Northwind Sails
For Northland
SEATTLE, (iP) — A sea-going
hospital, court of law and all
around trouble-shooter for the iso
lated Alaskan villages—the coast
guard cutter Northwind—sailed
northward yesterday afternoon.
In command of the 269-foot c.it
ter-ice-breaker is Capt. Earl K.
Rhodes, 42, who until recently
was assistant chief of the com
munications division, U. S. coast
guard, Washington, D. C.
The Northwind will leave Pier
91 for her annual Bering Sea
cruise during which the vessel
takes medical care and supplies to
outposts in the north. Federal law
cases also are decided by a Terri
torial judge who boards the ves
sel at Juneau and makes the trip
with the vessel.
Alaska is not strange territory
to Captain Rhodes, who served
previously in that area. His last
assignment in the north was “ice
pilot” in 1945.
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Battle On For
Hankow “Defense”
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Do pite nationalist claims, how
ever, the Liuho action from this
vantage point appeared small.
The communique said the “exact
extent of the nationalist victory is
now being ascertained.”
Liuho has not been mentioned
in recent communications.
The northern force of a Red
two-jtronged drive toward Shang
hai lias been pointed at Kunshana
short distance from Liuho, for a
week.
While these actions were going
on. 1,000 Reds struck at Tiachang,
which is a low miles north of
Kunshan. The communique said
this attack was beaten back and
200 Reds were killed.
The newspaper Sin Wan Pao
said the nationalist garrison at
Hankow, China’s Pittsburg on the
middle Yangtze, had ordered non
combatants to withdraw to Ling
ling, far to the south on the Can
ton-Hankow railroad.
Sin Wan Pao said also that com
munist forces had intensified at
tacks on the outer edge of Tsing
tao, where the United States has
had a naval base for months.
<U. S. naval ships «at Tsingtao
j have steam up and are ready to
sail the minute the Reds take
Tsingtao*.
Gun fire was said to be audible
in Tsingtao.
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what makes your garden grow?
"Why PLANTABS from the
Nome Hardware Store," she said.
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Shanghai Noose
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attacked Kinki in Kiangsi pro
vince less than 50 miles from the;
Fukien boundary. Fukien is oppo
site the island of Formosa
2. The communists were attack
ing Kashan, 50 miles southwest of
Shanghai. Communications with
that city were severed at dawn.
This usually means capture.
3. Thirty miles northwest of
Sh ns uii the village of Chenmo
in the Kunshan area was under
communist attack.
The communique gave no indi
cation of the size of the two
moves around Shanghai. Most ac
tions in that area have been small
scale.
There were unofficial reports
that a local Hankow peace move
was underway. The majority of
the 200,000 nationalist troops there
are expected to retreat southward
before any large scale fighting
takes place.
Here in Asia’s largest city the
problems of the war were over
shadowed for most people by local
economic worries. A cup of coffee
; today cost half a million Chinese
yuan.
Automobile owners were forced
to pay special defense taxes
: amounting to $30 U. S.
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England Seeks
To Nationalize
Steel Industry
LONDON, CP)—A hotlv-disput
ed bill to nationalize most of Bri
tain's iron and steel industry went
to the House of Lords yesterday.
It was passed Monday night by
the House of Commons.
The Lords planned to bring the
measure—main item in the labor
government’s socialist program—
to early consideration. It is ex
pected generally the upper cham
ber will riddle it with amend
ments, and return it to Commons
which then will restore it virtually
to its present form, to become law.
Socialists call the bill an “attack
; on the heart of capitalism,” be
cause* control of iron and steel
means control essentially of Bri
tish manufacturing, from bicycles
to battleships.
The bill, proposed by the labor
government, went to the House of
Lords after a conservative motion
in Commons to reject it was de
feated 330-201.
It authorizes the government to
buy the stock of 107 companies,
but actual direction of the com
panies would stay in the hands of
the men who own them now as
private enterprises.
The companies would work un
der a government holding corpo
ration, retaining their present firm
names.
BOMBER FOLLOWS COURSE
OF 1st ATLANTIC FLIGHT
LONDON, (/P)—1The U. S. navy
bomber “Truculent Turtle” land
ed at Northhold airport today,
completing its flight from Amer
ica commemorating the first air
crossing of the Atlantic.
Aboard the plane were Rear
Adm. A. C. Read and aviation mai
chinist’s mate Eugene S. Rhoades,
who were on the navy flying boat
NC-4 when it made the crossing 30
years ago.
The Turtle had come via Lisbon
on the same route followed by the
NC-4. The differences was that
the NC-4 ended its flight when it
landed in Plymouth Harbor. The
Turtle circled Plymouth and went
on to London to land.
New Alaska Travel
Book Issued
JUNEAU—To answer a flood of
inquiries on how to get to Alaska
and what to see and do in Ameri
ca’s Land of the Midnight Sun,
the Alaska Development Board
has prepared a special travel pub
lication, Seeing Alaska. Copies are
now available for distribution.
The folder is packed with de
scriptive material and pictures
from all parts of the Territory. It
tells how to get to Alaska by
steamer, airplane and automobile.
Brief descriptions of the Terri
tory’s 25 principal municipalities
as well as national parks and
monuments are given.
In addition, the folder contains
a map of Alaska showing access
roads leading from the United
States to the Alaska Highway as
well as the entire highway net
work within the Territory. It also
contains a highway guide showing
the location of hotels, cabins,
stores, filling stations and meal
points along the highway.
The Development Board has al
ready received orders for several
thousand folders from all parts of
j the world. In addition to going to
■ individuals, copies will be sent to
j travel agencies, transportat i o n
I companies and others interested in
j promoting travel to Alaska.
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Girl Scout News
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<a> “A Girl Scout’s Honor is to
be Trusted.” This is the first law
of the Girl Scouts of America. Es
Decially can you trust the Nome
Girl Scouts to be sure you have a
wonderful time at their Musical
Revue and Bazaar to be presented
Friday evening, May 20th at the
Nome high school auditorium. A
delightful evening of entertain
ment, including Bingo—Prizes—a
big Bazaar—and beautiful Dances
of the Nations! Presented by your
own Nome Girl Scouts! Make a
date now for the Girl Scouts’ Mu
sical Revue—eight in the evening
on May 20th at the high school
auditorium. Tickets are now avail
able.
<b> If you have a Girl Scout
friend, then you know that a Girl
Scout is Loyal. This is the second
law of the Girl Scouts of America.
Show your loyalty too, by attend
ing the colorful Musical Revue
and Bazaar to be presented by
your own Nome Girl Scouts in the
high school auditorium on Friday,
May 20th. Fun by the bushel, in
cluding Bingo with prizes for the
winners—Dances of the Nations—
a Big Bazaar—three hours of re
creation you won’t want to miss.
Buy your ticket from any Nome
Girl Scout and remember the date
and time—eight o’clock, May 20th,
at the High School Auditroium.
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Phone MAIN 85
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Phone Main 19
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at the
Walrus
Club
Dance
NEVADA
LOUNGE
SATURDAY
May 14,
EVERYONE WELCOME
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