Revolution in Air
Freighting Seen
With Turboprops
WASHINGTON, <4>>—Airplane
builder Donald W. Douglas said
Thursday jet and turboprop cargo
planes will revolutionize air logis
tics, the science of freighting by
air.
In an address prepared for a
group of military, government and
industry representatives, the pres
ident of Douglas Aircraft Co. said
a turboprop airplane will provide
“the lowest possible cost for the
huge day-in day-out job of lugging
freigh, around the world.”
A turboprop airplane has jet
engines which drive propellers.
Faster than piston-engine aircraft,
it has a much longer range than
the still-speedier pure jet planes.
Douglas was one of a panel of
aviation experts chosen to address
a one-day “air logistics confer
ence” sponsored by the Air Force
Association.
He reported on a recent study
of a proposed turboprop airplane
with a gross weight of about 400,
000 pounds, capable of carrying
a 100,000-pound payload. It would
have a cruising speed of about 500
miles an hour and a range of
1,500 to 3,000 miles he said.
Mary Louise Lyle Engaged
To S/Sgt. Donald Lee Dutton
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lyle an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Louise Lyle, to
S/Sgt. Ronald Lee Dutton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Dutton of
Gering, Nebraska.
Mr. Dutton was stationed at
Nome Field in the Air Forde for
about a year and a half. No date
has been set.yet for the wedding.
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Ten Top Scorers in
Base - City League
As of Dec. 13, the 10 top scorers
in the Base - City Basketball
League are:
Points
M. Willoya . NHS 92
Jackson . AFJ 91
Roberts . AB 88
Barnette . AFJ 67
Hall . AB 65
Herman . NHS 59
Keiser . AB 59
Williams . NM 54
Bell, H. NM 52
Castell . NM 48
NHS—Nome High School
AB—Army Bruins
AFJ—Air Force Jets
NM—Nome Merchants
FIRST HALF STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet.
Army Bruins 6 0 100.0
Air Force Jets 5 1 83.3
Nome High Nanooks 1 5 16.7
Nome Merchants 1 5 16.7
WEATHER FORECAST
Clear to partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday. Colder tonight and
Saturday. Low temperature ex
pected tonight -21, highest tomor
row -9.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
-7, lowest -17. Maximum wind 7
mph. from the NNW. Sunrise at
10 a.m., sunset at 1:56 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 19, low 8. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 34 in
1945, lowest -29 in 1946.
Other stations as ot 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Kotzebue -19 Part cloudy
Wales -11 Part cloudy
Nome -12 Part cloudy
Unalakleet -15 Part cloudy
Bethel -19 Part cloudy
McGrath -6 Snow
Anchorage 20 Part cloudy
Fairbanks -9 Snow
Whitehorse 34 Cloudy
Edmonton 27 Part cloudy
Juneau 43 Rain
Ketchikan 46 Cloudy
Seattle 40 Part cloudy
San Francisco 50 Part cloudy
WINTER SCHEDULE
NOME TO FAIRBANKS
MONDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
NOME TO KOTZEBUE
TUESDAY AND SATURDAY
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BUSH FLIGHT FRIDAY
NOME TO DEERING, CANDLE,
BUCKLAND AND KOTZEBUE
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