: BULWINKLE ADV ISES EXPANSION
ALFRED W. BULWINKLE
. . .He Was Chairman
SEATTLE. Aug. 18.—(AP)—
The Congressional Aviation
Committee, which has for the
past two weeks been on an aer
ial survey of Alaska airports
and facilities, returned to the
States today.
About the Alaska tour, Chair
man Alfred W. Bulwinkle, demo
cratic representative from North
Carolina, told interviewers:
“Tremendous expansion, in
commercial eviatiofl,is , certain to
follow the war.”
He added:
“But we must keep keep our
feet on the ground and avoid
mushrooming.”
“I am certain,” he concluded,
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“that Alaska will play an import
ant part in future transportation
of passengers and freight by air.”
ATG EVENTS
Dance postponed.
. All persons, not members,
having equipment belonging to
the ATG are advised to return
it to headquarters on Friday or
Friday nights. Any other day it
can be taken to the Fire Sta
tion.
Non-Commissioned Officers
will meet tonight at 1930 hours.
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Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
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Pan American Airways
1 Capt. Lee McClennon and First j
Officer Bob Belinger arrived from
Fairbanks yesterday with Mrs.
Oscar Olson, Jack Allen, and Pat
Carter as passengers. Returning to
Fairbanks this morning the fol-!
lowing passengers were included:
■ Max Trvmucha of the Burroughs
Office Machine Co.; Don Foster J
, Miss Marie Riordan. and Pat Car
, ter.
Alaska Airlines
Thursday: ' I
Pilot Weaver made two round
trips to Unalakleet wifh freight,
i Pilot Bliss flew to Galena,
White Mountain and Council with
mail.
Friday:
Pilot Weaver flew to Candle,
and Deering with Mrs. Oscar G,
Olsen and Rachel Savok.
Wien Alaska Airlines
The Wien Alaska Airlines’ Boe
ing arrived at noon today and de
parted for Fairbanks with the fol
lowing passengers: Sally Sands,
James Commack, Ethel Evans,
Esther Byrnes, C. H. Keil, Mr
Knutsen and Alice Barnum.
Pilot Whaley made a trip to
White Mountain and Golovin with
Mrs. Havercamp and Ii-ving Un
gudeuk.
Pilot Whaley made a round
tri pto Teller Thursday with Wal
ter Sigvanna, ames Casey, Chas.
C. Lice, M. McDonald and re
turned with Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Johnson. i
WAR PLANES
[SCOURGE NAZIS
EAST OF SEINE
j" LONDON, Aug. l'S.—fAP'*—Al
lied war planes scourged the
Germans east of the Seine river
escape barrier, and smashed the
German air force which was at
tempting a comeback, by knock
, ing down 23 Nazi planes.
Allied Liberators smashed Roye
field, 70 miles north of Paris,
while several hundred others,
plus fortresses bombarded bases;
at Metz, Nancy, Essy, St. Dizier,
and Ronmilly Sur Seine.
The Germans are concentrating
hundreds of barges on the Seine j
attempting another “Dunquer
que.”
MRS. OSCAR OLSON
IS NOME VISITOR
Mrs. Oscar G. Olson, wife of the
Territorial treasurer of Alaska, li- ;
cense officer of Juneau, Alaska, is
in Nome this Week visiting with
old friends and acquaintances.
Mrs. Olson is staying with Mr.
and Mrs. J. O’Leary. Mr. O’Leary1
is the Territorial license officer in,
Nome. Mrs. Olson is planning to
visit other northern villages and
towns in the Second Division.
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RADIO TOWER IS
UNDERGOING CHANGE
The old radio tower north of
Nome, has, during the past two
weeks .undergone a change. The
upper 103 feet of the steel struc
ture is being removed, because
of its being an airplane hazard
The lower 103 feet will remain,
as support for the various anten
nae systems required by the ACS
in their service.
KTTCHIKAN WOMEN
VISIT NOME
Two Ketchikan school teachers
paid Nome a short visit this week
looking over the city with the
prospect in mind of returning in
the not too distant future. Miss
Ethel Evans, part owner of the
Lebo, Kas., newspaper, the Lebo
Enterprise, and formerly its edi
tor, stopped in to visit us at The
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Nome Nugget office. Miss Evans
is now teaching school in Ketchi
kan, and says she enjoys Alaska
very much. She also writes for
The Alaska Sportsman, the Kefr
chikan magazine. As a companion
on the trip to Nome, Miss Esther
Byrnes, also a school teacher in
Ketchikan, accompanied Miss
Evans.
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