N.C. CLOSING OUT ITS i
‘CAT’ DEPARTMENT
It was announced at.,the Cham-1
her meeting today that the North- j
ern Commercial Co. was closing
out its Caterpillar department as
it was unprofitable. All Cater
pillar parts are being shipped out
side this fall, it .was revealed.
Considerable concern was ex
pressed by those using this equip
ment as most repair work is plan
ned for the winter months which'
would create an increased cost for
the owners using this service in
all Seward Peninsula.
Members of the Chamber'urged
that Caterpillar headquarters be
contacted to have this move de
layed until next spring.
Individual members expressed
the opinion they would also write
uring that, in all fairness to the
mining industry of the area, a de
lay in shipping out parts be made.
Health, Welfare Dept.
Fires Juvenile Director
Winfield Irvin has been re
leased as director of the Special
Services Division of the State De
partment of Health and Welfare.
Paul Windsor, commissioner of
Health and Welfare, said the dis
missal would be effective Oct. 1.
Irvin, formerly of Seward, had
been head of the old board of
Juvenile Institutions for about a
year. The job paid $10,000 a year.
Windsor said Irvin’s successor
would head a probation and pa
role section as well as juvenile
affairs within the division. The
new division head, Windsor said,
would be a man qualified in both
juvenile and probation work.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Leo Roduin.
Discharged: Henry Adams, Pete
Woods, Alice McKay and infant,
Judy Koplin, George Larson, L.
Driggs, Clarence Stenback.
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with easterly
winds 20-25 mph. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight 45, the
high tomorrow 55. Sunrise at 5:41
a m., sunset at 6:06 p.m.
iNome data in last 24 hours as
cl 7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 51, lowest 36. Max. wind 12
n ph from the Southeast.
~ A year ago today: highest tem
perature 42, lowest 30. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest 38
in 1939, lowest 18 in 1917.
Rotary Welcomes
District Governor
Thomas E. Morgan
Tonight the Nome Rotary Club
honors District Governor Thomas
E. (Tommy) Morgan, of District
504 of Rotary International, with
*a banquet at the Seaview Room.
Mr. Morgan is a retired lumber
man and is one of 261 governors
supervising the activities of 10,200
Rotary clubs in 113 countries,
with about 500,000 members.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan arrived
today from Anchorage.
Since 1947 Rotary' has awarded
grants totaling more than three
million dollars to 1,202 students
from 67 countries. The Rotary
grant entitles the student to a
year’s study in the country of his
choice.
[ Sgt. Emery Chappie
Named 2nd In Command
Of Fairbanks Office
Sgt. Emery Chappie of the
State Police has been named
deputy officer in charge of the
Fairbanks office. The announce
ment was made by Lt. William
W. Trafton, chief of State Police
in the Fourth division. The ap
pointment is effective Oct. 1.
Chappie had been designated to
open a new State Police facility
at Nome but the project is tied
up for the time being.
WIEN WINTER OFFICE HOURS
Wien Alaska Airlines has an
nounced, winter office hours ef
fective immediately. The city
ticket office will be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Saturday. The office will be
closed on Sundays.
All freight for Kotzebue and
Fairbanks must be in the office
’ the day before the flight.
For further information, call
Main 46.
SCOUTS MEET TUESDAY
Scoutmaster John Bandy an
nounced that starting tomorrow
evening the meetings of the Boy
Scout Troop 666 will be held reg
ularly at 7:30 each Tuesday at the
Scout Hall.
All members of the group and
new iboys interested in becoming
members will start on the winter
program at this time.
Letler-siifc- and legal file folder
available al The Nome Nuggel
A HEARTY WELCOME TO NOME
THOMAS E. MORGAN,
Rotary District Governor,
AND MRS. MORGAN
THE FAMILY STORE
James F. O’Sullivan, Agent — Phone Main 68
Walsh Goes to Planning |
Commission Meeting
Pearse Walsh leaves today to
represent this area in the hear
ings of the State Planning Com
mission, of which he is a member. |
The group is scheduled to hold |
a hearing here on Friday in the |
Jury Doom of the Federal Build-1
ing from 1:30 until 5:00 p.m. and
in the evening starting at 7:30 if I
additional time is needed.
The Chamber of Commerce has j
prepared a brief for the hearing j
and individuals as well as groups j
are invited to participate.
.
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT j
Edwin Kotongen pled guilty to
filing false statements to receive
unemployment benefits. He was
sentenced to serve 180 days in
jail, suspended on provision he
repay the $280 he received in
benefits.
* * *
David Richards pled guilty on
three counts of giving liquor to
minors in his home and was fined
$50 on each count and a 30 days
suspended sentence on each count.
* • •
Robert Rotzler was given a 30
day suspended sentence for being
drunk on a public street. He also
pled guilty to two charges of giv
ing liquor to minors and received
a sentence of 30 days suspended
and a $50 fine on each count.
McKAY MOVES TO KOTZEBUE
R. McKay, deputy for the U.S.
Marshal’s office, whose headquar
ters have been Nome for the past
year, moved with his family to
Kotzebue where he has been as
signed as field deputy.
Numbered Duplicate Stub Tickets
For Sale at The Nugget
PIONEERS ATTENTION
Regular Meeting of
Pioneer Igloo Sept. 23
Delegates to be elected
for Pioneer Convention
ALL NOME
Invited
TO SEE
SPECIAL FILM —
“PERSECUTION
-USA”
TO BE SHOWN
At The
ASSEMBLY
OF
GOD
AT 7:30
Tuesday Evening
— Don’t Miss This
OPPORTUNITY!
WANT ADS
FOUND — Brown clutch bag.
Claim at Polet’s.
WANTED TO RENT—Two bed
room house. Call Red 13 113c
FOR SALE—Three h.p. outboard,
electric hot plate, steam iron.
Call Red 12. 13c
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FRESH dry salmon, 40 cents lb.
plus freight. Write Teller Com
mercial Co.
REWARD for return of wallet be
longing to Ernie Lewis. Need
identification papers. Bring to
Nugget Office. *
/
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
TONIGHT
Singing His Heart Out
In A Thousand Smoky
Saloons... Fighting
The Gangsters Who
Try To Run Him!!!
A Charles Vidor Production with BEVERLY GARLAND • JACKIE COOGAN
Wrest* b, CHARLES VIDOR • Produced by SAMUEL J. BRISKIN
Screenplay by OSCAR SAUL • from a book by ART COHN
Based on We Life of Joe E. Lewis • A Paramount Release jjflgk
muyson’
ORANGES .. lb. 29c
APPLES . lb. 29c '
POTATOES .5 lbs. 69c
GREEN BEANS, Frozen.: 2 lbs. 99c
ONIONS, Dry. lb. 19c
ROAST BEFF, Libby’s ... 12 oz. 59c
i '
HAPPYVALE TOMATOES .... No. 2% 3 for 1.00
SWIFT’S CHILI ROLLS . 12 oz. 59c
The U. S. MERC
Of Course!