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K. T. Keller Awarfegu highest Masonic Medal
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K. T. Keller, Chairman of the Board of Chrysler Corporation and Direc
tor of Guided Missiles for the Department of Defense, has been awarded
the highest honorary decoration of the Masonic Order's Scottish Rite,
the Gourgas Medal, for “notably distinguished service in the cause of
Freemasonry, humanity and country.”
Since its creation in 1938, the Gourgas Medal has been awarded to
only three other Freemasons including the late King Gustav V of Sweden
for “outstanding service in connection with4he International Red Cross,”
President Harry S. Truman in recognition of his work during World
War II as head of the Truman Committee, and Dr. Melvin M. Johnson,
Sovereign Supreme Commander of the Masonic Order's Supreme Coun
cil, for his contributions in the field of mental hygiene and to Masonry.
Mr. Keller, who was coroneted a 33° Mason in 1942, is the first indus
trialist to be awarded the Gourgas Medal. He was honored not only for
his well-known achievements in industry, but also for his outstanding
service io the country in many capacities during both war and peace.
ARCTIC
SANITARY SERVICE
CONTACT HERMAN HOOP
OR E. L. MULCH FOR RATES
Phone RED 181
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Tokyo the Red POWs were grant
ed some minor concessions. He
termed their original demands for
Dodd’s release “unadulterated
blackmail.” He seemed to hint
they would not be honored.
Cl3rk said the reply to the pri
soners “was made under duress
at a time when the life of Gen.
Dodd was at stake.
“Any commitments made . . .
as a result of such demands
should be interpreted according
ly.”
Dodd read a statement to cor
respondents saying he was con
vinced the United Nations Com
mand threats to use force “had a
decided effect” in obtaining his
release Saturday night.
The correspondents were not
permitted to question the general.
It was the first time they had
been allowed to see him.
Dodd said he was well treated
by the Reds while a captive in
Compound 76 on the island—the
U.N. No. 1 camp for tough pri
soners. He seemed healthy.
NOTICE
It shall be unlawful to operate
on streets or public roads TRAC
TORS or any other motor vehicle
unless they have been licensed
under the provisions of the Alaska
Motor Vehicle Act which became
effective 1 January 1952. Motor
vehicles moved or driven on pub
lic roads “only for the purpose
of crossing such roads from one
property to another are exempt.
Motor Vehicle Division
Department of Taxation
Territory of Alaska
Pub. May 9, 12, 14.
“PROSPECTING FOR
URANIUM” HANDBOOK
NOW AVAILABLE HERE
A limited number of the re
vised edition of the popular pock
et-sized handbook for uranium
prospectors, “Prospecting for Ur
anium,” are now available at the
Department of Mines Field Sta
tion and Assay Office in Nome.
The booklet is jointly published
by the U. S. Atomic Energy Com
mission and the U. S. Geological
Survey. The price is 45 cents a
copy.
For the first time are shown,
in the revised edition, eight color
reproductions of common urani
um-bearing ores. The color photo
graphy was the work of Brook
haven National Laboratory.
The new revision also includes
latest official AEC price circu
lars, including Domestic Uranium
Program Circular 6, providing for
the bonus for initial production
of uranium ores from domestic
mines and a compilation of pub
lic land orders listing tracts with
drawn from public use.
Information in this booklet is
designed to answer all the com
mon inquiries received by gov
ernment agencies as the result oi
the AEC’s continuing program
for domestic uranium production.
NAVY CONTRACTS WITH
FOUR ALASKA COMPANIES
FOR MILITARY COAL NEEDS
SEATTLE, (iP)—The Navy has
contracted with four Alaska com
panies for $2,710,000 worth of coal
for military installations in the
territory.
The Navy reported it bought
the coal under a government dir
ective making it the procurement
agency for all services in this in
stance.
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Anchorage Miner
Strikes Oil At
Texas Birthplace
TRICKHAM, Tex., <7P) — A
gold miner from Alaska who came
home to drill a wildcat oil test
near this town of his birth said
Saturday he believes it will
“make a nice little oil field.”
Charles Shields of Anchorage
emphasized: “It isn’t going to be
a big discovery, just a small one.”
Shields, 57, left home for the
Texas oil fields when he was
15. For years he worked in fields
all over the United States.
Twenty-sixe years ago he de
cided there wasn’t any future in
the oil business and headed for
the Klondike.
Shields became a placer miner
and operated one of Alaska’s big
gest hydraulic plants for separat
ing free gold from gravel, the
Biggs mine near Hope. He was
“making a darned good living but
not getting rich” when the war
closed his plant.
Down through the years,
Shields often had recalled that
the lay of the land and the fossil
ized formations around his Texas
home were similar to those in the
many oil fields he had worked.
He made short trips home at
intervals to study the area, “nat
urally tried to find something
wrong with it but couldn’t.”
He formed the Anchorage syn
dicate and “came down here to
drill five tests but found we only
had enough money to drill four.”
And how soon will he learn
how much oil his discovery well
will produce? Probably within a
few days.
Shields said he planned a short
trip to Anchorage to see Mrs.
Shields next month.
Grief can take care of itself,
but to get the full value of joy
you must have somebody to divide
it with. * —Mark Twain
e Directory
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HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite 0s
Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday 1
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young*
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen*
Secretary
Meetings 1st & 3rd Mondays
Nome Toastmasters Club
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Thursdays—6:30 pan.
B O T—Firelite Room
Dinner Meeting
(Reservations for other than member*
must be made before Wednesday noon.)
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
W. H. Cameron, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy.