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*A flight was made from Fair
banks on Friday with no incom
ing passengers. Willard Baker was
a passenger for Kotzebue.
Sunday pilot John Cross
brought in Mrs. Larry Johanson
and son who is reported quite ill. j
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving with Pan American
Saturday were Mrs. 4May, Emer
son Bassett and Charles Beamer.
Round trip passengers were L.
Fernauld and Don McMorran.
Departing were Ellen Mande
Lville and daughter, Grant Jack
J>on, Joe Little.
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kT THE "WALLACE HOTEL
M. L. Anderson, Anchorage. Tex
Seigler, Igloo. E. J. Sullivan. J. B.
letterfield, Harry Hendricks, G. E.
•lassett, C. C. Beamer, Willard
•■itch, E. Pearson, Seattle. Charles
3oyd, Arkansas.
^OB LEDGERWOOD. 93
>ASSED ON SATURDAY
E Robert Ledgerwood. aged 83, af
fectionately known as “Bob” to
lis many friends passed away
Quietly in his sleep Saturday eve
ting at the Maynard Columbus
Hospital.
j He was born in Paisley, Ontario
gn 1856, and came to Alaska in
695 where his first job was build
yig the wharf at Skagway.
Mr. Ledgerwood won the re
Ipect and admiration of the entire
jommunity for his devotion to his
*nfe who was an invalid for many
B
.ears.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F.
Uebekahs and Pioneers, taking an
Active part in all groups until very
[jecently. He is survived by a si
»r, it is reported, in Spokane.
Wash.
^ Funeral arrangements will be
(nnounced later.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and .Vicinity
Compiled by the U. 3. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 9, 1948
Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy
tonight, becoming cloudy toward
morning with occasional snow
showers, clearing in the afternoon
and colder. Lowest temperature
tonight 0, highest temperature
Tuesday 20.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hodVs 0.08
inch. Total precipitation this
month 0.65 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 28, lowest 14.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
30 miles per hour from the south.
Sunrise at 8:18 a.m., sunset at
4:16 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
40, lowest 27. ^
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —41 in
1925, highest 40 in 1947.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 16 Snow
Point Hope 25 Partly Cloudy t
Kotzebue 21 Snow
Shishmaref 25 Partly Cloudy
Wales 25 Partly Cloudy
Gambell 21 Partly Cloudy
Nome 20 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet 19 Cloudy
Bethel 27 Snow
McGrath —1 Snow
Anchorage —2 Clear
Fairbanks —18 Clear
Juneau 12 Clear
Whitehorse —21 Clear
Ketchikan 25 Clear
Edmonton —17 Clear
Seattle 40 Cloudy
San Francisco 53 Rain
South’s Governors
Calm In Discussion
_
WAKULLA SPRINGS, Fla. (JP)
The south’s governors moved
calmly into a discussion of region
al education Saturday without
mentioning the explosive issue of
a Democratic party split.
After brief statements by chair
man William Preston Lane, Jr., of
Maryland and Gov. Millard Cald
well of Florida on the aims of re
gional education, the conference,
went into executive session.
The governors gave no indica
tion when or if they will consider |
a proposal to bolt the national
Democratic party. Gov. Fielding
L. Wright of Mississippi said he
planned to recommend this action
by the conference.
EMERSON BASSET
VISITING IN NOME
Emerson Basset, former Nome;
boy who is now regional operation,
superintendent of the Pan Ameri-|
can Airways, with offices in Seat-;
tie, is here for a few days on .offi
cial business and enjoying visiting
with old friends. Emerson made
his start here with the Pan Amer- j
ican when it first started its
scheduled flights into Nome and
has steadily been taking on in
creasing responsibilities with the
company.
^LADIES AID MET
FRIDAY EVENING
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Federated Church met at the
home of Mrs. W. B. McCarthy
last Friday evening for a most en
joyable evening.
The Aid is sponsoring the World
Day of Prayer on Friday evening.
Feb. 20, with the co-operation of
women from other churches in
Nome.
They also made plans to have
their annual Easter Food Sale.
The next meeting was announc
| ed to be at the home of Mrs. Rob
ert Baldwin.
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Many Get
Tax Refunds |
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Refunds j
of income excess profits, distilled
spirits, estate and miscellaneous;
taxes in the fiscal year ending]
June 30 were reported to Congress
today by the treasury.
The treasury is required by law j
to report all refunds of $500 or
more to Congress each year.
Following are refunds to Alaska
residents:
A 1 a ska Airlines, Anchorage,
$10,178: Columbia Lumber Co. of
Alaska, Juneau, $3,966 and $3,790
income and $895 and $12,983 ex
cess profits; L. S. Ferris, Ketchi
kan, $12,102; Lyman B. Ferris,
Ketchikan, $}L<>52; Sibyl T. Fer
ris, Ketchikan, $11,887.
J. W. Gubker, Juneau, $5,009;
Alma Nicholson and Oscar Nich
olson, Petersburg, $5,409 each.
Martin A. Pinska, Fairbanks,
$7,016; Antonio and Mary E. Po
let, Nome, $21,032: Sommers Con
struction So.. Juneau. $7,777 (ex
cess profits); Wien Alaska Air
lines, Fairbanks, $19,309.
Lomen Commercial, Seattle,
was listed for refunds of $19,817
(excess profits) and $20,665 (in
come). Others included: Pacific
American Fisheries, Seattle, $80,
875 (excess profits).
FUNERAL FOR O. D. COCHRAN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The Pioneers of Alaska are con
ducting the funeral of O. D. Coch
ran who died last week. The cere
mony is scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon at the Federated church
at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. M. Day
officiating.
Pall bearers will be Tolbert
Scott, Albin Poison, Paul Dryden,
Carl Glavinovich, Frank Bing
ham, L. Dunbar.
Following the . church service
the body will be returned to the
undertaking parlor pending burial
on Belmont Point later in the
spring.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Strikes Seek To
Force U. N. Party
From South Korea
(Continued on Page Four)
Korean authorities can’t handl<
the situation at present.”
Meanwhile, the commissioi
went into executive session to con
suit with General Hodge. A com
mission spokesman said the grou]
had heard of the incidents bu
was taking no cognizance of therr
Strike handbills were no
signed, but there was at least on
indication that leftists were be
hind the incidents. A gang raide
the Oriental Daily News, newspa
per of the rightist Korean Demc
cratic party, and overturned typ
cases.
Literature distributed in Seoi
demanded the immediate with
drawal of United States and Ruj
sian occupation troops, the confi<
cation and re-distribution of lan<
nationalization of industry, r<
lease of “political prisoners an
transfer of power to the people
No anti-American incid e n t
were reported.
MRS. PAUL MANDEVILLE
LEAVES FOR STATES
Mrs. Paul Mandeville ar
daughter Pamella left on a sho
business trip to the States ar
plan to return soon.
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