Violent Explosions Shake
Norway's Arctic Mines
OSLO, Norway, (/P)—Two vio
lent explosions shook two separ
ate coal mines on Norway’s Arc
tic Spitzbergen Islands at an 11
hour interval Monday, killing 15
mine workers.
In the first explosion, at the
Stor Norske Spitzbergen coal
mine, on the west coast of Spitz
bergen, six workers were killed
and three injured.
Later, disaster struck the Kings
Bay coal mine, 60 miles north of
the first explosion. This time nine
mine workers were killed in the
blast, which injured another
three.
District Governor Hakon Bal
stad of Spitzbergen said sabotage
was unlikely but its possibility
“may not be excluded.”
Nome Directory
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JOHN E. PROUTY
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Management Consultant
Box 336 Nome, Alaska
NOME
CIVIL AIR PATROL
Meetings — 1st and 3rd
Wednesdays — 7:30 p.m.
Phone Black 191 Federal Bldg.
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
W. H. Cameron, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
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ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
Reindeer Count
Shows Increase
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Belcher Reports
JUNEAU, Jan. 4—Reindeer in
five Territorial herds show an in
crease totalling approximately
900 head over last year’s count,
Dale M. Belcher, assistant director
of Native Resources Division,
ANS, has made known. Belcher
returned recently from his third
annual winter trip to check on
conditions and numbers in the
herds.
The herds inspected were those
in the general area of Kotzebue.
They include the following herds:
Government, Charley Smith, Ross
Stalker, Wilson-Weber and Char
ley Clark herds.
“The five herds we visited all
show increases,” Belcher said.
“The average is about 13 per cent.
Of course, we would rather see a
25 per cent increase.”
The five herds counted are not
necessarily representatives of all
those in the Territory, which
number about 18, but Belcher
suggested that the indications
were good. He said there had been
a long decline beginning about
1930 and acknowledged that this
year’s increase surpassed that
noted at the same time last year,
when one herd showed a drop and
the average rise was below this
year’s.
Labor Peace Hoped For
At Peducah Atomic Plant
PADUCAH, Ky., (/P)—A plan
foT labor peace offered hope Mon
day that the Paducah atomic pro
ject will be pushed to completion
without further serious interrup
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tions.
Management and labor agreed
Sunday to submit any future dif
ferences to the Atomic Energy
Labor Relations Panel when other
efforts fail.
The panel itself helped promote
the agreement through meetings
with management and labor lead
ers. The discussions were given a
status of “urgent” after an esti
mated 30 strikes disrupted work
schedules at the project during
the first year of construction.
Approximately 15,000 worker^
are employed on the top-priority
defense project, a uranium separ
ation plant.
New Schedules Effective Oct. 30
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 10:30 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 11 .on „ ™
... * LIa. m.
Via Kotzebue
EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12:45 p. m.
Via Kotzebue
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1:45 p. m.
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM KOTZEBUE
Via Candle and Deering a*
LEAVE NOME FOR KOTZEBUE ia.^a ^ _
Via Candle and Deering
EACH SUNDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 4:00 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS K nn _
„ * . 5:00 a. m.
Via Kotzebue
FREIGHT ONLY. NO PASSENGER SERVICE ON SUNDAY
Gen. Kepner Urges
Support Of 1952
March Of Dimes
Alaska Military News Service—
Lt. General W. E. Kepner, com
mander-in-chief of the Alaskan
command, in a recent letter to the
Army, Air and Navy commanders
in Alaska urged participation by
all Alaskan military personnel in
the forthcoming March of Dimes
fund-raising drive conducted dur
ing the month of January, 1952,
by the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Gen. Kepner said:
“The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis performs a hu
manitarian service to the Ameri
can people, conducting research
to stamp out a dread disease and
supplying the needed care and
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medical equipment for 'the vic
tims of that disease.
“I should like to express my
wholehearted support of the foun
dation and its March of Dimes.
Members of the Army, Navy and
Air Force comprising the Alaskan
command last year—as in years
before— demonstrated their be
lief in the importance of this
drive. They have, unfortunately,
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seen infantile paralysis strike ev
en in their own homes. Like other
scourges, this disease knows no
distinction of race, creed, color,
social standing or occupation.
“I urge the military and civil
ian members of this command to
carry over the spirit of good-will
that permeates this holiday seas
on just past and contribute gen
erously to the 1952 March of
Dimes. By giving to help others
today, they may be helping them
selves tomorrow.”
Report of the Financial Condition
of the
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Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
31st day of December, 1951.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts . 463,736.97
Loans on real estate . 116,864.75
United States bonds and securities . 456,825.00
Other bonds and warrants . 99,593.87
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 25,840.93*
Other real estate owned . 7,526.74
Due from other banks . 452,208.29
Checks on other banks and other cash items . 11,519.23
Cash on Hand . 136,762.39
Prepaid Insurance . • 788.88
Other Assets .*. 63,420.47
Total .$ 1,835,087.57
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 100,000.00
Surplus fund .... 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 118,027.42
Demand deposits . 1,240,039.98
Time deposits . 351,120.17
Total ...$ 1,835,087.57
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, Alva A. Daue, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
ALVA A. DAUE, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
G. R. JACKSON
WILLIAM T. HALEY
Directors
(NOTORIAL SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi6
8th day of January, 1952.
BETTIE ANDERSON
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires April 23, 1955.
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING
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Planned advertising always pays off, that’s
why hig business allocates a definite percent
age of its regular expenses to advertising.
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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING—
• INCREASES SALES
• KEEPS A BUSINESS NAME BEFORE THE
PUBLIC.
• CREATES A DEMAND FOR MERCHANDISE.
• IS A PERSONAL SALESMAN THAT GETS INTO
EVERY HOME.
• ACCOUNTS FOR MORE SALES ANNUALLY
THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF PROMOTION.
Make 1952 Your BIGGEST Year!
Try a Systematic Advertising Program.
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