Abbie Hanson,
OES Grand Matron
Visiting Nome
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Abbie Hanson, Most Worthy
Grand Matron of the Order of
Eastern Star, accompanied by her
husband, Jacob Hanson, arrived
yesterday with the P.AA. for a
four-day official visit.
A full program has been plan
ned for her stay. Mrs. >H. F. Har
per, general chairman, has ar
ranged for luncheons and dinners
and other social events during the
visit.
This evening degrees will be
conferred on candidates at the
Masonic Temple. Tomorrow eve
ning a school of instruction will
be held and Wednesday a banquet
is scheduled for all Eastern Stars
and Masons.
Mrs. Hanson, who serves a
three-year term of office, was
elected in Toronto in 1949. Her
jurisdiction includes 46 States,
Canada, Alaska, Canal Zone,
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Mexico,
Philippine Islands, Cuba, Guam,
and several chapters in China.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, whose
home is at Hammond, Ind., are
guests at the Wallace Hotel.
Anchorage Bar
Assn. Here On
Good Will Tour
The Anchorage Bar Association
made a good will tour of Nome
over the week-end, arriving Sat
urday with the Alaska Airlines.
George Grigsby, former Nome
District Attorney, who is now
president of the organization was
in the party and visited with
many of his former friends.
The purpose of the trip, they
stated was to try and establish a
Territorial Bas Association as is
done in most States.
Also in the party was Aimer J.
Peterson, candidate for Delegate
to Congress on the Republican
ticket.
The group was met at the field
by business men, under the spon
sorship of the Tourist Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
later conducted on a tour to the
dredges and other points of inter
est.
Binks Seiffert, who has been
working at Port Heiden, returned
home for a few days. He plans to
leave again tomorrow.
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17 Die In Crash Of
Bomb-Laden B-29
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er of the Ninth Heavy Bomber
Wing here and hero of World War
II He was riding behind the pilot.
Both the plane commander and
the pilot were among eight of the
men aboard who escaped alive.
They had made an emergency
belly landing. The fire and explo
sion came several minutes later.
The two missing men were
crew members.
The other dead included three
members of the base fire depart
ment and a volunteer fire fighter.
Three other dead were unidenti
fied.
The plane’s 2,000 gallons of high
test gasoline spilled and fires be
gan.
The bomber carried 10 to 12 five
hundred pound demolition bombs.
Eye-witnesses said the bombs be
gan to explode in 10 to 20 min
utes. Sgt. R. H. Lewis, Clay, Ky.,
said one dazed man came from
the planes soon after it hit, and
... “I could hear men shout ‘Let’s
get out of here. There are bombs
in there’.”
The blast was felt 30 miles
away. Persons 65 miles distant
said they saw the giant cloud of
flame
But the tragedy could have been
incalculably greater. If the plane
had been 100 feet to the north it
would have smashed into a hous
ing area containing 100 families.
If it had been a few hundred
feet to the south it would have
plowed into the enlisted men’s
barracks where several hundreds
slept.
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Seward Cement
Plant Makes First
Bulk Shipment
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SEWARD, (/P)—The new Sew
ard plant of the Superior Portland
Cement Co. was ready for its first
barge load of bulk cement today.
The first cargo of 16,000 barrels
is for Fort Richardson. The Alas
ka Railroad has 30 specially pre
pare freight cars to rush the ship
ment.
The installation at the Seward
Fish and Cold Storage company
raised the value of the property
to an estimated half million dol
lars. An 800-foot spur track to the
end of the dock permits year
around unloading direct from
ship’s holds. It will be pumped
through pipelines into storage bins
and railroad cars. A deep water
dock will permit continuous serv
ice, even on minus tides
The installation does not inter
fere with the regular operations
of the fish and cold storage com
pany.
The entire dock change-over
was rushed through in five weeks.
Local sawmills put on extra crews
of loggers and mill workers to
produce the needed lumber.
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Ask Grand Jury
Investigation Of
Palmer Airport
FAIRBANKS, (IP) — A grand
jury investigation to decide legal
ity of a $150,000 land transaction
between the Territory and the
Palmer Airport Assn., was de
manded Saturday by Marcus Jen
sen.
Jensen from Douglas near Jun
eau, is an investigating committee
member of the Alaska House of
Representatives.
He said the transaction involv
ed payment of $150,000 by the
Territory to the Airport Associa
tion for 127,94 acres of land at
Palmer for a new Palmer airport,
and repayment of $145,000 to the
Territory by the association.
The price per acre paid by the
Territory for the land was $1472.
Official records of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration show the
land last year was valued at $43
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per acre.
Jensen said his demand for
grand jury action was based on
reports that the inflated value of
the land was paid by the Territory
to obtain federal matching funds
under the federal airport aid act,
in order to offset Territorial ex
penditures made on the Palmer
airport prior to the effective date
of the act.
Meanwhile, Alaska’s auditor
Frank A. Boyle has asked Terri
torial Atty. Gen. J. Gerald Wil
liams for an opinion as to the le
gality of the entire Palmer trans
action.
Boyle cited what he said were
six specific points of question.
Palmer is in the Matanuska
Valley farming area.
Boa constrictors and pythons
are not poisonous.
ALASKA NATIVE SERVICE
ABANDONED PROPERTY
WASHINGTON — The Senate
Interior and Insular Affairs Com- r
mittee has favorably reported Del
egate Bartlett’s House-approved
bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior to transfer to local school
officials in the Territory federally
owned land and buildings no
longer required by the Alaska Na
tive Service to be used for school
or other public purposes.
The measure, which was passed
by the House in June of 1949,
would be effective in at least 14
places in Alaska where the local
authorities desire the use of fed
eral buildings. The bill would
benefit such localities as Bethel,
Haines, Hoonah, Kake, Klawock,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Nome, Sitka. *
Yakutat, Valdez and Douglas.
Dorothy Thompson, who is
spending the summer in Nome
studying the Eskimo life under a
grant from the Arctic Institute,
was called to the States suddenly
yesterday due to the serious ill
ness of her mother. She plans to
return as soon as possible.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pennycook
have purchased a home in Sitka
and state that they are already in
love with the picturesque little
town with its paved side walks
and general cleanliness. They
state they enjoyed a visit to the *
Pioneer home and saw many for
mer Nomeites including Gus Ku
nelis and Max Rappe, who both
look well and are happy there.
Dr. I. Q. on one program asked
a woman to name five countries
beginning with the letter “I.”
The contentant could only name
Iran, Iraq, India and Italy—then
her time was up.
“Your name, please?” the an
nouncer asked.
She said—“Mrs. Iceland.”
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