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STORE HOURS
For The Winter Season
Store Will Be Open 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Sundays and Holidays — 2 to 6 P. M.
NOME DRUG STORE
Registered Pharmacists
NEWS ITEMS
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Due to unfavorable weather
conditions the PAA mail plane
scheduled for Thursday has been
unable to make the flight. The
Nome aviators have also been
grounded by the poor flying wea
ther.
The Home Arts Club wishes to
thank the many friends who
made possible the purchase of
band instruments for the Nome
School. A B-flat tenor saxophone,
a C-melody Saxophone, and a B
flat clarinet arrived on the last
beat and for a few days will be
on display in the show window
at the North Pole Bakery.
South American Fiesta has
been chosen as the theme for
the fourth annual Jamboree be
ing staged as a Playfield benefit
by the Home Arts Club on Satur
day, November 16.
N^w music with a Spanish flav
or has been imported for the oc
casion and colorful settings and
custumes borrowed from our
neighbors south of the border
will lend gayety to an evening
that promises a world of fun and
surprises for everybody.
Following th: program a carni
val spirit will prevail with games
eats and prizes galore. Later
there will be dancing, and at
midnight the drawing for the
grand door prize.
Tickets for the Jamboree are
on sale by school children under
the direction of Mrs. Aben Shal
litt.
City Council Meets
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The City Council in special
session on Monday, Nov. 4 heard
inspector Kelsey report on the
construction of the addition to
the school building, just omplet
ed by contractor Geo. Hite. Kel
sey reported that the building
was now completed and that mat
erials and labor wsre paid for,
and the construction was in ac
cordance with the plans and
specifications.
A recess was taken while the
Mayor and members of the Coun
cil visited the school and made a
personal examination of the new
addition. All members of the
Council expressed their approval
of the construction, the grade of
materials used, etc. Upon return
ing to the Council chambers and
r:convening a motion was made
and unanimously carried, approv
ing the construction ot the build
ing and accepting same from the
contractor. The clerk was then
requested to notify the Commis
sioner of Education at Juneau of
the action of the Council, recom
trending final payment to Mr.
Hite.
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1 SQUADRON ORDERED
TO ANCHORAGE
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Post
headquarters at Hamilton Field
air base confirmed orders of the
.xpected transfer of the Eight
eenth Pursuit Squadron to El
mendorf Field, Anchorage.
Under the command of Cap
tain Norman Sillin, the squad
ron will leave early next year
on an Army transport. It will be
the first regular pursuit aircraft
unit assigned to the task of pro
tecting the United States’ far
northern outpost.
The squadron is part of a large
garrison to be sent to the new
military base near Anchorage,
wh.re further training and re
search in cold weather flying will
be undertaken.
Families Later
Officers of the squadron wrho
will accompany Captain Sillin
will include Lieutenants Henry j
Viccolio, Robert Mauphin, Wil
liam Bowio, Cecil Locke, An
thony Grosetta and Charles Fay
le.
It is expected a group of Re- j
serve pilots newly graduated as j
officers in the Air Corps from the j
training cente” at Randolph |
Fie'd, will be assigned to the
unit before sailing.
Their families will not accom
pany the troops on the north
bound journey, but it is expect
ed they will be permitted to fol
low shortly after.
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2500 WORKERS ON
ALASKA’S ARMY PAYROLL
Twenty-five hundred men
daily ars running the good race
against time and irregular ar
rival of materials to make of Al
aska's two major United States
Army air bases functioning cogs
in the nation’s military machine.
Claude L. Coray, civilian en
gineer under whose supervision
Ladd Field and Elmendorf Field
are rising in Fairbanks and An
chorage, brought word that 1,800
men the peak of the season are
employed at the Anchorage con
struction site.
500 at Ladd Field
Coray is in Fairbanks on one
of his frequent jaunts north to
Ladd Field, whose earliest clear
ing and construction work fell
under his eye last fall. His head
quarters is now Anchorage.
Meanwhile, although intermit
tent cuts are narrowing the
ranks of laborers at Ladd Field,
700 men are still on the payroll, \
according to Assistant Construct
ing Quartermaster Captain Jam
es E. Rankin.
Curtailed Shifts
Captain Rankin announced
shortage of materials has forced
a new program of one eigjht
hour shift five and one-half days
per week for all carpenters and
most of the other laborers. Steel
workers, roofers, and a few in
other classifications are still on a
s:ven-day schedule, the captain
said.
Office staff members have al
ways been on a five and one-half
day week.
CHANGE IN NAME OF
CIVIL AERONAUTICS
There is quoted below a not
ice which has been received from j
the Acting Director of Adminis
tration and which will be com-j
p'ied with, effective immediate-!
ly:
“Under date of August 29, 1940
tre Acting Secretary of Com
merce issued Departmental Or
der No. 52, as follows:
‘It is hereby ordered and dir
ected, that that part of the Civ
il Aeronautics Authority, the
functions of which are adminis
tered toy the Administrator of
Civil Aeronautics under the dir
ection and supervision of the Sec
retary of Commerce shall here
after be known as the Civil Aero
nautics Administration.
Robert H. Hinckley
Acting Secty. of Commerce
Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11:00 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.m. — Worship service.
Sermon tonic: “In Defense of
Our Democracy.’ Anthem by the
choir.
OUTFITTING TIME
IS HERE
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TO SAT. NOV. 16
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PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS
ANNOUNCES
Change in INome Schedule
Ships Arrival and Departure
MONDAYS and THURSDAYS
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Steamer Leave Seattle Di>» Seward Leave Seward
ALEUTIAN . . Nov 2 Nov 8 Nov ft
DENALI . Nov 6 Nov II Nov It
YUKON . Nov 9 Nov 14 Nov 14
Mt McKINLEY. Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov l®
ALASKA . Nov 16 Nov 22 Nov 21
YUKON . Nov 23 Nov 28 Nov 28
Mt McKINLEY . Nov '27 Dec 3 Dec 3
ALASKA . Nov 30 Dec 6 Dec 6
YUKON . Dec 7 Dec 12 Dec 12
Mt McKINLEY . Dec 11 Dec 17 Dec 17
ALASKA . Dec 14 Dec 20 Dec 20
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
M. J. WILCOX, Agent