Frances Ross In
Service % ith
WAC’s In England
AN ATR SERVICE COMMAND
STATION IN ENGLAND — An
expert on the Arctic and co
worker of the famous explorer,
Dr, Vilhjalmur Stefanson. is
WAC Set. Frances Ross, who un
til 1940 was a resident of Nome.
Alaska, and is now on duty with
the a-r forces in this war *hea
tre of operations. After attending
high school in Nome, Sgt. Ross
attended the University of Wash
ington in Seattle where her fam
ily had moved to be with her fa
ther, who is a member of the
Coast Guard When Dr. Stefan
son started compiling a manual
on the Arctic regions for the use
of the Army Air Forces he asked
Sgt. Ross to write the section de
voted to Alaska and it is now in
use by thousands of Uncle Sam’s
northern birdmen on duty in the
Territory. More recently she held
a position as secrtary to An4hony
J. Dimond, who serves as delegate
from- Alaska in the House of Rep
resentatives at! Washington.
Sgt. Ross enlisted in the WAC
in June 1943, and received her
basic draining at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga. She has one brother, John J
Ross in the maritime service. Her
parents, Mr and Mrs Thomas A.
Ross, reside at 1266 Alki Ave., in
Seattle.
Germans Trapped
In Latvia Area
MOSCOW. Aug. 4 —fAPiThous
ands of Germans are trapped in
Latvia and Estonia by the 3wift
Russian plunge to the Baltic Sea,
30 miles west of Riga, while o4her
Nazis were defending the besieg
ed city of Warsaw, it was report
ed today.
A German communique report
ed Nazi planp? had sunk 20 troop
barges on the Vistula, as thous
ands of Russian troops made the
crossing south of Warsaw
Russian communiques claim
upward of 300.000 German sol
diers trapped in the Baltic states,
in an area equal to the state of
Carolina.
Miss Keaton
Visits In Nome
Mis?; Mildred Keaton, well
known and loved government
nurse, has returned to Nome from
St. Lawrence Island, where she
has been caring for the island
people for the past few years.
Miss Keaton has served the
people of Alaska’s out-of-the
way places for a great many
years, and is now making a hur- (
tied trip to Pt Barrow, on de
partmental business, and then
will leave for Juneau headquar-j
ters for the Health Department,
for re-assignment.
* Miss Keaton is tentatively
planning to go outside before gat
ing to her new now-unknown as-j
signment.
Mrs. Irank Rank
Dies In Wenatchee
Mrs. Ira Rank died July 31, in
t' f' If ehland Sanatarium. near
Wenatchee, Wash.
Mrs. Rank came to Nome in
the early 1900’s, and was married
to Tra M. Rank in Berkeley, Cal.,
in 1931.
She is sur%rived by a brother in
Ireland, a sister in England, and
several nephews and nieces in
California.
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The estate left to heirs includ
ed the U. S. Mercantile Co., a
business established by Ira M.
Rank, who died several years ago
leaving all his property to Mrs.
Rank
The business has in recent
years been managed by Kenneth
Rank.
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Waldheim Rites
Held Saturday
Saturday evening at 8:30 o’clock
Miss Frances Waldheim and Sgt
Richter were united in marriage
by Rev. Vernon Booker, in z
double ring ceremony, the rings
of which were both of Alaskan
gold.
I The ceremony was held at the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs
Robert Baldwin, which was
artistically decorated for the oc
casion with banks of alder, yellow
roses and purple iris and candle
lighted.
The bride was dressed in tradi
, tional white and carried a bou_
quet of local flowers. Her attend
1 ant. Miss Elizabeth McClain, wore
a long dress of summer pink. Mr.
Richter was attended by Mr. B.
G. Baker.
A beautifully decorated wedding
cake was made by Mrs. Emma
Rowe for the occasion and served
to the guests, who later went to
the Richter residence on the cor
ner of Front Street and Stedman
Avenue.
Assisting Mrs. Baldwin with the
reception were Mrs. Christie
Waldheim, mother of the bride,
and Mrs. Tom Christianson, sister,
in-law of the bride.
Eighth Army Has
Reached Florence
ROME, Aug . 4.—fAP>—The]
Eighth Army has reached Flor
ence and the South African
troops gained the outskirts, then
pushed into the city proper today,
finding several bridges across the
Arno river, within the city des
troyed.
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Starling Dies In
New York At 69
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—<AP)~ i
Col. Edward Starling, 69, guard
ian of five Presidents before he
retired as head of the White
House detail of the U. S. Secret
Service, died in a hospital yes
terday of pneumonia.
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AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
P lot Weaver flew to Solomon
! with George Anderson.
Today Pilot Weaver made a
trip *o Golovin, Council and
White Mt. on the mail run.
Bill Fike came in from An
chorage with Kenneth Clark and
Mr. Paxton. Return passengers
were Ralph Moore and Dinty
Moore.
Pilot Bliss arrived from Fair-;
banks Monday with a Gullwing
Stinson for Alaska Airlines. Pat
will be based at Nome for the
coming winter. Mrs. Pat Bliss ac
| companied him.
Thursday Pat Bliss flew to
Fairbanks with James Ryder,
i Nick Doff, Charles Goddard and
| Jack Paul.
! Pilot Weaver flew to Deering,
! Candle and Kotzebue today oil
♦he mail run. Mrs. Rosie Bart
! was a passenger to Deering.
| Pilot Bliss made a flight to
Council and Golovin for passen*
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gers.
Pan American Airways
An Electra arrived from
Fairbanks Wednesday, leaving
for the return trip with Harlow
E. Burt, Joe Mullins, Jacob Holz*
I enberg and Stan Bartlett.
Wien Aalska Airlines
Frank Whaley made a roun<$
1 trip to Haycock Wednesday with
Dudley Warner and Morris
Thompson as round trip passen
gers.
Pilot Peterson made a round
trip to Teller and Lost River
Wednesday evening with Carl
! Lomen. Return passengers were
Mr. Sanford from Lost River and
Lt. Com. Stewart from Teller.
Peterson also made two round
trips to Coffee Creek for Grant
Mining Co.
Peterson was busy all day on
the Teller vicinity for the U. S.
C. & G. S.
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Pilot Whaley made a trip into
Candle yesterday with Mary
Scott and Aimer Rvdeen. Dr.
Kennedy was a round-trip pas
senger. j
Sig Wien came in from the
A. T. G. DANCE
SATURDAY EVE
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north yes’erday with a couple of
army boys and Ida Knox. He de
parted today for Pt. Barrow with
Major Marston and Major P. Ler
rin, and Mrs. Robertson for Pt. i
Barrow.
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Wednesday's Games
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 5, Oakland 4. (13 inn
ings).
Sacramento 3, San Francisco 2.
Hollywood 7, San Diego 4.
Seattle 6, Oakland 1.
American League
Philadelphia 9-3, Chicago 3-7.
Pacific Coast League
Portland 0,-5, Los Angeles 3-6.
National League ,
St. Louis 8 Pittsburgh 4.
Thursday's Games
American League
Cleveland 2, Chicago 3.
American League
Chicago 6, Brooklyn 2.
St. Louis 15, Pittsburgh 2.
National League
Chicago 5, Cleveland 1.
Chicago 7, Brooklyn 1.
DRIVE IN FROM
SOLOMON WEDNESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Quigley
drove their truck into town from
Solomon Wednesday for supplies,
and will return to their mining
camp tomorrow, Saturday. Mr.
Quigley says that most of the
work this year will be in prepar
ation for the coming season next,
year, with only a little real min
ing taking place this year per-1
haps enough to pay expenses for
the over-burden work. The Quig
leys expect a pretty good season
next year
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part of our Linotype broke and
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