The Nome daily nugget. [volume], November 10, 1937, Image 1

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NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION
SSS1! THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
to strong S & SW winds. j
VOL. 38. No. 321. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. NOV. 10, 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
$200,000 Damages Nome Flood
FORMER PRIME MINISTER ENGLAND DIED
• _>_
J RAMSEY MACDONALD
FORMER PREMIER
DIED ON SHIP
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 10th— Death
came to James Ramsay MacDon
ald, son of a poor Scottish farmer
who lived to decline the earldom
and divided Britain in appraisal
of his life against those who laud
ed the three-time Prime Minister
as the savior of this nation, in the
Clark days of 1931, were others
Who revealed him as a trator to
the labor party which he buiLt.
The 71-year-old Scotsman, Bri
tain's first labor Prime Minister,
was the first prime minister to
ever '"isit the United States. He'
died ast night aboard a South
American bound ship, on his re
cent quest for peace and happi
ness which he failed to find in
his unique stormy and political
career.
Mr. MacDonald sailed last Thurs
day in search of what he called
the “most elusive of all forms of
happiness and rest.” Death was
apparently due to heart attack,
following a long period of poor
health.
Do You Know Common Customs
And Correct Usages? If Not You
Should Read This Carefully
Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. Is it considered smart to
crook one’s little finger when
drinking from a cup?
2. Is it good manners at the
table to discuss the cost of food?
3. Is it good form to use paper
doilies on plates?
4. Should candles be used on a
tea table in summer time?
5. Does one eat sherbert with
a spoon or fork?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF
You are a hostess setting a sup
per table where guests will not
need to use knives? Place the—
.a) Fork on left and spoon on
right?
(b) Fork on right and spoon
at its right?
(c) Place knife as usual to bal
ance selver?
1. No—affected.
2. No.
3. No, except at informal par
I ties or under fruit that will stain.
4. Not unless it happens to be
j a cloudy day.
5 Spoon.
Best “What would You Do”
' Solution—(b).
BASEBALL'S Blf BERTHAS are Lon Gehrig and loo"
Oi Maggio, whoa# parade acrooa the home plate baa led the New
" rk Yankees Into the home stretch with a clneh hold of the A mfW
League pennant. To them fans will look again tor World Seri*,
home runs. Their bats moan baae hits la any language.
Intensity Of Storm
Continued All Last
Night Much Damage
Came Up Quick
Beyond doubt the worst storm
on Bering Sea to strike Nome
since the tidal wave of 1913 when
ninety percent of the business &
residential district along Front
Street was completely wiped out
by the waves, occurred yesterday
afternoon and last night, when
business bouses the length of new
Front Street, twenty or more feet
further removed from the sea
than in 1913, were seriously un
dermined by the sea, and all of
the East end of town, beyond the
Lomen docks and power plant,
on the south side was practically
dest royed.
Beginning early last evening,
the waves commenced hammer
ing awaj at bulkheads and build
ings, sluicing the sand away from
the foundations and jeopardizing
the structures.
Damages Suffered
Most serious effect of the storm
last night took action in the vic
inity of the Lincoln Hotel, the
homes of Ben Gillette and Hugh
O’Farrdl and families, and the
mercantile store of Ira Rank.How
ever, all but the Lincoln Hotel
came through practically unscath
ed. The hotel, operated by Mrs.
Jack Devine, was undermined
more than half its length by the
seas, the entire stock of beer of
the dispensary ar.d the heating
plant destroyed, and still the
building itself remains in a dan
gerous position.
Other buildings up toward the
Fire Station were in danger of
jbeing washed out and more than
; a hundred men participated in
building temporary bulkheads
during most of the night.
The Old Nome Spirit
| Much credit goes to those who
j voluntarily turned out and did all
j they could to rescue belongings
and property before they disap
peared into the sea. The U. S.
Smelting Refining and Mining Co
under the management of A. M.
Hartford,turned out in force with
many motor trucks which did ex
cellent work in assisting people
to move from positions at the
East end of town, and also trans
ported material for construction
purposes during the night.
In fact the general attitude; of
i the people of Nome, new-comers
and sourdoughs alike, was one of
: cooperation and whatever may be
' said of Nome, there is no other
| town where you can se« the de
cree of loss and hardship exper
ienced by the citizens, sustained
| without a murmur or cry, and
i with the will to reconstruct.
Let’s give everyone who turned
out a big hand. It’s the old Nome
spirit.
Following is the story as dis
patched to the Associated Press
at Seattle, concerning the storm,
its effect and what is taking
place today. In some instances
minor discrepancies appear, due
to the difficulty of checking up
on a minute’s notice. However,
wc hope Nomeites will appreciate
the viewpoint which is aimed at
in broadcasting the authentic de
tails as near as possible.
Storm Has Moderated
Late this afternoon, moderation
of the storm had progressed to a
great extent and, although condi
tions are still uncertain, the dan
ger of a continued flareup still
exists.
High winds and seas Tuesday,
and lasting all day and night
here, approximating small tidal
wave, caused damage, reliable
sources declare conservative es
dred and twenty-five thousand
timate this morning, at one hun
dollais to business, private homes
dooks and warehouses, stretching
three quarters of a mile along the
south side of Nome on the beach
of Bering Sea.
Barometer Was Low
The barometer dropped steady
all day and last night to 28:80 &
storm with increasing intensity
continued thru-out the night un
abated, except a lull from one
A.M. to 3 A.M.
Businesses in Danger
Large business concerns this'
morning were still in continued |
jeopardy, included the Northern
Light and Power Company plant,
the Lumen Commercial Company
lighterage docks, the Lincoln Ho
tel, the Motion picture house,
Cavey Bakery, North Pole Bak
ery, Polet's warehouse, Ira Ranks
grocery, Lehmann’s cellar storage,
Polet’s Branch store, Jack Sei
denverg clothing store, others,
i stretching along the south side of
Front Street as the storm contin
ued with increasing intensity.
The U. S. Weather Bureau re
ported that its records showed
the lowest barometer last night
was 29, even today reading at 9
; a.m. was 29:12.
Harbor Is Damaged
The West jetty at Snake River,
harbor has beten torn to bits this
morning, as seas rush all the way'
up Snake river harbor, past the
Anchorage basin to Belmont Pt„
causing derelict schooners and
small boats to be floated, necessi
tating several men to work, to1
hold them to their winter ways
to avoid the boats getting loose!
and being thrown around.
The Nome Lumber Company, ]
which earlier was believed in dan
ger of seas, situated directly nor
th of the jetties, is now complete- j
ly safe and no damage done.
The Municipal building, hous
ing the fire station, pumps, motor
ized equipment, etc., was still in;
danger, although no damage was
done up to this morning.
Many Men at Work
More than two hundred work
men worked throughout the nite
without stop, building temporary j
bulkheads along the rear of the
Dream Theatre owned by Charles j
Code, the Charlotte Potter Studio j
and Photographic shoppe, the A.
Polet Branch Store, North Pole
Bakery and the Fire Station.
Water tearing under the old
bulkheads flooded the basements
of all of the above buildings,with
waves during the night and early
morning breaking ever closer to
the rear walls of the buildings.
Others Began Moving
At nine thirty this morning.
Capp; McDougall began moving
stock and fixtures out of his
Nome Drug Store building, also
John’s Barber Shop and Bath
house was in dire circumstances,
both places with flooded base
ments with water rising, and
Cavey’s Bakery and Cafe also
taking a severe beating.
East End Destroyed
The entire East end of Nome
on the South side of the street
from the Electric light plant to
nearly half mile down the beach
has been wiped almost clean by
(Continued on Page Three)
JAPANESE
BOMBARD
NANKING
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 10—Japanese
airplanes and artillery bombard
ed Nantao, a Chinese quarter, ad
jacent to the French concession,
plunging the Foreign area of
Shanghai again into the midst of
hostilities.
Some twenty bombing planes
dropped explosives aiong the Nan
tao-Whangpoo River water front
and within a few hundred yards
of the anchorage of American
and Foreign warships.
Simultaneously Japanese artil
lery in the Chapei area threw
stream shells across the Interna
tional Settlement and French con
cession, into Nantao area. The
attack was designed to drive out
the remnants of the Chinese army
which retreated from Shanghai
yesterday.
Lynch: What aused the eocplo
sion at your house last night?
Brant: Powder on my coat
sleeve.
The idea! A married man
shouldn't be kissing girls the
way he does.
Heavens no! Any wife should
have taught him to kiss better
The first knock may be Oppor
tunity, but the second may be
the house detective.
11 inwi——i
OUT OF THE PAST conies the u author of
• The Pace on the Bar Room Floor." John Henry - lie., 91, discovered
‘Mining a meager existence picking huckleberries near Lakehurst,
critcd la •mmething of its original setting, his poem written
toon sftn (he Civil War.
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