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News Items
JANE JONES WINS 5100
GOLD NOME DRUG PRIZE
Miss Jane Jon's won the fam
ous Nome Drug Store $100 Pot
of-Gold drawing, held Saturda;
evening. The lucky number wa
5438.
ANDY WITCHELL DIF1S
FROM HEART ATTACK
Andy WincholL, baker an<
cook around Nome and Sewan
Peninsula since 1934 passed awa;
f- m a 'heart attack 'ast night
while playing pinochle in th<
Nevada It is undergo d that th<
two men with whom tie was pla\
ing suddenly noticed that he hac
suddenly become quite still, ant
upon investigation found he wa:
dead.
Winched suffered from a hear
a !n ent and spent a part of thi
winter inthe hospital undergoing
treatment.
A. S. S. C., CLOSES
TOURIST AGENCY
SEATTLE. Jan. — The Ala.sk;
Steeashn.ip Company announced
that it is closing its tourist
agency.
The company said it appears
u.nlik * y that there w ill be any
tourist traffic to Alaska eithei
singly fir m parties in 1942.
WISEMAN MINER
IS UEITIIDLLO
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 —A
Wiseman, Alaska, miner who
wa« tired of living. Nelson Pen
dleton, attempted to commit su;
cide by inhaling gas.
As the gas poured from the
jets of a heater in his apartment,
Pendleton absent - mindedly
struck a match to light a cigar
ette.
The blast that followed blew
Pendlton through a window. He
crashed through a skylight and
nto the basement two floors be
low. Hospital attendants said
Pendleton suffered a probable
fractured skull and other injur
ies, but he was expected to re
cover.
Pendleton Hew into Fairbanks
a few weeks ago from Wiseman
on his way to the States for a
fuw weeks’ vacation.
FOR SALE
One Fawn skin Parka. See or
call Mrs. Gordon Tift.
N OTIC E
Now is the time to look over
your job printing, needs for the
-pr.ng and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
A I I K N T I O \
Your 1942 Requirements Demand Your Attention !
Many articles necessary for vour mining operations are
subject to war regulations. Difficulties and delays in purchasing
materials are numerous —
Our purchasing office at Seattle is familiar with the mar
kets and regulations and is available to assist you in filling your
requirements.
To insure delivery place your orders at an early date.
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NOME SEATTLE
Airways News
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Jan. 13 — P o' Bob Long re-,
• turned from Fairbanks with a
■ Had of express.
' Jan. 19 — Pilot Bob Long went
> Telro. T-ovlor. North Fork and
C ,<?(, Creok tak:ng Pn'e Fgrivte
to Isloo and br nging 'he Wirum
B'othor- to Nome from Coffee
Creek.
i Miirmv Arm mt-.s
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jnr 17 — Pilot Wh'Hv ftosh
cd tr mail run to Mt. Village
and Unalakleet.
Jan. 13 — Pilot Whaley wen*
to Unalokleet. Koltsg a^d Nu
I 'ato. r 'uming to UralikHe'.
i J n 13 — Plot McKenzie ar
: r vrd at Anchorage from Mc
Grath.
P A A OFFICI 'T S PPOVK
CtPT. FOpn’s OPYS«FY
U AS ACTUAIXY ‘ROUTINE’
NFW YORK, Jan. - That de
scription of the 31,500-mile flight
of a Pan American A rways Clip
per from S<n Franc>co to the
Far Fast and then to New Y rk
over a z g-zag course as ‘ror.tine*
threw ^ rrmercial p p‘s of the
nation's largest city into a tem
porary tai’sp n.
P lot v ho "limb r>* the cock
pit f r him flirt not " ns d r that
a fl ght which took my n'rcraff
-crop's the equator f ur tim"s be
twee n Auckland. New Zealand,
and New York merited the com
ment “routine.”
Pan American Airways offic
ials corroborated the fi ght re
port, however, when in releasing
additional details of Captain
Robert Ford’s odyssey, they re
vea ed that the 'apparently
•chance-hap path flown by the
war-trapped Cliper was a pre
determined course which had
been set up month ago by PAA
m the event of < emergency.
Carefully Guarded
S > carefully guarded was the
85,000-pound Clipper's long flight
that fewer than a dozen persons,
including the Airways’ staff at
the base, knew of it.
Starting from Auckland on De
cember IB, the Pacific Clipper
turned northward to Noumea,
New Caledonia, and from there1
headed west to New York, more
than 23,000 miles away.
Crossed Five Continents
Although details of the route
followed by Captain Ford and
his crew of 11 were not disclosed
for securty reasonsfi the Clip
per’s course caused it to touch
or cross five of the earth's seven
■continents — all except Europe'
and Antarctica.
From the time it left San Fran |
cisco until it reached LaGuardia
Field it made eighteen stops in!
twelve coutries.
The Pacific Clipper touched or
crossed the South Pacific. Indian
and Atlantic Oceans, Australia,
the Timor Sea, Netherlands In
dies, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf. Red Sea, the Nile,
Congo and Amazon rivers, South j
America, and the West Indies. 1
Take 22 Days
The trip’s longest single hop
was 3,583 statute miles. The en
tire trip took twenty-two days,
of which ten days were spent on
the ground due to various de-'
lays including weather and clear
•ance. Only an hour and half was
lost through mechanical delay.
When crew members stepped
ashore the few spectator at La
Guardia Field a-umed the ship
was one of the Clipper’s regular
ly based there and simply com
pleting a routine cheek flight. It
was not until military and naval
intelligence officers completed1
their interview of the crew that i
the history-making flight was i
made known.
Transmitters Silenced
Flying, without passengers, a
course never before traced by
air, the flying boat followed
identical operationg procedure
used in routine trans-ocean
flights,
The Clipper carried a spare cm
gine and most of the servicing
was done in flight.
Although the Clipper could re
ceive radio messages, its trans
mittens were silencd. Hence, the
Olipper’s arrival at various stops
was unheralded.
VANTA INFANTS’ WEAR
Vanta “Vantalin" Vest
double breasted, twist
less tape fastenings. Soft
non-irritating. Washab
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llity excellent. May be
More absorbent. Easter to wash.
boiled like cotton. I.inrn Faster-drying. Soft, yet Jurable I
_ Easy to put on.
~5 C<'tton ,5 e- Box of 1 dozen — S0 00 I
Recommended by Physicians, Nurses and
Infants’ Welfare Experts
# Vania baby towels and wash clotlis.
Soft as babies skin.
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Anteieptc Baby Oil
Vanta Sterilized Powder
Electric Bottle Warmers
Bath Kits
Exclusive with
P 0E1- T S T 0 R E S
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS. Inc.
Effective immediately
New Baggage Allowance
Maximum 15 Pounds
No Excess Allowed
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