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Two Army Officers
In Plane Crash
Two army officers, Lt. Roy J.
C< nrior, pilot, and Lt. Guy \V.
Basset as the observer crasher) in
a small army reconnaisance plane
about 20 miles northwest of Nome,
in the vicinity of Cripple River,
shortly after their take-off from
the Nome air base at 0:30 a.m. on
Saturday.
Following the take-off the
plane ran into some low-hanging
clouds and the pilot was forced to
fly at about 150 feet from the
ground. For some unexplained
reason the plane went into a spin
and crashed to the ground injur
ing both officers. Lt. Connor was
injured slightly about the head
and face ,but Lt. Basset received
severe injuries to his head and
face, and is in a critical condition.
Shortly after the crash two un
identified Eskimos driving a dog
team arrived at the scene, admin
istered first aid to the injured of
ficers, loaded Lt. Bassett onto the
sled and headed for the army base
hospital near Nome.
In the meantime, Capt. Chas.
M. Enderton, Air Unit Command
er, having received no information
from Lt. Connor following the take
off, took to the air in search of
the missing plane. He was accom
panied by post surgeon, Capt. Ed
ward Nalband. Flying low, he ob
served a dog team heading for the
base, and circling, recognized the
officers in the group. His plane
was not equipped for landing in
the snow, but he decided to make
the landing in order that the army
doctor could care for the injured
officers. Before landing he radioed
the base at Nome to dispatch a
ski-equipped plane to pick up the
wounded officers and get them to
the hospital for emergency treat
ment.
A ground rescue party, dis
patched from the post, under the
rection of A. (Gus) Steinwandel
jof Nome, went to the scene to ren- ;
der assistance if the air rescue
could not be made.
The air rescue was completed
and the officers transported to the
base hospital by Lt. Edward Stiles
and Sgt. Frank Eggert. Lt. Bassett
is still in a critical condition but
is expected to pull through O.K.
Ammunition Dump
Explodes at Saigon
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SAIGON, April 8, (/P) — A!
giant French ammunition dump
on the outskirts of Saigon explod
ed this morning, and two hours
later a scattered series of explo
sions continued to rock the city.
The French army threw barri-1
cades around the danger zone and
began evacuation of all civilians.1
Truckloads of wounded, including
women, children and French serv
icemen still were streaming into
hospitals at noon.
Henri Cedille, commissioner at
Cochin, China, issued a commun
ique saying the explosions were
accidental and requested the pub
lic to remain calm.
FAIR NOTES
It is regrettable that the threat
ening weather the last of the week
caused the postponement of the
ski races. As it turned out it would
have been a grand day for them.
Every effort will be made to keep
any possible contestants advised
as to where, when and how the
race will be conducted.
Mrs. Dr. Kennedy has been
more than cooperative in trying to
gel a program arranged for all of
the Fair and has succeeded. She
is showing the true Alaskan Spirit
n entering into our civic act'viiies
and as I have been informed, it is
a bit hard to not answer ves when
she comes after you to take part.
More power to her.
It has been more than encour
aging to the board to have the
men and women of the town re
spond to our requests for cooper
ation in getting the various divi
sions in operation. We are all hop
ing that the success of the Fair
will be in proportion to the effort
they all have put into it.
A throw with a full program of
the entire Fair will be out soon
showing the various activities for
each day. It will be delivered all
over the town and extras will be
in accessible places of business.
Don’t overlook the opportunity to
get a brand new Dodge car. Noth
ing ventured, nothing gained,
some one is going to get a beau
tiful car WHY NOT YOU?
She "Can Can" and Willi
Miss Georgie Dell, the prettiest
gal from Southern Cal., arriving
just in time to conclude the all
star cast of the Follies.
Miss Dell's interpretation of the
CAN CAN is well worth the sea
son's ticket to the Northwestern
Fair. Her co-ordination of mind
and muscle is an innovation. She’s
the fleetest sweet on feet.
Don’t miss it! April 10-11-12 and
13 are FAIR DATES to REMEM
BER!
Govt. Lifts Ban On
Clothing Frills
• WASHINGTON. April 8, (tf*)—
The government lifted its ban on
some clothing frills that ladies
have had to go without for three
years. The civilian production ad
ministrator put his okay on double
culfs, pocket flaps, belts for a
number of apparel items. He also
revoked the order which was sup
posed to prohibit the manufacture
of so-called shorty coats, but
which recently has been widely
violated. The agency said the rev
ocation of the order will permit
the immediate sale of such coats.
LEGISLATORS SCOTT AND
ANDERSON RETURN TO NOME
Senator Tolbert Scott and Rep
resentative Ed Anderson returned
Friday evening from Juneau. Mr.
Scott expressed his appreciation
to the Nome Publishing Co., for
the copies of The Nugget which
were sent regularly to all the Sec
ond Division delegation by Pan j
American Airways.
Detroiters Go West — By 1946 Version
Of Covered Wagon Train
“It’s news when the household poods of 52 individual families
leave Detroit in one hupe shipment bound for Los Anpeles,’ says L.
H Warren, veteran Detroit mover. Fruehauf trailers in the E. H.
Warren fleet lent a 1946 version to the “covered wapon train” across
the nation to establish new homes in sunny California.
This record load of furniture required 10 trailers with even the
tailpates loaded to capacity. The units took only 8 days to make the
2,450 mile run.
Eisenhower Asks
Draft To Continue
WASHINGTON, April 8, (/P)—
General Eisenhower told Congress
that nobody, military experts or
lawmakers alike, knows how
many men the armed forces will
be short if the draft expires. “No
one can possibly forecast how
short our requirements will be
but everyone I heard agrees we
will be short.”
The Army Chief of Staff told
the Senate military committe the
Senate group agreed to vote to
morrow for the administration's
request for a one year extension
of selective service beyond the
expiration day, May 15.
Island disappears
In Earthquake
VALPARAISO Chile, April
8, (/I5)—The port captain of the
Chilean possession, Easter Island,
advised the naval zone command
er that Ankana beach on the north
coast of the island disappeared
I
during the seismic disturbances in
the Pacific last week. He said a
rocky shoal, apparently of volcan
ic origin had raised on the east
coast.
LADIES AID COOK BOOK
NOW ON SALE
The Cook Book Committee of
the Ladies Aid Society of the Fed
erated Church announce that the
Nome Cook Book which has been
prepared by the Nome Publishing
Co. is now completed and ready
for sale. The committee is very
enthusiastic over the fine appear
ance of this book with its Alaska
flag cover and only hope that
enough books have been ordered
to meet the demand.
Its pages are filled with recipes
kindly given by the ladies of
Nome and in most cases are their
choicest recipes.
The books will be placed on
sale at the Northwestern Alaska
Fair. They are on sale at the
U. S. Mercantile, Polet’s Store,
Northern Commercial Co., and
the Polar Curio.
To Dredge For
Two Billion
Jap Cache
TOKYO, April 8. f/P>—Occupa
tion army engineers will start
dredging tomorrow in a slip be
tween two piers in Tokyo Bay for
what informants told them is two
billion dollars worth of precious
metal cached by Jap militarists.
Lt. F. V. Nielson of Stamford,
Connecticut, obtained the tip of
the cache from a geisha g rl la
borer who helped plant the ingots
in the muddy ooze beneath six
feet of water between the piers.
Nielsen aides Saturday dived in
the waters near here and located
two twenty foot square areas
paved with ingots beneath the
mud. At the expense of his finger
nails Nielsen brought up one ingot
tentatively identified as platinum
and valued at $45,000.
“U. S. Reluctant To
Give Up Bases”
MOSCOW, April 8, (/Pi — The
Soviet press and radio carried a
Tass dispatch from New York say
ing Ecuador had appealed to the
United States to withdraw its
forces in the Galapagos Islands in
the Pacific.
This dispatch, along with earlier i
Soviet reports on how U. S. con
tinued to hold onto its bases in
Cuba and Iceland gave the Rus- ,
sion people the impression that
United States is reluctant to give
up its bases throughout the world, j
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Arrest Hitler’s
Secretary
FRANKFURT, April 8, (tf1) —
American controlled Dana News
agency reported that Frau Marie
Thekla Weichelt, whom it de- '
scribed as Hitler’s private secre
tary, was arrested at Wuerzberg.
She frequently helped Hitler draft
his speeches the agency said.
Russia Threatens
New l NO Boycott
9/
NEW YORK, April 8. (/P»—Rus
sia posed a new threat of a boy
cott before the United Nations
security council unless the council
abandons its scrutiny of the Iran
ian and accepts the Soviet view
that the issue is settled in the bi
lateral agreement between Iran
and the Soviet Union.
Moscow took a direct hand last
night in broadcasting both the
firmly phrased demand that the
council remove the Iranian case
from its docket and the telegram
to Iranian Premier Qavam from
Stalin expressing satisfaction over
the new agreement between them.
Moscow said Soviet Ambassador
Gromyko under-secretary general
Lie that the Iranian case “must
be dropped” at once rather than
remain on the agenda for recon
sideration May 6, by which time
all Red army troops are supposed
to be out of Iran.
The council meets at noon (PST>
tomorrow after its long weekend
recess.
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Demand Jap
(lal>inet Resign
TOKYO. April 8, f/P> — With
Japan’s election by two days away
a fourteen-man committee of the
‘‘Democratic Peoples front” ap
peared before Premier Shidehara
to demand his cabinet resign im
mediately.
The committee, claiming to rep
resent 70,000 persons, called on
Shidehara as a followup of yes
terday's explosive left wing dem
onstration in which at least 10,000
Communists led the demonstra
tors and swarmed into the Pre
mier's courtyard, broke windows
and injured eight Jap policemen.
The crowd was herded quietly
away from the residence by heav
ily armed U. S. Military Police,
who didn’t accompany the com
miitee today.
Ask OPA Without
Amendments
WASHINGTON. April 8. (/P)—
Five top-ranking federal agency
heads asked for a quick extension
of price control “without crippling
amendments which would leave a
mere illusion of price control.” If
war powers are to be retained, the
joint report said, stabilization
agencies can subdue inflationary
pressure which now are “many
times greater than after World
War I.” Signed by stabilization
director Chester Bowles, secretary
of agriculture Anderson, OPA ad
ministrator Paul Porter, civilian
production administrator John
Small and wage stabilization
chairman Willard Wirtz.
FRED CAVOTA RETURNS
Fred Cavota of the Nome
Plumbing Co., who has been away
on business returned yesterday
and is again open for business.