AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers arriving Monday
were: M. B. Stirn, Leonard Vance,
Raymond Hay.
Arriving on Wednesday’s flight
were Judge and Mrs. J. W. Kehoe,
Frank Glaser.
Departing on the return flight
Wednesday were: Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Frasier, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Seymour and child, Rev. Lindgren,
Paul Monroe.
Swede Blanchard took Mr. Stirn
of Havenstrite Mining Co. to Can
dle Wednesday and brough back
Mr. Jack Allen of the same com
pany.
Don Travis took Alfred Stone to
Kotzebue Wednesday. He also took
mail and express.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Pan American arrived on \rcd
nesday with A. L. Wright from
Fairbanks and William Lievers
from Juneau.
Departing for Fairbanks were1
Jack Molyneaux, Gertrude Wetzel,
L. Vance, Charles Deary. Passen
ger for Juneau was Clara Caddie.
Passengers ffom Moses Point, Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Stocum and
; child.
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WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
A trip was made on Wednesday
to Candle taking John Friedman
home.
On Thursday a trip was made to
Kotzebue with Mollie Berryman
and daughter and Whitman
Adams. Mrs. Joe Amarok ana
! child were returning passengers.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
A. L. Wright, Fairbanks. J. W
Lewis, Juneau. Art Martin, Seat
tle.
FALSE FIRE ALARM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The fire department was calle-'
out Wednesday evening to answer
a false alarm from E street. The
alarm was caused by heavy smoke
issuing from the city steam boiler
which was trying to thaw the city
drain there.
Introduce New
Campaign Caw
(By D. Harold Oliver)
WASHINGTON, iJP)—A bi-par
tisan bill redrafting all laws regu
lating federal elections and mak
ing the sky the limit on spending
in Presidential campaign? will be
introduced Monday by Senator El
lender iD.-La.'.
Ellender said today the raeasu 'c
will have the backing of both Re
publicans and Democrats on the
1946 Senate campaign expendi
tures committee which he headed.
Ellender told a reporter the bill,
which would replace both of these
laws, will <a> tighten existing pro
visions calling for reports of cam
paign contributions and expendi
tures, but <b> relax those limiting
expenditures and restricting dona
tions by individuals.
The bill will cover only elec
tions for President, vice president.
Senator and Representative.
The word “encyclical” literally
means "circular letter.”
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NEWS IN BRIEF
PHILADELPHIA (/P)—William
K. Hallowell, 23, wounded in a
gun battle in which two policemen
were killed, was placed in an oxy
gen tent at Germantown hospital
Thursday, and physicians said his
condition is critical.
The youth, foster son of a col
lege professor and a child phychol
ogist, has five police bullets in his
upper left chest an back.
“I know I did wrong. I’m sorry,”
Hallowell told police.
CAPETOWN. South Africa, (VP)
The British Royal family departed
for England late Thursday aboard
the battleship Vanguard, leaving a
cheering throng behind on the
docks.
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Arthur T. Wal
den. oldtime Klondike dogsled
driver, was killed when fire de
stroyed his home at Wonalancet
N. H., March 26, accoring to word
received here yesterday.
Walden, 76. was renowned along
the Yukon river as a driver. He
brought first word of the discovery
of gold into Circle City in 1898, and
started dogsled racing in Alaska in
1908.
In 1926 he became chief driver
with Admiral Byrd on his first
Antarctic expedition. He wrote
three dog books and was promin
ent in New England as a breeder
of sled dogs.
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—President
Dan Reeves of the Los Angeles
club of the national professional
football league has named Paul J.
Schissler, well known coach in
college and pro grid circles, as his
assistant for the 1947 season.
T.B. Sanatorium
May Be Closed
JUNEAU, </P)—The tuberculosis
sanatorium at Seward, the only
such institution serving Alaska’s
interior, may be closed unless Con
gress restores funds for the Alaska
Native Service which the House
appropriations committee elimin
ated, health commissioner C. Earl
Albrecht said today.
Dr. Albrecht said closure would
jeopardize severely the Territory’s
control program. He said $200,000
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, April 25, 1947
Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight
.md Saturday. Lowest temperature
tonight TO. highest temperature
ja.urday 25.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
: recipitation test 24 hours none.
Total precipitation this month 0.14
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 30, lowest 8.
Sunrise at 3:50 a.m., sunset at
3:09 p.m.
Comparative data: temperatures
me year ago today: highest 35,
lowest 28.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —15 in
1924. highest 60 in 1940.
Data for other selected stations
? of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Ba. row 5 Cloudy
Point Hope 7 Cloudy
Kotzebue 25 Snow
Shishmaref 18 Cloudy
Wales 13 Cloudy
Gambell 12 Snow
Nome 14 Clear
Unalakleet 31 Cloudy
Bethel 27 . Cloudy
McGrath 35 Cloudy
Anchorage 38 Rain
Fairbanks 33 Cloudy
Juneau 46 Rain
Whitehorse 48 Cloudy
Ketchikan 46 Rain
Edmonton 58 Cloudy
Seattle 31 Clear
San Francisco 55 Partly Cloudy
JACK WHALEY
MOVE TO KOTZEBUE
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whaley are
moving to Kotzebue this week,
where they will take over the
management of the Wien Office,
replacing Beverly Blanning, who
is departing for the States.
was earmarked for the sanatorium.
At present the sanatorium is main
tained on a cooperative basis by
Territorial and federal funds. 45
patients are federal government
wards. 38, including four veterans,
are cared for by the Territory.
POLAR CURIO
SHOP
SCHAEFFER PEN AND
PENCIL SETS
NEW NUGGET JEWELRY
MINIATURE WHAT-NOTS
IN COPPER
OTHER NEW ITEMS
JUST RECEIVED