ARCTIC EXPERT TO SPEAK
AT PRESS CLUB DINNER
ANCHORAGE, Uft — Col. Bernt
Balchen, internationally knowp
expert on the Arctic, will speak
April 30 at the fifth annual
awards dinner of the Alaska
Press Club.
Balchen, former commander of
the 10th Air Rescue Squadron at
Edmendorf Air Force Base, is
making a specal trip to the terri
/ tory for the banquet.
His topic will be “Alaska’s New
• Front Door.”
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I See Tom Tungwenuk
Call White 128
■SMOKE STACKS CLEANED
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KICK BRINGS DOWN ROOF
SALT LAKE CITY, UPV—George
E. Kilgore went to Mrs. Stella
Talamento’s house yesterday to
make an estimate on remodeling
the front porch.
He gave the porch support a
lusty kick to test its strength.
Now a repair job really is needed.
His kick knocked the support
and the roof caved in on him.
He injured his hip and broke his
right arm.
— Pioneers’ Meeting —
Wednesday, April 20
Pioneer Igloo
8:00 P.M.
Refreshments
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
STOVE OIL FURNACE OIL
Ben Young
Authorized Standard* Oil Dealer
We Check Your Tank Regularly
Office Phone: BLACK 76 Residence: MAIN 52
Pacific Northern’s New
Constellation Makes
Survey Flight to Alaska
SEATTLE, (J1)—A party of Seat
tle and Portland newspaper, radio
and television men returned here
Sunday after a survey flight to
Alaska aboard one of the 57
passenger Lockheed Constella
tions being put into service in
the territory by Pacific Northern
Airlines.
The group left here Friday
morning, making stops at Juneau,
Cordova, Anchorage and Kodiak.
The flight covered 3,900 miles
in 49 hours, with sunny weather
prevailing most of the time to
give the group exceptional views
of Alaska’s miles of snow-covered
coastal mountains.
Almost 1,000 Alaskans were j
j taken on courtesy flights aboard !
! the big craft during the four!
j stops.
The Constellations, w h i c h j
! cruise at 320 miles an hour, will |
; provide 5l/z hour non-stop flights !
j by PNA between Seattle and An- j
I chorage, starting April 20. An;
I additional Constellation flight |
! will be opened via Juneau in
j May. PNA will continue to oper- 1
! ate DC-4 flights to Alaska.
i Fine Job Printing at The Nuggei
Young Representative
Finds Stateside Folks
Same As In Alaska
WASHINGTON, (^—Eighteen
year-old Maureen Bauer of Fair
banks, Alaska, told an inquiring
reporter at a Red Cross confer
ence here:
“People used to tell me that
when I got to the States I’d never
want to go back to Alaska. But
when I look around, the people
all seem the same as they do back
home. Of course, Alaska doesn’t
have the culture — the museums
and parks, but then they can’t
beat our scenery.”
She is one of four teen-agers
here for a conference of the Na
tional Advisory Council of the
American Junior Red Cross. Each
is chairman of one of the four
Red Cross regions. Maureen was
elected secretary of the Advisory
Council early in the session.
After the three-day conference
which ended Saturday, Maureen
plans to visit the Smithsonian In
stitution and other attractions.
She will spend the week with rel
atives in New York before re
turning home.
Migrating Pacific Golden Plov
ers travel 2,400 miles from Alaska
to Hawaii entirely over water.
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THINKING... IT I5NT FAIR OF ME TO TAKE
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Couple Travels
Yukon to Panama
In Amphib Jeep
PANAMA, UP*—A young Cali
fornia couple journeying by sea,
river and land from near the Arc
tic Circle to South America’s low
er tip, reached Panama City Sat
urday.
Frank and Helen Schreider of
Valley Center, Calif., are making
the trip from Alaska to Tierra
del Fuego in an amphibious jeep.
The vehicle, specially fitted af
ter they bought it in a junk yard,
has brought them 10,000 miles
from the banks of the Yukon
River.
The couple, whose next stop is
Turbo, Colombia, said the going
got rough after they reached Mex
ico.
They have been following the
coastline in roadless sections,
driving along beaches and ox cart
trails.
Their jeep, named “The Tortu
ga,” first took to the sea at Dom
inical Point, Costa Rica, churning
12 miles to Mala Point.
The jeep later navigated nine
miles up the Espino River in
Costa Rica.
The Schreiders plan to continue
following the Atlantic coast, tak
ing to the sea when the beaches
are impassable.
Department Store Blast
PORTLAND, Ore., l/P*—A heavy
explosion in a crowded Portland
department store was under an
intense investigation by police
Saturday.
The sharp blast at mid-after
noon Friday wrecked a third
floor restroom in the 12-storv
Meier & Frank Department Store,
Portland’s largest. Two persons
were injured, but not seriously.
BOY KILLED BY A FLYING
PIECE OF WOOD FROM SAW
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., UP)—A
nine-year-old boy was killed Fri
day by a flying piece of plywood
which pierced his chest as he
played in his father’s lumber yard.
The victim, Jerry Paulenoff,
was nearby when two workmen
were cutting quarter-inch ply
wood into three-inch strips on a
circular saw.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. X
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
□ Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helexx Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
48® First Ave. West. Nome. Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 pwin.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
C. F. O’DELL
Bookkeeping & Secretarial Service
501 FOURTH AVE.
P. 0. BOX 201
NOME, ALASKA
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis, W.M.
Norvtn W. Lewis. Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.