OUTSTANDING IN DEPENDABILITY
N. A. T.
AN ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY ! j
N. A. T. Has Flown Over a Million Miles—Carried
Over 5.000 Passengers, without Single Injury to
Passengers or Personnel. A Safety Record Un
surpassed in the History of Alaska Air Transport
Operation.
K AI It It A SkSN O M EA I, A SKA
Airplane Activities
Pilot Chester Blown of the North
ern Air Transport returned to Nome
today from Tin City and Teller,
after being gone for several days
on a northern trip, with Hawley
Sterling, Jack Coates, Ernie Lotts
feldt. Jack Ferguson and P. N. Poi
son.
Another flight is planned for this
evening weather permitting to Golo
vin and Council with Alfred J. Lo
men, L. E. Rynnng, Jack Anderson
and J. Wiggins as passengers.
Information today disclosed that
Noel Wien took off from Fairbanks
at noon today for Nome. His broth
er, Sigurd Wien was an accompany
ing passenger. The plane is due to
arrive tonight weather permitting.
The Pacific Alaska Airways Lock
heed Electra, completing another
weekly flight on schedule arrived
about 3:10 P.M. today from Fair
banks, after a flight during which
much rainy and foggy weather was
experienced. The weather at Nome
was plainly against the plane but
radio communication carried on be
tween the PAA Nome station and the
plane kept it advised constantly of
the changes. L. D. Baker, represen
tative of the Standard Oil Company
and J P Morgan representing Libby
McNeil and Libby were passengers.
Outgoing passengers aboard the
plane will be Miss Wright, Geo. 11.
Curtoz, Hawley Sterling and Jack
Coates.
Mr and Mrs. Clarke Bassett were
passengers to Nome on a visit and
are returning aboard the plane. Mr
Bassett is connected with the P A A
in Fairbanks
The plane is waiting for weather
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Buildings insulated with CORK withstand the rigors of this
Northern Climate.
During this season we are prepared to furnish CORK BOARD
from our Nome stock, along with which we will draw your plans
and supervise construction—At No Additional Cost.
CORK INSULATION CO., INC.
N O M E ALASKA
and if it improves sufficiently will
return this evening.
(Jiarge Dismissed
Against Kelliher
Hearing Today
The charge against James Kelli
her of attempted assault with a
dangerous weapon against the per
son of John Kanari, alleged to have
occurred July 21st in the Kougarok,
was dismissed this afternoon foll
owing a hearing in the U S. Commis
sioner's Court here.
O. D. Cochran and Ira D. Orton
appeared as counsel for the defen
dant in the action Testimony on
the part of the government and the
defendant occupied about an hour,
and at its conclusion a dismissal of
the charge was made.
Fuel Oil Tanks Of
Nohalico Are Near
Ready Business
The fuel oil storage tanks of the
Nome Harbor Lighterage Co., which
arrived at Nome this spring on the
first boats are now almost com
pletely installed along side of their
gasoline and oil warehouse, located
on the East bank of Dry Creek near
ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
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ANNOUNCES
S. S. ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
SAILS FROM SEATTLE
AUG. 7, 1935.
CALLING AT ALL PORTS FROM
ST. MICHAEL TO KOTZEBUE
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YOUR FREIGHT OFFERINGS
ARE SOLICITED
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ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
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where it empties into Snake River.
It is expected that the installation
and fittings may be completed over
the week-end, and that pumping of
fuel oil from the oil barges which
have been laying in Snake River,
may commence sometime Monday,
and will soon thereafter be ready i
for commercial distribution.
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Confesses To Queer
Thefts Money From
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(Ry The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, — Every j
week for three years, Clarence Snif-1
fen, 22, confessed a theft, he told
police, to one or another Catholic
priests, in the inviolable confidence
of a confessional stall.
The thefts he confessed, without
fear of betrayal under the sacred
secrecey of the rite, police said, were
the systematic rifling of collection
boxes in the Roman Catholic Chur
ch of the Immaculate Conception.
Sniffen, considered one of the most j
pious of the congregation, was char
ged with robbing some $6,000.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
‘Instructions to Bidders'
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Sealed bids will be received at
the office of City Clerk, City of
Nome, Alaska, to be opened at one
o’clock P. M. on Wednesday Aug
ust 7, 1935, for furnishing all mat
erials necessary for the construction
of Fire Mains according to specifica
tions on file with the City Clerk.
Bids shall be submitted on the form
prescribed by the undersigned ac
companying the specifications.
All bids shall be accompanied by
a certified check (or a bid bond
1 furnished by a surety company auth
orized to do business in Alaska) for
five per cent of the amount of the
1 bid. (Where alternates are asked,
then for five per cent of the basic
bid plus the largest alternates.)
Should the successful bidder fail to
enter into a contract and furnish a
satisfactory performance bond with
in the time stated in his proposal,
the certified check (or bid bond)
shall be forfeited as liquidated dam
ages.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to file a performance bond
in the full of the amount of the
contract price, which bond shall be
furnished by a surety company ac
ceptable to the Public Works Ad
ministration.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids and to waive any infor
mality in the bids received.
REX F. SWARTZ, Mayor.
Publsh— Aug. 3, 5, 1935
Miss Dorothy M. Russell, Deacon
ass, left Friday to spend a week
at Pilgrim Springs.
NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Polarites Club
has been called for Monday, Aug.
5th at 8 P. M. and all members
are urged to attend, as important
business is to be taken up. The meet
ing will be held at the home of
Mr and Mrs. Frank Whaley.
FOR SALE—Six room, 2 story
furnished house. Inquire at Nugget
Office for information.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
To the Public of Nome.
Office hours at Radio Station.
DAILY
7:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
SUNDAY’S & HOLIDAYS
3:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
Telegrams accepted at Radio Sta
tion ONLY and during Office Hours.
LEON F. HARPER,
Operator in Charge
Miss Phyllis Turner
Beauty Parlor Operator
Seiffert Flats
Telephone For Appointments
Dream Theatre
ONE SHOW TONIGHT 7:30 p m
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SUNDAY
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WITH
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JAMES GLEASON
A Mystery Story Mixed With Comedy
ALSO
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AND
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ADULTS 55 Cents—CHILDREN 25 Cents
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