t SINGERS AT
l WORK!
WHEN opera and concert stars
go to work on a song or aria, they
put more than their voices into
it. ' Some of the emotional ex
pressions that help carry the tune
are shown in these candid photos
of topflight singers.
Lauritz Melchior
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Marian Anderson
Ezio Pinza
TEACHER RETURNS
TO HER HOME HERE
Mrs. W. B. McCarthy returned
* to her home here after completing
another school year at Teller,
where she has been teaching for
several seasons.
Receives Medal
For Husband Who
Is Nazi Prisoner
HEADQUARTERS, lUh AAF
SERVICE COMMAND — Mrs.
Lois Saxton Thompson, of An
chorage, Alaska, received the Air
Medal with an oak leaf cluster,
recently, on behalf of her hus
band. 2nd Lt. Harold M. Thomp
son, pilot of a Flying For'ress,
who is now a German prisoner
of war.
lit. Thompson was reported
m ssing in action following thn
heavy bomber raid on Schwein
furt in Augus', 1943 . Later
through the good offices of the
International Red Cross, his wife
learned that he had been impris
oned by the Germans and has
been able . to correspond wit1,
him.
The medal was presented to
Mrs. Thompson at Elmendorf
Field, near Anchorage, by Brig
adier General Robert V. Ignico,
commanding general of the XI.
Air Force Service Command, at
a ceremony attended by high
ranking staff and flying officers.
Lt. Thompson's citation stated
that the medal was awarded to
him, “For excep’ionally meritor
ious achievement, while partici
pating in five separate bomber
combat missions over enemy-oc
cupied continental Europe. The
courage, coolness and skill dis
played by this officer upon these
occasions reflects great credit
upon himself and the armed forc
es of the Uni'ed States.
Lt. Thompson, who is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Thomp
son, of Scott. Ohio, was born at
Payne, Ohio in 1918 and grad
uated from Payne High School.
He enlisted in the air forces in
August, 1940, and came to Alaska
wi‘h the first air force group to
be assigned to this theater, where
he served as a mail clerk in the
post office at Fort Richardson,
near Anchorage.
Lt. Thompson met his wife, who
was a resident of Anchorage,
while stationed at Fort Richard
son and they were married on
February 3, 1942. In the spring
of 1942, he was accepted for pilot
training as an aviation cadet and
returned to the Stales. He was
commissioned at Lake Field,
Phoenix, Arizona, in January,
1943, and proceeded to England
in the spring of 1943, after com
pletion of his operational train
ing.
Mrs. Thompson is at present
making her home with her par
en's, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Saxton
of Anchorage.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CLEAN-UP NOTICE!
June 1st to June 15th, has been
designated by the Health Com
mittee of the Common Council of
Nome as CLEAN-UP WEEK.
Property owners are hereby re
quested to clean up their prem
ises during this period and place
debris at some convenient place
near the side-walk, where it can
be picked up later by truck or
wagon. If this is done your debris
will be hauled away free of
charee.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
By CARRIE M .McLAIN,
City Clerk.
FLY
WITH THE
ALASKA
AIRLINES
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PEERING, CANDLE, KOTZEBUE, GOLOVIN,
MOSES PT., KOYUK, HAYCOCK, TELLER,
WALES, SHISHMAREF, McGRATH, FAIR
BANKS, ANCHORAGE, JUNEAU.
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SCULPTOR AND M O D E L—Gilbert Rllswold (left).
noted sculptor, models a head of Carl Brisson, Danish singer and
actor, fot a 53-foot statue of Leif Ericson to be presented to
San Francisco by the Nordic Civic League.
Baked Browned Potatoes
1 1-2 cup diced baked, peeled
potatoes
3 tablespoons tat
1-2 teaspoon salt
Speck pepper
1 tablespoon milk or cream
Brown potatoes quickly in tat
melted in trying pan. Add rest of
ingredien's. Cover and bake 10
minutes to heat through. When
browning potatoes, stir them care
fully with fork or spatula to keep
them from becoming too sof*.
Tarragon Dressing
1-2 teaspoon salt
1-8 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sugar
1-4 cup tarragon
Vinegar
1-2 cup salad oil
Mix salt, sugar and paprika to
gether. Add vinegar and oil and
beat thoroughly. Keep in a re
frigerator and shake well before
serving.
RAILWAY EXPRESS
OFFICIAL HERE
Mr. T. O. Dickinson, an official
of the Railway Express Agency,
is in Nome for the purpose of
opening the express office here,
which, since the death of the for
mer agent, Chas. W. Thornton,
has been non-existent. Further
announcement of the opening will
be made in The Nugget. Mr. Dick
inson will be in Nome until the
office is well established and will
then leave the agency in charge
of W. Boucher.
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COMMUNITY GARDENS
TO BE PLANTED
—
At a meeting of those inter
ested in gardening, it was decid
ed that we ought to make every
eeffort to use the 20 or more hot
houses and hot beds of the com
munity to their full capacity. If
anyone wishes help get soil, man
ure or get'ing their greenhouse
planted, please feel free to call
on Rev. Vernon L. Booker.
There are also plans under way
to plant a community garden near
the old brewery and another gar
den beyond the first line of moun
tains away from the cold sea
breezes.
Anyone who desires help or
wishes to volunteer to help, please
do so at once, as the season is
now ready.—(Contributed).
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE!
Written applications will be
received at 'he office of the City
Clerk for the following positions
at the Nome Fire Station:
Chief of Police and Fire De
partment, $300.00 per month.
Driver, $250.00 per month.
Utility man, $250.00 per mon'h.
COMMON COUNCIL OF NOME,
By CARRIE M. McLAIN,
City Clerk.
May 24-26-29-31; June 2-5-7-9.
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CHURCHES
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
(Eskimo Church)
Constance Erickson, Deaconess
Pastor
Sunday, June 4:
11:00 a. m. Church School
7:30 p, m. Evening Worship.
8:30 p. m. Social gather at the
Kazhim.
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic
Church
Edmund A. Anable, S. J.
Pastor
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m.
Week-day Mass’ 7:00 a. m.
Religious instruction for the
children: Monday afternoon, pri
mer class; Tuesday afternoon,
advanced class.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Rev. Vernon L. Booker, Pastor
Sunday, June 4:
10:45 a. m. Sundaj School.
6:30 p. m. Young Peoples’ Meet
ing.
7:45 p. m. Worship Service.
9:00 p. m. Social Hour.
BISHOP WOOD ON
ARCTIC MISSION
Bishop H. L. Wood. Alaska's
‘‘flying bishop”, of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church, arrived in
Nome last evening in his pontoon
plane, landing on the Bering Sea,
south of Nome.
Taxing up the river he anchor
ed his plane in the -mail-boat
harbor.
Bishop Wood is making what is
supposedly an annual tour of the
Adventist missions, and will trav
el to St. Lawrence Island, and
return, then cover northwestern
Alaska.
The bishop has just recently
left the Bristol Bay area.
The people of Manipur. India,
do not eat meat.
CAVEY’S
FINEST IN WINES
BEERS AND
LIQUORS!
See Us When in Need of
Spirits!
VVe have recently installed our power ice
cream freezers. We serve it and we sell in large
quantities.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
WHITE YS TAXI
The Glue Pot!
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