Daily Weather
Flights To Pole
WASHINGTON, \JP) — Daily
weather flights to the North Pole,
to replace the present weekly
schedule, will be started soon by
the army air forces.
Brig. Gen. D. N. Yates, chief of
the AAF’s air weather service,
told a news conference that he ex
pects the new schedule—to pro
vide continuing information from
the biggest weather blind spot in
• the northern hemisphere — will
commence some time in July.
Airplanes used for the flights
from Ladd Field, near Fairbanks,
are converted B-29’s, stripped of
their guns and armor and equip
ped with gadgets used by the
weather men.
• _
CARL MICKLESON
RETURNS FROM STATES
Carl Mi.ckleson, who was called
to Seattle suddenly due to the
death of his mother, returned
home this morning.
MR. AND MRS. MODROW
TO MAKE HOME IN NOME
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Modrow
of Kalama, Wash., arrived Mon
day to be employed by Wiens’.
Mr. Modrow will be gas man for
the company, replacing Kenneth
Webb who is departing soon for
the States.
—
BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES
WANTED FOR PARADE
Children having tricycles and
bicycles are busy planning for the
Fourth of July parade as decor
ated cycles will be the feature of
the children’s parade. All children
planning to enter the parade are
requested to be at the playfield
immediately following the literary
program. *
MRS. LARRY JOHANSON
RETURNS FROM STATES
Mrs. Larry Johanson, who has
been in the States with her small
son for medical care, returned this
morning on the Pan American.
Miss Venita England, sister of
Mrs. Johanson accompanied her
from the States and plans to visit
here for several weeks.
NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT - BETTER SIGHT”
G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Electrical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
THREE
DELIVERIES
DAILY
A .
10:00 A.M.
2:00 P.M.
4:30 P.M.
Phone your orders early
N. C. Co. Polet’s
MAIN 133 MAIN 103
Closed July 4th and 5th
Stock up for three days
Northern
Commercial
Company
“Alaska’s Pioneer Merchants”
a f • i *• *r *
a ' •
CONGRESS
ROUNDUP
j
i --
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman’s call for a Congressional
investigation of what he termed
. “brazen operations” by a real es
, tate lobby blew up a storm on
Capitol Hill yesterday.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
of the Senate’s Republican policy
committee, commented that he
wouldn’t mind running such an
! inquiry himself.
But his Ohio colleague, Senator
Bricker, called Mr. Truman’s pro
posal “the cheapest kind of politi
cal demagoguery.”
And Senator Sparkman (D.
Ala.) said he was for an investiga
tion but “instead of singling out
the real estate lobby let’s investi
gate them all.”
Officials of real estate organiza
] tions were indignant.
! In his message advising Con
! gress that he had signed the rent
bill Monday, Mr. Truman asserted
a real estate lobby has “constant
ly sought to weaken rent control
and to do away with necessary
aids to housing.”
Two influential Republicans in
the House Challenged a statement
by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
that the U. S. army is a “poor sec
ond” to Russia’s.
Rep. Short (M.), second ranking
member of the armed services
committee, called it “propaganda
for universal military training.”
. Rep. Allen < 111.), rules commit
i tee chairman, asked\“What have
j our military leaders been doing
| with all the billions furnished
them? It seems that somebody
! ought , to explain how our army
got into a ‘second-rate’ position—
if it is second-rate—on more
money and supplies than Russia
has for its so-called first-class
military establishment.”
Eisenhower made the statement
| last week to a Senate appropria
j tions committee while arguing
tha* $435,000,000 which the House
cut out of the army’s budget
should be restored.
The start of the 1948 fiscal year
I found Congress still undecided
| how much to give the state de
partment for its “voice of Amer
ica” radio broadcasts to Russia
and other foreign lands.
The Senate voted $11,9*70,000
i for the broadcasts, with a limit of
I $1,157,000 for hiring talent to
I write and produce programs.
; Other program would be obtained
by contracts with commercial ra
dio chains.
The House, which failed to vote
and funds for the “voice of Amer
ica,” has yet to accept the Senate’s
legislation.
FORMER SOURDOUGH
REMEMBERS PALS
A former Alaskan sourdough
who hade his pile in the great
Nome gold rush remembered old
comrades in a will filed in superi
j or court in San Francisco yester
i day.
The will, that of John Licten
i berg, who died in San Francisco
June 20 at the age of 81, sets up a
$10,000 trust fund for oldtimers
, living in the Pioneer Home at
Sitka. Other bequests included
$10,000 in war bonds to Gladys
i Selvin, and $3,000 in bonds to Vic
tor Selvin, of San Francisco, both
friends of Lictenberg; $5,000 in
i war bonds to John Schwegler, and
$2,000 to Mrs. Lauria Hammer,
| both of Seattle.
i Then there’s the dumb stenog
! rapher who didn’t mail the circu
I lar letters because she couldn’t
find any round envelopes.
Battle Convicts
In Philippines
MAN LL A, (iP) — Thirty-two
heavily armed escaped convicts
last night seized control of Cala
pan, capital of Mindoro island.
! but military police reinforcements
restored order late today after a
bitter gun fight in which the rebel
leader was killed.
Governor Conrado Morente of
Mindoro telegraphed Malacanan
palace that 10 of the jailbreakers
had been captured, 19 still were at
large and three were killed.
Morente, along with Capalan’s
mayor, Xilomeno Sumaco, the
city police chief and Congressman |
Raul Leuterio, were disarmed by1
the escapees.
Heavy reinforcements of mili
tary police were flown to Mindoro j
to put down the coup after a Phil- j
ippines airline pilot managed to!
fly to Manila from the embattled *
capital and reported the uprising, j
| The convicts had seized all local1
TOURISTS WILL ARRIVE
HERE JULY FOURTH
A group of tourists is scheduled
to arrive on July fourth with the
Pan Pacific Good Neighbor Tours
to take in the sports and enjoy
several of the side trips offered
by railroad and plane.
ROBERT KNIGHT RECEIVES
PRIVATE FLYING LICENSE
Robert Knight of Richter Pho
tos, has received his private fly
ing license from the Peninsula
Flying Service. He is the first stu
dent in Nome to receive his train
ing under the G. I. Bill and also
has the distinction of having earn
ed license in thirty days training.
JAMES ADAMS ILL
WITH PNEUMONIA
U. S. Commissioner James
Adams is confined to his home
with pneumonia.
radio transmitters, cutting off
communications from Calapan.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
100-GAL. OIL TANKS FOR SALE
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
NEW BABY DRESSES, BIBALLS
and CRAWLERS
Sizes 6 months to 6 years
DOROTHY’S
t
"The Only Shop on Lane's Way \
V*\-\-X*\.*V'N*X*X.X*X*X‘X*X*N*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X»X*X*X‘ \ *x
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION)
Report of The Financial Condition
OF THE
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
30th day of June, 1947.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts ..$ 515,378.48
Loans on real estate . 143,170.65
Overdrafts . 145.98
United States bonds and securities.?. 730,831.51
Other bonds and warrants . 74,466.57
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 37,794.06
Other real estate owned . 8,389.84
Due from other banks . 252,118.79
Checks on other banks and other cash items. 59,187.84
Cash on hand . 108,225.85
Prepaid Insurance . 1,281.62
Bulkhead Construction . 5,248.33
Gold bullion . 27,515.31
TOTAL .$1,963,754.83
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .$ 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 118,812.96
Demand deposits . 1,290.577.90
Time deposits . 426,863.97
Reserve for storm damage . 2,500.00
TOTAL . $1,963,754.83
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA > SS.
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, Alva A. Daue, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. _
ALVA A. DAUE, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
G. R. JACKSON,
ALVA A. DAUE.
. Directors.
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, 1947.
BEVERLY A. MORGAN,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires December 27, 1947.