Kotzebue News
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richards
are the parents of a son born Jan.
13, their third child. Tommy Rich
ards is well known throughout
northern Alaska through his work
as a Wien pilot. Mrs. Richards is
the former Dorothy Reich of Kot
zebue.
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The Midnight Sun Theatre, un
der the management of Walter
Dowd, donated $40.00, proceeds
from a show the early part of
January, to the March of Dimes
fund.
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Billy Smith, formerly of Nome,
is in Kotzebue making prepara
tions to re-open the Arctic Ad
venturers Club.
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Henry Ullrich, of the Nome
Marshal’s office, was a recent vis
itor. Other business visitors in
cluded Ernie Gustafson and John
McNees of Nome, and Jack Weise,
of Alaska Airlines, Anchorage.
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An Alaska Airlines Norseman,
piloted by “Mac” McDonald, was
stationed in Kotzebue for ten days
to handle freighting work, inclu
ding the small amount of butch
ered reindeer brought in from
nearby herds for the local stores.
Butchering of reindeer is being
held to a minimum, and contrary
to supply in the past, none will
be available for shipping out of
the village, which has been with
out meat for most of the winter
months. Shea fish have been plen
tiful, however, and are available
in quantity.
* * *
Kotzebue people are still dis
tributing Christmas gifts, long de
layed in arriving, due to continu
ous storms since before Christmas
which kept the mail planes from
coming into the village for stetches
of two weeks at a time. Record
drifts, packed hard from the con
stant winds, have been piled up
and over cabins and buildings.
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Molly Berryman has returned
from an extended visit to Fair
banks.
S» a •
Sgt and Mrs. Russell Harris de
parted Kotzebue for the States,
where they will spend a month at
Oceanside, Calif., visiting their
son, Roy, who enlisted in the Mar
ine Corps this past fall. Roy is
waiting assignment at this time
for overseas duty. Like many Kot
zebueites, they expect to make a
trip to Mexico.
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Nina and Harold Lee have
opened a coffee shop in Kotzebue,
giving a badly needed service to
the community. There have been
no restaurant facilities here since
the closing this fall of the Kotze
bue GriU.
* * *
Gene Joiner brought in Walter
Dowd’s plane from the site of the
crash landing of last summer,
half-way between Deering and
Candle.
* * *
Dr. E. S. Rabeau made a field
trip to White Mountain.
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Mrs. Margaret Peterson is a
visitor to Fairbanks for a few
days.
See Us For
EXPERT
WATCH REPAIRS
NOME
DRUG
STORE
Bargains Or Boomerangs?
A five-point shopping guide, designed to protect U. S. housewives
against “price-jugglers,” has been made public by the Bureau of Educa
tion on Fair Trade.
It describes price-juggling as a technique used by some stores to at
tract customers by offering as
“bait” a few national brands at
slashed prices. Consumers pur
chase these bargains, the Bureau
points out, but at the same time
many are overcharged on other
less familiar items which they are
led to believe are also “bargains.”
To guard against “bargain -
blindness,” housewives are urged
to adopt the following shopping
rules i
1. Don’t be “switched” to a
brand of unknown value and qual
ity, if you are told that the store is
sold out on the bargain-priced fa
mous brand you came to buy.
2. Resist sales pressure to sell
you an item said to be “just-as
good” and “much cheaper” than
the national brand.
3. If you’re able to buy the
advertised bargain, be cautious
about purchasing so-called “essen
tial parts,” at an additional price.
4. Don’t lose your shopping
judgment when you’re urged to
“pick up some of our other good
buys first, because we’ll be out of
stock on the sale brand for an
hour.”
5. Don’t become an accomplice
of the price-juggler, by refusing to
patronize your regular store
keeper because the latter does not
offer the same “bargain” bait. If
Humphrey Will Boost
Truman In Minnesota
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Senator
Humphrey, (D-Minn) said Satur
day he will carry the banner of
President Truman in the Minne
sota Democratic primary March
18 despite the president’s com
ment that such contests are eye
wash.
Humphrey told a reporter he
agrees with President Truman’s
statement that if he wants the
nomination he can get it without
entering any primaries.
“My own personal feeling is
that presidential primaries are
very desirable,” Humphrey said.
“In fact all states should have
them.”
A slate of delegates pledge to
Humphrey, 41, as the “favorite
son” Democratic presidential en
try was filed in Minnesota Friday.
At the same time Republican
slates were filed in Minnesota for
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Gen. Douglas MacArthur for the
March 18 primary, second in the
nation.
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Bargain-Blindness
he did offer it, he would be forced
to make up his losses, as the price
juggler does, b> overcharging on
other items. Fair trade prices of
national brands are the lowest at
which a store can sell and stay in
business.
| Filings Closed for Alaska
Primaries In April
JUNEAU, (/P)— Hot political
fights loom in the April primaries
with the closing of filings Friday
for territorial offices and the Sen
ate and the House.
Territorial Congressional Dele
gate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett will be
opposed by Robert E. Reeves, An
chorage Republican.
In the territorial auditor race,
the last minute entry of Anita
Garnick, Juneau Republican and
a former legislator, brought the
number of office seekers to four.
The other three are Neil Moore,
Democrat incumbent, R. E Sheld
man, Fairbanks Democrat, and
Albert Goetz, Douglas Republican.
FYank Metcalfe, present high
way engineer, and Irving Reed,
Fairbanks, filed for that office.
J. Gerald Williams, Democrat at
torney general will face no oppo
sition.
It has been estimated that the
loss from worthless checks rims
as high os $300 million annually.
I New Schedules Effective Oct. 30
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 10:30 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 11 on
Via Kotzebue 11:30 8‘ “•
EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12’45 n m
Via Kotzebue ' F‘ ’
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1;45 p. m.
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM KOTZEBUE q.ft
Via Candle and Deering 5,:‘*U 8* m*
LEAVE NOME FOR KOTZEBUE in.^n
Via Candle and Deering 1U:3U a. m.
EACH SUNDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 4:00 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS c.nn
Via Kotzebue 8,00 8- m<
FREIGHT ONLY. NO PASSENGER SERVICE ON SUNDAY
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Fellows —
No matter how young she is—
or how “not so young,” a wom
an likes to he he rememhered !
Valentines Day is YOUR op
portunity ! We have ’em!
Also the Famous Whitman
lovelies— “A woman never for
gets the man who remembers.”
Valentines —
Napkins —
Luncheon Covers —
How about a camera or rec
ord player — Records “say it
with music.”
Just received shipments of
Ship - N - Shore and Judy Bond
blouses, wool head scarves, ear
muffs and AT LAST — our black
suede ballerina slippers!
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