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Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
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carrier “Illustrious" on May 1.
A n admiralty statement said
I three signal flares were* found m
a boiler room on the ship while it
was carrying viscount Hall, First
Lord of the Admiralty, and other
high officials to Liverpool for the
launching of the carrier “Ark
i Royal”.
Naval sources said ignition of
i the flares, which contained mag
nesium, could have resulted in a
serious blaze.
The incident climaxed a series
of mishaps aboard the illustrious,
| including the discovery of water
in the ship's fuel.
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J CORDOVA, TP;—A rugged Cor
dova salmon fisherman shrugged
off today the loss of a foot. But
1 here is what happened Sunda\ to
middle-aged Andrew Anderson:
His foot was sheared off when
it was caught in the loof of a low
line; he was dragged into the wat
1 er of the Copper river flats; freed
himself: scrambled back aboard
I his boat without aid; directed the
application of a tourniquet, was
flown to a hospital here; then un
derwent surgery after refusing
more than a local anesthetic,
i The accident occurred when the
I captain of the tender towing An
| derson’s boat failed to hear the
| trapped man’s cries as the line
] tightened.
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WASHINGTON, (TP)— Russia’s
Eric Hay and his bride arrived
this morning from Pullman,
Washington, whore Eric has just
completed his studies and grad
uated as a mining engineer.
The young couple plan to make
their home in Nome, where Eric
will be- employed by the U. S.
Smelting CN>. in the engineering
department.
| marshal Stalin today got an unof
ficial rating as the worst-dressed
man on the international scene.”
Haberdasher Paul I). Gilbert,
addressing the Association of Bet
tre Business Bureaus, awarded
the title. Gilbert, head of the Na
tional Association of Retail Cloth
iers, added:
“A lot of the world’s problems
i would be solved if -loo Stalin
would come over here and get
himself a nice summer suit—a
good straw hat and a pair of
brown and white shoes.
“His pictures indicate he’d take
| a short stout size. . .
“I’d like to invite him over to
my store in South Bend, Ind. We’d
fix him up with an outfit that
would make even marshal Tito
like him.”
3d DIST. COURT MAY CLOSE
DUE TO LACK OF MONEY
Anchorage Tina s
Operation of Third District
Coui; is being double hamstrung
by lack of funds, it was disclosed
today.
Judge Anthony J. Dimond no
I tified petit lurors that he may
I have to cancel all jury trials dur
ing June been use the funds to pay
both petit and grand jurors are
1 virtuallv exhausted.
I At the same time 1,'mtrd States
; Attorney Earl Cooper told the
! court that his office is unable to
pay any witnesses and asked post
ponement of criminal trials until
the financial condition is correc
ted.”
First word that the Aitorrey
General's appropriation was tun
ning out came Friday when Judge
j Dimond advised attorneys Inquir
ing about the trial calendar that
! its status was uncertain.
Today the judge told jurors to
report Wednesday, but added that
they might be dismissed after that
unless more funds were forth
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coming.
' Legal Planks at The Nugget off er
SERVICE BARBER SHOP
Tub, Shower ami Steam Baths
Wein Alaska Airlines Inc.
Announces
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Scheduled Round Trip Service
From Fairbanks and Kotzebue via Wales
To Nome Daily except Wednesdays
Round Trip Service From Anchorage via Galena
To Kotzebue and Nome Daily Except Wednesdays
and Sundays
These new services effective Friday, June 9.
Low Round Trip Fares and Freight Rates
Multi-Engiued DC-3 Equipment On All Flights
Stewardess Service On All Flights
, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL MAIN 40 OR STOP IN OUR OFFICE ON FRONT ST.