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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 39. No. 9.
NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY. JAN. 21. 1938
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A MAJOR SCHOOL DISASTER IN CANADA
Impressive Services Held for Henry Gumm Today
Political Setup
By Japs in China
Now Under Way
SHANGHAI, Jan. 21, (^-Jap
anese "Lawrence of Manchuria”
is reported to be setting up a
puppet regime to govern conquer
ed and hurt China, Chinese sour
ces declared that General Kenji
Doishara, the political manipula
tor for the Japanese army, whose
efforts launched the dismember
ment of Manchuria in North
China, is bringing in "acceptable”
Northern Chinese to rule Shang
hai-Niankintg area, and said he
had established headquarters at
the New Asia Hotel, the rendez
vous of high Japanese command
ers and prospective political ad
visers of Doishara, the undercov
er workers who are credited with
keeping China in turmoil during
■the past decade and preceding
•the present hostilities.
Although slowed down by snow
sleet and cold weather, the Jap
anese column is advancing north
from Nanking and said to be ap
proaching Pengy.u, the halfway
mark toward Suchow. the junc
tion of the Tsinpu railway.
.Mingkwang, southeast of Pengyu
is said to have changed hands
twice in brisk fighting.
Insurgents Raid
British Steamer
Spanish Coast
LONDON, Jan. 20. (A*)—Dispat
ches to Lloyd's from Tarragona,
said that the British freighter
Thorpeness was badly damaged
and several of the crew killed,
in an Insurgjant air raid on the
Spanish government seaport SW.
of Barcelona. Another report
■stated that two of the crew were
known to have been killed, five
missing and seven woundird, the
later were taken to the hospital.
He Knows
Jed—They must be engaged.
He danced five dances with her.
Ned—That's no reason.
Jed—Isn’t, huh- You never
danced with her.
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Ik 1 ri fc C Cl U R i -
Keno. t riencbs believe, soon wi.
be Mrs. Lois Clarke de Ruyter
Sprerkels Clinton, 26, to seek
her third Nevada divorce.
Demos Started
Ball to Rolling
For Primaries
Striking a note of harmony de
stined to carry it through the
election year and into a more un
ited party, Nome Democrats last
evening at their meeting held at
the city hall, established a per
manent organization to carry on
the campaign.
Following the adoption of a Con
stitution and set of by-laws, the
following were elected as perman
, exit officers of the club to serve
1 for a period of two years, or un
til the n xt election year:
Chairman, George F. Laiblin;
V.-Chairman. .5. David Mazen
Secretary Russell Maynard
Treasurer Mrs. L.uella Grant
Sgt.-at-Arms Tex Cockburn
A committee report was read
in open me ting spreading on the
records of the Nome Democratic
Club, the feeling and sympathy,
; and expressing the loss which the
Democrats not only of the Second
Division but of Alaska suffer'd
in the death of their leader Thos.
Gaffney, the late United States
, Marshal of this division.
Realizing the final date for fil
ling of primary candidates was
approaching rapidlyr a committee
was appointed to canvass Nome
and also inquire in outlying sec
tions or precincts to bring forth
| the strongest candidates for the
house of representatives and the
j senate, in the forthcoming Prim
ary Election in April.
Signing of the Democratic Roll
again added many new and old
democrats to the party, which
still signifies the trust and con
fidence which the majority of the
public in this section, and un-;
doubtedly throughout the rest of
Alaska, have in their fearless
' leader. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
A motion passed on the floor of
the club also requests the Divi
I sional Democratic Committee and
the Territorial Committee for the
Second Division, to communicate
with Chairman Aubrey Carter of
the Territorial Democratic Cen
; tral Committee requesting the
calling of a Divisional Conven
j tion sometime during the next 2
j months.
Another meeting of the Club
was called for next Thursday
1 evening, Jan. 27th, to listen to
| the report of the committee on
I candidates, after which the meet
j ing adjourned.
G-Men Found
Kidnaped Body
Of Charles Ross
_
ST. PAUL. Jan. 21, Ed
| gar Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, an
| nounced Thursday night that the
| bodies of Charles Ross, the Chi
cago business man, who was the
| kidnap victim of James Gray and
his accomplice in his abduction,
was found near Spooner, Wiscon
I sin.
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British Forces
Ordered Fight
Back Invaders
SHANGHAI, Jan. 20, (/Pi—Bri
tish circles received word that
Japanese forces at Tientsin ex
plained as “misunderstandin,, the
threat to invade the British Con
cession, which could have meant
an armed clash with British troops
consisting of the First Lancashire
Fusiliers, consisting only of eight
hundr.d and fifty fighting men,
who had stood ready to repel a
threatened Japanese invasion of
the British concession.
British circles declared their
version of the affair yesterday,
wh ;n "the Japanese warned they
would enter the British Conces
sion unless Chinese suspe'oted of
anti-Japanese activities were ex
pelled."
The British fores awaited the
zero hour under orders to fight
back, even though their action
might mean their annihilation,
since the Japanese have several
thousand men at Tientsin. The
supposed zero hour came and
passed and nothing occurred.
Although Chinese sources re
ported additional gains by their
troops counter attacking in the
Yangtze River Valley; that on
the sea coast south of Shanghai
snow and sleet storms halted
most military operations and com
pletely frustrated a Japanese air
bombardment.
Alleged Spy Boat
Case Is Coming
Up In Court
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 20,
OP)—Proceedings will be taken in
the United States district court
in Los Angeles for the forfeiture
to the government of the tuna
fishing schooner Nancy Hanks,
which was seized by agents of the
Department of the Treasury last
month on charges of having evad
ed port duties at San Pedro, Cal
ifornia, and of having violated
United States federal registra
tion regulations. The craft is tied
up at San Pedro.
The Nancy Hanks is declared
by federal officials to be Japan
ese-owned, and she is believed to
have been engaged in making sur
veys and notes of depths and in
dentations along the coast of
Southern California.
Jews Are Fleeing
From Roumania
BUCHAREST, Rumania. Jan.
21,(A>)—International strife marks
political affairs in Rumania.
Sixteen political parties yester
day began campaigns for the new
elections, following the dissolu
tion of parliament by King Carol
II to test the strength of Premier
Goga’s policies, which are anti
i Semitic.
1 Thousands of Rumanian Jews
1 are seeking havens abroad.
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Twenty One Lives*
Lost in School
Fire Canada
ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec Pro-!
vince, Canada, Jan. 30, (A5)—At
least 21 lives were Lost, it is fear
ed. in a fire that trapped more
than 100 students in the College
of the Sacred Heart in St. Hya
cinth e.
Only One Identified
Only one of the dead has been;
identified. He was Brother Jean;
Baptiste, G4 years old. He leaped
fri m one of the upper windows
of the school building and suffer- j
ed injuri.s from which he soon
died. |
Chief of Police A. Bourgeois of
St. Hyacinthe reported this after
noon that six bodies had been!
taken from the flaming structure
and that *‘25, maybe 30" are still
missing.
The edito r of a newspaper pub
lished in St. Hyacinthe, asserted
that in addition to Brother Jean
Baptiste, about 20 persons perish
ed inside the school building.
School Fire Dead May Reach 45.
21 Injured and Property Loss
valued at 8500,000.00
» St. HYACINTHE, Jan. 21,(IP)—
Forty-five teachers and pupils are
reported either dead or missing
following the fire which destroy
ed the College of the Sacred
Heart in Hya-cinthe. There are
19 known dead and 26 persons
are unaccounted for. Some of
the missing may be sheltered in
nearby farmhouses. The injund
number 21, and some of these are
in serious condition.
The property loss is placed at
$500,006.00.
The fire started shortly after
midnight Tuesday morning, and
the flames wire under way half
an hour before they were discov
ered. After the blaze was quen
ched, firemen had to wait hours
for the ruins to cool before be
ginning the search for bodies.
Husband Rich
Wife Is Against
Federal Taxes
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 20,
(>P)—James Cromwell, husband
of wealthy Doris Duke Cromwell,
recommended today to the Ways
and Means Committee of the;
House immediate reduction and |
ultimate repeal of all forms of
income taxes. He advocated re
vision of estate and gift taxes
and the adoption of a manufac
turers’ sales tax on finished con
sumers’ goods.
He said: “A scientific tax sys
tem would end the unjust, uneco
nomic discrimination between the
! taxation of corporations and un
l incorporated business enterprises.
It also would encourage the dis
i tribution of wealth and would
enhance labor's buying power."
Representative Frtd M. Vinson,
democrat of Kentucky, chairman
of the Ways and Means Commit
; tee, declared a sales tax must be
' 18 per cent to make up the $4,
j 000,000,000 through elimination
; of present excise taxes.
Tribute Paid
Henry Gumm
Last Services
Funeral services for the late
Henry Gumm were conducted un
der the auspices of the Masonic
lodge at the Federated church at
2 p.m. this afternoon. The ser
vices were attended in a body by
the Masons, Order of Eastern
Star, Pioneers of Alaska, and the
Pioneer Women. The church
was crowded to overflowing by
the deceased's many friends.
Paying marked tribute to Henry
Gumm as a man and a respected
citizen of Nome, the Rev. Vincent
Widney drew special attention to
hi.-, fearlessness and faith in meet
ing death and in the peaceful
matin.r in which he went to his
Maker.
An incident which occurred
shortly before he died summed
up Henry Gumm as the man. He
referred to the possibility that
som.time he would go to sleep
and never awaken, saying: “I do
not wish people to say ‘Poor
Henry'; say instead, ‘Lucky Hen
ry’.
Mrs. Andrew Sather presided
at the organ while a quartet in
cluding Mrs. Thomas Morcom,
Mrs. Thomas G:van, Chas. D.
Jon.s. and Chas. W. Thornton,
sang.
The impressive Masonic cere
mony was delivered and at its
conclusion the coffin, beautifully
adorned with floral wreaths, was
accompanied back to the funeral
parlors from where it will be
taken by plane to Fairbanks and
thence transported to the States
for burial by his relatives.
Henry Gumm was stricken last
Saturday evening while on his
way home from a card party and
dance given by the Pioneer lodge.
He lived a full and complete
life, receiving the respect and ad
miration of all. His passing re
moves from Nome one of its most
belov.d citizens.
The greatest testimonial to
Henry Gumm was the appear
ance at the services of people
from every walk of life and from
many places outside of Nome,—
there to pay their last respects to
the departed. He has passed on
to a greater life and so we add:
not "Poor Henry, but Lucky
Henry”—his last wish.
Pall-bearexs were: R. B. Julian,
Dan Camp, Kenneth Rude. Ross
Kinney, Donald Lyle and Cliff
Allyn.
Still Searching
For Two Missing
Men On Coast
CORDOVA, Jan. 21, UP)—The
U. S. Coast Guard Cutter, station
ed at this port, left Thursday to
search between Belkofski and
San Point where Fishermen Gass
and Nilson have been missing
sine January second, in a small
boat. The utter had jusi complet
ed an unsuccessful four day sear
ch for the missing Jaimes party,
trappers from Seward.
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Newspaper Strike
Portland Ends
Increased Pay
j
PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 21,
(iP)—The strike of the composing
room forces of three Portland
newspapers which has been in
effect since last Saturday, was
settled Thursday evening, and the
Portland Oregonian immediately
prepared to get out its Friday
morning edition. The Portland
Journal and News, afternoon pa
pers, will also publish today.
The wage scales of $9.00 and
$9.50 for seven and a half hours,
day and night work, respectfully,
runs for one year subject to re
vision after June 30th next year.
The wage incr ase amounts to
45 cents per day over the 1937
wage scale.
Leasing Cannery
Causes Dispute
At Metlakatla
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 2!>.
it?)—The Indian Bureau said it
would submit a recommendation
to Secretary Ickes next week for
the l asing of the Indian cannery
on Annette Island, Alaska.
The cannery is owned by an
Indian cooperative organization
at Metlakatla on the above island
and has been operated for the
past five years by W. A. Pries, of
Ketchikan, for which he paid 50
per cent of the profits to the In
dians.
At the expiration of Pries lease
to the cannery he submitted a bid
! offering 76 per cent ol the "profits,
and the Marlyne Fish Company
bid 75 per cent and also offered
to establish the fresh fish busi
ness, to provide year around em
ployment to cannery workers.
Mertlalakatla citizens and Indi
an officials said they were divid
ed over who should receive the
contract.
lUHAT.nEKH
Housewives who have a penchant
lor toll .>wing closely their cookbook
recipes will tind this kitchen gadget
helpful. Flour, sugar, or similar
ingredients in varying amounts
from 3 V) V4 spoonfuls may be
measured accurately with this
spoon. A graduated sliding unit on
the spoon does away with guess
work.
PLAY FIELD BENEFIT-JAMBOREE-DANCING-ENTERTAINMENT
Sat. Jan. 22, 8:30 P.M. High School Gym. Auspices Home Arts Club. Adults Adm. 50cts