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HOTEL PATERSON
NOME'S NEWEST
AND MOST MODERN HOTEL
The Resting Place For Weary Travelers
South Side Front Street and Lane’s Way
FOR PROMPT SERVICE
ON TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
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NOME MOTOR CO.
UNIVERSAL
The Underwood Universal Portable Typewriter
has earned many boosters.
I Smooth, Dependable Operation
Price — $55.50
NOME DRUG STORE
;; UNDERWOOD. ELLIOTT, FISHER DEALERS
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LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
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Main Office
Now Open
First Avenue On E
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
NOME, ALASKA
NEWS ITEMS
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany announces that the freight
er “Depere” has been scheduled
to sail from Seattle for Nome,
Golovin, Unalakleet, and St. Mi
chael on July 3rd. The Depere
wil handle freighter cargo only,
all small or packaged freight is
to be booked for the Coumbia
July 9th. The Depere w:ll call at
Dutch. Harbor enroute with cargo
for the Navy base at that port.
FUNERAL JACKIE
SATHER HELD TODAY
Many people were in attend
ance at the funeral service for
little Jackie Sather son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Sather, this af
ternoon. which was held at the
Federated Church. The auditor
ium was beautifullly decorated
with the many flowers sent in
memory of the child.
A duet was sung by Mrs. Allan
Lee and Mrs. Thomas Morcorh,
accompanied by Robert Baldwin
on the organ. The Rev. Wilbur
P. Wood delivered a brief ser
mon based on the words of Je
sus, “Suffer the little children to
come unto me, and forbid them
not for of such is the kingdom of
God.”
The following were the pall
bearers: A. M. Hartford, M. J.
Walsh, Guy E. Mish and Ron
Brousseau.
Interment was held at the Bel
mont Cemetery at 4:30 this after
noon.
FIVE ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSE DELEGATE'S
REPRESENTATION BILL
The itka, Wrangell and Craig
Chamber of Commerce have gone
on record endorsing Delegate An
thony J. Dimond’s bill for pro
portional representation in the
Legislature, according to radio
gnan's and tetters received by
Secretary of Alaska E. L. (Bob)
Bartlett.
The bill pending in Congress
has also been endorsed at a com
munity mass meeting in Metlak
atla and by the Sitka Central
Labor Council, which claims to
represent 750 workmen, Bartlett
was advised.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FLIES TO BETHEL
Dr. Langdon White, Medical Di
rector for the Office of Indian
Affairs in Alaska, is at Bethel to
visit the hospital there. He plans
to stop at Mountain Village and
Tanana before returning to Jun
eau heaquarters.
BOXER UNDER TOW
OF COAST GUARD
CUTTER REDWING
After a long sojourn in the Kus
kokwim River where she was dis
abled last fall by a broken pro
pellor wheel, the motorship Box
er of the Office of Indian Affairs
is bound for Seattle in tow of the
Coast Guard cutter Redwing.
The Boxer was taken to Good
news Bay by the motor vessel
Meteor, where she was met by
the Redwing. The Coast Guard
cutter had been on a cruise in
Bering Sea, carrying a party of
scientists of the Fish and Wild
life Service. She is expected to
make the voyage to Seattle with
>he Boxer in tow in about ten
days.
Aboard the Boxer are John
Wilson, chief engineer of the ves
sel, who has been with her since
her accident last fall, and Capt.
S. T. L. Whiltam sent to the Kus
kokwim from Seattle to assist in
bringing the little carrier south.
The Boxer spent the winter in
the ice in a slough seven miles
below Bethel in the Kuskokwim
River.
The Boxer is expected to sail
from Seattle July 15 for Hooper
Bay, Tunanak, Nunivak, Togiak,
Dutch Harbor, Atka and Attu
with a cargo of supplies for the
government. She will be under
command of Capt. E. L. (Joe)
Bush who was ice pilot of the
Office of Indian Affairs North
Star during her voyage to the
Antarctic. The North Star has
been commandeered for patrol
service on the Atlantic with base
at Boston.
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Airways News
The PAA Electra scheduled for
today cancelled out but a ship is
due tomorrow, weather permit
ting.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
June 21 — Pilot Long made a
| trip to Council with passengers.
Martin Rother. Andy Cartwright
made a trip from Bluff to Coun
cil and to Solomon.
Bill Lund left for down the
coast with Hans Larson. Mrs.
Wood and Harriet Wocds for
Council, and Harry Hart. Capt.
Snauffer and Glen Barcraft for
Mt. Village.
June 22- -dig arrived from Fair;
banks with Mr. Maas and Mr. j
Waagen and Fred Jones from Un ^
galik. Sig then Heft for Deering, j
Koezebue and Pt. Barrow. Pas
senger: John Cross for Deering.
June 23 — Pilot Lund made a
trip to Ungalik with Fred Jones.
Bob Long made a trip to Can
| die for a sick passenger for
Nome.
MIKOW ACTIVITIES
Cspt. Sasseen landed his Stin
son trimotor -at the Nome airport
at 4:50 p.m. Friday from Anchor
' age. He stopped enroute at Mc
Grath and Unalakleet.
Passengers were: From Anchori
age. Robert D. Jackson and Bill
| Condon. From Unalakleet: Mar
| tin Rothe, L R Rhine. C R Mal
! c-ski and Jerry Roys.
He expects to go back to An
| chorage Thursday morning,
j The Midnight sun trips were
| l-ained out but if it clears tonight
| a few hops will be made.
Jack Jefford, Airways Inspect-'
, cr for CAA. pioting a twin-en
- gir.ed Cessna, -arrived at the lo
leal airport late last evening from
(Koyukuk by way of Moses Pt.
and is expected to return to the
| latter place this afternoon. Mrs.
; Roley, wife of the CAA operator
j at Moses Pt. was a round trip
passenger.
Accompanying Mr. Jefford are
I Mr. Seeley, Chief of Survey and
1 Construction for CAA, and Mr.
; Plett, Assistant Superintendent
| of Airways, who are here on of
ficial business in connection with
the new airports at Nome and
West Ruby. Pietro Vigna, Assist
ant Construction Engineer, will
be a passenger to West Ruby.
Arriving in Nome Saturday
from Anchorage were two B-13-B
Army Air Corps bombers under
command of Major D. W. Titus,
assisted by Lts. R. A. Cone, Dean
Cadle, and Andrews. Lt. Col. H.
L. Vitzthum and Lt. T. W. Fish
burn were round-trip passengers.
The fololwing U. S. Army En
gineers were passengers to Nome:
Jerome F. Schultz, John Stock
dale, Justin Maiale, and Mr.j
Moffet.
Mrs. W. P. Wood and daughter
Harriet left via plane last Satur
day for Council where they will
spend two weeks on a visit.
McCORMICK LEAVES FOR
WESTWARD TRIP—ON DRAFT
John McCormick, Director of!
Selective Service for Alaska, sailj
ed from Juneau recently to con-i
fer with local draft boards in
westward and northern cities.
McCormick expects to com
plete his work in Cordova and1
Valdez while the boat is in port.i
Continuing to Seward he will go]
by the railroad to Anchorage andj
from that point fly to as many in
terior points as time permits.
New Lawyers’ Act Goes
Into Effect Today
Alaska’s new lawyers’ act, com
pletely revamping the regula
tions on admission to practice in
the Territory, goes into effect to
day.
Among many other new re
quirements, the act provides that
applicants for examination must
have at least 90 days’ residence
in Alaska.
The act was passed by the 1941
Legislature.
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FLY TO SEATTLE
PAA
Depart from Nome Mondays and Fridays
$234 one way
$421.20 round trip
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LODESTARS now Operating
Over Fairbanks-Seattle Route
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
1941 SAILING SCHEDULE
BERING SEA ROUTE
SHIP Sails from Seattle Due Nome
CLEVEDON (Freight June 4th June 21st
Nome
COLUMBIA (Freight, Passengers) July 9th July 18th
Nome, Golovin, St Michael
DEPERE (Freight) Nome, July 3rd
Golovin, Unalakleet, St Michael.
BERING (Freight) July 20th Aug 1st
Nome, King Island, Diomede Island,
Kotzebue, Kivilina, Point Hope,
Point Lay, Wainwright, Point Barrow
NOTE:- Arrival dates Nome approximate only. All sailings subject
to change without notice. M. J. WILCOX, Agent