AIRLINES
Because of inclement flying
weather, there has been no move
ment on any of the airlines in nor
■out of Nome.
At The Hotels
PATERSON HOTEL—
Lt. and Mrs. William Henry Ul
rich, Nome; Albert Bahls, Mar
shall.
WALLACE HOTEL—
T. H. Wheaton, Anchorage; T.
H. Beymer, Bethel.
Hospital Notes
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Patients in the hospital this
week are Carl Hanson, Bill
Thomas, Andy Anderson, Max
Rapp, Ralph Kitzmiller and Clar
ence Norman.
Frank Ryan of Unalakleet and
Ida Weyiouvanna of Shishmaref
were dismissed yesterday.
Inmate Tests “Break"
While Testing Brakes
JESSUPS, Md.— UP) —Superin
tendent J. Leroy Wright reported
that an automobile brake testing
job apparently gave an inmate of
the House of Correction ideas for
a “break.”
Wright said Luther Boggs, serv
ing two years, and a guard were
;wijusting the brakes, and the
guard told Boggs to drive the car
around the circle fronting a main
building.
Boggs drove into the circle, then
kept going. The sheriff at Bel Air,
50 miles away, nabbed Boggs sev
eral hours later.
Surplus Mining
Equipment Being
Released For Sale
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 25— </P) —
Vernon Hilliker of the Surplus
1 Property Office announced today
that one and one-quarter million
dollars worth of surplus mining
equipment has been released for
sale on the Seward Peninsula, at
Davidson’s Landing, Kougarok.
Lava Lake, North Spit, and Point
Spencer. Bids are acceptable un
til February 28, and will be made
through the Anchorage Surplus
Property Office.
Chance In 10,000
They Work Together
CINCINNATI, O.—(JP)—A Uni
cersity of Cincinnati graduate and
his wife, also a graduate, are re
ported by campus officials to be
the only husband and wife among
10,000 persons licensed by the
Ohio State Board of Registration
for Professional Engineers to prac
tice professional engineering in
this state.
They are Francis M. Sell, 1933
chemical engineering and 1935
master of science graduate of the
university; and his wife, Mrs. Oc- j
tavia Spencer Sell, 1930 bachelor
and master of science graduate.
He is superintendent of ink pro
duction, with his wife as principal
assistant, at the National Marking
Machine Company, manufacturers
of marking equipment for laun
dries.
No pigment paint is as pure as
| the light ray colors seen in the
' spectrum.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
MAN-MADE ICE STOR M—It looks like the aftermath of a sleet storm but actually it’s
what happened when somebody opened a fire hydrant at night in Boston’s Mattapan section.
Gives Homeless Vets
Chance To Age In Wood
DES MOINES —OP)—Wooden
grain storage bins used during the
1930’s when Iowa was glutted with
a corn surplus now are going to be
offered for sale to veterans for use
as houses.
R. H. Kenworth, Des Moines
builder, said he had purchased 240
of the 14 x 24 foot bins from the
U. S. department of agriculture at
13 Iowa towns and would offer
them to central Iowa war veter
ans.
The price “as is” along with
plans for converting them into
houses, is $325. He estimated that
I converted into modern, small
| houses the cost would be about
$2,800 exclusive of the lot.
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Lungfishes have eyes with pu
pils that do not change in size.
WIEN Alaska Airlines
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“Alaska’s First Airline”
• •
If It’s Freight-Whatever the Weight
Let Wien-Alaska Fly It!
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Nome to Gambell
Jan. 3rd
Jan. 17th
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Day or Night Phone MAIN 46
For Information
Be Wise—Nugget Advertise For Good Printing Call Main 125
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
BEN YOUNG
Start the New Year Right
Arrange Now for Regular Oil Service
Phone BLACK 19 P.O. Box 331
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME :: ALASKA
FOR SALE
Nome Drug Store
Nome, Alaska
By the City of Nome
ALL REAL and PERSONAL
PROPERTY
Including Buildings, Fixtures and Inventories
Sealed Bids will be accepted on or before the
‘ 28th day of January, 1946, at 5:00 o’clock, P.M.
in the Office of the City Clerk, Nome, Alaska.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
For further information contact the City Clerk,
Nome Alaska. *