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| LOWER DEATH RATE IN KOREAN WAR
1950
7.9 PER 1000
PER YEAR
1951
3.2 PER 1000
PER YEAR
1952
1.3 PER 1000
PER YEAR
1953
1.1 PER 1000
PER YEAR
Figures compiled by ihe Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
show that the number of U.S. soldiers per thousand who
have died in action has declined. —An AP Piciograph
Alaska Airlines Report
Expenses Down, Profits
Up In ‘53 in Contrast to ’52
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines
Inc. reported a net profit for the
month of June of 851,799 after all
charges. The profit for the first
eight months of the present fiscal
year was 879,496. This compares
with an operating loss of $1,438,
663 for the like period a year
earlier.
Operating revenues were up
$959,074, a gain of 42 per cent for
eight months. Operating expenses
dropped 8548,703 or 16 per cent.
Revenue passenger miles in com
mercial operations were 11,502,570
a gain of 8 per cent over the same
period last year. Cargo' ton miles
were up 16 per cent to 1,386,313.
Nelson David, president, attrib
uted the sharp decline in operat
ing costs to economy measures
and organizational changes dur
ing the past year. He said that em
phasis will continue on economy
and efficiency to the greatest pos
sible extent consistent with the
company's policy of providing the
public a reliable, first-class air
service, both within Alaska and
between the United States and
Alaska.
David added that the high traf
fic volume is expected to con
tinue during the remaining four
months of the present fiscal year.
As early as 1922 explorers in
the arctic began to publish arti
cles that the air routes of the
future were in and across the
arctic.’
Personal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale at the Nugget. j
Sgt. Walunga Gets
Official Praise For
Duties On Gambell
JUNEAU—Sgt. 1st Class Willis
Walunga, non-commissioned offi
cer in charge of the Alaska Na
tional Guard unit at Gambell on
St. Lawrence Island, was this
week given official praise for his
duties as a Guardsman in the Ber
ing Sea outpost, ANG headquar
ters here announced.
The Army’s top commander in
Alaska, Maj. Gen. W. M. Miley,
commanding general, U.S. Army,
Alaska, has written the Eskimo
scout a letter of appreciation.
“You have set a fine example
for your men in promptness and
initiative and deserve the faith of
your superiors for your untiring
efforts to improye the effective
ness of the Alaska National
Guard,” Miley’s letter stated.
During August SFC Walunga
established a camp on the shore
of Troutman Lake for the annual
two-week encampment of Guards
men who live on St. Lawrence
Island. While a member of the
ANG’s First Scout Battalion he
has reported his unit’s training
activities and volunteer patrols to
battalion headquarters at Nome.
Gambell is located on the west
ern tip of St. Lawrence Island.
The 29-year-old topkick has
trained his unit, like other scout
units of the ANG, to observe air
craft and ship movements in the
area and to be prepared for any
intruder on America’s remotest
northern shores.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
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\ Modern Laundry & Dry Cleaners \
( 1ST AVE. and LANES WAY PHONE MAIN 113 '(
EIGHT-HOUR SERVICE \
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
WE CARRY A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS CAREFULLY HANDLED
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
Ex-6Mystery Man’,
Out On Parole,
Gets Into Trouble
JERSEY CITY, N.J., UB—Henry
(The Dutchman) Grunewald, one
time Washington mystery man
who was found in a gas-filled
room with a woman friend, was
released in his own custody Fri
day night, police announced Sat
urday.
Grunewald had been charged
with disorderly conduct after he
and the woman, Mrs. Ann Ander
son, 46, were found overcome by
gas in an apartment. Police said
a pot of coffee on the stove may
have boiled over, putting out the
fire and allowing gas to'escape.
The 63-year-old Grunewald was
prominently mentioned in the
congressional probe of “influence
peddling,” and he was reluctant to
testify about his activities.
He was fined $1,000 and given
a suspended 90-day jail sentence
for contempt of Congress, and put
on probation for a year. In Wash
ington federal probation officers
were reported to be studying the
Jersey City incident in the light
of probation requirements that
Grunewald be honest, temperate
and lead a clean life.
Police said this is the way
Grunewald explained what had
happened:
He, Mrs. Anderson and Richard
J. Tarrant, a Jersey City lawyer,
were driving to New York from
Newark when Grunewald became
ill.
Tarrant suggested that they
stop at the apartment of a relative
of his. That was how they hap
pened to be at the apartment
which neither of them rented.
After a rest Grunewald felt bet
ter and he and Mrs. Anderson
dined out with a friend, and re
turned to the apartment where
Grunewald suffered a heart at
tack.
While tending to him, Mrs. An
derson forgot about a pot of cof
fee heating up on the stove and
it boiled over, putting out the
flames. The two jets poured gas
into the room and both passed out.
His daughter, Miss Erna Grune
wald, b’3(fcked up his story. She
said that Mrs. Anderson is a
friend of the family and had called
to tell them where she and
Grunewald were staying and why.
BRITAIN'S TOURIST REPORT
LONDON, iff) — How does the
average tourist spend his cash in
Britain? The British Travel Asso
ciation estimates that 45 cents of
every dollar goes to hotels and
food; 20 cents on inland transport
and 15 cents on entertainment.
Such things as clothes and sou
venirs take up the rest.
Britain’s earnings from all over
seas visitors in 1952 were about
$320,600,000, the association esti
mates. This was nearly 30 percent
more than 1951 and it is expected
that 1953 will set an all-time rec
ord. Tourists are still Britain’s
biggest source of dollars.
WIN A NEW WESTINGHOUSE
APPLIANCE THE EASY MONARCH WAY!
Monarch Finer Foods is giving
away $100.l»00 worth of new West
inghouse Appliances to users of
the Company’s Products, in cele
bration of its 100th Anniversary
Year.
These prizes include Laundry
Twins, Frost Free Refrigerators.
Electric Stoves, Television Sets.
Roaster Ovens, Vacuum Cleaners,
etc. One-hundred prizes each month.
Final contest ends December 31.
1953. Ask your grocer for Monarch
> Limerick Contest Entry Blanks or
write for complete details to
MONARCH FINER FOODS, CON
TEST DEPARTMENT. 314 N.
CLARK ST., CHICAGO. ILL ^
Top Westinghouse Electric
Official Believed Drowned
In Swift Stream in B.C.
KETCHIKAN, UP—A top offi
cial of the Westinghouse Electric
Corp., vanished Thursday while
trout fishing in the swift waters
erf an interior British Columbia
river, and companions said Satur
day they were certain he had
drowned.
The missing man, Fred T. Whit
ing, 62, Chicago, a Westinghouse
vice president, has been sought
without success since Trursday by
members of his party, Canadian
Mounted 'Police and volunteers in
the area.
Westinghouse President Gwilym
A. Rice, Pittsburgh, Pa., who was
with Whitfng,- said here there ap
peared no doubt he was swept
away in the turbulent Morice
River, 150 miles east of Prince
Rupert, B.C.
Price said there appeared to be
only two' possibilities, outside of
the remote chance a grizzly bear
made off with Whiting. The West
inghouse president speculated his
assistant must have either slipped
into the river’s racing current or
suffered a heart attack and top
pled in.
The Mounties said that if Whit
ing drowned he might not be
found until the river carried his
body into Owens Lake, 50 miles
away.
NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Each lime Ihe fire whistle blows
the telephone operator must call
some 20 volunteer firemen of the
location of the fire. Many volun
teers are on party lines, and the
calls are obstructed by inquiries
from others of "Where's the fire?"
It is the earnest request of the
City of Nome, that residents give
the dperator TEN MINUTES to
get her calls\ to ihe volunteers.
This cooperation will get your
volunteers to the fire in much
quicker time. *
City of Nome
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Aug. 21, 24, 28
WEEKS REINSTATES
ASTIN AS HEAD OF
STANDARDS BUREAU
WASHINGTON, — Secretary
of Commerce Weeks has reinsta
ted Dr. Allen V. Astin, the scientist
he fired last spring as director of
the National Bureau of Standards,
the government’s central labor
atory.
Acknowledging that he had
changed his views, Weeks said he
has now made Astin “a member
of my team” in the “best interests
of the Bureau and the public.” He
also said his action had unani
mous approval from a committee
of scientists he had asked to find
a successor to Astin.
Speedboat Operator Okay
After All, Says IV Owner
SEATTLE, (#)—Stan Sayres and
Paul Sawyer have agreed to agree,
with Sayres calling the Rochester,
N.Y., speedboat driver a gentle
man with excellent qualifications
as an operator of a speedboat.
Sawyer, saying he felt Sayres’
statement released Friday vindi
cated his ability and conduct, in
turn withdrew his Superior Court
suit for $12,000 damage growing
out of his being fired by Sayres
as driver of the Slo-Mo-Shun IV.
The firing came a few days be
fore the Aug. 9 Gold Cup races
on Lake Washington.
The IV, with Lou Fageol and
Joe Taggart at the wheel, won the
race.
SUNDAY RESULTS
American League
New York 4, Philadelphia 0
Boston 5, Washington 4
Chicago 2-11, Detroit 1-6
Cleveland 3-9, St. Louis 1-0
National League
Brooklyn 10-9, Pittsburgh 5-7
Philadelphia 6,- New York 3
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3
Milwaukee 10-2, Chicago 2-7
Coast League .
Seattle 4-0, Portland 2-3
Los Angeles 5-2, San Francisco
4-8
Hollywood 9-0, Oakland 5-3
San Diego 6-4, Sacramento 4-2
SUMMER SCHEDULE
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DAILY DC-3 FLIGHTS
Fairbanks — Kotzebue — Nome — Fairbanks
leave Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. arrive Kolzebu^ 10:30 a.m.
leave Kotzebue 11:15 p.m. arrive Nome 12:50 p.m.
leave Nome 6:00 p.m. arrive Fairbanks 9:30 p.m.