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The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
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NOTICE

To the Members of the Democra-
 tic party of the Seward
 Peninsula:
 At the earnest solicitations of many friends I consented to be- come a candidate for the office of Territorial Representative for the Second Division of Alaska.
 Having been for the past two years a member of the Division Committee for the Second Divi sion, and for some time its acting chairman, after careful consider ation, I am convinced that ! can be of greater service to the party as a member of its divisional com mittee than I could possibly be as a representative in the legisla- ture. l am deeply grateful for the support that has been offered to me as a candidate for office, but feeling that I can be of great CT service to the cause of demo- cracy in my present position, have withdrawn as a candidate for the nomination to the office of representative.
 Dated the 3rd day of March, l93S'
 Jack Solomon.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
To All whom This May Concern:

In accord with Chapter 29, Ses- sion Laws of Alaska, 1919, and amendments thereto,all male per sons between the ages of twenty one and fifty years, who are not sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volunteer firemen, pauper or ln- sane persons are required to pay an annual School Tax of FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00).
 This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in the mon the of April and shall be paid be- fore the first day of May, provld- ing you are in the Territory of Alaska on said first date; if not, the tax is due within thirty days after your arrival in Alaska or within ten days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Collector. Taxes not paid in accordance with the foregoing requirements shall be- come delinquent, and each per son delinquent shall be subject to Ia fine of Two Dollars .$2.0O).
 All persons, firms and corpora tions employing labor in Alaska shall furnish to collectors list of all employees subject to tax, and employers of labor as above set out are authorized by provi- sions of said Act to deduct ann ount of the tax from the wages of each employee who is subject thereto. If any such employers shall fail to report and deduct as herein specified within the period designated for payment of said tax, the said employers of labor shall be guilty of a misdameanor and subject to a fine of from $50.00 to $50O00.
 All persons subject to, and re- fusing or neglecting to pay, said tax, are subject to a fine of S25, or imprisonment in jail for per iod of one month; and all such employers of labor as herein set out, who neglect or refuse to col lect such tax from employees may be proceeded against and shall pay the amount of each individ- ual tax, and a further penalty of $25. .OO for each such tax.
 The receipts will be furnished by the tax collectors. Dated at Nome, Alaska, this lst day of April, 1888.
 E. B. (Duffy) O'Connor, Duly authorized and qualified
 Alaska Territorial School Tax
 Collector for Nome and Seward
 Peninsula.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
ARCHIE'S COW DISRUPTS
 ARCTIC MILK DELIVERY BY
 SUDDENLY GOING DRY

Archie Ferguson's COW at Kot- zebue has gone dry, dutmbfound- ing residents of that area and curtailing shipments of fresh milk by airplane to points in the Arc tic Circle.
 News of the new development was brought to Anchorage recent ly by Pilot Jimmy Hermann. He said residents of the area are pon dering whether to import bull from the States or to try the lat est scientic method of handling the situation ''by proxy"
 Pilot Hermann said the COW, which has become famous nation ally as the only one of her kind in the Arctic Circle, went dry despite efforts of MT. Ferguson to maintain her milk production by increasing her food and giv- ing her special care.
 When the cow was shipped to Kotzebue from Seattle it was one of the specifications of the trans action that she be fresh. But the fact that she would eventually dry up apparently was not given consideration.
 Upon arrival in the northern outpost of Kotzebue, within the Arctic Circle, Eskimos came for miles to view her, the first ami nal of her kind to come within their inspection. The fresh milk was very popular and was shipp- ed to outlying points by airplane.
 MT. Ferguson was reported to have conferred with Dr. Smith at Kotzsbue about the problem and the doctor suggested ship ment of spermatozoa from Seat tie under scientific conditions. The doctor. however, declined to officiate at the operation so the deal is delayed at least tempor- arily.-Anchorage Times.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
Geo. Waldhelm Described Flood
 In Recent Letter

George Waldhelm writing to friends, describes the flood which occurred in California the first pat of March. He was visiting with his brother-i in flaw al Gar den Grove, California.
 The flood struck there at two o'clock in the morning. The coun try being very level, the stock had no place to go. One dairy man, a close neighbor, lost six hundred head of cows.
 The water was filled with a heavy silt so that it ruined ev- erything in the houses.
 Over one thousand homes were lost and two hundred people lost their lives, said the letter.
 After the flood receded the whole countryside was covered with heavy deposit of mud from two to three feet deep. Thousands lost their life time savings In one night but with heroic courage arc starting in to clean up the mess the best they can. His brother in lows place happened to b' one of the few places Willcf were above flood level, their los' being crops.
 Waldhelm also wrote of meet ing Pahl Rasmussen in Long Bea oh and taking in the southern part of the state with him, alst visiting the San Bernardino Or ange Show. Paul stayed a lont time in the Kougarok, so is hav ing one grand time this winter They ran into Alaskans every where they visited.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
NEW WEATHER STATION
 FULL TIME, ANCHORAGE

WASHINGTON, D. C., March P-Charles C. Clark, assistant chief of the United States Wea- ther Bureau, announced that plans are being drafted for the establishment of a full time wea ther forecasting station at Anch- orage.
 He said there is a possibility that several other stations will be established in the territory but their locations have not as yet been determined.
 The Anchorage and other sta tions will be opened about mid |slmner, Clark said. At present the only full time weather sta- tioTrs in Alaska are at Juneau and Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
Two Kinds of Claims

.. It is very important to distin- guish between a lode and a pla- cer deposit. If a deposit is lode, 1t should be staked as lode claim; If it is placer, it should be staked as placer claim. If both a lode and a placer deposit are found in the same area, it should be located as both a placer and a lode claim.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04

Music furnished during the in terludes, by the School OroheSt- "a, was enjoyed, and indicates the foundation for fin band of student musicians. Included in the orchestra were Yvonne Mo zee piano, Dan Jones clarinet, Tom Martin violin, Gorge Mar tin violin.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
ALASKA MADE HOOKS

Alaskan best trout and grayling Hooks. Bites in winter and sum mer. Try tn ,m in your sum- mer's fishing season. 75 cts each. Native made. Get your by mail. Address Edward Dalilak, Solo mon. Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04
Comedy Play At Hi School Gym
 Is We'll Liked

Kitty" arrived With a bang Sat. night at the High SchOo Auditorium, in the stage play presented by the Student Body of the Nome High School-"Tht Arrival of Kitty, directed by Supt. Calvin E. Pool From the time the curtain rose until the final denouement, one confusing incident followed an other in rapid order, for William Winkler, played by Charles Lew IS, who was trying to marry off both his niece and his sister, in order to gain a nice little sum of money from his maidenly sister.
 Empersonating Kitty, and at the same time trying to prevent the marriage of the niece, with whom he was in love, Bobby Baxter, played by Bobby Scott, took the audience by storm, in his clever enactment.
 The niece, Jane, played by Vir- ginia Calkins, had the time of her life trying to get out of marry ing Benjamin More, played by Lee Reat.
 And meanwhile the true Kitty Bender, Audrey Dunham, was in the middle of confusion all the time due to the attempts of ev- eryone to prevent her appearan- ce and resultant embarr aSsment.
 All in all the players delivered an unusually fine bit of comedy enrolment, and handled their parts with precision.
 The play showed fine direction and handling turnout. Following Is the cast:
 Tinglepaugh, the bellboy, Geo. rge Martin.
 Sam, the colored porter-Lin- coin Ost.
 William Winkler, brother to Aunt Jane-Charles Lewis.
 Aunt Jane, an old maid-Mary Hood Chapman
 Suzette, her French maid-Al- ice Martin. Jane, niece of Winkler and Aunt Jane, Virginia Calkins.
 Bobby Baxter-Robert Scott
 Benjamin More-Lee Reat.
 Kitty Bender, an actress-Aud- rey Dl1nham.
 Stage Manager-Martin Will oya.
 Property Manager-Ves;a Pol son.
 Business Manager-Harry Lew is.
 Prompter-Ann Walsh.
 UShers-Ed tn Hoop, Yvonne Moxee and Kathleen Walsh.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-04

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The Washington times., 1938-10-08
LOAN SHARK
Seal to Ask Neu
Rate Reform

Describing the present law as
inadequate and resulting in ian
unreasonable rate Of interest, "
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
announced today he will seek re-
forms in the old loan shark act
when Congress reconvenes.
The proposed legislation would
prohibit money lenders from
charging more than per cent a
month or 8 per cent per annum,
allowing no further charges, such
as are made for investigations,
insurance and other services.
Mr.. Seal said that under the
present law, his office is ham
pered in prosecuting violations.
The proposed bill also carries an
amendment prohibiting Govern.
ment employees from making loans
of less than 5000 with an interest
rate in exceI of 8 per cent.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
TOUCH SIM|ANS
Pair Bought by d. C.
Man GiUen Zoo

Monkeys are cute and all right
in their place, but their place is
a cage at a ZOO, or at least that is
what James Lockhead, of ass g
st. N. w., thinks today.
Always an admirer of monkeys
and their antics, Lockhead ordered
two from California. namely "Dy.
Mantle" and lightning" which.
he believed, would be tame and
amiable.
They arrived yesterday and,
twhen taken from the cage by Lock.
head and some friends, proceeded
to chew them all up. In despera-
ton, Lockhead called the Wash
ington Zoo, and it required the
skill of two trainers to remove the
animals from the crate and land
them safely at the Zoo, where
Lockhead can view them without
fear.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
COUPLE, infant
MISS DEATH AS
OOvERTURNS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wallace
and their l1-month-old daughter,
Elaine, of 1914 Twelfth st. S. E.,
narrowly escaped serious injury in
southeast Washington last night
when their automobile collided
with another and then overturned,
striking a third car parked at the
curb.
According to police, Wallace was
driving along V Street near Thir-
teenth Street Southeast. when his
automobile collided with the car
driven by Roger j. Dunsmore,
colored, 26, of 3O03 Stanton Rd.
S. E., causing the Wallace car to
overturn and striking the front of
another nearby parked car. None
of the occupants Of either car was
injured
INQUEST TODAY
An inquest in the death Of
James P. Pugh, 73, of Alexandria,
Va, WaShington's sixty-seventh
traffic fatality of 1888, was sched
uled today at the District Morgue.
Pugh died of a fractured skull
after being struck by a street car
at Eleventh Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Northwest late yes
terday.
James Franklin Hammond, 10,
of GIT Roxboro Pl. N. W., suffered
possible fractured skull, broken
collar bone and severe cuts and
bruises last night when a motor
cycle he was riding on dirt track
near Wheaton, Md, Skidded,
throwing him to the ground. Ham
mond was brought to Walter Reed
Hospital for first-aid and later
taken to Emergency Hospital
where his condition is undeter-
mined.
Elra C. Palmer, 80, and Minnie
Palmer, IS, of 56O8 Fourteenth st.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
REDCROSS
Drive Due to Pass
Halfway Mark

The annual Red Cross roll call,
seeking a membership of 100000
in the District, is expected to pass
the halfway mark today.
Yesterday 1O,345 new names
were added to the roll, bringing
the total of the drive to date to
47,406, and officials of the cam
paign were jubilant, as they ex-
pressed the belief the goal will be
reached before the drive ends on
October IL.
Yesterdays enrolment was the
largest single day in the past two
years. and was the first time in
the drive that the 10000 mark
has been passed this year.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
CASH NEEDED
Day Nurseries ASK
Increased Funds

Four settlement houses where
children play while their mothers
work, yesterday asked the Com
munity Chest to increase their
budgets next year.
Mrs. R. F. Whitehead, chairman
Of the G eorg etown Children's
House, at 1924 N st. N. w., asked
for money to pay an experienced
recreation director. The worker
now gets below standard salary" ="
The total budget requested was
$7,150, an increase of $1,105 over
this year.
The other sett lie m e n S are
Northwest Settlement House, SIS
M St., which wants $2,421 over
the $8,708 it received this year; /;
Barney House, which asked $21,-
447, an increase Of $1,739, and
Friendship House, thwe t
Washington's social and educa-
tional settlement, which asked
$31, 1863, an increase of $3,928 over
this years budget.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Zhlder Plan Spreads D. c. Housing Benefits
Times Is
Here to
SerUe!

What is Wrong in your
neighbOrhoOd?
Do you need street
lights, traffic lights, ad-
ditiOnal police or fire
protection?
Are your parks and
Fairgrounds adequate?
Are they kept up as
they should be?
IF you haOe problems
in your neighbOrhOOd,
Drite them to the City
Editor of The Times.
This newspaper is here
to serOe you and to
serOe the community.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
SEWAGE PLANT
AT ROCKVILLE to-
HELP CLEANUP
River Project Furthered.
By PWA Grant

Construction of sewage treat
ment plant at Rockville, Md, is
expected to get under way in an
other month or six weeks.
The project is made possible
through a $27,810 PWA grant.
Mayor Douglas M. Blandford said
the municipality will borrow $780,
900 to supplement the PWA ad-
vance.
"The plant" Mayor Bland
ford said, should meet our
needs for the next 80 or 40 years.
We are going to build it half
mile farther south on the creek
than the old plant. so it will
not be too close to the resi-
Dental sections"
HELPS CLEAN UP
The plant will help clean up the
Potomac River situation as Cabin
John Greek, on which it will be
located, is a tributary of the river.
Another new PWA grant for
$27, ,450 was made to Appomattox,
Va, toward construction of a $751;
900 sewage treatment plant.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
announced yesterday that Fed
eral allotmentS of $8,457 ,664 in
outright grants had been made for
pollution abatement projects in
80 States and Puerto Rico. Total
cost of these undertakings will
be $18,788,167.
The Rockville and AppomattoX
grants were included in 112 clean,
stream projects authorized yester.
day. The total number of sew
age disposal plants which the Gov.
ernment has helped finance un
der the New Deal to date was
thus brought to 755, the plants to
cost $301,579,556.
REAL PROGRESS
Restoration Of our streams
to a reasonable degree Of origi-
nal purity and cleanliness has
long been a goal of both Presi-
dent Roosevelt and myself" Sec,
retary Ickes declared
I'm the past a lot of people
did a lot of talking but tan
gible results in pollution abate-
ment were few and far between
until the present Administra-
ton went into office. There is
room for many more projects
like them, but we have made
a real beginning through the
PWA program"
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
AVERAGE RENT
S6,14 TO $1O.7O
A ROOM URGED
Persons Earning Less
Than $l,657 Eligible

An Alley Dwelling Authority
plan for the housing of low-income
groups as we'll as families on re-
lief on the five proposed Washing
ton projects, was before United
States Housing Adm nistrator
Nathan Straus today.
The proposal fixed estimated
average rents between 1914 and
5000 a room, and announced
that only those families would be
eligible for the projects whose in
come was not in excess of $1,657
a year.
IHLDER'S LETTER
In his letter to Administrator
Straus, John Ihlder, executive of.
ficer of the ADA, wrote:
This method will make the
new dwellings available to all
the economic levels among the
low income groups for whom
private enterprise does not pro-
vide.
by so making it possible for
non-Self-Supporting families to
live among self-supporting fami-
lies, the Alley Dwelling Au-
thority is following recognized
sound social practice while
segregation of dependent fami-
lies in communities by them.
selves is recognized as unsound."
URGES 100 P. C. LOAN
The letter was in response to q
request by Mi. Straus that the
ADA announce its proposed rate
schedules as well as the maximum
income to be required for eligibil-
ity.
Mr.. Ihlder also reiterated his
statement that a 100 per cent loan
from the USHA is preferable to
a 9O-10 arrangement proposed by
Administrator Straus. The latter
plan contemplates a 80 per cent
loan from the Federal agency and
a 10 per cent loan from the Dis.
trict government.
A District loan, the ADA direc.
tor pointed out, would have to be
approved by Congress and would,
therefore, entail delays and in
creased costs"
HAS NO AUTHORITY
In addition, Mr.. Ihlder pointed
out that the District government
has no authority to enter into q
contract to pay money before
Congress has authorized it.
Mr.. Ihlder proposed that the
$10,641.021 loan requested be ad.
vanced on a 100 per cent basis.
Then, when Congress conveneS, an
effort could be made, he said, to
obtain the appropriation.
In order to take care of fam
lilies on relief, Mr.. Ihlder proposed
a plan to utilize for the Districts
contribution to low rem. housing
the sums derived by exempting the
Authority'S properties from tax
alton. A portion of this money
will be remitted to tenants in vary
ing amounts according to their
family needs.
Under this arrangement, rents
for the Lowest" income groups
may be as low as 81 cents a room.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
49O Millions Gold
Imported in Week

Gold imports in September ag-
gregated $780, ATT, ,632, with $2O4,-
844, ,9O5 coming in from war-scared
European countries in the last
week, the Commerce Department
yesterday. Most of
the gold came from the United
Kingdom, France, Canada, Hol-
land and Switzerland.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Students Retreat
Closes Tomorrow

The annual retreat for students
at Mount Saint Mary's College will
close tomorrow morning with q
Solemn High Mass celebrated by
the president, MonSigneur John L.
Sheridan. The retreat started
"wednesday night under the direc-
ton of the retreat master, Father
John Weidinger.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

raid. The mustard
would have tagged
him long before he
found out as much as
you can learn here.
Well, the first place
you'd try for a mask is
at the Fire Depart
ment. Yes indeed,
Chief Schrom'S meager
equipment does in
clude $50 masks, in
different engine COM
panies throughout the
city. Trouble is the
masks are no good for
poison gas. So that's
out.
Then YOU try the
War Department. Yes
indeed, a Miss Hern-
don tells you, the
Army has plenty OF
gas masks. Where? ?
Well, the nearest place
she thinks would be
the Edgewood Arsenal
In Maryland.
This turns out to be
23.9 miles the other 81
more on Route 40-an
distance for our prob
Now a little alarm
member Gen. Amos A
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

'tary Affairs Committee. They have
a fearsome array of machines Of
war on exhibition.
A gas mask?
mo-" the voice on the other end
of the phone says, but Senator
Sheppard has a Browning ma
chine gun on his desk. He uses it
for a paper weight
So we lay down to sleep, and
pray the Lord the gas raid doesn't
come until we get back to Major
Millholland's bailiwick tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Speed Limit Signs
For Upper Wise. Ave.

The Maryland State Roads Com
mission will post speed limit signs
on Wisconsin Avenue between the
District Line and Bradley Lane
shortly, George E. Kneipp, man.
ager of the Keystone Automobile
Club, announced today.
Many motorists. he said, had
been arrested for speeding be-
cause they did not know the limit.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

You wouldn't say the crew man
ned the ship, because they weren't
men at all, but Girl Scout
mariners.
AS they edged away from the
Wilson Line docks, Betty Lee
Plummer was in the engine room,
with Jean Miller as oiler. At the
lines as they cast away Doris How
ard and Anne McDermott slowed
hawserS for the run downstream.
sriouSly distributed about the
craft were Scout Mariners Nell
cent Grow, Jane Brown, Maryan
Dom, Betty Marshall and Lucille
Browning.
The girls expected to reach Mar
shall Hall later today, where all
hands will hold a picnic.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Watchman Wins
Arrest Award

To Martin Petersen, 926 New
York Ave, a night watchman in
washington for 20 years, was
awarded yesterday the American
Automobile Associations $25 re-
ward for July. He seized and
caused the arrest of a man on
charges of attempting to strip a
parked automobile at Eighth and
H Sts. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

tired. was head of the chemical
warfare division of the Army dur
ing the World War. Perhaps he
has a mask you could get.
But the general is attending a
convention on the West Coast,
and won't be back in Washington
until October IL. Even then
you'd have to give him time to
rummage through his trunks in
the attic.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
q Seniors Named
For Honor Society

Twenty-one seniors at Mount
Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg.
Md, were nominated for member
ship in the MonSigneur Tierney
Honor Society. James J. Tully of
Brooklyn, N. Y, was named as
president. Tully is a senior in the
arts course.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
135 Days in Jail
For 'Ad Salesman

Convicted of selling advertising
space in a non-existant theatrical
Laurence Haynes, 25, of
the 1900 block of H St. N. w., was
sentenced to 1876 days in jail by
Judge Casey in Police Court to-
day.
Haynes told Judge Casey he
used the money to buy food for
his family.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
FIRE PREVENTION |
WEEK RECALLS.
CHICAGO BLAZE.

Sixty-seven years ago tomorrow
the second greatest fire in the his
tory Of the world razed the city
of Chicago.
In observance of the anniver-
sary CT this great tragedy. the
District of Columbia, with the rest
of the nation. tomorrow will begin
a week devoted TO Fire Prevention.
ENTIRE YEAR
eve hope, however" said Fire
Marshal Calvin G. LAUDER,
"that the people will not only
observe Fire Prevention Week,
for a seven-cay period, but that
they will remember for the en-
tire year"
In a proclamation issued last
month, President Roosevelt deSig-
mated the week beginning october
9 as fire prevention week and
urged that the people of the
nation cooperate in the move
ment to emphasize the disastrous
consequences of preventable fires
to the end that more effective
precautionary measures may be
taken to eliminate fire hazards,
and thus to safeguard human life
and prevent the needless waste Of
property"
200 KILLED
The great Chicago fire, which
started October 9, 1871, resulted
in the destruction of 1880 build
ings, the loss of 200 lives, with
more than 100000 persons made
homeless.
The only other fire in the his
tory of the world which caused
greater damage and loss of life
was the burning of Rome in Nero's
reign.
Fire Marshal LAUDER empha-
sized the fact that fire prevention
is a great deal more important
than the mechanics of putting out
blazes once they have begun.