AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Yesterday a plane arrived from
Fairbanks via Kotzebue and Pt.
Barrow, bringing in Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Modrows, Wien employees
who have been in Kotzebue for a
few days. Carl Neilson was taken
from Kotzebue to Fairbanks on
the return trip.
Ask Repeal Of
“ Make
Reservations
JUNEAU, </P) — Repeal of the
interior secretary’s right to set j
aside reservations on claims of:
aboriginal rights, granted in the
Wheeler-Howard act of 1936, was
asked today in a resolution ap
proved unanimously by the Jun
eau chamber of commerce.
The chamber asserted in its
resolution that establishment of
reservations “delays and handi
caps the development of Alaska,
increases the instability and un-1
certainty of land ownership.”
Copies of the resolution are be
ing sent to Sen. Hugh Butler,!
chairman of the Senate public I
lands committee, and to Delegate.
Bartlett, with request that they in
troduce and press for passage of
.repealing legislation. i
RALPH KITZMILLERS LEAVE
NOME FOR STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kitzmiller
are leaving today for the States to
make their home in Oregon where
Mrs. Kitzmiller will be employed
by the Oregon State Public Health
Service.
They leave many friends as
they have both served the com
munity well during their residence
here. Mr. Kitzmiller was for many
years manager of the Nome Drug
Store and Mrs. Kitzmiller, as Ter
ritorial Health nurse, gave unspar
ingly of her time during epidem
ics as well as at other times when
necessary.
The good wishes of the com
munity go with them to their new
home.
PIONEERS PLAN
ROOF GARDEN PARTY
The executive committee of the
Pioneer of Alaska and the Wo
men’s Auxiliary for the annual
Roof Garden is meeting Sunday
afternoon to formulate plans for
the big event of the holiday season.
The date Set for the party is
Saturday, December 20. Commit
tee in charge is as follows: Helen
Nordlind, Carrie McLain, Helen
Bockman, Patricia Walsh Mrs.
Wilfred Boucher, Mrs. Ben Mo
zee, Mrs. Henry Ulrich, Fred
Rohn, Antonio Polet, M. J. Walsh,
Tolbert Scott, Chas. Jones, Henry
Ulrich, Robert Baldwin, James
Walsh, A. Castell, Chas. Penny
cook, Andy Wirrum.
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Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. 3. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, November 21, 1947
Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight
and Saturday with rain or snow.
I Continued warm. Strong to occa
sional gale force N.E. wind to
night decreasing Saturday. Low
est temperature tonight 30, highest
temperature Saturday 35.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hour,
trace. Total precipitation this
month 0.64 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 34, lowest 15.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 34
miles per hour from the N.E.
Sunrise at 8:57 a.m., sunset at
2:41 p.m. %
Comparative data: Tempera- j
tures one year ago today: highest
30, lowest —1.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —25 in
1922, highest 34 in 1941.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 4 Clear
Point Hope 13 Clear
Kotzebue 12 Partly Cloudy
Shishmaref' 24 Cloudy
Wales 20 Cloudy;
Gambell 22 Cloudy
Nome 32 Cloudy
Unalakleet 33 Cloudy
Bethel 41 Cloudy [
McGrath 30 Cloudy
Anchorage 34* Cloudy
Fairbanks 25 Cloudy
Juneau 36 Rain
Whitehorse 32 Cloudy
Ketchikan 35 Cloudy
Edmonton 15 Snow
Seattle 39 Clear
San Francisco 44 Clear
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Royal Couple
Are Alone In
Honeymoon House
ROMSEY, England, (/P)—Prin
cess Elizabeth and Philip, her
prince, wed yesterday in .the tra
dition of a thousand years of Eng
lish pomp and circumstance, began
the “ever after” days of their
royal romance today with one of
rationed Britain’s rare treats—ba
con and eggs for breakfast.
Outside their honeymoon retreat
the day was almost springlike,
with soft breezes surprisingly
rustling the foliage after a spell of
cold.
From the time the oaken door
of Broadlands, estate of Earl of
Mountabtten, closed on them late
yesterday, the royal couple has
been alone.
Today the people of placid Rom
sey, a Hampshire market town a
bit off the beaten paths of com
merce, pursued their modest voca
tions with supressed excitement
over the prospective public ap-1
Seeks Damages for
Accident On Ship
SEATTLE, <>P)—Harry Kirwin.
57-year-old photographer and stu
dent, appeared in superior court
Wednesday seeking $27,000 in
damages for injuries he says he
suffered while a merchant seaman
on the “Rescuer” a navy salvage
j vessel, in Alaska.
Kirwin, who says in his com
plaint he suffered a severe neck
injury when he fell in a lifeboat
while leaving the “Rescuer” when
she ran aground off Sqal Cape De
cember 28, 1942, charged that the
master of the vessel was negligent
in running his ship aground. He
appeared in court with his neck
bandaged.
Kirwin, who claims complete
disability as a result of his fall,
said he has been under constant
medical case since the injury.
pearance of the 21-year-old bride
and her 26-year-old husband at
Romsey Abbey religious services
next Sunday.
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