‘Number, Please !’
The ACS announced today that
•during the Christmas season they
anticipate a record volume of holi
day telephone calls to and from
Alaska.
Previous experience has proven
that customers knowing the tele
phone number of the called party
are connected faster than those
who do not. The ACS suggests
that persons anticipating making
long distance calls during the
holidays should, if possible, secure
in advance the telephone numbers
to be called.
The ACS said they will, Upon
request and without cost, secure
in advance the telephone numbers
through their long distance infor
mation facilities. Persons desiring
to take advantage of this service
should contact the long distance
operator and ask for the tele
phone number of the party they
wish to contact during the holi
days. Long distance personnel
will secure the number and will
advise the requester the follow
ing day.
The ACS emphasized there will
be no charge for this service and
that it would materially increase
the speed of service during the
holiday season.
Pioneers to View Slides
Of Recent Convention
Following the Pioneer meeting
tonight, there will be a showing
of a group of slides taken by
Forbes Baker during the recent
Pioneer Convention at Nome.
Members of the Women’s Aux
iliary and others who assisted
during the Convention are invited
to the Igloo this evening at 9
o’clock to see these slides. Re
freshments will be served after
ward, states president Russ Her
mann.
TROOP 666, BO SCOUTS will
have an overnight Christmas par
ty at the Scout Hall after the bas
ketball game Friday evening.
Troop Scribe Ricky Young states
t.'.ere has been an exchange of
names for Christmas gifts at the
party, with gifts to cost between
50 cents and $1.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hough are
leaving this week for the Outside,
to spend the Christmas holidays
-with their sons and families. They
plan to drive down the Alaska
Highway.
SOUND-SCRIBERS NOW
WIRING DISTRICT COURT
Representatives of the Sound
Scribers Corp. of Connecticut are
installing electronic equipment in
the District Court Room for the
recording of court proceedings.
This equipment is being placed
in all the new state court rooms,
replacing court reporters.*
UTILITY BOARD MEETS
FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8
There will be a meeting of the
Utility Board on Friday evening
at 8 p.m., in the offices of the
Nome Light and Power Co.
Alaska Steam Offers
Prizes for Best Tales
Alaska Steamship Company is
looking for stories about the Alas
ka Line’s early days . . . storms,
rescues, personal experiences,
unusual cargoes — any item hum
orous or adventurous. Cash prizes
go to the three best stories, but
the real excitement lies in having
your story appear in print in a
historical booklet being readied
for publication next year, to mark
Alaska Steamship Company’s 65th
anniversary of shipping service to
all Alaska. All entries become the
property of Alaska Steamship Co.
Deadline for all stories is Decem
ber 31.
Don’t worry about polishing
every word, Alaska Steam ad
vises. Most important is an out
line of facts that will be of in
terest and amusement to all kinds
of people. Send your stories, as
many as you wish, to Story Con*
test, Alaska Steamship Co., Pier
42, Seattle, Washington ... no
later than December 31.
TUESDAY HOOP RESULTS
ANB 68 Indies 40
Titus 17 Bandy 16
Ozenna 7 Woodcock 13
Longley 14 McCray 2
Art Trigg 12 Craft 4
Castel 8 Potter 0
Jerry Trigg 8 Beauchamp 0
Darryl Trigg 2 O’Conner 0
Clarence Trigg 0 Sossman 0
Meritt 5
Bronson 0
Polar Hornets 23 ANG 43
Larsen 5 Dave Bell 1
I Ahkolik 9 Walters 6
Austin 1 Caldwell 14
Mogg 4 Hal Bell 18
Cabinboy 0 Kost 4
Okpealuk 0 Flanagan 0
Dickson 0
Luke 1
Attatayuk 3
Bohler 0
PHOEBE CIRCLE HOLDS
CHRISTMAS PARTY TONIGHT
The Phoebe Circle will hold its
%
annual Christmas party in the
Phoebe Hall tonight at 8 p.m.
Serving on the food committee
are: Pat Nelson, Edna Ahwinona,
Bessie Trigg and Helen Carlson.
Loretta Willoya and Isabelle
Outwater are in charge of games.
There will be an exchange of
gifts.
SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT
AT COVENANT CHURCH
Rev. Gordon Nelson, superin
tendent of the Covenant Churches
of California, will be guest
speaker this evening at the
Covenant Church at 7 o’clock.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Charles Moore, Harvey Koweluk,
Clara Tootkayluk, Billy Koweluk,
Charles Jones.
Discharged — Mrs. Beatrice
Sturdevant and infant, Freida
Olartna, Jeffrey Kahle.
Mrs. Ernie Gustafson left unex
pectedly today for Seattle, having
had word of the death of her
father there.
j STORIES OF fl ^7J
J DAYS GONE BY . . . W ^
Cash Prizes offered lo authors of best
stories concerning our ships or personnel, "j
Send entries to STORY CONTEST, Pier 42, '
Seattle 4, Wash., before December 31st.
♦
Council Sets
Tentative Rates
For City Power
A capacity crowd filled the
City Hall Monday night to hear
a report on the light and power
rate study by the Utility Board.
No one appeared from the Utility
Board, but there was considerable
discussion and expressions of dis
satisfaction with the present
rates. To bring the matter to a
head, the Nome Council set new
power and light rates, to go into
effect on January 1, unless the
Utility Board shows cause at the
December 28 meeting why these
rates are not sound. The rates
proposed were: 1 to 300 kilowatts,
10 cents; 300 to 500 kilowatts,
9 cents, and all over 500 kilo
watts, at 7 cents.
There was also considerable
discussion on the policy of separ
ating the totals of users of sev
eral meters, when a . combined
total would be a considerable
saving to the large users, which
are mostly commercial accounts.
Rev. Bob Leight was granted
permission to have a loud speaker
outside his church on Front Street.
There were tj?ree bids for a
new daveno for the apartment of
the Chief of olice, with the lowest
bid from the Northern Commer
cial Company.
A report from the City Clerk
gave a total of $29,726 collected in
third quarter sales taxes.
A special committee of Axel Ed
man and Clinton Gray was ap
pointed to investigate and attempt
to get an attorney for Nome as
soon as possible, as several mat
ters of the city are in need of
legal attention.
Team Lost Between
Sinrock and Nome
Dave Walluk is still searching
for his lost dog team.
The team got away from him
Sunday when the tow line parted
as he was hitching the team to
bring a sled load of seal meat
to Nome from Sinrock.
He went out with another team
yesterday but was hampered in
his search by a ground storm
blowing in the Sinrock area.
The tow line parted just ahead
of the wheel dogs, so he has only
two dogs left. Dave had high
hope* for the team which he
planned to enter in the Arctic
Club races in April.
Mrs. A1 West leaves thisi week
for California, to be with her
daughter and family for the holi
days. Mr. West will join her later
in the month.
— Pioneers Attention —
MEETING TONIGHT
8 P.M.. PIONEER HALL
— REFRESHMENTS —
WANT ADS
COTTAGE FOR RENT. Call
Wallace sHotel. 51c
TO GIVE AWAY — One beautiful
all-white female cat with four
varicolored kittens. One or all.
Call Nugget.
LIGHT Siberian Wolverine Skins,
from $28 to $39. Alaska Fur
Factory, Box 2107, Anchorage,
Alaska. 49p
55 UNITS — Private bath, Kit
chenette or Plain. 6th and H
Streets, in Downtown 'Anchor
age. ALASKANS PREFER THE
ROOSEVELT. Rates from $4
single. tf
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FRESH dry salmon, 40 cents lb.
plus freight. Write Teller Com- I
mercial Co.
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
TONIGHT and THURSDAY
Overwhelming Action! — Irresistible Romance!
Cornel Wilde — Jean Wallace
IN
“MARACAIBO”
WITH
Abbe Lane — Francis Lederer
(Scheduled for December 25, 26, 27, 28)
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