The Nome nugget. [volume], February 02, 1938, Image 1

About The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????

Image provided by: Alaska State Library Historical Collections

                
Oldest Newspaper In Alaska.
“The News Of The Day In Pietures”
Member of The Associated Press.
Nugget Weather Forecast
GENERALLY FAIR
TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY
THE NOME NUGGET
Published Every
MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY
VOL. 39 No. 14.
NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Feb. 2, 1938
Simile Codv 25cts.
Mozee Confirmed Today as Marshal 2nd Division
Soviet Weather Bur.men Marooned Arctic ice flow
i
HERE'S A HOUSING PROBLEM which was
quickl. salved in Memphis, Tenn A 20-foot brick wall on this vacant
building at Beale and Front streets collapsed like a house of cards
when rammed by a 10-ton truck and car which had collided. Two
occupants suffered minor cu«s and bruises.
Chinese Gather
Forces in Major
Defense Moves
SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, (^—Chi
nese and Japanese armies clashed
in a hand to hand struggle for the
hundred and ninety mile wide
corridor separating the areias al
ready conquered by Japanese in
their seven months warfare.
The engagements centered along
the southern border to the corri
dor at Mingkwang, 75 miles nor
thwest of Nanking.
Chinese and Japanese reports
of the battle are at odds, both
sides asserted they took a heavy
toll of enemy lives near Mingk
wang on the railroad running
north from the Yangtze River. ,
Chinese told o.f hurling backi
the Japanese after repeated bay- j
onet charges against troops being
reinforced with tanks and air
planes.
—
Mine Workers - I
Back Lewis CIO
Plenty Money
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1st,!
(Vp)—The United Mine W writers
convention now in session, direct-!
ed that John L. Lewis carry on
the CIO and voted unlimited fin
ancial support for the movement.
There were less than two dozen
of the two thousand delegates
that voted against the (MrogMMi
tion.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
fnr i/mi
Admiral Leahy
Says Imperative
U. S. Add Arms
WASHINGTON, D, C, Feb. 1st,;
GP)—The Navy’s chieif of opera
tions, Admiral Leahy, told Con
gress that the “enormous" naval
strength undertaker by Great
Britain and Japan, made it im
perative that the United States
strengthen its fle.it immediately,
when testifying before the House;
Naval Committee; and further
asserted that the country and its |
national security were jeopardiz-;
ed by the armament programs’
launched by foreign powers since
the expiration of the 1920 London
Naval Treaty.
Admiral Leahy appeared for
the purpose of discussing legisla-.
tion aimed to carry out President
Roosevelt’s recommendations for
an appropriation of eight hun
dred million dollars for an ex
pansion program; describing the
political conditions of the world
as “far more threatening than any
time since 1918”. Leahy added
that there was no improvement
in sight, and said that the fleet
should insure International re
sipect for the United States, sod
“make an attack too costly and
hazardus for any nation to at
tempt”
Kidnaper Indicted
CHICAGO, Feb. 1st, (/P)—'The
Federal grand jury indicted John
Headland on charges of kidnapp
ing the late Charles Ross and
“doing bodily harm', to him. U.
S. District Attorney Igoe said he
would ask that the death penalty
be maeted out to him. The time
far the trial has not as yet been
set.
Soviet Polar Camp
Marooned On
Ice Floes
MOSCOW. Feb. 2, I/P)—Soviet
ui'horities have mobilized rescue
"orces for a dash to aid four scien
ists, Who are in a periilous con
iition, adrift on the ice off Greenl
and Sea, on a storm driven block
)f cracking Polar ice. The four
Tien who have been making Polar
■veatther observations since last
Way radioed yesterday, the sixth
lay of the storm, split the ice
loe on which their camp is situ
ated, which is now about eleven
lundred miles from the North
3ole.
Five planes and thre ships are
low preparing for their rescue.
Commander Ivan Papinin and
lis party are cut off from two
■eserve food bases, containing the
itorehouse and technical equip
ru:nt by the cracking of the ice.
rhey are now confined to a camp
>n a stretch of ice one thousand
eet long by six hundred fifty feet
vide, which is too small for the
■escue planes to land on.
Many Candidates
Filed Legislature
Parties, Indep.
The following names of candi
iates for the various offices, were
obtained from the Clerk’s Office
}f the District Court, the party
candidates will be voted for at
the Primary El ction in April,
;he independent candidates filed
according to law will not be vot
ed for during tihe primary elec
tion but will come before the pub
Lie for their approval in the g«n
eral election in September.
Following are the filings:
For Delegate, A. J. Dimond.
For Territorial Treasurer, Os
car Olson, democrat, for reelec
tion. Also for the same position
is Dr. W. H. Chase, republican of
Cordova.
For Senator—
John F. Devine, democrat.
George Laiblin, democrat
Leroy M. Sullivan, republican
For Representative:—
Howard Lyng. democrat.
Garnet Martin, democrat.
Jack Solomon, democrat.
Walter Dowd, democrat.
Fred Kubon, democrat.
Wallace Porter, democrat.
Clyde Coekbum, democrat.
Biuks Seiffert, democrat.
Duffy O’Connor, democrat.
Albert Mode, democrat
W. E. H. Cremer, republican
S. W. Taggart, republican
Independents—For House:
Edward Anderson, Independeni
Peter A. Bloomquist, Ind.
Edw. M. Seidenverg, Ind.
Bernard J. McConaghy, Ind.
The Nome Daily Nugget carrier
several forma of printing blank]
for your oonvanlence — Drodgs
Lags, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lodi
Location Notices. Voucher*.
Subscribe for the Nugget
Warns of Armed
Conflict Fishing
Areas in Future
j
! WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 1st,
I 0ffh—The move to protect Ameri
can salmon fishing in ering Sea
! is supported by Delegate A. J.
Dimond, who assorted that an
i “armed conflict” might follow
Japanese "encroachments” of Al
askan fishing grounds, and sug
gested the possibility in a state
ment prepared fcr the House
i Merchant Marine Comimittee’s
hearings on a bill to protect the
! American fisheries.
Dimond said: “I'm gravely ap
prehensive unless suitable legis
lation is passed that there will
! be armed conflict on Bering Sea”;
and added, that from rcfliable in
formation the American fisher
, men faced the knowledge of Jap
anese encroachments to exhaus
, tion, and the salmon fishery will
resort to a farce against the, Jap
anese if the government didn’t
j pro ect them and their jobs of
fishing salmon.
The bill introduced by Delegate
Dimond wuld make it unlawful
fr anyone to fish salmon on wat
ers adjaccMit to the Alaskan coast,
, except under the U. S. Commerce
Department rules and regulations,
and would declare United States
jurisdiction of all Alaskan waters
from the International boundary
to Bsiring Sea, where there is a
depth of lessen than one hundred
fathoms of water, which the Pres
ident of the United States will
designate as the Salmon Fishery
Enforcemtmt Area; that vessels
found in suoh areas could be leg
ally boarded by American officers
and seized, if found in any viola
tion of the proposed law.
Japan repeatedly denied. Dele
gate Dimond said, that any Japan
ese were engaged in commercial
salmon fishing in territorial wat
ers.
FOR SALE—A Lange kitchen
range, equipped with hot water
coils. A bargain. Inquire at The
Nugget Office.
B. B. MOZEE
CONFIRMED
USMARSHAL
Delegate Anthony J. DLmond
today wired B. B. Mozee that the
United 'States had confirmed his
nomination for U. S. Marshal of
the Second Division.
Marshal Mozee received the
telegram this afternoon from the
Delegate who also expressed his
congratulations.
The appointment and confirma
tion of U. S. Marshal Ben B.
Mozee came thru in rapid suc
cession, his nomination being sent
to the senate by President Roose
v _ilt Jan. 27th, and his confirma
tion being effected Feb. 2nd, to
day.
The new marshal, who succeeds
the late Thomas Gaffney was re
ceiving congratulations from his
host of friends and admirers to
day. His confirmation, we are
certain, meets with the entire
public approval of Nome and the
Second Division. His ability and
resourcefulness, in addition to a
fine personality are known to ev
eryone. and we add our congrat
ulations and well-wishes to the
many others.
Baseball Tonight
Tonight may set the end of the
men’s baseball series. The fight
ing Alaskans had a peppy prac
tice Monday night and are all set
to win. However, a couple of
new faces at the Hammon prac
tice session indicates that the big
trophy is still the Hammon pride
and not to be lightly lost.
Amazed fans may see the Com
mercials Cheering for the Ham
mons tonight. The fortunes of
both teams depend upon a Ham
mon win for the Alaskans other
wise will win the championship
for the season.
The high School girls take on
the lazers in the women’s game.
Another close contest for the ev
ening is exp teted.
I
British Steamer
Torpedoed By A
Mysterious Sub
LONDON, Feb. 1st. (/P)—Th
British Admiralty rushed four
destroyers armed with depth
bomb charges in search of the
mysterious maraudmg submarine
which sank the British merchant
man Emdymion off the southeast
ern Spanish coast, with a loss of
elevon lives.
The British destroyers are unde:'
orders and without any hesitation
to drop depth charges if the sub
marine is sighted or attempted to
resist capture.
Tho flotilla will center its patrol
about Cape Tinoso area, where
the British ship Endymion. sank
following the attack.
Charles M. Larson, an official of
the European non-intervention
Committee in Spain said that a
Spanish government communique
attributed the torp doing to In
surgents.
Operation Fish
Cannery Turned
Over W A Pries
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 2,
(£*)—Secretary of the Interior
Department Ickes announc d thA
award of a new contract to W.A
Pries, for operation of the Met
lakatla Cannery on Annette Is
land. in which he agreed to pay
the Indians 76 per cent of the net
profits for the next five years.
The contract provides and per
mits an expenditure of twenty
per cent of there profits for the
improvement of the cannery when
; sanctioned by the town council.
Operations netted one hundred
and eighty five thousand dollars,
jin the last year. The old con
tract gave the Indians about 55
per cent division.
^uhscribe for Tho Nugget.
IHtt) DARKENED LIVES SHINES NEW LIGHT as these oattered men of New
York's Bowery district raise their voices in prayer ai.d sons «t the Beacon Mission, f or they are about
to receive food which they are unable to buy. To them, human derelicts adrift on a sea of misfortune,
comes Use holiday spirit .. good will toward men."
!
Baseball Doubleheader—High School Gym, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2
ALASKANS Vfc. HAMMONS-—HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Vs. BLAZERS. ADMISSION: ADULTS 50 cto.—CHILDREN 25cts.