French Plan To
Send U. S. Gifts
‘Thank You’ Train
WASHINGTON, (/P)—France is
sending a “thank you” train to this
country, loaded with unusual gifts
as an expression of appreciation
for the food which was collected
by the Friendship Trains in the
United States and given to the
French people.
Drew Pearson, secretary of the
Friendship Train committee, said
the French units will arrive in
New York December 14.
That will be exactly one year af
ter the American Friendship Train
arrived at Le Havre with the food
donated by Americans.
The French train will consist of
49 World War I boxcars of the “40
men, 8 horses” type.
Each state will be given one of
the Fiench cars, with the 49th to
go to Hawaii.
Gifts aboard the French train
will include 49 porcelain vases
given by President Auriol of
France; 49 trees and bushes from
various par's of France; soil from
French-American bat lefields; and
49 sets of medals produced by the
French mint. Some of the medals
will be duplicates of those given
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
JESSEN'S WEEKLY "FIRE
EDITION" ON SALE
Jessen’s Weekly fire edition ar
rived on the Nome newsstands to
day in five colors showing the
dauntless pioneer and Alaskan
spirit of its owner Ernest F. Jes
sen and his faithful staff of thir
teen members who voluntarily set
aside a well earned Thanksgiving
vacation to get the edition out re
gardless of anything else. It re
calls to mind the fire in 1934 in
Nome when the Nugget was de
stroyed and how another veteran
newspaperman George Maynard
and son Russell Maynard located
a mimeograph and put out a regu
lar paper until new equipment
could be installed.
the late General Patton.
Also aboard the French train
will be the French and American
flags which flew from the Eiffel
Tower when American troops lib
erated Paris from the Germans on
August 24, 1944.
The train of cars will be trans
ported across the United States on
American flat cars with distribu
tion of the gifts to be left to the
individual states.
Collection of the French gifts
was handled by various French
veterans’ associations.
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Phone Ma. 55 - For finest Liquors
GIFTS! GIFTS!
As Xmas draws near, thoughts turn to gifts
that will make the home happier and brighter.
May we suggest a few items from our large
selection of gifts!
Electric Toasters
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Pressure Cookers <
Table Lamps
Coiigolium Rugs
Deep Freeze Unit
Hamilton Beach
Vacuum Cleaners
Corn Poppers with Hotplate
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We also have the Best Bicycle in
town with 25% off original price
ALL PURCHASES EXPERTLY GIFT
WRAPPED FREE OF CHARGE
Nome Motor .Co.
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San Francisco Asks
One-Carrier Air
Service to Alaska
WASHINGTON, l/P)—A spokes
man for San Francisco asked the
1 civil aeronautics board yesterday
to authorize one-carrier air service
between that city and Alaska.
Francis V. Keesling, Jr., coun
sel for the city and county of San
Francisco, said'such service would
eliminate present trans-shipments
delays and costs and greatly in
crease air travel between Califor
nia and Alaska.
After relating the sharp rise in
population and industrial develop
ment of the San Francisco area
J since 1940, Kesling asserted the
! proposed direct one-carrier one
! plane service would help not only
! business concerns but be in the in
terest of national defense.
He cited hotel .registration fig
ures to support his argument that
tourist travel between California
and the Territory would rise with
isuch service.
Air freight in fresh fruits and
nuts from California to Alaska
j would increase sharply also if
trans-shipment costs at Seattle
! were eliminated, he argued.
i The fishing industry in Alaska, j
| he continued, probably would use
ia through-plane service to trans
port workers from California to
plants in the Territory when heavy
seasonal demand for labor occurs.
\ As for national defense, he
.pointed to military installations
being developed in Alaska and
! said hat in case of an emergency
it would be in the interests of the
! country if a through-carrier oper
ation to California already was
functioning.
He did not mention any particu
; lar air line.
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Court News
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Grand Jury is now in session,
and according to the District At
torney. should have a report to
morrow morning. The Nugget was
| unable to find out how many
1 cases are scheduled for the Grand
Jury or what case the jury is now
working on.
Sheldon Keok is to appear in the
Commissioner’s Cour. today on a
charge of giving liquor to an ha
bitual.
William Willock has been charg
ed with burglary in a dwelling and
taking $140.00 belonging to Knut
Solvick. He has been bound over
to the Grand Jury.
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Plan Emergency
Radio Network
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PORTLAND, {&) — An emer
gency radio network to be operat
ed by civilian air patrol units span
! ning the nation and in Alaska and
| Hawaii, was discussed here with
| air force aides.
j Representatives from the Pacific
Northwest and the two Territories
par icipated in the planning led by
Maj. Arthur D. Rhodes, assistant
deputy chief of staff at the Wash
ington, D. C., headquarters of CAP.
“This communications net is the
number one assignment given the
CAP by the air force,” Maj.
Rhodes reported. “It would be a
vital factor in providing commun
ications in case of emergency, civil
or military, which might knock
out or overload existing commer
cial or military, circuits.”
He said the CAP has over 5,000
radio stations, most of them on in
dependent power.
Wife Mails Letter
To Sweetheart
For Hubby
LOS ANGELES The moral
of this story is: if you want to write
love letters to a sweetheart, don’t
have your wife mail them.
Mrs. Thelma Tapscott got a di
vorce Fridya from Robert A. Tap
scott of Decatur, 111., on just those
grounds. She said the envelopes
were addressed to a former fellow
officer of Tapscott’s in the Ameri
can army of occupation in Ger
many. But inside (she opened one)
she said were letters speaking ar
dent love to a German miss known
only as “Maria.” The letter she
added, read in part:
“Maria, I want to go with you
to the moon—not for some months,
but for always.”
To which, Mrs. Tapscott said, in
effect, bon voyage.
Grandpa—How are you getting
on in school?
Tommy—Fine, Grandpa. Full
back in football and half back in
lessons.
PIONEERS TO HAVE TU
FEAST WEDNESDAY
The Pioneers of Alas’* 'e ***•
ing to feast on a turkey dinner
next Wednesday evening v/hh’h
tjme the losing team on H.»
bership drive held this jt • ’ v/ 11
be hosts to all the memb* * th*r
organisations.
Those giving the dinrrr whh’h
will precede the regular noting
are A. Polet, Andrew VVimtu '!'
Scott, R. W. Roell, Pears* 7/aim,
L. Olson, Henry Ullrier
Brandt, Rube Cremer, Rt .1 - PP»p, !n« I . I 1
The committee urge.- /••''/• ne
to sign up at Polet’s store ."am
as possible so that they have
an idea of how many arc n< to
attend.
CHAMBER OF COMMEF. 1,2
DINNER MEETING TUEK j
The Chamber of Comrr • ;m
having another dinner mtt<.
morrow evening, at sew IrrK
at the Pioneer Hall. TV.'mivt
| will be a turkey dinner 'Kuiph
i Lomen, who won one of " • i ftvA
Fair association turkey ‘ ■ •
nated it to the Chamber i< 1 ii..d
purpose. Several import ■ m.~i
ters are scheduled to coir.*. ! • ?« ?*>
the Chamber at this meet if’
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