Kuskokwim Flood
Threat Is Over as
Ice Jam Breaks Up
ANCHORAGE, UP)—-The flood
threat in western Alaska is ap
parently over—at least for the
time 'being. •
Civil defense officials in An
chorage reported Wednesday that
a large ice jam on the Kuskokwim
River near McGrath broke under
its own pressure and eased the
critical situation.
The ice jam had occurred a few
miles downstream from McGrath,
causing river waters to back up
and start to inundate the district.
Evacuation was under way and
a military demolition team from
Anchorage was enroute when the
natural breakup took place.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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SERVICE
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Third Crewman Found
Unharmed From Crash
Of KB-50 Off Japan
iFUCHU, Japan, UR—The U.S.
Air Force reported yesterday a
yesterday a third crewman from
a KB-50 tanker that crashed in
the sea has been found unharmed.
He was picked up by a Japan
ese coastal ferry shortly after he
bailed out of the disabled KB-50
100 miles southwest of Tokyo
Wednesday.
The ferry was without a radio
and the airman’s safety was not
known until the boat docked.
Two other crewmen parachuted
to safety and were picked up soon
after the big refueling craft fal
tered and came down off the Izu
Peninsula.
Five of the eight-man crew are
still missing.
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SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P.O. Box 558
EZIO PINZA
DEAD AT 64
STAMFORD, Conn.,' UPl—Ezio
Pinza, who became a broadway
matinee idol as the middle-aged
lover of “South Pacific” after a
quarter century of international
fame, died in his sleep yesterday
at the age of 64.
^ Heart attacks had ended Pinza’s
singing career which started in
his native Italy in 1914.
Pinza never thought of singing
as a life work until 18—an age
when most opera fledglings have
amassed a decade of sober study.
He had little training, could
scarcely read a note—yet flaw
lessly sang 78 operatic roles to
critical acclaim in the world’s
music capitals.,
After 25 years atop the opera
world, he successfully made the
difficult transition into popular
music and became a matinee idol
of Broadway. His “Some Enchant
ed Evening” became a theme song.
Mother’s Wish Fulfilled
When Mike Stepovich
Named Alaska Governor
PORTLAND, UP)—1The ardent
wish of Mrs. Olga Fabianich has
come true. Her son, Mike Stepo
vich, 38, has been named govern
or of Alaska.
Mr. Fabianich, a widow who
operates a small grocery store
here, said that she wanted to see
her boy named to the post “before
I die.” She said that Wednesday
in an interview after word came
of his probable appointment. The
appointment was made yesterday.
Her son, Mike, was born in
Fairbanks, but reared here.
His mother married Mark Fabi
anich when Mike was two. Fabia
nich died in 1943.
A native of Yugoslavia, Mrs.
Fabianich said of her son: “He
loves the people. He’s always been
that way. If he knows you, a
block away he would wave hello.”
National Chubby Club
Welcomes New Members
The national Chubby Club has
175,000 members throughout the
country and membership is open
to any girl between the ages of
seven and 15, the only require
ment being that the applicant be
chubby.
The Chubby Club has its own
newspaper, sponsors charitable
projects, conducts contests for
Chubbys only, and has a network
of Pen Pals all over the world.
Information on dieting, good
grooming, fashions, etiquette and
personality improvement is avail
able to all Chubbys.
For membership card and free
subscription to newspaper write
to Chubby Editor, 465 Fifth Ave.,
New York, N.Y.
The man of the hour makes
every minute of every day count..
MAIL MESSENGER SERVICE
Sealed proposals for carrying
the United States mails on mail
messenger route No. 278113 be
tween the Post Office at Nome,
Alaska and Nome City Field and
Marks Field each way as often as
required will be received by the
Postmaster until May 20, 1957.
Mails to be carried in a motor
vehicle equipped and/or con
srtucted so as to afford protection
to the mail from the possibility of
depredation and damage due to
weather conditions.
The mail messenger will be re
quired to meet planes when they
arrive for the receipt and dis
patch of mails, regardless of plane
schedule, but only between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
as scheduled by the Postmaster at
Nome.
Bids are subject to Executive
Order 10557, dated Sept. 3, 1954.
requiring that in the employment
of such help as may be necessary
in the fulfillment of the contract,
no discrimination will be made
because of race, religion, color,
or national origin.
This service will not be let for
a stated period, and no written
contract with bond is required.
The service will be subject to
all the postal laws and regula
tions applicable thereto; deduc
tions will be made from the pay
of the mail messenger for failure
to properly provide for the per
formance of the service, and fines
will be imposed for other delin
quencies.
Mail messengers will be paid
monthly. Blank bids may be se
cured from Postmaster upon ap
plication therefor.
The position is now held by
John McNees.
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Big Search Planned
For Canadian Airliner
Missing Since Dec. 9
VANCOUVER. (A*)—Another at
tempt is going to be.made to solve
the mystery of Canada’s worst
aviation disaster as soon as melt
ing mountain snows permit, Trans
Canada Air Lines said Thursday.
The TCA airliner disappeared
Dec. 9 100 miles east of here with
62 persons aboard.
Aero surveys will photograph a
2,200-square-mile area considered
the heart of the search zone. The
project will begin near the end
of June or start of July.
WASHINGTON UPV—A fatal Ca
nadian Pacific Airlines plane
crash at Cold Bay last Aug.. 29
probably was caused 'by “the full
retraction of the wing flaps at low
altitude during a circling ap
proach without necessary cor
rective action being taken by the
crew,” the CAB said today.
Of 14 passengers aboard, 11
were killed. Four of the eight
crew were fatally injured.
Alaska Airlines
From Anchorage: Geo. Bayer,
L.J. Barnes, Geo. Carroll, Wm.
Donaghy, F. Nelson, D. E. Coch
ran, J. Chester, Albert .Pugh, Al
fred Pugh, F. Liebetrau, L. Han
son, L. Litchfield, Wm. Takak, J.
Woodland, J. Hawkins, F. Boyd,
R. Haman, L. Gallaghan, J. Shel
don, Don Pierson, E. Lynch, Jer
ome Trigg Jr.
To Anchorage: IX R. Brown
field, R.L. Lank, L.E. McIntosh,
E. McKee, E. Gregory, J. Schaef
er Chuck Erwin, D. Lockhardt, P.
Garfield, J. Commack, R. Bundy,
A. Thomas, W. Sampson. Bob Lee,
F. Luther, M. Ingram, Nick Tim
othy, D. Sun, C. Baldwin, W.
Adams, R. Lee, R. Stoney, Jack
Inzroyluke, C. Auliye, C. Johnson,
! Shelia Vore, Freida Larson, Rev.
and Mrs. W. Mecklenburg, L. J.
Hargis, Roy Okie, J. Hawkins.
IN DISTRICT COURT
A divorce suit was filed this
morning by Wm. Kaleak against
Ruth Kaleak.
* * *
The case of Wm. and Pauline
Elook vs. Alaska Airlines, Inc.,
was dismissed as a settlement has
been reached. Attorney Jim von
der Heydt declined to state the
amount received by the Elooks for
the death of a son who was killed
in a plane crash last fall.
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Yesterday the court awarded
Jennie Frazier $1800 damages
jointly and severally, plus attor
ney’s fees and costs from George
Hite and Claude Anderson.
The suit concerned damages to
the front of the Nome Liquor
Store last summer when a car
driven by Anderson crashed thru
the front of the store.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1!
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday mi each naadli
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Roht. K. Lewis,
Norvin W.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday
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