Mothers Club Witness Fur
Repair Demonstration
The Mothers Club met Friday
at the LVY Community Center
for a demonstration of skin sew
ing. Grace Tocktoo, formerly of
'Shishmaref, showed how to mend
■ fur with sinew thread. It was sug
gested by one of those present
; that in the absence of sinew,
j dental floss was good for repair
ing furs.
• There was also a display of
; native arts and crafts contributed
•by several individuals.
Election of officers was held for
the remainder of the spring and
summer months. Mrs. Curtis
;Johnson will remain as chairman,
assisted by Mrs. E. Bachelder as
.vice president, Mrs. G. Dimmick
.as secretary and Mrs. Joe Atta
jtayuk as treasurer.
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Jolt & Shake Earthquake
In Seattle-Tacoma Area
Frightens Hundreds
SEATTLE, UP)—A jolt and shake
earthquake was felt in the Tac
oma-Seattle-Everett area at 10:56
p.m. Friday night, with hundreds
of persons frightened but only
superficial damage reported.
Houses were shaken, furniture
jiggled and doors and dishes rat
tled in the short-duration shock
which apparently was confined
to an area about 60 miles long
and 30 miles wide.
Prof. Frank Neumann, Univer
sity of Washington seismologist
said the quake, registering an in
tensity of about 6 on a scale of
12, had its epicenter somewhere
near Everett.
An intensity 6 quake does only
superficial damage, as compared
with the heavily destructive
quake which shook this area in
April 1940. That shock was reg
istered as between 7 and 8 on
a scale of 10.
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Should Profit From New Seatrain i
Service to Start Late Next Year
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Fifth Game Of Whist
Series Played Saturday
In the fifth game of the Pioneer j
Whist Series played Saturday
night winners were:
For the ladies — Helen Dunbar,
Irene Green, and Margaret Wil
son.
For the men — Robert Scott,
Norvin Lewis, and Robert Schick.
Lyda Rohn won the door prize.
The sixth and last game of the:
series will be played Saturday,;
at which time grand prizes will j
be awarded.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy with occasional
light snow tonight becoming part
ly cloudy and colder Tuesday.
Northerly winds tonight and to
morrow. Low temperatures ex
pected tonight -2, high Tuesday 8.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
19, low -3. Max. wind 16 mph.
from the NE. Sunrise 5:30 a.m.,
sunset 6:42 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 33, low 20. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 39 in 1926,
low -33 in 1920.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -13 Pa Ft cloudy
Kotzebue -10 Part cloudy
Wales -6 Snow
Nome 9 Snow
Unalakleet 10 Snow
Bethel 1 Part cloudy
Nenana 16 Cloudy
McGrath 25 Part cloudy
Anchorage 22 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 11 Cloudy
Whitehorse 43 Part cloudy
Juneau 32 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 39 Part cloudy
Seattle 46 Rain
San Francisco 50 Rain
COMING SOON
TO THE THEATER
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' SEATTLE, (4*) — Alaska Steam
ship Co. is scheduled to open
seatrain service between Seattle
and Whittier by late 1956, the
general manager of the Alaska
Railroad said Friday.
The steamship line has given
his railroad notice to be ready by
that time, general manager Frank
Kalbaugh said in Seattle.
Alaska Steam is working with
naval architects now, Kalbaugh
said, on two 100-car seatrains.
The ships will carry both railcars
and trucks on a nine-day turn
around between Seattle and
Whittier.
Contrary to some predictions,1
cranes will not lift cars between
ship and shore. Instead, trucks
and railcars will roll directly be
tween ship and shore via floating
aprons, adjustable tor the tides.
Alaska Steam announced plans
last summer to study a 15 or 20
million dollar seatrain project.
Kalbaugh’s statements gave the
firmest idea yet of what the com
pany proposes. The Alaska Rail
road manager sees vast economic
significance to the territory, from
inauguration of such a service.
Besides lower costs for the gov
ernment and private contractors
and businessmen of the north, he
said, the seatrains may result in
cheaper prices for consumers.
They certainly will speed com
merce, he pointed out.
“It now takes a Liberty ship
five or six days to unload at
Seward,” Kalbaugh said. “These
now seatrains should be able to
unload 100 loaded cars and reload
in six hours.”
The steamship company plans
to build its own terminal facilities
at Whittier, Kalbaugh said.
Railcars will move over Al
aska Railroad tracks. The rail
road also might be interested in
handling some trucks “piggy
back.”
A combination of Coastwise
Lines and the Luckenbach Steam
ship Co., also have shown interest
in seatrains. However, Kalbaugh
said, they have not approached
the Alaska Railroad with any
firm proposals.
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Highest Unsealed
Peak in N. America
To Be Challenged
FAIRBANKS, UP — An expedi
tion of skilled mountain climbers
will make a major attempt this
June to scale the highest un
climbed mountain on the North
American continent, lofty Univer
sity Peak.
Keith Hart, a University of Al
aska student and a veteran climb
er, will lead the June expedition.
Members of the party include
George Argus who was rescued
from the 11,000-foot level of Mt.
McKinley last May after he was
badly injured in a fall.
Also in the party will be Mary
Ann McCall, the widow of Dr.
John McCall, the hero of the
Argus rescue who led the party
which scaled McKinley and lo
cated Argus helpless in his tent.
McCall died of polio four months'
after the Argus rescue.
Argus and Mrs. McCall, who is
the mother of four children, are
members of the scientific party
and will ascend only as far as the
base camp, where the climbing
party wili leave them to make
the ascent to the summit.
The actual climbing party will
consist of Leon Blumer, 29; Shel
don Brooks, 29; Hart, 27; Nor
man Sanders, 22: and Tim Kelly,
23. All are veteran mountain
climbers.
15,099-foot University Peak,
named in honor of the University
of Alaska, has defied all attempts
to climb it because of its dan
gerous, perpendicular, avalanch
ridden sides.
Young Stover Keeps
Warm Without Coat
HUTCHISON, Kan., tiPV—It was
cold in Hutchison Friday, and
when fifth grader Harold Stover
showed up at school without a
coat, the teacher was puzzled.
She questioned him about being
out in the 15-degree weather.
“Don’t you have a heavy coat
at home?” she asked.
Harold nooded that he did.
“Why don’t you wear it?”
“I don’t need it,” retorted the
19-year-old.
And with that he showed his
teacher he was wearing nine
shirts.
A nautical mile is 6,076.10 feet
compared with 5,280 for a land
mile.
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Chamber of Commerce
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