Twin-Engine Lockheed
Cracks Up Making
Landing Monday Night
A twin-engine Lockheed under
charter from Munz Airways, ar
riving from Kotzebue Monday
night while making a landing
with only one engine functioning
ran off the runway into the ditch
at Nome field with nine passen
gers aboard.
Before the plane landed the
FAA had been advised of the
plane’s plight and the Nome Fire
Department stood by with many
volunteers ready to assist. Al
though the passengers were
shaken from the accident no one
was seriously injured.
The plane was piloted by Paul
Lazare.
Research Vessel Uses
10,000 Bottles to Study
Bering Straits Currents
The Motorship Brown Bear of
the University of Washington,
which is doing special marine
studies at Cape Thompson, has
dropped in the water at Cape
Lisbourne to the Bering Straits,
10,000 bottles in a study of sur
face current drifts. In each bottle
is a card with instructions for its
return written in English, Rus
sian and Japanese. A one dollar
reward is also offered.
The Brown Bear, which stop
ped here northbound, is expected
to return in a couple of weeks
and scientists aboard will trans
fer to airlines for the trip outside.
This information was brought
down from Cape Thompson by
Rod Boucher who attended a
press conference there Monday.
WOMEN OF COMMUNITY
METHODIST CHURCH PUT ON
WHITE ELEPHANT SALE
The Women of the Community
Methodist Church have announced
their annual White Elephant Sale
to be held tomorrow in the Fel
lowship Hall back of the church.
This annual event is looked for
ward to with interest as there are
many unusual bargains available
as well as being a source of out
grown but not outworn clothing
for children’s school wardrobes.
The sale starts at 10 a.m.
To Be Married This Weekend
Laban Iyatunguk and Mary
Irene Douglas of Deering have
made application for a marriage
license, and plan to be married
here this weekend.
Ptarmigan and Moose
Season Opens Aug. 20
Hunting season for ptarmigan j
and moose opens on August 20. !
Hunters are warned that they
must have licenses which are ob
tainable at several places in
town and that the bag limit is
20 per day.
Fish and Game authorities also
warn that the shooting of cow
moose is illegal at all times.
Hunting licenses are sold at S7.
Land Management Office
Open In Federal Building
A temporary office of the j
Bureau of Land Management;
opened Monday in Nome in the I
Federal Building. The office is j
being managed by Harry Saindon
who is familiar with the Nome |
area and will have regular of- !
lice hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. i
Monday through Friday. Its pri- |
marv purpose will be to measure
the sentiment and need for a per
manent office.
Although the office will have
no authority to accept or pro
cess applications for public lands |
it will furnish information and
aid to applicants in completing
forms for filing at the Land Office
at Fairbanks. The office will also
have microfilm of land status rec
ords for the immediate vicinity
of Nome which may be viewed by
the public.
FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN
FOR MRS. L. E. HOUGH
Many friends gathered at the
home of Mrs. Robert Reed Tues
day for a farewell party for Mrs.
L. E. Hough who is leaving to
make her home in Fairbanks
where her husband has been
transferred with BPR.
Mrs. Hough has been an active
officer of the Home Arts Club
and the Methodist Church and
always a willing worker in com
munity projects.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with rain showers. Low
temp, expected tonight 38, the
high tomorrow 54.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 52, lowest 37. Sunrise at
3:56 a.m., sunset at 8:12 p.m.
A year ago today: high temp.
59, low 45. Extremes on this date
since 1907: highest 68 in 1940,
lowest 30 in 1929.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Olanna are
the parents of a daughter born
Aug. 16 at the hsopital.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY |
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Lomen Commercial Company is in the process of increasing
stocks of Oxygen, Acetylene and related items—including
welding rod, in order to supply demands previously
accomodated by the N.C. "Cat" Department.
MAIN 147 BOX 700
OLAF HALVERSON
DIES IN MINNESOTA
Olaf Halverson, aged 61, passed
away yestei'day in Hibbing, Minn.,
following a brief illness which
took him outside a couple of
months ago.
Halverson came to Nome in
1946 and taugh here until this
spring with the exception of one
year at Seldovia.
Although a quiet, retiring man,
he served the community in many
ways, assuming the responsibility
of trimming the community
Chi'istmas tree each year, teach
ing in the Methodist Church
School and contributing the
“Astronomy Notes” column to this
newspaper.
He also taught in Bethel, Nak
nek and Kodiak where he was a
teacher for seven years. In 1935
and 1936 he worked as a surveyor
on the Matanuska colonization
pioject.
In the summer he worked as a
surveyor for the U.S. Smelting
Co. hei'e.
He is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. C. S. Raadquist and Mrs.
Jennie Swanson of Hibbing, and
Mi's. Jens Golden of Wari’en,
Minn.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Fines of $40 were meted out to
Elmer Soosuk, Ignatius Pushruk
and Susie Carter on drunk and
disorderly chai-ges. Pushruk also
drew a sentence of 10 days.
Emma Bourdon was fined $30
and 15 days suspended sentence,
and Pete Rock drew a $35 fine.
Cecelia Payenna pleaded guilty
to disorderly conduct and was
fined $25.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Cynthia Ahwinona,
Bill Tanner, Morris Thomas, Mar
garet Olanna, Allen Seetot, John
ny Iyapanna Jr.
Discharged: Jody Ahwinona,
Joan Ipalook, Stella Davis, Doug
Melland.
Dick Strom, linotype operator
for the Nugget, left for Anchor
age yesterday whei’e he will sign
on a Foss ocean-going tug on a
voyage to Hawaii to tow back a
couple of barges of cement to
the west coast.
Mrs. Gordon Osborne is sched
uled to leave today for Los Gatos,
Calif., where she has been called
due to the sudden illness of her
father.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TONIGHT
CITY HALL, 8:00 P.M.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — 6 c.f. refrigerator,
$150. Call Reddaway, Main 111.
FOR SALE—Bedrm and dining
furniture, woodworking tools.
Call Main 28. 98
LOST — Siamese sterling silver
enamel link bracelet. Reward.
Call Main 112. 100c
FOR SALE—Livingroom and bed
room furniture; woodworking
tools; slide projector; beaded
screen. Call Hough, Main 28.
98c
FOR SALE — PA-16, very reas
onable, Muntz Inti. Nome. Con
tact Tin City Flying Club, at
Tin City. ' 107p
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $1C.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE—Henslee 3 Bedroom
furnished mobile home, 10 ft.
wide, 50 ft. long. Also ’59 Ford
Pickup, like new. Call M-109. tf
REAL SILK Hosiery Mills now in
Kotzebue — In Nome end of
this week & next week. Nancy
Lee Baker. 99c
SHOWING AT NOMERA3IA
TONIGHT and THURSDAY
There never was a motion picture like
Agclaimed the greatest story
of the West ever filmed!
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IV. It vrlfl "At Collections - Nome Hardware
Comments and Complaints — Main 154
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