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The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
Resume Defense Appropriations For Alaska Which Ultimately
 Will Total Over 20 Millions

vey parties. Major Edward Geo rge, who will be in charge of the actual construction and survey is expected to arrive at Fairbanks not later than August 20, with his party to start work on the plans and specifications.
 Additional aviation facilities such as beacons, ranging lights, and radio beams are expected to result from a survey to be under taken soon by the Civil Aero nautics Authority, all of which will contribute to the defense of Alaska in time of war, and dew elopment in time of peace.
 In the act to authorize neces- sary facilities for the Coast Guard in the interest of nation al defense and the performance of its maritime policy functions, congress authorized the establish ment of coast guard station and airbase at Kodiak, estimated to cost two million, seven hundred thirty thousand dollars more.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
Reindeer Appropriation Be Available Next Year

No funds were appropriated, however, for construction that cannot start before next year when it is expected money will be provided for two other mea- sures of prime importance to the Territory. The bills are: provid- ing funds for the purchase and restoration of Alaskan reindeer to native ownership as means of improving the economic lot of Indians and Eskimos; and the au thorizing of a sweeping investi- gation of Alaskan fisheries with the view to changing regulations and encouraging the develop ment of new deep water resourc- es.
 Congress appropriated $720,000 plus $75,000 for administrative
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16

and operative expenses to carry out the provisions of the Rein deer Act which is to be directed by the Secretary of the Interior and who will purchase all non native owned reindeer, and us able reindeer range equipment in Alaska, to either distribute same among the natives or hold the animals and equipment in trust for their benefit. The pur- chase price of the reindeer Is limited to $4.00 per head except for some animals on Nunivak Island.
 Officials advised Delegate Di- mond that the Interior Depart ment would encourage native ownership of reindeer as rapidly as the natives demonstrate their ability to accept the responsible charge of the deer. As soon as it is practicable 1t is believed the reindeer will be established un- der native ownership in all suit able localities where they will be of value in supplmenting the na tives' livlihood. This distribution will probably be extended first to the Alaska Peninsula ad Aleu- tian Island localities and later to southeastern Alaska where con- ditions are appropriate for rein deer"
 Dimond added he believed the restoration of reindeer herds to native ownership would prove to be the biggest single step yet taken by the Federal government in helping them work out na- tive economy to make them self sustaining"
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 602 In the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Precinct Second Division: Territory of Alaska In the matter of the estate of Heinrich Ewert, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that by order of the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Pre- cinct, Alaska, the undersigned have been appointed Executors of the Estate of Heinrich Ewert, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate shall present them with proper vouch- CTS attached, within six months from the date of this notice to the undersigned at Nome, Alaska or to them through their attor- ney, Leroy M. Sullivan, at his office in the City Hall in Nome. Alaska.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, Aug ust Is, 1889.
 George Modini,
 Executor
 Kari Palsson
 EXecutor
 Publish Aug. 16, 23, 30, Sept 6, 1889.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
(John L. Wheeler, AP Alaskan
 Correspondent)

CorreSpondent)
 WASHINGTON, Aug. Is (P)- Speaking on the multi-million dollar program for the develop rnent of Alaska defense enacted into law at the last session of Congress, be-spectacled, energet- ic, Anthony J. Dimond, Delegate from Alaska said that the Terri tory had received it's most sym pathetic treatment in years"
 For this he praised the coopera ton and understanding" of his colleagues in Washington, D. C.
 In the terms of dollars, this defense program ranks first for complete development of Army, Naval Air Base, Coast Guard bases, and other military and naval facilities. It will ultimate ly mean an expenditure total ing well over twenty million dol lars.
 The legislation authorizing the construction of a naval air base at Kodiak was estimated to cost eight million seven hundred fif- ty thousand dollars: enlargement of the naval air base at Sitka is estimated to cost two million, nine hundred thousand; building improvements and the radio sta ton at Dutch Harbor will amount,to $12,000.
 Enacted in due course, appro- priations were made for the con struction of the above. Naval field and survey parties have been in Alaska working on plans and specifications for the projects with the hope of getting construc ton started
 Construction in the amount of four million dollars is expected to start sometime this year at site near Fairbanks, which has tentatively been selected upon the recommendation of two sur
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
MILLION IN FIRE DAMAGE 70,OC0 ACRES

SPOKANE, Aug. - The viii lage of Spirit Lake, Idaho, with 900 population, is half encircled by a forest blaze which roared up to the edge of the town then miraculously turned back before .azing the town.
 A fickle wind, whipped up the Weekold blaze, which is doing $1,000,000 damage to lumber yards, stocks and various build ings in its 70,00O-acre path.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
G. O. P. Is Cropping In Darkness

PITTSBURGH, Aug. Senator Barkley told the National Con- vention of Young Democrats that any man or group who believed the party would write a platform and name a candidate for 1940 who would repudiate eight years of Roosevelt administration, should consult an expert on mental disorders"
 Barkley brought the conven- ton to it's feet when he declar- cd "our Republican friends have nowhere to go and nothing to stand on and are searching around in the darkness for an issue of some sort
 Delegates heard Aubrey Will Hams, National Youth Admins trator, declare nobody is play ing politics with relief. People know we have kept the record clean and no one administering these measures today can write a check in four figures, and our critics know it.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16
These PROTECTIVE FOODS" provide
 vifumins necessary 10 health ..

sMony people do moi cot enough of ihem. pfefeuins sweets and siorches Cooking Usuclly destroys port of the vtomin content .. The tender, bIonehed, white portions of leofy vegetables ore low In Vitumns Foods vary widely in their Vtomin content. according to season. locality, and storage conditions ..
 ssqUibb Viiamin Products may be
 used as safeguard asonsi Viiun1in
 deficiency when inc diet does not
 supply enough Viiamins -. So used,
 they may help 10 sUord your heolih.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-16

Newspaper advertising will develop new business for you.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
Woman Appointed Judge in
Court of Human Relations

Miss Jane M. Bolin, 81, of 35
w. 10th street, Monday, July
9th reported to presiding JUS
ice John Hill for assignment. as a
justice in the New York City
Court of Human Relations.
Miss Bolin was named ito the
psf last Saturday in a surprise
appointment by Mayor La
Guardia. She wa the first Negro
woman to be named to the New
York city bench She will keep
her job for 10 years and receive
an annual salary of $4,000.
Miss Bolin was at her apart
ment with her husband, Ralph
Mizelle, a Washington, d G. at
torney, when she received a
phone call to come down to the
mayors Office She grabbed a
taxi to LaGuardia's office at the
World Fair, and when she was
ushered into his sanctum, he
told her: Il am naming you to
the Domestic Relations Court. "
She was Immediately sworn in.
Miss Bolin had no advance
knowledge THAT she was oven
beng considered for the POST
She is the daughter of Gaius
Bolin, a Pougkeepsie attorney
After graduation with honors
from Wellesley college in 1923
she attended Yale Law schoo
and received her degree there
in 1881.
She has been serving since
1887 as an assistant corpora
ton counsel for the city of New
York. Her husband is engaged
in federal government service
He attended the university o
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
New Stamp to Honor
Booker Washington

The Firit Negro to be honor
ed by the United tSates govern
ment by having his picture on Il
postage stamp, will be Booker II.
Washington. regarded by many
rs the greatest educator the Ne
gro race has produced
In a national survey, the nam
of DR.. Washington was on, of
the ranking participants, and
accordingly Postmaster General
Farley has designated DR..
Washington as one whose
picture will go on Il new issue of
stamps.
William Bray, secretary to
Mr.. Farley, could not say detini-
tcly just what denominat .on
stamp would bear the Washing
ton likeness, but in all probabili-
ty it would be ore of the smaller
, and more popular denomina
tons.
This Ion s. deferred recogni.
ton of the distinguished talents
IF DR.. Washington is a justifica.
ton of his educational theorie.
is the belief of many, and prove,
that his influence has been fell
through the years and by hun
drcds of thousands of persons.
A similar movement to obtair
recognition and honor go
some outstanding Negro was be
gun several years ago, but there
was nothing more than an idea
impressed upon the minds OF
Of the postal authorities.
Upon his return from Europe
Postmaster General Farley will
pass upon the designs submitted
20 this postage stamp and issue
orders for printing.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
Moses Gets A.M.C.
40 ChairlnanShip

Washington, August II. ::
Harry M. Moses, President, H.
c. Frick Coal and Coke company
of Pittsburgh, has accepted the
national Craftsmanship of the
program committee for the 18th
Annual Coal Convention and
Exposition of the American
Mining Conference, Julian D.
CONVEX, Secretary pf the Con-
gress announces.
Final selection of the site for
1. h e 1910 meeting has not yet
been made, but is expected
shortly. The meeting will pro-
badly be held during the last
week of April or the first week
III May, lS4O.
Prior to his present position,
Mr.. Moses was operating head of
the United Skates Coal and Coke
company in w. Va, and has had
wide experience as an engineer
and operator in w. Va, Ken
lucky and Illinois. Mr.. Moses
has taken an active part in coal
mine modernization movements
and has been prominent in work
ing for the betterment of t he
industry. nationwide commit
tee to serve with Mr.. Moses is
now being appointed, under
whose directions the 1910 meet
ing program will be drafted.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
POLICE HUNT MASS KILLER
IN WRECK; DEAD AT "a

Reno, Aug deaths mount
ed to "a today in the wreck of
the crack streamline train City
of San Francisco" as police push
cd general round up of suspi-
cious railroad yard characters
in quest, of the mass murderer
blamed for last Saturdays
tragedy. L..
Two men were questioned in
jails of two states as rescue
teams found the bodies of two
women and a man in the trans
wreckage. Two other men died
in an Elko hospital of injuries.
The high speed sIreamlineI
leaped the track at 60 miles ar
hour when it came to a place
where someone had pulled the
spikes from a section of rail
moved it four inches inward ant
spiked it there. There was
rumors that an fearless man
was in someway connected be
couse he was disgruntled at tn,
railroad for some reason. So ia
all men answering that discrip
ltion have not been connecte,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
with the wreck.

with the wreck.
The toll of dead ard injured,
near $50 now, places this acct
dent high on the list of disasters
on the rails - if not the mos.
terrible. The fact it was not an
accident but a deliberate plan
ned wreck makes it a crime that
also ranks high. Railroad and
all police forces are working day
and night to discover and APP
prehend the person or persons
responsible. The fact that il
entailed nearly two hours work
by two strong men To move the
rail and fasten it down again,
pointed to two or more men as
being responsible.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
FDR Changes Thanksgiving
Day To November 23rd

Campobello Island, N. e., Aug
14.-Pesident Roosevelt is going
20 move Thanksgiving Day up
week this year he said at a press
conference today at his mothers
summer home.
For the last six years, he ex-
planned, a great many people
have been complaining that
there is too long an interval be-
tween t h e Labor Day holiday
early in September, and Thanks
giving Day toward the end of
November, and that the time is
too short between Thanksgiving
and Christmas. !,
This sunds silly, he said.
But he added that stores,
working people and retailer had
proposed that Thanksgiving be
changed from the usual last
Thursday in November. This
year Thanksgiving would nor
mally fall on November 80, and
Mr.. Roosevelt has decided to
issue a proclamation setting a.
side November % as Thanks.
giving Day.
Reaction Ito the proposal will
be interesting, because monkey
ing with the calendar has lons
been a symptom of something
or the other. The proposal ha
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
AUGUST "a TO BE FISK DAY
AT NEW YORK WORLDS FAIR

The converging of hundreds
of Fisk people - alumni, stu
dents, faculty members, and
trustees-in New York City to
attend the Worlds Fair affords
an unusual opportunity for an
assembly in the name of Fisk
university. The meeting of old
friends and classmates, hearing
of Fisk's expanding educational
program, seeing for the first
time new faculty members now
at Fisk and Fisk teachers of
yesteryears, students of today
and prospective Fisk scholars,
and exploring what will be Fisks
place in The World Tomorrow,
constitute a brilliant Fisk ar
ray and an unbeatable combina-
ton. You cannot afford to miss
such an opportunity.
Fisk has a great heritage The
prospects for a great future
for Fysk were never brighter
than today. -.
A call is therefore being issu-
ed by DR.. E. R. Alexander, our
newly elected president of the
= General Alumni Association, to
all Fiskites for a get together
in the New York Worlds Fair
grounds, Thursday afternoon,
August "a, at five o'clock EDS
time, at the Hall of Special
Events, to consider next steps
for Fisk. :,
The trustees, faculty, alumni
students, and friends of Fisk
are hereby extended a cordial
invitation to be present and to
participate in the Fisk day pro-
gram at the New York Worlds
Fair. DR.. Alexander will be in
agurated into office as president
of the General Alumni associa-
ton and will make his inaugural
address. a formal address will
be made by DR.. Thomas E. Jones
entitled: Fisk in the World of
Tomorrow.
Write now to Andrew J. Alli-
son, 453 w. 148th St., New York
City, for further information,
stSt'ng how many people will be
in your party and when you plan
upon arriving in New York City.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

The above is the likeness of
the Hon. Charles Collier, owner
of the Silas Green show and
nepew, Charles Morton, Charles
is a very lovable and intelligent
little fellow. He takes to the
stage like a duck to water.
Watch out performers, in two
or three years Charles will steal
the show.
Ia coup of four is know to
many as the Wong sisters to-,
day. They are, from left to right,
Mrs. Vera Gaines, Mrs. Cleo
White, Mrs. Hortense Collier,
nd Mrs. Goldie M,rton, They
represent both beauty and brains
The Pullman group are also
members of the troupe These
pictures were made at White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va. Silias
Green carries a group of splen-
did people. Keystone is always
proud to have them visit here.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
Says Man He Fed Makes Off
With Wife's Valuable Diamond


Theft Of & diamond purchased
in 1910 at q cost of $500 by a
man he took into his house and
fed was reported to the police
Tuesday morning by Richard
Watkins, colorcd resident of
Williamson.
Upon receiving the report the
police started looking for James
Dooley, colored, identified by
Watkins as the man who stole
the diamond.
Watkins said the man came
to his house and asked for
something to eat.Watkins relat
ed to police tina he got the dia
mond out, which was the set
ing from a ring he purchased
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

Mrs. Frank Law, also of Gil
liam, was graduated with honOrs
from the Northfork h 9 h
school, his scolastic average hav-
ing been only one tenth of one
per cent below that of Howard
His mother, Mrs. Leila Law, has
taught at the Elkridge Elemen-
tary school for approximately
twenty-five years.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

caught us off guard, in fact we
Ire yer heard a whisper of the
public demand for this action,
and nominate the demandees for
positions alongside our PRO
minent bushes man" of last
week.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
Recognition fer Henson Sought

A bill providing for recogni-
ton of the heroic conduct and
devotion to duty Of Matthey A.
Henson, one of he survivors of
the polar expedition of Admiral
Robert f. Peary, and also provid-
ing a l.fe pension for him was
INTRODUCED in the Senate last
July 27, by Senator Mead of
New York. 49,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
Northfork Colored High Stu -.
ents Win State Essay Prizes

j, seph Howard and Robert
Law. members of the graduating
class of Northfork colored high
school last May, have beer al
wardrd gold and silver medals.
respectively, as winners of first
and sccoEl prizes in a state eS-
say contest on tuberculosis for
Negro colleges and high schools.
ace )rding to word just received
from |. J. h. Wells, of Charles
ton, STATE supervisor of Negro
schools.
The contest was promoted
last spring by the w. Va. tubcr-
culns.s and Health Association
in encouraging Negro students
. study the problem of tuber-
clSis as it affects them person
Ally.
Each contestant IN, the high
school gIoup was required to
write an essay of approximately
5000 words onthe subject. What
4 Family Should X now about
Tuberculosis, or an essay, play
or dialogue of the same length
on the subject: when | Told
Them" Howard wrote an essay
on the first subject, while Law
wrote two Act play on the
second subject Both the essay
and play, along with one other
essay will be sent by the VIVA.
tuberculosis and Health Assn.
to the National Tuberculosis
Association, with headquarters
in New Yrk, to compete for ma
tonal honrs.
SIX medals were awarded in
the high school division of the
state contest. Besides the two
students al Northforh, Others
to receive honors were from
Lincoln high school, Hinton:
Dunbar high school, We.rtor,;
and Garncot high school, e
Charleston.
Joseph Haword, son of the
Rev. Will am Howard of Gillian,
vas salutatorian of his class at
Nor'hfork. Shortly after the
losing of school, he received a
certificate Of achievement for an
Essay on What / Owe American
and What America Owes Me"
which was entered last March
N the Youth Froum of the Anne
rican Magazine. Early in June,
Howard received check for
$3.50 as winner of first prize
III the w. Va, division of the
National insurance contest that
was sponsored by the National
Negro Insurance Association, on
The subject, THE Relation of
Insurance Service to the Econo-
mic Needs of the Negro. This
essay, along with two others.
was forwarded by f. L. Powell,
of Charleaton, state manager of
the Supreme Liberty Life In
surance company, to compete for
national prizes at the conven-
ton the Association held in
Los Angeles last month.
Young La, only son of Mr.. and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

Mrs. Griffin Is a member ira
Yelling with her two daughters,
spoke in the Presbyterian
church. Among other things,
she sad: II feel just as safe
with my daughters travelling
with silas Green show as I
would if they were in boarding
school. The care is excellent.
They are taken to the tent for
performances by cars owned by
the company. Just as soon as
the show is over they are taken
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
washinEton's Water Supply

Army engineers have supervised
Washington's water supply since
1883, when they recommended the
present source, Great Falls on the
Potomac river, 10 miles from the
national capital.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

FOR his wife 20 years ago and
showed it to the guest.
When someone knocked Wat
kin3 went to the door and when
he returned the man and the dia-
mOnd were gone.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

back to the Pullman. Some of
thes girls have travelled with
the show since they were eleven
years old. No mother has had
cause to regret. | deem it a
rare privilege for my daughters
to be fortunate to be with the
show"
We congratulate Mr.. Collier
on his rules and regulations of
his show. We are happy to have
tenn in this vicinity and sorry
20 have them leave.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18
ELMO INFANT DIES

Philip Ray, the little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elmo, died
Thursday morning of bron-
chial Group. T his comes not
only as a shock to the family
but to the neighbors who saw
him playing happily around
the residence at 7P. NJ, Wednes-
day.
Short services will be held this
afternoon friday at the home
Burial will take place at Kire
Virginia. T h e Patton Funera
home has charge of the body.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

Michigan and Fordham law
school. 80
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-18

Kite-F1yinE Old In Orient
Kite-hying Is one Of the Oldest pas
times in the Orient.
Evening star., 1939-02-24
Stock Averages
Compiled BY the Associated Press.)
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Buyers re-
turned to the stock market today
in sufficient numbers to bid up lead
ing issues fractions to more than
points. There was an assortment
OF new tops for more than a year.
Trading momentum increased on
the comeback. although there were
frequent sluggish intervals. Trans
fers approXimated 100000 shares.
or about double the volume of the
preceding session.
While concrete news of an excep-
tlonally stimulating nature was
lacking, Wall Street sentiment ap-
parently took :. turn for the better
on further reports Secretary of
Commerce Hopkins, in a speech to
be delivered at Des Moines, Iowa,
this evening, would make another
friendly administrative gesture
toward business.
Combined with the Presidents re-
Gently favorable nod to industry,
and Secretary Morgenthau's an
nouncement yesterday that no heav-
Ter taxes would be asked this year,
financial quarters seemingly began
to notice a faint light in speculative
and investment clouds.
Industrials, including steels, motors
and specialties, were in front of the
forward tilt. although selected rails.
mail orders, coppers and rubbers
gave good account of themselve3
Aircrafts and utilities usually held
advances to modest amounts.
Lessening of tension over foreign
affairs was evident in boardroonls
and advices from abroad to commis-
sion houses here indicated American
apprehension regarding European
war potentialities probably had been
even greater than in the countries
involved. Overseas securities mar
kets pointed higher.
Prominent on the forward march
were United States Steel, Bethlehem,
General Motors, Chrysler, Westing-
house, Du Pont. Union Carbide,
United States Gypsum, United States
Rubber, General Tire, Sears Roe
buck. Montgomery Ward. Anaconda
Boeing, Consolidated Edison, Santa
Fe and Great Northern.