WALES NEWS
By DWIGHT TEVUK
Alfred Sereadlook lost his home
recently when it burned to' the
ground destroying all his belong
ings. The fire traveled so fast
that Alfred was caught in another
room of the house and had to
escape through the window. He
saved only his revolver, parka
and radio. In the house were
whale darting gun bombs.
The nearest dwelling was 30 feet
away and was saved by the resi
dents pouring water on it.
Mr. .and Mrs. Willie Senunge
tuk and their two young children
are moving to Nome this month.
Their older children have gone to
Mt. Edgecumbe.
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House Bill Would
Increase Military
Pay 10 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A House
Armed Services subcommittee has
approved a bill to raise the pay
of everyone in the military ser
vices by 10 per cent. Only two
members were present for the ac
tion but there was no indication
of a fight.
The measure, however, has only
a slim chance of adoption at this
session of Congress. The Senate
Armed Services Committee has
said it will defer action until
January.
The bill, described as a “cost
of living” measure, was requested
by the Defense‘Department.
As originally drawn it would
have put a limit of $800 a year
on the raises, cutting higher paid
officers below the 10 per cent.
The House knocked this out.
Under the $800 limit plan gen
erals and admirals would have re
ceived only a 5 per cent increase,
colonels and some lieutenant col
onels with long service only be
tween seven and eight per cent.
The ten per cent boost under
the bill as amended would be ex
tended to all retired personnel.
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GAMBELL NEWS
October 8
This time of the year when the
northerly winds prevail, traveling
by skin boat between Gambell
and Savoonga is not too safe any
more, especially with women and
children. However, it was re
ported that a boat was on its way
from Savoonga with Alice S.
Green of Savoonga Presbyterian
Church, to return the same day.
The wind shifted around to north
east that afternoon, making re
turn to Savoonga impossible. The
next day was still bad.
When asked if they had a tent
if they should pull in between
here and Savoonga, Alice replied,
“I have a sleeping bag.”
Sunday morning the weather
was somewhat better, so they
started home around noon. It
wasn’t an hour after they left
when the north wind blew. Sa
vonga radio reported “very rough
here—but we will keep on eye on
them.”
That night when the hunters re
turned home, we heard that
Alice’s boat had pulled in through
the lagoon, some 15 miles or so
east of Gambell. This afternoon
at 5 o’clock, a dogteam came home
from hunting with a sled load of
Alice Green, and not a seal. She
said that they slept at Lester’s
camp (Nascock).
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Last day of September brought
cfur first snow for the winter. In
two days it was deep enough for
dog sleds to drive on, in fact,
there was two feet of it on level
ground, and more where the
ground is low.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Mc
Lean from Duluth, Minnesota, ar
rived here the 5th of August, to
teach at the ANS school this win
ter. Because their provisions are
on the North Star, which will not
be here until late in October, they
either borrowed or bought food
from the CAA and some from the
native store. Their winter clothes
had to be flown from Nome by a
PBY.
* * *
Margaret Fleener, who spent
the summer on St. Lawrence re
ceived a telegram from her hus
band in Nome yesterday. She is
now getting ready to go back to
Nome. “If it wasn’t for my
sonny,” Margaret said “I’d stay
here a little longer.”
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Never before have the Eskimos
on St. Lawrence Island ordered
from Sears Roebuck by mail as
they did this summer. Good wages
from MK made this possible.
When the mail carrier, Philip
Campbell, said “I never order
from Sears Roebuck at all,” was
asked why, “because mail bags
full of catalogs are very heavy!”
* * *
Steven Aningayou made a quick
trip down to the Salmon River
just recently, going around the
west, and returned with a good
catch.
Sfi *j*
Lieutenant Smith of the Air
Force had to walk back from
Boxer Bay with a native guide i
when the boat he went with w’as
stormbound. Boxer Bay from
Gambell usually is a days trip for
the average Eskimo walker.
Smith had to stop at the camp
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ers tent and rest for the night.
Smith ate some .fresh seal meat
and said, “It’s better than beef.”
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Defense is your job, too!
Swabbing down their cruiser’s forecastle
deck or passing ammunition to her eight-inch guns,
it’s all in the day’s duty for these young American
seamen. Day or night, fair weather or foul, they’re on
the job, keeping the United States Navy our First
Line of Defense—for America and for you.
But in these critical times, defense is your job, too.
And one of the most important parts of that job is
maintaining the economic strength of America, as the
sailors are working tb maintain her naval strength.
How can you do that? By buying U. S. Defense*
Bonds—buying them now and buying them regularly.
So go to your pay office and join the Payroll Savings
Plan or sign up at your bank for the Bond-A-Month
Plan. But do it today!
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The U. S. Defense Bonds you buy give
you personal financial independence
Remember that when you’re buying Defense Bonds you’re
building a personal reserve of cash savings. Money that will
some day buy you a house or educate your children, or support
you when you retire. Remember, too, that if you don’t save
regularly, you generally don’t save at all. So go to your
company’s pay office—now—and sign up to buy Defense Bonds
through the Payroll Savings Plan.
Don’t forget that bonds are now a better buy than ever. Because
now every Series E Bond you own automatically goes on earning
interest every year for 20 years from date of purchase instead
of 10 as before! This means that the bond you bought for $18.75
an return you not just $25—but as much as $33.33! A $37.50
ond pays $66.66. And so on. For your security, and your coun
1 ry’s, too, buy U. S. Defense Bonds now!
L S. Savings Bonds are Defense Bonds
Buy them regularly!
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