Steve Andersen
Named Manager
Of N.C. Co. Here
By RUTH McLEAN
A large attendance of members
and three guests were at the
meeting of the NWA Chamber
of Commerce Monday at the
North Star dining room.
The guests were James Craw
ford of the USSR & M Co. of
Fairbanks, Tod Purcell, Scouting
representative from Fairbanks,
and Walter Glavinovich of Nome.
Ben Schmidt of the Northern
Commercial Co. stated he thought
it was most fitting to announce
the retirement of Dewey Good
rich from his company and the
appointment of Steffen Andersen
as Nome manager at a Chamber
meeting because both men have
been so active in the community.
Mr. Schmidt expressed the sin
cere appreciation of the Northern
Commercial Co. to • Mr. Goodrich
for his 19 years of service and
also commended him for his valu
able services to the communities
where he has been stationed and
to the Second Division.
Mr. Schmidt said that Mr. An
dersen is considered a definite
asset to the company and to the
town and that it was with a
great deal of pleasure that he
made the announcement of An
dersen’s appointment as N. C.
manager at Nome.
Information has been received
that a party of 15 to 20 persons
from the Portland Chamber of
Commerce are coming to Alaska
in March and will visit Nome. A
telegram of welcome will be sent
to them from NWA Chamber
and plans will be made to meet
and visit with them during their
stay here.
Correspondence presented to
the Chamber included a letter
from Interior Secretary Seaton
expressing his thanks for the hos
pitality shown Mr. Bender and
Mr. Morgan on their recent visit
to Nome. A letter from Henry
Camarot advised that a copy of
the agenda for the July meeting
of the Legislative Council in
Nome will be forwarded soon so
that plans can be formulated in
order that Nome residents can
participate in the discussions.
The manager of Pan American
Airways San Francisco Division
has replied to messages from
Nome protesting the suspension
of PAA’s Fairbanks-Nome ser
vice, and expressing the com
pany’s regret that they are forced
IN COMMEMORATING
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The Baha'is of Nome present
the following prayer:
"O God! Help me to be just.
Lift me above the ocean of
Superstition and vain imaginings, |
and grant me a penetrating sigh:, j
so that I may realize Thy oneness
and Thy truth in all the kingdoms." j
Heavy Rains
Inundate
Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, UB—A hit-and
run storm dumped 2.32 inches of
rain in 12 hours, swamped cars,
flooded homes and streets, closed
more than 100 schools and caused
widespread damage Wednesday.
Drying out and mopping up un
der partly cloudy skies, soggy
Angelenos beheld up to 24 inches
of new snow visible at 3,500 feet
on nearby mountains.
The storm abated, leaving:
Damage estimated at perhaps a
million dollars to a partly built,
85-million-dollar steam generat
ing plant of the Los Angeles
department of power.
At least 8 automobiles and 2
trucks submerged in 10 feet of
water on the Santa Ana Freeway
at Atlantic Boulevard
A bridge under construction at
suburban Torrance washed out.
Nine Inglewood factories closed
by flood waters.
At least 20 families temporar
ily evacuated from flooded homes
in the South Bay area.
The Los Angeles river, normal
ly dry or nearly so, flowed might
ily. Two boys rode a raft of
inner tubes six miles before
police pulled them out as they
neared the ocean at Long Beach.
to ask for such suspension be
cause of economic reasons.
Recently the Chamber sent let
ters to the 17th Naval District
and to the 17th Coast Guard Dis
trict inviting their ships to stop
at Nome on their trips to and
from the Arctic. Replies have
been received stating that if at
all possible Nome will be consid
ered as a stop for some of the
ships.
The Adjutant General of the
3rd Infantry Division at Fort
Benning, Ga., wrote to the Cham
ber asking for an Alaska flag
which his division will display in
the Court of Fags, representing
“Americans in Europe” when
they complete their move to Ger
many in the spring. An Alaska
flag was promptly dispatched to
the 3rd Infantry Division.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT. SECOND
DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Notice of Hearing of Final Report
and Account of Administrator and
Determination of Inheritance
No. 1060
In The Matter of The Estate of WALTER
GIERMAN. deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska,
Nome. Alaska, an Alaskan banking cor
poration, by and through its Executive
Vice President. J. G. Manning, Admin
istrator of the above entitled estate, has
filed its final report and Account with
this Court, and that the 2nd day of
April, 1958, at the hour of ten o’clock
a.m. of said day, at the office of the
above named Court at Nome, Alaska,
has by Court Order been fixed as the
time and place for a hearing on said
Report and Account; and also at such
time and place the Court will determine
and adjudicate the heirs and beneficiar
ies of this estate.
Objections, if any there be. to said
Final Report and Account, and proof of
heirship will be heard at said time. <
Dated this 30th day of January. 1958.
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska,
An Alaskan banking corportion.
Administrator,
By J. G. Manning,
Executive Vice President
lames A. von der Heydt
Attorney at Law
Nome, Alaska
Publish Jan. 31. Feb. 7. 14, 21. 1958
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Jap Fishermen
Between Devil and
Deep Blue Sea
By KAY TATEISHI
TOKYO, iff)—Japanese fisher
men, caught between Soviet re
strictions and American com
plaints on Japanese activities,
have begun laying plans for this
year’s North Pacific fishing op
erations.
The government fisheries board
said Japanese fishing companies
hope to send out about 16 sal
mon fleets, each with a mother
ship and 30 to 35 catcherboats
each.
“However,” a fisheries board
spokesman said, “this is liable to
change drastically. Our 1958
North Pacific operations depend
a lot on what comes out of the
Japanese-Russian fish talks now
underway in Moscow.
“It also depends,” he added,
“on what agreement is reached
with the U. S. on moving the
imaginary boundary line prohib
iting Japan from fishing in the
northeast Pacific off the Aleu
tions.”
Under the North Pacific ’Fish
eries Convention signed May 9,
1952 by Japan, the U. S. and
Canada, Japan agreed not to fish
for salmon east of 175 degrees
west longitude. This point was
believed to mark the western
limits of Alaska salmon move
ments.
The spokesman said the Rus
sians have also limited the North
Pacific fishing grounds to an
imaginary line, restricting the
Japanese from fishing west of
175 degrees east longitude.
“This leaves us,” he wryly
added, “an area covering 10 de
grees east and west longtiude
in which our fishermen can op
erate. And there aren’t very
many salmon in this zone.”
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Two Little Girls Perish
In Anchorage Trailer Fire
ANCHORAGE, UPl — T w o -
months-old Catherine Perry and
her sister, Cindy Lou, 2, were
burned to death yesterday in their
trailer home parked in a lot near
out-lying Merrill Field.
They were the children of
Army Sp/2c and Mrs. Donald W.
Perry. The Perrys have two other
children, Gene, 4, and Richard, 3,
but it was not immediately known
whether they were in the trailer
at the time of the blaze.
Anchorage Fire Chief George
Burns said the youngsters were
alone in the trailer when the
fire broke out. He said an in
vestigation was underway to de
termine cause of the blaze.
Large Fish Drowns Angler
SAN FRANCISCO, UP>—A 22
year-old fisherman who went to
the aid of a woman who hooked
a large fish, possibly a leopard
shark, was pulled into San Fran
cisco Bay and drowned yesterday.
Mrs. Dorothy Antoine, 55, said
Carl D. Sigler played out her
line and was dragged into the
•bay from a pier. She said Sigler
surfaced once, clutching both
hands on top of his head.
She didn’t estimate the size of
the fish.
Several leopard sharks have
been seen near the pier recently.
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British Freighter Catches
Fire and Explodes In
Persian Gulf Oil Port
MANAMA, Bahrain, Ut) —- A
British freighter that put into
this Persian Gulf oil port with
a fire and 150 tons of explosives
aboard exploded at her anchor
age Wednesday night, burned,
and partially sartk.
The ship’s agent said 53 per
sons were killed and 19 injure#.
The fire and explosion caused
no damage to dll tankers nearly
and did not endanger harbor in
stallations.
The 7,440-ton Seistan, one of
the most modern ships in the
British merchant fleet, was burn
ing when she entered the Persian
Gulf three days ago, enroute from
Liverpool with the explosives and
other supplies for the Iraq oil
fields. ■ • ' ’ '
About 80 tons of explosive
gelignite had been unloaded and
the ship was being moved to shal
low water for flooding when the
explosion rocked the harbor.
Some wreckage Was found two
miles away.
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Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co.Dozers and Plows
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Detroit Diesel Engine Die. Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industries . ’Dozers
Gates Rubber Company . Belts
Hobart Manufacturing Company . Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
Mallory ......—..... Blocks
Onan ... Light Plants ■, i
Owatonna Tool Co.. Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. . Power ‘Saws *;
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Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors . Motors
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