Stratocruiser Crackup
Injures Two on Takeoff
TOKYO, (/P)—A giant strata
cruiser hospital plane carrying
58 patients cracked up on a take
off from Haneda airport Thursday
but only two were injured.
Pieces of propeller blades broke
off and hit them when the props
crashed on the runway. Their in
juries were described as slight.
The plane never got qff the
ground. The landing gear col
lapsed as the C-97 was racing
down the runway for its takeoff
for Midway Island.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
Snow and blowing snow tonight
with northeasterly winds 25 to
35 miles per
hour. Cloudy to
morrow with
winds decreas
ing to 15 to 20
miles per hour, j
Lowest temper
ature expected
tonight 15, high
est Saturday 20.
SNOW Nome data for j
last 24 hours as of a.m. today:
Temperatures: highest 15, lowest
2. Maximum wind 30 mph. from
the NE. Sunrise at 6:49 a.m., sun
set at 5:38 p.m.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 15, lowest 8. Extreme
temperatures this date since 1907:
high 36 in 1949, low -30 in 1937.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -31 Clear
Pt. Hope -18 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 0 Snow
Shishmaref -7 Part cloudy
Wales -8 Cloudy
Gambell -5 Fog
Nome 15 Snow
Unalakleet 11 Part cloudy
Bethel 19 Part cloudy
McGrath 6 Sonw
Anchorage 19 Cloudy
Fairbanks -7 Cloudy
Edmonton 29 Cloudy
Juneau 32 Snow
Ketchikan 35 Snow
Seattle 45 Part cloudy
San Francisco 48 Part cloudy
SCHOOL NEWS
By OLAF HALVERSON
The CAP Cadets from Nome
flew in an Air Force plane to
Fairbanks last Tuesday. They are
participating in an encampment
for the purpose of promoting their
objectives both in Fairbanks and
in Nome.
The Nome cadets are especially
known for their marching ability.
They will participate in a parade
in Fairbanks demonstrating their
well-trained marching drills.
Meetings held by the Fairbanks
CAP will be attended by the local
cadets. Ladd Field is their head
quarters during their visit.
Mr. Craft and Mrs. Cooley are
supervising the trip. The cadets
expected to return tomorrow.
* * *
Perfect attendance records were
made by the following students
during the past six weeks:
Geraldine Fagerstrom, Ruth Fa
gerstrom, Carolyn Glavinovich,
Isaac Larsen, Donna Lyle, Jack
Muller, Madeline Piscova. Robert
Summers, and Milton Willoya.
Verbs and sentence structure
has been the work of the English
II class. Robert Herman heads the
list of students who has read the
greatest number of books.
The world history class has
completed the study of the French
history dating from 1789 to 1852.
They are now studying the Indus
trial Revolution.
j. a.
A • new banner adorns the as
sembly hall. It is the banner of
the College of Puget Sound, where
Juanita Fagerstrom is attending
school. Juanita made an A grade
on her English theme written
about her trip to Nome. She
was voted the most outstanding
pledge member in the Kappa Phi
Sorority. She saw the Globe
trotters play basketball and heard
the famous St. Olaf Choir sing.
* * *
During an eclipse, the shadow
of the moon travels about 2,100
miles an hour. At the equator an
observer moves 1,040 mile per
hour, due to rotation. Hence, the
speed of the shadow at the equa
tor would be 2,100 miles minus
1,040 miles, or 1,060 miles an
hour.
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The Lomen Commercial Company
wishes to correct the erroneous. impression
held by several of its customers and shippers
that its lighterage rates are based on a fixed
percentage of the steamer rates from Seattle
to the Nome Roadstead. •
Present rates became effective June 5, 1948, and
are enumerated in our Tariff No. 18 which is
filed with, and has been approved by, the U.S.
Maritime Commission. Except for a few reduc
tions, these rates have remained unchanged.
This tariff bears no percentage relation to pres
ent or future steamship rates, and no increases
in lighterage rates hre contemplated for 1952.
Arrested Man Admits
Murder of Mother
CLARKDALE, Ariz., (£?)—Searl
M. Ward, 26-year-old Almo, Ida
ho, man who admitted killing his
mother and then stuffing her body
in the trunk compartment of his
car, will be returned to Idaho
authorities after he waives extra
dition.
Ward was arrested here Wed
nesday without offering resistance
although he had a loaded .22 cali
bre rifle and several hundred
rounds of ammunition in the car.
Ward said he quarreled with
his mother because of his 10-week
growth of beard and that she
objected to his contemplated trip
to Alaska.
A service station attendant no
ticed blood dripping from the car
and notified a state highway pa
trolman.
Ward spent five months in an
Army mental hospital at Chey
enne, Wyo., and has been dis
charged but a short time.
Sheriff Saul Clark at Burley,
Idaho, said Ward was a victim of
shell shock in World War II.
BUREAUCRATS MAY PONDER'
HONG KONG. (/P)—Gov. Sir
Alexander Grantham yesterdayj
praised Hong Kong’s social wel- j
fare department for a “unique
contribution to this bureaucratic;
ridden world.”
In its five years of existence,j
the governor said, “the depart
ment has not initiated a single
form to be filled in by any mem
ber of the public.”
New Schedules Effective Feb. 1
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 10:30 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS
Via Kotzebue 11:30 a. m.
EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12:45 p. m.
Via Kotzebue
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1:45 p. m.
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
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ARRIVE NOME FROM KOTZEBUE
Via Candle and Peering 9:40 a. ID.
LEAVE NOME FOR KOTZEBUE
Via Candle and Peering 10:40 a. Ml.
EACH FRIDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12 Noon
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS
Via Kotzebue 1:00 p.m.
FREIGHT ONLY. NO PASSENGER SERVICE ON FRIPAY
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