supply of straight whisky on hand.
Food may be a little short but a
full crop of Men of Distinction is
in prospect.
»
Inquiries Swamp
Land Office j
FAIRBANKS, </P) — Asking for
information about settlement of
land on newly-opened areas along
the Alaska highway is swaming
the government land office here,
Fred J. Seiler, district manager,
said today.
Two hundred and fifty such in
quiries have been received and
answered since Oct. 1. They have
come from all the 48 states as well
as Europe and Japan.
On»‘ point prospective settlers.
> do not understand is that two
thirds of the Alaska highway is in
Canada and the United States
government can not give that land
away, he said.
• Two Killed In
Paint Plant Eire
CLEVELAND, (/P) — Two men
were killed and three firemen
burned critically Saturday in a
$400,000 fire marked by spectacu
lar explosions of paint products at
the Perm a Products Co.
More than 100 firemen from 15
fire companies fought ‘he early
morning blaze and scores of spec
“Reservation” Aet i
Not Yet Signed
&
WASHINGTON (/P>—The latest
word from the interior depart
ment on that proclamation adding
101,000 acres to the Hydaburg,
Alaska, native reserve is that it
hasn't been signed.
The department said it had e*’
loneously announced the signii g
Oct. lfi. An announcement late
Friday explained:
“It was found nece sary to give
further consideration to phases of
the proclamation dealing with
clarification of certain land t'tles,
increased economic stability for
the Indians and provisions for the
management of Indian forest re
serves.
The premature announcement
that the proclamation had been
s gned brought protests from pri
vate'interests in Alaska. Officials
of at least two Alaska canneries
said the proposed enlargement of
the reserve would cripple their
operations.
•
tators ran for cover as large
drums of p-’int and stain explod
ed, showering sparks and flaming
liquid over the neighborhood
Killed were Charles Bastar, GO,
night watchman at the plant, and
William Chavin, about 45, a ship
ping clerk.'
Company officials estimat e d
damage at $400,000.
NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT - BETTER SIGHT”
G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Electrical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
BERING SEA CLUB
✓
Open 10 A.M. to Midnight
Dancing — Cards — Liquors
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
LEWIS CAB CO.
Phone MAIN 144
SALE
TROMMERS BEER
$2.00 per case
Polar Liquor Store
BLACK Phone Your
138 Orders
Nome Army Air
Base Sidelights
n
The 10th Rescue ha.-, lost the
first game of the basketball sea
.-on to the 53rd Airways Det. Men,
'his will have to stop, for we are
n’t losing any more. M/Sgt. At
cheson left this squadron left this
squadron yesterday for Ft. Rich
ardson, where he will receive a
Regular Army commission. Good
luck, “Sir.” Two men in the de
tachment have spent quite a while
trying to get their education
.-traightened around, but found
g eat difficulty in receiving re
ports from their schools. One fi
nally heard from his school and
has finished two USAFI courses,
but the other is still waiting and (
. cussing.
Present epidemics' of sickness
and boats <one in the same’, pro
hibit the functioning of usual ac
, tivities, but basketball is strug-1
J gling along anyway. Our last boat 1
was finally finished but the air-,
plane seems to take the laborious I
place. Now it’s flour and milk by
air. In basketball, the Military Po
lice lost to us in a practice game,
but it is feared that if these vari
ous barriers keep confronting us,
a victory with the MP’s may even ,
become impossible.
There was something, not in the
air, but in the water this week '
that bade Hq. Det. no good. Sev
eral very uneasy stomachs car
ried gingerly about by pencil
pushers were much in evidence.
Cpls. Maier and Whitson; Pfcs.
Bianchi and Chianelli went before j
the Promotion Board Wednesday
and if all goes well, will be one '
rung higher on the ladder to suc
cess (?>. Our basketball team had
its first game Thursday night, 1
with Nome High. We still think
we have a good team, despite the
loss of several of its players.
The Ordnance outfit has two
men 'attending school in Anchor
age, now, Pfc. Ammermann and
Pfc. Brown are in Anchorage for
a 15-day course on Vehicle Win
terization. The Ordnance office is
faced with the loss of two of its
very efficient personnel, Sgt. '
Thresher and Pfc. Johnson. T/5
Erdman doesn’t go to town any- '
more. Could it be some of those j
letters he has received lately. Our
basketball team gets its big test
tonight. We start the season off by j
playing the 582nd Eng. Det. The 1
582nd beai. the 1883rd Engineers
in the first game of the season, on
Monday.
The base is about to start a
newspaper, noto. After many
months of trying to get the paper
started, our missic.i is just about
completed. The equipment has
finally been obtained and the O.K.
signal has been given. The presses
should start rolling next week. It
will merely be a two page copy of
the latest news and other items of
interest. The name of the paper
will be decided by some soldier.
Suggestions for the name will be
accepted at any time this week by
the Public Information office, or
Information & Education office.
The winning title will be used
from now on and the person who
FAR WEST
FOOTBALL
(By Russ Newland)
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—South
ern California has hurdled one of
its difficult obstacles in the dash
to the Rose Bowl and the question
West Coast football fans were
asking today was: “Will the Uni
versity of California at Los An
geles Bruins accomplish the same
feat this week-end?
Remember U C Li A'.’ It is the
defending Pacific Coast confer
ence title holder and champion
until defeated. The UCLA Bruins
have an important task ahead, Sat
urday, that of whittling the' Cal
ifornia Bears down. Southern Cal
ifornia’s Trojans turned the trick
picked that title will be recog
nized in the first edition.
Members of the MP Det. played
two very rough practice basket
ball games this week and some of
the less experienced players cer
tainly learned a lot. With the help
of a couple of good players from
the AID personnel our team prom
ises to make it plenty tough for
the opposition. Four men of the
Det. have been having some hotly
contested card games lately which
have proven to be a little amuse
ment to the rest of the fellows.
Saturday afternoon has been set
aside to determine just who is the
best two players so the argument
can be settled for good.
last Saturday and in convincing
fashion, 39 to 14. The Bears be
came cubs before the might and
' speed of the strongest U S C elev
en in many years.
Southern California journeys to
Seattle this week to tackle the
Washington Huskies, easy 25-0
winners over Stanford’s hapless
Indians, five times losers. Stan
ford now is the league’s punching
bag, which discounts Washington’s
win somewhat. Washington will
be up against something really
rough when Southern California
takes the field.
The defending champs the U C
L A Bruins figure to have a fight
on their hands with their upstate
cousins, the California Bears. The
Bruins lost to Southern Methodist,
7-0, last week.
Other conference contests, Sat
urday * will pit Oregon State
against Stanford at Palo Alto,
Oregon State coming off a 46-0
workout at the expense of the
University of Portland. And Idaho
meo’s an awakened University of
Oregon eleven at Eugene. Oregon
chalked up a substantial win last
week by beating favored Univers
ity of S n Francisco, 34-7.
One of the tremendous upsets
of last week saw Washington
State College beaten 13-12 by the
University of Montana, and on the
loser’s home field a4 Pullman. It
wasn’t supposed to happen but it
did. Football is like that Wash
ington State meets Portland next,
non-conference. Montana will rest
| on its laurels this week.
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