The Nome nugget. [volume], January 24, 1938, Page THREE, Image 3

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-NOME HI NEWS
(Official News Organ Of Nome High School)
MARY HOOD CHAPMAN
EDITOR
Thursday afternoon a fire drill
took place. The building was
emptied in a very short time,
and Fire Chief Charles Lewis re
ported that the High School Vol-|
unteer Firemen manned their
posts quickly and efficiently.
The women’s baseball teams
are practicing enthusiastically in
preparation for the games which
begin Wednesday. During the
week the Huskiettes played two
practice games. Tuesday evening
the Married Women overwhelm
ingily defeated the High School
girls, but Thursday night, in a
game with the Blazers, the Hus
kiettes came out the victors by a
wide margin. Several of the
High School players are making
their first appearance on the dia
mond. However, in spite of this,
the Huskiettes hope to prove a
real threat in the Series.
The Home Ec groups went on
a field trip last Wednesday to
Poleit’s Meat Department and
Cold Storage, to see‘the different
cuts of beef and how frozen meat
is kept.
Group one had a labratory per
iod Monday and prepared cheese
custard, welsh rarebit, and egg
souffle.
Group two is planning to pre
pare a dinner for their semester
grade in cooking.
■ —Marianne Mish.
GRADE NEWS
The eighth grade had tests the
latter part of this week.
They are writing and reading
compositions in English class.
—Marianne Mish.
The sixth and seventh grade
art class made pictures of White
Acre Farm—typial farm scenes
showing a green-shuttered house,;
barns, shed, and corn-crib.
Much interest is being taken in
keeping the room health chart. (
Everyone is drinking two glasses
of milk and four glasses of water
every day, and trying to get ten
hours sleep each night. Well
brushed hair and teeth, clean
hands and fingernails, are also
important items on the chart.
StaTS are awarded for observa
tion of the health rules, and at
the end of the year a prize will
be given to the pupil with the
most stars.
Jacks, the new grade school
sport, is vying with baseball for
favor. The sixth and seventh
grade girls spend most of their
recesses trying to determine the
room’s champion jack player.
The second and third grades
are studying airplanes. They
drew large airplane pictures for
the blackboard, and made a trip
to the airport to check the accur
acy of their drawings. Very air
worthy paper gliders were made
from colored paper.
The third grade’s study of milk
was very complete. Friday, to
complete the study program, they
made butter.
As Valentine’s Day is not far
off, the children drew a series
of original pictures showing how
a valentine traveled, from its
sender to the person for whom it
was intended.
Candyland, which looks indeed
good enough to eat, may be seen
on the first and second grade
sandtable.
After reading stories about Far
mer Jones, the children drew
clever cartoons of the farmer, his
wife and children, and the anim
als on the farm.
Tuesday, they had rhythm—
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Friday the grades went on a
tour of inspection of the weather
bureau, and were shown how tern
peratures, wind velocity, and the
amount of snow or rain were
checked. Jimmy, Victor, Arthur,
and Marvin secured the invita
tion as it was decided they were
the most diplomatic pupils.
Nome Nugget
Presents Panay
Bombing Scenes
NORMAN ALLEY'S PICTURES
OF THE BOMBING OF
THE U. S. GUNBOAT
PANAY. BY JAPS.
Norman Alley’s U. S. Gunboat
Panay pictures, depict graphical
ly various angles of the Interna
tional incident which seriously
strained relations between the
United States and Japan. The1
pictures were obtained exclusive-]
ly by The Associated Press for
Newspaper reproduction in this
country. Mr. Alley, who made1
many of the shots from the deck
of the Panay during the bom
bardment, suffered severe sharp
nel wounds.
From top to bottom the pictures
are herewith described as fol
lows:
Top Left—High above the U.S.
gunboat Panay, as it lies on the
Yangtze River sheltering refugees
from Nanking, appears a Japan
ese bombing plane—Grim harbin
ger of the rain of death to come.
Top Right—Tragedy Hero Chief
Boatswain’s Mate MahLmann, who
risked death to return to the
sinking Panay for supplies.
MAN OVERBOARD—But res
curers are ready at the rail of the
Panay. Two sailors, one with a
wound in his shoulder, go to the
aid of an unfortunate compatriot
floundering in the Yangtze river.
NO SOFT BEDS ARE THESE,
in which the Panay wounded lie.
When the gunboat was attacked
and sunk, survivors gave succor
to the injured in the Reeds of
the Yangtze River banks.
Bottom picture depicts the gun
boat Panay shortly before she
sank in the waters of the Yang
tze River, following the bombing.
(Pictures by Norman Alley).
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