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AIRLINES
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ALASKA AIRLINES
The plane made a trip from An
chorage yesterday with the follow-1
ing passengers: J. Hillicker, John1
Boyenchek, Lesley Dean. Warren!
Haines, Dick Curtis, W. L. Hicks,1
“W. H. Wydeman, Paul Anowlis, H.
S. Hensley, Warren Walters, P.
Atanguk, Hal Root, Fred Kanipt
chuek, Mrs. Betty Anagick, Helen
Nashalook, Clem Clementson, Ca
milla Guimond. The plane depart
ed immediately with the following
passengers for Anchorage: Rita
Reamer, Mr. and Mrs. John
Reamer and family, Mr. M. H.
Young, of the C.A.A.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
The delayed plane of the Pan
American arrived early Sunday
morning with the following pas-;
jsengers: Vance Brown, Joan Gar
ver, Lorraine Waldren, Clyde'
Smith, Mildred Webb and infant
son. Departing passengers were:
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Weaver, Alex
ander Lord, Ralf Reat, and Lt.
William Swain.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Pilot Lloyd Peterson arrived
from Kotzebue yesterday with
Manager Richard Webb and Steve
Hoenyak as passengers.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL—
Mr. Leslie Dean, Mr. J. Hilliker,
John Boyenchek, of Anchorage;
and Mr. W. H. Wiedman of Bill
ings, Mont.
Neither Hale Nor Fogg
Nor Snow Shall . . .
BOSTON— (/P) —One scarcely
could be unaware that it’s really
winter with the snow, sleet and
slush around the Iogan Interna
tional Airport—but American Air
lines has Hale, Fogg and Snow on
ihand just the same.
E. B. Hale is manager of opera
tions; Phillip Fogg and Elmer
Snow are reservation agents. And
they make a point to see to it that
things run smoothly for their boss,
W. Nelson Bump.
New Process
Makes Ramie
Modern Fiber
By E. V. W. JONES
(/P) Newsfeatures
CLEWISTON, Fla.—Ramie, an
cient fiber plant whose silklike
floss was made into Roman togas,
is being boomed an a wonder crop
that promises a revolution in tex
tiles.
Two thousands acres in the Flo
rida Everglades have been planted
and several thousand additional
acres are to be given over to ramie
culture. In addition, a $250,000
processing plant is expected to be
ready by next spring.
The sudden boom for the plant
that was old when the first cotton
and flax was planted in America
results from development of suc
cessful mechanical processes
which do away with the slow, ex
pensive beating and scraping by
hand used by the Chinese before
the time of Confucius.
Ramie’s fibers have a silky
sheen and when woven into cloth
are stronger than cotton or hemp.
They gain strength when wet, re
tain colors, won’t shrink, are
warm in winter, and cool in sum
mer.
The reason a good percentage
of people aren’t wearing ramie
clothes today is because the tall,
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shrubby plant encloses its fibers
in a gummy, sticky stalk. Remov
ing the fibers from the gum has
for centuries been a slow, expen
sive process.
The biggest ramie-growing pro
ject currently is the joint venture
of the United States Sugar Corp.,
of Clewiston, and Newport Indus
tries, Inc., of Pensacola, with 1,500
acres nearing harvest at Canal
point. The state of Florida has
planted 400 acres experimentally,
and there are several independent
growers and several large prospec
tive plantings, among them the
plans of the Sea Island Cotton
Mills of New York.
Even with the slow hand pro
cessing during the war, the Brit
ish used ramie for parachute cord
age and harness, fire hose, flexible
Zacharias Foretold
Japs Would Attack
On Sunday
WASHINGTON, Man. 28—</P)—
! Capt. Ellis Zacharias testified that
he predicted to Admiral Kimmel
in March 1941, that if the Japs de
cided to fight United States, they
would begin the war with an at
tack against the fleet on a Sunday
morning.
The naval officer appearing be
, fore the Pearl Harbor investigat
ing committee said he made the
prediction in a conference with
Kimmel, Pacific fleet commander
at the time. Kimmel had told the
committee previously that he re
membered no such conversation
with Zacharias, but the latter said
he discussed the incident with
Vice Admiral W. W. Smith since
the Pearl Harbor attack, and that
Smith recalled the details.
CHUCKLES
Teacher—Can anyone quote a
verse of the Bible proving that
bigamy is wrong?
Smarty—Sure. “No man can
serve two masters.”
Old Lady (at the Zoo)—Is that
a man-eating lion?”
Fed-up Keeper—“Yes, lady, but
we’re short of men this week, so
all he gets is beef.”
Dem—Bryan will go down in
history between Lincoln and
Washington.
Repute—Yes, he left Lincoln and
never got to Washington.
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Old Lady (at ticket window)—I
want to take the train to St. Louis.
Ticket Man (absentmindedly)—
Sorry, madam, but we can’t spare
it.
Some men spend half their lives
borrowing money and the other
half in not paying it back.
water mains, and it was generally
used for marine packing.
It also is used to make high
grade banknote paper.
WIEN Alaska Airlines
“Alaska’s First Airline”
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If It’s Freight-Whatever the Weight
Let Wien-Alaska Fly It!
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Nome to Gambell
Jan. 3rd
Jan. 17th
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For Information
! Fires Tpke
| Twenty-Five Lives
At least twenty-five persons
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were killed and twenty-seven in
jured in fires striking in scattered
' cities of the nation, with heavy
property damage also.
The report from Kansas City
that ten persons were killed and
at least five injured in an apart
' ment house blaze. Four died and
fourteen were injured in a St.
Louis hotel fire. One was killed
in Monroe, La., when a fire swept
! a small hotel. The fire was started
by a three year old child playing
with a match. A fire swept three
Police Find Girl
With Throat Cut
DETROIT, Jan. 28—(/P)—Rosa
lie Giganti, seven, was found in a
ditch with her throat slashed from
ear to ear. Police a short time
later took into custody a man
identified as Charles Searl, twen
ty-nine, army physical rejectee,
part owner of a neighborhood gro
cery. The girl is in a critical con
dition in the hospital.
John Paul Jones, famous U. S.
naval officer, was color-blind.
tenements in Manhattan and killed ^
three people.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
BEN YOUNG
Start the New Year Right
Arrange Now for Regular Oil Service
Phone BLACK 19 P.O. Box 331
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BANK OF ALASKA
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Reynold's
International Pens
Guaranteed To Write Two Years
Without Refilling
Will positively not leak or drip in cap or
pocket at any altitude or in any climate.
It writes on a ball which has been tightly
seated in its socket with great precision.
Satinflo is an ink which writes with satin
smoothness. It won’t dry in the barrel of the
pen if you leave it there for years, but when
it touches the paper as it leaves the writing
ball it dries immediately, and it doesn’t blot.
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