Refrigerators to the Eskimos
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA—Demand among Eskimos and settlers
here for the Admiral refrigerator is far ahead of supply. The problem
is not selling them, but keeping the Eskimos happy while they wait,
reports the Fairbanks Admiral dealer. Here Eskimos participate hi
a display that toured the territory to let the people sec tiiat re*
frigerators really are being sold to the Eskimos.
seems doubtful. A new layer of
administration has been added. A
secretary of defense is to be at the
whole setup. Separate war and
navy departments are retained
and a new department of air is
created.
Strange as it may seem, the bill
passed by Congress authorizing
immediate payment of war veter
an’s terminal leave pay bonds, is
classed as an economy measure.
By paying these bonds now, in
stead of five year hence, it is es
timated the government will save
about 62V2 million dollars a year.
That is because the bonds bear
21-2 per cent interest and the treas
ury can borrow, at a lower rate,
• the money to pay them now.
ASSESSOR CHARLES L.
SENHEISER ARRIVES HERE
Charles L. Senheiser, assessor
from Anchorage arrived yesterday
to start revaluation of property for
the city of Nome.
SCOUT NEWS
Bill Boucher, Troop Scribe
We have had a lot of fun at
camp this year and hope to have
lots more. We have been working
on the road and it is almost com
pleted.
We went upstream past Banner
yesterday and caught 17 fish. We
are going to Bunker Hill, Shelton
and Pilgrim Springs this week. We
are going in two groups.
We have patrols Flying Eagle,
Panther, and Mustang, and each
patrol has its own tent in which
the patrol leader and assistant pa
trol leaders sleep.
We have two cooks, Mrs. Baker
and Mrs. Glavinovich, who have
been doing a swell job.
JOHNNY KAKAROK
IN TOWN ON BUSINESS
Johnny Kakarok of Igloo is in
town on a short business trip.
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War Brings Many
New Expressions
“The brideship had plenty of
cuddle seats aboard and there was
a great deal of mop.”
The above sentence makes per
fectly good sense, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica 1947
Book of the Year, which carries
an article on new words added to
the English language. A rough
translation of the sentence would
read:
“A ship carrying large numbers
of servicemen’s brides had aboard
many small seats for babies,
which are seats hung from a strap
slung over the shoulder, and there
was a great deal of a mild form of
hubba hubba.”
Some more of the new terms
added to the language describe
new conditions are:
Banana money: Japanese cur-'
rency, so named because it bears
the design of a banana.
Boom-and-bust: A cycle of eco
nomic inflation and deflation.
Bungalow biddy: A huge ma
chine, made by R. G. Le Tourneau,
Inc., which can “lay” a 24 ft by
30 ft. 4-room concrete house in 24
hours.
Buyer's strike: A movement by
consumers to force prices down by
declining to buy.
Caretaker: Pertaining to some
thing tempdbary; stop-gap; as, a
“caretaker government.”
Drone: A plane handled by re
mote control from a control or
mother ship.
Echo: A radar wave which has
been reflected from an oftject.
Fact finder: One engaged, as in
a labor dispute, to ascertain the
facts of a case.
Gray market: A modified gray
market.
Hot: Pertaining to objects which
have been made radioactive.
Huckster: A radio advertising
man.
Huks: Shortening of Hukbala
haps, a Tagalog word meaning
“armed peasants,” “people’s
army.”
Mad operator: Navy nickname
for the magnetic air-borne detec
tor which enables aeroplanes to lo
cate submerged submarines.
Mothered: Controlled by a;
mother plane.
Plesianthropusr An “almost
man,” some of whose skeletal re
mains were found by Dr. Robert*
Broom not far from Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Ribbon city: A city about a mile
wide built along a highway.
Sitter: Short for baby sitter; one,
, usually a teen-age girl, who sits
with a baby while the grown-ups
i are out.
Snake: Nickname of a device
used during an advance to destroy
wires and detonate mines.
Velvet curtain: Term used by
the U.$.S.R. to describe British
secrecy in British-occupied Europe
and the Middle East.
Distinguished leaders of science,
business, industry and the pro
fessions have contributed to this
10th annual Britannica Book of
the Year, published not only as a
source book of current informa
tion, but also as an annual supple
ment to Encyclopaedia Britannica
itself. It presents an authoritative
summary of 1946 world events in
an 896-page volume, including
1,220 articles and totaling more
than 1,500,000 words.
SON BORN TO MR.
AND MRS. JOE WALSH
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walsh are the
parents of a son born at Anchor
age on Saturday. The young lad
weighed over nine pounds, and
has been named Joseph Thomas.
Under Martial Law
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE—(Soundphoto)—This scene in the
area under martial law in Jerusalem shows a long view of a road
with inhabitants behind barbed wire enclosures. The latest outbreak
of violence resulted in injuries to at least two more British soldiers
and the arrest of 21 more persons suspected of leading the under
ground attack. An officer and an enlisted man were the latest vic
tims when their staff car was demolished by, an exploding land mine
between Haifa and Tel-Aviv.
Announce New
F ast Seattle To
California Flight
Alaskans flying out of the Ter
ritory to California will be able to
make connections at Seattle after
1 August 1 on United Air Lines’
new Mainliner 300’s (Douglas
DC-6’s> which will link the Pacific
Northwest and California with the
fastest elapsed flying times in the
history of scheduled air transpor
tation. United officials announced.
Seating 52 to 56 passengers,
United’s luxury Mainliner 300’s,
which have pressurized cabins for
low level comfort at high operat
ing altitudes, will cut almost a
full hour from previous high-speed
schedules, enabling air travelers
tc fly from Seattle to San Fran
cisco in just three hours and to
Los Angeles in less than five
hours. The new service will make
possible two daily one-stop flights
| to Los Angeles, with one stopping
at Portland and the other at San
Francisco.
$8,000,000 Iu Pirate
Gold Is Sought
JOHANNESBURG. i/P> — Lead
authorities here believe there is
some foundation for stories that
there is a substantial treasure in
gold and silver coins hidden on tne
lonely island of Tristan do Cunha,
but the expedition now being fit
i ted out in England to search for i*
will have to face considerable dif
ficulties.
“The rumor was well known on
the island.” said A. B. Crawforu,
of Pretoria, who has just returned
from Tristan. “The ancestors of
the present islanders knew the old
pirate Lambert well and knew he
had some source of hidden wealth
because he often used to disap
pear into the bush and return with
money.”
The treasure is reputedly worth
$8,000,000 and is supposed to be
buried between two waterfalls
near the settlement.
“Anableps dowei” is a fish hav
ing two frog-like pop-eyes, each
of which is divided in half.
A. & A. GARAGE
Phone MAIN 85
(Formerly Larry Galvins)
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Have your car greased with our positive air
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ERIC NELSON
Plate Glass - Auto Glass - Sheet Glass
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Desk Tops Table Tops
Windows of all Kinds Made to Order