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We are featuring Hand-Carved
Ivory Cigarette Holders, Cigar
Holders, Ivory Pipes, Also Salt
and Pepper Shakers. - - - Our
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ivory workers are now turn
ing out considerable stock and
we are prepared to offer whole
sale prices on quantities.
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Monday, February 7, 1949
5:00 p.m.—News
5:15—Lum and Abner
5:30—It’s Time for Music
6:00—Spotlight Bands
6:15—Words With Music
6:30—Concert Hall
7:00—On Stage America
! 7:30—Music From America
8:00—Village Store j
8:30—Science Magazine of the Air
j 9:00—You Asked For It
110:00—Inner Sanctum
j 10:30—Evening Serenade
! 11:30—Sign Off
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Tuesday. February 8, 1949
7:00 a.m.—Melody Round-Up
7:15—Sunrise Serenade
7:45—Morning Serenade
8:00—Fred Waring
8:30—Record Shop
9:00—Morning Melodies
9:15—G I Jive
9:30—Jack Berch
9:45—Chiquita
10:00—Turntable Time
10:30—Heard At Home
11:00—Impressions Ir» Melody
11:30—Album Music
11:45—Personal Album
Noon—V Disc Varieties
12:30—WLN News
12:45—At Ease #
1:00—Around the World in Music
1:15—Club Fifteen
1:30—You’ll Be Surprised
2:00—Musical Varieties
2:30—Westward Ho
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Strike Up The Band
4:15—Today’s American
4:30—One Night Stand
5:00—News ,
5:15—Lum and Abner
5:30—It’s Time for Music
6:00—Spotlight Bands
6:15—Words With Music
6:30—Ray Noble
7:00—Life of Riley
7:30—Duffy’s Tavern
8:00—Henry Morgan
8:30—Red Ryder
9:00—Yo'u Asked For It
10:00—The Whistler
10:30—Starlight Souvenirs
11:00—Sign Off
Wednesday, February 9, 1949
7:00—Melody Round Up
7:15—Sunrise Serenade
7:45—Morning Devotions
8:00—Fred Waring
8:30—Record Shop
9:00—Morning Melodies
9:15—G I Jive
9:30—Jack Berch
9:45—Chiquita
10:00—Turntable Time
10:30—Heard At Home
11:00—Impressions In Melody
11:30—Album Music
11:45—Personal Album
Noon—V Disc Varieties
12:30—WXLN News
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Around the World in Music
1:15—Club Fifteen
1:30—You’ll Be Surprised
2:00—Musical Varieties
2:30—Westward Ho
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Remember
4:15—Today’s American
4:30—One Night Stand
5:00—News .
MOUNT VERNON, O. </P) —
Mrs. Icel Herisler returned from
a weekend absence to find $295 in
merchandise from her general
store auctioned off during a hard
cider party, she reported to sher
iff Salathiel Bumpus.
The proprietor told the sheriff
she left her store at nearby Mill
wood in charge of William Wel
ker. The goods were auctioned
off, she said, by several men while
they passed around cider Jugs.
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THEATER
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1 Show, Mon. and Tue., 7:30 p.m.
"ALEXANDER'S
RAG TIME BAND"
Tyronne Power Alice Faye
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1 Show, Wed. and Thur., 7:30 p.m.
"DING DONG WILLIAMS"
Glenn Vernon - Marcy McGuire
Also "Peep in the Deep"
Navy “Frog Men”
Swim In 28
Degree Water
(By Ralph Dighion)
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska, (/P)
Navy "frog men”—members of
Underwater Demolition Teams —
are braving the near-freezing wa
ters of Alaska with the same skill
they used in the South Pacific.
The cold, wet weather chosen j
for the forthcoming "Battle of Ko
diak Island” means nothing to
these rugged young men. They’ve
already swum at the north and
south poles—in 28 degree water
that froze to slush.as they moved'
through it.
Garbed from head to foot in
green rubber suits, the ‘‘frog men"
have made reconnaissance land
ings on each of the thr#e ice-rim
med beaches which naval am
phibious forces plan to attack.
Their plan of operation is muqh !
the same as it was in World War |
II. Rolling into the water from a '
speeding boat or submarine, they j
swim beneath the surface to shore
When they encounter reefs, mines,
or man-made obstacles which!
would damage landing craft, they
return to the spot with explosives. |
There are few casualties, either
from exposure or explosion. Only |
three per cent of the UDT used in
the Pacific during the war were l
killed or injured. In the invasion I
of Normandy, however, where
thye met heavy defense fire, cas
ualties soared to 86 per cent.
Although the navy lists this as
‘‘extra-hazardous duty" and ac
cepts only volunteers for the
work, they receive no extra pay.
A UDT apprentice seaman, for in
stance, receives $75 a month.
UDT men are chosen for stam
Find Wealthy
Recluses Dead
NEWARK. N. J., (£*)—A house
whose window blinds had been
drawn since 1918 Friday yielded
the bodies of an aged recluse and
his blind wife. Police said they
were surrounded by antiques and
art treasurer worth $200,000 or
more. t
Police said the couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Diffany, both about
85, had been dead about three
week. They were discovered when
an acquaintance called police be
cause he was unable to rouse the
Diffanys.
Inside clothed in a dress ot the
style of the early 1900’s, police
found Rosa K. Diffany sitting
dead in a kitchen chair. Upstairs
they found her husband’s body,
clad in a tattered bathrobe,
sprawled on the bathroom floor.
Both had apparently died of
natural causes.
ina and courage, rather than
flashy swimming ability. Not one
of the nine officers and 50 men
taking partin this exercise has
been a professional athlete.
Lt. (JG’ Robert J. Sadler, 24,
Vicksburg, Miss., who has swum
in south polar waters, says he did
not even participate in high school
swimming meets.
“You don’t have to be fast for
this work,” he says. “You just
have to be careful.”
The men have no special devices
to keep them warm in the water.
The rubber suits keep them dry,
and long underwear helps retain
body heat. They get a tablespoon
of honey before entering the wa
ter, and two ounces of brandy af
ter they return.
Alaska Airlines
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE
FEB. 1, 1949
Mondays and Wednesdays
Leave NOME at 12:55 p.m. (BST)
(Moses Point, flag stop) Stops at
UNALAKLEET, McGRATH (Farewell, flag stop)
Arrive ANCHORAGE 5:30 p.m. (BST)
Fridays
Leave NOME at 1:40 p.m. (BST) Stops at
MOSES POINT. ELIM, UNALAKLEET, McGRATl
(Farewell, flag stop)
Arrive ANCHORAGE 6:40 p.m. (BST)
Mail - Passengers - Express
CHARTERS
THE SEWARD PENINSULA
MINIMUM EXPRESS CHARGE
50 CENTS, Plus .02 cents tax
TRAVEL - SHIP—THE DEPENDABLE WAY
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