NORTH WKHTERN ALASKA IB
/ AGAIN RECOGNIZED. WILKIXA
PLACES ANOTHER ORDER
« FOR ARCTIC CLOTHING
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The Lomen Commercial Company
in Just in receipt of an order from
Sir Hubert Wilkins'.' for fur cloth
ing for another Antarctic expedi
tion. Announcement has only re
cently been made of a 3000 mile
non-stop flight scheduled for next
year, and residents of Nome will
be interested in some of the details
of plans made by Lincoln Ellsworth,
Bernt Balchen and Wilkins for a
voyage of discovery into south pol
ar regions.
Ellsworth has purchased' a Nor.
throp all-metal, low-winger mono
plane capable of a speed of 23(f
miles an hour. This plane, which
is an improvement on other Nor
throp types, both as to speed and
load-carrying ability, is to be ready
.for its, first flying tests next Aug
ust. It has the well-known canti
lever Northrop wing section and
will be steram-lined for the high
est speed. It will bave^an air-cool
ed engine either a Pratt and Whit
ney Wasp or a Wright Cyclone,
capable of developing 600 borne
power. Its length is 29 feet 4 and
one-half Inches, it span 48 feet.
Sklia designed for the trip and
made of laminated hickory will
supplement the standard wheel
equipment. Its top speed is placed
at 230 miles *n * frac
tion less than 4 miles a minute,
landing, speed 42 miles per hour,
and Its most economical cruising
speed is 150 miles per hour. Its
total weight with 460 galons of
fuel, pilot and navigator and em
ergency equipment is placed at
7600 pounds.
“Ours is purely a voyage of dis
covery”, Mr. Ellsworth states, “and
there is a real difference between
discovery and exploration. First
must come discovery. No one knows
if the Queen Maud Mountains are
a continuation from the mountains
of Graham Land, of the Andes,
or whether they belong to a sep
arate system. Our purpose is to
discover what is there, to build
a frame-work upon which investi
gators may plan expeditions for
the examination of geological and
mineral" conditions which In tanr
must precede exploitation.”
The expedition staff is to be
kept to a minimum. Ellsworth and
Balchen will make the flight across
the South Pole, Wilkins will await
the return of the fliers to the Bay
of Whales and write, for the New
York Times the story of what they
saw on their round trip over
the unknowp continent, there will
(be a mechanic, a meteorologist,
possibly a physielan, and a boat
crow of nine.
A snip nan Deen ,urcun»eu m
Norway, and the plane will be ship
ped there about the first of next
July to be loaded aboard; the
journey to the Antarctic will be
via South Africa and New Zealand.
The boat will leave Norway about
August first, and expects to get
-Away from New Zealand by Dec
ember first, Upon arrival at the
Bay of Whales, ice conditions will
affect the decision on the aotual
■tart ot the flight of discovery, Mr.
Ellsworth said. ...__ ...
From tbs Bay, of Whales the
plane pill proceed In an easterly
direction, the course lying for 1450
miles straight across the unknown
Wastes to the shores of Weddell
See. which, so Mr as the records
show, has hever been seen by nun
Since its discovery SO years ago.
If the weather Is propitious, the
fliers expect .to be back at their
base on the Bay ot Whales in
shout SO boors. Mr. Ellsworth
himself will do the navigating, op
erate the two cameras and keep
the log of the flight while Bal
chen attends to the flying end the
radio.
The cmap equipment will weigh
about 100 pounds. When Ellsworth
flew pith Capt. Amundsen on his
first voyage Into the Arctic in May
1925, he had thes experience of
an Ice landing, and with otiter mem
bers of that expedition struggled
for 11 days to construct a runway
through the ice for thdlr take-off.
"We have no fear of an ice land
ing", said the explorer, ‘n>ut we
are going prepared for it."
In the. 100-pound emergency
ALASKANS AND HAMMON TIED
LEADERS OF SERIES
! Beyond doubt, one of the best
indoor ball games played this year
I was between the Federals and the*
'Hammon last Wednesday at the
[Eagle Hall. For the first two in
| ninga neither side made a score.
I Excellent pitching, backed up by
i great fielding supported prevented
,base-runners from scoring. In the
last of the third the Hammon got
jaway to a lead when they knocked
f in two runs and held the Federals
to four goose-eggs. In the begin
ning of the flfth the Federals slip
ped away and brot in one run. In
their half of the fifth the Hammon
added another two runs making the
| score 4 to 1. In the first of the
sfixth the Federals had a rally and
brot in three runs to tie the score,
but in their half of the inning the
Hammon added another two runs
giving them the lead. With excite
men at a high pitch the Federals
came in for their last bats in
the seventh. They got started and
spectacular plays halted a wild ral
ly but not until they had again
tied the score. The Hammon came
in for last bats but were unable
to break the tie, the score stand
ing 6-6. Another inning was nec
essary and the Federate came in
for the first of the eighth, hat
could not get a score. With two
outs and the bases loaded a wild
pitch on the part of Lundberg, the
only wild one
allowed a man to come in from
third breaking the tie and the game
was over, 7-6 in favor of the Ham
mon. It was one of the greatest
games played in recent years, sev
eral double-plays and other spect
acular catches being made by mem
bers of each team.
Federate 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0—6
Hammon 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1—7
Alaskans vs Commercials
The gome between the Afask
ans and the Commercials seemed
rather dead compared to the ex
citement of the first game. The
Alaskans got away to a 7 run lead
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load will be a sled, a tent, a prim
us stove and cooking utensils, 3
fuel cans, snow shovel and snow
"knife, a carpOfitePte saw for “Cpt1
ting snow blocks, ice axe, man
harness for sled, alpine rope and
alpine axes, two pair of skiis, med
ical supplies and a sleeping bag.
The emergency rations consist of
pemmican, biscuit, chocolate, nuts,
raisins and malted milk to weigh
an additional 175 pounds.
A portable Heinz and Kaufman
hand-driven radio generator and
transmitter with both long and
short wave receiver will "be car
ried besides a special airplane trails
mitte£ and receiver with an en
gine driven generator.
The pilot's cockpit wdll carry
a complete set of the latest flying
instruments, Including the direc
tional gyro and the artificial hori
zon. Navigation instruments will
Include he latest type bubble sex
tant with tables and special charts.
A special aerial camera for tak
ing oblique and vertical photographs
will be operated by Mr. Elleworth,
and the other camera will be oper
ated by clockwork, taking a pict
ure every ten seconds throughout
the flight. At an altitude of S.000
feet the second camera will re
cord a continuous strip a mile
and a half wide of the entire
route covered.
All prominent features of the
landscape will be photographed, a
record will be made of weather
conditions, and notes wdll be taken
on the character of the ice sur
face, with a view to supplying data
for detailed groundwork which will
undoubtedly be undertakeh by fu
ture expeditions.
In placing the order for their
fur clothing requirements, Sir.
Hubert Wilkins comments on the
fact that the Lomen Commercial
Company has produced the outfits
for many polar expedition* over
a period of years, and states that
they are assured of securing sat
is factory Arctic clothing by send
ing to Nome, Alaska.
Shipments will be made by air
plane In order to reach New York
<3ity by July first. Wilkins him
*elf leaves "lor Norway in April, to
get the ahdp ready.
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in the first inning and blanked
the Commercials in their half el
the inning. In the second another
rally netted the Alaskans four more
runs. In theiir half of the second
the Commercials pi$|,§d up and
made three runs. In the third the
Alaskans made another two runs
and held the Commercials score
less. In the fourth the Alaskans
made another two runs bringing
their score to 15. In the last of
the fourth the Commercials start
ed a rally and brought in five'
ran* before tWee outs could be
made. The Alaskans were blanked
for the last three innings of the
game, and they in turn blanked
the Commercials during the fifth
and sixth Innings. In the l^fet of
the seventh the Commercials got
a rally started but fast playing
on the part of the Alaskans stop
ped It after one run had been
made. The game ended with the
score 15 to 9 in favor of the
Alaskans.
Umpires for the game were
Norvrtn Lewis and Chas. Code.
Storekeepers were E J Beck and
Alvin Polet. The time for the first
game was one hour and nineteen
minutes, and the timet for the
second game was forty-seven min
utes. v,‘
The games next week will be
between the Federate and the Al
askans and the Commercials and
the Hammon. At this time we
have no available reports on the
condition to put* on their series.
More definite information will pro
bably be forthcoming soon.
Alaskans 7 4 2 2 0 0 0—15
Comerdals 0 3 0 5^0 0 1—9
Following is the lineups of the
various teams In last Wednesday’s
games:
Federal Team
Harrow capt..-. . Catc’c
Rood.. . .. left field
Dunbar . 1st base
McGuire . .... .. Left Short
Cooley... .... 1... 2nd base
King .~. .... ffird base
Lundbcrg . ..'.. Pitcher
Allyn . y. right field
Hager ... right short
Hammon Team
A Lee .. .... .... left field
Sather capt.. 2nd base
Harris . catcher
O’Leary . . right short
R Lee .. right field
A. Rolando ,. . 1st base
Glavinovich . pitcher
Mickelson .. . lpft short
Martin .... .... . 3rd base
-A ,
Commercial Team ,
Dill . .... .... ..... pitcher
Coonse .... .... left field
Miller .... . right short
Rode, capt. .... .. 2nd base
Maynard .... v..left short
Adams . catcher
Congdon . base
Bencher .. right field
Merrlfleld .... . ...v 8rd base
Alaskan Team
Tatuak capt.l. Catcher
J jAmnrok . — right short
Kawsuk . pitcher
A. Cab inboy . left Held
H. Lake .... . find base
Gabriel j..L... 1st Jbaae
P Larson .. And bass
P. Amarok . right field
F Larson ..... —«.... t.... left abort
LOCATION OF FUtB
ALARM BOXES
li.^_— Standard Oli
IS___ Oarotena Way
14 _ Nome Lighterage
15 _ Front. St and Steadman
SI_.Steadman and Seoond Are.
IS—._Third St. and Lanes Way
S4_First Awe. and B. St.
IS...___ OafthoMc Church
SI_First Ats. and D. St
S ~D. St near Andorson Home
3 Are. and Bridge St
\ HU.. , aaga- Nugget Offiee.
41—.._ Hospital
One Blast of tho Siren Indicates
Alarm from East of the Fire Stan.
Two Blaats Indicate an Alarm From
West of tho Fire Station
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in the weekly Nugget must be In
this office not later than Thursday
Kotzebue
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(Special Nugget Correspondence)
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January 22 1933
It has been 80 stormy that L &
G Airways could not go for about
a week now.
Pilot Bill Graham had an op
eration at the U S Govt, hospital
yesterday morning for appendicit
is. Ho is feeling fine now.
Pilot Hans Miraw arrived here
today from Nome with Mrs. Edna
Christoffersoa who expects tb be at
“Paul’s Place” for 10 days.
Mrs. Mae Bunting. Mrs. R Gess
ell and Dr. R E Smith who had
a short visit last week to Candle
thank the people of Candle for
the hospitality and kindness shown
them during their recent visit to
their town.
Angeline Davidovics
Jan, 24, 1933.
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Northern
Air Transport arrived here last
Sunday with Edna Christofferson,
from Nome. There was 41 pounds
of mail and a large amount of
express. >
A stop was made at Deering
to deliver mall and express.
Mrs. ChristofTerson said she, en
ioyed a pleasant trip for the plane
was warm and comfortable, with'
excellent visibility most of the way
to Kotzebue.
She ,is stopping at ^Paul’s Place”
and says it is the finest roadhouse
she has seen in Alaska. She ex
pects to stay here about ten days.
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Pilot' Chester Brown of the
Nfinhern Air Transport arrived
here today with Gus Nelson from
Nome. Pilot Brown tied his plane
down securely to the ice blocks,
'because the wind Ma_. v-ery strong.
The thermometer shows 30 degrees
below zero. , t‘
Mr. Nelson who left Kotzebue
for Nome some time ago when
he heard his daughter Mrs. Geo.
Huff was ill, returned today. He
reports that Mrs. Huff has recov
ered. Mr. Nelson will return to his .
winter caibln at Pop« Spftt which
is nine miles from here, as soon
as possible.
i Dr. R E Smith who operated on
W R Graham claims that his re
covery Is fast, and that he jvill be
■able to fly again in about a weeks’
time. •
Manuel Lalbanders from Klana
is stopping at “Paul's Place“ Mr.
Labanders came to Kotzebue to
attend to a few business matters.
He expects to „ leave for Kiana
within a few days.
Hugo Eckhardt came down yes
terday wltji some more furs he had
to send out. Mr. Eckhardt left for
his farm ^yfesterday.
Angellne Davidovics
R. A, M. SOCIAL.
Seward Chapter No. 2, Royal
Arch Masons, cordially invites all
Masons, their families and mem
bers of the OlPder of Eastern Stars,
to attend a social and dance to be
given. January 28th at Masonic
Temple, at 8:80 P. M.
GUY O. BOYD,
High Priest.
Join The j
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