“Flying Radar Station”
Crashes In ’Frisco Mud,
All 13 Airmen Survive
SAN FRANCISCO, UP)—A big
Air Force “flying radar station”
crashed on San Francisco Bay’s
mudflats ^ Friday night when it
missed its runway in a soupy fog.
All 13 occupants were rescued
after clinging to the wreckage for
IV2 hours.
Only two of the 13—all Air
Force personnel—suffered injuries
beyond bruises, and they were not
seriously hurt.
The four-engine Super Con
stellation, from McClellan Air
Force Base near Sacramento,
splashed into water about two feet
deep.
A crash boat guided by radar
facilities at Hamilton Air Force
Base found the shivering surviv
ors. They said they had decided
to wait for help when the broken
plane showed no sign of catching
fire, since the mud was too slip
pery to walk on.
Biggest tunnel in the world is
world is believed to be the Alva
B. Adams irrigation tunnel in
Colorado, 13.1 miles long and nine
feet in diameter.
McCarran Asks McKay
To Re-establish National
Minerals Advisory Council
WASHINGTON, UP)—Sen. Mc
Carran of Nevada Friday asked
Secretary of Interior McKay to
re-establish the National Minerals
Advisory Council (NMAC) to pro
vide “a sounding board of better
understanding for government
leaders and mining men.”
He proposed the organization
“of another council or some group
representing the industry so the
nation's mining leaders can have
a forum to present their troubles,
and the little miner and the big
miner can be heard equally.”
McCarran said the council didn’t
really have an opportunity during
its brief existence to demonstrate
its merits.”
U.S. FISH CATCH IN 1953
100.000.0C0 LB. OVER 1952
WASHINGTON, UP) — The com
mercial catch of fish and shell
fish in the United States and Al
aska totalled about 4,400,000,000
pounds in 1953, up 100 million
pounds over 1952, the Fish and
Wildlife Service reported today.
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Merchants Basketball
Team Downs 10th Radio
For 13th Straight Win
The Thorne Merchants and Nan
ooks emerged victorious in Fri
day’s scheduled doubleheader at
the high school gym. In the first
game, the Nome Merchants
stretched their victory string to
13 straight games by downing the
10th Radio 44-31.. The Nanooks hit
the win column again with a 48-39
triumph over the Air Force Five.
For three quarters, the 10th
Radio team made a close game
against the Merchants and kept
within striking distance. The
quarter scores favored the win
ners 13.-10, 26-20. and 33-27. In
the final period the Merchants
turned on their fast break at
tack to win going away 44-31.
Harold Bell paced the Mer
chants with 13 points, Gary Long
ley 12, George Bell 7, Arnie Cas
tel and AI Sahlin 6 points each.
For the Radio Five, Don Knipp
14, Gene Peek 9, George Tolbert
5 and Kelly 3.
The Nanooks picked up their
7th win of the season over a stub
born Air Force team who had
led 11-8 at the first quarter break
: only to have the high school rally
I through the second period and
1 post a 22-19 score.
Nome never relinquished the
lead thereafter as they upped the
margin at the three quarter mark
37-30. The Air Force closed the
gap a little, but not enough as the
final score read 48-39.
Buzzy Swanberg hit for 17,
i Bobbie Herman 16, George Kost
12, Robert Summers 3. For the
losers Doyle 12, Taylor 10, Tuc
cillo 9, Goodgame 6 and Hamil
ton 2.
The Little Guys and the Junior
Varsity will clash for the fourth
time tomorrow evening in the
first of two. Lomen Commercials
1 and the Detachment 23rd round
out the doubleheader.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER HO. 1 ,
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—4b6 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska—
10 to i2 A.M. - 1 to 5 P.M.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
Room 202, Lavery Bldg., Fairbanks
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each Month