Till- NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager.
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OPTIMISM FOR 1936.
Nationwide signs indicate
that recovery is well on the
way and “we now have a
broader and firmer founda
tion than in preceding
years on which to build in
1936.” says Secretary of
Commerce Roper.
Among the favorable signs
listed by the Secretary are
the following:
A ten per cent increase in
factory employment.
A twenty-five per cent in
crease in factory payrolls.
Maintenance of the 1934
level of factory wages.
A twenty-five per cent in
crease in production of dur
able goods.
A twenty per cent incre
ase in sales of general mer
chandise in rural areas.
An increase of forty per
cent in dollar expenditures
for new passenger automo
biles.
A five per cent increase
in urban sales of general
merchandise.
A continued growth in
the dollar value of Ameri
can foreign trade
American exports highest
since 1931.
A decline in railroad de
ficits.
A rising tendency in se
curity market.
Further improvement in
agriculture.
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If the trucks on our high- '
ways get much bigger—it
won't make much differ- 1
ence if they do beat the
trains to railroad crossings.
In the Kentucky referen
dum the vote tor the old
age pensions was virtually
unanimous. This proves
that every voter expects to
be old some day.
It seems to be fixed. The
Italians win the battles in
the morning papers and
the Ethiopians win for the
afternoon papers.
Advertising is not a ne
cessity; you can quit busi
ness.
The best counsellor is the
man who gives you no ad
vice.
Australia has been in
creasing its production of
gold each year since min
ing reached its lowest lev
el in 1929,
STARS RISK NECKS TO
FILM MOVIE THRILLS
Four tons of remnant steel and
iron come hurtling through the
air directly at a young man stand
ing terror-stricken in the center
of a nil.,ad iunkyaid. In a
flash. dive into the open end
of an Did boiler, saving hunself
from ; ghastly fate. "Cut." yells
the director, and at the risk of
life and hmb another thrill has
been manufactured for open
mouthed. gasping audiences.
This is Hollywood! The credo
is "Perils, dangers, thrills ”—
something that has never been
done before Versatile writers
wrack their brains for hair
raising situations and courageous
actors, in the interests of their
profession, perform at terrible
risks.
The scene recounted above was
filmed by Director Lambert Hill
yer for "Dangerous Cross Roads"
which he was producing for the
Columbia studios, and which is
showing Friday at the Dream
Theatre.
The sequence was “shot" in the
junkyard of the Southern Pacific
Railroad shops at Los Angeles.
At first the officials refused to
permit young Frank Albertson,
the romantic lead, to imperil
himself. It was only after he
had shown how quickly he could
d.ve into the boiler that he was |
permitted to go ahead.
Diane Sinclair, Chic Sale, and
Jackie Searle have featured parts
in this thrilling Columbia melo
irama.
Second Newsy
Letter Received
Lnalakleet
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a chance to overcome self
consciousness in public, by
conducting the business
meeting and to stimulate
an interest in reading for
personal enjoyment. A de
licious lunch of raspberry
ice cream, cake, fattegmann
and coffee was served by
Mrs. Bahls, Mary Bahr,
and Bessie Gottschalk. So
far, this year, the main
form of handwork has been
knitting.
The Native Women’s
Club consisting of 40 mem
bers will meet on Thursday
evening Jan. 23, at the
sciioolhouse. The same
training is given in con
ducting business meetings
and reading as in the small
LOCKHEED
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STINSON
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THE FASTEST, MOST FREQUENT, MOST
CONVENIENT SERVICE IS
VIA
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FAST, STURDY, LUXURIOUS PLANES
er club. Lunch is served by
five members once a month.
Klement Klementson,
mail team driver over the
portage from Unalakleet to
Nulato is recovering from
an attack of the mumps.
Jack Benjamin was his sub
stitute on the last run.
Virgil Dickson, trader at
Egavik was a visitor at Una
lakleet for a short time on
Wednesday, January 23.
Morris King, pilot for
Ferguson Airways at Kotze
bue was in Unalakleet ov
ernight on January 15 and
1(5. On his return trip, he
had as passengers Flora Au
live, Jessie Sekiak and
Richard Auyagiak, all of
whom were enroute to the
government hospital at
Kotzebue.
Mrs Gaddie, traveling
nurse for the Bur. of In-,
dian Affairs, left on Sun
day, Jan. 19 for her second
trip as far as Dime Creek.
She will return sometime
during the first or second
week in March. Roy Brad
ley was her driver as far
as Egavik.
The government school
at Shaktoolik burned to the
ground Wednesday after
noon, Jan 22, and with it
all the books. It was lucky
however, that the bulk of
the school supplies were
kept in another warehouse.1
Now there is absolutely no
building in which even i
classes can be conducted.
Mrs. G. Leroy Swenson.
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