Interior Dept.
Making Geological
Survey Of Alaska
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of natural wealth.
An understanding of how to
deal with permafrost is vital in
.tny Alaska construction program
of the future, Reed said. He ex
plained:
“The permafrost study at first
lance might appear to be a case
- f locking the barn door after the
horse has been stolen.
“Ignorance of permafrost con
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ditions cost the United States mil
1 is of dollars during the war.
There was a terrific amount of
\ aste in the maintenance of the
Canol pipeline and the Alaska
Highway, and of such airfields as
Nome, Galena and Northway, due
to disregard of the problem of
frozen ground.
“Permafrost study is a sub-sci
e ice, and the Russians are advanc
e i in it far beyond the Americans
a id Canadians.”
The United States could have
saved “millions of dollars” in war
tune if it had possessed the Rus
m “know-how”, the survey re
port commented.
Five parties, directed by C. O.
G ites, head of the survey’s Fair
1) nks laboratory, surveyed the
northern Alaska oil structures
south and east of Point Barrow
during the summer.
NOME WEATHER
TO REMAIN COLD
The U. S. Weather Bureau here
today reports Nome as the third
coldest spot in Alaska today, and
bids to hold its low position for
at least the next few days.
Ketchikan Unions
Tie-Up Relief Ship
Unloading
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longshoremen may be hired. How
ever, the Ketchikan longshoremen
are demanding that if any of its
men are given jobs, the winch
men and hatch tenders on such
hatches must also be ILWU men,
he said.
“We do not agree to such de
mands and henceforth will load
only part of one hatch on each
shio for Ketchikan,”- he said.
“That will consist of mail, bag
gaee, express and a limited
amount of perishables.”
Ed Coester, sailors union agent
here said it was an attempt of the
ILMU to ‘‘move in” on sub work.
Officials of the CIO union were
not available for comment.
The North Star was the first
vessel to reach Ketchikan after
the 69-day maritime tieup. An
other ship from Seattle, the
freighter Tongass of the Alaska
Transportation company, is sched
uled to arrive there this morning.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Christmas—Masses: Midnight! ad
mision by ticket only).
7:30 a.m.—All are welcome.
We regret that the size of the
Church does not permit us to ex
tend a general invitation to all, to
attend Midnight Mass on Christ
mas Day. Admission will be ticket
only. Tickets will be distributed at
Mass on Sunday morning, or may
be obtained from the pastor.
Only 462 of the 7,083 islands
that comprise the Philippines are
more than one mile square.
Football League To!
Cut Roughness
I -
1 NEW YORK. (P)—The national
football league is not yet ready to
introduce “sudden death” over
time play in regular- season games
or to eliminate the extra point,
but it has taken steps to cut down
on unnecessary roughness.
Before concluding their rules
session here yesterday, the coaches
and owners of the senior profess
sional circuit agreed to recom
mend a faster whistle and to as
sign a fifth official to work oppo
site the head linesman to spot code
infractions.
In the discussions on the “sud
den-death” proposal it was point
ed out that at least three ball
parks in the league are not equip
ped with lights. Thus, if the over- i
time period lagged on until dark, j
games on these fields would end in
ties anyway.
Reef Knot Sails
For S.E. Alaska j
PORTLAND. Ore. (P) — T h e
Alaska relief ship, Reef Knot,
sailed from here late yesterday for
southeastern Alaska ports with
4842 tons of cargo.
C. Roy Albers, manager of Li
dell and Clarke, Inc., berth agents
for the ship here, estimated the
Reef Knot would dock at Cordova
Saturday. It . also has cargo for
Valdez, Seward, Selvodia and Ko
diak.
The vessel, assigned by the U. S.
maritime commission to carry the
special Portland cargo during the
Puget Sound martime dispute, j
was the only ship scheduled to j
leave here for the Territory. Lt. I
Comdr. E. P. Chester had asked
for two ships to load here.
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The good Saint Nick flies the airlines in this air-minded
country. And those who are doing their Christmas shopping
early in this "Santa Claus country" know that the depend
able Starliners will get their important packages to destina
tion on schedule.
PASSENGERS • MAIL • EXPRESS • AIR FREIGHT
Telephone Main 66
Anchorage Announces
Fur Rendezvous
Another Anchorage Fur Ren
dezvous is set for 1947, February
24, to March 2, it was announced
in Anchorage by Charles F. Che
villon, manager of the annual
affair.
Many of the old events have
been revised and new ones added
in order to assure a successful
rendezvous.
HEALTH DEPT. CANCELS
WELL BABY CONFERENCE
The Territorial Department of
Health wishes to announce that
there will not be a Well Baby and
Preschool Conference Thursday,
December 19, 1946. A new time
will be announced later.
PIONEERS!!!
IMPORTANT MEETING
A very important meeting of
the Pioneers will be held tonight at
8 o'clock in the Pioneer Igloo. All
Pioneers are urgently requested
to attend.
i_
NOTICE
The Nome City Council shall sit
as a Board of Equalization be
tween the hours of 7:30 and 8:30
| P.M., Dec. 16th, 18th and 19th,
j 1946. Tax payers have this oppor
tunity to make adjustments in
their Real and Personal Property
i assessments.
NOME CITY COUNCIL
By Carrie M. McLain
149-3t City Clerk
Classified Ads
j LOST—Double string pearls, j
choker size, between Polet’s Store;
and “B” street. Return to Peggy i
Kelliher. Reward. 150-2t
LOST—Pair rimless glasses in
blue case, new. Return to Noah
Napouk, at N. C. Cat shop. 150-3t
DREAM
THEATER
I
1 Show, Dec. 18 and 19, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday and Thursday
"PILLOW TO POST"
Ida Lupino - William Prince
Also "Of Fox and Hounds"
—•—
2 Shows Dec. 20, 7:15 and 9 P.M.
Friday
"SILVER SPURS"
Roy Rogers - Smiley Burnette
Also "Tiger Woman"
! V-2 Rocket Sets
New Flight Record
WHITE SANDS, N. M. (/P)—A
German V-2 rocket, trailing a long
string of white fire, soared comet
like to a record of 111 miles into
the heavens last night, but its
man-made meteorites were so
puny they eluded most eyes.
A scientific evaluation of the
meteorites experiment awaits de
velopment of film from cameras,
some 300 of which were trained
here and over the southwest on
the heavens over this southern
New Mexico ordinance proving
ground.
The rocket shoot itself was
; termed the best so far by Lt. Col.
Harold R. Turner, White Sands
commandant.
Not only did the 14-ton missile
crack the July 30 altitude record
of 104 miles, but also it establish
ed a new speed of 5,350 feet per
second—more than a mile a sec
ond and about five times the
speed of sound.
War II Vets To Get
Irrigated Kurins
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. uP)—
Eighty-six irrigated farms re
claimed from the bed of what was
once a great western lake are to
be awarded today in the first gov
ernment homestead land opening
for World War II veterans.
Current land values in the area
where the U. S. Reclamation Bur
eau acreage is located give the
farms a total worth of about two
million dollars.
Owners of the new farms will
move into a district where fertil
ity of the soil has been compared
to the delta of the Nile, and neigh
bors of today’s winners will be
largely World War I veterans who
have prospered tilling the acres
they won in similar drawings.
The individual farms are valued
at $15,000 to $25,000 and the re
clamation bureau officials have
taken precautions to make the
drawing foolproof. Numbers have
been assigned to the 1305 quali
fied participants and the numbers
kept in a vault.
Xmas Carmels
With or Without Nuts
$1.50 pound
— ORDER NOW —
Black 153 or Main 46
XMAS GIFT ITEMS at . . .
NOME DRUG STORE
Kirsten Pipes
Christy Sport Knives
Compass Match Boxes
Cigaret Lighters
Dresser Sets
Ejector Cigaret Holders
Perfumed Oil Lamps
Snack Knife Sets