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Airplane News
Another attempt was made this
morning by Frank Whaley pilot
for the Wien Alaska Airlines to
get Queen Margaret Scott of
Nome, Miss Connie Mazen and
A D Stormfeltz to Fairbanks in
time for the Ice Carnival and
Miss Alaska Contest. However af
ter getting only a few miles
down the coast the plane was
forced to return on account of
bad icing conditions.
The PAA mail plane is report
ed weather bound at Koyuk
where there is one of the com
pany radio-weather stations. The
plane is expected in as soon as
the weather lifts.
Pilot Sasseen of the Mirow Air
Service is still weather bound at
Golovin with a load of passen
gers enroute in from Anchorage
to Nome. The plane is standing
by momentarily to come in as
soon as conditions will permit.
Pilot Fred Chambers of Mi
row Air Service made an emer
gency flight from Unalakleet to
Kotzbeue and is there now await
ing weather.
Pilot John Cross of the North
ern Cross Inc who is scheduled
j to hop off from Nome for Point
Barrow with United States Mar
shal B B Mozee is still held here
by adverse weather conditions
| with a take-off ready as soon as
! the weather permits.
Pilot Morris King of the Fer
' guson Airways is also held at
Nome by the unusual weather
which has engulfed Nome for the
past five days. He is scheduled
, for mail flights to the North W P.
All in all our genial friend
“Mac” of the U S Weather Bu
reau is leading a dog's life and
j has since the first of the week.
All winter with clear skies cold
temperatures and good landing
conditions throughout the Penin
sula aviators have been on the
job continually and there has
been a permanent smile on Mac’s
face.
Since the election of “Miss
Ncme” and many important
flights pending however Mac has
had quite a time trying to lift
this blanket of fog and drizzly
weather.
By “Mac” we mean Mr. A F,
McKenzie meteorolgist in charge
at Nome. He has been “giving
out the weather” here for the
past six months with plenty of
“oomph” on it. He personally
said he was doing all he could to
get the Queens to Fairbanks and
the other ships back in the air
again.
NOTICE
The I O O F Building Associa
tion announces a Hard Times
Party for April 13th.
Write to your friends and rela
lives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a bip
rick out of it.
Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11 a.m.—Church School.
7:45 p.m. Worship Service.
Sermon topic: “This Insipid So
ciety." Anthem by the choir.
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Sarah Taylor, Deaconess
11 a.m.—Church School.
5:00 p.m. — Worship Service
Sermon topic: “Not to Con
demn But to Save.’ W P Wood
will preach.
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The Fan’s Corner
'< The Swan Song of an Old Fan
And His Progeny
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i Well fans the series is over.
The defeat of the Hammon team
by the Commercials Wednesday
night made the latter undefeated
■ and undisputed champions. It is
the first time in league history
, that any team has gone through
• the series undefeated.
The other three teams came
out exactly even all winning two
and losing 4 of their 6 games.
The Alaskan Women won eas
ily from the Married Women.
Announcement as to the balance
of Women’s games and the men’s
trophy award will be made later.
And now as promised confes
sions are in order.
Primarily this column had as
its objective the stimulation of
interest in baseball and increas
ed gate receipts. If I have failed
in that objective put it down to
lack of experience on the part
of the writer.
Being my first attempt at a
thing of this kind my ideas on
news value were of the foggiest.
I had as my only guide that old
gag about the city editor who in
advising a cub reporter on news
value said: “If a dog bites a man
that’s nothing but if a man bites
a dog Son —that’s news.”
Now since the umpires in this
series with admirable self con
trol refrained from biting a fan
or a player the application of
even that sketchy hit of advice
was denied me.
But I was not left entirely
alone and unaided. Much of the
credit or blame if you prefer I
must go to Bill and “Stuby”,
| Cameron without whose advice '
and able assistance the column ]
would never have been attempt
| ed. (Did somebody say — "So j
j What?”).
I must also take the blame for
the inanities of the Young and
| the New Fan. These bits were in j
jjected in the hope that we would'
| get a “rise” out of somebody. I i
1 might add right here that the j
j statements made and opinions ex
pressed in this column were sel-!
dom my convictions but merely
to as the saying is “start some
thing.” Since none of you arose
to ,the bait I was driven finally
to the dangerous extremity of ar
guing with myself—a condition 11
am told that is sometimes fatal
and often caused by missing too j
many boats.
j The committee on baseball!
i have asked me to extend their j
thanks to all those who took part'
in making this a successful series
To the players and their manag
: ers to the door keepers score
keepers, the umpires and their (
keepers.
And now I want to say that if j
I have trodden on any toes or
injured any feelings in this col-'
umn please accept with this last j
contribution my humblest apolog 1
ies. If on the other hand any of
you have been interested, enter
tained or amused by these liter-;
j ary antics then I shall feel that j
j this space and the time of we i
l who are responsible was not en-;
I lirely wasted. And so to the;
i Young, the New and the Old Fan '
II write Finis.
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Lyle Nevin
Chas. J Clasby Chairman of I ]
the Nome Queen Committee has!
reeceived word from Jet Bryant j
of the Fairbanks News-Miner;
that Miss Alaska will be chosen j
in Fairbanks Saturday night.
CALL FOR BIDS
Scaled Bids will be received
until 5 o’clock pm March 11,
1940 at the office of the City
Clerk Nome Alaska and then
publicly opened for furnishing all
labor and materials for the (pil
ing) foundation for the proposed
addition to the school building
in accordance with the specifica
tions prepared by W H Kelsey.
Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check for five (5%)
percent of the amount of the bid
payable to the City of Nome.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
By City Council of Nome, Alaska
Acting for: Anthony E Karnes,
Commissioner of Education j
Publish March 4 6 and 8
FREE GUESS
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF NOME?
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF
THE SECOND DIVISION?
Commencing Monday morning March 11 and closing
on Monday March 18th we will accept FREE of
CHARGE your guesses on the Nome population as
well as on the population of the Second Division.
The winner will be announced as soon as the official
figures are released in Juneau and wired into the
Nome Nugget.
To the Nearest Guess $5.00 In Trade
To the Second Guess 3.00 In Trade
To the Third Guess 2.00 In Trade
The same prizes will be awarded to the winners of
the Nome Contest and the Second Division Contest.
In case of a tie the prizes will be awarded by
drawing for place.
POLETS STORE
Elizabeth M. Cross
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
On The Democratic Ticket
Quarter Century In Alaska
Primary Election April 30, 1940
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