Group of Tourists Arrive
Nome Via Wien Airlines
A group of travellers from the
States who sailed to Alaska with
the Alasha Steamship Co. on the
SS Baranof, arrived in Nome to
day on Wien Airlines.
The party was composed of:
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Norway, Seat
tle; Mr. C. A. Malgren,, St. Paul,
Minn.; Mrs. H. N. Schroeder, St.
Paul, Minn.; 10-year-old Pamela
Arling, Minneapolis; Mrs. Verna
A. Wright, Los Angeles; and Mrs.
Richard Edmonson, Fairbanks.
Mr. Norway and Mr. Malgren
are railroad men, Mr. Norway
being an engineer for the N.P.
and G.N. railroads, with a 30-year
service button, and Malgren is a
stationary engineer.
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PROWLER ATTEMPTS BREAK
INTO N.C. STORE LAST NIGHT
An attempt was made last night
to break into the Northern Com
mercial Co. Store at both the side
and back of the building. The
prowler also went upstairs in the
building, it is reported, but
aroused manager Dewey Goodrich
and fled from the building before
he could be apprehended.
City and federal authorities are
working on the clues found today.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: Eva Seymore,
Billy Seymore, E. Triodin, M. I.
Nemoff, E. Pearson.
To McGrath: S. L. Wartzfelder,
Chas. Stack.
To Moses Point: May Saccheus,
Lorraine David.
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Coroner’s Jury Identifies
Body As Mathew Bast,
Cause of Death Unknown
The coroner’s jury which was
in session Monday afternoon and
Tuesday morning to identify the
body found 100 yards off the
Sand Spit, reached a verdict after
careful deliberation, of death
from unknown causes, probably
due to exposure. They identifed
the body to be that of Mathew
Bast, an electrician for the North
ern Light and Power Co'., who
disappeared last fall, leaving no
clues.
The body was found Saturday
by Perry Kagoona and Robert
Ilingnuk.
Identification was made through
a fur parka which he was wearing
and also hy his teeth. Fingerprints
have been sent to Washington,
D.C,. for identification. No identi
fication was found on the body,
such as wallet, watch and other
objects normally carried.
The Junior Police have been
invited to join the National Asso
ciation of Junior Police. The Na
tional Association has its head
quarters at Harrisburg, 111., and
has chapters all over the United
States.
ALL CHILDREN INVITED
FOR ICE CREAM
All children from the First to
the Eighth Grades are invited
for ICE CREAM on Saturday
morning, 10 o’clock until noon,
at the Modern Cleaners.
COLORED SLIDES
The Phoebe Circle of ihe Cove
nant Church will hold its regular
meeting at the old building at
7:30 tonight. Colored slides from
Nunivak to Diomede Islands will
be shown by Mrs. Roald Amund
sen.
The refreshment committee is
Mrs. Eleanor Holm and Mrs. Andy
Miller. Whether or not you are a
member of the Circle you are
invited to attend.
NOTICE TO GUARDSMEN
All National Guard members
now in Nome are ordered to re
port to the Armory for a Special
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. tonight, in
Class A uniform.
Lt. Wi A. Shepherd,
Acting CO Company A
1st Scout Bn.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—5-room house. Good
location. $3,500. Call Main 42.
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FOUND — Large bunch of keys,
including one miniature key.
WANTED — Auto License Tags,
1947 and older. Collectors prices
paid. Write to Box 1147, Doug
las, Alaska. 5P
FOR SALE — A house and lot
facing First Ave. West, in Block
B. For further information,
write Edward B. O’Connor,
P. O. Box 825, Mt. Edgecumbe,
Alaska. 69
BUILDING for sale —20x40. To
be moved. Good condition. Call
Main 168 days, Main 116 eve
nings. . ‘ 58
THE TRADING POST
Sleeping Bags .$12.50
Blankets . 3.75
Pillows . 2.50
Used Mattresses . 3.00
Army Cots . 2.00
New Mackinaws . 8.00
THE TRADING POST
Arctic Club To Sponsor
Roller Skating In
Nome School Gym
A committee from the Arctic
Club met with the School Board
concerning roller skating in the
school gym.
After much discussion it was
agreed that the Arctic Club would
sponsor this sport on a self-paying
basis. A certain amount must be
turned in periodically to the gym
fund for refinishing the floor.
This will be a community pro
ject with children and adults tak
ing part. The Arctic Club feels
that, if the public really thinks
•this a worthwhile project and it
is a success, it will toe continued.
All receipts after the gym fund
reduction will be used to purchase
sports equipment, stated Pete
Reader, Arctic Club president.
MR. & MRS. NELS SWANBERG
FETED ON 52d ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanberg,
Sr., celebrated their 52nd wedding
anniversary with their children
and grandchildren at their home
on Tuesday evening. The Nugget
extends congratulations to a fine
pair of pioneers.
Nels Swanberg is one of the
charter members of the Pioneers
of Alaska and recalled that he
came to Alaska in 1896 and ar
rived in Nome in 1900, traveling
down the Yukon in a Peterbor
ough canoe. In that year he went
to Bluff by canoe and mined,
cleaning up about $2,000. Then he
canoed to Teller and joined the
gold rush to Gold Run.
Swanberg said the only persons
in Nome today who arrived be
fore 1900 are Peter X. Peterson,
Mrs. M. J. Walsh, Frank Martin
and Pete Brandt.
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City Council Notes
Police Department reported 50
arrests and $630 in fines for the
month of April. Four men and
four women prisoners were turn
ed oVer to the Federal authorities.
Fire Department reported two
fire alarms for the month.
Sidewalks will require about
10,000 board feet of lumber for
repairs and additions this summer
it was reported.
Cemetery progress was reported
with a map being drawn show
ing where an exchange of about
three acres of ground will be
made between the city and the
UjS. Smelting Co. for space need
ed at the cemetery.
Clean-up Week set for May 25
to May 31.
Sales Tax collections for the
first quarter of 1953, $10,156.
Traffic aids were approved and
include reflector buttons at stop
and slow intersections.
Application from Harry John
son for utility man was the only
one received. There were no ap
plications for either police or fire
department heads.
School Board's present plan for
improvements indicate that the
present building will not toe
changed. A complete new con
struction of eight classrooms will
be made if present plans are com
pleted.
PROPERTY TRANSFER
Frank Coplin has purchased
the Berg property on Front Street
from the Henry Berg heirs, who
are Ernest Berg and his sisters,
Margery and Henrietta. The pro
perty is located at Lot 2, Block C
on Front Street and is the pro
perty formerly occupied by the
Nevada and later by the Golden
Goose.
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1953 BERING SEA SCHEDULE
JUNE 3 — Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet,
Golovin, Teller, Tin City.
JULY 8 — Nome (to discharge perishable and
refrigerated cargo only), Teller, Kotzebue,
Keewalik, Nome (to discharge the balance
of Nome cargo), St. Michael.
SEPTEMBER 23 — St. Michael, Nome, Teller.
(Sailings and ports of call subject to change without notice)
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