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The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
Big Xmas Mail Goes On Train
 From Fairbanks

One of the heaviest outgoing mails of this year departed from Fairbanks recently on the train. The quantity amounted to al most three truck loads.
 Nearly all the outgoing pack age mail was Christmas mail des tined for various places in the States. Included in the outgoing mail was a large amount of let ter mail. Many letters contained postoffice ord-rs as Christmas presents.
 Post office windows were busy a lmost continuously selling stamps and money orders.
 To get the various classes of mail ready for dispatch this morning the postofice force worked until nearly midnight the night before and the men em ployees were on the job again at 5 in the morning.
 The southbound train made use of three cars to take care of mail, express and baggage.
 Another southbound mail and paSsengsr train left Fairbanks Monday to connect with a steam ship at Seward.
 A train also left Fairbanks to day to connect with steamship at Seward. Letter and package mail leaving on today's train is ex- pected to reach the Pacific north west states by Christmas.
 Incoming mail by train and plane has been heavy. The Fair banks postoffice is busy dispatch ing this by plane to various plac es in the Fourth and Second Div isions.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18

Suggestions and Criticisms Invited
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
DEMOCRATIC EXCEPTIONS

Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan both were nom mated on the Democratic ticket three times. Bryan of course nev CT won the election. Cleveland did twice and although he was a defeated candidate when he was nominated in 1892 this was somewhat offset by the fact that he had been Presid mt for four BEFORE his defeat. These are two exceptions and both were Democrats. Let's look at the ros- ter of defeated Republican cand idat-s.
 Tae first candidate of the Re publican party as we know 1t to day was Gen. John Charles Ere mont, Indian fighter, California hero and veteran of a dozen west ern ventures that had made him a national figure. James Buchan- an beat him in 1856 and although Fremont remained in the lime lighJ good many years Che was Territorial Governor of Arizona and he was nominated by a rump convention of Republican radi- cals at Cleveland in 1864 but withdrew in favor Lincoln when he was convinced his can didscy might split the party vote he never really counted as a pol itical cree after his defeat.
 James c. Blain defeated by Cleveland in 1884 stayed in the picture long enough to become Benjamin Harrison's Secretary of State l889-92 but when Harrison was defeated he turnsd to inter national law.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18

Arnold Lunn, author, lecturer, assistant professor at Notre Dame University in 1887 implied the British morale is sgy high.
 "The British have a great su- Deriority complex,' he said.
 They regard a d feat as tenn porary reversal to nature resum ng her natural routine.'
 Morale of the children appears b affected, Lunn asserted.
 He said his own daughter, af te1bcmbs fe n arthe Lunn resi- dence while she was home on a school vacation had said:
 "One of my friends was bit ten by a snake. Another went through an earthquake. It seem- ed nothing ever happ ned to me. Do you think being bombed is as good as being bitten by a saake?"
 Should the children being to crack he said it would be terr- ible for their parents"
 He said that reports of the bombings sound worse at dis tance and that there is really small chances of being hit by a bomb in London.
 "Thc bombing casualties" he said "are only three or four tim es those in the United States from automobiles"
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
By Jack Stinnett

WASHINGTON, Dec. - A = ready Washington is talking about 1914 as if it were just around the corner. The polite al prognosticators are burning midnight juice and singing ink from Page l to Classified trying to guess the future of Wendell L. Willkie and the part he will play in the Republican party in the coming years.
 Let's leave that to the Pol. Frogs. Really they don't know much more about it than we do, as most of them will admit. The shape of things to come will mold the future of the Republic an party (and the Democratic party, tool and of Wendell L. Willkie but
 IF Mir. Willkie is nominated for the presidency again in 1944 he will be upsetting another Re publican apple-cart (and one that has been running smoothly for 86 years) because he will be the first defeated candidate in the history of the party ever to have been nominated for sec ond try.
 Not only that but if MT. Will kie should even be considered as 8 serious contender for the nom nation by next convention time, he will be kicking over a prece- dent that has been broken by only two men in either of the major panties since pre-Civil War days.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
TOOK COURT POSTS

Wi liam Howard Taft and Char les Evans Hughes went on from defeated candidates to become Chief Justices of the Supreme Court a position which preclud- es political activity. Former President Hoover and Ali M. Landon are of course still on the political scene but conventions since their defeats have passed them by with little more than a nod of courtesy.
 On the Democratic side, since 1860 there have been Stephen A. Douglas who died shortly after Lincoln's first inaugural; Gen.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
If Willkie Is Candidate For COP In 1914, He Will Break
 Party Precedent of S6 Years

George B. Mcclellan; Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley who were beaten by Grant; Sam uel J. Tilden defeated by Ruth ,rford B. Hayes in the famous contested election; Gen. Win weld Scott Hancock, the bril- liant Union General who was de feated by Garfield; and Alton B. Parker who lost to Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. In nearly ev- cry instance these men retired to private life" after their polite al Waterloos as did James M Cox the Dayton, Ohio, publisher and John w. Davis the New York attorney. Al Smiths de- eat in 1928 has brought in it's wake only his well known walks" of succeeding years and a split with the party to which he had given lifelong allegiance.
 This is the record that MT. Wilkie has to look back upon. He may of course become the Re publican Bryan or Cleveland but if he does hell have to smash another Republican precedent one that is probably even more firmly established than those he broke when he ran away with the party nomination in Phila- delphia.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
YOUR HOME MERCHANTS ASK YOU TO BUY AT HOME"
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY

Cloudy with light warmer tonight Thursday cloudy with occasional light snow warmer.
 Data For 4 Hours Ending 1e0 pm Today Highest temp - l Lowest temp - 23 Precipitation - Total precp this mo- O33 Total since Jan l. 940, 1206
 Temp Humidity Wind Weather l2 Midnight 10 36 NW-7 Clear 8 52 Cloudy l2:3o m I 54 NEG Cloudy Tomorrow: am Sunset 1.55 nno
 One Year Ago Today
 Highest temp g temp -16 Precipitation - 0
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
Morale Is
 Held Key To British Victory

SAN FRANCISCO-A British eye witness to the Battle of Brit ain told the Commonwealth Club 'the issuz of the war will de pend on morale"
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
N o T I c E

Write to your friends and rela 'veS on the Outside, using Sour ugh Stationery. They Il get a bis ick out of it.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-18
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND GENERAL

Unsettled and much weather Peninsula during the next twenty four hours Tonight light falls the the eastern portion with temperatures generally slight N higher Thursday weather variable cloudness with scat tered light and temperatures generally de- grees above
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Maryland Seeks Third
Successive Victory
AGAINST Clemson
Tigers Invade Tomorrow
To Stort Tough Week
For Colonial Five

Seeking its third triumph in as
many starts, the University Of Mary
land basket ball team returns to ac-
ton tonight at Baltimore, facing a
Clemson five which still is deemed
dangerous despite the absence of
Banks McFadden, its key man, who
was playing with the Tiger gridders
against Boston College in the Cot
ton Bowl today at Dallas, Tex.
Triumphant by top-heavy scores
over Western Maryland and Ran
dolph- Macon, Maryland was expect
ing its first stiff test from the
Tigers and also was looking for an
indication of how much to expect
from Charley Weidinger, sensa-
tional thus far this season against
formidable foes.
Clemson will invade Washington
tomorrow night, stacking UP against
the improving George Washington
outfit at Tech High gym at $50
o'clock. The Colonials face tough
Shedding in the next week, meeting
Georgetown Saturday night and
humping into the powerful Bradley
Tech here next Monday.
Elmer Ripley's Georgetown team
will return to practice tomorrow in
preparation for the Colonials. Vic
torious in two of three games before
disbanding for the holiday season,
the Hoyas will invade Philadelphia
Friday night for an argument with
Temple, but it is the G. w. scalp
they particularly are seeking.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 1.-Over-
whelming favorites to win the ball
game. Catholic University's husky
football team met the Border Con-
ference championship team from
Arizona State Teachers College at
Tempe here today in the sixth an
nual Sun Bowl game. The game is
the outstanding athletic event of
week-long celebration in city gone
mad with football fever and a little
dizzy with its own Importance as
the hub of the Sun Carnival. Kick
off time is 2 pm. Mountain time,
which is 4 o'clock Washington time.
Here in this 3,80O-foot altitude
Head Coach Bergman of Catholic
University plans to lick the bugaboo
of short breath and height by shov-
ing in substitutes as soon as a player
begins to lag For the altitude gets
visiting athletes down here "Visi-
tors from the lowlands really need
10 days or more to become accli-
mated" said one sports authority
today. "The athletes don't feel it at
first, but they begin to drop after
the first quarter of the game and
don't know why" But Bergman has
2 team virtually three deep in all
positions, with a flock of substitutes
crazy to get in there and do or die
for dear old Brookland, D. C.
Guyon to See Son Play.
In the stands as colorful Ell Paso
crowd jammed all seats and stood at
the top and sides of the bowl of the
Texas College of Mines. mile away
from the center of the city, was
Joe Guyon, the old Georgia Tech
and Carlisle all-America, come from
nearby Arizona to see his son Joe,
jr., play football for the last time.
Joe, jr., halfback on the Catholic
University team, is a senior and is
playing his last game of college
football So are IA other Cardinals.
Outstanding stars of the two
teams which faced each other with
no weight advantage on either side
were Rocco Pirro. the high-scoring
line-plunging fullback of Catholic
University, and Pete Sachon, the
quarterback, whose booming punts,
averaging better than As yards in the
c. u schedule, were expected to
drive Dixie Howell's lads back to-
ward their goal and keep them there,
and Wayne Ripper" Pitts and Joe
Hernandez of Tempe. as they call
the Arizona team here. Pitts, the
son of a postman at a little way
station in Arizona, is 1873 pounds of
line-bucking, smashing fullback
with a mighty reputation here on
the border. He has turned down
two or three other football bids to
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Berqmon Aims to Lick Climate
Bugoboo. at FL Poso Today
BY Frequent Use of Subs

Sldy dG 1eillpc. Lie Ulllcl llcdu-
lined climax performer for Tempe
is Hernandez, las pounds of shifty-
hipped broken field runner, who has
run up more than 600 yards of
ground gaining against Tempe's op-
ponents in the late season.
Bergman, as usual, predicted a
close game, with the team getting
the breaks the winner Howell, the
Arizona coach. who used to cavort
around Griffith stadium for the Red
skins. cannot see anything but a
victory for his Arizona boys 1T
isn't question of who will win.
Well win It's only question of
the score" he said That's new stuff
for a football coach, but Dixie hap
pens to double as ball player
And ball players notoriously are not
shrinking violets.
The visitors from Brookland have
been installed as 10 to 7 favorites,
with few takers. For Catholic Uni
versity the game is their second big
post season contest in four years.
The Cardinals licked Mississippi in
the Miami Orange Bowl game of
1886.
So the big hurdle for the Brook
landers is altitude and shortness of
breath. Bergman was all set to toss
couple of new scoring plays at
Tempe, but he wouldn't discuss
them except to say that if they
worked they were touchdown plays.
Both teams use a modified Notre
Dame system, stressing compare
lively light backs and placing the
accent on speed and deception,
rather than sheer bulk.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
GoIento EnIists as q Finnish Tank

visions appear They quickly and 60 faster
while Case the bag Two
better He steals third while BoodWorh
the The winner OF the Indianapolis 5oo
record. He is racing 1928 model car
style and Alice Marble remains the most popular
himself in his Office plots
winning the International
fined twice July Judge Iands who
is wearing the same hat
Aonzo Sagg is named the
its first in three and
some Hagerty somebody
jailed tries himself in his CELL
Lands suppanted highest paid
in sports Calento joins Finnish Army tank
football checker relations with the
University through grid campaign under
declines hire official coach
crystal becoming blurred hey
off the bottom?
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Tony GuIento Answers Two Bells

vision the crystal bottom of the bowl
Ath-
be the and Athletics wagng bitter
place there picture of
MacPha discarded his yellow and coat He
buff with The Red Sox leading the
Cleveland by length and the Yankees
finally New York Cleve-
land third Washington fifth In the National League the ST. Louis
games Cincinnati be
Galento the bell
against the second There
the heavyweight
another
Germany visits the United States to
the Glenn Cunningham
Chuck Fenke
elbow
in
easily that investigation is launched He saliva
disqualified, but
disappears found
Evening star., 1940-01-01
The Biscuit Makes Another Comeback

handout
promoting
York Con-
talking investigating
cleaning its
still to
talk but Lowell still doing all right
baseball Griffith Stadium
Wasdeu first
the bag can't be but is! 1t
Charlotte
outheding shipped Springfield how
him back play third
thin, cloud
baseball trade Quiet and wei try to
that Cecil
Detroit York Now it's
vision Again it track In the background
walking
post carried dozen assistant starters
Seabscut again noble comeback
the Biscuits
When little fellow spndy legs and
visiting
photographers they call
old!
Evening star., 1940-01-01
C|emson's Banks McFodden
Chief Threat to Boston
College in Cotton Bowl

of it's Chunkin' Charley ORourke,
a 153-pound 1risher, who astonished
fans in the East with his amazing
pass record-71 fips and 81 compile
tons for $50 yards. That's talking
Sammy Baugh language.
Clemson, co-champion of the
Southern Conference, looked like a
million even in losing to mighty
Tulane, 81.
The weather seemed pretty well
suited to both teams-not too hot,
not too cold, although it favored
Clemson if it did either team.
Boston College had the heavier
team, averaging about 1874 pounds
to 1879. Its margin in the line was
7 pounds, but in the backfield Glenn
son held the edge by 6 pounds
around.
Some 1,500 or 1000 followed Clem-
son here. Among them was Gov.
Burnet R. Maybank of South Caro-
lima, who arrived by plane early
today. The band of IS members
and the drill platoon of 43 from
Clemson rolled into town yesterday.
The Southern Methodist University
Band will play for Boston College.
Massachusetts, sent about 1000
fans, but the Governor was unable
to attend.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Power Against
in
Sugar Bowl
Kimbroueh Held Chief
Hope Of Texas Ags
Against Tulane
BY KENNETH GREGORY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.-After
welcoming the New Year at night
spots in an old New Orleans way,
thousands of football fans headed
stadiumward today to see the big
Sugar Bowl clash between two stall
wart gridiron machines-Texas A.
and NJ and Tulane's Green Wave.
Fifteen thousand Texans and
visitors from nearly every State in
the Union were on hand to join the
record crowd of 10000 who will
cheer the undefeated teams. The
game starts at lis pm. central
standard time).
Clear and fairly crisp weather.
with perhaps only slight cloudiness.
was forecast. An entertainment
program, featuring the Texas
Aggies' 2l0-piece band and others,
was arranged for more than an hour
before game time.
Tulane Stresses Power.
Tulane's Greenies. with a big and
powerful line, behind which operates
such fleet-footed and crashing backs
as Bobby (the Jitterbug) Kellogg,
Harry Hays and Buddy Banker, was
expected, to concentrate on power
tactics for the most part. The Wave
has two fine teams, with Coach Red
Dawson using the unit substitution
plan.
On the other hand, the Texas
Aggies, rated the Nations No. l
team. were expected to hand it to
the Greenies with Earring Jawn'
Kimbrough, that big 2lO-pound
crashing fullback, with his power
house travelling supported by some
fancy short pass flips, from which
Tulane may expect a lateral at any
time.
Our boys prepared for this game
as If it were the toughest game they
have ever played" remarked Coach
Homer Norton of the Aggies. and it
is well they have. AS 1 see it, Tu-
lanes vast reserve power will put us
to a test we haven't had all season.
You can't wear that crowd out"
Aggies' Attack Varied.
From Skipper Dawson came this
last-minute comment: The Aggies
attack, built around all-America
Kimbrough, is varied and they were
the best defensive club in the coun-
try for 1889. Our boys have shown
fine spirit and we'll 60 into the
game in good physical condition ex-
cept for Halfback Bob Glass and the
absence from practice of a couple
of boys"
The nrnha bile line-l1nS.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Southern Ca Enters Rose Bowl Grid Tilt Slight avote Over
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS (. STAN.
Casual Almanac for 1910

embamed properly alcohol honoraby
buried high time undivided attention turned 1910 We
thoroughly leave
the cebag Turkish towel look into the crystal
The looks be Fodas Gracious it Foida There is
Clark Griffith
mue Clark looking rookie pitcher named Gbeo
Cuban discovered by Scout Joe Cambria
old you
quote pitching It'll
the Chase
kuska They're just like Walter Johnson used
to be- They just don't know how to pitch yet
hills the baekdrop
track Horses walking onto the track Thousands of beary
betting Bimelech
Off Bimeh 'front.' For
mile Bmeh leads the field and then he caught and passed Another
blurred Anyway
think of the of another eligible
right
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Orange Bowl Rivals
Likely 10 Unwrap
Surprise Packs
Georgia Tech, Missouri
Both May Use Running
Instead Of Air Game
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 1.-Observers
speculated on the likelihood of a
package full of surprises when the
Georgia Tech and Missouri teams
come together in the Orange Bowl
football game today at 2:l5 PM.
eastern standard time).
1t has been freely predicted that
both teams would strike chiefly
through the air, with Techs midget
Johnny Bosch matching pitches
against Mhssouri's blond bomber,
Paul Christman.
Ergo: What would be more logical
than to cross up the enemy and run
with the ball?
Mentors May Be Kidding.
In loud tones all last week Coach
Bill Alexander of Tech reiterated his
tremendous respect for Christman.
In practice Alexander had all the
boys, and particularly Bosch, throw
ing the ball around. Yet it is known
that Teen very effectively used run
ming plays after fake passes during
the regular season.
1t isn't likely, however. that Coach
Don Faurot of Missouri will be
caught mapping there.
Don't forget" he said, that this
boy Bosch can run with the ball,
too."
If both teams choose to try passes,
the running may be something to
behold. Christman, although he
earned his fame passing. is a runner
of no mean ability. Missouri also
can turn loose Dick Gale, Bill Cum
ningham, one of the most powerful
backs in the Big Six, and others.
Tech can call on the whirllng
Bosch, driving Howard Ector, Bobby
Pair, a sprinter, Bobby Beers and
several others.
With Tropical Park conducting
its racing in the morning, capacity
crowd of $500 was predicted for
the game, with cool, clear weather.
The probable starting lineups:
Evening star., 1940-01-01

We hear the answer is definitely
Eyes" The National Leagues
baseball film is so good it was
shown four times the other night
in the Manhattan area. You can
see it by contracting your nearest
National League Office. If Okie
Joe Hernandez runs wild in the
Sun Bowl, the reddest faces will
be in Norman, Okla, home Of the
o. U. Sooners. They passed up
Okie, a home town boy, grand
back, whose papy is an o. U. pro-
fessor. Wilson (Doc) Walker
writes that his forecasting per-
centage for the Minneapolis
Times-Trib has varied between
.822 and .8S8 for the last 18
years, which beats out the Den
Evening star., 1940-01-01
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated fIess.
DALLAS, Jan. boston College
and Clemson, couple of teams that
missed national gridiron greatness
by a combined total of eight points,
square off today in the fourth re-
newal of the Cotton Bowl classic.
An estimated 10000 will sit in
cool, clear weather to witness game
between a Southern power that lost
only to mighty Tulane and an East
tern team that. but for an early
season tumble before Florida, TO,
would oe ranked with the top clubs
Of the country.
The drawing power of the game,
however, is Banks McFadden. the
stringbean all-American from Glenn
son. This 180-pound youngster. who
does everything, including run the
Country Gentlemen on the field, is
the principal reason Clemson rates
a betting favorite.
But Boston College is quite proud
Evening star., 1940-01-01

yer Post, doomed last week as the
Nations best. Nice going, Doc.
Today's guest stars: Messrs.
Barker, Fullerton, Robertson,
Talbot, Brietz, Martin, Boni,
Bailey, Fedder ct al, saying "a
happy new year."
Golden gloves boxing is getting
so popular nobody'll be surprised
If they form a big six league
with Kansas City, Oklahoma
City, Omaha, st. Louis, ETC., as
members. Manager Dick Porter
of the Syracuse baseball club
still is catching bouquets for the
way he handled his pitchers.
Latest to hail him is Frank
shaushnessy, league preV.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
BY BILL WHITE,
Pinchhitt;np for Eddie BrietZ.

NEW YORK, January l R.-
Incidental intelligence: Last min
ute bowl odds-Texas Ags 6-5 over
Tulane, ditto Georgia Tech over
Missouri, Clemson 1910 over Bos-
ton College and Southern Cal IL
10 over Tennessee. The Thomas
Smith, jr., of Tennessee who the
coast will see in the Rose Bowl Is
a grandson of Gen. j. F. Howell
who represented the U. c. v. in
the parade before the North
South game in Montgomery. Ray
Dumont, the semi-pro baseball
biggie has gone into the life in
surance business-for 100 smack
ers you can buy Q lifetime ticket
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Two Germans in Come

Mike Germann, handsome wing
man of the Washington Eagles,
Eastern Amateur Hockey League
entry, has brother. Vince, per-
forming with the Philadelphia
Ramblers of the International
American League. Both play right
wing.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Facts and Figures
On Rose Bowl
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Jan. L.
Facts and figures on the 25th con-
secutive Rose Bowl football game:
Opponents-Tennessee, un d E.
feated, united, unscored upon in
10 games, and the University of
Southern California, undefeated
but twice tied in nine games.
Attendance-92, 900 spectators.
Probable gate receipts-$300, 900
(unofficiaD.
Kickoff time-2:15 o'clock (Pa-
cific standard time).
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Former CoIonioIs ToiIino

Davis Osborne, former George
Washington basket ball star, now
is an insurance agent, while Jack
Butterworth, another ex-Colonial
court flash, is teaching school in
Oregon.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
starting line-ups:
Ceilings Also Golf Ace

Albert Ceilings, crack wingman Of
the New York Rovers of the Eastern
Amateur Hockey League, is amateur
golf champion of the Province of
Manitoba.