NOME DATA SECURED
ON BREAKWATER
Allan Cary, who has been here
from Washington, D. C., making
an intensive survey and collecting
all available data for the construc
tion of a seawall or breakwater,
left for Juneau last Monday,
where he will pick up additional
material before making his report
to Washington.
CAROL AND MARJORIE
McLAIN HOME FROM SCHOOL
Carol and Marjorie McLain,
daughters of Carrie McLairi, re
turned home from the University
of Alaska Monday evening, where
they have been attending school.
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FEDERATED CHURCH DINNER
GREAT SUCCESS
Last evening the Federated
Church held another of its in
creasingly popular suppers in the
club rooms of the church with a
capacity crowd with Mr. and Mrs.
William Cameron as chairmen of
the evening.
The dinner was followed by an
auction of white elephants with
Dick Webb as auctioneer. Bidding
was lively and many interesting
packages were exchanged, includ
ing such scarce items as potatoes
and onions.
The evening's entertainment
was held in the auditorium of the
church. A play given by the sev
enth and eighth grades under the
direction of Frank Jones, proved
to be a hilarious comedy which
kept the audience in laughter.
The cast included June Dunbar
Alice Miller, Juanita Fagerstrom,
Glen Mazen and Bill Boucher, who
were supporting cast to Kitty
Bjornstad, who had the outstand
ing lead in the play.
VISITORS AT DELEGATE
BATLETT'S OFFICE
Andrew Nerland, prominent
businessman of Fairbanks, mak
ing his first trip to Washington in
10 years, has been a recent visitor
in Delegate Bartlett’s office. Mr.
Nerland, territorial senator from
the Fourth Division, is president
of the board of regents for the
University of Alaska.
John H. Link of Fairbanks call
ed on Delegate Bartlett while in
Washington recently. Mr. Link
hopes to return to Alaska over the
highway at an early date.
Lowell M. Puckett of Anchorage
has been in Washington on offi
cial business in connection with
his duties as Alaska representative
of the bureau of land management
in the disposal of surplus real
property in the Territory.
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Virgil Carrier
Ends Services
■ JUNEAU, UP);—Virgil S. Car
rier, former commandant of the
i Sitka naval base and for the past
nine months administrative assist
ant in charge of its reconversion
to peacetime uses, announced
Tuesday his services had been
terminated and he was returning
to Chicago to become construction
engineer for a private firm.
Under his supervision to date
accommodations have been read
ied at the base for 400 school chil
dren, 120 tuberculosis patients and
60 orthopedic cases as well as
quarters for the necessary person
nel.
The new facilities will enable
the Alaska native service to close
the Eklutna vocational school at
Seward and the Skagway sanitor
ium. «
Fred R. Geeslin, acting superin
tendent of the ANS, said Carrier’s
■ services were terminated as part
1 of an overall economy program
ordered by the Indian service.
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Amelia Earhart
May Be Prisoner
—
NEW YORK, l/P)—Mrs. Amy
Otis Earhart, 79, of Boston, is con
vinced that her daughter, Amelia
Earhart, was taken prisoner by
the Japanese after her disappear
ance over the Pacific Ocean in •
1937.
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Mrs. Earhart came here yester-1
day for a fadio. interview and said
her daughter, at the time of her
round-the-world flight attempt,
was on a government mission “so
secret that it was even kept from
me.” She said she had not dis-1
cussed her daughter’s disappear
ance publicly before.
“I think my daughter landed
and was taken prisoner of the
Japs,” Mrs. Earhart said. “I have |
letters, documents and messages |
addressed to me that convinced
me thoroughly that she landed on
land.”
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DICK CORNWALL
RETURNS TO NOME
Dick Cornwall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Code, owners of the
Dream Theater, who left here sev
eral years ago and went into serv
ice in the navy, returned home
•last Monday evening.
EASTERN STAR INITIATES
TWO MEMBERS
Monday evening the Order ot
Eastern Star, Alaska Chapter No.
1, initiated two new members,
Mrs. Don Travis and Mrs. Murlin
Day, with Mrs. E. Mahan, worthy
matron, presiding. Following the
ceremony the social committee,
Mrs. C. F. Yenney, Mrs. Norvin
Lewis, served delicious refresh
ments.
CARNATION MILK CO.
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
Richard Kearnes, executive for
the Carnation Milk Co., one of the
first companies to ship canned
milk into the Territory, is here
making a survey and studying
conditions in relation to changing
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