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The daily independent., 1937-08-04
!, Tupor with relatives

in Tyner with relatives.
J. C. Long of South Norfolk
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thatch OF
Yeopim visited MI. and Mrs. M. E.
Dali Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ward
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Sutton of Ballahack.
Misses Eva and Annie Lee White
of Tyner are visiting relatives
here.
Miss Ester Ward is spending
some time with Miss Elizabeth
White of Ballahack.
The daily independent., 1937-08-04

Jim Davis and D. Banks motored
TO Suffolk Monday.
Mrs. Lyman Mills OF Greenvlile
visited Mrs. Rosa Green SUNDAY.
Miss Jennie Newly OUTLAW. MISS
Merle outlaw and Mrs. Curtis
Ross of Grimesland visited thelr
amt, Mrs. Rosa Green, Sunday.
The daily independent., 1937-08-04
MISREPRESENTATION Ferry

Leave Edenton: 100. 9:30 a. m;
tSouthbounO 100, 500 p. b..
Leave MackeyS 800, HOO a. m :;
tNorthbounO 2:30, 600 p. m.
The daily independent., 1937-08-04
|ETHF. CAPTIVE'"BRIDE,"
l., aAR9E77 W/ALoUCHey

drawing the entire colortul caVal-
cade behind hlm. &c
The column began the ascent OF
the road leading up past the ironV
of River House to the top OF the
hin back of Tarnigan. A cheer
broke from the spectators assem-
bled outside the compound. n
parting salute of three blasts from
the Maids whistle drew Denny )
Gaze momentarily to the river ooaC
wing a short distance down river
Captain Bourne was standing III
front of his pilot his blond
head shining in the early sum-
both hands aloft shaking tare-
well to the adventures. All tne
riders turned in their saddles 10
wave their hats in response.
The daily independent., 1937-08-04

Cape CharleS-Little Greek Ferry
Leaves both points: TOO, 900,
ILLS a. m: 1:30, 3:45, 5:45,
IS, 1000 D. m.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
BAN ON BANNERS SOUGHT

PORTLAND, Ore, R)-When the city council placed a fee on street banners it thought it would rid the streets of that form of ad- vertising. Instead revenue aver aging $2,000 a year poured into the treasury.
 But one commissioner still does not want banners, even at a pro- fit. He proposes an ordinance prohibiting all except those ad- vertising charity events.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27

Washington, Sept. g, l937 Father F. M. Menager. S. J. Kotzebue, Alaska. Dear Father Menager:
 You may be interested in the attached original litter dated Sep tember 2lst addressed to me by Hon Roy M. North, Acting Third Assistant Postmaster General, re- lative 10 the specimen of your Alaska stamp. which sent to him several days ago T have not yet seen the design for the Alaska stamp as outlined in MT. North's letter. With warm personal regards, l am,
 Sincerely yours,
 A. J. DIMOND, Delegate from Alaska
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
Washington, Sept. 2l. 1887

Washington, Sept. 2l, 1887
 Hon. Anthony J. Dimond,
 House of Representatives.
 My dear MT. Dimond:
 The receipt is acknowledged of your letter under date of Sep tember l5, enclosing a specimen of the stamps received from Fath- CT F. M. Menager, s. J., Kotze- bue, Alaska, containing a design advertising that territory, for pos sible use in the preparation of the forthcoming issue of commem orative postage stamps.
 Had this stamp been submitted carrier, it is possible that the sub ject matter thereon could have been used as a basis for the mod el for the commemorative stamp for Alaska. However, the design for this special issue has now been virtually completed and the lime is too short to consider an new design.
 In this connection you are ad- ,ised that the preliminary sket- h for the Alaska stamp features IS the central subject stately Mt. Mckinley in the distance, while n the foreground has been incor- ,orated subject matter intended 0 symbolize the transition of the Territory from its original state
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27

10 the present high state of de- velopment.
 It is believed that this design, when completed, will insure a stamp of unusual attractiveness. appreciate your interest in calling attention to the matter.
 Very truly yours,
 ROY M. NORTH, Act. 3rd Assist. Postmaster Gen.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
PAUL IVANOFF TELLS CUSTOMS NUNIVAK ISLAND REINDEER
 SUPERVISOR, ON TRIP

before him, offering h;m food. She has made herself most at t.aotive, with new clothes and :2reful toilette. The dish she holds is n ". the food select. If the food is accepted, boy and girl are married. Separations are v2rv rare, and are not approved by society unless the woman has aken th1 iilitictiVe in the matter.
 "iha h.la g.ve no thought to family life during most of the spring They concentrate on hunting. They give their whole thought and attention to 1t. For otherwise a man cannot be strong and cunning.
 Equivalent to a Fair
 At the Potlatch which is held each winter, which is suggestive of a Fair, families compete by displaying their best clothes and other belongings, The man whose family displays the highest qual- ity and greatest abundance of be- longings is recognized during the ensuing year as the head man, o leader"
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
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 are careful to give their children the benefit of their experience. ''The women bring food at meal times to the men at the kashim. Frozen, dried. O. fresh fish, any of the many birds which are plentiful in season, seaw eeds. greens. berries, or other common Naive foods a-e brought on wooden dishes. Waiting until the men have finished eating, the women return the dishes to their homes.
 Are Marked on Chin
 At about the age of fourteen, both boys and girls are marked on their chins. Little tusks of ivory arr inserted well below the lower lips of the girls, while two round holes are made just below and to each side of the boys mouths. These marks testify to marriageable age, and are also deemed ornamentative.
 Marriage Proposal
 One day the youth is surprised by finding young girl standing
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
|" S OUR D o U G H ''
 STATIONERY

That unique and humorous and typical Alaskan stationery "Sourdough Roadhouse Letter heads and Envelopes, have been brought strictly uptodate, and are now available at the Nugget off ce.
 Write to your friends and rela- tives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get a big kick out of it.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
Heavyweights May Change

WASHINGTON, D. C., (P)-On the grounds that the heavyweight class covers too much variation in weights, the National Boxing Association is considering crea- tion of a 183pound class, it was disclosed here over the weekend
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
II BODIES OF MINERS ARE
 RECOVERED

Continued From Page One) dents, and the Evans Jones disaster makes it the first major catastrophe of North land coal mining.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-27
Father Menager
 Suggested Style

(Continued From Page one) Approaching your thoughtful ness in writing to me, am
 Sincerely yours,
 JAMES A. FARLEY,
 Postmaster General
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Historic
HOaXes
g
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
q Westeru Neusnaner IIpion
Extrai Noah's Ark Found!
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
g Western Newspaper Union.

y ACK in the days of the Klondike
~ gold rush, the few publishers in
Alaska, especially those who issued
dailies, had great difficulty in get
ting enough news to fill their pa
pers. At one time the telegraph
lines into Dawson were down for
two months and the roads were so
filed with snow that no mail arrived
by dog team for 35 days.
During this period one Dawson
publisher called his reporter to him.
Look here, we've simply got to
have more news" he said. Sub
scriptions are falling off and if you
want to stay on my payroll, you'd
better get out and grab off story
that will be talked about from the
Aurora Borealis to the Southern
Cross"
Casey Antonio Moran was the re-
porter's name and the imagination
which he displayed in adding "An-
tonic" to his name because he
liked the sound of it, extended to
his reportorial ability. So the next
morning headline clear across the
front page Of his boss paper pro-
claimed, Ruins of Noah's Ark
Found on Mt. Koyukuk in Yukon
Country"
Under that headline was an "ex-
elusive interview with an Indian
chief who told of having been lost
in the Haunted Country Of the
Koyukuk and finding on top Of a
mountain "a house as big as white
mans town built in a big canoe"
which had turned to stone. When
the reporter took him to min
ister's home and showed him pic
ture of Noah's Ark, the chief de-
clared that il was exactly like the
house in the big canoe on the noun
tain top.
The story caused a sensation
when the paper was distributed in
Dawson. Although the other two
dailies tried to discredit the yarn,
many people were enough i'm
pressed by the affidavit, furnished
by the chief, which was given a
prominent place on the front page,
to believe it. 1t was also believed
by many people back in the
States when press association
wires carried it to newspapers who
printed it and to this day one can
hear an occasional reference to the
fact that they discovered Noah s
Ark up in Alaska several years
ago"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
The Camelce

a MONG the correspondents who
L Il accompanied the Newton
Jenney exploring expedition in the
Black Hills of South Dakota in
1875 was r. B. Davenport of the
New York Herald. Davenport was
a typical ~tenderfoot" and a tire
less seeker after Information
which some of the packers and
guides for the expedition were only
too willing to supplyi
One day he discovered the skele-
ton of huge bull elk and excitedly
asked California Joe, the famous
scout, what it was. well, sir" re-
piled Joe, II reckon that there must
be the bones of one of them camel
ces I've heerd SO much about. You
see, good many year ago the
guv'ment decided to use camels
for packin' supplies down in the des-
erts of Arizony. Some of the fe
males escaped and, feelin' sorta
lonely, they joined up with a elk
herd. 1t wasn't long before they
was matin' with the bull elks and the
result was somethin' that was half
camel and half-elk. Dog-gonedest
animal I ever seed-well, come to
think of it, ! never did see one my
self but lot NV fellows I knowed
did"
So California Joe went on at great
length, giving minute description
of the camelce, as he called it,
and within a short time the New
York Herald printed an extended
account of this new marvel in the
animal world which had been dis
covered out in the Black Hillsi
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Farm Measure Ready
VOLUNTARY or

VOLUNTARY crop control for
wheat, corn, rice and cotton;
and compulsory limitation of tobac-
co production, are provided for an
the new farm measure drafted by
the house committee on agriculture
for action in the extraordinary ses-
sion of congress.
Secretary Wallace's lever normal
granary" plan is included in the
bill. The measure also provides
for tariff equalizing taxes" which
would be actually a revival Of the
processing taxes which the Supreme
court declared unconstitutional
These taxes would be applied only
to wheat, cotton and rice-3 cents
a pound on cotton, 20 cents a bushel
on wheat and II cent a pound on
rice.
The policy Of congress is declared
10 be 10 maintain 80 far as prac-
ticable both parity of prices paid to
farmers for all agricultural COM
modities marketed by them for do
mestic consumption and export and
parity income for farmers market
ing such commodities"
Benefit payments would be made
only to producers taking part in the
general program. and would be
based on % the use Of land, t2)
changes in the use of land, and 90
the percentage of normal produc-
ton going into domestic con-
sumption. Also no benefit payment
in excess of $4,000 would be paid
any one producer.
For the protection Of consumers
the bill provides that when prices of
the respective commodities exceed
parity by 10 per cent the secretary
of agriculture shall call outstanding
commodity loans, thus releasing
stored commodities and in this way
preventing excessive prices.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Duke May Come in February

MAYBE the duke and duchess of
4NI Windsor will come to the Unit
ed States after all 1t was said in
Paris by one Of their associates they
had decided tentatively to make the
trip in February, believing that
by that time they could carry out
their plan without criticism.
The sudden cancellation of the
trip was primarily due to the harsh
criticism of organized labor because
it was to be managed by Charles E.
Bedaux, whose speed-up system is
abhorrent to labor. That gentle
man promptly withdrew from the
tour arrangements and President
Green of the A. F. of L. thereupon
said American labor would extend
a sincere and cordial welcome to the
duke and duchess and cooperate in
their proposed Investigations"
Should Edward and Wally come
over in February, perhaps Mrs.
Roosevelt will find it possible to
arrange her lecture dates so as to
be present at the luncheon the Pres
ident will give for the visitors.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

sizes "a to 46. Size Sc requires AS
yards of 35-inch material plus IS
yard contrasting.
Pattern 1903 is designed for
sizes 2, 3, 4, and S years. Size 3
requires 13s yards of 35-inch ma
terial for the child's dress. The
dolls body, medium size, requires
rs yard of 35-inch material. The
dolls dress, medium size, re-
quires 20 yard of 35- or 39-inch
material. One hank of wool is
required for dolls hair.
Pattern 1877 is designed for
sizes IA to 20 (32 to "A bust). Size
16 requires 212 yards of 54-inch
material. The topper in contrast
requires "a yard of 39-inch ma
terial.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1925,
211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, I'll.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
New Pattern BOOK.
Send Is cents for the Barbara
Bell Fall and Winter Pattern
Book. Make yourself attractive.
practical and becoming clothes.
selecting designs from the Bar
bara Bell well-planned, easy-to-
make patterns.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Lirpa Loot

ID ACK in 1910. story in the Lon
ID don (Ohio) Times announced that
a coffee operator from Brazil,
named Senior Lirpa Loot, was a visi-
tor in that city. Moreover it print
ed long interview with the dis
tinguished foreigner on the subject
of coffee cultivation.
Within a few days rival papers
were printing even longer inter-
views on that subject and one of
them told of company that was
being organized by the Brazilian
with many local merchants as
stockholders. One paper even bor-
rowed a cut, used originally in The
Times, to illustrate its story.
While public interest in this SUBJ
ject was at its height, the editor of
the Times, H. F. Harrington, later
director of the Medill school of
journalism at Northwestern univer-
sity, published story which caused
some of his rival editors consider
able embarrassment. He suggest
ed that they reverse the spelling of
the name of the distinguished Bra
lillian. When they-and the public
cid so, there it was: April Fool!"
The London editor had been an
noyed by the practice of news pi-
rating" by his rivals and he took
this method of teaching them
much-needed lesson in newspaper
-+hicG-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

CEW YOUR OWN presents a
~ house frock with the heart to
be up and doing, no matter how
busy you are, how old you are, or
how many calories you've forgot
ten to keep count of. Sew-Your-
Own also presents the first doll
with heart (the picture proves
it). And lastly it presents a frock
with a love interest for Modern
Miss, something usually confined
to the movies.
Ideal for Home.
Sew-Your-Own always has had
a soft spot in its heart for the
Lady of the Fireside. she who
cooks and bakes and sews and
keeps everything right. Today's
house frock for her (above left) is
as neat and sweet as anyone could
wish. The collar in contrast and
the saw tooth edging piped to
match, make that difference be-
tween this dress and run-of-the-
mill. Of course, it's easy to run
up and practically no trouble at
all to launder. Better make two
A DOll-a Dress.
The little lady in the center,
above, knows her hearts in the
right place because Mommy put
it there. Dolly Dimples is her
swell little playmate and her
hearts in the right place, too. Ask
your Mommy to send for Pattern
1903 and you'll have a great big
surprise in store. Yes stree!
Her Heart Unattached.
You will find Miss Svelt Seven
teen (above right is good to her
figure! Her frock, an original Sew
Your-Own design, gives her real
distinction - that different-in-the-
right-way look. 1t is the ultimate
In chic in rayon crepe with satin
waist front.
Pattern 1405 is designed for
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
STAR
DUST
Movie Radio !,
*t* BY VIRGINIA VALE*tt

OFF- SCREEN romance is
~ having a big influence
these days in casting pic
lures. Paramount has given
a three-year contract to John
Barrymore and his wife,
Elaine Barrie, and will fea-
ture them together in a pic
ture as soon as a suitable
story can be located. Making
pictures with Mr.. Barrymore
used to be a nightmare to
directors.
Some days he was three hours
late showing up for work, and some
times he disappeared for days.
When he did arrive on time, likely
as not he would make such caustic
remarks to his fellow players that
their nerves were practically shat
tered Marriage to the young and
ambitious Miss Barrie has changed
all that. She has made him settle
down to work in earnest.
At last the quarrel between Fred
die Bartholomew and Metro-Gold-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
China Won't Negotiate

CEN. CHANG KAI-SHEK, dicta-
" tor of China, issued a formal
statement opposing direct negotia-
tions with Japan for settlement of
the Far Eastern conflict.
He reaffirmed China's determina-
ton to continue the struggle until
Justice is re-established in this part
of the world and expressed opti-
mism concerning the military situa-
ton.
Success of the Brussels conference
was endangered by the presence
there of Soviet Russia. Japanese
circles said they believed Japan was
ready to exchange information con-
cerning the conflict in China with
signatories of the nine power treaty
of 1922, but not with nonsignatories
like Russia.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18


have landed on theater seats below
if Mr.. Newell hadn't rushed to the
rescue and caught her just in time.
x
ODDS AND ENDS-Bing Crosby
rCas so delighted tCith the smart dia-
LOgue in CarOLe LOmbarfs picture,
"True Confession" that he insisted on
having the author, Claude Binyon, t0rite
his next. 1t ,oiH be staged at Bing's
Oton race track, and Mary Carlisle ,CiH
play the lead, as usual, because she is
the only actress Bing can make LOUe
TO Without making his son Gary burst
into tears Robert Taylor toiu be
back in time for Christmas and il he
euer goes GtCay again he will insist on
Barbara Stan,oyck having telephone
installed at her ranch retreat Ldnny
Ross, haUing Uorked Ouer his ne,0
radio program until it suits him and
everyone else, may make the next
"BrOadloay Melody for M-C-M.
Warner Brothers "Cre0t Carrick" is
the most delightful picture in many
UeekS, largely because OF the t0itty tOay
that Brian Aherne and Olivia de Haul
land poke fun at the business of act
ing Jean HershOIt t0iH UGy the
mOnOtOny Of playing Doctor DdfOe on
the screen by playing Doctor Christian
on cOGSt-tO-cOdSt radio program OUer
the Columbia system.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18


Of the South American republics,
win adhere to the agreement.
Political observers saw the pros
pect of a world divided into three
camps-fascist. communist and
democratic.
Emerging as one Of the probable
chief leaders Of this united front is
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, German
ambassador to Great Britain. Hitler
sent him to Rome to sign the new
pact, and it is expected that the
headquarters of the alliance will be
in Berlin.
Officials in Rome stated the pact
was not directed against any coun-
try and said Russia might have all
the communism it wants so long as
she keeps it at home. But they in
timated the military forces of the
signatories were ready to back up
the agreement. Virginio Gayda, au-
thoritative commentator, said that
100000 tons of warships and 20O,-
000, 900 persons are now at the dis
posal of the anti-communist front.
In Berlin the mouthpiece of the
foreign Office asserted the pact has
the backing of 100000, 600 people
who are not prepared for any po-
litical reasons to allow the primary
necessity for fighting bolshevism to
drop into the background"
There was a belief in European
capitals that there were secret mill
tary clauses in the agreement, and
this suspicion was intensified by
the fact that German warships
joined Italian warships in target
practice off the Italian naval base
Of Gaeta.
One of the possible implications of
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

WYNN a y e + n a S
been settled and
Freddie will soon re-
turn to work. Under
the new agreement
he will get two thou
sand dollars a week
for forty weeks, and
t h r e e thousand
weekly for six weeks
of personal appear
ances. Also he gets
a dollar a week ad-
ditional for pocket
money. He'll need
~ x1fifh q -fxya
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

two new battleships and has appro-
priations for 85 other warships.
These include three aircraft car
riers, one heavy cruiser, nine light
cruisers, fifty-fve destroyers and
seventeen submarines.
Fiye years ago the total num-
Der of under age vessels was l01 of
728, 050 tons, with twenty-three YES
sells Of 122, 500 tons under construc-
ton. Today the navy has 113 YES
sells Of 869, ,230 tons under age, and
eighty-seven vessels of 335, SOS tons
under construction.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Presidents Birthday

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
L authorized the use of his ffty-fifth
birthday, January 80, for the promo
ton of the nationwide fight on in
fantile paralysis. AS in previous
years, the day will be celebrated
in many cities with balls. This time
the funds raised thus will not be
handed over to local agencies but
will all go to the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis which
was created recently by Mr.. Roose-
welt. The President has approved
the appointment of a committee
headed by Keith Morgan of New
York to arrange for the celebra-
tions.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
New Attack on Black

a LBERT LEVITT made new eff
L 4 fort to obtain Justice Hugo L..
Blacks removal from the Supreme
court, shortly before the court it.
self had opportunity to decide
whether to hear another test of
Blacks eligibility.
Levitt asked President Roosevelt
to start quo warranto proceedings
against Black. This in effect would
require Black to show by what right
he held the position.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

wiped out tne OlS-
grace of ten years
ago when he was
discharged from a
minor league base
ball team for drop
ping a f1yball in a
crucial point in the
ninth inning. He
made a real catchi
Alice Faye, catching
her heel in the hem
of her dress, toppled
over a sixteen-foot
- - - i
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

war days and is
moving steadily up
to the full strength
permitted by the
treaties abrogated
by Japan. 1t will not
go beyond the lini-
tationS in those
pacts unless other
nations do so.
Under its big re-
placement program
the department has
under construction
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

In their agreement
to combat commu-
nism. and no one
knows how far this
alliance will go or
just what are its in
tentions. The three
charter members"
of the pact-that
status was given
Italy-hope that all
other fascist minded
nations, including
Poland, Portugal,
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Shanghai Falls to Japs

CTUBBORN defense of Shanghai
- by the Chinese came to an end
when the japanese troops made
their way across Soochow creek and
occupied the entire city. The de-
tenders retired westward and pre-
pared to block the way Of the in-
vaders toward Nanking.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18
Our Navy Grows Rapidly

ECRETARY OF THE NAVY
- CLAUDE A. SWANSON re-
ported to the President that the navy
is stronger than at any time since
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-11-18

the pact which bothers Great Britain
is that the three allied nations may
make great clamor for restora-
ton to Germany Of her lost col
onies.
Hitler, Mussolini and Premier Ko-
noye of Japan exchanged felcita-
tions on the signing of the agree.
ment.