Dept. Mines Commissioner !
Holdworth Visits Nome
On Official Business
Phil Holdworth, Commissioner
of the Department of Mines, was
in town yesterday on official busi
ness and looking over the new
Department of Mines building re
cently completed.
He stated that Peter Sandvik
would be replacing Dan Jones
who has resigned. Sandvik is at
present conducting extension
classes in mining for the Univer
sity of Alaska in Southwestern
Alaska.
Sandvik comes from the Mat
anuska Valley and will arrive
with his family after the holidays.
Alaska Legislative Council
Meets Friday To Discuss
Territorial Problems
JUNEAU, UP>— Territorial Sen.
Paul A. Robison Monday called
for a meeting of the Alaska Legis
lative Council here Friday.
Robison, chairman of the coun
cil, said his group will continue a
study of problems selected for im
mediate attention and consider
new material suggested for atten
tion since the council’s last meet
ing, at Fairbanks in September.
Current studies being made by
the council involve problems of
financial administration, care of
juveniles, overlapping local gov
ernment, road finance and motor
fuel taxation.
Nenana Ice Classic Officers
Elected For This Year's Pool
The Nenana Ice Classic is shap
ing up again for another contest
with nature in 1954. As a result of
an election held recently in Ne
nana, the following Nenanans will
direct the event:
F. W. (Slim) Avery, manager;
Robert Coghill, committeeman,
two years; Fred Muller, commit
teeman, two years; Bill Monroe,
committeeman, two years; Arnold
Ramsey, committeeman, one year;
Charles Myers, committeeman,
one year.
Japanese Lumber Firm
Considers Sitka For
Site Of New Plant
JUNEAU, UP>— Japanese incor
porators of the new Alaska Pulp
and Lumber Co. were leaving Ju
neau for Washington, D.C., yester
day for further talks about their
proposed Southeast Alaska opera
tions.
Sitka is the favored site for the
proposed pulp mill, sawmill, or
both.
Tabao Sasayama, chairman of
the board of the new firm, said it
will send a technical survey party
to Sitka next spring to make a de
tailed study of the entire proposi
tion.
Incorporation of the Japanese
backed company here last week
was the first legal step in a pro
ject that has been in the explora
tory stage for more than a year.
President Eisenhower Will Spend
Christmas at August, Georgia
WASHINGTON, UPI— President
Eisenhower will fly to Augusta,
Ga., Christmas Day or the day
after to spend several days work
ing out the state of the Union
message which he will deliver to
Congress early in January.
A. E. Lord's Twin Brother Dies
A. E. Lord received word today
of the death of his twin brother,
Edward, who passed away in Los
Angeles while visiting there from
his home in Spokane. He had gone
to California to see his first
grandchild bom to his son.
BOXING CLUB SKIPS
TWIN FALLS, Utah, Uft—1The
boxing match scheduled for to
night between .the Magic Valley
Boxing Club and the Utah State
Industrial School has been can
celled, club manager Bill Moran
says.
Most of the members of the
rival boxing team have escaped,
he explained. Some of them have
been captured, but they will not
be permitted any extracurricular
activity for a while.
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Merchants Remain
Unbeaten In Close
Game with Lomen
In Tuesday’s basketball games
at the school gym, the Nome
Merchants rolled to their eighth
straight win as they edged the
Lomen Commercials in a hard
fought low-scoring game, 26-21.
The Air Force Five recorded their
first win of the season when the
Detachment 23rd were their vic
tims 24-13.
The first half of the season
was due to conclude last evening,
but one pair of games post
poned early in the month will be
played on January 5, the second
half of league play will commence
on January 12.
The Merchant-Commercial af
fair was a close game all the
way through as both teams fought
for the lead which finally fell
into the Merchants’ hands after
the first quarter ended 2-2. Both
teams found the range in the sec
ind period as the ex-high school
boys took a 12-8 lead. At the end
of the third quarter they were
ahead 17-14 and with a full court
press and timely shooting gave
the Merchants their eighth win in
as many starts.
For the winners, Amie Castel 7,
George and Harold Bell 6 each,
A1 Sahlin 5 and Gary Longley 2.
For Lomens,'Jack Unwin 8, John
Schellenbach, Chug Willoya and
Herb Williams 5 each, Vince Ah
kolik 1.
The second game featuring the
base teams was another low-scor
ing tilt as the airmen grabbed
the first quarter lead 8-4 and
gained a 13-7 score at the half.
In the second half they picked up
11 points while holding the De
tachment to 6.
Scoring for the winners, Good
game 8, Hamilton 7, Coleman and
Tuccillo 4 and O’Brien 1. For the
Detachment, Weaver 4, Schrag 3,
Ellers, Swypert and Cunningham
2 each.
The schedule originally set for
Friday will be played Thursday
due to the Christmas program and
will start at 6:30 when the Little
Guys tangle with the Junior Var
sity to be followed at 7:45 when
the Nome High Huskies meet the
Nome Alumni.
Police Dispose of 26 Dogs In Nov.
Chief of Police Glass reports
that 26 stray or sick dogs were
shot in November. So far this
month six dogs have been dis
posed of.
Yesterday he was called to the
schoolground where a dog, gaunt
and dragging itself, was mingling
with the children. He believe that
it possibly had rabies.
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NATO Council Approves
Recommendations For
More Planes, Troops In ’54
PARIS, The NATO council
of ministers Tuesday swiftly ap
proved its military committee’s
recommendations for more war
planes and troops for 1954, an
American delegate said.
The delegate, who came out of
the meeting just as today’s session
wound up, said the figures on
next year’s military goals had
been included in the committee’s
report read to the ministers Mon
day.
A highly informed American
military officer said the commit
tee’s recommendations included:
1. An increase in the NATO air
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force of more than 1,300 war
planes, boosting the alliance’s air
power to a total of 5,700 planes by
the end of 1954.
2. An eight percent increase in
ground forces, hiking NATO’s
frontline and reserve divisions to
107 by the end of next year.
Mrs. Bill Honsberger (Mary
Roell) left yesterday for home in
Texas. She has been on an ex
tended visit with her family here
and was active in the work of the
Roof Garden last week.
MINK EARRINGS
AP Newsfeatures
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Mer
ril Lowell makes a lot of money
out of mink spots.
He sells them for $3 apiece, and
expects to have sold half a million
by Christmas.
What’s a mink spot? A tiny cir
cle of evenly napped mink, fur
with a flashing rhinestone in the
center which is attached to ear
clips and worn just like an ear
ring. Lowell, a furrier, started
making them last July. Now they
come in wild mink, blue-toned
pastel, gray - flaked cerulean,
white, silver blue, sapphire and
breath of spring.
Next step: mink spot cuff links
and 100 percent mink bow ties
for men.
CARD OF THANKS
On behalf of the Liniment
Squad Basketball Team, I wish
to convey our gratitude to Mrs.
Ruth Reed, of Reed's Dress
Shoppe, for her thoughfulness
and kindness in designing and
manufacturing the distinctive
suits we wore last Friday night.
I am sure they added greatly to
our appearance and morale, and
were a contributing factor in our
hard-won victory
—Sam Mogg, Manager.
Anchorage Woman Found
Dead In Seattle Hotel
SEATTLE, —Coroner’s depu
ties today were investigating the
death of Mrs. Patricia Varna Wen
dell, about 42, believed to be
from Anchorage.
Mrs. Wendell was found dead
yesterday afternoon in her room
in a hotel.
Coroner John P. Brill said an
autopsy failed to disclose the
cause of death. A laboratory ana
lysis, completing the autopsy, will
be finished tomorrow.
Deputies were attempting to
communicate with the woman’s
husband, Earl, at Anchorage.
Retired Iowa Farmers
Enroute To Fortuna
Ledge For The Winter
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lundstedt
of Red Oak, Iowa, arrived yes
terday enroute to Fortuna Ledge
to spend the winter with their
daughter and family, Mrs. Mary
Londberg.
Rev. and Mrs. Londberg are
with the Covenant Church and are
anticipating their arrival for the
holidays and their help with the
mission work during the winter.
The Lundstedts are retired
farmers and already are enjoying
the rigors of the far north in
parkas which were made and
ready for them on their arrival
here.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Gary Long
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man, Charles Samuels and Robt.
Halcomb.
Per capita consumption of
paper in the United States is
about 13 times the world average.
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