NEWS IN BRIEF
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With U. S. Second Division, Ko
rea, (/P)—Sgt. Joe D’Elia, Tacoma,
Wash., is off his three-day soup
diet.
It took the weak Korean sun
that long to thaw out his store
bought teeth, which froze solid
one night in a cup of water.
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SAN FRANCISCO, (IP), A week
end fishing trip of 20 army and
air force men presumably cost
the lives of six when a huge wave
overturned their tug.
Quick rescue work saved 14 in
the Saturday mishap, six miles
outside the Golden Gate. That’s
where 23 lives were lost Aug. 25
when the navy hospital ship Be
nevolence sank after a collision in
a fog.
The tug was recovered yester
day but no bodies were aboard.
The 14 survivors were hospital
ized for shock, exposure or brok
en bones.
With U. F. 1st Cavalry Division,
Korea, (/P)—Those Chinese bug
lers are going to get some of their
own busic.
The Reds have a way of blow
ing bugles at the outset of an at
tack.
Col. William A. Harris, of
Athens, Ga., has issued bugles to
each of his battalions in the Sev
enth Regiment of the First Caval
ry Division. He has instructed his
men to go into battle blowing
“Garry Owen” — the old Irish
drinking song. It was the song of
the Seventh ’wav back when it
was General Custor’s old regi
ment.
Harris also has ordered his bug
lers to learn Chinese bugle calls
—to confuse the Reds.
CAP News
(By Don Ford)
The Nome Squadron is very for
tunate indeed to now have the
membership of Reverend Paul
Carlson who is now our new Wing
Chaplain. During the war *years
Reverend Carlson was chaplain
for the “Alaska Territorial Guard”
here in Nome. He has for many
years been known as “The Flying
Parson,” and it was he who blazed
the trail as Alaska’s first Mission
ary Pilot. Arriving in 1937 from
the tcfwn of Makinen, Minn., Rev.
Carlson’s first mission was located
at Candle, about a hundred and
fifty miles northeast of Nome.
Twenty-one hours total flying
time was the extent of the Par
son’s experience upon his arrival
here in Alaska, but two years
later *in March, 1939, he had
earned his Private Pilot’s Certifi
cate.
The Mission at Candle is one of
the many connected with the
Evangelical Covenant Church,
with others at Nunivak, Hooper
Bay, Scannon Bay, Mountain Vil
lage, Unalakleet, Golovin, White
Mountain, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, and
Haycock. These are the ones that
were served by the Mission’s first
plane, a Fairchild-24, with the
“Flying Parson” at the controls.
Later a Piper Cruiser was pur
chaser, and it was in these two
j
j planes that he received most of
i his flying experience. In the space
1 of fourteen years, all the territory
J from Nunivak to Kotzebue, and
; from Diomede to Marshall was
i covered on all kinds of missions
I in all kinds of weather. He recalls
| that there were at least ten mercy
missions flown out of Candle in a
single winter. Many people of
Nome probably remember when
he flew to White Mountain to
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j Railway Strike
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Pennsy reported that only 32
were at work this morning. It said
it was operating trains with the
aid of specially trained volunteer
workers.
A few other cracks appeared in
the strike of about 12,000 switch
men, but the improvement in the
situation was slight.
Nearly all the approximately 50
lines affected by the “sick” call
walkout had little or no relief
from the virtual tie-up of import
ant terminal operations in about
100 of the nation’s major cities.
More embargoes on shipments
were imposed or extended, more
industries were feeling the pinch
of vanishing supplies err raw goods
for processing while finished pro
ducts piled up on their shipping
docks; and more men were being
laid off. The government embargo
bring the burned Ost child safely
j through one of the worst storms
i of the year to the hospital here at
Nome. One time upon landing on
the ice at Koyuk, he returned to
the plane only to find that the ice
that he landed on had broken off
from the shore, and was adrift.
After jumping many leads and
open spaces in the ice, the plane
was finally reached and in time
the whole ice floe was returned to
the shore, only to find difficulties
arising once again a few days
later after a snow storm that ne
cessitated the trampling down of
the complete take-off strip by the
helpful natives. He recalls landing
at “Dime Landing” near Haycock
after dark with the aid of two
natives on the ground at each end
of the thousand foot strip, each
equipped with a flashlight. But
probably the most harrowing ex
perience Rev. Carlson remembers
was the time he and Mrs. Carlson
were flying out of Kotzebue with
Pilot King at the control. The
temperature was in the —50’s, and
the skis of the plane would freeze
to the runway surface if the plane
wasn’t kept on the move. Several
times they would situate them
selves in the plane ready for take
off, only to. not move an inch with
the engine revving at full power.
Finally after several attempts, the
Reverend himself aided the plane
in getting started by getting out
and pushing till it was ; rolling
freely, then jumping on ttie skis
and holding on. It was not until
after the plane was airborne and
over the town of Kotzebue that he
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was finally hauled into the cabin,
out of the rushing wind and 50
below temperature.
Naturally there are a few bush
pilots here in Alaska that have
probably had similar experiences,
flown through rougher weather,
gone on longer and tougher mis
sions, but we believe there has
been none that have had as few
forced landings as the “Flying
Parson.” During the thousand
hours that the reverend has log
ged since his arrival in Alaska, he
has been fortunate to have hafl
only a single emergency landing,
that being on the runway at
Weeks Field, Fairbanks. As Rev.
Carlscm is a very modest person, it
was only through Mrs. Carlson,
his faithful companion in their
eleven years of married life, that
we were able to obtain the infor
mation of her husband’s exploits
that we desired. Thus we see that
we are truly more than fortunate
to have the membership of our
new Chaplain in the Nome Squad
ro'n, Civil Air Patrol.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kalerak
have purchased a lot in the Ches
ter Creek area in Anchorage
where they have put up a small
cabin to tide them over the win
ter.
The Kaleraks moved from
Nome last fall to make their home
in Anchorage where work was
plentiful but according to the An
chorage Times, Kalerak has not
been able to get work. With them
are their seven children and they
I are striving to get by until work
; can be found for them when
spring construction starts.
on most mail continued.
One of the first breaks in the
walkout which began six days ago
j came yesterday in the strategic
rail center of Atlanta. The return
to work there of about 1,500
switchmen was sufficient to restore
normal operaitons in three rail-'
road yards and to lift embargoes
on all but one line.
Govt. Freezes Sale,
Delivery of Hides
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WASHINGTON, (#)—The gov
eminent today froze until March
15 all sales of, and deliveries eft
cattle hides, calfskins and kips.
The step was taken pending estab
lishment of government controls
to assure military supplies. '
The National Production Au
thority, which issued the order,
said it applies to priority orders
for the armed forces as well as
other puchases. . * \
. But NPA said the action will
not curtail current output of
9hoes, luggage and other> 'goods,
because of the time lag—usually
about two months—required for
tanning and processing raw> hides
for. manufacturing. purposes. *
The government previously had
rolled back the prices of hides.
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Truss Wheels, MobiLoaders.
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Road Street Forms,
Construction Equipment
BRODERICK * BASCOM .
Yellow Strand Wire Rope
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Clamshells, Back Hoes,
Hydrocranes,1 Drills
CATERPILLAR
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Road Machinery,
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CASE
I Industrial Wheel Tractors
FLECO
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GOODYEAR
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Rubber Products
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Ignition Shielding
HYSTER
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Lift Trucks. Straddle Trucks
JOHN DEERE
Farm Implements, Tractors
JOY (Sullivan)
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LINCOLN
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McCULLOCH
Saws, Pumps
MICHLER
Sleighs
ONAN
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Crushers, Screens, Bins,
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REX (Chain Bali)
Pumps. Pavers, Pumpcretes,
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Crescent Scrapers
SKAGIT
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TRACKSONv
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Treedozers, Brush Rakes
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Clutches, Marine Gears,
Hydraulic Units
WILLARD
Storage Batteries
WITTE
Dieselectric Plants
YOUNG
Blocks, Logging Tackle
A drill bit, worth a few dol
lars, can sometimes be just as
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operator as a dragline excava
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in five figures. Northern Com
mercial Company, in under
. taking to supply the machin
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kon Territory, has always
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with the quality and availabil
ity of small items as of ’large.
We realize that both are es
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able production in the indus
tries we serve. 1
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