UPTONS FOUND
TO BE SAFE IN
NUKA BAY AREA
ANCHORAGE, — (/P) —Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Upson were found safe
yesterday in Nuka Bay, south
west of Seward, by the Safeway
Airlines plane from Seward it
was learned here. The Upsons had
motor trouble with the new cabin
cruiser which they had just re
ceived from the States.
Upson is chief dispatcher for
Alaska Airlines at Anchorage.
THUNDERSTORM IS FIRST
RECORDED SINCE 1939
Walter Schroeter of the U.S.
Weather Bureau here reports that
the thunderstorm which prevailed
last Saturday afternoon was the
first such storm to be recorded
here in Nome since 1939. He also
states that there was lightning at
that time although it was hard to
see it through the clouds.
Soldier Drowned i
While Fishing At
Quartz Lake
FAIRBANKS, — iff*) — A Ladd
Field enlisted man drowned Sun
day while fishing at Quartz Lake,
75 miles southeast of here, Air
Force authorities announced to
day. The soldier’s name was with
held pending notification of next
of kin.
APEX PHOTOGRAPHERS
"SHOOT" BIRDS HERE
The Apex Photographers who
are here from Hollywood, are
filming wild life pictures for the
U.S. Army. They have divided in
to two groups, one of which will
go east up the coast and the other
will go west into Safety Lagoon,
about 25 miles from Nome, to
"shoot” birds.
Columbus really saw America
on Oct. 11, 1492, but did not land
in the Bahama Isles until the next
day.
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4th of Jluy
Celebration
Jluy 5th
All Day Events
Air Show
Parachute Jump
Children’s Parade
Children’s Races
Fireworks
Trap Shoot
Native Sports
Native Dances
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES
JULY 1 DEADLINE FOR
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VEHICLE TAX STICKERS
The Common Council, in regu
lar meeting on Monday night ap
proved a request from Frank M. i
Coplin, for a permit to construct
a marquee in front of the Nev
ada Grill.
Steve Anderson and Les Bron
son, Councilmen on the 4th of:
July Committee reported that the!
plans were well under way for
a grand celebration to take place
on the 5th (Monday). They stated
that new features were added ■
this year and should prove of!
considerable interest both to the
tourists and the local gentry.
A discussion of the new City
Vehicle Tax Ordinance and the
relative “deadline” of July 1, for
stickers to be placed on such ve
hicles as use the streets of Nome.
Following a rereading of the
Ordinance, the Council members
agreed to advise the Chief of Po
lice to enforce the law and, as of
8:00 a.m. on July 1, the city will
stop all cars and trucks which are
not in conformity with the law.
The license sticker must be affixed
to the vehicle in a prominent
place.
It was also stated that the an
nouncement was made that due
to inquiries, the Council reaf
firmed its stand regarding “pick
ups’ as trucks in classification of
vehicles.
Licenses have been available
for some time and will be ob
tainable at the office of the City
Clerk. Vehicle owners are advised
to have the tax stickers on their
cars, trucks and tractors. It was
also explained that the license tax
would eliminate the personal pro
perty tax on the vehicle,
i An application for a Beverage
Dispensary license was presented
by Hugh and Charlotte Paterson.
It was recommended for approval.
| A. Polet presented to the City
■ Council a short resume of the
activities of the committee which
was working on the cemetery pro
ject.
He stated that the fund avail
able in the bank was now $329.
The situation now rests with the
City Council, he stated, and the
I Council should set up an organ
! ization to handle the project as
at present it in a deplorable con.
dition, (the cemetery, we mean).
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PARSONS TO LEAVE FOR
! HOME IN ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Parsons, who
have been stationed here with the
Alaska Airlines, are leaving this
week for Anchorage where they
will make their home.
Student Pilot Gets
Impromptu Jump
Near Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, — (/P) —A slight
limp and mosquito bite scabs were
Walter Bear’s only reminders to
day of a flying lesson that turned
into an unscheduled parachute
jump.
Bear, a Civil Aeronautics Ad
I
ministration employe, tumbled in
to space while receiving instruc
tion from George Richards, also
of the CAA, in slow-rolling an
open cockpit plane.
After his rescue from a Chena
River swamp. Bear said his safe
ty belt apparently came unsnap
ped while the small craft * was
upside down.
He suffered an injured ankle1
in parachuting safely into mos
quito infested area.
JESSEN'S WEEKLY NAMES
46 PLAQUE WINNERS
Forty-six Alaskans, 3 of them
from Nome, were named winners
of awards for distinguished ser
vice to the Territory by Jessen’s
Weekly of Fairbanks.
Seventeen communities were
represented in the list who will
receive plaques from the weekly
some time next month.
Among the winners, five of
whom are women, were Delegate
E. L. Bartlett, Governor Ernest
Gruening, Dr. Charles Bunnell
and Captain A. E. Lathrop. .
The women were Lydia Fohn
Hansen of the University exten
sion service, Eva McGown, Fair
banks hostess, Alma Carlson, ANS
Nurse, Doris Barnes, Mayor of
Wrangell and Lulu Heron. ANS
Nurse at Bethel.
Winners of the plaques in Nome
are Frank Whaley, William Munz
and Antonio Polet.
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FOR WOMEN
Jantzen "T" SHIRTS and Strutter cloth SLACKS
FOR MEN
"Pebble Beach" SWEATERS, "T" SHIRTS
and Sport SHIRTS
NOME GRILL
ANNOUNCES THAT JULY 1st AND AFTER
THE PRICE OF A POUND LOAF OF BREAD
WILL BE
25c
Due To The Increased Cost Of Flour And Other
Materials
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