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® PLAN E—Like a bat with curved wings, the British
Handley Page "Manx” has neither tail nor rudder. Two pusher
propellers in the rear are fitted to wings that are more than
twice the length of the fuselage..
FRIGIDAIRE DELIVERED IN
30 BELOW TEMPERATURE
Yesterday the Nome Motor Co.,
agents for the Frigidaire Co., re
ceived their first shipment via the
Alaska Airlines.
This beautiful new model of
Frigidaire, which arrrived in
thirty below zero weather, was or
dered for the home of Duke Mit
rovich.
HOLLWOOD, Dec. 28 — Bing
Crosby was named movie box of
fice leader for the second straight
year in the 1945 poll of exhibitors
conducted by Motion Picture Her
ald. Van Johnson was ranked as
number two drawing power, fol
lowed in order by Greer Garson,
Betty Grable and Spencer Tracy,
with Humphrey Bogart and Gary
Cooper tied for sixth place.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE SHOP
Automotive - “Cats”
Acetylene Welding
READER BROS.
Located Sommers “Cat” Shop
Ship Laden \\ illi
!>omhs In Distress
NEW YORK, Dec. 28—l/P)—1The
Henry D. Thoreau liberty ship out
of Naples for Cape May, N. J.,
sent a radio message to the Navy
that five thousand tons of bombs
are breaking loose. “If they give
way entirely, nothing can save
us.” The Navy said it was not a
troopship.
The Thoreau reported she was j
about four hundred twenty miles i
southwest of the Azores, the navy
said, adding she had a normal
crew of forty.
The message said the bombs are
stowed in “between decks and
hatch.” The bombs probably are
I some of those unused by Ameri
can forces in Italy and being re
turned to the ammunition depot in
United States. An unidentified
ship radioed she was standing by
the Thoreau, but could no nothing
immediately to assist.
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RECEIVES CHRISTMAS APPLES
VIA AIR EXPRESS
Arriving Christmas eve on the
Pan American Santa Express, A.
Polet, Nome merchant, received a
beautiful gift wrapped box of ap
ples from Ira Cardiff, president of
the Washington Dehydrated Food
j Co., of Yakima, Wash. These ap
ples, called Snow King, are a new
variety, in both red and green,
and compete with the finest of ap
ples for crispness and sweetness.
Mr. and Mrs. Cardiff visited Nome
last summer.
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The Socialist Labor party in the
United States was organized in
1892.
Gen. Mae Arthur
Assassination Plot
Denied
TOKYO, Dec. 2ft—The reported
‘•plot" to assassinate General Mac
Arthur was denied by Brig. Gen.
Elliott Thorpe, his chief of intel
ligence.
Gen. Thorpe said the plot story
began when a petition was pre
sented to MacArthur’s headquar
ters, asking that General Yama
shita’s life be spared. In present
ing the petition, Toichiro Araki
said some signers though Yama
shita was too good a man to be
killed and that if he were killed
MacArthur should be killed too.
CORRECTION
We reported in a recent is.ue
that a sum of $220.00 had been
raised for the Infantile Paralysis
fund. This was confused with the
Orthopedic Children’s Home, for
which it was raised. Since that
time $26.00 has been added, which
was raised by a special collection
by the children of the Federated
Church Sunday School, as a
Christmas donation.
The “plot story was originated
by newspapermen who happened
to be in the office when the peti
tion was made.” Thorpe said “I
was there too. I could see a gleam
in the correspondent’s eye when
he heard ‘killing’ and ‘MacArthur’
in the same paragraph.”
ARCTIC AIR SERVICE
CANDLE, ALASKA
Nome Headquarters — Wallace Hotel
— Contact —
JOE WALLACE, or GENE JACK
Frequent trips with passengers and freight between
Nome and Fairbanks via Deering, Candle, Kotzebue.
Kiana, Shungnak. Kobuk and Hughes.
CONTACT US FOR CHARTER SERVICE
SMALL AND LARGE SHIPS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
Just an Old-Fashioned Merry Christmas . . . What
memories that phrase stirs up .. •
From that first Christmas Day until the present,
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Christmas has been the happiest and the most blessed
season of the year, because it is the season of kindness,
generosity and fellowship.
In the age-old spirit of good will, we express our
greetings, and wish you an old-time Merry Christmas.
“Caterpillar” Department
Northern Commercial Company