AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRWAYS
Little Peter Tocktoo and Helen
Scott were passengers from Shish
maref to Nome on Saturday.
Passengers to Kotzebue on Sat
urday were Fred H. Frohbose and
W. B. Neilly, deputy marshal.
Harvey Starling was passenger
to Wales yesterday and Tuck Esa
nituk was a returning passenger.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Pan American Airways arrived
last Friday evening with Andrew
Johnson and departed with Frank
Schulters.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving on Saturday’s flight
was Howard Giffen. Departing for
Anchorage on the return flight was
Ed Healy, Doris Fagerstrom, Mr.
Coons, Mrs. Coons, Ed Walker,
Richard Nershak, John Murdock,*
Mr. Upickson, Lee Teague.
Arriving on today’s flight were
Mrs. Simmons, A1 Nashenweng, E.
F. Hickok and A. P. Valentincic.
J. Hadauski returned to Anchor
age on the returning flight.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Wheller Pratt and Wesley
Gaines, Seattle. Robert Jackson,
Richard Pastros, Mat Carvin,
James K. Nelson, William Clayton,
Charles Wayer, Jim Hearst and J
Pfeiffer of Anchorage.
CHRISTINE KOUDELA HAS
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
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Friends of Christine Koudeia,
now past 80 years old, pioneer resi
dent of Nome, will regret to hear
that she was in an accident in
Seattle on December third, break
ing both her arms and injuring
her ribs and chest.
PIONEER WOMEN MET
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Pioneer Women met at the
Igloo last Friday evening with
President Helen Nordlind press
ing. Lucky members for the card,
games were Mrs. Fred Rohn, Mrs.
Helen Bochman and Mrs. Aimer
Rydeen.
Charges “Witch
Hunt” In Govt. Jobs
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The Su
preme Court today in effect up
held the right of the civil service
commission to fire a government
employee on the grounds he is a
Communist sympathizer.
The court refused to review pro
tests by Morton Friedman, wh>
was ousted from a job with the
war manpower commission by or
der of the civil service commis
sion. The refusal leaves in effect
rulings by lower federal courts
which upheld the commission’s or
der.
Friedman in appealing to the
Supreme Court said he was fired
ns a result of a “witch hunt” which
he stated “is now proceeding in
the government service and else
where.”
FRED HENSLEY
DIES SUDDENLY
Fred Hensley, cook for the
U.S.E.D. for several years died
suddenly yesterday at the Post.
NEW FAST AIR CARGO SERVICE
SEATTLE-NOME
Any and All Classes Freight
40c lb.
RATES ON POUND BASIS
NO CUBIC MEASUREMENT
NO LIMITATION TO SIZE OR WEIGHT
Wien Alaska Airlines has united with Alaska
Air-Cargo Consolidators, a new Alaskan Com
pany organized in Fairbanks to provide top
flight air freight.
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Now and In the Future - - -
Address supplies “Ship via Alaska Air Cargo
Consolidators, North Gate Boeing Field.”
Special Outgoing Rate
27c lb.
BAGGAGE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURS,
GOLD, EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY
_REPAIRS_
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(Full Protection at No Extra Cost)
For Further Information Call Wien Alaska — MAIN 46
Many Dead In
English Storm
LONDON, (/P) — A toll of 13
deaths and* property damage of
millions of dollars was levied by
high winds which swept in from
the Atlantic last night and blew
themselves out over a still flooded
and snuwbohnd Britain today.
The night winds attained a ve
locity of 98 mile? an hour at t'mo?,
uprooting trt/es. deroofing build
ing- and wrecking houses.
Most of the dead were victims
of falling trees and debris. Five
were killed when houses collapsed
A falling pipe killed another, and
two school girls were crushed to
death in a bus which was struck
by a falling tree. A man was found
dead this morning under a fallen
tree outside his home near Leices
ter. Two cyclists caught in the gale
were crushed by trees. Another
victim died of head injuries after
being bowled over on the street.
Twenty German prisoners-of
war were seriously injured when
a tree smashed in the roof of a hut
at their camp north of London.
PRESIDENT OF CHURCH
GROUP TO VISIT NOME SOON
Pesident T. W. Anderson of the
Evangelical Mission Covenant of
America is expected to arrive on
the P.A.A. next Friday evening.
Mr. Anderson who has just recent
ly completed a trip to Africa will
be in Alaska to celebrate the Mis
sion Covenant’s completion of 60
years of service in the Territory.
While in our city, Mr. Anderson
will be the guest of Rev. and Mrs.
Amundsen who work in coopera
tion with Miss Russel in the La
vinia Wallace Young Mission.
! NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW DELHI, <£*> — A total of
2,238 new cases of the plague—
1,471 of them fatal—were reported
from the United Provinces in a
timmary today covering the week
1 ending March 8. Both the sickness
and death rates are nearly four
hmes those of 1946.
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LONDON, (/P) — Govern m e n t
quarters said today a Russian note
j had turned down a British call for
an imperial allied probe into
charges of Soviet interference in
(ungary’s internal political af
fairs.
The Soviet note said such an in
vestigation would be an unwar
ranted intervention in Hungary,
the sources said.
PARIS, (/P)—France broke off
commercial negotiations with Bul
garia Saturday and expelled two
Bulgarian newspapermen from
the country on 48 hours notice in
retalliation for incidents at Sofia
which resulted in the expulsion of
a woman reporter for the French
press agency.
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WASHINGTON (&)—Rep. Knut
son (R.-Minn.) today rejected Dem
ocratic demands to hold off tax
cutting until the world situation
clarifies, declaring:
“If we don’t cut taxes now we’ll
never cut taxes.”
Knutson predicted the House
i ways and means committee, of
wh;ch he is chairman, will back
him up next week by approving
his bill to slash income taxes 20
per cent across the board.
Worry is interest you pay on
trouble before it comes.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
STAR CAB
Phone RED 67
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Dining-Room Open
All Newly-Decorated
Serving the finest dishes
American and Chinese
Polar Liquor Store
Finest Assortment of Liquors
On The Seward Peninsula
Phone Your Orders Open From 8 A.M.
Black 138 To 6:30 P.M.