PT. BARROW
LINKED TO
SEATTLE AREA
SEATTLE — (AP) — Estab
lishment of daily flight service
to Point Barrow, where but a
fcw short months ago the suc
cessful completion of a single
P*°P to America’s northemnnjost
post was considered a big event,
Jwas disclosed here today in the
development of a new service
charter route for the navy from
Fairbanks to Barrow, over track
less tundra and a mountain
jrange.
' Four young Pan - American
Airways fliers, who make the
daily run, took off from Seattle
for the north after a quick plane
overhaul here. Capt D. L. Mc
•Lennan, veteran Arctic pilot, is
Icaptain of the flight, which sup
plies the navy seabee camp en
gaged in surveying the naval oil
reserve in that area.
‘It’s like pioneer flying over
the tundra. “You do It by dead
reckoning, and there’s just one
■weather forecast — it’ll be worse
In five minutes.”
The runs are entirely taken up
iby .‘priority cargoes.”
KEVIN WALSH NOW
IN THE NAVY
Word has been received from
Kevin Walsh that he is in the
Navy, on an airplane carrier
somewhere in the Pacific. He
has had a chance to see Honolulu
and will have many tall tales to
tell when he returns home.
LENA'S BIG BROO D—Lena, foxhound owned hy Lt. Cmdr. Newbold Ely, Is surrounded by
her litter of 23 puppies—largest known litter to survive at the Philadelphia dog show* ->
ALASKA FIRM MINES
25 TONS OF ASBESTOS
FAIRBANKS — Asbestos min
ing in Alaska may take on the
status of big business, if pro
duction can be increased and the
demands for the mineral con
tinue to grow, James S. Robbins,
general manager of the Arctic
Exploration company, stated
The company shipped about |
25 tons of the mineral from its
mine on Cosmos mountain, and
were unable to ship another 15;
tons because of cold weather and j
Inadequate transportation facili-j
iies, he said.
j
The demand for asbestos is soj
great that the company is at
tempting to increase its produc
ion under the extreme difficul
ties of winter weather, he stat
ed.
H. L. STULL ON VISIT
TO PENNSYLVANIA
H. L. Stull, well-known min
ing man from this district, who
did his bit for the war effort in
Nome, regardless of his age, by
being night operator for the
telephone company when no help
was available, is visiting with
his relatives in Blakcslce,, Pa.,
for the holidays.
FRANK O'FARREL WRITES
FROM SOUTH PACIFIC
i Frank O’Farrel, son of Mrs.
‘Jennie OFarrel, writes from) the
South Pacific, that he has had
some thrills while on Peliliu Is
land, of the Palau group. He is
with the combat engineers, and
one day, while things were mov
ing pretty fast a bullet whizzed
through his cap. Fortunately the
cap was on a sump alongside of
him instead of on his head His
mother and sisters reside in Se
attle.
1
I
Sorrje snails live to be 25 years j
old. |
FRED MEBES
TELLS OF THE ,
SUNNY SOUTH
< A letter from Fred Mebes,
(who resides at 4886 Thirty
Ifourth Street in San Diego, Cal
ifornia, tells of the grand sun
shine he is enjoying, but also
states that there is no place like
Nome, and he hopes to be able
,to return next sum^ner for a vis
'it.
; He states that he visited in
Seattle with John Binek, Gus
‘Masik, Mrs. Dustin, Andy Ny
len, Dick Sundquist Nels Sawn
berg.
. At Bellevue he saw Emma
Kinney, and Mr. and Mrs. E.
Bellows. ^
At Edmonds, he had a nice
visit with Mrs. Tom Shaw, who
i
Js not very well.
j j In Los Angeles he ran into
(Hugh Pearson.
! In Oakland he enjoyed renew
ing acquaintance with George
Apel and daughter, Lottie, who
,is now married, and also the
SBonguard family.
ERNEST BLACKFORD TO
BE TRANSFERRED
Ernest Blachford has written
from his present location in the
army, that he is being transfer
red to the States to take para
troop training. With him are
‘two other Alaskan boys, Bill
,Tweet of Teller, and George
Tucker of Bluff.
Starlings were introduced into
the United States in 1890.
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