U.S.S. Burton Island
First Nome Ship for 1952
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jobs because they see some of the
most exciting and colorful scenery
and animals in the world.
Civilian scientists from the
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
at La Jolla, Calif., usually parti
cipate in the summer expeditions
for the collection of scientific
data from the remote areas vis
ited.
The Burton Island can break
her way through ice 20 feet thick
in floes, and ten feet thick if it
is solid. To push her way for
ward she rams the ice and breaks
it by concussion or noses her bow
on top of the ice and breaks it
by weight. If she is stuck on the
ice she has a special system by
which she can see-saw back and
forth and slide off the ice.
Japanese To Repair
U.S. Air Force Planes
TOKYO, (/P)— The newspaper
Yomirui says the Japanese air
craft industry will start receiving
orders for repair of U.S. Air Force
planes before the end of the
mcmth.
The newspaper said the reviv
ing industry, bombed out by Am
erican war planes in World War
II, expects contracts to repair five
four-engine transports, 10 twin
engine aircraft and 200 aircraft
engines per month.
Recently the same newspaper,
one of the largest in Japan, re
ported American interest in Jap
anese machine tools. The report
was almost immediately confirmed
in Washington.
Skidding Bus Lands In
100 - Foot Ravine
HAMILTON, Ontario, (/P)—An
interurban bus skidded on icy
pavement and careened into a
100-foot ravine here Saturday. No
one was killed. Two persons suf
fered severe injury and at least
eight others were less seriously
hurt. The bus broke in two.
About a dozen persons were in
the big Gray Coach Lines vehicle.
The embankment at the scene
of the crash is so steep rescuers
formed a human chain to pass
the injured up to the highway.
Alaska School
Administrators’
Conference
Superintendent O. G. Boe at
tended the Alaska School Admin
istrators’ Conference held at Ju
neau last week. The main topics
discussed were as follows:
1. Simplification of the present
system of refunds.
2. Change in the present meth
od of handling contracts for the
transportation of pupils to> and
from schools.
3. Curriculum revision, both ele
ementary and secondary.
4. The Retirement Law.
Mr. Everett R. Erickson, com
missioner of education, was the
general chairman of the main ses
sions. These meetings were held
in the Senate chambers.
The school administrators do
not determine the education poli
cies in Alaska, but they do make
recommendations to the Territor
ial Board of Education. This body
turns to the legislature for action.
The present system of refunds
is very cumbersome, as refunds
are determined by taking a cer
tain percentage (80% for Nome)
of certain expenditures. It is a
real chore to determine which
expenditures are refundable and"
which are not. The recommenda
tion made by the administrators
is that the refunds be based solely
on teachers’ salaries, the plan be
ing that the territory pay the min
imum salaries for all teachers
and administrators. Money from
other sources, such as the tobacco
tax and local taxes, would pay
all other costs of the school.
A study o’f school costs of recent
years shows that Nome would
profit by the recommended plan,
which is so much easier to com
pute than the present one. De
tails of the plan have to be
worked out before it can adopted.
The second topic, which is con
cerned with the transportation of
pupils to and from school, need
not be explained here as we have
no’ problems in transportation.
Under present laws, pupils living
less than two miles from school
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cannot be transported at public
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New Schedules Effective Feh. 1
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 10:30 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS
Via Kotzebue 11:30 a. m.
EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12:45 p. m.
Via Kotzebue
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1:45 p. 111.
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM KOTZEBUE
Via Candle and Deering 9:40 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR KOTZEBUE
Via Candle and Deering 10:40 a. 111.
EACH FRIDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12 Noon
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS
V|.a Kotzebue 1:00 p.m. -
FREIGHT ONllf. NO PASSENGER SERVICE ON FRIDAY
Truman Family Attends
Honkeytonk Theater
By Ed Creagh
WASHINGTON, </P)—The Tru
man family went to the theater
Friday night.
They saw Cornelia Otis Skin
ner’s one-woman show—all about
Paris in the 1890’s. Loose women.
A sprinkling of “hells” and
“damns.” A lady lion tamer. And
quite a bit of determined satire,
gently bathed in ladylike pathos.
People who sat near the Tru
mans (this reporter was in the
last row, and had to go by hear
say) said they laughed some, and
often appeared embarrassed. Mar
garet was with her parents.
The Gaety is a farmer, and not
quite reformed, burlesque house.
The strip-teasers are gone but
some of the flavor remains.
But the Gaety still is located
smack in the middle of Washing
tons dreary little honkeytonk dis
trict.
I A. F. R. S. RADIO PROGRAMS I
MARKS AIR FORCE BASE, NOME, ALASKA I
Monday, Feb. 11
5:00—Words with Music
5:15—Jack Smith
5:30—Juke Box USA
6:00—News
6:15—Sportscope
6:30—J ack Baker
6:45—Club 15
7:00—Dennis Day
7:25—Somethin Thnk Abt
7:39—This is the Story
8:00—Vaughn Monroe
8:30—Mr. President
8:55—Musical Interlude
9:00—News
9:05—Red Skelton
9:30—FBI In Peace, War
9:55—Time Out
10:00—Requestfully Yours
12:00—One Night Stand
12:30—Slumbertime
1:00—Sign Off.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
8:00—Early Morn. News
8:15—Morning Melodies
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Jack Berch
9:00—Music ior America
9:30—You Name It
10:00—News
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Southern Shindig
11:00—Dave Garroway
11:15—Music from S. Am.
11:30—Piano Portraits
11:45—Home Towners
Noon—News
12:15—Platter Parade
1:00—Words With Music
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
1:55—News
2:00—Heard at Home
2:30—Bookshelf of World
3:00—Behind the Story
3:15—Spotlight on a Star
3:30—Down Memory Lane
4:00—News
4:15—Curt Massey
4:30—Musical Wonderland
5:00—Jack Kirkwood
5:15—Jack Smith
5:30—Juke Box USA
6:00—News
6:15—Inside Track
6:30—Jack Baker
6:45—Club 15
7:00—Gary More
7:25—Somethin Thnk Abt
7:30—This is the Story
8:00—Mario Lanza
8:30—Memo 4 Americans
8:55—Musical Iriterlude
9:00—News
9:05—Magnificent Monteg.
9:30—Suspense
9:55—This I Believe
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:55—News
12:00—One Night Stand
12:30—At Ease
1:00—Sign Off
Wednesday, Feb. 13
8:00—Early Morn. News
8:15—Morning Melodies
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Jack Berch
9:00—Music for America
9:30—You Name It
10:00—News
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Southern Shindig
11:00—Dave Garroway
11:15—Music fpn S. Amer.
11:30—Piano Portraits
11:45—Home Towners
Noon—News
12:15—Platter Parade
1:00—Words With Music
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—Bookshelf of World
2:30—Radio Music Hall
3:00—Just Between Us
3:15—Spotlight on a Star
3:30—Dwn Memory Lane
4:00—News
4:15—Curt Massey
4:30—Musical Wondrland
5:00—Words with Music
“Why shouldn’t
you haul the other
fellow’s oil?”
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One of the things people ask about
Standard is why we do not let other oil
companies use all of our tankers, marine
terminals, and pipelines. They say, “ Why
shouldn't you haul the other fellow's oil?"
The answer to that question is that
we’re mighty busy hauling our own, meet
ing our regular obligations to our custo
mers. Standard just can’t share all of its
transportation equipment with other
companies. And it's unfair to ask us to
do it. It’s like asking you to let everybody
else use your car.
You go out and buy a car for yourself and your
family—a car big enough for your needs. So with
Standard. We provide whatever facilities it takes
to handle our crude oil and keep delivering our
finished products where and when they’re needed,
to customers who depend on us for service.
Now suppose you’re driving your car and
a hitchhiker thumbs a ride. You pick him up only
if you want to. The choice is yours. So again with
Standard. In our pipelines within a state, cross
ing only privately-owned land, and in our tankers,
we may choose to carry only our own oil.
But the way some people seem to want it, our
freedom of choice would be gone. It’s as if you
were to be forced to stop and pick up everybody
who lifted a thumb at you. We’d be required to
carry anybody's oil in these tankers and pipelines,
even if our own had to be set aside.
In time, if your car were taken over like that,
you’d have to buy another for your own use.
Once again, so with Standard. If we were forced
to carry competitors’ oil, we’d have to buy or
build additional facilities to handle our own. Re
sult: increased costs to us, higher prices to you.
When they’re needed for national defense, Standard makes its private facilities
' available for public use. But we can’t do it as a general rule. We would lose our efficiency
—a loss to you, our customers, as well as ourselves. We don’t believe you want it that way.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
• plans ahead to serve you better
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