AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming passengers last Friday
evening were Mrs. Richard Lee,
Sr., Charles Clasbgy, Harry Brown
and Robert Curry.
Outgoing passenges were A.
Wight, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. San
slow, Stan Bartlett and Robert
Curry.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
A charter trip was made to Kot
zebue on Friday with Tex Noey
and A. M. Rustin who are enroute
to Point Lay to hunt polar bear.
Saturday lh eJack Whaley fam
ily were taken to Kotzebue. Ada
Karmen and Art Platt were also
passengers.
On Sunday Mrs. Harriet Davis
was a passenger to Shishmaref,
and Max Wilson to Kotzebue.
ALASKA AIRLINES '
Arriving on Friday’s flight were
Tex Noey. Dr. E. M. Rusten, Har
ley Turner, Paul Stockard, Mar
jorie Snyder.
W. A. Boucher was the outgoing
passenger on the return flight.
Arriving on the Saturday flight
were Charlotte Strauss, Mrs. Dickie
Meyer, Mr. Bobbett, Richard, Ro
land and Alma Ivanoff.
On the return flight Saturday
Richard Willoya was the passen
ger.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Paul Stockard, Fairbanks. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Snyder. Anchorage.
Hardy Tanner, Seattle. Charles
Clasby, Fairbanks. Mrs. Richard
Lee, Sr., Solomon. Mrs. Charlotte
Straust, N. Y. Mrs. Dickie Meyer,
N. Y.
DEPT. OF HEALTH ISSUES
VENEREAL REPORT
The monthly report of the col
laborating epidemiologist of the
Territorial department of health
shows ten cases of gonorrhea and
one reported case of syphillis in
Nome, this being comparatively
high in comparison with other pop
ulation centers in Alaska.
1VFW Encampment
Opens In Juneau
JUNEAU, (>P)—With 111 dele
gates from various posts and 35
women auxiliary members regis
tered, the second encampment of
I the Veterans of Fore:*11 Wars
Alaska depa tment. got under
way ye.-terday. Fifty more dele
gates were due today.
Posts represented were Juneau,
Seward, Sitka, K.etc.itiian, t a..
banks. Anchorage, Wasilla, and
Neiiana. Non-voting delegates were
present from New York, Califor
nia, Texas. Oregon and Washing
ton. Welcoming sess.ons and a me
morial service were held yester
day.
Mai. Gen. Howard Craig, com
manding general of the Alaskan
command at Fort Richardson, wa
to arrive by plane today to review
a parade tonight. Delegations were
caucusing on various resolutions
and memorials to be introduced
today and tomorrow’. Officeis will
be elected tomorrow.
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SINCE 1924
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ANYWHERE - ANYTIME
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U. N. Takes Up
Palestine Problem
NEW YORK, </P)—Dr. Oswaldo
Aranha, former foreign minister of
Erazil, was elected president of the
, special Palestine session of the U.
N. assembly today.
The official Jewish agency de
clared itself absent un.ess it is for
mally recognized. *
This was the position of the par
lies di.ectlv concerned:’
A British spokesman said Great
Britain, whica holds a League o»
Nations mandate of the Holy Land,
is ready to accept any decision the
United Nations makes on the Pal
'st.ne question, but will insist that
the world organization enforce all
of its own recommendations.
The Arab League which ise rep
:T ented by five Arab states in the
U. N., announced after a caucus
that it would stand firm on its re
mands that Britain end-her man
date and that Palestine be declared
an independent country at this spe
cial session.
The Jewish agency, official rep
resentative of Palestine Jews un
der terms of the mandate called
upon the United States'delegation
to take the lead in advancing its
demand- for a Jewish national
home in the Holy Land.
-Mental Patients
Escape Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P> — Three
of four dangerous mental patients
who escaped from the armys Let
terman hospital by trickery and
force yesterday were back in cus
tody today while search continued
for the fourth escapee and a hos
pital orderly they took as a host
age.
The four patients made their es
I cape from the double-locked psy
| chopathic ward after slugging four
i orderlies who were summoned one
by one. They opened the ward
doors with keys taken from the or
derlies and then slugged a guard,
taking his .45 caliber pistol.
CHARLES CLASBY HERE
ON BUSINESS TRIP
Charles Clasby, Fairbanks attor
ney and former District Attorney
of the Second Division is in Nome
on business.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, April 28, 1947
To ecast Nome: Clear to scat
tered clouds tonight. Slightly cold
: •. Partly cloudy Tuesday. Lowest
temperature tonight 18, highest
lemperature Tuesday 30.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m .today:
Precipitation last 24 hours trace
Total precipitation this month 0.14
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 39, lowest 21.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 18
m..es per hour from the north.
Sunrise at 3:39 a.m., sunset at
8:19 p.m. .
Comparative data: Temperatures
one year ago today: highest 34.
lowest 7.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —9 in 1924,
highest 46 in 1912.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —2 Clear
Point Hope 8 Clear
Kotzebue 22 Cloudy
Shishmaref 17 Cloudy
Wales 16 Cloudy
Gambell 15 Snow
Xome 31 Cloudy
Unalakleet 36 Clear
Bethel 36 Partly Cloudy
McGrath 37 Clear
Anchorage 41 Cloudy
Fairbanks 44 Clear
Juneau 45 Rain
Whitehorse 41 Cloudy
Ketchikan 43 Rain
Edmonton 58 Cloudy
Seattle 55 Cloudy
San Francisco 54 Partly Cloudy
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BESSIE SMITH ENTERTANS
UPPER GRADE PUPILS
Bessie Smith, teacher for the
»w »•*
ANS school was hostess to all the
| upper grades of the school at her
home last Friday night. A real par
ty, culminating the year’s work
j was enjoyed by all the children.
TACOMA DRUG CO.
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
Paul Stockard, wholesale repre
sentative of the Tacoma Drug Co.
and other lines is here on his an
nual trip.
POLAR CURIO
SHOP
SCHAEFFER PEN AND
PENCIL SETS
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NEW NUGGET JEWELRY
MINIATURE WHAT-NOTS
IN COPPER
OTHER NEW ITEMS
JUST RECEIVED