AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
The Pan American arrived last
evening bringing in L. A. Stevens,
"Ed Shedley, Stan Bartlett, ’George
Whaley and Willard South worth.
Departing were Gus Johnson.
IPaul Blackman, Betty Buice, R.
Clifton and George Whaley.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
A trip was made from Kotzebue
yesterday to Deering taking May
Vestal from Deering to Shish
maref. Harvey Pootoogoolook was
brought to Nome from Shishmaref.
Freighting trips were made to
White Mountain and Koyuk yes
terday.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers departing for An
chorage on today's flight were Mr.
Dunn, R. G. Maynard, Jim Wil
liams, Jimmy Sawtell, W. Nay,
Mary Tool'.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
W. S. Nay, Anchorage. W. W.
Southworth, E. L. Shedley, Seat
tle.
LADIES AID ELECTED
OFFICERS FRIDAY NIGHT
The Federated Ladies’ Aid met
at the home of Mrs. Roald Amund
sen for their regular meeting last
Friday. Election of officers was an
item of business. Mrs. Robt. F.
Baldwin is president; Mrs. Mur
lin W. Day, vice president; Miss
Lois Morgan, secretary; and Mrs.
Luella Grant, treasurer, for the
ensuing year.
GEORGE WHALEY PAYS
FLYING VISIT HERE
George Whaley, brother of
Frank Whaley paid the family a
short visit of one hour last eve
ning, arriving and departing on
the same plane. He is employed
by the Pan American Airways in
Seattle where he makes his home.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Newark Blockades
Channel; Wants No
More Junk Heaps
NEWARK, N. J. i/P)—'The city
of Newark’s two-fireboat navy—
armed with chemical sprays and
water hoses—manned battle sta
tions today in an attempt to block
ade the one-time battleship New
Mexico as the 30,000-ton giant ap
proached the port Newark chan
nel enroute to a salvage dock here.
City officials, who have request
ed the navy to vacate its lease on
part of the port in order to permit
the start of a $70,000,000 develop
ment program, said they wanted
no more ships scrapped at Newark
and would block the channel en
trance to halt the New Mexico and
the three tugs which are towing it.
Mayor Vincent J. Murphy said,
however, that his dispute today
was mainly with the salvage Him,
Lipsett, Inc., to whom the navy
had leased the salvage dock and
sold the de-commissioned New
Mexico. Murphy made it clear he
wanted no battle with the navy
and had nothing against the New
Mexico.
“She is a fine old ship with a
wonderful record,” he said, “but
the New Mexico is no more a part
of the navy today than our fire
• boats are part of the coast guard,
which originally had them. The
New Mexico has been purchased
by Lipsett, Inc., from the navy
and is now merely a potential
scrap heap.”
Navy officials agreed it was not
i their fight. Rear Adm. Russell S.
Berkey. acting commandant of the
! Third Naval district, said in New
York that “a preliminary examin
ation of the situation at Newark |
would indicate that the navy is i
%
not directly concerned.”
While the New Mexico neared
New York Harbor enroute from
Boston, Newark officials appealed
1 to President Truman for some
i moral support before sending the
city’s two 30-foot fireboats against
Round World
Fliers Head South
FAIRBANKS, (JP) — The way
home finally lay South again to
day for the ’round the world fliers
George Truman and Clifford
Evans, and their tiny planes “The
City of the Angels” and “The City
of Washington.”
With their hops always north
ward since touching Calcutta and
Bangkok in late September, the
two former army pilots reached
Big Delta, Alaska Highway point
90 miles southeast of here, lat$
yesterday on a hard five-hour
flight from Anchorage. They
planned to resume their trip to
day. On yesterday’s hop, they J
crossed the Alaska Coastal moun
tain range in which Mount Mc
Kinley towers 20,300 feet and after
reaching the interior encountered
sti'ong head winds. The winds
forced them to turn back to Big
Delta, after once passing over that
settlement.
Snow-covered country still lay
ahead of them down the route,
with Kluane Lake and Whitehorse,
Y. T., each with landing fields, as
possible stopover points on their
way to Edmonton, Alta., in their
100-horsepower planes. Their fi’st
United States point may be Great
Falls, Mont., latest schedules indi
cate.
Only at Iceland, crossing the At
lantic, did they reach this far
north on a flight which has now
covered more than 20,0 )0 mi. \s.
the giant ship.
The ex-battleship was due to
anchor today at 'New York’s
Gravesend Bay to take on water
ballast to weigh down its bow and
raise its stern for the passage
through the shallow Port Newark
channel.
Operators of the three tugboats
said they were prepared to make
the run to Newark early tomorrow
morning but would consult with
navy authorities and the salvage
company officials before entering
the hostile waters.
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Forecast' And j
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity;
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, ol |
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, November 12, 1947
Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight
and occasional light snow. Partly
cloudy and colder Thursday. Fresh
north wind. Lowest temperature
tonight 5, highest temperature
Thursday 10.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours,
trace. Total precipitation this
month 0.29 inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 13, lowest —8.
Maximum wind last 24. hours 18
miles per hour from the north.
Sunrise at 8:23 a.m., sunset at
3:09 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
19. lowest —9.
Extreme temperatures on (his
day since 1907: Lowest —9 >n
1946, highest 38 in 1937.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 1 Snow
Point Hope 10 Clear
Kotzebue 12 Cloudy
Shishmaref 13 Cloud v
Wales 13 Snow
Gambell 9 Snow
Nome 11 Cloudy
Unalakleet 14 Snow
Bethel 7 Clear
McGrath 13 Snow
Anchorage 23 Cloudy
Fairbanks 25 Cloudy
Juneau 42 Rain
Whitehorse 32 Cloudy
Ketchikan 46 Cloudy
Edmonton 20 Cloudy
Seattle 44 Cloudy
San Francisco 59 Clear
Pioneer Henry
Smith Passes On
SEATTLE, (/P) — Henry Somers
Smith, Alaska pioneer and later
president of Coast Wood Products
Company in Seattle, died Monday
after a long illness. He was 77.
Mr. Smith was born in Mon
mouth, 111. He went to Alaska in
1898, and was in business in Fair
banks and in Dawson, Y. T., for
nine years. Founding the Coast
Wood products company in Seat
tle, he was its head until his re
tirement three years ago.
He is survived by his widow,
two daughters, three sisters, t\vo
brothers and two granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow.
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