San Diego Girl Is First
y To Swim English Channel;
East to West, West to East
DOVER, England, (/P) — Flor
ence Chadwick, a slim American j
mermaid, raced across the channel
from England to France yesterday
in near record time.
The 32-year-old San Diego,
Calif., typist became the first;
woman in history to swim the
channel from west to east and to
swim it both ways.
She swam it from east to* west
last year.
Florence’s time for the im
mensely difficult swim from St.
M Margaret’s Bay near Dover to
Sangatte Beach, midway between
Calais and Cap Gris Nez, France,
was 16 hours, 22 minutes.
That’s just 51 minutes slower
*
than the record set by Tom Blow- !
er, 37-year-old Briton, last year.!
More than 200 have tried the Eng- j
land to France swim and only five
have succeeded.
i WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce.
Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day with a few scattered showers.
Easterly winds 10-15 mph. Lowest
temperature expected tonight 35,
highest tomorrow 50.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today. Precipitation, trace.
Month total, .52 inch. Tempera
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tures: highest 49, lowest 34. Maxi
mum wind 16 mph from the south.
£ Sunrise at 5:16 a.m., sunset at 6:39
p.m.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
btanon I emp. Weaiher
Point Hope 44 Cloudy '
Kotzebue 46 Part cloudy
Wales 44 Cloudy
Gambell 37 Cloudy j
Vome 40 Part cloudy !
Bethel 35 Part cloudy ;
McGrath 39 Rain '
Anchorage 49 Part cloudy I
Fairbanks 39 Clear!
Whitehorse 46 Clear1
Edmonton 54 Cloudy j
Juneau 51 Clear
9 1 Ketchikan 52 Drizzle!
Seattle 62 Clear,
San Francisco 63 Smoke j
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce at
their regular meeting yesterday
noon at the Polaris Coffee Shop
discussed the importance of the
immediate appointment of a U.S.
district attorney and took steps to
advise the attorney general of the
need, due to the long time this
area has been without one.
Mayor Charles Jones, chairman
of last week’s congressional party
dinner, reported that 73 guests
were served at the Bering Sea
Club. He was highly praised for
his efforts in making the affair
successful.
H. F. Harper, head of the Road
Committee, asked that his comit
tee be enlarged as the subject re
quired considerable study and
work in order to get action On the
road building plan as projected in
this area in the strategic mineral
program.
Elmendorf F-95 Jet Lands
On Cook Inlet Mud Flats
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — An F-94
jet fighter plane made an emer
gency landing Monday on Cook
Inlet mud flats, three miles west
of the new international airport
here.
The pilot, Maj. Robert Deck
man of the 66th Fighter Intercep
tor Squadron, was unhurt.
• The Tenth Rescue Squadron
sent a weasel from its station at
Lake Hood, near Anchorage, to
pick up Deckman.
The Air Force said a “flame
out” caused the accident.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that on
the first day of October. 195L at
the hour of two o'clock in the
afternoon, in front of the Court
House at Nome, Alaska, the un
dersigned, as Territorial Treas
urer, will sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, subject to
confirmation by the Governor, all
the right, title, interest and estate
which the Territory of Alaska
acquired by escheat, in and to
that certain property known as
the "Dexter Roadhouse," situate
about eight miles from Nome.
The right is reserved to reject
all bids.
HENRY RODEN,
Territorial Treasurer
Publish Sept. 5, 12, 19, 1951
NOTICE OF SALE
Of Property of Albert Chagnon
The Following Described Private Property Is Offered For Sale
—1—
Lot 7 Block 24, Townsite of Nome
The northwest comer of Second Ave. and E Street, 50
feet frontage of Second Ave., 115 feel on E Street. One two
story frame building with shed attached and contents consist
ing of bedding, furniture, household and camp equipment,
and tools.
—2—
Lot 6 Block 24, Townsite of Nome
Thirty-six fool frontage on Second Ave., 70 feet deep. One
story frame building with large shed and contents consisting of
stoves, household furniture and camp equipment, clothing, tools,
etc.; one old frame dog bam about 8' by 10'; one shed; old
boiler house about 16' by 20'; old boiler, pipes, mining equip
ment, and old lumber with miscellaneous lumber lying around;
one old Ford truck.
—3—
Lot 5 Block 24, Townsite of Nome
Thirty-seven and seventy-five hundredths feel frontage on
Second Street, 80 feet deep. One large galvanized warehouse
and contents, mining equipment, tools, machinist and build
ers, and a lot of second hand lumber, fish nets. etc. Lumber of
all types and description piled near to and adjoining said
building.
—4—
North 90 feel of Lot 7 Block 56, Townsite of Nome
Lies 90 feet along E Street, old broken shack upon same
and 50 feet wide.
—5—
Lot 8 Block 56, Townsite of Nome
Fifty fool frontage on Second Street 140 feet deep. One
old frame cabin with a badly damaged large shed attached,
also a large pile of lumber from a wrecked cabin lying behind
the house.
—6—
Lot 12 Block 55, Townsite of Nome
Fifty foot frontage on Second Street and 140 feet deep.
Bids may be submitted to A. Polet up to and including
October 1, for any particular item or for the whole offering.
The bid which brings the most for the owner will be the basis
for sale. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
One Killed in Crash of
B-17, 14th Alaska Air
Disaster In Seven Weeks
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — One man
was killed but six others escaped
with injuries when the No. 3 en
gine of a B-17 bomber blew up
and the ship was brought in to
a crash landing.
The accident was the 14th in
a string of Alaska air disasters
the past seven weeks which has
claimed a toll of 95 dead or
missing.
One of the injured in the crash
was hurt seriously but he is ex
pected to recover.
The wreckage of the B-17 was
spotted by a civilian flier 100
miles north of here after the
plane had been reported missing.
Pararescue crews dropped at
the spot and helicopters then
began returning the survivors to
their home, Elmendorf Base, here.
The crash scene was between
Talkeetna and Summit.
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Philadelphia 3—Pittsburgh 2
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