LATEST IN HYDROPLANES — Rene Couiineft (left), French aircraft designer,
holds prop of the Rainbow, hydroplane he built in Rio de Janiero, alter arriving in Paris from
La Havre. The boat has 50Q horsepower engine, carries 20 passengers.*
NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT - BETTER SIGHT’*
G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Electrical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
_ Phone MAIN 105
Alaska Airlines
To — Fr >m
Kotzebue
SATURDAYS
Lv. ANCHORAGE' 8:00 a.m.
Ar. MOSES POINT 12:00 noon.
Ar. NOME 1:00 p.m.
Ar. KOTZEBUE 2:40 p.m.
SUNDAYS
Ly. KOTZEBUE 2:00 p.m.
Ar. NOME 3:10 p.m.
Ar. MOSES POINT 4:10 p.m.
* Ar. ANCHORAGE 8:05 p.m.
THESE TRIPS IN ADDITION TO OUR
STARLINER SERVICE
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
UNALAKLEET - McGRATH - ANCHORAGE
V.F.W. Fish Derby
For 2nd Division
Opened Yesterday
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as to weight and length.
Should two or more entries be
identical, awards will be made to
each.
President William A. Wilcox,
of ;he V.F.W. and Emery Martin
can be notified when contestant
wishes to display an entry.
' Wilcox announced that there
will be a Fishermen’s Ball at the
close of the contest when prizes
will be awarded the lucky Isaac
Waltons. All moneys received in
entrance fees, which is $1.00, will
go toward prizes.
CARSON CONSTRUCTION CO.
OFFICIALS HERE FOR START
ON HOSPITAL BUILDING
Representatives of the Carson
Construction Co.. Ed Bemerschien
of Tacoma, and Otis Prinke of
Youngwood, Penn., have arrived
in Nome to start work on the
Maynard-McDougal Memorial Hos
pital.
A bulldozer is busy removing
the topsoil and digging for the
foundation has begun.
An artist’s sketch of the new
building is now on display in
the window of the Nugget office.
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL TO
BE OPENED SOON
Dr. J. B. Tucker stated today
that much of the equipment neces
sary for the opening of the Emer
gency Hospital is on the boat
now being discharged in the road
stead so that it will be possible
for an opening soon.
With the exception, he states,
of a few items, the balance of
the equipment and supplies are
on the ship which sailed from Se
attle June 17.
CARL KEKOK JUDGED SANE
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
In a hearing yesterday in the
court of U.S. Commissioner T. C.
Duffield, Carl Kekok of Shish
maref was released and the case
concerning his mental condition,
was dismissed.
TWO KILLED IN
PLANE CRASH
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ANCHORAGE — Dr. Leroy
Flora, 41, prominent Anchorage
physician and his brother-in-law.
Cliff Odden, 42, were killed June
18 when their Stinson float plane
crashed shortly after take-off
from Lake Hood.
The crash occurred about two
miles from Lake Hood at approxi
mately 7:10 o’clock. The two men
were flying with supplies to Dr.
Flora’s cabin at Big Lake. The
pair had made one trip to the
cabin earlier in the day.
The plane struck the ground
a few feet off the Sand Lake road.
It immediately burst into flames
and the entire aircraft was con
sumed. Only the metal structure
and the floats remain. Hundreds
of persons were attracted to the
scene.
ANS TEACHERS ARRIVE FOR
WHITE MT. SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Forsen of
Juneau arrived yesterday with
Wien’s enroute to White Mountain
where they will be located for
the Alaska Native Service.
I Seattle Star Plant
i Sold To Firm In
‘
South America
SEATTLE, — The Seattle Star
equipment and machinery h is
been sold for shipment to South
America, Payne Karr, Seattle
attorney for David Stern III. pr.n
i cipal owner of the suspended pub
lication’s facilities, announced.
Price of the equipment was not
announced. The building *ind pro
perty remain' unsold at the pre
sent mofnent.
Stern bought the plant and eq
uipment of the Star last Novem
ber after the newspaper had ceased
publication on August 13th. 1947.
MR. AND MRS. STEVENS
RETURN FROM HONEYMOON
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Stevens,
who were recently married at
Circle Hot Springs, re‘urned here
yesterday with the Wien Alaska
Airlines to make their home here.
Mrs. Stevens, formerly Mrs.
Helen Nordlind, was employed
j at Polet’s. Mr. Stevens is a public
accountant with offices in the
* Wallace Hotel.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Bucket deliveries discontinued for summer
Call Us For Sand, Gravel and Tractor Work
Phone Main 94. ERIC NELSON
FOR YOUR FAVORITE *
ICE CREAM SODA OR SUNDAE
Prepared the way you like it
DROP IN AT THE
GLUE POT
Also Your Favorite Cigars, Tobacco & Cigarettes
FOR QUICK
LIQUIDATION
We Reduced Prices For
LIQUOR
The LOWEST In NOME
Tel* Main 135
NOME LIQUOR STORE