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New City Council
Is Inaugurated
The 1939 City Council met for
the last time Thursday night to
listen to the report of the city’s
| finances and adjourn sine die for
the inauguration of the 1940 coun
i cil
The books of the city were aud
ited by Robert Baldwin. They
showed the gross reciepts of the
city for the past year as a trifle
more than $30,000. Of this
amount approximately five thou
sand dollars was received in liq
uor license refunds and approxi
mately two thousand dollars
from fines and forfeitures. A bal
ance of $9,000 approximately re
mains in the city treasury. After
approving the financial statement
the council adjourned sine die.
Mayor Kubon, the retiring may
or. expressed his appreciation
for the work and cooperation of
the old council, and wished the
1 new administration the best of
success.
City Clerk M. J. Walsh admin
istered the oaths of office to the
incoming officials. Mayor Henry
Miller, and councilmen Clinton
Atwood, William Maloney and
Jack Stewart.
The new council was convened
and Mayor Miller proposed that
in the future the public bring
its suggestions and proposals for
city betterment to the council
meetings, thereby promoting
greater efficiency, and relieving
j the councilmen of the loss of
time from their business and
work during their busy daytimes.
He also suggested a remodeling
I of the city ordinances, which sub
ject he declared he would bring
up at the next regular meeting.
Other councilmen spoke briefly
concerning cooperation and assist
j ance in carrying on the city busi
ness during the coming year. The
resignation of Arthur Hilde as
driver of the fire truck wFas read
and laid on the table until the
next meeting.
Mayor Miller announced the
several standing committees for
the ensuing year as follows:
Health and Relief—Nevin and
j Stewart.
Streets, Alleys and Lights —
Stewart and Nevin.
Law Ordinance and Printing —
Kelsey and Atwood.
Finance and Building—Atwood
j and Kelsey.
Police and Jail—Anderson and
Maloney.
Fire and Water—Maloney and
Anderson.
Councilmen Nevin and Stewart
went on record as opposing their
appointment on the streets- com
mittee. The mayor voiced the ex
i pression that he believed they
j would be able to take care of the
I work nicely.
The meeting then adjourned,
i The next regular meeting is Mon
: day night, 8 p.m. April 22nd.
News comes from Fairbanks of
the arrival there of a party of
U. S. Army Air Corps officials
comprising fifty members, who
| commenced immediately on the
preparations for the construction
of the Air Corps base at the In
! terior city.
The party, headed by Major
Dale V. Gaffney of the U. S. Air
Corps, arrived Tuesday by spec
ial train from Seward, where
they disembarked from the army
transport St. Mihiel.
The transport is now discharg
ing freight and supplies for the
Fairbanks base which will be
rushed to the interior where con
j struction work will immediately
j commence.
Major Gaffney, it will be re
; I membered was a member of the
i ! Army Air Corps survey plane
unit which came to Nome last
summer in two large amphibians.
! The army transport ship it is un
derstood will be busy most of
the summer transporting supplies
for the base to Alaska.
NOTICE
All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
| are requested to register with
Chas. D. Jones, chairman, before
Wednesday, for attending the
T 121st Anniversary Dinner at the
Odd Fellows Hall, April 27.
Signed: Committee
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Airplane News
Arriving on the PAA Electra
! yesterday from Fairbanks were
1 Geo. F. Laiblin and Brooks Han
ford. Mail was also carried. The
plane returned the same day. No
outgoing passengers. The next
regular mail flight is Monday.
A Starr Airways plane arriv
ed Nome yesterday evening with
Jack Macumber. E. J. Brisson,
I Henry Ullriek, and two other pas
| sengers names unknown.. The
ship remained in Nome due to
unfavorable weather conditions
I on the return route.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
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April 18 —Pilot Whaley made
a flight to Wales in the morning
! with Rev. Youell, express and
1 mail. Thomas Blatchford was a
| passenger from Teller on the re
! turn trip.
Anna Otoyuk was a passenger
1 for Taylor on the second trip.
; Express and mail was also car- .
i ried.
Herman Lerdahl arrived Nome
yesterday afternoon from Fair
I banks with John Krause and
Otto Mempel.
A trip was made to Fox Bar
and Taylor this morning with
freight and Marvin Jordan for
! Fox Bar.
Graham Lammers was taken
from Fox Bar to Taylor.
A trip is schedules! for Coffee
Creek this afternoon with A1
Carey and freight.
MIROW ACTIVITIES
Pilot Chambers made a flight
to the Yukon with mail and ex
press yesterday morning and re
turned today with two passengers
a Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bango. j
Bango from Unalakleet and John'
son from Marshal.
This afternoon will be spent j
in freighting to American Creek1
and tomorrow he will go to Un
alakleet for two more passengers j
and will stop in Ungalik for two i
more returning via Council.
Pilot Jefford made a trip to
Kotzebue with Mr. Folger, Mr.
Clark and Mr. Rood of the Rein
deer Acquisition Unit.
Pilot Jefford expects to leave;
for Anchorage this afternoon
with the Stinson trimotor to get j
a load of passengers. He will pick j
up Pilot Sassen and will make)
another trip tomorrow. Mrs. j
Herb Johnson expects to leave;
for Anchorage via Mirow Air ’
Service plane this afternoon, and
possibly one other, name un
known.
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Returning to their homes at
Noorvik today were Edith Cur
tis, Aggie Curtis, George Curtis
and Daniel Snyder, aboard the
Northern Cross Inc. plane piloted
by John Cross. They were wit-!
nesses before the Grand Jury)"
here.
Charged with illegal cohabita
tion William Blakely and Ger
trude Nungasaruk pled guilty
yesterday before Judge J. H. S.
Morison of the U. S. District!
Court.
Charles Jack, charged in an in
dictment with larceny in a ware-!
house, pled guilty Thursday.
Bill Kanyak pled guilty to
rape; Joe Bill and John Kivik
pled guilty to larceny Wednes
day.
Time for passing sentence on
the above six defendants was set
for Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
Word has been received in
Nome of the death of Joseph
Plein at the Pioneer Home at Sit
ka on April 1st. Plein was an old
timer of the Nome and Anchor
age sections.
New arrivals Paterson Hotel
Dan C. Victor
C. MacTavish
John Kattmer
Henry Ullrick
At one o’clock today, Nome
time, the following temperatures
were recorded;
Fairbanks—53
Anchorage—51
Tanana Cross—51
Cordova—45
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