Snow and Winds
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Paralyze Tokyo
TOKYO, (/P), Fleecy white snow
flakes paralyzed Tokyo — some
thing Allied fire and demolition
bombs failed tcf do in the Pacific
war. JV;
'•Eight persons were dead and
83 injured in the Tokyo-Yokoha
27 inches of snow fell,
Kyodo News Agency reported.
Sixty-six fishermen was listed as
missing. Thirty-three fishing boats
were sunk and 66 others washed
from moorings.
Fourteen U. S. naval ships were
grounded by high winds at Yoko
suka naval base, but 13 were re
floated and back in service. The
14th, the Badoeng Strait, was ex
pected to be refloated today.
The 4-928-ton Swedish motor
vessel Christer Salen, her bow
snapped off in raging seas 100
miles off the east coast, was being
towed to Yokohama. Rescue ves
sels reported her 10 passengers
and 37 crewmen safe.
Tokyo’s snowfall was the heavi
est since the record of 14 inches
Feb. 26, 1936.
Nome, Alaska
The widely read article by Sally
Carrighar in the Saturday Eve
ning Rost bring in a variety of in
teresting response from people all
< over the States who want to know
more about this famous little town
of ours.
A letter yesterday from Rev.
Leland W. Grigmall of South
Wales, New York, to The Nugget,
stated "that he ‘^became so interest
ed in the article about Nome that
he sat do*wn and dashed off the
following acrostic poem.”
NOME, ALASKA
I (By Leland W. Bridgnall)
South Wales, New York—U. S. A.
Nome, not “the end of the world.”
Oh! ne, but the beginning.
More like a home for those who
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roam,
Eternal in the winning.
Alaska on northern frontier
Leading the world in all that’s
dear.
Always rich above, below.
Seeking for nuggets as we go.
Kind hearted folk dwell up there,
And their good works are known
everywhere.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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Stainback as Governor of Hawaii.
He was asked at a news confer
ence is he planned to appoint a
new governor since Stainback’s
last term has expired.
He replied in the negative.
He was not asked, however, if
he intended to reappoint Stain
back. The President has Jong ad
vocated statehood for Hawaii.
JUNEAU, (/P)—*Rep. Jack Sca
venius (D.-Anhorage) introduced
a bill in the House yesterday to
repeal the experience-rating cred
its provision of Alaska’s Unem
ployment Compensation law.
It’s a provision under which
employers in industries with good
employment records get what
amounts to a rebate. They get
credits against future payments
into the fund.
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Two fliers
lost in their private plane in the
bush country 60 miles south of
here since Sunday were found
late yesterday—hungry but other
wise in good condition.
They were Van Ballantyne and
Jess Willard of Anchorage.
They told rescuers from the
Tenth Air Squadron at Elmendorf
Field and private craft that their
plane ran out of gas on the Kenai
Peninsula. They took shelter in
ah abandoned cabin.
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SAN FRANCISCO, (IP) — Rear
Adm. Harry Sanders, former chief
of staff of the Alaskan Sea Fron
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tier, has been detailed to com
mand Pacific Coast operations of
the Military Sea Transport Serv
ice, with headquarters here.
The. navy announced the San
Francisco MSTS office, which for
merly supervised only transports
and freighters operating out of
San Francisco Bay, will control
the Seattle and Honolulu offices,
under Sanders’ command.'
Sanders is to take over next
week.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Interior
Secretary Chapman said today he
had accepted the ^resignation of
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Kenneth J. Kadow as chairman of
the Alaska Field Committee.
Chapman informed Kadow he
did so “with regret.”
The resignation is effective
March 31.
Kadow has headed the field
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| WAIT 4UST A MINUTE,
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WORRV ABOUT IT.' LET'S I
FIND OIL BEFORE THE ^
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_WHV PONt WE KEEP 1
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JU5T CANT PROP THE },
job now,
SHOWERS INSTALLED IN. : '
NOME HIGH SCHOOL
After many years of wishfiil
thinking the showers at the Nome
School are a reality.
Four showers are now available
to the athletes in the shower room
adjacent, to the stage, where they
were installed many years yeays
ago,, but never made available to
the students until recently.
It is reported that money raised
last year at a special dinner
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amounting to over $70.00 will be
turned over to the school fund to
help pay for this badly needed
improvement to the school facili
ties.
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committee for nearly three years.
He plans to remain in Alaska in
private business.
NEW YORK, {/P)—Five thou
sand tons of milk powder and egg
powder leaves here today for Yu
goslavia—the first ..CARE ship
ment of U. S. agricultural surplus
foods for distribution in thal na
tion.
MAGEE, N. Y. (/P)—This Sen
eca County hamlet has had a fire
department and a fire house for
three years. The residents think
it’s time to get some equipment.
A drive for a fire truck is under
way.
ALBANY, N. Y. (/P)—The queen
will reign without a king at Al
bany’s tulip festival the week of
May 12. •
The festival committee decided
“it wouldn’t be fair to select a
king with so many boys in service
or facing service.”
PARIS, (^P)—The western pow
ers’ latest note ta Russia to be
sent to the Kremlin Monday or
Tuesday, will propose March 5 as
a date for deputy foreign minis
ters to meet in Paris to arrange a
Big Four meeting on world peace,
a government source said today.
Russip has told the West she
has no objection to a meeting of
deputies of the U. S., France, Rus
sia and -Britain to work out the
time,place and agenda for a meet
ing of the foreign ministers.
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Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
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' Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY THURSDAY NOON
ARVO SAARIO, President
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