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The PAA plane due in Nome
today cancelled at Ruby due to
. adverse weather. Aboard the
plane are the fol'owing passen
gers: Dr. Rasmussen, T. C. Havell
W. H. Lanagan, W. Longer, Mrs.
J. Cornwell and Chas. Yaeger.
Governor Ernest Gruening, the
chief executive of the Territory
of Alaska, left Nome Sunday
aboard a CAA plane piloted by
Jack Jefford. During his stay
1 here the Governor acquired a
!comprehensive knowledge of this
section. On the afternoon of his
arrival he was shown through
the U. S. S. R. & M. Co. power
plant and shops by A. M. Hart
ford, manager of the company,
and continued from there up
through Anvil Creek and beyond
where he obtained a view of Gla
cier Creek; thence to the mining
(camps at Little Creek and Center
Creek, as well as seeing the drift
mine of Jack Skain in operation.
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The motorship Meteor arrived
Nome at 7:20 this morning from
Kotzebue and way points. Two
passengers were carried from Tel
er: L. Steffansen and Frank Mil
ler. The vessel left for the east
ward ru nto St. Michael at 2:20
this afternoon.
The motorship Washington
with Captain Pete Wold and Mr.
Olson as mate left today for Plat
inum in the Good News Bay coun
try.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
Aug. 17 —Pilot Lund returned
! to Nome from Fairbanks with
mail and made a flight to Am
erican Creek to bring Helen Root
to Nome.
Sig Wien made a trip to Tay
lor with express and the follow
ing passengers: A1 Lomen and
Lars Rynning round trip Taylor;
Bill Casjleton and John Kelley,
Taylor to Nome.
Aug. 18—Express and mail was
, taken to Council and Haycock.
Passengers were William Brook
' ins, Nome to Council: Ella Henry
Nome to White Mountain; Mrs.
B. Beltz, Haycock to Candle; Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Porter and child,
Haycock to Nome.
Pilot Wien made two flights to
j the Kougarok, Candle and Teller
with express.
Aug. 19 — Bill Castleion and
Jack Tayor were taken to Tay
! lor.
Pilot Wien left for Fairbanks
about noon today but returned
I to Nome due to adverse weather
conditions.
Trips are scheduled for the
Kougarok, Council and Fair
banks this evening.
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The Nome Bind, under the;
leadership of Band master Knud
sen, played a number of well re
ceived selections Saturday even
ing at the public reception tender
d Gov. of Alaska Gruening. This
band of ours, composed of men
and women of the community, in
eludes in its membership both
grammar and high school stu
dents as well as older persons
connected •with the business life
of Nome. Band-master Bernie
Knudsen deserves the thanks and
appreciation of the community
for the untiring efforts put forth
in the creation of this excellent
musical organization.
MIROW ACTIVITIES
Aug. 17—'Chambers flew Speed
Schneider to Solomon and back.
He made a second trip to Solo
mon and has as passengers
Jeanne Mozee and Everett Jones.
Aug. 17—Pilot Sassen made an
excursion trip over the Diomede
Is’ands and up to Taylor in the
tri-motor.
Aug. 19—Pilot Chambers made
a trip to Beaver Creek and took
Don Stewart to Solomon. He also
had a load of express for Coun-1
cil and will return with two pas
sengers.
The tri-motor will make a trip
to Anchorage tomorrow, w.p.
ALASKA RAILROAD IS
GUARDED BY SOLDIERS
ANCHORAGE —Small detach-'
ments of troops will be placed i
at certain points on the Alaska
Railroad between Anchorage and
Seward as a part of the training
program, Gen. Simon Buckner,
commander of the Alaska De
fense Force announced.
The men will be required to
run their own camp and famil
iarize themselves with the coun
try, highways and communica
tions systems in the vicinity in
which they are stationed, the
Commander said.
The training program at Eilmen
dorf fiield has been under way
for some time. Detachments of
men are drilled daily and various
maneuvers have been conducted.
The maneuvers include drills
in patrolling various areas with
detachments divided into two
groups for conducting a theoret
ical war. Among the drills has
been that of posting guards thru
out the railroad yards and at oth
er strategic points.
NO TROUBLE AT
ANCHORAGE ON AIR BASE
ANCHORAGE —Two foremen,
working on the new Army air
base, were discharged for insub
ordination after fighting in the
Engineering Supervisor Camp
headquarters, it is disclosed but
several other foreman who threat
ened, to quit, remained on the
job.
Thirty foremen protested to
Major Edward George, Construc
tion Quartermaster, against a
Supervisor, saying he used un
desirable language in addressing
the workers.
After a conference, a small
number indicated they would
leave their jobs but all reported
on duty, as usual.
Seventeen hundred acres have
been cleared in the past two;
months.
Nine temporary barracks and
other structures are now near
completion.
More than one mile of railroad
track has been laid, half a mile;
of warehouses and unloading plat;
forms are also in various stages j
of completion.
One thousnd men are now ta
work on the air base.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Nome Nugget office
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Sailings from Pier B, Seattle at 10 a.m.
SS DERBLAY sails August 31 for Bristol Bay, Nome and Golovin
| S. S. Mt. McKINLEY Sails Sept. 18 for Nome and Norton Sound
S. S. Mt. McKINLEY Sails October 16 for Nome
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Steamer Leave Seattle Dv° Seward Leave Seward
BARANOF . Aug 14 Aug 20 Aug 20
COLUMBIA . Aug 17 Aug 22 Aug 22
Mt. McKINLEY . Aug 21 Aug 27 Aug 27
ALEUTIAN . Aug 24 Aug 29 Aug 29
BARANOF . Aug 28 Sept 3 Sept 3
COLUMBIA . Aug 31 Sept 5 Sept 5
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