Stales Get Cooler
Weather And Rain
(By The Associated Press'
The sun was in hiding over most
sections of the country yesterday
as temperatures leveled off to
near normal.
Cloudy, weather was reported
from several areas and rain fell
in scattered sections in the last 24
hours. Light rain fell in Some
parts of Maine where forest fires
have spread destruction in the ’as
two weeks. There also were light
falls in the Great Lakes region, in
the upper Ohio valley, in the
northern Rockies and in Washing
ton and Oregon.
The mercury dropped to neu
normal in Maine and was expec4
ed to fall to near normal in parts
of the east where daytime temper
atures have been in the 70’s and
80’s for the last several days.
Skies were gray and rain fall in
many sections of the country to
day, making a dull Setting for a
farewell to October, which left in
its climatic wake nearly four
weeks of sunshine and mild tem
peratures.
Rain fell over scattered areas,
in some eastern states and New
England, parts of the midwest and
along the northwest Pacific coast.
Overcast skies kept temperatures
at or near normal over most of the
country although the mercury
climbed into the 90’s in parts of
Texas yesterday.
Heaviest falls of rain were 2.11
inches at Kansas City, Mo., and
1.67 at Des Moines, la. The rains
in Missouri, Iowa and parts of Ne
braska were regarded as benefi
cial to the winter wheat crop.
The cloudy weather and rain in
many areas, including the New
England section where forest fires
burned for two weeks followed
' clear skies and temperatures
Little Hope For
Crash Vietims j
Near Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS I/P>—Hope waned
today for four occupants of a
small amphibious plane down
since Saturday on a rugged moun
tain slope 65 miles northeast of
Fairbanks as re-cue parties con
verged on Palmer Creek mining
camp 15 miles from the crash
scene.
An army helicopter and two
small planes flown by Fairbanks
bush pilots established a base
camp at Palmer Creek yesterday.
They were to move toward the
mountain slope at dawn today.
The pilots flew low <jver the J
wreckage yesterday and reported
the small craft apparently struck
the hillside at high speed and par
tially burned. They reported no
signs of life in the vicinity.
A five-man crew of an army j
tracked snow-weasel was forced j
to abandop the vehicle and hike
back over 30 miles of difficult ter
rain when the machine developed
mechanical trouble. A second
i weasel and dog team was -dis
patched yesterday from Ladd
Field here.
Among those waiting at Palmer
: Creek is Ernest Patty, Sr., father
of the plane’s pilot and prominent
Territorial mining man. The
father and the pilot’s wife flew
from Seattle to Fairbanks after
receiving word of the crash.
In addition to the pilot, the
plane carried Merle and Lloyd Ed
mundson and Jack Warren, em
ployees of the placer gold opera
tions headed by Patty, Sr.
■
I
above normal for most parts of
the country since the first of Oc
tober. The Pacific northwest area,
however, reported one of the wet
test Octobers on record.
JUST
UNPACKED
Men’s Wool Whipcord Pants
Forestry Cloth Cruisers and Pants to Match
Leather Field Boots
Shoepace - Overshoes - Comfort Slippers
Ladies’ and Children's Shoes
Carpenters and Painters Overalls
Heavy Wool" Cruisers
Men’s All Wool Dress Slacks
Ladies Rayon Hosiery
Children’s Long Cotton Hose
Beautiful, Warm Stadium Boots for Ladies
Northern Commercial
Company
Everything for Everybody
Army Decides
To Stockpile War
Surplus Materials
WASHINGTON, (£>»—'The arm
ed services have decided to hang
on to some $5,000,000,000 worth of
goods they once planned to dump
into the war surplus market.
This decision to increase “mili
tary stock levels" was disclosed
today by war assets administrator
Robert M. Littlejohn who also re
ported that some goods already
declared surplus have been with
drawn from public offering.
The withdrawals include cloth
ing and other supplies now being
used to relieve distress abroad and
at home and to carry out this
country’s $400,000,000 Greek
Turkish aid program aimed at
stemming Communist advances
into southern Europe.
At the army department it was
said the decision to keep more ma
teriel does not represent “a new
strategic situation" but only a pol
icy change relating to stocks on
hand.
1948 Sugar Price
Should Be Lower
NEW YORK, </P>—Sugar brok
ers here see no reason why the ex
piration of price controls at mid
night tonight should cause much
change in what a five-pound
package will cost the housewife
tomorrow.
They differ, however, as to
price trends next year.
Some believe a world surplus of
sugar is in store in 194.1. They cite
the expectations of a huge crop in
Cuba, the rapid restoration of the
war-damaged Philippine sugar in
dustry, and the recovery of cen
tral European beet sugar areas.
Others think the demand also
will advance. They believe the
Marshall plan will cause large
| shipments to Europe, since the
; calorie value of sugar is high.
• They say sugar is cheaper for
: 100.000 calories than is wheat at
j present grain prices.
Dr.^D. A. Fitzgerald, secretary
general of the international emer
gency food council, predicts next
year’s woi*ld surplus may be one
million tons.
Installment Buying
Curl) Ends Tonight
- t
WASHINGTON, l/P) — Easier
terms for many installment buyers
are expected as controls over con
sumer credit follow price ceilings
off the statute books at midnight
tomorrow night.
The amount of down payments
and the number of months to pay
will be strictly up to the seller for
the first time in over six years.
Some confusion prevailed at
first over the precise timing of the
expiration of controls because of
uncertainty over the meaning of
the Congressional resolution call
ing for their end “after Nov. 1.”
Federal reserve officials first
said that the resolution thus set
midnight tonight as the deadline.
After consultation, in the light of
different interpretations by fed
eral reserve banks, they said mid
night tomorrow would be the final
official position.
FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEERS.
in early times, joined the British
Navy when they were so, young
that, when promoted to midship
men at the age of 15, they became
known as “oldsters,” according to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
SCHOOL NOTES
FIRST GRADE
The first grade has been talking
about How To Take Care of Pets.
They decided anyone having a pet
should feed it regularly, water it
daily and give it a warm be. Quot
ing from tiie poem they are learn
ing, ‘‘They should always be gen
tle and good” to any pet. ,
SECOND GRADE
Eleven second graders ha i per
fect attendance for the first six
weeks. They were, Ruih Glnvino
vich, Charles Johnson, Billy Nel
son. Nels Nelson. Tommy Nelson.
Teresa Norbert. Roy O’Connor,
Cecelia Okpealuk. Bobby Russell,
Robert Smith and Jerry Trigg.
We have three new pupils:
Pearl Trigg, Melvin and Marie
Tate.
Ralph Paneok has moved to
White Mountain and Bessie Au
kon to Eiim.
THIRD GRADE
In social studie- we are reading
•Daniel Boone’s journey into Ken
tucky.
Each week more stars appear on
our spelling chart. We hope that
before long there will be a star
for everyone.
Arithmetic is interesting, we are
learning addition with carrying.
HIGH SCHOOL
On Monday evening, Oct. 2 ),
beneath the floodlights of an ap
proaching full moon, the high
school he! da successful and happy
skating party. A large bonfire
augmented the silvery light of the
moon and helped in the skaters
Boston Bandits
Escape With
$110,000 Payroll
BOSTON iaPi—Six gunmen held
up the B. F. Sturtevant company
in the Hyde Park district today,
escaping with a $110,000 payroll.
The Sturtevant company is a
division oi the YVestinghouse Elec
tric corporation.
YVorking methodically, two of
the men entered the office of H.
Wm. Marshall, paymaster, and
two others went into the adjoining
office. A fifth stood at a door lead
ing into the factory, and the sixth
remained at the wheel of the get
away car.
One of the pair who walked into
the paymaster’s office wore a bur
lap bag over his head. Marshal)
and five employees who were pre
paring, to assist in preparation of
the payroll were herded together,
facing a wall. The pair then seized
the money and fled.
The Sturtevant company manu
factures air conditioning equip
ment.
keen delight. The ice was well nigh
perfect and the skies revealed the
beauty of the constallations which
we studied YYT:eners and marsh
mallows were the appetizing re
freshments for the tired skaters.
The skating event will linger long
in the memories of the students
because such rare combinations of
light, weather and ice are unusu
al.
ANCHORAGE TO MINNEAPOLIS
Nov. 2 $120.00 Plus lax
NOME TO KOTZEBUE
$35.00 P1”* »ax
NOME TO SEATTLE
$130.00 Plus tax