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NEWS ITEMS
The PAA mail plane arrived
oday with mail and two passen
;ers. Dick Hawley was at the
controls and carried six passen
gers and mail on the return trip.
Passengers were:
Carl Glavinovich
W H Graves
W P Wilson
Jack Stewart
Mrs. Eleanor Stewart
Johnny Stewart
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Nome Radio
Range Station
To Be Checked
Marshall C. Hoppin, Superin
tendent of Airways for Alaska
arrived in Nome this afternoon
in the CAACessna with Airways
Inspector Jack Jefford. Also
aboard the plane were E. S. Dono
van, CAA radio engineer and
W. L. Seeley CAA civil engineer.
The party expect to be in Nome
two or three days during which
time a thorough check of the
! Nome Radio Range Courses will
be made.
Mr. John Polland, accounting
auditor of the Office of Indian
Affairs, Washington, D. C., is in
Nome looking after the account
; ing matters of the Credit Loan
I Division of the Bureau of Indian
! Affairs. While here he expects to
visit two or three native stores
in the Territory.
Wien Airlines
Activities
Jan. 5 — Pilot Wien made a
flight to Teller, Dahl Cre k, Pil
grim Springs, and Taylor. Passen
gers were Paul and Walter Mc
Carthy, Nome to Teller; Mrs.
Jones, Nome to Dahl; Rev. E.
i J. Cunningham, Springs to Tel
I ler; Pierce and Jo? Walsh, Tay
| lor to Nome; and Billy Waldhelim
; Dahl Creek to Nome,
j Leonard Smith was a passen
! ger to Fairbanks today.
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! MERCURY HITS -70
AT BEAVER, ALASKA
FAIRBANKS — What was be
I lieved to be the lowest temper
ature of the winter was recorded
at Beaver on the Yukon River
wh n the official temperature re
cently was reported by the ob
server as 70 degrees below zero.
It was within eight degrees of
the coldest temperature ever re
corded by the U. S. Weather Bu
reau in Alaeska minus 78 degrees
at Fort Yukon several years ago.
BRIDGE WILL BE
BUILT IN SPRING
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JUNEAU—Bids are to be open
ed in Seattle shortly for a steel
bridge across the Kuskokwim on
the Takotna Road, Ike P. Taylor
Chief Engineer of the Alaska
Road Commission said
The bridge will consist of one
i 250-foot steel span, steel piles,
I structural steel, etc., to be deliv
1 ered in fabricated condition to
the Road Commission, which
i plans to erect it next spring.
FRESH MILK
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i Delivered at your home oi
place of business daily 40c pei
quart. Also home made fresh
j cottage cheese.
WALSH DAIRY
FOUND — One suede fur-lined
glove near U. S. Road Commis
sion. Owner may have same bj
identifying and paying for this
ad.
FOUND—A pair of glasses in s
leather case. Owner may have
same by identifying and pay
ing for this ad.
The Nome Daily Nugget carnet
several forms of printing blank;
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing ar.i drill reports
Mining Deeds Placer and Lode
'Location Notic ., Vouchers,
Army Flying
Fortress Visits
Nome Today
The B-17 Flying Fortress of the
I Po'ar Bear Squadron of Ladd
I Field. Fairbanks, arrived Nome
this forenoon on its second flight
: to this city. The four-motored
i bomber was in command of Ma- J
jar Dale Gaffney. Flight officers !
were Captain R. S. Freeman, j
Li ut. M. E. Walseth and Lieut..
M. H. Askiins. The flight from
Fairbanks to Nome which wasi
made in two hours and fifteen j
minutes had as its mission the,
training and familiarization of
the pilots.
The plane had aboard thirty
five pieces of radio-sonde and
instrumental equipment for the
weath r bureau here.
The Flying Fortress returned
after an hour’s stay with a load
of na’tive-made fur clothing for
the Army.
Major Gaffney reported that
excellent progress is being made
in the advancement of Ladd Field
and that the flying is also ad
vancing rapidly.
The Army bomber is expected
j to return to Nome again next
i Thursday, weather permitting.
CREATE “AIRSPACE
OVER NAVAL BASE
Commercial or private airplan
cs are prohibited from flying ov
er the Sitka or Kodiak Naval air
i station under a Presidential ex
i ecutive order establishing “air
space reservations” over the bas
I es.
The order provides that no air
' craft other than public craft of
1 the United States shall be navi
gated “into, within or through”,
| the new naval airspace reserva- j
’ tions.”
The reservations extend from 1
each basa three miles to sea to
the limit of territorial waters.
CAPTAIN RETURNS
TO THE ANTARCTIC
Capt. Isak Lystad veteran of
i twenty years of navigating in
j northern waters has been named
! skipper of the rr.otorship' North
Star of the office of Indian Af
fairs for the voyage from Seattle
; to Antarctica to bring back Ad
miral Byrd’s party.
Capi. Lystad is tirst officer of |
the North Star and commanded
the ship on the expedition made
to South Polar regions last year
i when Capt. S. T. L. Whitlam, reg
| ular skipper was taken ill short
j ly before the ship sailed.
Lystad made a good job of it as
J .videnced by the fact that he is
i gain chosen for the important
position.
Lystad has a fine background
as an all around seafaring man.
He started in his native Norway
at the age of fourteen and has j
had twenty-nine years of service
Ion ships in many trades.
U. S. TCf MAN NEW
BASES IMMEDIATELY
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WASHINGTON — Dispatch of
| the initial Army garrison for
Newfoundland shortly will swell j
| to 50,000 or more men the fore
es already are in place to safe
I guard the Panama Canal in the
'new hemisphere defense line on
this side of the Atlantic.
A recent announcement said
the Newfoundland base vangard1
will leave early in January and
I is evidence of the intent to man
j with a minimum of delay the
| string of offshore bases acquired
from the British.
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ATTENTION PIONEERS
Funeral services for our late
brother Joseph Neuhauser, will
be held at the Fedreated Church
on Tuesday, January 7th at 2
o’clock P. M.
Members of Igloo No. 1 Pio
neers of Alaska are requested to
assemble at City Hall at 1:30 pm
on above date and march to the
church in a body.
Wm. J. Maloney, Secty.
you can ave -2.00 by paying sis
months ii advance for your sub
jeription The Nome Nugget.
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TOO LATE
FOR CHRISTMAS
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THIS ORDER HAS BEEN ENROUTE
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER
THE FINEST ASSORTMENT OF ,
NATIVE TABLE MATS
SINGLES AND IN SETS
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COME AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION
POLErS STORE
PAA
SCHEDULES
TO FAIRBANKS—Monday, Thursday
TO JUNEAU—Monday, Thursday, Friday
FLY P.A.A. AND SAVE DAYS
Passengers — Airmail — Air Express
Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc.
Pan American Airways System
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KODACHROME FILM
In Both the Outdoor and Indoor Types
— In the 8 mm size.
Also In the 16 mm In the Magazine Type
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Our Holiday Gift Drawing will Close
Jan. 15 at 8 p.m.
NOME’S OWN DRUG STORE
THE GOLD STORE
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SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
SHIP Lv Seattle Lv Seward Lv Juneau d
ALASKA.-. Sat. J«n 4 Jan 10 Jan 13
BARANOF . Sat. Jan 11 Jan 17 Jan 20
ALASKA . Sat. Jan 18 Jtan 23 Jan 26
McKINLEY . Wed. Jan 22 Jan 28 Jan 31
BARANOF . Wed. Jan 25 Jan 31 Feb S
ALASKA.Sat. Feb 1 Feb 6 Feb 9
McKINLEY „. Wed. Feb 5 Feb 11 Feb 14
YUKON . Sat. Feb 8 Feb 14 Feb 16
BARANOF . Wed. Feb 12 Feb 18 Feb 20
ALASKA . Sat. Feb 15 Feb 20 Feb 23
McKINLEY . Wed. Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb 28
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notioe.)
M. J. WILCOX, Agent
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