AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving on the Monday flight
were Herbert Monahan, Marjorie
Bogard.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Pan American arrived early
Monday evening with the follow
ing passengers: Mrs. H. H. Cone,
O. D. Cochran, M. J. Walsh, Carol
McLain, Marjorie McLain, Rich
ard Kearnes, Richard Cornwall,
Dale Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Stewart.
Departing were Rita and Mich
ael Tavis, Bill Hunter, Walter
Spencer, Allan Cary, Irving Zeig
man, Hal Fairhurst, H. Brown.
Marie Bundy, Mrs. H. H. Cone, j
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WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Tuesday a trip was made to
Kotzebue, bringing in Evelyn
Reich, Carl Kengle, S. J. Bendt
sen.
Monday Mr. Holt was brought
in from Council and Marie Bundy
was brought to Nome from White
Mountain.
Yesterday Einan Ulrichson came
in from Casa de Paga and Red
Mallaly was taken to Casa de
Paga.
Harry Wilson and Carl Stelding
were brought to Nome from Fair
banks yesterday.
Floyd Singyke was taken to
Candle yesterday.
A flight was made to Gamble
on Monday with Grace Kullahan
with Jack Daws a returning pas
senger. This was the last trip of
the season.
Father Anable was a passenger
to Kotzebue.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
R. W. Whitmore, Davidson
Landing. J. C. Pfeffer, John Free
land, Foley Dowe, Herbert Mona
han, Don Gretzer, Anchorage. Mr.
and Mrs, Don Stewart, Los An
geles. Richard Kearnes, Seattle.
Carl Litteberg, F. J. Christmas,
Fairbanks. *
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Plane, Philippine
Officials Lost
MANILA, (,/P)—President Roxas
tonight announced the loss of th«
Presidential plane Lily Marlene in
the wilds of northern Cotabato in
Mindanao. The greatest local air
search got underway today.
The plane was carrying from 12
to 15 government officials.
The four-engine C-54, formerly
the personal plane of Lord Louis
Mountebatten, was last heard
from at 9 a.m. Sunday when it
took off from Buayas airfield at
Cotabato bound for Bacolod, Ne
gros Island.
The list of passengers given out
by Roxas included Judge Fran
cisco Zulueta, Rafael Alunan, Col.
Edwin Andrews, chief of the Phil
ippine army airforce, and Dr. Al
fredo Parades.
The Lily Marlene carried a
crew of eight, with top army pilots
Lts. Petronilo Buenida and E. Ra
mayo.
| Army Projects
In Alaska
Two projects have been recent
ly authorized as part of the war
departments construction program
for Alaska involving the expendi
ture of close to 11 million dollars.
A new runway, a large hangar
and other facilities, including
housing and headquarters build
ing. will be built by the corps of
engineers to enlarge the present
landing strip for fighter aircraft
built during he war at Mile 26.
out of Fairbanks. The project will
b° constructed at a cost of $8,125,
000 for the strategic air command
now operating the country’s fleet
of B-29’s and any future planes
designed for heavy bomb loads.
The single span 340-foot wide
hangar will be 300 feet deep, giv
ing 102,000 square feet of floor
space. The barracks will house
and provide mess for 400 person
, nel.
The second project, newly au
I thorized, calls for the expenditure
i of $2,840,845 for the constructipn
, of motor pool facilities, laundry
and dry cleaning plant, central
heating and power plant, ware
house and dock and necessary
utilities at Whittier, a southern
terminus of the Alaska Railroad.
i Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept of
Commerce, Weather Bureau
Wednesday, May 21, 1947
Forecast Nome: Cloudy with in
termittent light rain tonight and
Thursday. Fresh southeast winds
tonight increasing to steady east
wind Thursday. Lowest tempera
ture tonight 32, highest tempera
ture Thursday 42.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.05
inch. Total precipitation this
month 0.15 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 49, lowest 34.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 33
miles per hour from the E.S.E.
Sunrise at 2:21 a.m., sunset at
9:36 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
44, lowest 36.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest 15 in 1926,
highest 59 in 1912.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 11 Snow
Point Hope 35 Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue 43 Cloudy
Shishmaref 38 Cloudy
Wales 37 Rain
Gambell 34 Cloudy
Nome 35 Rain
Unalakleet 44 Cloudy
Bethel 38 Cloudy
McGrath 45 Cloudy
Anchorage 50 Cloudy
Fairbanks '54 Cloudy
Juneau 45 Rain
Whitehorse 49 Partly Cloudy
Ketchikan 55 Partly Cloudy
Edmonton 44 Cloudy
Seattle 61 Clear
San Francisco 64 Clear
Henry Clark Now
W. E. A. Manager
Henry W. Clark, who has been
serving as administrative assistant
to the President of the Waterfront
Employers Association of the Pa
cific Coast since last Njvember.
was named general manager of
‘ha# organization recently. The
announcement has been made by
^ran'c H. Fol.ie. W.E.A. president,
following the board of directors’
action.
Before coming to the Waterfront
Employers association, Clark was
general manager of the Alaska
Development board, with head
quarters at Juneau.
Clark, an army colonel in World
”’ar II, holds the legion of merit
for his services as chief of the
athletic branch of the special serv
ices division. While in the Army
he had the distinction of serving
in every American theatre of war
from 1942 to 1946.
REEF KNOT TO SAIL FROM
SEATTLE JUNE 1
The Lomen Commercial Co.,
were advised this morning from
Seattle th&t the first boat for
Nome would be the Reef Knot
which would sail on June 1. They
were also advised that no freight
would be accepted after May 29.
POLICE CHIEF BROWN
LEAVES FOR THE STATES
Chief of Police A. C. Brown
left Monday evening for a trip .«
his home in Spring Grove, Minn.,
as his wife has not been well. He
plans to be gone two or throe
weeks and states that he hopes to
bring back his family.
During his absence assistant
chief W. Montgomery will be in
charge of the police and fire de
partments of the city.
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