AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
The regular mail run was made
to Golov m on Wednesday.
Mrs. Larry Johanson and son
Joe who was brought to town for
med.cal attention returned home
to Candle with W.en’s on Thurs
day
J. Johnson, m.n.ng man who
has been .n town for a medical
check-up returned to h.s camp on
Hannon Creek, near Deer.ng with
Wien Airlines yesterday.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers departing Wednes
day on the Alaska Airlines plane
were Jennie Penn.ngton. Harry
Lew.s, M. L. Anderson, Beatrice
Havercamp, Geo. Bernstein. Mar
guer.te Bernstein, Les Bronson
Lorena Gray.
Arriving on the Alaska Airlines
plane from Anchorage today were
John Roberts, M. W. Peterson,
Mrs. Margeret Eckhardt, R. Brad
ley.
Departing on the return plane
today were: Mrs. John Gablick,
Mrs. Lillian Ivanoff, Father Neil
Murphy.
High Official For
Fisheries Problems
WASHINGTON. VPh- President
Truman says the state department
has under active consideration the
naming of a high level official to
handle international fisheries
problems.
Senator Magnuson 'D.-Wash.)
told a reporter ^oday that the
President had written him to that
effect.
Magnuson, Rep. Tollefson <R -
Wash.) and west coast fisheries
industry officials ha%e urged such
action. They say it is needed to
give the nation’s fisheries a better
standing in negotiating interna
tional fishery problems.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinit>
W
Comp le-t by the U S Dept o*
Commerce, Weather Burovs
Fr.day. February 13, 1943
Forecast Nome: Clear and con
tinued cold tonight and Saturday.
Lowest temperature tonight —20.
highest temperature Saturday —5.
Nome data as of 7:30 am. today:
Prec:p.tation last 24 hours none.
Total precipitation this month
0.66 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 2. lowest —18.
Sunnse a: 8:04 a m.. sunset at
4:30 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
7, lowest 0.
Extreme temperatures on th:s
day since 1907: lowest —23 in
1907, highest 43 in 1927.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —15 Snow
Point Hope —15 Clear
Snishmaref —17 Clear
Kotzebue —21 Clear
Wales 2 Clear
Gambell 0 Clear
Nome —18 Clear
Unalakleet —15 Clear
Bethel —2 Clear
McGrath —17 Clear
Anchorage —6 Clear
Fairbanks —34 Clear
Juneau 21 Cloudy
Whitehorse —16 Cloudy
Ketchikan 37 Snow
Edmonton 0 Snow
Seattle 44 Cloudy
San Francisco 46 Cloudy
The lire children of Mr. and
Mrs. Slettinger, who are both
serving sentences in the federal
jail, have been g.ven by the court
to Harold Richards of Wasilla and
left today for their new home.
U. S. Agrees To |
16-Nation Meeting
WASHINGTON. .P—The U. S
has withdrawn objections to an
early meeting of the European re
covery plan nations.
The state department sa.d the
Br.t.sh and French ambassadors
were told that this government has
no objection to a meeting after the
end of February.
A proposal for reconvening the
16-nation conference was discour
aged last month by the state de
partment. It took the view tha* ]
the European aid leg.slation be
fore Congress was not in suitable
form for consideration.
Press officer Roger Tubby said
the two ambassadors were ad-j
vised Tuesday that the depart
ment considered that "a prelim
inary draft bill indicat.ng one as
pect of Congressional thought
might be ready by the end of this
month.”
Rockefeller Heir
To Wed Soon
OKECHOBEE, Fla.. OPv-Win
t h r o p Rockefeller 36-year-old
bachelor grandson of the late John
D. Rockefeller a.nd Mrs. Barbara
Sear* 31, both of New York, have
apDlied here for a license to marry
The application was filed Tues
day. Rockefeller declined to dis
close plans for the wedding but
Florida law requires a three-day
waiting period.
Known as one of the country’s
“most eligible" bachelors, Rocke
feller is one of five sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
—
Mrs. Hugo Eckart. business
woman of Kotzebue who has been
in Anchorage on business and re
turned to Nome today states that
she had a nice visit with Judge
and Mrs. Joseph Kehoe. She is
passing through on her way home.
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Snowslide Sweeps
Train From Tracks
ALAMOSA. Colo.. >T>-—A thun
dering snowslide swept three tiny
cars on a mountain railway into
a precipitous gorge Wednesday
n.gh: but all 14 occupants miracu
lously escaped death.
Two of the person* escaped
without ar.v injury. Two men and
three women were hospitalized
The others were treated for minor
injuries and released.
The narrow gauge Denver and
Rio Grade Western train makes a
daily round tnp from Alamosa to
Durango and return, it was 50
miles from here at Toltec Gorge in
the Cumbres mountain; when the
slide struck without warning.
The two eng.nes needed to pull
.: up the winding roadbed, a bag
gage car and an express car were
safely past the danger point when
the avalanche—100 feet wide and
10 feet deep struck.
Housing Bill Sure
Of Passage
WASHINGTON. </Pi — Senator
McCarthy CR.-Wis’) predicted yes
terday that Congress will pass a
long range housing bill this year.
The Wisconsin lawmaker, vice
chairman of the House-Senate
housing committee, made this
forecast after talkmg with GOP
leaders in Congress.
At the same time McCarthy
recommended in a report to the
joint committee that there be no
provision in the program for gov
ernment operated or owned pub
lic housing projects.
He said any public housing leg
islation should be handled separ
ately in order to avoid the “emo
tional controversies” which sur
round this hot issue.
Petersburg Mayor
Bachelor by Choice
SEATTLE, (JP)—Carl Vevelstad,
mayor of Petersburg and one of
Alaska’s most eligible bachelors,
is in no hurry to lose either title.
He said here yesterday that <1*
he will run for re-election in April
"■nd <2> the shortage of unmarried
women in Petersburgh is as severe
as ever.
“Petersburg.” said its chief ex
eru'ive “always has had more
men than ladies. Maybe that is
why no lady ever wanted to marry
me.
‘Anyway, I am independent. I
own my own business and the
people who vote for me know
there are no strings on me.”
Vevelstad, born in Norway, has
lived in Petersburg for 16 years,
ever since he quit the seas he
roamed as a master mariner.
He owns 5 compass-adjusting
station in Petersburg and owns
the mail boat whifch runs to Wran
gell twice a week to pick up the
mail from the steamers.
ROBERT LEDGERWOOD
FUNERAL SATURDAY. 2:30 P.M.
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and Midnight Sun Rebek
ah lodge are conducting the funer
al of Robert Ledgerwood on Sat
urday at 2:30 p.m. at the Federat
ed Church with Rev. M. Day as
pastor and Robert Balidwin and
Mrs. Luther Dunbar in charge of
the music.
Pallbearers will be Charlie
Jones, Andrew Wyrum, Albin
Poison, Rube Cremer, Fred Rohn
and W. J. Russell.
FDR Worked On
Biography Of
John Paul Jones
NEW YORK. UPi—An examina
tion of the papers of the late Pres
ident Roosevelt has disclosed that
he was working on a biography of
John Paul Jones during his last
year in the White House.
His son. Elliott, said yesterday
that “no one knew he had been
working on it, not even mother,”
until Mrs. Roosevelt found a ten
thousand-word synopsis of the
naval hero’s life among the Presi
dent’s papers.
•Father’s facts are different
from any life story that has ever
appeared on Jones,” Roosevelt
said. He added that “Now, I’m am
plifying all this rare data into an
his'^rical novel.”
Dog Team Tested
In ’Chute Jump
GOOSE^ BAY, Labrador, i/Pi—
U. S. air transport command offi
cials say their first test of drop
ping dog teams by parachute lived
up to expectations.
The aim is to develop an auxil
iary method of rescuing plane
crash victims from northern
wastes. A driver and doctor will
go down with each team. This
method is intended to supplement
work by helicopters and ski
equipped planes.
The test was held last week.
Harnessed para-pups were drop
pecj from a plane over a plane
crew grounded on the snow in a
simulated accident. It was not an
actual rescue operation.
“The dogs seem to love it.” the
ATC reported. “They like the fly
ing and they like the jumps.”
Sentence LaMoore
To Hang Aprjl 30
JUNEAU IaP>—Eugene LaMoore
was sentenced by federal judge
George Folta Wednesday to hang
on April 30 following his convic
tion of first degree murder in the
slaying of Jim Ellen. Juneau gro
ceryman. Dec. 22, 1946.
Tuesday, Judge Folta had sen
tenced Austin Nelson to be hanged
March 1 in connection wiih the
same slaying. The hangings will
take place in the federal jail here.
The judge also sentenced George
Harrison Meeks to life imprison
ment in connection with the knife
slaying of Clarence J. Campbell
Dec. 10, 1945. Harrison was con
victed a second time on his re
trial in the slaying.
CITY COUNCIL MET
MONDAY NIGHT
The Nome City Council held its
regular meeting l^t Monday.
Ordnance 318 was introduced
which states that pin ball ma
chines are not included in gam
bling devices and are allowable in
bars, etc.
A letter was read from the
Standard Oil Co., stating that they
planned to place an earth berm
around their oil tanks for fire pro
tection. The city was requested to
vacate a portion of the alley for
that purpose.
A letter wps sent to the com
manding officer, of the Nome Air
Base, Col. Burkhalter, extending
the appreciation of the city for the
fine co-operative spirit shown last
week when the snow was removed
from the streets by army equip
i menh This was done on all streets
where the army bus runs and fa
cilitated traffic.