AIRLINES |
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Saturday evening in a
snow storm about 11:30 p.m. the
Pan American Airways brought in
Mrs. Lila Johnson, who was a
round trip passenger.
Departing were Mr. and Mrs. M.
S. Mitrovitch, Harry Loe, Anna
Punguk, Ralf Reat, Clyde Young.
Thomas Huey.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Due to 'inclement weather there
was little flying over the week
end, however the mail flight was
made yesterday to Golovin and
White Mountain and Mr. and Mrs.
Williams were passengers from
Golovin to White Mountain.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers leaving today on
Alaska Airlines were Mary Ann
Thompson, A. G. Thompson.
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Record Wire Use
HAMBURG, (^) —The amount
of telegraph traffic handled by
the reichpost in the British zone
of Germany is now greater than j
before the war, the British Con
trol Commission announces.
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The number of active compen
sation and pension cases on Vet
erans Administration rolls rose
from 956,335 on Oct. 31, 1941, to
2,774,495 on Oct. 31, 1946.
Yakutat Crash
Victims Flown To
Portland for Burial
PORTLAND. t/p>—Funeral ar
rangements are being made here
today for 12 of the 13 victims in
the crash of a twin-engined Port
land-based Columbia Air Cargo
DC-3 plane near Yakutat. Alaska,
airport last Thursday.
The bodies were flown here in
a sister ship to the transport that
crashed.
Joseph Dobbins, president of the
firm that operated two DC-3 craft
in the Portland to Alaska cargo
service, returned here Saturday
after a personal investigation of
the air tragedy.
Dobbins said “everything point
ed to a normal landing at the Yak
utat field. The flaps were one
quarter down, the wheels were
downed and locked and the pro
pellors were at low pitch. Both pi
lots were familiar with the field.”
The plane struck a tree, shear
ing off one wing.
Five of the bodies brought here
have not yet been identified, Dob
bons reported.
SOME NATIVES OF AUSTRA
lia have a unique postal system.
According to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica, “mail men” there car
ry a message stick, with a notched
message on it. The stick is carried
in a net bag.
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Veterans Sail To
Help Friendly
South Sea Natives
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SEATTLE, {A') —The wartime
experience of being adrift on the
blazing South Pacific, with aid
and rescue from natives on a tiny
atoll, gave Jack Maier an aim in
life.
Saturday, with Marvin Norstedt,
he started the several-thousand
mile trip back there in a tiny 35
foot sloop, to bring “help” to the
kmdly people of Tabiteuea South,
which lies 212 miles south of Ta
rawa. Their locker is full of bibles.
“We re depending on the Lord
to see us through” Maier said.
“We think we can do a lot of
good with His help.”
Both are 25, unmarried and
their parents are dead. Maier pro
fesses to be a Catholic and Nor
stedt a Protestant. They have no
church or religious group sponsor
ship. Their home is Bellingham,
Wash.
"The people there were good
when I needed help, and I’m de
termined to go back 'to help
them,” Maier said.
In the last war, as second mate
of the F-14, a 96-foot freighter
which broke down in April, 1944,
he and his mates drifted 1,321
nautical miles across the Pacific,
he recalled, Norstedt has spent
several years in the merchant ma
rine.
"Then we ran aground on Tabi
teuea South, and the natives fed
us and treated us wonderfully,”
Maier said. “For the first time in
seven years, a trading vessel put
in there and rescued us.”
The gaff-rigged sloop, the Despy
is 35 feet long and had a 62-horse
power engine. But they hope to
sail much of the way. Their first
planned stop is Honolulu, but
stormy winter weather lies imme
diately ahead of them.
They said they had only $14 in
cash now.
Just before they sailed Saturday
a man came aboard to check the
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(»OP Senator
Seeks Party
Shakeup
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Aiken <R.-Vt.) claimed support
among rank and file Republicans
today for his proposal that the
party "free itself from reactionary
control” and appeal "to farmers,
labor and housewives.”
The New England lawmaker
told a reporter he has received
much mail since his demand last
week that GOP national chairman
Carroll Reece resign as part of a
"top to bottom” party shakeup.
"The only complaints I had
were from Democrats,” the gray
haired former Vermont Governor
said. "They gave me the devil,
saying that if the Republicans kept
Mr. Reece in there, they could re
tain the Presidency and regain
control of Congress.”
Aiken said he has not talked
with Reece and does not plan to
do so.
"But,” he added. ‘‘I may have a
statement later if things don’t
change. I want to see the Repub
lican party win in 1948, but to do
that we must have broader indi
vidual management in the nation
al party and more constructive
legislation in Congress.”
Aiken said his remarks were
not aimed at Senator Taft of Ohio,
chairman of the Senate’s Republi
can policy committee and an
avowed candidate for his party’s
Presidential nomination.
JURY BEING DRAWN
IN STETTINGER CASE
Today in U. S. District Court a
jury was being drawn to try the
case of Wm. Stettinger, charged
with pocketpicking.
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compass. The usual charge is $15.1
He heard something of their hopes
and plans and then decided,—well
—there wouldn’t be any charge.
Plant your Bulbs now. Easter,
Regal and Chinese Lilies. Hya
cinths, Tulips, and Narcissus.
POLET'S STORE.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. 3. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, December 1, 1948
Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with occasional
snow or rain. Continued mild.
Lowest temperature tonight 26,
highest temperature Tuesday 34.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.14
inch. Total precipitation this
month 0.09 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 33, lowest 27.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 44
miles per hour from the E.S.E.
Sunrise at 9:25 a.m., sunset at
2:17 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
21, lowest 4.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —20 in
1916, highest 33 in 1928.
Data for other selected* stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 0 Snow
Point Hope 18 % Cloudy
Kotzebue . 25 Snow
Shishmaref 22 Snow
Wales 26 Cloudy
Gambell 22 Snow
Nome 30 Snow
Unalakleet 28 Cloudy
Bethel 34 Rain
McGrath 17 Snow
Anchorage 30 Cloudy
Fairbanks 12 Cloudy
Juneau 35 Rain
Whitehorse 27 Cloudy
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
Edmonton 28 Cloudy
Seattle 46 Cloudy
San Francisco 55 Clear
20-40 CLUB BASKET SOCIAL
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Saturday evening the 20-40 club
had another of their popular par
ties in the form of a basket social
with Duke Mitrovich as auction
eer. Following the supper those
present participated in dancing.
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
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Beautiful Assortment of
NEW GOLD NUGGET JEWELRV
CULTURED PEARLS
LADIES’ AND MEN’S RINGS
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DECCA RECORDS
and
BROWN AND HALEY and .
HELEN ARDELLE CHOCOLATES
and
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SOMETHING NEW
In
Christmas Candles
G. MADSEN K. HEDREEN