'Munitions Ship
Blows Up; Kills
Many Chinese
CANTON, (/P> — Approximately
500 persons were killed or injured
in the explosion of an ammunition
sh p in the harbor of Takao, south
eastern Formosa, the official Chi
nese agency said today.
The agency said ammunition
was being unloaded from the Chi
nese steamer Chungli. There was
a huge explosion, which was fol
lowed quickly by others.
The whole port city was shaken
by the blast, which broke nearly
every window' in Takao and caus
ed much other damage, the agency
reported.
Terror spread through the city.
Shortly after the first blast rip
ped through the ship the city w’as
darkened by the smoke arising
fr n the waterfront.
The wharf area was a scene of
destruction, the agency said.
The official account said about
tee-fourths of the 3.300-ton
Chungli’s explosive cargo had
been unloaded when the blasts
U. S. Air Force In
England Celebrates
First Anniversary
SCULTHOEPE, Eng. (/P) — The
The U. S. air force’s bomber com
mand in Britain celebrated its
first birthday yesterday with the
announcement that 28 B-50 strato
cruisers have arrived in England
from their Tucson, Ariz., base.
In a year, the third air division
has grown from a skeleton staff
of specialists to embrace a supply
depot, a major overhaul depot,
three B-29 bases and a complete
headquarters in London.
It was created to administer U.
S. bomber groups sent to Britain
on temporary training missions
and to provide maintenance for
Berlin airlift planes.
The planes from Tucson, all of
came.
Takao was a big Japanese naval
1 base during the war.
(Takao is one of the most im
portant ports for the Chinese na
tionalist- government on Formosa,
which has been converted into a
fortress).
| TERRITORIAL SCHOOL TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER 6
According to advice received
from Superintendent William An
gell, the Territorial School will
| open this year the day after Labor
j Day. September 6.
Mr. Angell states a full force of
I teachers have been contracted,
I and a list of the teachers for this
I year will appear in an early issue
j of the Nugget.
George Francis Train, American
i business man, introduced trolleys
! into England, Switzerland, and
Denmark.
the 43rd bombardment group, are
on a 90-day training mission.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
! IN THE MATTER OF THE AP
PLICATION of LYMAN M.
WINGER, FOREIGN GUARDIAN
To SELL THE REAL ESTATE OF
HIS WARDS.
No. 825
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
A Petition of LYMAN M. WIN
; GER, father and foreign guradian
| of ROBERT WINGER, DONNA
1 LEE WINGER and JACQUELINE
WINGER, minors, and residents
. of Van Nuys, California, having
I been presented to this Court pray
i ing for authorization to sell all of
I the real property belonging to the
; wards and situate in the City of
Nome, Alaska, having come before
the Court for attention, and the
Court believing the Petition to be
true, and that it would be for the
best interest of the wards that the
Petition be granted and the real
estate of the wards situate in the
City of Nome, Alaska, be sold as
provided by law,
IT IS NOW ORDERED that the
I next of kin of the said wards, and
I all other persons interested in
j the estates, appear before this
Court on the 20th day of Septem
ber, 1949, at the hour of 10:00
o’clock A. M., then and there to
show cause, if any there be, why
the aforesaid Petition should not
be granted and a license issued to
the guardian to sell the real estate
of the wards.
(For detailed description of the
real property proposed to be sold,
please examine the aforesaid Pe
tition on file in this court and
cause.)
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED
that this Order be published once a
week for a period of three consec
utive weeks in the Nome Nuggt, a
newspaper published at Nome,
! Alaska, prior to the Hearing
| aforesaid.
| DATED this 22nd da5r of Au
I gust, 1941.
i THEODORE C. .DUFFIELD,
I (SEAL)
Probate Judge.
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Stanley R. Morgan, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
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