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NEWS ITEMS
HEAD OF CAA IN ALASKA
MARSHAL HOPPIN ARRIVES
Marshal Hoppin, Regional
i head of the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration arrived in Nome
ibis morning in the C-AA's NC-99
Inspector Jack JefTord of the
CAA. arrived Nome Monday af
ternoon with Mr. Larrple and
Mr. Paulett of the CAA from
A: c'norage in he NC-34 and
left for Kotzebue and Point Bar
row this morning on a general
tour of inspection. The party is
laying overnight at Barrow.
Hoppin Is Now
Chief In Alaska
Alaska has been created an in
■ dependent region (Region VIII)
within the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration. and Marshall C.
Hoppin of Takoma Park, Md.,
has been appointed manager.
This announcement is officially
made in Washington by the Ad
ministrator of Civil Aeronautics,
Donald H. Connolly. Heretofore,
Alaska has been operated under
the jurisdiction of the Seventh
! CAA Region and administered
from Seattle, Washington.
“For the past several years,
the CAA has been concerned
with the development of aviation
in Alaska," said General Connol
ly. ‘“Now the present world sit
uation has thrown the limelight
on the necessity for increased
construction up there if we are
| to take proper advantage of the
Territory’s strategic importance
to our national defense effort.’’
Mr. Hoppin, whose headquar
ters are at Anchorage, has been
Superintendent of Airways in A1
aska since 1939. In his new cap
acity he will supervise the $20,
000.000 construction program
now under way in the Eighth re
gion and coordinate the work of
setting up a service to furnisih
meteorological and aircraft move
: ment information.
Mr. Hoppin has had wide ex
perience in the various branches
of aviation, dating back to 1917
when he served with Army Air
Corps. During his military ser
vice he became thoroughly fam
iliar with the operation and main
tenanee of aircraft and engines.
i He has been associated with civil
aviation since 1928, when he en
tered the government service as
Airways Extension Superintend
ent. In tha tcaipaclty he worked
! on the construction of some of
, the early airways and became
familiar with air navigation thru
out the industry through his con
stant association with field con
struction work in several CAA
regions.
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AIRWAYS NEWS
PAA Activities
The Pilgrim arrived a* 1:25 a
m. piloted by Carat. Hawley with
flight engineer Mailer. 1200'
pounds of mail was carried.
The plane departed at 10 a.m
wi h 1.000 pounds o? mail and
•he following passengers:
D. R. Coleman
M. Jorgensen
J. Speece
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A PAA Elec'ra is 3 Nu,a‘n
awaiting favorable weather to
continue on to Nome. Following!
ur? the passengers:
For Galena—Beb S".mmn-.=rs.
For Nome — Mr-. A •‘tortr. n |
wife of a U S. Army engineer., j
and Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonald.
Mppnv Arm 11 tvs
On Oct. 6. Pilot Lund in the
Travelair went to Ungalik and
handled the following pa ssen-1
gers:
For Nome:
Fred Jones
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Bill Jones
B.ll Odom
Warner Johnson i
Tom Thompson
Cecil Petigo
Ray Haerring
Hihncr Jensen
For Unnlakleet:
IVIEN ACTIVITIES
Oct. 6 — Pilot Sig Wien on his
trip to the Kougarok took Father
Tom Cunningham tc the Springs,
and Pete Wirum to C tfee Creek.
On his return to Nome Gene
Comer came in from Fox Bar,
J.m Jellesma from Keenans, and
Bob Roberts from Solomon.
Pilot Bob Long returned from
Moses Point and Koyuk with C.
J. Tjernagel and B. F. Creeks
from Moses Pt.
Oct. 7 — Pilot Bob Long made
a trip to Lee’s camp and Solo-;
mon, returning Bob Roberts to
Lee's Camp A trip was also made
to Council with freight.
Pilot Lund miade a trip to the
Kougarok with freight, taking
Jim Jellesma back to Keenan's
and bringing Henry Wuhrman to
Nome from Coffee Creek.
Trips are scheduled to Council
Haycock Teller and all points in
the Kougarok.
COURT NEWS
In the U S. District Court,
Judge J. H. S. Morison presid
ing. the drawing of the trial jury
in the caSe of the United States;
versus Martha Newman was com ;
menced Tuesday morning. By af
ternoon the venire of the Petit
Jury was exhausted and a spec
ial venire was drawn for the
case at trial. New jurors sum
moned are:
Mrs Guy Boyd
A D McDonald
Carl Lindell
P L Willett
Charles Fagerstrom
Gunnar Kassen
Pet Kirwan
William Beltz
Mrs Freida Larsen
Lester D Bronson
W O Tate ,
Emma Lyle
Thomas A MacAlone
Mrs Fred Cook
Rose Walker
D J Lyle
George Bayer
Ernest Balsiger
Charles Durant
Mrs Fred Bourdon
Sentenced to Two Years
The defendant, this morning,
changed her plea from not guilty
to guilty and waved time for sen
fence which was set at two years
in an institution to be designat
ed by the Attorney General of
the U. S. The charge against the
defendant was manslaughter aris
ing from the death of her infant
son.
Case Against Mathew Thomas
In the U. S. District Court,
Judge J. H. S Morison presid
ing, drawing of the jury in the
case of the United States versus
Mathew Thomas was commenced
this morning. The charge is as
sault with intent to commit rape.
Father Thomas Cunningham,
S. J., was admitted to citizenship
in the United States Court recent
ly. The well-known churchman
preaches his doctrine on Little
Diomede Island during the win
ter months.
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