THE NOME NUGGET ~"
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Entered as-second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
DON’T JUST STAND THERE
Readiness Is the Best Prevention
Statistically, the great American hunter can be
proud of his record for shooting game—instead of his
fellow-hunters, innocent bystanders and domestic ani
mals. Out of the total 90,000 fatal accidents last year,
1,050 were caused by firearms. And while only a third
of these occurred while hunting, we should properly
consider as hunting accidents the alarming number of
home tragedies due to hunting arms.
We should remember that hunting accidents most
frequently involve novices at the sport, and many
such are hunting ptarmigan these days. Thus, the
youngsters who will get their first experience at game
shooting this year—as well as the experienced oldsters
—should be instructed and drilled and grilled on the
handling of arms. Here are the simplest and most com
prehensve safety rulles we know of:
1. Make sure guns stored away at home are un
loaded.
2. Guns should be locked away from children.
3. Keep firearms in good working order.
4. A gun pulled carelessly out of a car may shoot
someone, the first morning of the hunting season, or
the last.
6. Following another hunter under tree limbs and
thru underbrush is dangerous when carrying loaded
guns.
7. Never use your gun to punch or club game out
of the brush.
8. Don’t carry a cocked gun.
9. Carry the gun with its muzzle pointed to the
ground. Never point it at anyone. Don’t let the muzzle
clog with snow or mud.
10. Don’t shoot moving objects until you know
what they are. Be certain no one is in the way.
To which we might add just a few more: Don’t
set the woods afire. Be careful with skinning knives.1
Be prepared for emergencies.
Jimmie Sullivan, Formerly of
Nome, Married In California
The wedding of Jimmie Sulli
van to Kaye Arlin Wies has been
announced at Long Beach, Calif.,
on July 12. Jimmie is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Sullivan, for
mer Nome residents.
The young couple will make
their home in Hollywbod, Calif.
Internal Revenue Man Here
Peter Gatz and Phil Massarre
of tiie Dept, of Internal Revenue
arrived here last week, but Mr.
Gatz has returned to his Fair
banks office, leaving Mr. Mass
arre, who has his office in the
Clerk of the Court Office. He
is available to anyone with in
come tax problems.
Carrie McLain Meets
Former Friends in
Fairbanks', Juneau, Sitka
Carrie McLain, retired city
clerk who left recently on a well
earned vacation to visit all across
the United States and maybe Eu
rope as well before returning, has
written several interesting letters
telling of meeting former friends
in Fairbanks, Juneau and Sitka.
In Sitka she was met by Duke
Metrovich, who took her to the
Pennycook home where she was a
guest.
Later she visited with Effie
Baldwin and told about the love
ly room she has in the Pioneer
Home with “chartreuse walls and
lovely pink curtains.”
Other Nomeites in Sitka who
greeted and entertained her were
Mr. and Mrs. George Beacom,
Lois Morgan Young and her three
adopted children, and Helen j
Frost, missionary nurse for many
years at Teller Mission.
Mrs. McLain is now in Seattle
to attend the Sourdough Conven
tion.
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MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Sheldon Keok, Bon
nie Hahn, Dolores Palmquist.
Discharged: Gladys Oiom and
infant, Janet Amaktoolik, Mina
Bachelder and son, Howard Wey
ionna, J. P. Hurley, Perry Ka
goona, Ruth Ann Simpson.
Helen Glavinovich, Honor
Student, Returns to Gonzaga
Helen Glavinovich, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glavino
vich, left yesterday with Pan
American Airways to return to
Gonzaga University for her sec
ond year. Last spring Helen was
listed among the honor students
having sustained a B average in
her college work.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving yesterday were: Ger
trude Finch, Carl Mickelson, Mr.
Windsor, Mr. Mest, and Mr.
Nickerson.
Departing were: D. F. Arnold,
Osborne McIntyre and daughter
Bonita, for Fairbanks; and for
Seattle: Harold Bayne, J. Ells, A1
Buscio, Florence Collins, Helen
Glavinovich, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Blanning and family, Richard
Boumell and family, and Hazel
Bloomheart.
Mrs. Fred Glover On Short Visit
Mrs. Fred Glover and small
daughter were between-planes
visitors in Nome today, enroute
from Kotzebue to her home in
Big Delta. Mr. and Mrs. Glover
lived here in the early 1940’s.
Fred is a maintenance man for
the CAA at Big Delta and they
now have four children.
Mrs. Glover has just ended a
two-week visit at Kotzebue
with her parents.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
We wish to express our appre
ciation for the many thoughtful
and kind expressions of sympathy
extended to us during our recent
sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Larson
and Family.
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Weather in Arctic Ocean Provides
Surprises to DEW Supply Ships
SEATTLE, Idft—Weather condi
tions aren’t turning out the way it
was thought they would, accord
ing to one Army official responsi
ble for unloading cargo at radar
sites on the Distant Early Warn
ing Line.
Lieut. Col. Richard E. Nagel is
the first of the four area com
manders to return to Seattle, his
job in the arctic completed.
“We were lucky,” Colonel Na
gel said. He was in charge of the
Army Transportation Corps ste
vedoring troops at sites from
Point Barrow to Demarcation Bay
near the Alaska-Canada border.
“The area north of Alaska was
fairly open at the time we were
there,” Col. Nagel said. “We saw
ice moving back and forth, but it
didn’t stop our operations.
The area north of Alaska has
nothing to protect it, and trouble
from ice had been expected, but
there was little. In areas west of
Alaska and along the Canadian
shores, one' the other hand, ice
has been a serious problem for
men t and ships.
That was the reason that some
ships in the 46-ship fleet supply
ing the western sector of the DEW
Line were almost back to Seattle
before others reached their desti
nations in arctic Canada.
“While ice didn’t stop our oper
ations, we had fog, wind and rain
against us,” said Col. Nagel. “But
morale was high, and with the
Navy, Army and civilians work
ing together as a team, not even
Ihe fog caused us much trouble.
Temperatures ranged from 61
degrees to near freezing. While
weather north of Alaska was rel
atively good—for the arctic—the
men in the expedition didn’t take
time off to enjoy it.
“In some cases,” Col. Nagel
said, “the men worked around the
clock, 24 hours a day.
“The longest that we spent at
any one site was 70 hours. Weath
er can change fast, and our job
was to get the ships unloaded and
let them get out of there.”
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Japanese Court Drops
Plan to File Charges
Against U.S. Airman
MITO, Japan, UP)—T-l^e Mito
district procurator’s office an
nounced today it has dropped its
plans to file charges against an
American pilot whose L-20 plane
struck and killed a Japanese
woman Aug. 2.
The announcement said a thoro
investigation had determined 1st
Lt. John L. Gordon of Erie, Pa.,
was performing “official duty” at
the time and was not stunting, as
some accounts had charged.
The plane struck the woman
during takeoff 65 miles north of
Tokyo. The woman was riding a
bicycle. Her son, 23, with her on
the bicycle, was injured.
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