THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P- Box 618
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, June 20, 1951
WELCOME PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Portland Chamber of Commerce is on tour in
Alaska and although Nome was not included in the reg
ular itinerary, some of the group are expected to make
the Arctic trip on the longest day of the year, visiting
Nome on June 21st.
The Alaska Airlines, the first Alaskan carrier re
cently certified to furnish scheduled service between
the Territory and the United States, includes Portland
for the first time and this is one of the reasons business
men from that city are interested in this trip. Business
men included represent businesses of varied kinds in
cluding produce, building and hardware supplies, school
supplies, banking, shipping, etc.
A hearty welcome is extended to those of the party
who will visit with us tomorrow!
GIVE FIRE TRUCK RIGHT-OF-WAY
Volunteer Firemen report that children are be
coming a hazard when the fire alarm sounds and the
firemen are seriously handicapped in reaching the fire
as speedily as they should, because of them.
Monday it was reported by two firemen that Chil
dren on foot and on their bicycles did not get off the
road and make way for them.
Children and their parents are reminded that
when the whistle blows all pedestrians should get off
the road as well as cars which are not going to assist
at the fire, to make way for the fire truck.
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Geologists To Try
To Locate Mt.
McKinlev “Fault” i
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ANCHORAGE, June 19, (CIL)—
Four members of the Mt. Mc
Kinley expedition, constituting the
geologic party, left Anchorage by
train to tackle the expedition’s
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first scientific problem.
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The group headed for Mt. Me-'
Kinley National Park and Peters
Glacier at the side of the moun
tain where they will do geologic
research in an attempt to find the |
great McKinley “fault”. A fault;
is a break in the earth’s crust,!
resulting from volcanic activity. \
A study of photographs has led
the group to believe that the Me
Kinley “fault” caused by the 1912
eruption of Mt. Katmai and its
accompanying earthquakes, may
be located in the vicinity of the
Peters Glacier.
(Mt. Katmai is in the famous
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
near the base of the Alaska Pen
insula in southwestern Alaska,
roughly 360 miles from Mt. Mc
Kinley. Katmai had been an in
active volcano until June 6, 1912,
when its eruption began with a
terrific explosion, heard as much
as 750 miles away. The eruption
had widespread effects, spewing
a million tons of burning volcanic
ash over hundreds of miles, and
even carving out a new harbor in
which had previously been chart
ed as dry land).
The other members of the Mc
Kinley expedition, who make up
the mapping party, are leaving by
air. They plan to land at Lake
Cheitna, and from there fly into
the Kahiltna Glacier, which is at
the base of the projected research
route on the side of the mountain.
Charles Kreling, Klondike
Photographer, Passes On
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Chas.
Kreling, 80, noted sportsman and
widely known for his photographs
of the Klondike gold rush, died
here Sunday.
With the poet, Joaquin Miller,
Kreling went to the Klondike in
the 1897 rush, carrying a small
camera. His photographs were
published widely.
Later he won, and held for
years, the National Amaeur Light
weight Wrestling title.
Elmendorf Airman Killed
ANCHORAGE, (j*P)—An airman
from Elmendorf Air Base was
killed outright Sunday when his
car hurtled end over end down
an embankment.
Officers said the car failed to
make a turn and plunged over
•the west embankment near the
Eagle River bridge on the Palmer
Highway.
The name of the airman, at
tached to the 39th Equipment Re
pair Squadron, was withheld until
I next of kin are notified.
Yugoslavia Gets 1,432
Tons Of U. S. Cotton
RIJEKA, Yugoslavia, (>P) —
Yugoslavia expressed thanks to
the United States for 1,432 tons of
cotton—the first shipment of raw
material under a recent $29,000,
000 grant to ease this country’s
i economic burden.
The cargo arrived aboard the
Yugoslav ship Crna Gora.
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The strongest living thing in
proportion to its size is the beetle.
A man proportionately strong
could lift 70 tons.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
, Weather Bureau
According to Earl Clark of the
U.S. Weather Bureau, the summer
solstice will be at 13 minutes past
midnight tonight. This marks the
official beginning of summer.
Forecast Nome: Mostly cloudy
Wednesday and Thursday with
occasional light rain. Moderate
SW winds. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 37, highest to
morrow 55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation .02 in.
Month total, .5 in. Temperatures:
highest 47, lowest 42. Maximum
wind 10 mph from the WSW. Sun
rise at 1:17 a.m., sunset at 10:49
p.m.
Comparative data: Temperatures
one year ago today: highest 53,
lowest 36. Extreme temperatures
on this date since 1907: highest 74
in 1927, lowest 29 in 1929.
Data for other* selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Sialion Temp. Weather
Barrow * 40 Rain!
Point Hope 34 Fog
Kotzebue 44 Rain
Shishmaref 36 Cloudy
Wales 36 Fair
Gambell 36 Part Cloudy
tfome 46 Cloudy
Unalakleet 48 Cloudy
Bethel 50 Cloudy
McGrath 56 Part Cloudy
Anchorage 49 Cloudy
Fairbanks 57 Part Cloudy
Whitehorse 48 Rain
Edmonton 63 Cluody
Juneau 51 Cloudy
Ketchikan 56 Cloudy
Seattle 68 Clear
San Francisco 58 Cloudy
Archbishop Groze,
Hungary Catholic,
To be Tried by Reds
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, (£>) —
Archbishop Joszef Groze, 64, high
est ranking Roman Catholic pre
late in Hungary since the im
prisonment of Joszef Cardinal
Midszenty, goes on trial Friday on
charges of plotting against the
Communist government, black
market currency dealings, helping
persons to flee this country, and
other offenses.
This was announced in the
Budapest press Tuesday, in a gov
ernment indictment agninst the
Archbishop and eight others. The
indictment said all “confessed.”
Among the others is Dr. Elajos
Pongracz, a Hungarian employe of
the United States Information
Service at Budapest.
Pongracz, 42, was arrested a
month ago. The appearance of his
name among those of the defend
ants makes it clear that the “leg
ation of an imperialist power”
mentioned in the indictment many
times, is the American legation
here.
Alaskans Hold Top Spots
High School Graduation
<AP Soec’al Washington Service'
WASHINGTON, (^>)-Two na
tive Alaskans had top spots in the
graduation exercises at Amcostia
High School here.
| Doris Bartlett, daughter of Al
, aska delegate and Mrs. E. L. Bart
j lett, was valedictorian of the class
with a grade average of 98.
The class president, Loring
Heckman, is a native Alaskan
whose family is well-known in the
Ketchikan area. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Loring Edward
Heckman.
AP Correspondent
To Be Placed On
Trial By Czechs
LONDON, (jP) — Reports from;
Prague said the Czech foreign min
istry has informed the U. S. Em
bassy that Associated Press cor-(
respondent William Oates will be,
placed on trial within a few days.!
Oatis, 37, was arrested April 23
on charges of hostile activities to
ward the Czechoslovak govern
ment.
Oatis’ arrest did not become
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known until April 26, nearly 72 i
hours after his disappearance
from his office and lodgings in
Prague. He was last seen while
preparing to keep an appointment.
Three Czech agents seized him as i
he was putting his car in his ga
rage.
Shortly before his arrest he had !
informed the U. S. Embassy he!
was being shadowed.
The Czech announcement of
April 26 said the charges against
him included activities hostile to
the state, gathering and dissemi
nating information considered sec- ;
ret by Czechoslovakia and spread- j
ing malicious information regard- i
ing the Czech state through il
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legal news channels.
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10th Rescue To Supply
Mt. McKinley Expedition
ELMENDORF, AIR FORCE'
BASE, June 19 (CIL)—The 10th
Air Rescue Squadron, based at El- i
mendorf AFB, will provide air i
support for the Mt. McKinley ex- !
pedition, being sponsored by the!
Boston Museum of Science and i
the University of Denver, it was
announced by headquarters Alas
kan Air Command.
The expedition, headed by Dr. |
Bradford Washburn, director of
the Museum, is concerned with
completion of a mapping project
and geological study of the Mt.
McKinley area.
Due to extreme conditions of
climate and terrain and the diffi
culties in moving even small
amounts of equipment, the Air
Force is assisting in transporting
personnel, fragile equipment, food,
fuel and supplies.
Plans call for use of • the C-47
type of aircraft, which will later
i make parachute drops to the party.
Church Discourages Youth
i From Joining Boy Scouts
! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (/P)—
! The Christian Reformed Church
| decided today to “discourage” its
i youth from joining the Boy Scouts
j of America and to urge instead
participation in its own boys* club
movement.
The decision was announced at
! the annual 10-day meeting of the
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| Synod, top governing body of the
church which has some 155,000
members in the United States and
Canada.
The Synod also decided against
i looking into the possibilities of
i doing mission work in Alaska. It
| said that other fields showed more
! promise in view of the shortage
; of available missionaries.
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN
Arriving today with Pan Am
erican were: A1 Milligrok, Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. H-arper, Emma Willoya,
B. Wilson, Edwin Glennen, Henry
Silook.
Departing were Marie Oumok,
John McCormick, Luther Naguz
ruk, J. W. Kehoe, Ralph Ulrick
son, Theodore Ahks, E. J. Berry,
R. W. Miller.
WIEN AIRLINES
Nome to Fairbanks: Ceila Hunt
ter and Dr. R. O. Ebert. Fairbanks
to Nome Marion Holmes, Leonard
Johnson, A1 Branson, and Arlyn
Bahner.
Kotzebue to Nome: Reino Sar
vola. Kotzebue to Nome: Billie
Hoogendorne, E. E. Brendemuhl.
Nome to Candle: Carl Reinisch.
Nome to Deering: Douglas Shel
don and wife.
ALASKA AIRLINES
June 18—
Nome to Anchorage passengers
were Wm. J. Niemi, Robert Han
sen, L. E. Dohn, and M. R. Rad
datz. From Anchorage: E. H.
Payne, Floyd Brown, H. R. David
son, Elsa Davidson, Charlotte Da
vidson, and Mr. O’Brien.
June 19—
Arriving from Anchorage were
E. P. Ward, Joe Gerth, and Fred
Shaw. Leaving for Anchorage
were Fred Denson, Floyd Denson,
John Cameron, and Fred Shaw.
Passengers to Kotzebue were
Floyd Brown, Wm. McKim, Mrs.
Bill Laws and children, Charlotte
Davidson, H. R. Davidson, and
Elsa Davidson. From Kotzebue to
Anchorage: Archie Ferguson, Ed
dy Dederer; Elsa, H. R., and Char
lotte Davidson.
Nome to Moses Point: Grant
Saylor. Nome to Unalakleet: Ed
Ungundruk.
Passengers by bush pilot: Ruth
Okerueok—to Wales; Paul Soren
son—Lost River to Nome; Herb
Bingham—Shishmaref to Nome.
DC-3 Size Aiport For
Quartz Creek, Kougarok
ANCHORAGE, (IP) — The Civil
Aeronautics Administration has
approved plans and specifications
for construction of three airports
by the Territorial Department of
Aviation under the Federal Air
port Aid Program.
The airports, all of which will
be long enough to permit DC-3
operation, will be at Quartz Creek
in the Kougarok district, north of
Nome, at Eagle on the Yukon
River near the Alaska - Yukon
territory boundary and at Haines
I in southeastern Alaska.
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