AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Monday evening from
the States for the C.A.A. was Mr.
Clifton Caudell. Outgoing passen
gers tonight will be H. Suder, H.
J. Gary, Lt. Col. Howard Walter?,
Sir. Winder, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Olson, and Mrs. A. Castell.
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ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving Monday on the delayed
trip of the Alaska Airlines plane
were the following passengers
from Anchorage: Lt. Gray, Mrs.
Sudar, James Judge, W. N. Grimes,
W. A. Adams, Sam Shafsky, John
lathanan, Ed Glennan, Rusty An
abel, Howard Goodall. Departing
were Cpl. Nordberg, Vernon Hicks,
YL B. Smith, James Henry and
'Walter Merrill.
Yesterday’s plane from Anchor
age brought Mr. and Mrs. Milia
Jcian, Edwin Soosik. The plane de
parted with Ken Rank, Ed Seiden
•erg, Walter Langfitt, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Bianchi, E. Stevenson,
J. Holzendorf, B. Walls, Walter
Merrill.
Norman Weaver pilot for the
Alaska Airlines, left this morning
for Kotzebue with John Lathanan,
Ed Glennan, Rusty Anabel, Sam
Shafsky, and Howard Goodall.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Pilot Peterson made a trip this
morning to Kotzebue with Fred
Adams as passenger. Pilot Peter
son will remain in that area for
.same time taking care of com
pany business from that point.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL—
H. E. Goodall, Rusty Anabel,
Sam Shafsky, John Lathanan, Ed
Glennon of Anchorage; Howard
©odge of Koyuk, Don Gretzer and
^William English of Fairbanks,
Cene Jack of Candle, Mr. and Mrs.
Miliakian of Anchorage; Frank
Ralsen, Mercer Island, Wash.; and
John Cross, Deering.
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Aluminum paint is used as a
protective medium on balloon
-fabrics because it excludes heat
and light.
Gen. Homma Says
He Ordered Bataan
“Death March”
Lt. Gen. Homma acknowledged j
he ordered the march of seventy
thousand American and Filipino
prisoners from Bataan on the j
bloody trek in 1942. The former
Philippines commander in chief is
charged with the responsibility of
that march in which seventeen
thousand died or were killed by
the Jap guards.
“I’m morally responsible for,
anything that happened under my
command,” Homma testified un-:
der cross examination at his war
crimes trial in Manila. His admis
sion climaxed weeks of testimony
describing the agony of prisoners
of war and civilians alike under1
the Jap yoke.
In Tokyo Allied headquarters
announced that General MacAr-!
thur would decide tomorrow the!
fate of Lt. Gen. Yamashita. fornner
Philippines commander, sentenced
to the gallows upon conviction of
countless atrocities.
The United States Supreme
Court upheld the decision of the
military court in Manila, but final
judgment is left up to General
MacArthur.
Tripod Placed
On Tanana River
The Nenana Ice Pool Commit
tee have placed the pole on the
Tanana River where it will re
main until dislodged by the break-!
up according to word received by
William C. Williams, Ice Pool
manager. The ice is now 30 inches 1
thick and is expected to double as
the ice is clear of snow.
Ice Pool tickets are expected to
go on sale sometime this week.
SCOUTMASTER BIANCHI AND
WIFE LEAVE NOME
Louis Bainchi, Scoutmaster for
Boy Scout Troop, No. 666, and his
wife left for Anchorage yesterday,
where Mr. Bianchi will be em
ployed.
Blizzard Rages
In Northwest
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SEATTLE. Feb. G—UP)—A deep
snow closed Washington’s three
main pass highways through the
Cascades. Snow fell up to nineteen
feet and a gale battered northwest
winds up to ninety miles per hour
and washed ashore a Coast Guard
boat at Ocean City, Wash., its four
men missing.
The weather bureau reported
#the storm was moving eastward,
leaving slide covered roads, block
ed railroad tracks, broken tele
phone wires in its wake. The
winds which had endangered ships
along the coast were subsiding
this morning.
The Coast Guard reported the
Henry Austin, liberty vessel, laroke
from the tow off Cape Blanco yes
terday and sent a distress call. It
is now back in tow with two
tugs standing by.
In the Columbia River gorge the
highway and the Union Pacific
tracks were blocked by a tremen
dous slide loosened by the batter
ing wind and rain.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6— (JP) —A
rock and earth slide from tower
ing walls of Columbia River gorge
blocked the Union Pacific railroad
main line, cut the river highway,
broke the telephone cable linking
the Northwest with the rest of the
nation. L. A. Collins, Portland
manager of the Union Pacific, said
the slide had delayed the depart
ure of eastbound limited train for
three or four hours. The highway
department said it would be three
days before the slide could be
cleared.
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WIEN AIRLINES PURCHASE
FERGUSON AIRLINES
Wien Airlines have announced
the purchase of Ferguson Airlines
of Kotzebue, Alaska. The purchase
of the much publicized veteran
line by One of the oldest airplane
companies in Alaska, includes
three planes, hangars and shop, all
located at Kotzebue. Archie Fer
guson, well known owner and pi
lot retained his small Cessna
plane.
WIEN Alaska Airlines
“Alaska’s First Airline’’
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If It’s Freight-Whatever the Weight
Let Wien-Alaska Fly It!
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Day or Night Phone MAIN 46
For Information
JOE GUTHREY BUYS
v. 1 i
SEWARD CAFE j
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Word has been received that
Joe Guthrey, recent baker and
cook for the North Pole Bakery,
has purchased the Northern Cafe
in Seward, and opened for busi
ness January 29. Terms of the
purchase were not stated.
Local Nomeites well remember
that Joe is a good baker and wish
him well in his new undertaking.
He asks his friends, when in Sew
ard, to look him up and have a
cup of coffee with him.
OPA DIRECTORS
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Mr. Davis, Regional Director of
OPA, Washington, D. C., and Mr.
Reuel Griffin, District Manager,
with headquarters at Fairbanks,
are scheduled to arrive tonight
via Pan American plane.
RUMORED THAT. HOTEL TO
BE BUILT AT KOTZEBUE
It is rumored th^t’ (the party
which left for I£otzebue this morn
ing via the Alaska Airlines, has
gone in the interest of promoting
the building of a large hotel. It is
believed by many that Kotzebue
will develop into a very active
mining and tourist center, as it is
the hub of an area which has been
little developed to date. Kotzebue
has little or no accommodations
for the traveler. In the party are
John Lathanan, lawyer; Rusty
Anabel, United Press correspond
ent, Mr. H. E. Goodall, photogra
pher.
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SONG OF WARSAW
WARSAW—(/P)—Vladimir Ivan
nikov, widely known Russian
composer, has been invited by the
Polish Ministry of Culutre and
Art to come to Warsaw and write
an “Oratorium about Warsaw.”
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
BEN YOUNG
Start the New Year Right
Arrange Now for Regular Oil Service
Phone BLACK 19 P.O. Box 331
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
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