nknaxa news
By DON R. CLARK
NENANA — The last minute
rush, to • guess on the time of
moving of the Nenana ice has
started and the way the weather
looks here it would not be a bad
idea to start figuring when the
ice is going to break.
I have talked to lots of old
timers lately and none of them
can remember a winter like this
one. We have had practically no
snow and very little cold weather.
Because of the lack of snow the
ice is thicker than usual: four
feet of ice under the tripod and
five feet of water under the ice.
The tripod is situated in the
same place as in previous years:
300 feet from the bank of the
river. The clock will be set up and
the wire strung to the tripod as
soon as the ice begins to show
signs of breaking.
This year Nenana will get a
break and be put on the map as
the ice classic will be televised all
over the United States. Sound
pictures will be taken from start
to finish then be sent to 4he States
for television.
There is a certain spot of
snow across the Tanana from Ne
nana that several old timers use
as a clue as to when the ice
goes. When this spot is the last
one to show from town the ice is
supposed to go. Perhaps this year
this will work because there is
very little snow, so I am going
to be watching the hill closely.
This year the tripod will be
painted black and white in three
foot stripes for those taking col
ored pictures. The wire from the
clock to the tripod will have sev
eral colored flags so that planes
will not fly into it when they
use the river ice for making ski
landings when the airfield lacks
snow.
I’m going to stick my neck put
and say that the ice will not be |
here aftbr the fourth of May. That
is my hunch and a hunch is all
it amounts to. I have been watch
ing breakups here since 1922 and
still have not decided that I know
too much about the ways of
Mother Nature.
French Police Raid Red
Dominated Labor Unions
PARIS, U?i — A thousand hel
meted French police swept down
on the headquarters of a dozen
Communist - dominated labor or
ganizations shortly after dawn
Tuesday and seized big packets
of documents and arrested three
men.
Those jailed included two top
directors of the big General Fed
eration of Labor and the editor of
the official Communist newspaper
L’Humanite. Warrants issued by
a military tribunal accused them
of “attempts on the external se
curity of the state.”
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
U.S. and Colombian Troops
Smash Biggest Chinese .
Attack In Five Months
SEOUL, UP) — American and
Chinese were locked in deadly
battle Tuesday night on the red
mud slopes of Old Baldy Hill after
the biggest Red attack in five
months was broken by U.S. and
Colombian troops.
The Chinese smashed in waves
Monday night against Old Baldy,
Pork Chop and T-Bone hills on
the western Korean front.
U.S. Seventh Division soldiers
cut out the heart of a 3,500-man
attack by dawn Tuesday, kicking
the Chinese back from Pork Chop
and T-Bone.
Reports from the front were
conflicting and communications
were out for part of the day, but
Associated Press correspondent
Stan Carter said from Seventh
Division headquarters that the
Chinese hold about a third of the
hill and the Americans control the
rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Code
Visit Nome, Texas, On Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Code, old
time Nomeites, have returned to
Seattle after a winter in Florida.
On the way home they stopped
at Nome, Texas, to inspect the
rice fields and process of prepar
ing the product for marketing.
Upon inquiring why the town
was named Nome, a local citizen
said that the place was formerly
called Sour Lake. This name be
came so distasteful that a contest
was held to find a new one.
A man was blindfolded and
placed before a huge map with
instructions to point to any place
on itv that spot to be the new
name of the community.
“Nome, Alaska,” was the place
he pointed to but no Sourdough
lives in Nome Texas.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
192Q—May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1S23—May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1928—April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30.12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 pan.
1948— May 13.11:13 pan.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 pan.
1952— May 12. 5:04 pan.
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ALASKA CAB
(Formerly Glue Pot Cab)
“SEE US FOR SIGHTSEEING”
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Alaska Freight’s
First Van Barge
Due Valdez Today
By LOUIS R. HUBER
SEATTLE, UP) — Alaska Freight
Lines, Inc., began use of equip
ment of Ocean Van Line last
week with the sailing March 18
of the towboat Osage and AFL’s
barge No. 1602 for Valdez.
Six container - vans of Ocean
Van Line, all of whose operating
equipment has been leased by
Alaska Freight Lines, were aboard
the barge. It is scheduled to ar
rive in Valdez March 26.
“Forty of the OVL vans can be
carried on one barge. As soon as
■we install generating equipment
we shall be able to maintain each
van at any temperature the ship
per desires—from five degrees be
low to 65 degrees above zero,”
said E. W. Hundley, executive
vice president of Alaska Freight
Lines.
The Valdez barge also carried
eight of Alaska Freight Lines’
truck trailers, 16 of which can be
carried on one barge. Normally
the OVL vans will be carried to
Seward rather than to Valdez, and
will take to the highways immedi
ately upon arrival.
The OVL vans adapt very easily
to the freight line’s barges, Hund
ley said; they are stacked two
high on the barge deck.
Alaska Freight Lines acquired
201 of the 30 - foot - long OVL
vans by the lease arrangement;
added to AFL’s 200 forty-foot-long
truck trailers, this nearly doubles
the company’s highway capacity.
The two types of vehicles differ
in that the OVL vans separate
from the trailer chassis, whereas
the AFL trailers retain the chassis
and rear wheels when loaded on
the barge. ,
“Both types have the advantage
of extremely fast movement. They
are unloaded at once upon arrival
and they reach their destinations
in Anchorage or Fairbanks in a
little over a week’s time from
loading in Seattle,” Hundley ob
served.
Alaska Freight Lines will use
its own heavy - duty 300 - horse
power Kenworth trucks for haul
ing OVL vans northward to An
chorage and Fairbanks from Sew
ard. Eighteen OVL trucks will be
used in Seattle, Anchorage and
Fairbanks for door-to-door deliv
ery of cargo.
Nome freight via Alaska Freight
Lines is handled by Wien Airlines.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued clear tonight and to
morrow. Winds light and variable.
Low temperature expected to
night -12, high Thursday 15.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
20, low -11. Max. wind 7 mph
from the SSE. Sunrise at 5:41
a.m., sunset at 6:33 p.m.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -2 Part cloudy
Kotzebue -10 Clear
Wales -10 Clear
Gam bell -1 Clear
Nome -5 Clear
Unalakleet -1 Part cloudy
Bethel -2 Part cloudy
McGrath 5 Part cloudy
Anchorage 25 Clear
Fairbanks 9 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 25 Part cloudy
Edmonton 32 Cloudy
Juneau 36 Snow showers
Ketchikan 39 Cloudy
Seattle 44 Part cloudy
San Francisco 49 Clear
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MONDAY and THURSDAY j
FAIRBANKS - - NOME - - KOTZEBUE - - FAIRBANKS j
Arrive Nome 10:00 a.m. — Depart 10:30 a.m.
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WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY
FAIRBANKS - - KOTZEBUE - - NOME - - FAIRBANKS
Arrive Nome 11:40 a.m. — Depart 12:10 p.m.
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FLIGHTS CONNECT
IN FAIRBANKS WITH
Alaska Airlines or Pan American i
To Sealtle and Portland
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ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone BLACK 76 (Shop) or MAIN 52 (Residence) '
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
GE WASHING MACHINE GE AUTOMATIC ROASTER
GE MAZDA LAMPS GE VACUUM SWEEPER
GE HOT PLATE THOR GLADIRON
Northern Light & Power Co.
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