Operation Is
Successful On
Rocking Tugboat
A FORWARD ALEUTIAN
BASE — The story of another of
those incredible wartime surgical
opera'ions was recently related to
an Army correspondent by air
base surgeon Capt. Rod Deakers.
who, together with another sur
geon, Capt. Nathan Friefeld, per
formed an appendectomy aboard
a tugboat during one of the
blacker Aleutian s'orms.
The patient was a member of
the crew of a tugboat which had
been unloading supplies at a re
mote Aleutian outpost. He devel
oped abdominal pains, and by the
time a radiogram could be sen*
to the nearest base of the 11th
AAF’s Emergency Rescue Boat
Squadron, 70 miles away through
heavy seas, he was in great pain.
The doctors got there as fast
as one of the crash boats could
bring them through the rough
water, which was ' lashed by a
60-mile-an-hour wind. Capt.
Deakers said he was suffering
from “mal de mer" and thought
the veteran crew was not feeling
any too well either. It would be
a bad night for operating.
But first they had to get from
the crash boat to the tug, and
the only way was by dory, which
Capt. Deakers described as a
“small and fractious cockleshell."
Master of the vessel. Warrant
Officer Colvin A. Wilson, of Edi
son, Wash., sent Cpl. Lloyd H.
Culver, also of Edison, Wash., and
Pvt. Steve P. Bebich, of Kodiak,
Alaska, to take the doctors over
in the dory, but there could be
no using of oars. The seas were
too violent. So Mr. Wilson mov
ed upwind, cut the dory loose,
and let it bobble off in the direc
tion of the tug.
Aboard the tug, the doctors
found the patient’s condition crit
ical and decided they must oper
ate immediately.
Pfc. Jessie H. McCandless, of
Holly Springs, Miss., and Pvt.
Bebich made several perilous
■ ‘ trips back and forth between the
tug and crash boa.t bringing
bandages, instruments and equip
ment. Staff Sgt. Henry J. Wolf
son, medical technician, of Brook
line, Mass., set up the “operating
table,” which consisted of the
galley door supported by two
packing boxes.
Three hours and forty minuses
later, a dozen red-eyed men still
stood about the galley tensely
watching the doctors fight for
the soldier’s life. All surgical
instruments had been dashed to
the floor at least once by the vio
lent pitching of t\e tug. At a
crucial moment, the scissors had
caromed to the floor, and scalpels
had to be used instead. Sgt. Wolf
But now the job was done, and
son had to improvise a draining
tube from the finger of a steril
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ized rubber glove,
a Navy PBY could be heard circ
1 ng for a landing. Rough seas or
not, the great flying boat made
the landing, and the patient was
soon enroute to one of the well- j
equipped Aleutian base hospitals.
Capt. Deakers, after a good i
night’s sleep, wrole Major G. R
Donley, commanding officer of
the 11th AAF’s Emergency Res
cue Boat Squadron: “The opera
tion was successful, and I have
nothing but praise and admiration
for the skill of your men.”
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 304
(Amending Ordinance No. 285)
An Ordinance of the City of i
Nome, Alaska, amending Sec4ions
1 and 3 of Ordinance No. 285,
regulating the hours of certain mi
nors upon the public streets and
prescribing a penalty for viola
tion.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED BY THE COMMON COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF NOME.
TERRITORY, OF ALASKA:
That Ordinance No. 235, Sec
tion 1, shall be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful
for any minor under the age of
17 years to be on the sidewalks,
streets, alleys, or byways of the
City of Nome, from and between
the hour of 10:00 o’clock P. M.
of each day, and the hour of 6:00
o’clock A. M. of the day next fol- j
lowing, unless accompanied by
one of their parents or guardian,
or other adult member of the
household with which they reside,
or unless having in their poses
sion a permit signed by one of
their parents or guardian and au
thorizing them to be out on that
specified date, and any minor un
der the age of 17 years found
violating this provision, shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined not
to exceed $5.00, or be imprisoned
not to exceed three days.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED BY THE COMMON COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF NOME,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
That Ordinance No. 285, Section
3, shall be, and the Same is here
i by amended to read as follows:
j Section 3. The Police Depart
ment of the City of Nome. Alas
ka, shall nightly, at the hour of
10 o’clock P. M., cause a City
curfew to be sounded.
Passed in regular session as-1
sembled June 12, 1944.
COMMON COUNCIL,
CITY OF NOME,
ALASKA.
EDWARD ANDERSON,
Mayor.
At’est: CARRIE M. McLAIN,
City Clerk.
Approved: June 12, 1944.
CLASSIFIED ADS
LOST—An ecru curtain. On the
streets of Nome. Reward. Call
The Nugget.
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Gas Rations Are.
Limited In States
For Alaskans who plan to take
the family car along when they
make that anticipated trip to the
States, the advice of the Territor
ial Office of Price Administra
tion is “Don’t!” Gasoline is not
to be had for the asking, accord
ing 1o late information received
by the Rationing Division.
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“Gasoline rationing is becom
ing more stric’t’ writes Bert L.
McCarty, Alaska representative of
OPA in Seat‘le. “And persons in
tending to use their personal cars
for travel in the States will find
local ration boards will live to
the line and issue basic ’A’ cards
which permit persons to travel
120 miles per month, or if used
for business purposes only, no
more than enough gasoline can
be obtained than will permit them
to travel 400 miles per month,
based on 15 miles per gallon. Per
sons from Alaska who intend to
make' their home in some distant
point in the Stales can obtain
(enough gas to take them to their
' destination by the most direct
: route.
"Please inform all persons who
desire to visit relatives at vari
ous points in the Stages,” con
cluded Mr. McCarty, "That they
will be unable to obtain allot
ments of gasoline for such pur
poses and will be limited to the
bas’c ‘A’ ration of 120 miles per
month.”
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INTERESTING LETTER
FROM ROBERT SCOTT
■ An interes'ing letter from Rob
I
ert Scott, younger son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tolbert Scott, tells of his
experiences in Hondo, Texas,
where he is receiving his final
training as an air navigator, be
fore receiving his commission.
, Robert, who was always an ex
cellent student, is most enthusias
tic with the training he is receiv
ing, and looks forward to the day
when his training is completed
1 and he will be in active service.
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President Okavs
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Court-Martial
Legislation
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 14.
i—'AP>—Against trie recommenda
tions of the secretaries of War and
Navy, the President approved leg
slation providing for the starting
of the Pearl Harbor cour* martial
trials before December 7, 1944.
j Presidential Secretary Stephen
C. Early announced, “The Presi
dent approved the legislation last
night, several days after the June
7‘h deadline set for the trials had
i expired.”
In a statement, the President
; expressed his confidence that
j Congress does not intend for the
investigation of the Pearl Harbor
raid to interfere in any way with
the war effort, and that it is fear
of such interference which
prompted Secre'ary Stimson and
Secretary Forrestal to suggest the
President withhold his approval.
COMMUNITY GARDEN
READY FOR PLANTING
The community garden, near
the old brewery, is now ready to
be planted. Some time has been
spent plowing and preparing the
soil, and we hope anyone and
everyone interes'ed in growing
vegetables w 11 come and plant.
The garden is big enough for
all, so everyone is welcome
See Rev. V. L Booker for ad
vice as to where or how to plant.
There is also a community gar
den being prepared at Dexter.
This will serve not only as an ex
periment as to how things grow in
Dex'er in comparison to Nome,
but we hope it may prove a val
uable outing for boys and girls
interested in agriculture and na
ture study.
We plan to go out at least once
a week for gardening and nature
s'udy. Any boy or girl is welcome
to join the garden club.—•Con
tributed!.
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We have recently installed our power ice
cream freezers. We serve it and we sell in large
quantities.
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The Glue Pot!
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