Hve Fishermen
Rescued In Pacific
SAN DIEGO, Calif, i/p)—Five
# weary and sun-blackened Califor
nia fishermen, blown 1,000 miles
off their course, were enroute
back to civilization today after
six weeks of near starvation on a
desolate Pacific island off the
Mexican coast.
The five fishermen, missing
with the 45-foot boat Thistle out of
San Pedro s'nen May 19. were res
cued late Saturday by the tuna
clipper Normandie from pin-point
Clipoerton island, a five square
mile coral atoll, some 1 700 miles
south of here and 500 mile^ from
the Mexican mainland.
First word from rescuers to th™
coast guard and navy here indi
cated the men were in “fair con
dition.” but did not elaborate. Th.e
Thistle was shattered on the
shore, but none of the crew was
hurt.
The navy requested the Nor
mandie, a San Diego vessel, to
take the fishermen to the Gala
pagos islands, about 1.800 miles
further south, and said it was
sending a craft from Panama to
pick up the victims.
The Thistle’s crew members
were Capt. William N&ble. Charlr-s
E. Warren, Gilbert B. Stethe, Rob
ert Marchall and Walter Rich
ards, all of San Pedro.
Noah Webster, maker of dic
tionaries, published an American
speller at the age of 25 which sold
one million copies.
Uncover Plot lo
Overthrow hrrn?
Government
PARIS, i/Pi — Interior minister
Edouard Depreux announced to
day the discovery of u "very wide
spread” plot by an organization
known as the Black Maquis to
overthrow the French republic
and set up a military dictatorship.
Depreux said Gen. Guillaudot,
inspector general of the French
gendarmerie; Maj. Jean Loustau
neau-Laeau, a rightist resistance
leader who before the war ack
nowledged that he was a member
of the anti-republican Cagoulards
• hooded ones', and other officers
and civilians had been arrested.
A usually reliable semi-official
source said earlier that four
French generals and several civil -
1 ians had been implicated.
Depreux told a rtfews conference
: that whole units of the French
I army might have been involved.
He said first details of the clan
destine organization of former
right wing resistance leaders,
monarchists and Vichy collabora
! tionists became known to French
police forces late in 1046 from po
lice informers.
GTJY MISH RETURNS
FROM STATES TRIP
Guy Mish, former owner of the
Nome Hardware returned last Fri
day. having spent the winter in
the States, and is being welcomed
by his many friends.
LADIES —
. A gay sport dress for the
4th of July —
from
VI’S DRESS SHOP
Phone Main 26
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FOR SALE
MY RESIDENCE
On North Steelman Street
Which Is a Nine-Room Home with
Hot and Cold Running Water and Bath
ALSO MY D-4 CAT TRACTOF
Which I have recently had overhauled
Because I have sold most of my cabins
I am anxious to leave on the next boat
and will sell at a considerably reduced
price.
$ -
I HAVE TWO GOOD CABINS LEFT AND
YET FOR SALE
EDWARD S. HOREN
OTiieiery Assn,
lias Organization
Meeting
i
The first meeting of the mem
bers selected by the different or
ganizations to organize the Nome
Cemetery Association was held in
the City Hall Friday evening,
June 20, at H:00 P.M. A. Polet pre
siding.
After reviewing and discussing
plans of organization it was de
cided to appoint the following
committees.
1. Committee on Organization to
prepare the Constitution and By
Laws, Rules and Regulations in
accordance with Section 1001 of
the compiled laws of Alaska. Steve
Anderson, Chairman; C. C. Tan
ner, Mrs. Carrie McLain.
2. Committee on Survey and
Plans, Bob Baldwin, chairman;
Frank Love, W. A. Boucher.
3. Committee on Ways and
Means, Mrs. Travis, chairman,
Mrs. Yennev, Mrs. Helen Nord
lind.
These committees will proceed
at once to organize and carry out
their purposes in order that a gen
eral meeting can be had soon. It is
"necessary to select someone to
act as a caretake or manager, to
begin at once to direct any labor
or gravelling that will be donated
for the purpose of placing it on
, the premises where it is needed.
1 Mrs. Carrie McLain, City Clerk,
has been designated as temporary
treasurer to receive all funds so
licited by the Committee on
Wavs and Means and to receive
%
donations.
On motion, a representative of
the Native Brotherhood and the
Catholics will be invited to take
part in the organization of the
Nome Cemetery Association.
The Rotary Club will be offered
the selection of a site in the cem
etery belonging to organizations
that are not now functioning.
U. S. Exports Oil;
i Navy Imports Oil
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'I WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Brewster (R.-Me.) Saturday called
l t
| for a “full inquiry” into why the
navy must import millions of bar
rels of oil from Arabia while Rus
| sian tankers are carrying U. S. pe
; troleum away from west coast
' ports.
Meanwhile chairman Weichel
<R.-Dhio> of the House marchant
marine committee introduced a
1 bill which would make curbs on
oil exports mandatory in time of
shortage. Under existing legisla
tion, the controls are at the Pres
ident’s discretion..
Brewster said he would follow
| up with a resolution to authorize
an investigation of the whole oil
shortage question by the Senate
commerce committee.
John L. Sullivan, undersecre
tary of the navy, wrote the Senate
war investigating committee that
the navy has had* to arrange to
import 500,000 barrels of fuel oil
a month for the next six months
from the Persian Gulf area.
CHANGING CLUBS
CHICAGO, (/P) — John Pizza,
chief of police in suburban Calu
met park, is going to retire after
17 years on the force and open a
night club.
“I’m tired of seeing people in
trouble and unhappy,” said the 40
year old chief. “I want to watch
some happy, carefree people for a
while.”
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Sourdoughs Plan
50-Year Reunion
SEATTLE </P)—Sourdough vet
erans of the Alaska gold rush will
relive their experiences in mem
ory next month in Seattle, where
50 years ago the landing of a “t >n
of gold” from the Klondike touch
ed off the mass race northward.
Plans for the international
Sourdough Reunion. Inc., h»v
July 24 to 27 are well under ' '
officials of the host Seattle A1
ka-Yukon pioneers said today. T e
international convention will be
Seattle’s first since 1942.
More than 1500 sourdough
from the United States. Alaska,
and Canada are expected to
tend the reunion. Invitations have
been extended to Gov. Ernest H.
Gruening of Alaska, Rex Beach
and Robert W. Service, famed for
their tales of the north, and George
Black, Dawson member of the
Canadian parliament.
FORECAST LATE BREAKUP
FOR BARROW ICE
A letter from the manager of
the Barrow Ice Pool, Oliver Mor
ris, who is now at Barrow states
that the pool is now well over
$8,000, with a few places not hav
ing reported. The recording mech
! anism has been completed he
states and is placed at the Barrow
Village proper in front of the
Brower trading Station.
All indications are that it will
i be a late break-up, as no holes
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FORMER NOMEITE VISITING
OLD FRIENDS HERE
Earl Hunt accompanied by his
daughter Shirley and son Charles
arrived from Beeville, Texas last
Friday afternoon on the P.A.A.
Mr Hunt is a former Nomeite,
having lived here from 1906 until
1910 when he joined the stampede
to the Iditarod where he married
Lucille Taylor, daughter of Chas!
E. Taylor, in 1917.
Since 1918 he has been Ford
dealer in Beeville, Texas, and has
always kept an active interest in
what went on in Alaska although
he was far away. He is enjoying
visiting with friends of the early
days, having spent some time in
•Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau,White
horse, Fairbanks and Mt. McKin
ley Park, and plans to see Shish
maref and Flat before returning
to the States, as well as crossing
the international date line by
plane. Mr. Hunt has been finding
: old landmarks in and about Nome
I somewhat changed during the past
i 37 years. •
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PARENTS VISITING MRS.
STANLEY BARTLETT
Mr. and Mrs. D. Johnston, par
ents of Mrs. Stanley Bartlett ar
! rived from British Columbia to
. visit for a short while.
1 Oveta Culp Hobby, director of
the Women’s Army Corps, is the
author of a text on parliamentary
law.
have appeared along the shore
and the ice is solid.
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