TROUBLESOME SAND — Saipan sand In his shoes
bothers Marine Pfc. Raymond L. Hubert of Detroit more than the*
huge unexploded naval shell, which he uses as a convenient bench.
TO AGAIN PLAY
ROLE OF
SANTA GLAUS
HEADQUARTERS ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Alaskan De
partment Chaplain Joseph M.
Applegate of Los Angeles, Calif.*
will again place the role of San
ta Claus this Christmas to GI’s
stationed in out-of-the-way,
northern outposts, according to
plans recently announced at
Alaskan Department headquar
ters.
The trip, which will be made
by army plane, is expected to
cover approximately the same
group of outposts visited by
Chaplain Appelgate last year,
when a similar mission was car
ried out. The itinerary will in
clude camfc)s and stations not
provided with year-around chap
lains. Religious services will be
conducted and gifts will be dis
-w — w mmra ..- — .
tributed.
Presents for the enlisted men,
furnished by the University Re
ligious Conference of the Uni
versity of California, were gift
wrapped by the Home Builders
Class of the Figueroa Boulevard
Christian Church of Los Ange
les. Chaplain Appelgate former
ly served that church as pastor
for 11 years and was founder of
the Home Builders’ Class. This
year the class, knowing it would
prove a source of pleasure to
their former pastor, requested
permission to wrap the packages
intended for Alaskan Depart
ment distribution and the uni
versity group readily granted
their wish.
Clouds are rarely observed
more than six miles above the
earth.
Distance of the moon from the
i earth varies as much as 30,000
miles.
| GREETINGS, FOLKS!
a Our good wish to all of our friends is for
W a Jolly Holiday Season and a year of peace
SE fui success. 21
COMMANDS
WORK FOR
B-29 PLANES
Lt. Col. Robert J. Gleason,
well known in Alaska, where he
lived for over 10 years while he
was connected with Pan Ameri
can Airways and previous to
that with the Signal Corps, is
pictured in the November 12th
issue of the Seattle Post Intel
ligencer along with three other
Seattle men who met for the
first time recently at the 20th
Bomber Cornfrnand Headquarters
in India.
Col. Gleason is now command
ing officer of an Army airways
communications system group,
which provides radio aids for
B-29 Superfortresses operating
f against vital Japanese industrial
targets.
‘•RUSTY" HEURLINE
NOW IN PT. BARROW
“Rusty” Heurline, the Alaskan
painter who wintered in Nome
last year, is spending the win
ter in Pt. Barrow. He is now
painting the portrait of Charles
Brower, probably one of the
most publicized and typical of
Alaskans. j
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ON ITS FINDINGS
(Continued from Page 12)
papers.
To urg e Congress and the
War Department to miake Army-;
landing fields in Alaska avail-1
able for civilian aviaton.
To urge the Territorial Road
Board to procure housing facil
ities at the Serpentine Hot
Springs.
Advertise in The Nugget.
THANKS,
GENERAL!
The following communicatioi
has been recently received fron
Lt. Gen. O. N. Bradley, and 1
self explanatory:
The Nome Nugget,
Nome,Alaska.
22 October, 194
Gentlemen:
The copy of your paper, date
July 3, 1944, reached me toda:
I found it very interesting an
appreciate your sending it t
me. I have always looked upo
Alaska as an exceedingly attra<
tive place and hope that aft«
the war I may be able to pa
your country a visit.
O. N. BRADLEY,
Lieutenant-General,
U. S. l
i
Holiday Happiness
i
That your Holidays may have that
touch of old-time happiness is our earnest
wish for you and all of your folk.
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