AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Yesterday a flight was made to
Teller, Wales and Igloo. Daisy
Keene, ANS field nurse was taken
from Wales to Teller, Elmo Miller
to Teller Mission.
Considerable reindeer meat was
freighted into Nome during the
past two days.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Herb B. Gunderson, Seattle.
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GEO. HITE COMPLETES
SCHOOL AT TELLER
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hite * who
have been at Teller for some time
completing the new Teller school,
returned yesterday, having com
pleted the building.
They report that the new school
which was badly needed is a
source of great satisfaction to the
residents of the community being
a very modern structure with a
Diesel electric light plant, Mon
arch oil furnace and a driven well
in the basement with an abun
dance of water handled by a pres
sure system
The school has two classrooms
where about forty children are
now in attendance and Mr. and
Mrs. L. Rice, teachers have fine
living quarters in the building.
Contractor Hite stated that ex
perienced labor and obtaining
necessary materials were two out
standing handicaps in the com
pletion of the job.
It is reported by Tellerites that
it is a fine job and is a building of
which they can be proud.
HAL AND SAL NOW ON
FRIENDLY TERMS
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Hal (for
halitosis) and Sal now are very
friendly. This is the happy report
emanating today from Griffith
Park zoo, sponsor of a romance
between Hal and a camel girl
friend recently purchased for
$1 ,500. The idea was to raise some
little two-humpers to trade with
other zoos.
But when the camel couple was
first introduced, Hal lumbered off,
with Sal in pursuit, and cowered
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, January 28, 1949
Forecast Nome: Continued clou
dy, snow and blowing snow to
night and Saturday. Strong to gale
east and southeast winds to 50
miles an hour Saturday. Lowest
temperature tonight 20, highest
temperature Saturday 30.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today.
Precipitation 0.01 inch. <Total
this month 1.67 inches).
Temperatures: highest 20. low
est 10.
Maximum wind 26 miles- an
hour from the east.
Sunrise at 8:57 .am., sunset at
3:32 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
—15, lowest —26.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907:
Highest 39 in 1929, lowest —46
in 1919.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 10 Snow
Point Hope 8 Clear
Kdtzebue 6 Partly Cloudy ,
Shishmaref 3 Clear
Wales 5 Clear
Gambell 19 Snow
Nome 16 Cloudy
Unalakleet 15 Cloudy
Bethel 25 Cloudy
McGrath 0 Cloudy
Anchorage 19 Cloudy
Fairbanks —10 Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse 7 Partly Cloudy
Edmonton —1 Clear
Juneau 34 Rain
Ketchikan 36 Rain
Seattle 24 Cloudy
San Francisco 46 Clear
in a corner fo his fenced yard.
However in his role of camel
cupid an appropriately-named
keeper, Melvin Love, and Sal’s
charms finally broke down Hal’s
resistance.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
WILL REMAIN OPEN
FOR COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS ONLY
600 Die In Crash
Of Chinese Ships j
SHANGHAI, (VPI—Virtually all
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hope was abandoned today for
more than 600 passengers and
: crewmen of two Chinese ships
! that collided 100 miles from
Shanghai.
The Australian destroyer War
amunga picked up 35 survivors, i
[ including some crew members of
both ships, the collier Klenyuna |
and the 4,000 ton freighter-pas-!
senger ship Taiping. The surviv-1
ors, including some of the 500 war
refugees aboard the Taiping, were
landed in Shanghai tonight.
Survivors said the two ships
crashed off the island of Chu Shan
in pitch darkness. The Kienyuan
went down in five minutes. Badly
cripples herself, the Taiping pick
ed up those struggling in the wa
ter and raced to try to go aground
on the island, 10 miles away, but
sank before recalling its goal.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
NEEDS OFFICERS IN
CERTAIN SPECIALTIES
The department of the army has
recently announced that the recall
of Reserve and National Guard
officei's to extended active duty
has filled authorized ai'my re- i
quu ements except for certain spe- j
cialties and second lieutenants in
all branches. Many vacancies ex
ist in the Medical Corps, Dental
Corps, Veterinary Corps, Medical
Service Corps and the Army Nurse
Corps in all grades except colo
nels. Vacancies also remain in the
grade of first lieutenant only for
the Corps of Chaplains and the
Judge Advocate General’s Depart
ment.
An ui'gent need exists for the
recall of these specialists in order
tfc fill vacancies existing in many
ai'my units in the United States |
and in overseas areas. Second
lieutenants in all arms and sexrv
ices may continue to volunteer for !
extended active duty. Selection j
will be based upon previous mili-!
tai'y l-ecords and efficiency.
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NOTICE
Arictic Club Turnabout Party,
Saturday, Jan. 29, 9 p.m. The Gals
wear the Old Man's Clothes and
Vice Versa.
NOTICE !
TO REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY OWNERS
City property taxes are payable
in half installments. Jan. 31st and
June 30, 1949. Compute your taxes \
by multiplying the tax rate of 1 >/«
cents by your assessment.
CARRIE M. McLAIN. \
City Clerk
Pub. Jan. 21. 24, 26, 28. 1949
Classified Ads
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Nugget office. 10-3tc
FOUND — Baby Blanket. Call at
Nugget. 12tf
FOR SALE—Large Dog Sled $35.
See Mrs. Yaeger, D. St. 12-3tp
AIRPLANES—Send for free list.
All makes and models. World’s
largest s ock and lowest prices!
It’s easy to buy from us—we do
everything for you except pay
for the airplane. Vest Aircraft
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126-tfc
TANNING—Send us your skins
and furs to be tanned. Quick, ef
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Housing Manager
Must Stand Trial
SPOKANE (Ah — Pershing J.
Fails, charged with embezzlement
and falsification of government
records on a Seward, Alaska,
h« fin" p"o:ect, was denied the
privilege of entering a nolo con
endere plea in federal court yes
terday.
Judge Sam Driver said in deny
ing the privilege that it is usually
•eserved for cases where regula
ory sta utes are involved. The
nolo contendere plea means that
the defendant neither denies nor
admits guilt. Under such a plea
he court is allowed to impose any
sentence it determines just up to
the legal maximum for the charge.
Fails’ case was continued to
Feb. 3 and his bond reduced from
$2500 to $500 on the motion of his
attorney.
The defendant is accused of fail
ing to properly account for public
funds while he was manager of a
government housing project at
Seward. The case was transferred
t othe Spokane district for trial.
HANNEGAN SELLS
STOCK IN CARDINALS
ST. LOUIS, (i^P)—Robert E. Han
negan .former postmaster general,
sold his interest in the St. Louis
Cerdinals yesterday to his partner
Fred M. Saigh, Jr.
Hannegan told a press confer
ence in his Sportsman’s Park of
fice that he is getting out of base
ball on orders from his physician.
Neither would disclose the price
involved in the transfer of stock,
dismissing questions with “no
comment.” b,ut speculation was
that Hannegan will receive not
less than $1,000,000.
The Cardinals were purchased
from Sam Breadon for $4,060,000,
in November, 1947.
Truman Does Not
Believe In Polls
WASHINGTON, <£>)—President
Truman said yesterday he did not
have any confidence in the public
1 opinion polls—even those which
| ;1 ow G9 per cent of the people ap
! vove his actions.
He told a news conference he
unices his decisions on the basis
:f what he considers right or
wrong and the polls have no ef
fect on these decisions.
A reporter told him that the lat
est Gallup poll indicates 69 per
cent of the people now approve
his policies. The reporter wanted
o know if that had changed the
''resident’s view as to the accur
acy of the polls.
Mr. Truman, who upset the
pollsters in his stunning Novem
ber election victory, replied that
le had no more confidence in
polls han he did during the cam
paign or that he had ever had.
WASHINGTON, </P) — Former
Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wis
consin, the man who might have
been the 29th President of the
United States, died Wednesday
! light.
A qui’ k of politics denied him a
spot in history as an American
President. Powerful in Republican
party circles in the 1920’s, he was
picked by GOP leaders as vice
presidential running mate for
Warren G. Harding. That’s usually
enuogh to win nominaiton, but
tired delegates to the 1920 national
convention bucked their leaders
and swung to Calvin Coolidge.
Coolidge became President when
Harding died three years after the
election.
Lenroot would have been 80
years old next Monday, died at
his home here after a two-month
illness.
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