Last Friday, Mrs. Holger Jer
genson, well known in Nome and
now living in Fairbanks, reported
to police that four boys had taken
her change purse containing $60
while she was in the Nevada Kid
store at Gaffney Road and Cush
man street. She said that the
purse was in reality a tobacco
pouch and that it was taken while
her back was turned while she
was shopping.
On Christmas Day at 11:15 a.m.
AFRS wiLl play a recording of
the Christmas concert given at
the Methodist Church last Sun
day.
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NOME LEGIONAIRES & VFWs
ENJOY CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Legion Christmas Party
held last evening at the Legion
Hall was attended by Legion
naires and veterans and members
of the recently re-activated Vet
erans of Foreign Wars dropped
in later for Christmas Cheer.
Three new members, Lester j
Keller, Robert Lewis and Don
Perkins were initiated and Frank
Schneider transferred from the I
States.
A movie was shown and gifts j
from under the lighted tree were
distributed, which caused con- I
fusion for the rest o’f the evening I
with racing cars, walking ele
phants, bears, cows, dogs, etc, all
running helter-skelter around the
hall.
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RFC Advisory Committee
Adds Alaskans to Staff
SEATTLE, i(/P) — The Recon
struction Finance Corp., has an
nounced the enlargement of the
Advisory Committee of the Seat
tle Regional office to include four
Alaskans:
They are Wallace S. George,
Juneau, operator of a cold stor
age business; C. H. Drury, Ketchi
kan insurance man; Wilbur L.
Wester, Anchorage hotel operator,
and Charles J. Clasby, Fairbanks
attorney.
Sanford Saari, manager of the
Seattle RFC office, said the
gi^wth of the agency’s Alaska
loan business led to the selection
of representative Alaskans as
consultants.
Alaska Railroad Gels Ten
25-Ton Coal Hopper Cars
SEATTLE, (j£P)—Half a million
pounds went aboard ship in Seat
tle Monday to help keep Alaska
warm and give it energy—elec
trical energy.
A big floating crane helited
ten 25-ton railroad hopper cars
aboard the Alaska Steamship
freighter Chena.
They’re on their way to the
Alaska Railroad to shuttle coal
tor the pot-belly staves of some
northland cabins, as well as the
central heating plants which keep
bigger city buildings cozy when
the mercury’s pounding the base
of Anchorage and Fairbanks ther
mometers.
Also they’ll probably carry fuel
for the few Alaska Railroad loco
motives which haven’t yet switch
ed to diesel.
Truman Promotes Nash to
Administrative Assistant
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman Wednesday promoted
Philleo Nash, once described by
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) as a Com
munist sympathizer, to the rank
of administrative assistant to the
President.
Nash has denied McCarthy’s
charges, which included the state
ment that he once was a member
of the Communist party. Truman
at the time, last Jan. 31, called
McCarthy a character assassin
and said he never knew him to
tell the truth.
The 43-year-old Nash, a Wis
consin native and one of the na
tion’s largest cranberry producers,
has been on the White House
staff since 1946 as an adviser on
minority problems.
The promotion means a salary
increase from $11,000 to $15,000
a year although Nash will get
this only for the few remaining
weeks of the Truman adminis
tration.
Ike Picks True D. Morse
For Agriculture Undersec.
NEW YORK, {JP) — President
elect Eisenhower Wednesday
chose True D. Morse of St. Louis,
Mo-. — a Republican who was a
Democrat until about 20 years
ago—for the job of undersecre
tary of Agriculture in the new
administration.
Morse, 56-year-old board chair
man of a farm management ser
vice and editor of a farm publica
tion, will serve as top aide to
Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake
City, Utah, Secretary of Agricul
ture-designate. The job of under
secretary pays $17,500 a year.
Nenana Catholic Church
Is Completely Destroyed
By Fire Last Friday
Flames last Friday completely
destroyed the large Catholic
Church in Nenana, as well as the
office and residence of Bishop
Francis J. Gleeson. Bishop Glee
son, who is the Vicar Apostolic of
northern Alaska, was in the build
ing at the time the fire broke out,
but escaped uninjured.
The smoke was first discovered
by Don Clark, prominent Nenana
resident, who turned in the alarm.
The fire broke out in the back of
the two-story church building.
By the time volunteer firemen
arrived at the scene, the flames
were out of control. The firemen
concentrated on saving the resi
dence of Robert Coghill, which
was located about 10 feet from
the church.
23 Holiday Skiers Killed
By Avalanche in Austria
VIENNA, Austria, (/P) — Police
worked -Tuesday to identify 23
European holiday skiers killed
Monday when an avalanche roar
ing down Austria’s Arlberg Pass
blew their bus from a bridge and
into a stream 18 feet below. It
was the year’s biggest Alpine dis
aster.
Six of the dead were members
of a British party. The rest were
believed to be of German, Dutch,
French and Belgian nationality.
Thirteen of the dead were women.
Rescue workers were having a
difficult time identifying the
dead. The women’s handbags
were scattered ot lost in the
debris.
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Wednesday
5:00—Jack Kirkwood
5:15—Carols
5:30—Hot off record press
6:00—News Shapes Tomor.
6:15—Sportscope
6:30—Rev. Romp, Requests
7:30—L.A. All-Star Show
9:00—News
9:05—Halls of Ivy
9:30—Big Story
9:55—Edward Arnold
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Sharleen Hawkes
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Off the record press
12:30—At Ease
1:00—Sign Off
Thursday
6:00—Strike up the Band
6:15—Rhythm Ranch
6:30—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
7:05—Rise & Shine, Cont.
8:00—Morn. News Rndup
8:15—Carols
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Jack Berch
9:00—Music for Thursday
9:30—You Name It
10:00—Jack Owen's Show
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Lucky U Ranch
10:55-1-0-1 Ranch Boys
11:00—Dave Garroway
11:15—Christmas Concert
Noon—News
12:15—Way Back Home
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Strike It Rich
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—Invtn. to Learning
2:30—Handel’s Messiah
4:15—Curt Massey
4:30—Musical Wonderland
5:00—Jack Kirkwood
5:15—Jack Smith
5:30—Hot off record press
6:00—News Shapes Tomor.
6:15—Sportscope
6:30—Rev. Romp, Requests
7:30—Mr. President
8:00—Martin and Lewis
8:30—A1 Goodman Album
9:00—News
9:05—Arthur Godfrey
9:30—Dragnet
9:55—Time Out
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Peggy Lee
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Number, Please
12:30—At Ease
1:00—Sign Off
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13 Killed When Plane
Crashes Into Korean Air
Evacuation Transport
SEOUL, (/P)—Thirteen persons
were killed and one fatally in
jured Monday when a single
engine plane hit a Greek-manned
air evacuation transport during a
takeoff from a western Korean
air base, the Air Force announced
Tuesday.
The only person not killed in
stantly—one of the Greek pilots—
died Tuesday in a hospital near
Seoul.
Other dead included the pilot
of the smaller plane, three Greek
crewmen of the transport, one
American Air Force medical
corpsman, two Air Force flight
nurses, and six patients.
Nationality of the patient was
not disclosed.
The plane was an air evacua
tion C-47 of the U.S. Air Force. .
It was the fourth serious plane
accident in Korea since Oct. 16.
Clubwomen Plan to Honor
Alaska Flag Designer
KODIAK — A move to honor
Ben Benson, designer of Alaska’s
flag, “while he’s alive and can
appreciate it,” has been started
by the local Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club, which
hopes to snowball the idea into a
territory-wide affair.
Benson, now 39, designed the
, blue flag with the Big Dipper and
North Star when he was a 12
year-old student at the Jesse Lee
Home in Seward.
He has lived in Kodiak since
1949 and works for the Bob Hall
Air Service. He has two daugh
ters, 12 and 14 years old.
Mrs. George Segner of the BPW
is originator of the idea to build
a $20,000 home for Benson in Ko
diak. The club is contacting sister
groups in Alaska for their sup
port in honoring the flag de
signer.
Benson took a course in diesel
engineering, an award for his
flag design. He is president of
the Kodiak carpenters’ local and
is now studying toward an avia
tion mechanic’s license.
The name “Christmas” comes
from Christ’s Mass, the mass said
in honor of His birth. From the
Italian word Christmas “Natale,”
meaning birth, comes Noel, the
French word for the holiday.
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We offer our best
holiday greetings and
pledge you a bright
and merry
Yuletide
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