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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, (/P)
—A flash fire caused by gasoline
becoming ignited on the surface
of the water took the lives of
five men at the U. S. naval base
pier here Saturday, naval officials
said. In addition one man is miss
ing and 10 were being treated for
injuries.
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Features NOME as the typical Arctic Coast City
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ARCTIC COAST EXCURSIONS
Genuine Native Handcraft Active Gold-Dredging Operations
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U. S. Airlines Have
Safest Year In 1950
CHICAGO, i/P)—America’s air
lines racked up their best dom
estic safety record in history in
1950.
In scheduled domestic opera
tions, the nation’s airlines had a
passenger death rate of 1.1 for
each 100,000,000 passenger-miles.
(A passenger-mile represents one
passenger carried one mile).
The previous best safety record
of 1.2 deaths per 100,000,000 pas
senger miles was set in 1939 and
tied in 1946.
Trans-World Airlines was hon
ored for operating 4,420,434,000
passenger miles was a perfect rec
ord between March 11, 1947 and
Aug. 31, 1950.
Hawaiian Airlines went through
1950 with a perfect record to com
plete 21 years—as of Dec. 31—the
longest period of safe operation
recorded by any air line.
Other winners included:
Alaska Airlines, Alaska Coastal
Airlines, Cordova Air Service, Ellis
Air Lines, Northern Consolidated
Airlines, Pacific Northern Air
lines, Reeve Aleutian Airways,
Wein Alaska Airlines.
$18,000 In Cash Lost In
Fishing Boat Explosion
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—The fish
ing boat Larry of Seward ex
ploded early Monday at Homer,
injuring two crew members and
causing loss of $18,000 in cash.
The money was to be used in
purchasing fish. Capt. Hans Peter
son of Edmonds, Wash., was able
to save two small bags of silver
coins from the 110-foot converted
subchaser.
The 10th Rescue Squadron flew
all six crew men to Anchorage.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
5:00—Father Knows Best
5:30—Juke Box U.S.A.
6:00—News
6:15—Requestfully Yours
7:00—Screen Directors Play
house
7:30—Club “15”
7:45—Beulah
8:00—My Favoritte Husband
8:30—Hopalong Cassidy
9:00—News
9:15—Enchanted Keyboard
9:30—Big Story
10:00—Name It for a Song
10:30—One Night Stand *»
11:00—Jack Smith
11:15—Words with Music
11:30—Vaughn Monroe
12:00—Sign Off
THURSDAY, JUNE 14
9:00—Morning Melodies
9:15—Morning Devotions
9:30—Fred Waring
10:00—The Clevelandaires
10:30—Red Foley
11:00—Dave Garroway
11:15—Jack Birch
11:30—I & E Special
Noon—Luncheon Turn-Table
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Ranchhouse
2:00—Bookshelf of World
2:30—Kate Smith
2:45—To Be Announced
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—News
4:15—Curt Massey
4:30—Hospital Request
4:45-^Passing Parade
5:00—Duffy’s Tavern
5:30—Juke Box U.S.A.
6:00—News
6:15—Requestfully Yours
7:00—Show Goes On
8:00—N. Y. Philharmonic
9:00—News
9:15—Passing Parade.
9:30—Dragnet
10:00—Name It for a Song
10:30—One Night Stand
11:00—Jack Smith
11:15—Words with Music
11:30—At Ease
12:00—Sign Off
FRIDAY, JUNE 15
9:00—Morning Devotions
9:15—Morning Devotions
9:30—Fred Waring
10:00—The Clevelandaires
10:30—Tennessee Jamboree
11:00—Dave Garroway
11*15—Jack Birch
1:30—I & E Special
Noon—'Luncheon Turntable
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Danchhouse
2:00—Bookshelf erf World
2:30—Nelson Eddy
' 2:45—To Be Announced
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—News
4:15—Curt Massey
4:30—Hospital Request
4:45—Behind the Story
5:00—My Friend Irma }
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry, Galvin, President
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