Texas City Gets New Fog Fire Fighter
TEXAS CITY, TEX.—Smoke filled the skies again here, but it
was good smoke, the kind people like to see. It came from oil fires
set by the Texas City Volunteer Fire Department when demonstrating
the fire fighting abilities of their new F.M.C. high-pressure Fog Fire
Fighter, a gift of the manufacturer. ^ I
Top picture, taken on the grounds of a Texas City refinery, dem
onstrates how an oil fire can be extinguished in 10 seconds w.Ji 10
gallons of water. The new fire-fighting unit is self-contained, carries
its own water and releases it in fog form under 800 pounds pressure.
The value of this unit was proved in the Texas City disaster when a
duplicate unit belonging to the Pasadena, Texas fire department
fought fire continuously for 60 hours.
In lower photo, Mayor J. C. Trahan holds certificate of ownership
presented by John B. Crummey, Chairman of the Board of Food Ma
chinery corporation, as Bob Horton in the cab, Fire Chief Fred Dow
dy, left, and R. G. Pulver of the John Bean ALfg. col, right, look on.
Gambler’s Girl
Friend Won't Talk
MIAMI, Fla. (fl*)—Virginia Hill,
tempestuous. black-haired girl
friend of slain gambler Benjamin
(Bugsy) Siegel, arrived at Miami
airport from New York and Paris
Saturday and was taken in a po
lice patrol car to her home at Sun
set Island.
Miss Hill was met by detective
Bill Murray and officer Wayne
Miller of the Miami Beach police.
She refused to answer questions
from newsmen.
“I’m not talking to you report
ers,” she said. “I have absolutely
nothing to say to any of you. You
Americans started all this any
way.”
When newsmen persisted, she
spat out: “I have nothing to say.
Don’t you understand English.”
PIONEER WOMEN HOLD
BUSINESS MEETING
The Pioneer Women of Alaska'
held their regular monthly meet-1
ing last Friday with Mrs. Andy!
Nordlind. president presiding.
Mrs. Henry Ulrich was initiated
into the order after which cards
were played with the following
winners: Mrs. M. J. Walsh, Mrs.
Carrie McLain and Mrs. Harry
Hagen.
A delicious luncheon was served j
by Mrs. Carl Lomen and Mrs. Jack
Anderson.
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BROWN BEAR VISITS
CAPE NOME
Berry pickers on Cape Nome \
were given a start last Saturday!
which picking blueberries when a I
brown bear was sighted enjoying
the berries too. This has been the I
first bear in that vicinity for sev- i
I eral years. <
MOTHS
Don’t Like Clean Clothes
So before you store those Winter Clothes
Let us give them a thorough cleaning.
We will deliver them in
CEDARIZED MOTH-PROOF BAGS
At Your Request
Phone Main 113
MODERN CLEANERS
PAUL A. MANDEVILLE
“Modem Cleaning Is Clothes Insurance”
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
United States of America: )
Second Division, >ss:
District of Alaska >
Public notice is hereby given,
that by virtue of a writ of Fieri
Facias (or execution*, dated July
30th, A. D. 1947, issued out of the
District Court, of the United Slates
for the Second Division, District of
Alaska on a judgment rendered in
said Court, on the 27th day of
June, A. D. 1947, in favor of Min
ers and Merchants Bank of Alaska,
Nome, Alaska, and against G. R.
Jackson, Administrator of the Es
tate of Emile Laurin, deceased I
have, on this 1st day of August, I
A. D. 1947, levied upon the follow- j
described real estate, situated in
the County of Cape Nome Record
ing Precinct and Territory of Alas
ka, 2nd Division to-wit:
MINING CLAIMS, DITCHES
AND WATER RIGHTS: No. 1 on
Stevens Gulch, a tributary to
Macklin Creek. Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7. 8, 10 and 11 from the mouth of
Macklin Creek. McFaddens Dis
covery on Macklin Creek. Nos. 1,
2. 3, 4, 5, and 6 Below McFaddens
Discovery on Macklin Creek. No.
1, 2. and 3 Above McFaddens Dis
covery on Macklin Creek. No. 6,
Bench, Yakima Bench, Glacier
Bench, Lucky Strike Bench, Que
bec Fraction, and Arctic Bench, all
on the left limit of Macklin Creek.
Macklin Ditch with intake on No.
1 Below McFaddens Discovery on
Macklin Creek, with all its laterals j
and branches and all water appro
priated thereby and all water
rights appurtenant thereto. Schlitz
Ditch with intake on Sohlitz i
Creek, a tributary of Serpentine
River, with all its laterals andj
branches and all water appropri
ated thereby and all water rights,
appurtenant thereto. Said Macklin
Creek being a tributary of the;
Kougarok River in the Kougarok j
Section of the Cape Nome Mining
and Recording Precinct, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska. Also
all ditches and water rights appur
tenant to the above described min
ing claims or used or for use there
with, and all buildings and im
provements situated on said min
ing claims, or used therewith.
And that I will, accordingly, offer!
said real estate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and best
bidder, for cash, on the 5th dav of;
September, A. D. 1947, at Two
o clock P.M., at the Front door of
the U. S. Postoffice and Court- \
House on Front Street in the City j
of Nome, Alaska.
Dated, at Nome, Alaska, this,!
1st day of August, A. D. 1947.
O. D. COCHRAN,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
B. B. MOZEE,
U. S. Marshal.!
SECOND DIVISION,
DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
By GEORGE A. BAYER
Chief Deputy.
Publish August 4, 11, 18, 25. 1947.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
ADJUDICATION OF HEIRS
In the United States Commissioner
Court, Wade Hampton Precinct,
Second Division, Territory of
Alaska.
IN PROBATE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF JACOB W. WICK,
i .Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Donald Hunter, Administrator of
the Estate of JACOB W. WICK,
deceased, has filed with the PRO
BATE COURT, Wade Hampton
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, hi?
FINAL ACCOUNT, in the said es
tate, and that the COURT ROOM
of said COURT, in Fortuna Ledge,
Alaska, at 10:00 A.M., on Sept. 1st,
1947, has been fixed for the time
and place for the hearing and set
tlement of said FINAL ACCOUNT,
for adjudication and decree, as
to whom the said decedent are,
and for the distribution of the bal
ance of said estate, accordingly at
which time and place, any persons
interested therein may appear and
file objections thereto and contest
if they have a sufficient claim.
Dated at Fortuna Ledge, Alaska,
this 16th dav of July, 1947.
DONALD HUNTER,
Administrator.
Pub. July 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11, 1947.
Of the approximately 75,000,000
living persons who have wage
credit accounts toward old-age
and survivors insurance, about
one-third are women.
P.A.A. REPORTS
VAST INCREASE IN
AIR TRAVEL IN JULY
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Passenger air travel on Alaska
Clippers during July soared 98
per cent, while air express increas
ed 137 per cent over figures for •
the same month last year, Pan
American World Airways statis-,
tics indicate.
A total of 4,393 passengers—
equivalent to nearly two times the'
population of Nome—was flown j
between Seattle and Alaska cities i
last month, as compared with
2,678 of July, a year ago.
Last month’s air express totaled'
51,651 pounds and mail came to j
20,053 pounds.
Almost twice as many passen
gers flew into Alaska, as compared
with traffic to the States. South
bound figures are expected to in
crease during August and Septem
ber with the movement of almost
3,000 cannery workers and fisher
men to Seattle. Construction men
will conitnue to be flown north by
Clipper during those months.
U. S. Government
Sued For Negligent
Fire Damage
JUNEAU, </P)—Damage claims
totaling $522,948 have been filed
in District Court against the fed
eral government as an outgrowth
of a fire which destroyed the
Union Bay cannery last October.
The largest suit, asking $365,000,
was brought by the Nakat Pack
ing Corp., and companies under
which the corporation was in
sured. The American Can Company
entered a claim for $153,798 and
the Northern Electric company
one for $4,150.
Actions were started under the
federal tort claims act of 1946
whereby a private individual may
sue the U. S. Government if negli
gence can be proven on the part of
a federal employee.
The Nakat corporation charged
in its claim that the cannery fire
was caused through the negligence
of an enlisted soldier, whose name
was not disclosed.
A. & A. GARAGE
Phone MAIN 85
(Formerly Larry Galvins)
MOTOR REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS
CAR PAINTING - GAS AND OIL
Have your car greased with our positive air
pressure gun for a better grease job.
Polar Liquor Store
Finest Assortment of Liquors
i On The Seward Peninsula
i Phone Your Orders Open From 8 A.M.
Black 138 To 6:30 P.M.
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Green’s Furniture Store
Opposite the High School
Phone BLACK 52
WE NOW HAVE IN STOCK
A Wide Variety of Furniture
Matched Daveno Set - Desks
Vanity Dressers - Platform Rockers
Chests of Drawers - Beds
Kitchen Chairs - Dining Chairs
Baby Cribs - High Chairs
Dining Sets - Coffee Tables
Mirrors . - Stand Tables
Hassocks - Medicine Cabinets
Linoleum - Asphalt Tile
We Are Authorized Dealer Agency for the
Easy Spindrier Washer