Floyd Wheeler Of
CAA To Receive
Gold Award
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An announcement was made
yesterday by R. D. Hall, station
manager for the CAA. here that
Eloyd Wheeler is to be awarded
a. gold medal by the Department
of Commerce from the Employee
Award Board for exceptional
service.
It will be remembered that last
spring he risked his life voluntar
ily to save two Eskimo hunters,
Frank Pushka and Tom Alasuk,
who were adrift on the ice off!
shore from Nome, having lost
thir plywood boat.
Accompanied by Tony Knill
and Tommy Pushka, he ventured
out among the fast moving ice
bergs in a small powered alumi
num craft, and rescued the men,
battling strong ^headwinds and
perilous ice for several hours on
the return trip.
This highly prize award is made
annually to Dept, of Commerce
employees. Floyd Wheeler has
been with the CAA. since May
1946, and resides in Nome with i
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his family.
•Ho will be sent by plane, prob
ably next Sunday, stated Mr. Hall,
U. Si Home Front
Casualties Greater
Thau Korean War
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CHICAQjQ* !(#’)—The U.S. home
front experienced its safest year
pn record in 1950, but accident
casualties still easily outdistanced
U-S. losses in the Korean war.
The national safety council to
taled the nation’s 1950 accidents
cost yesterday and this is what it
shows:
Killed — 90,000
Injured — 8,900,000
Cost in dollars — $7,700,000,000
The first seven months of the
Korean war brought the U.S. com
bat casualties to 6,897 killed in
action, 30,615 wounded and 9,302
missing in action.
The overall deaths from acci
dents, however, was 1,000 less
than in 1949. The deach rate of
59.9 per 100,000 population is the
lowest on record.
Fatalities in motor vehicle ac
cidents jumped 11 per cent to 35,
000—the highest toll since 1941.
The 1949 toll was 31,500.
to Washington, D. C., to receive
the award on Feb. 14. One other
award is being made to a Mr. Hag
gin from some other part of the
Territory.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FAIRBANKS, ANCHORAGE or SEWARD
U.S. Commissioner's Court
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Application for . marriage was
made at the U. S’. Coiftmissioner’s
j Office by LeRoy A. Sunde and
| Daisy M. Wilcox.
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. , STOCKHOLDERS ’ MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Northwestern
| Alaska Fair Association has been
| called by Pres. Cfc&s* D. Jones in
1 the City Hall ..on ..next Sunday#
February 11# 1951, at 2:30 p.m.
The. purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers for the coming year
and make plans to hold the Uth
Annual Fair# and such other busi
ness that may be brought up to
the attention of the meeting*
A. POLET# Secretary
NOTICE
Failure to use 1951 plates on
motor vehicles now in use will re
sult in apprehensions and fines
after February 7th, 1951. 1951. li
cense plates are available at the
Licensing Office, Polaris Hotel.
Department of Taxation,
Nome Branch.
Pub. Feb. 2, 5, 7, 1951.
NOTICE
Women who wish to remodel
used clothing are asked to come
to the LWY Mission on Friday
evening at 7:00 p.m. Please bring
your own scissors and ripping
knife.
Esther McCoy.
I NOTICE
PIONEERS OF ALASKA, Ig
loo No. I. Meeting Wednesday,
Feb. 7.
WANT ADS
FOUND—Ladies Fur Hooq, Call
at Nugget. 11-tf
FOR SALE—Refrigerator new Ad
miral, Model 970. Call Black 198
13-5tp
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FOR SALE — Good Wolverines.
See Theodore Statuk. 14-6tc
When BOMBS start falling, you
won’t have time to run far. Be
prepared with a GIBRALTAR
BOMB SHELTER. Mail $5.00 to
day for plans for model No. 108
(single-family size). Comp 1 e t e
plans, building instructions, list of
materials needed, list of emer
gency equipment needed. Write
immediately to Pilot Rock Con- j
struction, Inc., P. O. Box 1461,
Medford, Oregon.
FOR SALE-r- ’28 Studebaker. 5
new tires, heater. Exc. condition.
Call Red 25 or Skip Barron. 18,2
ORDER RUBBER STAMPS at the
Nugget Office.
FOR SALE—Electric Roaster and
Grill, almost new. Bargain. Call
at Nugget. 16-tf
DREAM
THEATER
1 Show, Wed. and Thur. 7:30 p.m.
/"RECKLESS MOMENT"
James Mason - Joan Bennei
Also Chapter 5 "Congo Bill"
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2 Shows, Fri., 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
"THE LAST ROUNDUP"
Gene Autry - Jean Heather
O.ELS. HONOR MBS. JOHN
FULTS r AT SHOWER
Mrs. John Fults was honored
with a surprise baby shower last
Monday evening at, the Alaska
Chapter No. l Q. E. S., following
their regular meeting.
Many lovely gifts were received
following a, delicious lunch served
by the social committee.
Rube Cremer was reminded
that his birthday had not been
forgotten when the group all join
ed in and sang him “Happy Birth
I day.”
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Nothing’ll cook your goose fast
er than a red-hot temper.
NOTICE
Friday is World Day of Prayer.
A special program has been
prepared at the Covenant Church
by the Young Peoples Society for
7:30 p.m., Friday evening.
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j. The following name has been
added to the list of habitual
drunkards on the Nome City
Docket: STEVE PEDERSON.
Selling or giving intoxicating
liquor to the above is in violation
of Ordinance No. 336.
HERB JENKS.
j Chief of Police
i Huge Damage Suit
Filed Against
“The Egg And I”
' SEATTLE, (JP) — Testimony
j starts today in the $975,000 dam
j age suit brought by 10 persons
, w h,p, contend they’re real-life
j counterparts of characters por
1 trayed unflatteringly in the novel
| “The Egg and I”..
A jury was chosen yesterday
to hear the case against author
Betty Bard McDonald and four
co-defendents. *
The plaintiffs contended in the
action they were “subjected to
shame and humiliation by being
identified by their acquaintances
with the characters in the book.”
The action was brought by Al
bert Bishop, head of a Jefferson
county family said by the' plain
tiffs to have been pictured as the
Kettles in Mrs. McDonald’s novel;
his six sons and two daughters,
and Raymond H. Johnson, Seattle.
Each member of the Bishop
family asks $100,000 damages.
Johnson asked $75,000.
Co-defendants were Mrs. Mc
Donald’s husband, Donald; the
Bon Marche department' store;
J. B. Lippincott Co., and Pocket
Books, Inc., publishers.
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