MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
NOME CAB CO
Reasonable Rates
Dependable 24-hour Service — Phone Main 141
DIAMOND RINGS
POLAR CURIO
SHOP
Sale of Rum and Brandy at half-price
Ends September 30th
No lay-away sales - Cash and Carry
NOME LIQUOR STORE
I Truman Curtails
I Public Works
j Expenditures
(/P) Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (A>)—
The army engineers have inform
ed Senator Mitchell (D-Wash.)
taht President Truman’s order
curtailing federal expenditures on
public works will prevent the
start of any new projects for flood
control and navigation.
Mitchell had written urging ap
, proval of work in Washington
state for which Congress appropri
ated funds but Lt.-Gen. R. A.
Wheeler, chief of engineers, re
plied that new projects were for
bidden unless specifically author
j ized by the director of reconver
sion.
Wheeler said the President’s di
rective also requires the engineers
to limit their expenditures during
the year ending next June 30 to
i $95,000,000 for flood control work
and $90,000,000 for navigation
improvements.
At The Hotels
—
WALLACE HOTEL
Thorton T. Johnson, Fairbanks;,
Ross Kinney, Noxapaga; Ed Law
son, Tulsa Oklahoma; M. B. Berry,
Vernon, Texas; Mr. and Mrs.
Fitch, Washington R. H. Frances,
Davis Bryan, W. J. Fike, Anchor
age; Don Stewart, Beaver Creek;
K. W. Gilmore, Spencer; Vic Hill,
White Mountain; Nick Carter,
Seattle; W. A. Hanson, Morgan
Davies, Don Knutson, Anchorage;
John Cross, Kotzebue.
PATERSON HOTEL
Nelson Wilbur, Kotzebue; T. Jo
hanson, Fairbanks; F. Wassman,
Nome; Glena Jankinbics, Fair
banks; Dorothy Tinkoff, Tacoma:
Mr. and Mrs. John Homethke,
Fairbanks: Mrs. R. C. Jameson
* and two children, St. Lawrence
| Island.
New DAYLIGHT SCHEDULES to Fairbanks
EFFECTIVE SEPT. 23rd. 1946
WIEN ALASKA BOEINGS LEAVE 2 P.M.
Mondays & Thursdays
LEAVE NOME DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS
ENJOY A SCENIC “FLIGHTSEEING” TRIP
Contact WIEN ALASKA For Your Reservations
And Inquire About
Special Fairbanks Excursion Rates
NEVADA GRILL
Breakfast Served at 10:00 a.m. — Close 1:00 a.i
SILVERIO RUIZ
ARCTIC OIL DELIVER1
Phone Black 76
YOUR ORDERS ARE APPRECIATED
ALASKA TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH CO.
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE SERVICE
NOTICE
Effective September 5th All Steam'
ship Sailings From Seattle Are Post
poned Indefinitely On Account of
Sailors Strike.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Thomas J. Keating, Nome Agent
FOR SALE
$13,515.00 Business Bidding,
Nome, Alaska - Splendid location
83 x 23 feet with large apartment up
stairs. Immediate occupancy avail
able.
Contact:
Edw. D* Coffey*- Agent
Anchorage, Alaska