MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
SCHOOL NOTES
FIFTH GRADE
The fifth grades enjoyed their
milk and graham crackers that
they had served to them Tuesday
morning by the Walrus Club.
There was only one boy in the
group that had not tasted fresh
milk before. Margaret Willova
from our room was one of the
Bargains
You’ll Still Find Them at The N. C. Store . . . Hundreds of Them
in Men’s and Women’s Wear and Hardware. If You Need Anything
Shop at The N. C. First . . . Save from One-Third to One-Half.
LADIES’ RAYON HOSE
Excellent quality hose in very attractive m W
shades. Comes in all sizes. An opportunity
to buy for months ahead 'at a big saving. Pair
$1.85 Webster Dictionary.69c
Mighty handy to have around
the house. Have a limited stock
so shop early.
All Jewelry At One- Half Price
Includes earrings, pins, brace
lets, men*s billfolds and purses.
Cosmetics One-Half Price
We still have a large stock of
facial creams, powder, make
up, perfume, etc. You will find
your favorite kind here and
save one-half of regular price.
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Girls’ Dresses One-Half Price
A limited stock left in the smal
ler sizes. Cute styles and good
fabric. Better hurry.
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THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF
THE BARGAINS THAT YOU
WILL FIND.
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$11.50 Electric Iron.$7.95
Nationally known brand. A
value you cannot afford to pass
up.
Enameled Pans Now Only.19c
They sold regular for as much
as $1.25. We’re overstocked and
are pricing them for quick sale.
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95c Cookie Sheets Now.59c
Very handy to have in the
kitchen. Has many uses.
$49.50 Jen-Cel-Lite
COATS
*3250
Your last chance to buy this won
derful coat at this low price.
Conies complete with hood.
Paint V2 Price
OUTSIDE PAINT ... ENAMEL ... VARNISH
STAINS . . . KALSOMINE
If you plan undoing any painting or cleaning up this spring, better
buy what you will need now at this marvelous saving. We still have
a good stock in a variety of colors. Come and save money . . . now!
Northern Commercial Co.
Alaska’s Pioneer Merchants
children they took to the airport j
to meet P.A.A.
The pupils that were neither j
tardy nor late the past six weeks |
I arc: Robert Dunbar, Tonnie Fults,
Jerome Trigg, Ronnie Engstrom,
Anna Ailak, Lucy Ann Fager
| strom, and Carolyn Hyndman.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES
Dean Martin, who has been I
with us since the latter part of |
November and who was formerly ,
at Holy Cross Mission, left our j
school recently, to fly to Teller. \
We are sorry to lose Dean.
i We are studying Mexico and i
Cuba in Geography in the seventh i
grade and find them unusual, in- J
J teresting countries. In the sixth1
grade we finished Italy Rumania,1
I and the Balkan countries, France,
i Belgium, and the Neth^lands. We
' are now ready for Central Europe.
We made some cut-out snow
! flakes in Art class recently. We
j mounted them against a colored
back-ground, which makes the de- J
signs show up well.
HIGH SCHOOL
March 2nd was the anniversary
of the Missouri Compromise of
1820. Missouri was admitted as a
slave state to balance the free
j state of Maine. It was agreed to
I prohibit slavery in the rest of the
! Louisiana Territory north of 36°
30'
i The fourth six weeks test period
has come to a close today and
students again feel relaxed from
i their examinations. Only two
more six week periods remain in
the school year. .
A course in economics is being
offered this semester to take the
. place of the half year course in
1 physical geography. The subject
' deals with man’s problems in
making a living. Production has
i been the subject of discussion
during the past week.
In physical education, the boys j
are learning ihe fundamentals of
soft ball. The intramural basket
ball games are being played after
four o’clock. Wednesday after
noon the Seniors defeated their
opponents 81 to 19.
Probably more than orie-half of
all comets coming within range of
visibility remain undiscovered be
cause of the overpowering bril
liancy of the sun. It naturally fol
lows that comets are often discov
ered during the total eclipse of the
sun.
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Army Will Reduce
Army-Operated
Ships To Alaska
<i/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, i/P)—The army
says it has a policy of shipping as
many of its Alaskan supplies as
possible on commercial carriers,
and plans to reduce the number
of army-operated vessels in the
Alaskan trade.
This was brought out in a let
ter from Maj. Gen. F. A. Heile
man, army chief of transporta
tion. which Sen. Magnuson fD.
Wash.) made public today. Mag
nuson had asked for figures on
military cargo shipments to Alas
ka in 1948.
Heileman said that during the
first eight months of 1948 private
carriers handled 72 per cent of
the 197,509 measurement tons of
Alaskan military cargo. <A mea
surement ton is a unit of cargo
freight, usually 40 cubic feet).
During the last four months,
with a west coast maritime strike
tying up commercial shipping all
but half a month, he said, army
transports moved 93 per cent of
the 63,483 tons sent to the Terri
tory.
He said commercial shipping
costs to Alaska are SI2.88 per
measurement ton. with the load
ing charge borne by the vessel op
erator and the discharging costs
by the army.
On army transports, he contin
ued. the cost is S8.36 per ton, in
cluding $2 a ton loading charge.
“From this,” he said, “it will be
noted that the cost by army trans
port is approximately 65 per cent
of the cost by commercial carrier
under relatively comparable con
ditions.”
Heileman said that 1,308 short
tons were shipped to Alaska by
military air in 1943 while com
mercial air shipments were negli
gible. Army shipments in Novem
ber and December by commercial
truck over the Alcan Highway
were 462 short tons of perishable
and 163 tons of non-perishable
freight, he said. ;
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Flattery is the best cure for a
stiff neck. There are not many
heads it won’t turn.
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