Storm Devastates j
Gulf Coast; Many
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would make its way with rain and 1
squalls into southern Arkansas i
and that the winds should diminish !
to 25 to 35 miles per hour with
rain confined to Arkansas and
portions of adjacent states.
With seven already reported
dead in southern Florida in the
wake of the storm, a meager ra
dio report received by a ham op
erator in Jackson, Miss., from the
naval reservation station at Gulf
port, Miss., told of six being kill
ed by the storm in the Gulfport
Biloxi area and some 400 being
injured.
Only bare information was ob- j
tainable, but the picture in that |
Gulf resort area was grim. Bat
tered houses, splintered boats and:
first aid workers driving them- j
selves through the night to admin-,
ister first aid by flashlight to some
500 injured collected in the naval
reserve armory at Gulfport.
And, as an aftermath of the hur- j
ricane, a tornado rose at Apalachi-!
cola, Fla., cutting a 250-foot widej
swath for three miles through that
northwest Florida town. One hun
dred were injured, 14 seriously
enough to require hospitalization.
From Biloxi westward to New
Orleans information poured in by
every conceivable means which
indicated that region was a mass
of wrecked houses, ruined vaca-!
tion cottages, destroyed crops and
boats staved in from stem to stern.1
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Dakota means “alliance of
friends” and is a Sioux Indian!
word.
Extensive Geodetic i
Survey Of Alaska
Completed
SEATTLE, (JP)—The most ex
tensive mapping and sounding
work made during any one sum
mer in Alaska waters has been
completed by six vessels of the
coast and geodetic survey and all
the ships are due back here soon.
Commander Jack Senior, suprvi
sor of the Pacific Northwest dis
trict, said today.
The first, the motorship Lester
Jones, which has been working in
Cook Inlet and near the Shuma
gin Island, is due here by the end
of the month. The others will re
turn after Oct. 10.
Work has also been carried on
southwest of’ Point Barrow, in
Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound,
near Kodiak Island and near Attu
in the outer Aleutians, he said. A
photogrammetric party used a
plane in one area.
“With the use of modern electric
equipment, we’ve covered much
larger areas than in the old days,
Senior said.
HORLACKER-GREEN '
NUPTIALS SATURDAY NIGHT
Last Saturday evening at the
Post Chapel, Pfc. Stanley C. Hor
lacker and Miss Josephine Green
were united in matrimony by
Chaplain A. Darling.
Attendants at the wedding were
Mrs. Ruth Spivey and Tech. Sgt.
Raymond T. Mest.
Beautiful vocal selections were
rendered by Miss Mary Toof who
was accompanied by Mrs. Scrog
man.
The young couple will make
their home in Nome.
JACK LENCER
Watchmaker
3 TO 5 DAY SERVICE
Open 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Box 625 Nome, Alaska
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
A. & A. GARAGE
and CONSTRUCTION CO.
Phone MAIN 85
Car - Truck - Tractor Repair
General Hauling — Shovel and Dragline Work
Axel A1 Steve
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
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Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
WORLD DIGEST
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• British housewives now have!
the largest supply of fresh fruit on
the market that they have seen;
since 1939. However, prices are
astronomically high, with pineap-j
pies selling for from $1 to $5 each;1
grapes, from $1.20 to $6 a pound; I
string beans at $4.20 a pound: and !
cucumbers at $2.50 each.
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Of 1,500 American servicemen
who were blinded in the war, 800
have been discharged from army
and navy hospitals. The other 700
are still being treated, and trained
for civilian life.
Arthur Rubinstein, like many
other concert artists, ships his own
piano rather than take a chance
on the instrument provided by the
music hall where he performs. Re-!
cently, while on tour in Buenos ■
Aires, Brazil, his piano was hope-;
lessly snarled in the port traffic.:
In order to make his scheduled ap
pearance, a 1,000-pound substitute
had to be flown from New York.!
Brazil got its concert, and Mr. Ru-j
binstein got the bill from Pan j
American Airways—for $940.
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Is there life on Mars? One of the
oldest and most interesting theo
ries of astronomy may soon be
answered when the grinding of the
two-hundred-inch mirror of the
j world’s largest telescope on Palo
; mar Mountain in California is
completed this year. Mars will be
brought close enough for a “wea
; ther map” to be made, the moon
will appear only 25 miles away to
observers, and hundreds of mil
| lions of unknown stars and nebu
lae will be brought into observa
| tion distance for the first time.
Neptune, the new long-range
rocket developed by the Glenn L.
Martin company of Baltimore, Md.,
is 45 feet long—one foot shorter
than the German V-2, which is
now considered obsolescent. It is
only 32 inches in diameter, and
weighs about six tons fully load
ed, instead of the V-2’s 14 tons.
The steering system is also much
improved; instead of perishable
graphite vanes to deflect the jet,
the Neptune has its entire firing
chamber and discharge tube
mounted so that it can be moved,
enabling stabilizing instruments to
play the jet from side to side. Al- j
though the Neptune has not yet
been fired, it is expected to have
twice the range of the V-2, and
probably will reach 237 miles
above the earth before its momen
tum is exhausted.
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Untouched by the destructive
ness of war, the little town of
Oberammergau. in Bavaria, is
now reviving the Passion Play, for |
which it is world famous. Except,
for a few brief interruptions the
play has been a celebrated event
of the community since 1634. Many
of the actors are direct descend-j
ants of the first players. The dra
ma begins at eight in the morning
and continues for eight hours, |
with only brief intermissions. No
wigs or make-up is permitted,
thus all .farmers, dairymen, and
shopkeepers chosen for the play
must literally look their parts. Re
hearsals are not expected to be
complete until 1950.
PETE BRANT RETURNS VIA
PAM-AM SATURDAY
Pete Brant, well-known old
timer of this district, returned!
from the Outside Saturday on the
Pan Ameriman plane. Pete has
been in the States for medical at
tention. and is much improved.
Former N. Y. C.
Mayor LaGuardia
Died Saturday
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“get tough” school of politics. His
caustic tongue was noted far its
whiplash agility in exchanges with
political enemies as well as for its
fluency in foreign languages.
In his campaigns and during his
years in office he addresed nation
al groups in New York in ‘he r
native language—Italian. Ge.nian,
French, Yiddish or Yugoslav.
Known to New Yorkers as “The
Little Flower” “Butch” or “The
Hat”—the latter deriving from
the distinctive type of headgear he
preferred — LaGuardia was the
first reform mayor this city ever
re-elected.
LaGuardia became director gen
eral of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
toward the end of his mayoral
tenure. For his work with the
UNRRA he was awarded the na
tion’s highest civil decoration, the
medal of merit, and President
Truman said then that he had
earned the “gratitude of millions
in the world who were threatened
with starvation.”
Search For Passen
gers From
Abandoned Plane
MANILA. (/P) — A mass aerial
search brought reports Saturday of
the “possible sighting” in favor
able terrain of some of 28 passen
gers and crewmen who para
chuted into midnight darkness
from a lost U. S. army transpoit
plane over northern Luzon.
The U. S. 13th air force, to
which the abandoned two-engine
craft was attached, said its wreck
age was definitely located 160
miles northeast of Manila, and
that search pilots also radioed
word of the “possible sighting” of
personnel 60 miles farther nortn.
Names of the 28 aboard the
missing transport were not an
nounced.
The last message from the pilot
was received at 20 minutes past
midnight, Clark Field repoited.
He said he had already ordered
the passengers to jump and was
then abandoning ship himself.
He had radioed earlier that he
was flying on instruments and un
certain of his position, due to sev
eral thunderstorms and generally
bad flying conditions.
Truman Return**
From Brazil Trip;
Fares Problems
WASHINGTON, (A>)—President
Truman returned to Washington
from his 20-day trip to Brazil Sat
urday and immediately called the
White House staff to meet at noon
'eastern standard time) to discuss
the important business which ac
cumulated in his absence.
The Presidential yacht Wil
liamsburg docked at the Washing
ton navy yard and after a few
minutes getting luggage ashore,
the President, Mrs. Truman and
daughter Margaret walked down
the gangplank to waiting automo
biles,
The yacht bore the Presidential
party up the Potomac river from
Norfolk, Va., where the members
disembarked Friday from the bat
tleship Missouri in their return
from Rio de Janeiro.
The President remarked to those
of the dock: “You don't know how
to appreciate your own country
till you are away.”
Spotting a newsreel cameraman
whom he knew, he smiled and
I said: "We missed you on this trip.
Where have you been; out with
Taft?” The President was referr
ing to the western trip of Senator
Taft 'R.-Ohio).
Mr. Truman laces the task of
charting his course on problems
of emergency aid to Europe, inter
national friction and the rising
cost of living.
One of the first questions facing
the chief executive after his Rio
journey was whether to call a spe
i cial session of Congress to deal
with assistance for Europe.
Undergoing the importance at
tached to Europe’s plight, secretary
of state Marshall arranged to leave
a meeting of the United Nations
assembly to give the President his
special session views.
Marshall has already stated his
belief that there is a crisis which
cannot wait until the scheduled
reconvening of Congress in Janu
ary.
WALLACE McIVORS BACK
FROM MINING CAMP
Mrs. Wallace Mclvor and three
children arrived this week from
Council, where she has spent the
summer at a mining camp.
CHAS. GUSTAVSON IN HOSPI
TAL WITH FOOT INJURY
Chas. Gustavson was brought in
from Council last week. He is a
patient at the hospital undergoing
I treatment for an injured foot.
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So before you store those Winter Clothes
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We will deliver them in
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