ARCTIC CLUB OFFICIALS
HERE ON CLUB BUSINESS
Robert Gillespie, president of
the Arctic Club of Seattle, A1
Lobe, and Wm. Lockhart, are in
Nome today as part of a tour of
the Territory to interest Alaskans
in the membership of the club.
While in Nome they are meet
ing with members and trying to
induce other Nomeites to join the
club for the purpose of having a
place in Seattle to meet fellow
Alaskans.
The three Seattle men are also
interested in the mining property
at Deering along with Don Stew
art in the Dry Creek Dredging
Co. They will go to Deering for
a visit to the property before re
turning to the States.
Mr. Gillespie is also president
AMERICAN LEGION PRESENTS
GIFT TO JACK DOWD
The American Legion, Post No.
19, of Nome, last night presented
its commander, Jack Dowd, with
a beautiful set of sterling silver
ware. The gift was presented in 1
the name of the members of the
local post, and the presentation
made by S. David Mazen, in ap
preciation of the great efforts of
Mr. Dowd in the organization of
the group, and the high esteem in |
which members hold him.
Mr. Dowd and his family will (
leave soon for Seattle where he1
is being transferred, for the ACS.!
of the Mine & Mill Supply, Inc., j
of Seattle; Mr. Lobe is owner of
a brokerage and securities firm;
and Wm. Lockhart is a court re
porter of Seattle.
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WITH EACH PURCHASE
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Many Die In I. G.
Farben Chemical
Plant Explosion
MANNHEIM, Germany, </P)—
Possibly 500 persons were killed
or injured today in a devastating
explosion in the I. G. Farben
chemical plant at Ludwigshafter,
a U. S. military government of
ficial announced.
“First estimates of 250 to 300
appear too low,” the official said.
Ludwigshaften is in the French
occupied zone, across the Rhine
from this American-occupied city.
The plant employs 1,000 work
ers.
French officials on the scene
reported to the U. S. military gov
ernment men here that the ex
plosion occurred in a structure
known as the “nitrate building.”
“Flames shot two miles into the
sky when the explosion took
place,” said an American officer
in Mannheim, across the Rhine
from Ludwigshaften.
Hundreds of ^windows in Mann
heim were smashed by the con
cussion.
Scores of injured were rushed
across the river to Mannheim,
from the French to the American
zone.
The plant was a branch of the
sprawling I. G. Farben industry
chemical trust before the combine
was split up by a four power or
der. It was the main factory in
Ludwigshaften and covered sev
eral acres.
Completely unconfirmed re
ports in recent months have stat
ed that French authorities were
making in the plant high explo
sion propulsion fluids for experi
ments with V-l and V-2 missiles. |
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Northwestern Alaska
F air A ssociation
Nome, Alaska
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THE 10th ANNUAL FAIR
AUGUST 18,19,20,21,1948.
It will show the many phases of Alaskan Indus
try, and aims to advance, foster, and encourage
mining, fur, fishing, reindeer, agricultural and
industrial interests of Northwestern Alaska.
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Scout Camp News
Fourteen Boy Scouts were go
ing through their paces this week
in spite of rain and cloudy wea
ther at their camp near Dexter,
as the majority of the Scouts got
ready to advance a rank before
the troop leaves next Monday for
Salmon Lake.
Scoutmaster Perry Pew issued
an invitation for the Rotary club,
friends and parents of the Scouts
to attend a special retreat and re
view ceremony Thursday night.
The Scouts will also present a
campfire ceremony later in the
evening.
Evening programs have been
wide games, played over the sur
rounding territory and requiring
stalking, concealment and scout
ing, and administration and or
ganization of teams by the boys
themselves. Daytime has been
spent in practicing for Scout ad
vancement, which now occurs as
a result of hiking and camping
instead of book knowledge. Some
of the Scouts have been fishing
when on hike projects away from
camp.
Letters to the Scouts may be
CITY COUNCIL
DISCUSSES CEMETERY
The City Council on Monday
night held a discussion on the re
port of the Cemetery Committee.
It was necessary, the report
stated, to have more space for
the cemetery and negotiations are
being made with the U. S. Smelt
ing Co., for exchange of city prop
erty for the additional ground on
the cemetery site, on Belmont
Point.
Many improvements are neces
sary in order to bring the ceme
tery plots up to respectability and
each person responsible for a
grave, and each fraternal order
or lodge having a section in the
cemetery was to be requested to
do something toward the recondi
tioning of their particular section
or plot.
The report went on to say that
fences and roads were in need of
repair and that the holes, and gun
nests, which the army dug during
the war, would have to be filled
in.
i left for delivery at the Nome
Nugget office.
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NOW SEATTLE ls A SUBURB OF NOHE
Anchorage - Seattle
EFFECTIVE JULY 5
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY
Lv. Nome 11:25 a.m. BST.
Lv. Moses Point (Flag Stop)
Lv. Unalakleet 12:35 p.m. BST.
Lv. McGrath 2:15 p.m. BST.
Lv. Farewell (Flag Stop)
Ar. Anchorage 3:50 p.m. BST.
Lv. Anchorage 5:00 p.m. BST.
Ar. Seattle 12:30 a.m. BST.
FRIDAY
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Lv. Moses Point (Flag Stop)
Lv. Unalakleet 12:35 p.m. BST.
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Ar. Anchorage 3:50 p.m. BST.
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