Rain And Floods
Do Much Damage
Near Anchorage
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today. Three inches of rain fell
near Palmer Wednesday. Heavier
rains fell in the hills and moun
tains, but could not be measured.
Ship Creek jumped the army
dam on Fort Richardson and now
is about six inches above its all
time high. Special details at the
dam were sandbagging it. Pres
sure from the water was relieved
by opening sluice gates.
The railroad’s streamliner Au
rora was halted at Curry as crews
attempted to drop the channel of
the Susitna river to drain the
flood at Mile 267.6. The railroad
bed under the track had been car
ried away to a depth of three feet
by flood water.
The Alaska road commission re
ported the Palmer Highway was
washed out at several points. The
road still is passable, but motor
ists were cautioned to consult the
ARC. office before starting a
trip.
Golden Bears
First Choice '
In Regatta
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. (/Pi—
California’s Golden Bears, proud
Olympic champions, are rated the
“crew to beat’’ tomorrow for var
sity honors in the annual regatta
on the Hudson.
Three other crews are figured
capable of giving the Bears a
fight to the finish in this 47th re
I newal of the intercollegiate row
ing association champions hip.
They are Washington, the defend
ing champion; Princeton and Wis
consin.
Grouped in the middle category
—possible but not probable win
ners— are Stanford, University of
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, Navy and
Cornell.
The other entries — Columbia,
Rutgers and Syracuse—are con
sidered in the race just for the
ride.
The Washington Junior Varsity
crew is one of the standouts in the
Jayvee event while the U. W.
frosh are a solid favorite. So a
WHAT MAKES A
CLERGYMAN LAUGH?
LONDON, (^)—What kind of a
joke gives a preacher a real belly
laugh?
This one made clergymen, in
cluding the Archbishop of Canter
bury, guffaw for three full min
utes today after it was told to the
annual Church of England assem
bly of clergymen and laymen:
A woman bought a drinking
bowl for her dog. The clerk asked
if she wanted the word “Dog”
painted on it.
“No thanks,” said the woman.
“My husband doesn’t drink water
and the dog can’t read.”
sweep of the river by the Ulbrick
son-coached eights is not at all
impossible.
Washington did it last year for
the third time in the history of
the race.
There will be thirty crews in
the three races, 12 in the varsity,
nine in the junior varsity and
nine in the freshman race. The
frosh event will start at 3 p.m. and
the other races will follow at 45
minute intervals.
The 30 crews represent a record
for the regatta, breaking the
mark of 29 set last year.
[Great Falls Asks to
Be Removed From
Seattle P. O. Dist.
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here from a U. S. postal official in
Seattle that Seattle boat interests
had agreed to undercut their rate
for hauling mail to Alaska. The
offered reduction amounted to $60
per ton, according to the letter.
Siniff said the letter was re
ceived from A. D. Lawrence,
northwest divisional superintend
ent of railway mails, he said Law
rence is a member of the Seattle
chamber of commerce Alaska
trade committee.
“We are asking that Great Falls
be removed from the northwest
postal district and placed in any
other district that wfe can get in,”
Siniff said.
Announcement of the steamship
rate cut also followed within
about five weeks a conference
here May 12, which officials said
ended with “good assurance” that
Great Falls would be permitted to
forward eastern and southern U.
S. mail on to Alaska by truck
service. Lawrence and army offi
cials participated in the confer
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PLANE WRECKAGE
SIGHTED NEAR SITKA
JUNF/AU, <>P) — Possibility th;
wreckage sighted on Baird Islan
near Sitka may be that of a Pacil
ic Alaska Express Airlines plan
missing on an Anchorage-Seattl
flight since last fall was expresse
today.
Jake Engleman, fisherman, re
ported sighting what he believe)
to be airplane wreckage.
Capt. Norman O’Brien. CAA co
ordinator for aviation safety, wa
to fly to the scene for an investi
gation as soon as weather permits
The coast guard and the 10th
rescue squadron covered many is
lands last fall seeking the missing
Pacific Alaska plane.
ence with local officials.
“It appears more than a coinci
dence that Seattle boat interests
should be advised of our position
so soon after the conference here
and immediately take steps to off
set our position by voluntarily
offering a cut in rates,” Siniff
said.
The water allowance in U. S.
Army camps is 100 gallons per
I capita daily.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT ’
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
SECOND DIVISION,
DISTRICT OF ALASKA ss:
Public notice is hereby given,
| that by virtue of a writ of Fieri
j Facias »or execution), dated May
| 19. A. D. 1949, issued out of the
District Court, of the United States
| for the Second Division, District
I of Alaska on a judgment rendered^
i in said Court, on the 18th day of
May, A. D. 1949, in favor of Min
ers & Merchants Bank of Alaska,
a Banking Corporation, and
against Jennie W. Martin, Admin
istrator of the Estate of Curtis
Jacobs, Deceased, I have, on this
8th day of June. A. D. 1949. lev
ied upon the following described
real estate, situated in the Cape
Nome Precinct. Second Division
and Territory of Alaska, to wit:
The South fifty <50> feet of Lot
Twelve M2* and the South fifty
! <50> feet of Lot Thirteen *13* both
i in Block Thirty *30>, according to
i the official plat of the Townsite of
Nome, together with all buildings
thereon and the fixtures attached
thereto.
And that I will, accordingly, of
; fer said real estate for sale. at
public vendue to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, on the 8th
| day of July, A. D. 1949. at 11:00
j o’clock A. M., on the premises of
the above described property in
Nome, Alaska.
j Dated, June, 8, A. D. 1949.
B. B. MOZEE,
U. S. Marshal.
2nd Division, District of Alaska.
I C. C. Tanner
! Plaintiff’s Attorney.
Pub. June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 1949.
Nome Directory
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month <
EARL COULTHARD. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME, ALASKA
WES WELCH, Pres.
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
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