It is estimated that shoppers
return one-eighth of the goods
they buy in department stores.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
I EVERY DAY
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1894 Law Evoked
To Fine Officer for
10-Year-Old Occurrence i
WICHITA, Kan. WB—Uncle Sam
claimed $199.50—plus interest—
from a former Air Force officer
Thursday for the loss of five field
telephones from an Alaskan air
base supply house nearly 10 years
ago.
The suit said James C. Phillips
of Wichita was “the responsible
officer . . . under an 1894 law.
It says Phillips has refused to
pay the claim for the loss, de- |
scribed as occurring at Ladd AFB. i
MMM HOSPITAL
Discharged: Walter Lyon, Stan
ley Lyman, and Frances Bibb and
infartt son.
Cadmium is a by - product of
| zinc smelting.
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U.S. Air Force Saluted on Its 50th
Anniversary of Military Service
By VERN HAUGLAND
WASHINGTON, <M—P resident
Eisenhower, air leaders and a I
grateful nation saluted the Air '
Force on its 50th birthday yester- |
day.
Eisenhower paid his tribute in
a message of congratulations to
the Air Force Assn., which is t
sponoring a nation-wide obser- j
vance of the golden anniversary i
of military aviation service.
Gap for Missing Buddies
Gen. Thomas D. White, Air
Force chief of staff, spoke and
prayed at simple memorial ser
vices at Arlington National Cem
etery as a formation of 11 super
sonic F-100 interceptors swept in
low overhead. There was a gap
in their formation for a twelfth
plane in memory of missing bud
dies.
Gen. White’s remarks were
punctured by the staccato echo
of firing squads at a series of ser
vices under way in the vast burial
grounds.
Man's Greatest Adventure
Speaking emotionally of the
Air Force dead, White said, “they
were brothers in one of man
kind’s greatest adventures—'the
conquest of the air space.”
At the National Guard Armory,
Postmaster General Summerfield
presented to Air Force Secretary
James H. Douglas a specially de
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signed 6-cent air mail stamp he
said would remind people the
world over the next six months
of “the vital contributions being
made to our national advance
ment and security by the UJS.
Air Force.”
New Stamp Today
Summerfield said the stamp,
showing a B-52 jet bomber with
three F-104 jet interceptors in
the background, would go on sale
in the nation’s 37,000 post offices
today with an ihitial printing of
40 million.
Heavy Plastic Useful
For Storing Berries
According to Jean Burand of
the extension service of the Uni
versity of Alaska, berries can be
stored in metal containers with
heavy plastic, as with Piofilm.
There must be no holes, however,
in the pastic, and use only once,
she cautions.
This same plastic is quite satis
factory for use as lining drums
or other metal containers for use
in salting fish or “putting down”
greens in seal oil.
Husky Mauls, Kills
Two-Year-Old Son
Of Dog’s Owner
FAIRBANKS, (J*>—A husky
mauled and killed 2-year-old
Mario Anthony Ferraro, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Ferraro of
Six Miles Village on the Richard
son Highway south of here last
Wednesday night.
The boy died of a throat wound.
Police said the dog was chained.
The attack occurred after the boy
wandered within reach.
The son of the dog’s owner dis
covered the tragedy when he
went out to feed theNdog. A police
report is being awaited before
any official action is taken.
Visitor From Tulsa
Made First Trip to Nome
With Father in 1906
Mr. and Mrs. Latham Brundred
are .visitors here this week from
Tulsa, Okla.
This is (Mrs. Brundred’s second
trip to Nome as she came here in
1906 when her father, Harry
Miller, was sent to Nome by the
Wells Fargo Bank in San Fran
cisco to open and operate the
Nome Bank and Trust Co.
She remembers that her family
stayed at the Golden Ga e Hotel,
a famous early-day institution
which is credited with being the
place where the 1934 fire started
which destroyed the entire busi
ness district. She also remembers
a favorite spot of children, Toby’s
Candy Store, which was located
about where the Polar Curio is
today.
The Brundreds have just come
from Kiana where they enjoyed
fishing for shee fish and are
headed for Southwestern Alaska
for more fishing before returning
home.
Alaska Airlines
From Unalakleet: R.C. Johnson
From McGrath: Sherwood Co
bum, Thad Harris and McLaugh
lin.
To Unalakleet: Larry, Jane and
Cherie Galvin, Shirley Gnos, Dr.
Jos. Kleinhaus.
From Anchorage: Alan Thomp
son, Florence and John Alan
Thompson, Don Burlison, Don
Burrus, Lenora Aldrich, Mrs.
Dunkle, Clarence Herbert, Donald
I Fague, Chas. Gentt, Jack Gideon,
Harold Levinon, L.R. Weiner, D.
Dennis, John Malone, Bob van
der Heyden, Archie Morris, Geo.
Eaer, Victor Marconi, Russ Oyen,
R. Roberts, E.L. Hubbard, Royce
Curry, A.J. Madonna, Chas. Brin
ley, Adrian Brower, Mrs. Lela
Dean, Frank Fields, Henry Ault,
Clifford Topkok, Robt. Webster.
To Anchorage: Jack Lynch, D.
Burrus, Mrs. Gladys Dunkle, H.
Bicker, R.A. Mason, J. Brown,
Mike Hrisko, P. A. Lomax, Ada
Mae Link, Coleman Smith, Lewis
Winn, Paul Schiebel, C. Clark,
Wm. McPherson, L.R. Weiner, S.
Supko, Jos. Rodriquez.[
Nome Plumbing & Heating |
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for
# Plumbing Fittings and Fixtures
# Heating Systems Warm air. Steam. Hoi water
, # Sheet Metal Work — Welding
# Burner Service, Parts, Repairs
Shop Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
COME TO THE
CHUCK WAGON
DINNER
at the
NORTH * STAR
DINING ROOM
Saturday, Aug. 3, 7 to 10 p.m.
Call Main 160 — For Reservations
Success Usually Begins With Saving,
And Saving Begins With a Plan at the
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA
WE WILL BUILD NOME WITH YOU
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
□ Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
■iww j.a Sumnler Recess
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Roht. K. Lewis, VJK.
Norvin W. Lewis. Sac.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Joe Kroninger
President
{4)<QJS W. Mecklenburg
vfj Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon