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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 251 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY AUG. 19 1937 Per Copy 1 Octal
Wilkins To Search For Soviet Plane
U. S. CRU1SERKEEPS WHANGPOO R1V. OPEN
Grand Opening Fair, Mid-Sommer Festival Tonight
ILL THE COMFORTS.
“—walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." Hi's family
man on a sit-down strike in the Fisher Body plant at Buffalo con
tinned to eat home cooking and, however difficult, got to kiss the
missus goodbye every lunchtime.
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Wilkins Hopped
Off Today To
Assist in Search
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(By The Associated ’’ress)
NEW YORK, Aug, 19—A huge
flying boat, equipped for Arctic
operations, left Long Island Sound
at 8:40 A.M., PST„ on the first leg
of a flight which will carry Sir
Hubert Wilkins to the far North
to aid in the search for the Soviet
Polar fliers.
Sir Hubert plans to set up a
base at the mouth of the Copper
Mine River. The flying boat has
a range of about four thousand
miles and can stay in the air 20
hours without refueling. Chief
pilot Holliek Kenyon and Pilot A1
Cheeseman are scheduled to join
the expedition at Port Arthur.
Grand Opening
Tonight 8 P. M.
Everything is in readiness for
the big Midsummer Fair and
Festival opening tonight. The
Fair Building is decorated, and
the booths filled with hundreds
of exhibits, well worth your time
and money to observe and inspect.
The Grand opening takes place
at 8 p.m. tonight.
U. S. Refuses To
Take Gunboats
Out of Harbor
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19, — U. S.
authorities firmly rejected both
Japanese and Chinese attempts
to interfere with the movements
of American naval and merchant
craifts on the Whangpoo river, the
avenue of escape for Americans
and others seeking to flee the
war zone.
American officials indicated
they would refuse to accept the
Chinese government’s notification
for compliance, which would
have meant the moving of the
Cruiser Augusta, flagship of the
U. S. Asiatic Fleet, out of Shang
ai harbor.
A Japanese naval attempt to
restrict traffic on the river met
with a decisive message from
Clarence Gauss, U. S. Consular
General, that the traffic between
Shanghai and the sea must be
unimpede.
Other foreign consuls are un
derstood to have made the same
reply.
The Chinese continued to hem
in the Japanese land forces while
they waited reinforcement by
fresh troops.
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Report Mining
Alaska Good for
The Year 1936
Mines in Alaska produced min
erals worth 823,594,000 in 1936, as
against S18,312,000 in 1935, accord
ing to an announcement made by
the Interior Department recent
ly, through the Geological Sur
vey. The total value of the min
eral output of the Territory since
1880 is $722,222,000 or one hun
dred times the price paid to Rus
sia for the entire Territory at
the time of purchase in 1867.
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The following tables show in
summary form the mineral output
tff Alaska for 1936, -arid-the pro
duction of the same minerals, in
1935:
1936
Gold $18,433,000
Silver . 369.000
Copper 3,720.000
Load 99.500
Coal 573,700
Miscellaneous Minerals
including platinum, tin, 398.00
TOTAL $23,594,000
Gold . $15,940,000
Silver . 206,000
Copper . 1,249,700
Lead 65,200
Coal . 501.600
Miscellaneous Minerals,
including platinum, tin 349,500
TOTAL $18,312,000
In all the computations of val
ue the average selling prices for
the year have been used rather
than the prices actually received
by the producers. Furthermore,
the quantities mentioned in this
statement relate to production
and not to sales, shipments or
some other perhaps equally signi
ficant basis by which the indust
ry might be guaged.
As is evident from the foregoing
tabCes, the mining industry of
the Territory enjoyed a prosper
ous year, for the value of the
output of practically every min
eral showed a notable increase.
As a result, the value of the min
eral production from Alaska in 19
36 was larger than for any other
year since 1918. Prices for the
various commodities were in gen
eral higher than in the preceding
year, but the great increase shown
was due in the main to the much
greater quantity of output from
the Alaska mines. Although on
the whole operating conditions
were favorable there is nothing
in the records of the past season
that would indicate that this great
production was a mere tempor
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STRIKE FOR HER.
Seven hundred into builder* *t
Buffalo, N. Y., walked out when
Mrs. Anna Robertson was dis
charged.
Declare Defenses
Santander Gone
(By The Associated Press)
HENDAYE, Spain. Aug. 19, —
The insurgent high command as
serted today that Santander's
outlying defenses, southwest of
the Biscayan seaport, had melted
away while insurgent attackers
ploughed within twenty miles of
their goal in a five day push.
On their way to Santander it
is estimated the insurgents have
brought about the capture of ten
thousand stubborn d.fenders.
Th. b.u • -‘.'i off for the open
ing of the F...r right took placej
this aften: ,n with a highly doc
orative parade, in which pract
ically every business house in
town was represented by a float,1
and which also included numer
ous private ears, decorated with
streamers, etc
Prizes were awarded :n differ
ent divisions. The judges were
.Mrs. James Frawley, Thomas B.
Hayward and J. C. McDougali.
Led by the Mayor of Nome Ed.
•M. Seidenverg. driven by Mrs. H.
G. Gabrielsor.. the following
floats took part m the parade:
King Island Eskimos with Ooom
iak, and Group of Eskimos afoot
Nome City Fire Dept. Motor
Truck
Pioneers of Alaska.
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France Joins In
PARIS, Aug. 19, — France join
ed Great Britain today in a pro
position calling for an immediate
truce ip. the S'.no-Japanese dis
pute
The Foreign Ministry here, up
on receipt of the British sugges
tion, dispatched a note of approv
al immediately to London.
It was understood that Japan
and China would be asked to ab
andon their Shanghai lines and
leave England. France and the
United States to safeguard the in
.crests of the warring nations.
O-O-O-O-O-H-H-H-H-H-H! Divorced a month ago in Reno,
Ed Wynn, comedian, was married in New York to Miss Frieda
Mierse, divorcee. Here they are aboard Ed’s boat as the new bride
planted a kiss on his cheek at the start of a honeymoon cruise.
LIKE GRANDMA S.
Paris is ga-ga about scarfs. They
are twined about straws lit
matching or contrasting colors.
This one is in royal blue, draped
down the back with the air of
1X80.
English Flying
Hops From Long
Island, Return
(By The Associated Proas)
PORT WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.
The Imperial Airway's seaplane
Caledonia took off from Long Is
land Sound at 5:45 a.m. today
Eastern Standard Time, on its.
return trip, following a third
trans-continental survey flight.
The plane planned to stop bried
Ly at Montreal on its way to Bot
woo^. New Foundland, the west
ern base, for Norht Atlantic air
plane service.
NOTES ON
THE FAIR
In the Home Economics Divi
sion. jellies, jams, canned meats
and fish, fruit and vegetables,
are to be exhibited tonight. Pies
on Frday and Cakes and salads
on Saturday.
Did you take in the Parade to
day? How d:d you like the floats
and exhibits? That shows what
can be done when you really be
jcome interested. Dont’ forget the
Grand Opening tonight at the Fair
Building, special entertainment,
! dancing etc.
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An average loss of water of
more than three pounds an hour
through skin evaporation has
been registered by coal miners.
Experiments have shown that
animals can be immunized again
st many times a fatal dose of the
venom of poisonous snakes.
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