*
PRESIDENT AT 28 — Robert R. M. Carpenter, Jr., 28, new president of the Philauw ...a
Phillies, holds his son. Robert 3rd., three, as Mrs. Carpenter holds daughter Mary, one.
SEEKS NORTH
LIFE AS HIS
PREFERENCE
In a recent letter, Charles H.
Esch, who is with; the armed for
ces in the New Hebrides Islands,
wrote the following:
October 11, 1944
New Hebrides Islands.
“Would welcome very much the
mosquitoes of the North country,
ft-~
even if they do hack a hunk of
flesh out of a person, for they at
least are large enough that if you
slap at them you can expect to
hit one. And I’d gladly trad.e
some of this stinking heat for
some of that stinking cold float
nig in off the Sawtooth Moun
tains. Why can’t they fight their
damn wars ‘atwixt and ’atween?
No matter, there’d probably be
[ something else to gripe about.
1 CHARLES H. ESCH, CM 2-c
U .S. Maintenance.”
FIRST WAVE’
COMES TO THE
TO TERRITORY
Half a dozen football-playing
sailors scattered as a giant, sil
! ver Navy “Klunk” taxied up the
| ramp to the Navy Air Transport
terminal, Elemendorf Field. Even
j before the plane had rolled to
a stop, a tall sairway on wheels
i was pushed toward the cabin
door. Navy and Army officers, a
I photographer, reporter and sail
ors pressed forward as passengers
began to disembark. Peering
around a four-striper and a civil
ian contractor, the G. I.shutter
man suddenly exclaimed, “There
she is ”
And, trim and attractive in her
navy blue overcoat and hat,
framed in the doorway was Lt.
<j. g.) Marguerite F. Hunold, first
WAVE in Alaska, a weather ob
server and forecaster from Navy
Weather Central, San Point Nav
al Air Station, Seattle. On a wea
ther familiarization hop to An
chorage, Kodiak, Adak, and pos
sibly Attu, capable Lt. Hunold
explained that a secondary mis
sion is “to make arrangements
for billeting of WAVE aerograph
ers.”
Tall, with dutch-blue eyes, and
a heart-warming smile, Lt. Hun
old expressed keen interest in the
vital business of forecasting wea
ther, a contrast to her pre-WAVE
secretarial position. Enlisting in
the USNR two years ago to the
day, Lt. Hunold attended Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology,
Boston, Mass., studying aerology
in all its complicated phases,
prior to being assigned to active
duty.
There will be WAVES on the
Alaskan mainland and out on the
“Chain”, assured Lt. Hunold, but
the date of their arrival and the
number of WAVES to be sent,
has not been announced. No
WAVE is detailed to overseas as
signment; all who go to a theater
i! operations outside the conti
netal United States volunteer for J
such duty. Only recently were j
WAVES permitted to go overseas, j
FAIRBANKS TO
| HAVE A NEW
WATER SYSTEM
Consulting with regional engi
neers at Seattle on final arrange
ments for Fairbanks’ projected
$1,750,000 water supply system,
Dr. Howard Hughes, mayor of
Fairbanks, returned north by Pan
American World Airways, Octo
ber 30th.
“Work on this long-needed
project is now ready to begin,
pending final approval of the
people of Fairbanks,” the mayor
said. “The complete system, in- !
eluding source of supply, pipeline \
and feeders, heating plant, and
pumps will cost only $350,000 to j
the city, the remaining $1,480,- ;
000 issued as a grant from the
Federal Works Agency.”
“Water will be obtained from
three central wells, already lo- f
cated, which will be driven as j
soon as the measure is approved. '
| Ground .formation will be studied !
and pipes routed, and next spring I
permanent drilling will be start- !
ed.”
The largest city in Alaska still 1
obtaining its water from private
wells, Hughes said the present
water supply and sewage disposal
system was becoming more and
more inadequate as Fairbanks
expanded. He estimated that the
government sponsored project
would take about a year to com
plete.
Read it in The Nugget.
QUARANTINE
MAY BE LIFTED
IN FEW DAYS
According to today’s report on
the epidemic, the situation seems
to be well in hand, and the doc
tors feel that the quarantine may
be lifted in a few days if the
public continues to cooperate.
All persons who definitely were
quarantined must have at least
two throat cultures before being
released.
Further news from other towns
and villages disclose that there
are no new cases to report.
With a little patience and co
operation the ban will be lifted
that much sooner.
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
Capt. MacKenzie and Co-Pilot
Shafsky departed for Anchorage
with the following passengers:
E. L. Groves, Burke E. Prince, H.
C, Pitts,JGLIL- Harris, t . a 5^taff
ford, Hal Roote of the Weather
Bureau, and Roy Clift of CAA.
Pilot Weaver will return from
Anchorage Wednesday.
It BLOODj
HOUNDS
| After Customers |
I
II Our Want Ads j
kVW**4%~*?e~e?44?44?44?44?4«$M£44tW
I
• ■
NEVADA BAR
i
j
* * *
t
Harry Gahrielson, Prop
L— —-..^
I For Holiday j
! Occasions... 1
t *
t Such as Thanksgiving—be prepared for the tra- %
f # 4.
* ditional family dinner or even that last minute *
| invitation. NOW IS THE TIME! |
4* . 4.
| Have that Garment Cleaned with Spic and *
A V
* Span Thoroughness! %
f *
* If the Name is MODERN—the Service is RIGHT! $
t I
I MODERN CLEANERS !
A
* (Modern Cleaning Is Clothes Insurance!) 4*
* If You Have An Extra Quarter Buy a S amp to *
Make War Shorter! t
I |
4.4.4.4.4. v
I MEN’S WOOL |
I SHIRTS!
jX • f
Heavy Woolens That Will’ Keep You Warm ^
%♦ in any kind of Weather. 1
X j
♦♦♦ —ALSO— T
1 X
❖ A COMPLETE STOCK OF RUBBER X
; ❖ X
❖ FOOTWEAR FOR ALL THE FAMILY! X
T ❖
f X
t l
? NORTHERN |
I COMMERCIAL I
? COMPANY |
Y 1
Y Alaska’s Pioneer Merchants X
X ♦
1