PARKA MATERIALS
NOW AVAILABLE
1
Raccoon Skins
Sinew
jj *
Wolf and Wolverine Ruffs
Reindeer Hides
Rabbit Skins
Wolverine Heads
Wolf Tails
Alpaca Lining
Windproof Parka Cloth
Policeman Is Midwife 103
Times In Twenty Years
CHICAGO 3—For a policeman,
Officer Leo Sherlock does all right
as a midwife.
Nicknamed “Midwife Sherlock”
by his station house companions,
Sherlock helped deliver his 103rd
baby over the weekend.
He had only to step across the
street from the station house to
help deliver a seven-pound girl to
Mrs. Helen Farmer, 28. Mother
and daughter are reported doing
fine.
Sherlock has compiled his rec
ord over a 20-year span.
Pine Job Printing at The Nugget
Another Newsprint
Manufacturer Raises
Price—by ,$4 a Ton
NEW YORK, UP — Bowater
Paper Co. has increased the price
of its newsprint by $4 a ton, ef
fective on Dec. 1, it was announ
ced today. Bowater became the
eighth company to raise the price
in the latest round of increases.
The company, sales representa
tives for Bowater Mills at Corner
Brook, Newfoundland, and Cal
houn, Tenri., notified publisher
customers by letter.
The letter said in part, “Wages
and the price of everything that
goes into the manufacture of
newsprint, such as wood, chemi
cals, machine wires, machine
clothing etc., have gone up. Our
mills have informed us that in
view of these increased costs, they
must increase their prices.”
The increase will bring Bow
ater’s price to $130 a ton, deliv-,
ered in New York. Other com
panies have announced boosts of
from $3 to $5 a ton, bringing
their prices in the $129 to $131
range.
Old Enough To Know
Her Own Mind
HAWARDS HEATH, England,
UP—Mrs. Eliza Luckett, who as a
child was too frail to attend
school, will be 107 years old to
morrow. Asked by friends what
she would like most for a birth
day present, Mrs. Luckett replied:
“A bottle of whiskey.”
SCORCHY SMITH
I HALF ACRE CASTLE
—
C j
I
r /
II
_II m
■
''THE BEAUTICIAN'S BAR/AIN"
IT SAYS IT'S TREMENDOUS,
BRILLIANT, STUPENDOUS ANP
I
j
___l...
First Division Attorney
Laid Up With Polio,
Swaps Yarns in Seattle
SEATTLE, (3—Charles O. Car
roll, King County prosecutor, yes
terday took an elevator to the
fourth floor of the county hospital
to swap legal yarns with Donald
O’Connor, 26, of Ketchikan.
Stricken six weeks ago with
paralytic poliomyelitis, O’Connor
told attendants he was “dying to
talk shop.” He is assistant U.S. at
torney for Alaska’s First Division.
O’Connor was in an iron lung a
week. He arrived at the respirator
center three weeks ago. His left
arm and hand have limited move
ment. His right arm and legs are
immobile.
O’Connor is lonesome for his
wife and three children. They are
still in Ketchikan, expect to move
to Seattle temporarily.
“The doc says I’m going to be in
here about six months. I’m trying
to cut that down to four months.
I’m trying to cut that down to four
months. I’m anxious to get back
on the job.
Paper became available to the
western world in the eighth cen
tury and the Chinese are credited
with using it 1,000 years before
that.
NOW WITH NEW
j NYLON OFFER!
\ POWERS MODEL /
NYLONS >
I ^ AT LESS THAN % PRICE!
Certified ^
> ag oM™ <
I
See Kraft Dinner display at
your grocer's. Nylon order
blank on every carton.
Tm&vi, dehcmu
MACARONI-AND-CHEESE
[t/nKfi cocked ut7 minutei!
' With Kraft Grated for that
through-and-through cheese flavor
I
1 Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
---—
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO I
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3d Monday of each month.
□ Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
C. F. O’DELL
— Notary Public —
Bookkeeping & Secretarial Service
711 FRONT ST.
P.O. BOX 201 MAIN 14
2 PM. to 10 P.M.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Mels 1st and 3d Thursday each month.