The Nome nugget. [volume], February 09, 1938, Image 1

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

Image provided by: Alaska State Library Historical Collections

                
Oldest Newspaper In Alaska
Member of The Associated Press
“The News Of The Day In Pictures”
Nugget Weather Forecast.
Generally Fair
and Colder Tonight and
Thursday
THE NOME NUGGET
Published Every
MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY
VOL. 39
No. 17
NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday FEB. 9. 1938.
Single Cody 25cts.
RUSSIAN DIRIGIBLE CRASHES TRIAL TRIP
.. = ” *
Japs Framing Gigantic Campaign to Crush Chinese
Soviet Dirigible
Crashed On Its
Preparatory Hop
MOSCOW, Feb. 9, —Hope for
rescuing Russia’s four North Pol
ar scientists from their drifting
ice floe, cost thirteen lives yes
lerday in the crash of the Soviet
dirigible V-16, when the ship
crashed into a mountain during
a snowstorm, in the Kandalask
shi region near the White Sea.
W"hile on a trial! flight from Mos
cow to Murmansk. The ship was
on its return trip preparatory to
joining the rescue expedition to
aid the four sci:ntists, when the
crash occurred.
The Soviet North Pole scienti
fic party is at present imperill
ed on a drifting ice floe, now
about fifty miles off the East
coast of Greenland.
Thrse icebreakers are converg
ing on the Greenland sea where
the scientists are stranded. All
of the ships are carrying airplan
es variously equipped for open
^»atcT or with skiis for landing
on the ice.
Only three of the dirigibles
crew of nineteen escaped un
harmed in yesterday’s crash. Cap
tain Gudovansteff, commander,
was among the dead.
'Introduces Bill
Withdraw Lands
Aid Natives
* WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, —Del
egate Anthony J. Dimond intro
duced in congress today a bill to
permit the Secretary of the In
terior to withdraw and reserve,
tracts of not more than six hun
dred and forty aches each, Alas
ka public domain, for schools,
hospitals, and other necessary pur
^K»ses in the administration of af
fairs of Indians, Eskimos and Al
euts.
(Free Queen Votes Given Away)
When paying your subscription
to The Nome Nugget.
ROTTEN ROW eante.
cost Mrs. ^rtha Verrall fines in
l.ondon court where she w.-u
charged with being drunk it
charge of a horse
Navy Chief Advises
Not Fool With
Dirigibles
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. —Ad
miral Leahy said that the Unit
ed States could “very profitab
ly” engage in the development of
dirigibles, but advoated leaving
auH experimentation to commer
cial agencies at present.
He told the House of Repre
sentatives Naval Committee that
the U. S. Navy should disregard
lighte rthan air craft at this time
because no other navy is devel
oping them, and other types of
equipment are more urgently
needed.
In a reviewal of the long
standing congressional controver
sy c*f airplane versus battleship,
by a representative from Massa
chusetts, Admiral T^eahy made
the declaration that the battle
ship “was the bulwark of defen
se and offense”.
However, he conceded it was
possible to sink a battleship if
bombs and tonpedos “hit often
enough in the right place". The
Admiral said further, that the
“battleship was less vulnerable”
to air attack, than attacks from
any other types of surface craft.
fcjO Thousand
Chinese Soldiers
Ready to Cattle
SHANGHAI. Feb. 0, —General
Chiang K ■ Shek, Chinese sourc
es said today, has taken personal
command of four hundred thou
sand Chinese troops attempting
to st.m the Japanese who are
.hammering at both sides of the
vitla Lur.chai corridor.
The general is said to have ar
rived todav at the front, north
of Nanking, to direct the army
holding bark t'he invaders, south
of Socehow.
Troops facing the Japanese in
•so.itlurn Shantung pro\-ince are
i getting the heaviest fighting ar
ound Linghai, on the fifty mile
• front a on>g the Hwai river, 90
miles south of Sutchow, in the
heart of the area separating te
Japaneshe conquered portions of
north and central China.
The Chinese are said to have
blocked the Japanese efforts to
cross the stream for a thrust
northward.
H. J. Christensen
Old Timer, Dead
A wire from Tin City to Tommy
Christensen, related the sad news
of the death of his father H. J.
Christensen at York, in the tin
district of that section, where he
had prospected and mined since
1900. He was aged 79 years.
Outside of spending three or
four winters outside, Mr. Chris
tensen had maintained his home
and residence at York since his
arrival during the stampede days
of 1900. He had planned to spend
this winter in Nome, but when
the time came for him to leave
| his old familiar scenes of many
years bahind, he decided against
making the trip here.
Tommy Christensen aocompan- j
ied by Duncan McLean are await
ing favorable flying weather in
the Teller and York sections to
make the trip and bring the body
j to Nome for burial.
NAZI BIRD DIPPED WINGS into the sea and found them seawoi th> this new Oorruei
military scouting plane developed by Germany has a 90-foot wing spread and a ondy length of 70 feet
Its I’liee motors speed it along at 211 miles an hoar. The hull was jmlamaecd by the wetting
RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH was kept in Spain by men whose coffins were given last
tribute in Paris before trip to homelands. E. J. Neil of The Associated Press, Bradish Johnson, News
week. and Edward Sheepshanks were killed daring shelling of Ternel.
First Queen
Contest Count
To Be Friday
Following is a list of additional
business houses which will give
away free votes in the Queen
Contest now under way under the
auspices of the Nome Kennel
Club.
Lomen Commercial Company
Mahon's Beauty Shop
Wien Alaska Airways
Board of Trade
Calkins Shoppe
Nome Laundry
The Arctic Shop
Lincoln Hotel!
Slack & Son’s Machine Shop
Northern Light and Power Co.
Alaska Telephone and Tel. Co.
Pioneer Water Co.
Lehmann’s Stores
George Hite Fuel Company.
Location Ballot Boxes
Ballot boxes for the conven
ience of the public have been in
stalled at the following places:
Mayfair Tavern
Board of Trade
North Pols Bakery
Polet’s ranch Store
Polet’s Main Store
Bon Marche Store
Lehmann’s Stores
Nome Drug Store
Nevada Grill
Nevada Bar
Lincoln Hotel
The first count of votes will be
made Friday and published in
the Nome Nugget on that day.
■diaries Code and Chief W. W.
Laws have been najned as judges
and will oversee the counting of
the ballots which will be done
at the Fire Station.
Queen Candidates
The following Queen candidates
are still in the running and others
may be added to the list until
such time as the Committee an
nounces a closing date for the
announcing of Queen candidates,
which will probably be some ume
early next week:
Betty Calkins
Lotvne Hagen
Geraldine Rude
Eight Killed Crash
Large Airplane
In France
MARSIELLE. France, Feb. 9,’
i/P)—Eight were killed and six
injured early today in the crash
of the “Air France” flying boat
against the Marsielle breakwater,
just at the moment of takeoff.
The trans-Mediterranian airliner
was starting on its scheduled trip
to Ajaccio and Corsica when it
hurtled against the breakwater
at a speed of 60 miles per hour
and burst into flames.
Officials announced, the dead as
five passengers and three of the
crew; four passengers and two of
the crew being injured. The in
jured were taken from the water
by rescue boats after the plane
sank.
Japanese Army
Posted 6 Points
Giant Campaign
SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, (^—Jap
anese armies are posted at six
strategic points on the Far East
war map for a giant campaign to
'crush Generalismo Kai Shek's
[ legions and gobble the fertile val
leys near Eastern China.
The magnitude of the campaign
which has been in the making
ever since the first shot was fired
. seven monts ago, bacame appar
ent through new military move
ments. Japanese headquarters
: disclosed that the Eero hour was
i approaching for the grand ob
| jactive to bottle up four hundred
thousand Chinese troops along
the Lunghai Railway.
Subscribe for the Nueuet
1000 More Planes
Added French
Air Force
PARIS. Fob. 9. I/P)—France’s
already vast armaments budget
has been revised to provide fr<r'
a thousand new fighting planes
this y.ar; also for the strengthen
ing of French Africa naval bases
and the star military highway
across Algeria to I a’iian and Lib
ya's frontier.
Sources close to fighting ser
vices, said Defense Minister Ed
ouart DeLadie, will ask for a 2h
per cent increase in the 1938
armaments spending.
St. V’allentine’s Card Party
The second game of the trophy
series of card games of the Pio
neers of Alaska, will commence
at 9 P.M., Monday. Feb. 14th, at
Odd Fellows Hall, (Lower floor).
Refreshments will be served. Ad
mission to card social 50 cents.
(Free Queen Votes Given Away)
When paying your subscription
to The Nome Nugget.
c t r m a r.' s i c £ «*»
speed in the nit is Clue! fcnRi
reei Wurstei tabnve) ot the
Hiv iri.t ’ .Violin tVorks ivhn re
cenLI\ ll‘*w n I-.'ml ultinr at 3Si
mil<“ .)<*<■ hour
baseball Doubleheader—High School Gym, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9
HAMMONS Vs. COMMERCIALS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Vs. ALASKAN WOMEN. ADMISSION: ADULTS 50 cts —CHILDREN 25cts^