Polaris Coffee Shop
Now serving Breakfast, Lunch, Supper
Hours : : : : 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
WILMINGTON, N. C., (£>)—The
season’s first hurricane moved
northward today, leaving in its
wake abnormally high tides and
dense fog but no physical dam
age.
The storm passed Cape Hattercis
shortly after midnight last night.
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Genuine Native Handcraft Active Gold-Dredging Operations
$250,000 In Frozen
Funds Available
To Alaska Vets
JUNEAU, (/P)—Veterans Com
missioner Floyd Guertin reported
Friday the Territorial Board of
Administration has released $250,
000 in frozen funds at the request
of the Board of Veterans Affairs.
The funds were among appro
priations frozen by the former
Board of Administration during
the 1949-50 biennium because of
the territory’s financial squeeze.
The Board did not meet but a
vote was taken by mail.
Guertin said there is about
$80,000 in approved requests for
veterans’ loans. He said they have
1 not been processed because of a
lack of available funds. He re
ported another $60,000 in loan re
quests at Anchorage.
Alaska Railroad Grants
25 to 35 Cents Hourly
Wage Increases
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—The Alaska
Railroad wage board, meeting
with representatives of five non
operating unions, Friday announ
ced wage increases for more than
1,600 employes of the road. The
wage boosts range from 25 to 35
cents an hour.
The schedule calls for these
boosts for employes working a 40
hour week: those getting $2.34 an
hour or less boosted 25 cents hour
ly; $2.35 to $2.44 an hour boosted
30 cents; $2.45 an hour upped 35
cents.
Increases also were provided for
seven-day employes, fire depart
ment men and workers for receive
room and board and similar com
pensation from the railroad.
The increases are retroactive to
April 1.
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CAP News
The Nome Squadron Civil Air
Patrol L-5 was returned here re
cently from a major overhaul at
Ladd Field Air Force Base. Major
Les Bronson flew the ship over
to Ladd and pilot Reggie Joule
flew it on the return trip.
One flight out of this area was
made to Kotzebue, where thq ship
suffered a slight mishap on take
off, but the ship has now been
repaired and is in flyable condi
tion. Engineering on the ship is
taken care of by Corporal Dance
of the ANG, who is also a mem
ber of the CAP.
At present -time the ship is in
daily use to check out pilots cap
able of handling it. When a suf
ficient number of pilots have been
qualified, the patrol will embark
on the operational phase of the
Cadet training program. Weather
permitting, daily flights with Cad
ets will be made over the immedi
ate area with emphasis on map
reading and orientation of flight.
New pilots being checked are
Frank Killins of the CAA and
Lawrence Rausa of the ACS.
Frank Stinton, local manager of
the Wein Airlines office has been
appointed adjutant of the Nome
Squadron.
Thomas A. MacAllister, opera
tions officer of the Nome Squad
ron, is on a trip to Anchorage
headquarters on business in con
nection with his duties as opera
tions officer here.
New trailing films for the CAP
and Cadets are received regularly
from Elmendorf Air Force Base
and are being shown regularly.
These films are carefully selected
and are of great interest and edu
cational value to those taking CAP
training.
Major Bronson states that regu
lar weekly meeting of the CAP
will be discontinued for the sum
mer months, but special meetings
will be held upon call of the ad
jutant. Major Bronson will be in
the CAP office every evening be
tween 7:30 and 8:30. The CAP
office is located in the jury room
in ithe southeast comer of the
Federal Building, downstairs. The
phone number is Black 183. Any
one interested in search and res
cue or training of cadets are in
vited to call or phone the office
at the above hours.
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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