AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming passengers Friday
evening were Mrs. Carl Anderson.
C. F. Yenney, Ethel Nelson, Mr.
"Urvina.
Outgoing passengers were Mrs.
George Goshaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hyde, Mrs. Clyde Smith and
infant. Halbert Root, and Robert
Rauen.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage Sun
day were Lt. P. T. Lorrey, and
from Unalakleet Ester Norman,
Ambrose Norman, Clarence Nor
man, Mrs. Clarence Towaruk, Ben
Mozee. F. C. Bingham, Tom Snow
ball, George Ottnen, Mrs. George
Ottnen.
Departing were Mr. and Mrs.
John Solon and daughter, J. T.
Reipen, John Goetz, John R. Mc
Millan. and W. R. Peterson.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL—
F. H. Junnish, and Wrn. Ander
son, Nome.
RETURNS TO HOME
AT WHITE MOUNTAIN
Jack Titus flew to White Moun
tain over the week-end with Munz
Air Service. Jack has been living
in Nome for the past several
months, but decided to go home
for Christmas and probably return
to Nome next Soring.
We have received our flower
bulbs. Blubs planted in our or
namental bulb bowU m^e suit
able gifts. POLET STORE
Yamamoto Death
Trap Set Despite
Cette CraeIking
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—<&)—
Vice Admiral Wilkinson relate1
he had set the death trap for Jap
Admiral Yamamoto despite the
fears that the Japs would thereby
learn that United States had suc
ceeded in cracking their codes.
The former head of naval intel
ligence and later a seafighter with
Admiral Halsey, gave the account
to the Senate and House commit
tee investigating the Jap attack on
Pearl Harbor committee, received
naval documents showing six days
before the Japs attacked Pearl
Harbor, the office of naval intelli
gence believed the Nips might
make some advance against Thai
land on November 1941. The naval
intelligence summary spoke of the
“approaching crisis’’ of United
States and Jap relations.
Stassen, Bricker
Possible GOP
Candidates
CHICAGO. Dec. 17— <£>) —1The
Associated Press reported Satur
day that the names of Harold E.
Stassen of Minnesota and John
W. Bricker of Ohio popped up
most frequently in lobby conver
sations about the 1948 Republican
Presidential candidates as GOP
national committee prepared to
act on a Congressional declaration
of party policy.
MUNZ MAKES
DARING RESCUE
Bill Munz made a flight last
week to Wales to bring in a native
woman who was having extreme
difficulty in childbirth. Mis? Es
ther Bock was a round trip pas
senger. Din ing the flight, several
miles north of Teller M'ssion, Bill
noticed a reindeer herd being
chased by a runaway dogteam.
Following down the coast he spot
ted the driver, Frank Ahnangato
guk, a native of Teller Mission,
(about 4 miles from the team*,
landed and took him to his dog
team. Upon arriving at the scene
Bill had to execute a treacherous
landing between the dog team and
the reindeer herd, thus stopping
the team. The driver then took
control of his team and Bill pro
ceeded on his way to Nome. When
the plane arrived at Nome it was
found that the native woman was
having no further trouble. The
babv was born.
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France Wants To
Break Relations
With Spain !
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PARIS, Dec. 17—(/P)—A source
at the French Constituent Assem
bly is quoted as stating that
France has sent notes to the
United States, Britain and Russia,
inviting them to state their posi
tions on the question of breaking
relations with the Franco govern- j
ment of Spain. The source was not
identified.
Jack—I’m struck dumb.
Mack—So what! You were born
that way.
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Six Dead In Soul Si
Carolina Wreck
KOLLOCK. S. 0., Dec. 17—(ffi)
The death toll in the wreck of two
Seaboard Airlines luxury trains,
packed with many holiday travc’
ers and homeward bound soldiers
was revised downward d:vi on
headquarters of the railroad, at
Norfolk, Va., said.
A rechec’: disclosed only six
persons lost their lives when the
Florida bound “Silver Meteor”,
streaking through the morning
mists, ploughed into the north
bound “Sun Queen’’ pulling into
a siding. All cars had not cleared
the main track as the Silver Me
teor sped out of the darkness,
slicing the northbound train in
two.
Capt. Alexander V. Fnse". t
Commandant of the Coast Guard,
had to wash his own clothes on
the cutter Lawrence because he
could not afford to pay prevailing
prices in San Francisco during the
gold rush.
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