Army Not To Take j
More Seattle
Waterfront Now
SEATTLE (£>)—'The chief of the
Army Transportation Corps, Maj.
Gen. Frank A. Heileman. reassur
ed shipping men yetserday that
the army has no immediate plans
to take over additional space on
the Seattle waterfront.
“How much future expansion is
in store for our army transporta
tion setup depends on what hap
pens in the war in Korea and the
rest of the international situa
tion,” the general said during an
interview. “Meanwhile, require
ments for the Far East theater
are being met adequately.”
General Heileman said the
Seattle port’s . primary job is
Alaska.
“Under the present army trans
portation program,” he said “San
TOURIST BOOM
SELF-HELPED
PORT SAID, (/P) —- The Royal
Mail Liner left Java with 360 ba
bies aboard—and arrived at Port
Said with 400. Explanation: 211
of the passengers were expectant
mothers.
The ship was under charter to
the Dutch government to repatri
ate Dutch citizens from Indonesia.
Instead of traditional shipboard
sports, classes in child care were
the most popular activity aboard.
Francisco is set up to handle a
large part of the Far East theater
supply. But, Seattle is geared to
| take care of the overload, the
same as San Francisco would do
if Alaska became the main thea
ter.” «
The general, completing an in
spection tour of West Coast ports,
was to return to Washington, D.
C., today.
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Jungle Cats Go* On
“Catnip Jag”
CHICAGO, (JP) — A bushel of
catnip was tossed into the lion
house at the Brookfield zoo yes
terday. Minutes later, the animals
had the place jumping.
It was director Robert Bean’s
idea of throwing in the catnip—
just to see if anything would hap
pen.
The animals—lions, tigers, leo
pards—responded with an assort
ment of capers and catnip-ups
that amazed even Bean. They be
haved like over-grown kittens.
And like cats, they appeared very
fond of the catnip, the well known
strongly-scented herb.
Tommy, a -160-pound Indian
leopard and regarded as danger
ous, appeared to be trying to gig
gle. He sniffed the herb, rolled on
it, and then staggered around
drunkenly with a spraj' of catnip
draped over one ear.
Three brother lions — Coger,
Colby and Herman—acted very
alley catish. Coger howled; Colby
I chased his tail; Herman rolled on
his back, gazed dreamily at the
| ceiling and gurgled.
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HERE'S AN ENTIRELY
! NEW KIND OF FISH STORY
| FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. —
When a dog bites a man it is gen
erally opined that such a story is
not news—but when a man bites
a dog it is classed as news.
When a man catches a good
sized salmon it is news but not the
spectacular kind of a story, even
in the waters off North Beach—
but when a man catches an 18
pound king salmon on dry lands
with his hands, no line or spin
ners—that is definitely a piece of
news.
That is what happened to Ed
Gibson Sunday evening about
sundown. Ed was taking his dog
out on the beach for a stroll when
he saw something floundering on
the sand. At first he thought it
was sea gulls fighting over a mor
sel of food—but on going nearer
he saw that it was a large fish. It
had evidently been trying to get
away from a larger fish or seal
and had washed up on the beach
and could not get back to water.
Gibson took hold of the big fish
by the gills and practically drag
ged it up to the house, surprising
the family with the news that he
had caught it on land.
There are fish stories and fish
stories, but this one came from
the lips of Postmaster Gibson and
we certainly do not doubt his
word, as Mrs. Gibson told the
same tale even before we heard
it from her husband.
EXCAVATION ANGLER
NETS GOLDFISH
CHICAGO (/P)—Heavy summer
rains flooded the concrete founda
tion of an abandoned building site
on the north side. Neighborhood
kids got some poles and went fish
ing in it. The amusement of adult
observers turned to amazement
when John Spajda, 8, hauled in
two goldfish. The best guess was
that the fish had been tossed into
the pit by people who won them at
a nearby amusement park.
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CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The weekly luncheon was held
at the Polaris Grill Tuesday. Pres
ent were A. Saario, A. Polet,
George Beacom, Dick Cornwell,
Jim Walsh, Don Lyle, Larry Gal
vin, Dewey Goodrich and Martin
Troutman.
A communication was read by
A. Polet regards George Sundborg
and George Armitage, scheduled
to arrive in Nome on Sunday. Au
gust 27. Arrangements will be
made for a general dinner meet
ing of interested citizens on Mon
day, August 28.
Larry Galvin spoke of having
visited in Kotzebue and highlight
ed the interesting points of his
short trip, suggesting that it
would be a good < idea for all
Chamber members to make such
a trip.
Also discussed was the closing
of Marks Air Force Base and it
was suggested that communica
tions be sent to such individuals
as Delegate Bartlett, Governor
Gruening and the Secretary of De
fense to urge that the base be
maintained in view of the present
war situation.
A. Polet presented the draft of
a descriptive letter to be mailed to
! all interested individuals concern
SOURDOUGH TOM WATSON
SENDS GREETINGS
A special greeting was received
by the Nugget this morning from
a group of former Nomeites who
are at the Multnomah Hotel in
Portland enjoying a get-together
at the Sourdough International
Convention. The message was
brought personally by Shirley
McIntyre, stewardess of the Pan
American from Tom Watson who
was in Nome and the Kobuk from
1900 to 1917 and who now lives lA
Torrance, California, also Claude
Shea and L. Reed.
Dorothy Thompson, who left
suddenly for the States due to the
illness of her mother, returned to
day with the sad news of her
mother’s passing. She remained
with her father a few days before
starting north again.
Capt and Mrs. Robert Morrisey
are the parents of a baby daugh
ter bom Tuesday at the hospital,
making three daughters for the
Morriseys who are stationed at
M, A. F. B.
ingthe forthcoming Chamber of
Commerce booklet. It describes
said booklet and solicits their ad
vertisements.
It was decided to have copies
printed and distributed to all po
tential advertisers. *
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