FRESH SINEW
CALF SKINS
RABBIT SKINS
’COON SKINS
MUSKRAT SKINS
Millium and Alpaca Lining
Parka Cover Cloth, Felt, Zippers
and a full line of
Fur and Sewing Supplies
Search Launched
For Airman Lost
Afoot at Indian Mt.
FAIRBANKS, — A Georgia
airman, who wandered away from
his remote radar installation Sat
urday, is missing in a desolate
area near the Arctic Circle 200
miles northwest of here.
Airman 1/c. Frank Luther
Smith disappeared while 'hiking
from Lower Toupper Camp at In
dian Mountain, near Hughes. He
became tired and asked his two
companions to continue on to
camp while he rested.
An immediate search was
launched when Smith failed to
show up at camp a short time
later. However, searchers were
unable to pick up his tracks be
cause of the drifting snow in the
area.
Maj. C. W. Evans, site com
mander, requested help and heli
copters and a platoon of soldiers
from the Army’s Yukon Com
mand were dispatched to the
rugged country on the Koyokuk
River.
Col. A. W. Brownfield, com
mander of the 5060th Aircraft
Control and Warning Group at
Ladd Air Force Base, said no
clues had been found, but that
the search would continue.
Smith’s wife and three children
are living at Atlanta, Ga.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
Vanguard Breaks Up
Minutes After Launching
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UR —
Flying off balance, a Vanguard
satellite rocket broke apart three
minutes after blastoff Monday
night and plopped into the Atlan
tic Ocean.
The trouble was in the temper
amental second stage, which
houses the complete guidance and
control system of the Vanguard.
Authorities said the first stage
performed well, boosting the
rocket to a height of 38 miles in
a little over two minutes. But
shortly after ignition of the sec
ond stage, a jolt shook the 72-foot
rocket and knocked it off course.
Unable to withstand the stress,
a shroud protecting the two satel
lites broke away and both of them
popped out prematurely at a height
of about 200 miles. The entire as
sembly then plunged into the sea.
Because of a dense overcast,
there was no visual observation
of its short flight.
'BLUE SKY LAW' WOULD
REGULATE SECURITIES SALES
JUNEAU, UR — The House early
this week approved and sent to the
Senate for concurrence in amend
ments a “blue sky” bill to regu
late sale of securities and stocks
in Alaska.
The bill requires registration of
stock salesmen, but not stock is
sues, and contains fraud pro
visions.
SCORCHV SMITH
J ffl
'
■' !'
, W-WHY IP'S A ^
PIECE OF FUSELAGE!
COULD IT BF FQOM
MY SOM'S PLAKlE^Y
SGOGCHy, XT MUST BEN
FROM PRESTO MS
PLANE -- \NE'PE NEAP
M'S LAST POSITION
CHECK- /7
I ';9iW: n
llSilil I imumi H
- LET'S COM3 THIS
THOROUGHLY FOR )
ANV MORE EVIDENCE^/
OF A CRASH — -r ;
•- .O'" '2&ja
-'hip
•C/ '►si1 ' ■
^ #W1"
.jgjlgrf jP Newsfiatur
HALF ACRE CASTLE
SHE'S TAKEN UP A HO0BV OF
HER OWN WHILE I'M GOLFING..
I-SHE'S GOING To __
-
NO/... no, I GUESS \ m
GINNY'S TOO FAT J *1
TO BE A MOPEL / *
(JOK-JAN/^T
1
5£NP
>0UR
HANPy
HINT
, ™
') JAN .
r fiAft>>
I PEA
H 8£HW«£
-ARE
C'F
THI?
PATER
_ _y
Bggfri r ~~i. i
I you GOING TO]7jUST a weekenp
J J»E AN ARTIS^J Vactist; PEAR /
teWfBL
P*'«W i??? ‘■Irf. h
MOM, Fit YES, I KNOW/... I
A^KEp HWAS JUST JK7IN6
YOU |F h TO THINK HOW
PAPPY «4PEtT TO TELL
1*7 A oOOP jra^j-yvOL1/^
Bandit Fails In
Attempt to Rob
Transport Payroll
SEATTLE, UPI — FBI agents and
naval sleuths pressed a search
Tuesday for an armed bandit who
failed in an attempt to steal the
payroll of the big military trans
port Frederick Funston.
Investigators said it was pos
sible the gunman was still aboard
the 482-foot ship.
The Funston was scheduled to
sail at 3 p.m. Thursday for Kodiak
and Adak, and the Far East. There
were no plans to delay the
sailing.
The transport was closely
guarded through the night at its
dock and bathed in lights from a
picket ship.
The Navy declined to disclose
the amount of money aboard the
ship but unofficial sources placed
it at upwards of $50,000. The crew
consists of 168 civilians and about
30 military men.
A Navy spokesman said a Negro
in civilian clothes shoved a gun
in the ribs of Francis J. Gutman,
assistant purser, a s Gutman
stepped from his office into a
passageway on the way to lunch.
The purser grappled with the man,
shouted an alarm and broke away.
The gunman fled, but the Navy
said it seemed impossible he
could have gotten off the ship
and away from the big terminal
without being seen.
The Funston will have more
than 500 members of a Port Hue
nema, Calif., construction battal
ion aboard when she sails. The
men are en route to Kodiak and
Adak for work on military con
struction projects.
Discoverer II Satellite
Invisible To U. S, Watchers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., UP) — The
Soviets may be able to see Dis
coverer II — but not the Amer
icans.
Operation Moonwatch said Mon
day night the newest American
satellite will not be “optically”
visible from the United States.
Officials at the Smithsonian As
trophysical Observatory, where
Moonwatch has a station, ex
plained passages will be too low
for illumination by the sun.
They added that the Soviet
Union, the northern reaches of
Canada, Alaska and Scandinavia
can see it and possibly the British
Isles.
Nome Directorv
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO I
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, See.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE. President
MARY DIEDE. Secretary.
— VISITORS WELCOME —