Air Force Fleet Will
Airlift 15,000 To Europe
WASHINGTON — The De
fense Department announced to
day that an armada of 240 Air
Force transport planes will airlift
a 15,000-man army armored divi
sion to Germany late next month
in the greatest such long-range
operation ever undertaken.
The 2d Armored Division. 13.500
strong, will be flown from Texas
to Germany along uith 1,500 men in
supporting truck and artillery un
its from bases in five states.
The massive airlift, expected to
take three days, will be supported
by a composite air strike force of
116 jet fighters, reconnaissance
planes and other aircraft.
The air strike force will fly non
stop to bases in France and Ger
many. refueling en route from
Strategic Air Command KC135 jet
tankers.
The air strike force will num
ber 1.500 men and the military
transport crews another 2,000.
MMM HOSPITAL
Transferred to Kotzebue — Ber
nard Katchak.
Admitted — Thora Washington,
Mabel Kunuluk, Wilbur Davis, Ja
net Caldwell, Edna Ahwinona,
Edith Iyatunguk.
Discharged — Lena Ahnangna- j
toguk, Paul James.
Daughter of Dinah Shore In Wreck
PALM PRINOS, Calif. UP — Me
lissa Montgomery, 15, daughter of
singer Dinah Shore and actor
George Montgomery, is reported in
fair condition at Desert Hospital
after being injured in an auto
crash.
Police said she and three other
teen-agers were hurt when their
car smashed into two parked autos
Saturday.
Miss Shore remained by her
daughter’s bedside. Montgomery,
her former husband, came from !
Los Angeles to visit the girl.
MERTHYR TYDFIL, Wales bP'— !
This is a town of children weeping
for their pets. More than a hun
dred cats and doge died over the
weekend and scores more are ill
with food poisoning.
Public health officials said the
animals died after eating horse
meat bought from a pet shop. The
meat came from a wild mountain
pony which the officials said prob
ably had swallowed poisonous
sheep dip or insecticide.
Lt. Col. Lincoln Ost of Fort
Wainwright, will visit Nome this
evening for a short time. While
here he will spend time with his
three sisters — Mrs. Allen Doyle,
Mrs. Wallace Mclver and Ruth
Towner.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Sales Office: Dial 2234 Wrile Box 700
DEALERS IN
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Oxygen <£ Acetylene Welding Machines Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps Zeus & Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyte Wire Rope—Standard Oil Products
The Hay's All In . . .
Alaska Co-operative
Crop and Weather Report
PALMER, Alaska, Sept. 17 (Special*
—Excellent progress made harvest
ing grain, hay, silage, and potatoes
— Harvest conditions have been
ideal for three weeks. Much sun
shire. above normal temperatures,
absence of a general area frost, dry
ground, and sufficient labor have
all contributed towards an un
usually favorable harvest situation
during the first half of September.
Farmers have been busy seven
days a week so far this month, witn
virtually no delay in most locali
ties because of weather. Soil mois
ture was rated adequate by all
Reporters, but is becoming short
in the Big Delta area. The dry
ground the past two weeks ma
terially aided all harvest opera
tions. In the memory of some of
the Matanuska Valley farmers
who have been here for many
years, such a favorable harvest
season has not been experienced
previously.
— All commercial growers
are now digging potatoes. Har
vest continued on each of the sev
en days last week under mostly
fair skies. Vines are still green
and heavy. Frost nipped the tops
of vines in a few localities but
most fields have escaped anv
frost. Potatoes have sized fairly
well during the very favorable
weather of the past three weeks
but have not caught up to last
year’s crop. Yields are generally
below last year, particularly in
the Fairbanks area where some
fields were averaging around six
tons per acre. In the Matanuska
Valley potatoes are yielding nine
to 13 tons per acre. The crop is
and in very good condition. Suffi
ient help is available for the peak
of the harvest this week.
Few lobsters have old age prob
lems. Only one in a million baby
lobsters manages even to reach
maturity.
NOTICE
The Lions Club will hold a spe
cial meeting Tuesday night in the
back room of the Breakers Bar. All
members are urged to bring a
prospective member as guest, and
that guest will bo entertained at
no charge. The lag is set at $5 per
couple, which covers food and re
freshments.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING TONIGHT
8:00 P.M. — CITY HALL
THE MIGHTY MIDGET
WANT ADS WORK
FOR RENT — 3 bedroom house,
partly furnished. Phone 2217 —
Ben Young.
HOUSEWIVES wishing to work
part time from now until Christ
mas. Write Roy Keene, c/o Ber
ing Sea Hotel, giving name, ad
dress and telephone number for
appointment. 114c
FOR SALE — Outdoor Paint: 45
gallons—buff; 6 gallons—silver
wing gray. Call 2221. 115c
SELL Those Surplus Items. Let
a Nugget Want Ad convert them
i into cash for you!
TONIGHT
First Show 7:15 —:— Last Show 9:45
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WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
First Show 7:15 Last Show 9:30
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JOHN GODDARD — DOUGLAS HENDERSON
| Castro Supporters Wreck
Venezuela U.S. Warehouse
CARACAS, Venezuela UP> — In
another incident of terrorism
against American businesses, a
gang of Castro supporters de
stroyed a Du Pont Company paint
warehouse and caused damage of
more than $100,000 Thursday.
| Armed with submachine guns
j and shouting pro-Castro slogans,
[seven terrorists overpowered
I guards and ignited gasoline bombs
in the building. It was the second
attempt this year to wreck the
building.
Bug Killer Shampoo Fatal
NAPLES, Italy UP) — Throe little
sisters died and their two brothers
were hospitalized in serious condi
tion today after their mother sham
pooed their hair with an insecti
cide solution. Authorities said the
cause of death was blood poison
ing. The girls ranged in age from
2 to 6. The brothers are 8 and 10.
Polar Curio Shop
Has a Neti' Stock of
Machetanz Lithographs
also
Matthew Adams Ceramics
C. Alan Johnson Figurines
We Gift Wrap Local tk Mail
Orders. Please Specify Occasion
Box 880 Nome Phone 2661
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"The Friendly Bank”
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To Northwestern Alaska Since 1904
— BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
THANKS TO THE
FORESIGHT AND FAITH OF
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SPECIALS FOR THE WEEK . . .
Ten High, Fifths — S6.10 Canada House, Fifths — $6.30
Pints, Serge Vodka, 100 Proof — S4.00
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and BERING SEA HOTEL
Box 56, Nome
Phone 443-2503