AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Pilot Wood took Mr. Browning
from Nome to Candle Tuesday.
Monday John Ost was taken to
Council and a load of freight to
Moses Point.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming passengers on the Pan
, American which arrived Monday
evening about six o’clock were
Leo Sant. Wilfred Boucher. Mr.
and Mrs. Roy McCubbins, Mrs.
Carrie Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Hargraves, Mrs. Jane Atchison,
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Richmond,
Mrs. H. Engstrom and son Don
ald, Earl Browning, Frances
Dempsey, Charlotte Paterson and
daughter, W. Holtzinger, C. M.
Tones. John Hull, Thelma Meri
deth, Mark Agloalook, C. Mori
son, N. Knieppe, Stauffer Bishop.
Departing were Olea Olson, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Brown, Rose Sil
verman, Julia Silverman, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Pennycook, Catherine
Maudlin, C. H. Seeds, Frances
Christmas, Leo Sant and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy McCubbins.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Incoming passengers on Monday
were Jerry Wiggins, Fairbanks;
and Rev. Walter Lyon, Fort Yu
kon; round trippers, Mrs. John
King who is employed by the
Wien office here, and Bob Har
wood. returning home from
school.
Outbound passenger was Bo
Mozee to the States.
Pilot Bronaugh made a trip on
Monday to the Casa de Paga with
Mr. and Mrs. Don Stewart, Ed
Anderson and Emory Martin.
Tuesday Dave Bronaugh flew to
Candle and Rainbow with freight.
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AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Richmond,
C. E. Morison, N. Kneippe, Seat
tle. E. S. Bishop, Seattle. Earling
Browning, Marthaville, La., Leon
Bigrow, St. Faust, N. Y., P. J. Cut
ting, Anchorage.
POLAR CURIO
SHOP
SCHAEFFER PEN AND
PENCIL SETS
NEW NUGGET JEWELRY
MINIATURE WHAT-NOTS
IN COPPER
OTHER NEW ITEMS
JUST RECEIVED
Six Americans In
Walker Cup Finals
CARNOUSTIE, UP)—Six Amer
ican Walker cup stalwarts blazed
through today to the fourth round
of the British amateur golf cham
pionship and were joined there by
their 4-year-old captain, Franci?
Ouimet of Boston, who survive I
two gruelling rounds of the long
Carnoustie course under a hot
sun.
Ted Bishop, Marvin <Bud»
Ward, Willie Turnest, Frank
Stranahan, Dick Chapman and
Skee Riegel were the sextet of
Yankee cup stars who qualified to
battle it out among the field of 32
who will continue the struggle to
morrow.
“TROPIC LIGHTNING”
IN ORIENT
The 25th or “Tropic Lightning’’
Infantry Division, now stationed
in Japan, is one of six famed Pa
cific units just opened to direc4
enlistment for three-year volun
teers. Men of the 25th achieved a
he-o'c combat record beginning
with the bitter fighting on Guad
alcanal. They then fought from
New Georgia to Vella LaVella and
finally to Luzon. In a two-month
seige, the 25th forced its way
through important Balete Pass.,
bottleneck gateway to the fertile
Cagayan Valley of Northern Lu
zon.
MISS OLEA OLSON
LEAVES FOR STATES
Miss Olea Olson, nurse of the
Maynard Columbus Hospital, who |
has made many friends during i
her stay here left Monday for the
States. She plans to meet Marie
Hopland, formerly a nurse here,
at Whitehorse and take the first
river boat of the season from j
Whitehorse to Skagway and then;
out to the States.
GROTHA-NELSON NUPTIALS
MONDAY NIGHT
Miss Ellie Nelson and Theodore J
J. Grotha were united in marri- i
age last Monday by Rev. Alvin
Capener. They were attended by
Mrs. and Neil Foster, Jack Mc
Cumber. The wedding took place
at the Foster residence.
wIeS FIRST in war
WIEN WE SERVED UNCLE SAM
WIEN DURING THE WAR YEARS
WIEN
5J55 FIRST IN peace
w j E N STILL CARRYING ON FOR
WIEN UNCLE SAM’S NAVY v
W T F
WIEN FIRST IN ALASKA
WIEN SINCE 1924 —
W 1 E N GIVING RELIABLE SERVICE
W T F N
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WIEN ^ For Information — Call MAIN 46 — Days and Evenings
WIEN
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Forecast And * ,f,
Weather Report <.
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
'ommerce. Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, May 28, 1947
Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight,
with occasional rain showers.
Thursday partly cloudy and con
tinued warm. Lowest temperature
‘onight 42 highest temperature
Thursday 60.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.01
inch. Total • precipitation this
month 0.62 inch.
Tempeatures last 24 hours:
highest 59, lowest 45.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
22 miles per hour from the E.S.E.
Sunrise at 1:59 a.m., sunset at
9:58 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
50, lowest 33. !
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest 17 in 1934,
highest 59 in 1947.
Data for other selected stations!
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather |
Barrow 29 ’ Cloudy J
Point Hope 36 Cloudy
Kotzebue 56 Partly Cloudy (
Shishmaref 43 Cloudy
Wales 52 Cloudy
Gambell 42 Rain
Nome 53 Clear
Unalakleet 60 Partly Cloudy
Bethel 51 Partly Cloudy
McGrath 55 Partly Cloudy
Anchorage 62 Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks 68 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 60 Clear
Whitehorse 71 Clear
BENEFITS TO VVjOP^D
WAR II VETERAN5i'AND
THEIR DEPENDENTS
Vocational Rahabllitation
Description: Vocational rehabil
itation through institutional or
on-the-job training not to exceed
four years except with approval
of VA. While veteran is training,
and for two months after his em
ployability is determined, VA
pays him subsistence allowance
of $65 a month <if he has no de- .
pendents) or $90 <with depend
ents) in addition to his regular
compensation or retirement pay.
Subsistence allowance is in
creased when necessary to provide
in combination with compensation
or retirement pay, a minimum of
$105 a month, if without a de
pendent, $115 with one depend
ent, plus $10 for one child, $7 for
each additional child, and $15 for
a dependent parent.
Veteran starting course may re
ceive an advance up to $100 if
necessary, to be repaid without in
terest.
Requirements: Active service
between September 16, 1940, and
end of war. Discharge other than
dishonorable. Compensable serv
ice-connected disability and need
for vocational rehabilitation to
overcome handicap of disability.
Time Limit: Training must be
completed within nine years after
termination of war.
Twice cracked, the Liberty Bell
was recast in Philadelphia.
Ketchikan 51 .Cloudy
Seattle 63 Cloudy
San Francisco 60 Clear
Folks:
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You near and read a lot
about food prices going sky*
high back in the States***
but here at N. C. Store, we
are still selling practically
all foods at the old O.P.A.
prices.
(An N. C. Policy)
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Commercial
Co.
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