receive the same service.
The recent primary election is
testimony to the speed of mail
service when in a few days most
of the returns were in, whereas
a few years ago it was weeks
before the official returns were in.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
RECEIVED HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buck of
White Mountain are the parents
of a baby boy. They have named
him Peter.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Komak of
Igloo have a new daughter named
Sophie.
House Painting
Is Prelude To Art
PROVIDENCE. R. I. UP) — Al
bert Gold finds that house paint
ing may not be art but it does not
stop him from turning out pic
tures.
Gold explained that when he
came to America 25 years ago
from Russia with his parents, he
wanted to be an artist. In his in
nocence he thought it had some
thing to to do with art—it was
painting, wasn’t it?
But later, he financed much of
his formal art education by paint
Martial Law Placed
Over Minnesota
Towns By Gov'nY
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and those of competing auto com
panies. At the same time, the
company turned down union de
mands for a wage raise of 30
cents an hour.
The Ford scale, at $1.53»an hour,
! is about 10 cents higher than
| those at Chrysler and General
Motors.
In extending martial law to
Albert Lea, Minn., where about
1,000 packinghouse workers are
on strike, Gov. Youngdahl said
that unless the wage dispute is
settled promptly, he would be
“forced to consider other measures
| in the public interest.” He already
had National Guardsmen on duty
! in South St. Paul. The first trucks
, of livestock in nine days were
i driven through the National
Guard lines yesterday.
_
ing houses, gained several schol
arships and continues to earn hi
living by painting—both of the
house and picture variety.
Polar Liquor Store
BLACK Phone Your
1Orders
MINERS & MERCHANTS
SANK OF ALASKA
NOME :: ALASKA
FOR WOMEN—
ANKLETS, - NYLON SWEATERS
And HEAD SCARFS
FOR MEN —
HANDKERCHIEFS, HOSE, And BELTS
The Tilings They Want For
GRADUATION
GIRLS:- Watches, Lockets, Rings, Pins
Compacts, Toilet Water, Candy
BOYS:- Watches, Rings, Tie Clasps, Belt
Buckles, Sheaffer Pen & Pencil Sets
From
• _ '
Polar Curio Shop
CARE SETS RECORD
DELIVERING GOODS
CARE', the Cooperative for Am
erican Remittances to Europe,
Inc., set a record of 2,608,106
food and clothing tex ile pack
ages delivered in IT European
countries in 1947 and is on the
way to an even greater volume
of overseas aid in 1948, execu
tive drec\or, Paul Comlv French
stated in his annual report to the
Board of Directors.
CARE’s non-profi’, government
approved service last year trip
led the 992.749 CARE orders fill
ed for Americans seeking to aid
friends and relatives overseas in
1946, the first year of CARE op
eration.
“These figures reflect CARE’s
increased usefulness as the or
ganization met needs more spe
cifcally by substituting specially
prepared food packages for the
army surplus 10-in-l package and
by adding during the year, blank
et, woolen, cot on and household
linen packages designed to pro
vide needed textiles,” French’s
report said. Also added in 1947
were layette and infant and baby
fo d packages, a kosher food
package, and special food pack
ages conforming to the diet re
quirements of Britain, Eire and
Italy.
j Noting the recent enactment of
the European Recovery program
I French said it would “give en
\ couragement to the European na
j lions that the wealth of the Un
ited States is supporting them in
their efforts to recover from the
! h? vast a* ion of the war.”
MOVIE GROUP RETURNS TO
FILM ARCTIC BREAKUP
Ewing Scot*, Director; W. K.
Norton, photographer; and Mike
Conrad, Hollywood actor, are en
route to Point Hope again today
t > finish a icture, tentatively
named “Northern Cross.”
Mr. Norton is returning from
Fairbanks and Ncnana where he
; filmed the Nenana ice breakup
| on the Tanana River. Tim film
was sold to the Paramount News.
The breakup, • says Norton, was
put on the air over Alaska broad
cast stations. r
Mike Conra I. an actor of note,
has played in other pictures ,one
of which is ‘Untamed Fury’ filmed
in the Florida swamps.
Mike claims the farthest north
fan club of any actor in the busi
ness, a club he 'formed himself
at Point Hope on his last trip up
north.
The scenes the group expect
to get are the ice floes in the Arc
tic Ocean, with men and dog
teams stranded on the ice cakes.
Word from Hollywood on the
‘shots’ thus far in tfie picture
are very favorable and the fin
ished picture should be well worth
seeing.
NEW LIGHTERAGE TARIFF
GIVES LOWER FOOD RATE
The new lighterage tariff for
the Lomen Commercial Company
was received by the business
firms of Nome during the past
week. The tariff shows some rates
lower, particularly in the food
stuff classifications.
DRYDEN GETS CLERICAL
POST IN ARC OFFICE
Paul Dryden, formerly with
Polet’s Store, has assumed his
duties in the office of John Hud
ert, Alaska Road Commissioner
for the second division. Dryden
succeeds Ed Surber who resigned
last month due to poor health.
MRS. JOHN CROSS IN
TOWN ON BUSINESS
Mrs. John Cross, bus ness
woman of Deering, Alaska, flew
into Nome over the week-end
with pilot Joiner, on business
for her northern enterprises.
ROTARYANNS ENTERTAIN
HUSBANDS AT PARTY
The wives of Rotary Club mem
bers entertained their husbands
with a smorgasbord supper last
Saturday evening at the A.C.S.
Recreation Hall. The supper was
followed dancing to some new and
old-time dances under direction
of Mrs. Stanley Bartlett.
The party was enjoyed by an
almost 100 per cent turn-out of
members.
HOVEN APARTMENTS SOLD
TO HARRY GABRIELSOON
The Hoven Apartments, which
belonged to Gertrude H >ven, was
sold recently to Harry Gabrielson,
formerly of Nome.
| Mrs. Hoven recently returned
from Norway and Sweden and
makes her home in Sun Francisco.
The Gabrielsons operate a cock
tail bar on Market Street in San
Francisco.
Wallacc Says, Will
Gel more V oles
NEW YORK. —(A*)—Henry A.
Wallace said today that he be
lieve-. he will receive more votes
than "the polls seem to indicate.”
Wallace left by plane for De
troit, first stop on a transcon
tinental speaking tour. Asked by
reporters how many votes he ex
pected to receive, he replied*
"I wouldn’t guess. It’s getting
better all the time and will be
in excess of what the polls seem
to indicate.”
PIONEER WOMEN INITIATE
NEW MEMBERS FRIDAY
The Pioneer Women of Alaska
met last Friday evening at the
Igloo to initiate Mrs. A. Stein
wandel and Mrs. A. D. Storm
feltz in'o the order.
Following the ceremony Mrs.
N. W. Lewis, Mrs. Mel Jolliff and
Mrs. Christie Waldheim were the
winners of prizes at whist. A del
icious lunch was served by Mrs.
M. J. Walsh and Mrs. James
Walsh, assisted by other members
of the Walsh family.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
LADIES, ARE YOU
Wei!, you can he relieved
' J
of your
NO. 1 CHORE
You can send your
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
to the
Modern Laundry
and
Dry Cleaners
Phone Main 113
PAUL A. MANDEVILLE
“Modern Laundry and Cleaning
Is Clothes Insurance”