Vigilance Urged
On Air Freight by
United Air Lines
DENVER, WP)—United Air Lines
employes are operating under an
order to “execute vigilance” on
air freight as a result of the
crash near Longmont, Colorado,
which officials now say was
caused by a “bomb-like explo
sion.”
A,UAL official said all United
stations have received an order
reminding freight handlers to use
special caution. The spokesman
added, however, that vigilance is
supposed to be a “routine matter
in the freight divisions.”
James N. Peyton, chief of the
Civil Aeronautics Board's investi
gation division, said the rear lug
gage hold of the DC-6B plane,
which crashed Nov. 1 with the
loss of 44 lives, was shattered by
the explosion.
He said it appeared something
“foreign” had exploded, pushing
the sidewalls of the luggage com
partment out and splintering the
floor.
The wreckage of the plane, scat
tered over three square miles of
beet fields and pasture, has been
recovered and placed in a hangar
at Stapelton Air Field here, where
it is being reconstructed into a
model of the original airliner.
Peyton said the cause of the ex
plosion has not yet been deter
mined and he denied rumors
traces of nitroglycerin had been
found on the clothing or effects
of the victims.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From McGrath: Jeannie Coplin.
From Unalakleet: Thomas Blan
ford, Linda Londberg.
From Anchorage: Iva Johnson,
Reed Cuthbertson, Claud Bagley,
Raymond Taylor, Capt. Brown, Lt.
Frank Burdick, J.L. Urban, Robt.
Hessler, Fred J. Ellis.
To Moses Point: Oscar Murray
To Anchorage: Fred Dingledy,
Bessie Moto, Jack and Tommy
Jenkins, Ada Jakes, Robt. Peter
son, Ralph Morgan, Harland Buoy,
Larry Moore, Buryi Moore, Ruth
Porter, Henry and Harry Out
water, Wilson Butcher, Demaski,
and Koonuluk.
Merit System Exams
Announced For Several
Positions On Nov. 19
Announcement has been made
by the Alaska Merit System of
open competitive examinations
for positions in the Employment
Security Commission, the Terri
torial Department of Health, and
the Territorial Department of
Public Welfare.
Examinations are for the posi
tion of senior clerk-typist at the
following places wi$h entrance
salaries:
Ketchikan and Juneau, $310;
Anchorage and Seward, $355;
Fairbanks and Nome, $370.
For senior clerk - stenographer,
at the following places, with en
trance salary:
Ketchikan and Juneau, $330;
Anchorage and Seward, $375;
Fairbanks and Nome, $390.
Application blanks may be se
cured at the Alaska Dept, of Wel
fare Office and must be received
in the Merit System office, Ju
neau, or postmarked not later
than Nov. 12, to take the exam
ination on Noy. 19.
Flying Missionary
Turned Up Safely
At Point Barrow
FAIRBANKS, UP> — The Rev.
William Wartes, the flying mis
sionary of the Arctic who was
reported missing Sunday, turned
up safely at Pt. Barrow Monday.
Rev. Wartes, Presbyterian mis
sionary at Barrow who gained
fame with his mercy flights over
the desolate Arctic, was reported
missing when he failed to return
to his home as scheduled Sunday.
He said he had run into bad
weather on a flight to Barter Is
land Village and had landed at a
small settlement to wait for better
flying conditions.
The clergyman, a World War II
bomber pilot, was flying a 4-place
Cessna airplane presented to him
by members of the Presbyterian
Church at Bellevue, Wash., last
Nov. 28.
It was the third time he had
been reported missing in his
numerous Arctic flights. Once a
ski broke on his plane. Another
time, as was the case this time,
he .landed at a small village to
wait out bad weather.
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
The Shop That Specializes in
CHILDRENS CLOTHES
BOYS’ DRESS PANTS, Sizes 4 to 16
A NEW ASSORTMENT IN CORDUROY AND
THAT NEW, WASHABLE NYLON AND GABARDINE
. Gay Knitted Mittens for the Little Folks
Also Washable Poplin Mitts in briehi colors
With Wool Liners for Real Cold Days
BOYS’ GABARDINE CAPS
i
WITH WARM, WOOLY EAR FLAPS
So many new and irresistibly pretty things
for infants ! Come in and see for yourself !
Watch for our announcement on glassware.
Insects in Amber
Found in Alaska
To Help Science
Discovery of the bodies of in
sects some 60 million years old,
embedded in samples of Alaskan
amber, was announced recently
by the Arctic Institute of North
America. Although fossil impres
sions of older insects exist, the
mummified Alaskan animalcules
are believed to be many millions
of years older than any other ac
tual insect specimens extant.
The Arctic Institute was the
sponsor of the successful search
for the ancient Alaskan insect rel
ics conducted by Dr. Robert L.
Usinger and Dr. R. F. Smith,
professors of entomology of the
University of California.
Bedrock sources of Alaskan am
ber were discovered within the
past few years by the U.S. Geo
logical Survey, but it was not until
last summer that Drs. Usinger and
SInith, acting on information pro
vided by the Survey, extracted
pieces of amber for examination.
The amber was found in the
Colville River valley and along
the Kuk River, on the northern
slope of the Brooks Range some
150 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Amber is unique in that it is the
only substance which may contain
actual insects preserved from the
past when they became trapped in
the resinous matter from which
amber is formed. All the great
amber deposits of the world (with
one puzzling exception) and from j
the Oligocene Epoch, in the nature
of 30 to 40 million years ago.
But Alaskan amber, accordng to
specialists of the U.S. Geological
Survey, unquestionably dates
from Cretaceous time, and any in
sect specimens it contains may
contribute materially to entomol
ogy and to the field of evolution
ary studies in general.
Detailed study will be required
to determine the nature of the in
sects in the amber samples
brought home by Drs. Usinger and
Smith, but preliminary examina
tion shows they contain specimens
in a fine state of preservation.
The recent field work in Alaska
was based on the Arctic Research
Laboratory of the Office of Naval
Research at Point Barrow, north
ernmost research station on U.S.
soil.
The search for Cretaceous insect
relics was one of 185 field research
projects sponsored by the Arctic
Institute of North America since
its founding in 1945. It is the only
organization exclusively devoted
to the advancement of fundamen
tal research in the North Ameri
can Arctic and Subarctic. It has
carried out its program with the
support of the Office of Naval Re
search, the Sir Frederick Banting
Fund and private contributors.
.. ..... ' -
Boy, 14, Spends
Agonizing Half Hour
Lying Against Cliffside
NEWPORT, Ky., WV-Fourteen
year-old Tom Carr spent an agon
izing half hour, lying motionless
against a cliffside, “white with
fear.”
Today, he was glad to be alive
to tell about the bet he lost.
The youth and four companions
wagered one another Monday
they could not climb the sheer
125-foot wall of dirt and jagged
rocks.
The others quit at 30 feet. Tom
climbed until he was only 25 feet
from the top but there his fin
gers could find nothing to grasp.
He lay “flat against the preci
pice, white with fear,” related of
ficers who rescued him 30 min
utes later. He was pulled to safety
by a rope lowered from the cliff
top.
North Star
■ r
Thursday Specials
CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS ;
CRACKED WHEAT BREAD
Friday Specials
LEMON PIE
RYE BREAD
•
We now serve waffles \
and a limited selection i
of cold sandwiches j
Leiier-sixe and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
■ ’TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT'rTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTf TTTfffTTTT* •
t A THANKSGIVING VERSE lo
♦ . > ! < *
* “Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy
t vows unto the Most High.” !<•
t PSALM 50?!4 !
t*** 11 i-1-i-1■: ,r,lr,,,,t, ,ti T t : t v 11 ^ t t ^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^f ■ •
BERING SEA CLUB I
COFFEE SHOP I
THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN r
Now Open Every Day fj
6:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. |
———. • ■
^or Bottle Gas
Dependable Coal
Fuel Service
Phone Reliance
Main 152 Burners
GREEN’S
CITY FUEL & TRANSFER
BEAUTIFUL, PERSONALIZED
1955 Clumlmds CARDS
EACH ORDER IS
EXCLUSIVE IN NOME -
' 7\ | I [I
.a ,, . / \
v - I • t A ;
PRICED FROM $3.00 PER HUNDRED ;
* ‘ r-1%. ■”-§