Alaskan Family '
Now Reunited
DENVER,«(£*)—Five youngsters,
whose Alaskan home was broken
up by the tragic death of their
father, were reunited after a
year’s separation and started on
the way to a new home today.
They are Thomas Woods, 12;
Venita, 10; Johnny, 7; Michele, 7,
and Diane, 6. Accompanied by
their aunt, Mrs. Arthur Crow of
Denver, they boarded a train for
Mooseheart, 111.
Their mother, Mrs. Melbi n a
Woods, ill in a Portland, Ore., hos
pital, is exepcted to join them in a
few months.
Their father, Thomas A. Woods,
a native of Dodge City, Kans.,
drowned on a fishing trip near
Sitka, Alaska in January, 1948. He
had operated a taxicab business
there 20 years. Mrs. Woods col
lapsed and was taken to the Port
land hospital.
Mrs. Crow went to Alaska for
the children. Johnny and Venita i
went to live with relatives in
Dodge City. The other three live
with Mrs. Crow and her niece.
But Mrs. Woods didn’t want the
family broken pu, she wrote Mrs.
Ethiopia Levies
Road Tax
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (#■)—
Under an Imeprial Proclamation
just published in the Official Ga
zette, a road tax ■will hence forth
be levied on users of Ethiopian
roads travelling by automobiles,
either on pleasure or business.
The new highway toll, known as
the “Road Tax Proclamation” is
claimed to be necessary for “ . . .
better maintenance of those roads
that contribute toward the pro
ductivity of the land and the ben
efit of the population ...”
Toll must henceforth be paid
for each 100 kilometers or less of
road traveled. Passenger automo
biles, with or without passengers,
will pay the minimum rate of 25
cents for each kilometers or less.
New toll gates are expected to
make their appearance on the
highways soon.
Crow. The aunt arranged with the
Denver lodge of the Loyal Order
of the Moose for the children to
live at the fraternal order’s
“Child’s City” at Moosehe art
where their mother will join them
later.
Atomic Town
Opened To Public
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (A») — This
town where atomic bombs are
made, and which once was heav
i ily guarded against prying eyes, is
now an open range for sightseers.
1 It was formally opened to the
public Saturday—with a fanfare
that included a speech by vice j
president Alben W. Barkley and
the presence of several Holly
i wood notables. ,
I A 14-mile fence, however, keeps
the curious from the plants where
uranium-235 is produced for j
atomic bombs. The thousands who
roamed through this town of. 36,-1
000 over the weekend were not al-1
lowed even a quick casual glimpse
of the uranium chain-reacting
atomic pile.
In dedicating Oak Ridge as a
free city, vice president Barkley
gave the atomic bomb credit for
ending World War II at least a
year earlier than expected.
Advertising must be a good
thing or there wouldn’t be so
many successful Advertisers.
Purple and violet colors are
said to go with sophistication.
ARCTIC CLUB TO HAVE
HARD-TIMES PARTY
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Ted Duffield, president of the,
Arctic Club of Nome* today an-,
nounced a coming event in the
club’s activities: a hard-times dues
party and dance. The costumes, or
lack of such, he states, are to
represent hard times and a prize,
the 1949 dues, will be awarded for
the best representative costume. ,
Good music and refreshments i
will be part of the evening enter- •
tainment.
Ted says the hall looks nice and
invites everyone to come in and
see it. The renovation was under
the supervision of Ernie Kling
and was a pretty swell job.
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EASTERN STARS MET
MONDAY NIGHT
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Degrees were conferred last i
Monday evening on Mrs. L. Ste
vens at the regular meeting of the;
Order of Eastern Star. Following j
the meeting refreshments were
served by Lt. and Mrs. Frank
Wagner and Mrs. M. Stauden
meyer.
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A beautiful traveling case was
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Love in appreciation of their work
in the order for the past several
years.
OH, DIANA! THE MISS THAT’S A HIT !
—you BOUGHT SHOES,
STOCKINGS, MATS, TWO
POCKETBOOKS....?^ kVA/
WHAT'S THE IDEA...?
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you TCLO ME VOL) WERE
SAVING VOUR ALLOWANCE
M.ONEy FOR A BATCH OF
NEW SUMMER CLOTHES/ ^
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YES-r WSsDAD. BUT
I KNOW yOU'LL UNDER
STAND AND HELP ME TO
START SAVING AGAIN...
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...r SUDDENL V REAL /ZED THAT
NEW SUMMER CLOTHES WONT BE ,
ANY GOOD WITHOUT THESE
THINGS TO GO WITH THEM / j—'
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SURE SMELLS ^ A/O/..AND FOR
GOOD, MOM. MOW 'BOUT yTHE THIRD TIME.
A LITTLE TASTE ^ _^-^WILL>OL) PLEASE
____J STAY OUT OF THE
tmmC ' KITCHEN/ YOU MAKE
M| /TN ,ME VERY NERVOUS'
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ALL RIGHT. MOM5
BOy-THAT APOKAA
IT'S JUST UKE
OLD TIMES ..
ELMER/ you got me
so UPSET i BURNED
THE WHOLE D/NNER/t
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SCORCHY SMITH__ACE OF THE AIR STRIPS
£cORCHY$ PRlENP, MAPtSON
HATTER, IN A TWIN ROTOR
tOPTER FINPS HIS PLASMA
>UN*IS NOT QUITE MILK RUN
BUT IT SAVEP THE UPE OP
ABU THEIR ONLY NATIVE ALLY/
KATHY NURSES THE EX- REBEL
LOGGING COOLIE AS SCORCH
SCHEMES TO SCUTTLE THE
AMBITIONS 0PALI KASZH, \
THE UEAPER OP THE
r WOW'S TWE WXlND WAS WEALED ]
TWE RAT BUT VOU BROUGHT THE A
DOING S PLASMA IN TWE NICK ^
OF TlME/llAAD/i
VES/ ^IS ( YOU CANY 06AT S
TEMPERATURE'S THIS OUTDOOR UPE
down anp his 1 Vy por building j
PULSE IS f HEALTH AND A
STRONGER/ 1 V VITALITY AAAoJ/
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'vou haven't got^P
ENOUGH LEFT FOR A UN
FIRE SALE, SCORCH// f
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THE INDIAN LUMBER JACKS
HAP GONE A.W.O.L./ LATER THEY
SNEAKED BACK AND BURNED 4
THE HUTS.7 THEIR LEADER, ALI
KASZH, THINKS HE CAN REVIVE
THE OLD MOGUL EMPIRE AND j
HAS MADE EVERY COOLIE S
A "KING".' —ng--J f
ABU SAY5 THEY'RE T “SOHEMHEGE IN
MOLING UP IN THE A THE JUNGLE*?.'?
RUINS OF JUNNA^^T MAYBE A LITTLE
AN ANCIENT CITY J RECONNAISSANCE
SOMEWHERE IN WITH OUR TWIN
^j^J^GLE
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NO.7 we'll keep the"N
/ 'COPTER POR A SURPRISE
I TWIST THAT MAY WIND UP THIS
V mutiny with a minimum
op mayhem/
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A.R.C. REPORTS ON
WINTER ACTIVITIES
The Alaska Road Commission
released information yesterday on
activities throughout the winter
months maintaining roads in Alas
ka. Winter maintenance consists
mainly of snow-clearance, ice-re- ^
moval, marking and patrolling.
The mileage maintained on Alas
ka roads increases each year.
According to the report it is
possible to drive in winter from
many places in Alaska to the
States and between points in Alas
ka heretofore inaccessible at that I
time.
The report states that it is the
object of the Alaska Road Com
mission to continue to extend the
mileage of useable winter roads
as much as possible and efforts
are being made toward that end,
although summer maintenance
cannot be allowed to suffer
through lack of available funds.
Chaplain and Mrs. Darling send
greetings to their many friends of *
Nome and vicinity. They state
that they are enjoying visiting
with their friends and relatives in
Seattle, Portland and other places
enroute to their new station at
Mountain Home Air Force Base,
Mountain Home, Idaho.
• Frankly, she couldn't! But you 4
can, easily. There are never any
wrinkle-making frowns and scowls
when you use Standard Stove Oil.
It’s distilled 100% for purity. That
means you have even-burning, clean
heat — and far less house-cleaning
work. Warm up A
and smile up wp* - 1
with Standard
Stove Oil!
Diesel Oil Sales <
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME *
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey. Pres.
Ron Brouaseea* Beet
ANVIL LODGlP
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
EARL COOLTHARD. W. M.
NORV1N W. LEWIS. S*ct. '
HAGEtf
JEWELER AND OPTIC?AN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Mala 40