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Downed Plane Reaches
Dock After Being Towed
600 Miles on Icefloe
CHURCHIUL, Manitoba, —A
downed American transport plane
which had been perched on a
shrinking icefloe in Hudson Bay
for nearly two months was towed
into the mouth of the Churchill
River early Monday and tied up
to the harbor dock.*
Two boats and three canoes
were used to tow the floe and its
cargo to safety.
The DC-4, owned by United
States Overseas Airways, was
forced down on the bay May 10
while returning to Seven Islands,
Que., after hauling equipment in
to the far north for construction
on the Distant Early Warning ra
dar chain. The crew was rescued
but the plane was badly damaged
and could not be flown off.
A salvage crew camped on the
floe and insulated the ice with
air-dropped hay and sawdust to
prevent it from melting when the
bay ice broke up.
They planned to start two of the
plane’s engines to propel the ice
floe into Churchill Harbor like a
hydroplane when the channel
cleared. Churchill is 610 miles
north of Winnipeg.
Traffic Deaths for
July 4 Weekend
Reach New High
By the Associated Press
Traffic deaths climbed to a new
high for the Fourth of July holi
day period as at least 393 persons
lost their lives.
The over-all accident death toll
also was the heaviest ever for a
three-day Independence Day holi
day period.
Traffic accidents, compiled from
6 p.m. Friday (local time) to mid
night Monday, were higher than
the 380 estimated by the National
Safety Council and compared with
a previous high of 366 for the
three-day Fourth of July period
in 1952.
In the 78-hour period, 239 per
sons drowned and 141 were killed
in miscellaneous accidents. The
over-all total of 773 was a record
for a three-day period and com
pared with a record of 793 for a
four-day Fourth of July period in
1950. The traffic toll in 1950 was
an all-time high of 491.
Army Arctic Center’s
Name Changed to Honor
Arctic Explorer Greely
BIG DELTA, July 1—The name
of the former Army Arctic Center
at Big Delta today became Fort
Greely in honor of the late Maj.
General Adolphus Washington
Greely, arctic explorer of the
1880s and “father” of the Alaska
Communication System.
The change in name was an
nounced by Col. H. H. McLauch
lin, post commander, on behalf of
the Department of the Army.
The new Fort Greely was start
ed in June, 1942, and used as an
air transport command field dur
ing World War II
It was transferred to the Army
Department in 1948, when the Ar
my’s indoctrination school was
started. It was designated the
Army Arctic Center in 1949.
In the past seven years, the his
tory of Big Delta has been one of
growth and development. As the
arctic indoctrination school and
arctic test branch grew in strength
the post complement flourished.
i Often-Hired Man Now
Has Steady Job in Jail
LONDON, (#)—The voice on the
phone said: “Get rid of that man
White—he’s a homicidal maniac.”
Norman White, 29, lost the job he
started only an hour before.
The same thing had happened
to White four times in three weeks
—each time Norman was fired
within two hours of starting a
new job, and each time he col
lected a week’s pay.
Tuesday he started another new
job. This one—sewing mail bags—
will last longer. The voice on the
phone, a city court was told Mon
day, was White himself posting as
a police officer. The court gave
him eight months in jail for ob
taining money by false pretenses.
COMPTROLLER WANTS
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF ALL NATIONAL BANKS
WASHINGTON, WV-The comp
troller of the currency Tuesday
issued a call for a statement on
the condition of all national banks
at the close of business Thursday,
June 30.
Similar calls were issued by the
Federal Reserve Board and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Dick Benson, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGS AM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
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 Sc Secretarial Service
711 FRONT STR.
P.O. BOX 201 MAIN 14
2 P.M. to 10 P.M.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewi*, WJI.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.