of three
million, one hundred and eighty
six thousand dollars for expens
es of running the territory during
the next two years, the largest
in history, the House after work
ing all Sunday afternoon, passed
the measure Monday morning
and sent it to the senate for ac
tion.
In its present form the measure
calls for $522,500 more than for
the last biennium.
The largest single appropria
tion is for schools—$1,116,200.
This is aside from that for the
Commissioner of Education which
calls for thirty four thousand,
eight hundred dollars, and also
aside from the University of Al
aska—-$219,000, plus $195,000, in a
separate bill for new buildings
at the University.
Road construction was boosted
from two hundred thousand to
four hundred thousand dollars
but this may be eliminated, as the
senate passed the Scott bill to
day for four hundred thousand
dollars for roads for the bienn
ium.
The House passed the Rivers
liquor bill to the ^third reading
with final action expected either
late today or tomorrow.
Next Thursday will be the Inst
day of the regular session of the
Legislature.
The special session begins •»
March 19th.
5,000 Soldiers Are
Pushing Madrid
(Dy The Associated Press)
MADRID, March 9, — Five thou
sand insurgent soldiers using all
types of modern war equipment,
lunged at government position in
northern Guadalajara province,
trying to beat a new path to Ma
drid, sixty miles to the southwest,
i Other insurgent forces are ap
| proaching Madrid from the oppo
site side.
INFORMATION WANTED
FLOYD CHASE, Please write
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soon. All my love. Signed
LULU CHASE,
512, Farron Street,
St. Joseph, Mo
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