World Girdlers
Off for Los Angeles
> LETHBRIDGE. Alta., (/p)_
Round-the-world fliers George
Truman and Clifford Evans took
off in their light planes from the
Lethbridge airport at 8:53 a.m. for
a scheduled non-stop hop to Los
Angeles.
The former army pilots, nearing
the end of the longest cub plane
flight on record, took off in the
face of reports that mountain
passes on their route were obscur
ed by clouds and that the flying
ceiling was zero.
Unless forced down along the
route by weather, they expect to
be in Los Angeles this evening.
The flight normally takes from 11
to 12 hours.
SPECIAL SPEAKER
RETURNING FROM CHINA
The Native Church will have as
their special guest and speaker
for two services this Thanksgiving
week, Rev. Ralph P. Hanson, of
Chicago. Mr. Harson is making
1 this stop in Alaska to dedicate the
newly completed Childi*en’s Home
at Unalakleet. He is on his way
home from China via the North
west Airlines Oriental route,
where he has been surveying the
war damage of the mission in
China. Rev. Hanson, who served
as missionary in White Mountain
from 1935 to 1941 and is now the
secretary of the Mission Covenant
Church of America, will speak at
the services tonight and Thursday
night at the Lavinia Wallace
Young Mission. All are invited to
attend.
| Wives Wait For
Word About Ship
Wrecked Husbands
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SEATTLE, f/P»—Their’s was to
have been a joyful Thanksgiving,
with their men home from the sea,
if only for a few days.
But now, said Mrs. Gerald
Lauggesen, wife of the captain of
the wrecked army transport
Clarksdale Victory, today:
“All we can do is wait.”
She and the wives of three other
men aboard, Mrs. Henry R. Wolfe,
wife of the second officer; Mrs.
Howard C. Cox. wife of the second
assistant engineer, and Mrs. Low
ell D. Compbell, wife of the chief
steward, arrived here from San
Francisco by bus tonight. Their
car had broken down near Salem,
Ore.
Newspaper headlines today told
them of the disaster.
“We haven’t seen our husbands
for about two months,” Mrs. Lau
gesen said. “We knew we couldn’t
be with them on Christmas, so we
planned a real holiday for them.
Now—all we can do is wait."
SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICIAL IN NOME
Edward Paluska, field assistant
for the Alaska office of the Social
Security Administration arrived
Tuesday night on the PAA from
Fairbanks and is a guest at the
Wallace Hotel for the next few
days. Persons having questions on
social security can contact Mr.
Paluska at the Wallace Hotel any
time.
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SPECIAL
EXCURSION RATE
Good through December 1
- Round Trip Nome to Anchorage
*69.75 plus tax
News From
Unalakleet
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The orphanage at the Covenant
Mission is nearing completion. The
building will soon be occupied by
the staff of missionaries and the
orphan children that make their
home at the mission. This is a
beautiful building located near the
mission home and a short distance
only from the Unalakleet day
school.
At the present time Eddie Ma
loney, Chickie Maloney, Rose
Mary Pierce and Vera Koutchuk
make their home at the mission.
Albert Anagiek is on the road
to recovery at the Mayard Colum
bus hospital in Nome. His many
friends will be glad when he can
return home.
The community was saddened
by the sudden death of little Clyde
Sarren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Sarren Saturday evening. Last
rites were conducted at the Cov
enant Church. The deceased leaves
a father, mother, six brothers and
one sister to mourn him.
Ernest Berry enjoyed a nice dog
team ride to Egavik reindeer herd
Saturday and returning Sunday.
The Egavik reindeer herd is
feeding near the village this week.
No artist could paint a more beau
tiful picture than the reindeer on
the snow covered range just across
the river.
The Unalakleet 4-H club girls
are really putting into practice
their 4-H club rhotto: “To Make
The Best Better.” Mrs. Fohn-Han
son spent all day Saturday and
until noon Monday assisting the
girls in cutting out print dresses.
Eighteen of the girls will celebrate
Thanksgiving wearing new print
dresses made in the sewing class.
Three of the girls will be wearing
new aprons made by the 4-H club
pattern.
To complete our unit on “Pio
neer Life” the 4-H club boys and
girls will serve a dinner to the vil
lage. From this study a heritage
will be recognized. Pioneer ‘study
will interpret present day living
to these children.
The menu will consist of rein
deer meat, ptarmigan and rabbit.
Vegetables will be served and
some kind of a dessert.
Michigan Hunters
Seek Reindeer
For Xmas Display
JUNEAU, (/P)—Three Michigan
hunters—maybe they could be
called “Santa’s helpers’’—flew out
into the Arctic wastes today intent
upon capturing 10 live reindeer
for exhibit in a “Santa’s work
shop” planned by the Ford Motor
company at Detroit.
The trio—Arthur Hunt of Grand
Rapids, C. Ray Young and Ed But
ters of Coldwater—departed yes
terday in a ski plane which they
plan to land near the grazing area.
Special authority to capture the
reindeer has been granted by the
Alaska Native Service.
If successful in their hunt, the
men plan to take the animals east
by plane by way of Seattle.
REMODELING NORTH POLE
BAKERY FRONT
Howard Green and his crew are
busy remodeling the front of the
North Pole Bakery building. The
plans call, for glass brick across
the front about the windows and
complete sealing against weather.;
Other improvements inside the
building will start when the front
is completed announced Mrs. Gar
net Martin owner of the building.
Yugoslavs Free Six
U. S. Soldiers
TRIESTE, <#»)—The U. S. army
public relations office said six
American soldiers taken into cus
tody Monday morning by Yugo
slav troops were released to Amer
ican authorities yesterday.
Names of the six men and de-;
tails of the manner in which they
were taken into custody, held and
released will be made public in
48 hours, under the terms of a
new regulation, public relations
said.
• In Belgrade it was reported
that Premier Marshal Tito had is- j
sued an order to his troops on the
Austrian and Trieste Free terri
tory borders that all military per
sonnel who stray over the line in
an “obviously accidental” /nanner
are to be released immediately.'
U. S.. army headquarters an- j
nounced earlier that the six sol
diers, comprising an entire border
patrol, were taken prisoner yes
terday by Yugoslav troops when
they “evidently got out of bounds” i
in Venezia Giulia about 15 miles
from here.
Capture of the patrol brought to
18 the number of U. S. soldiers
taken into custody by the Yugo
slavs in this area since August. All
have been released. During the
same period five British soldiers
and sailors were made prisoner
I also.
Seek Federal Road
m
Aid For Alaska
WASHINGTON, (^ — Legisla
tion to extend the federal aid road
program to Alaska and appropri
ate $1,,373,700 for a road from the
Kenai peninsula was introduced
today by Rep. Dondero <R.-Mich.)
chairman of the House public
works committee.
The bill to give Alaska federal
road aid would fix a minimum .»f
$7,500,000 a year.
Alaska would be required to
put up 10 per cent of the amount
allotted for the road aid program
or a minimum of $1,000,000.
The measure would transfer
road functions personnel, materi
als and supplies from the interior
department in Alaska to the pub
lic roads administration.
it would provide tnat tne roan
building program be under the di
rection of the Governor of Alaska,
the Territorial engineer inJ the
public roads administration. Au
thority would be provided for co i
necting with Canadian roads.
The Kenai peninsula road bill
would provide for construction of
the highway by the interior de
partment. It would locate the road
from Anchorage via Portage to
the existing road to Hoae anil
Seward and provide the road snail
run along the north side of Turrt
again Arm of Cook Inlet as far as
practicable. •
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