Amphibious Jeep
Adventurers Will
Rest at Shemya
SEATTLE, UP)—Two men who i
crossed the perilous North Pacific !
in an amphibious Jeep plan to
stay at Shemya Island in the outer
before continuing their tour.
Northwest Airlines, which has
a station at Shemya, messaged
the news of the men yesterday.
The adventurers, Ben Carlin, 42,
Perth, Australia, and Boyde De
tente, 28, Phoenix, Ariz., arrived
at Shemya Island Monday, six
days overdue from Japan.
An NWA spokesman said the
adventurers appear to be in good
shape. They plan to make a' few
minor repairs, refuel and rest a
bit before starting out for Adak
Island, 428 miles east of Shemya.
Carlin said the 1,340-mile trip
from northern Hokkaido Island in
Japan to Shemya was tougher
than his 1,600-mile voyage several
years ago from Halifax to the
Azores, as the water and weather
were both colder.
Carlin began his round-the
world trip in the Jeep seven years
ago from Montreal. He spent four
years in England and months
in Jaoan.
DeMente joined Carlin in Ja
pan. The men left Hokkaido Is
land June 12- and had planned
to arrive at Shemya in 21 days.
They started out wi.h 680-gallons
of gasoline and had 90 gallons left
when they reached Shemya. More
than half the gasoline was towed
in a container behind the Jeep,
named “The Half Safe.”
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TERRITORY OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
ALASKA AERONAUTICS AND
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Invitation for Bids
i CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT I
Anchorage, Alaska
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
(Placet Department of Aviation
iDatei July 8, 1957
SEALED BIDS, in duplicate copy sub
ject to the conditions contained here
in, will be received until July 2G, 1957,
then publicly opened, for furnishing ail
labor and materials and performing all
work for construction of an Airport
Landing Strip located near Kiana. Alaska
Plans, Specifications, and Project Doc
uments may be obtained from the Di
rector of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronau
tics and Communications Commission.
Room 202, Glover Bldg.. Anchorage, Alas
ka. upon deposit of $25.00.
Bids will be publicly opened in the
office of the Director of Aeronautics,
Room 202, Glover Bldg., Anchorage,.
Alaska, at 10:00 A.M., A.S.T., 'on July
26. 19o7.
Where copies of plans are requested,
a deposit of $25.00 will be required to
insure their return.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Ten Percent (10%?.
tSee Paragraph 7 of Instructions to
Bidder.!
Performance bond will be required
for an amount not less than 50% of the
contract.
Payment bond will be required for an
amount not less than 50 % of the contract.
Liquidated damages for delay will be
as stipulated in the General Contract
Provisions for Airport Construction
Specifications.
Partial payments will be made monthly.
Minimum wage rates applicable to
the contract shall be as listed in the
Special Contract Provisions.
Bids must be submitted upon Proposal
Form and the successful bidder will be
required to execute the Standard Form
of Contract for Construction.
Tiie rignt is reserved, as the interest
of the Territory of Alaska may require,
to reject any and all bids, to waive any
infomiahly in bids received, and to ac
cept or reject any items of any bid.
unless such bid is qualified by specific
limitation.
Envelopes containing bids must be
sealed, marked and addressed as follows:
Bid for Kiana Stage II
Project No. 9-50-059-02
To be opened at 10 A M.. A.S.T. Date
July 26, 1957
Bidder_
Address_.
Publish July 10, 17, 24, 1957.
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THE TRADING POST
Iran Discovers Communist Plot
To Blow Up Huge Oil Refinery
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GOLDEN
MEMORIES
By G. R. GOSHAW
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The term “cheechalko” origin
ated with the Eskimos who had a
similar sounding word for a small
bird that arrives in the north
early in the springtime, remains
for a short period, and then de- I
parts.
However, another meaning is
summed up in a poem by Esther
Darling: I
You’ve survived the one long, j
dark winter when the mercury
ran low—
You then can drop the name chee
chalko and become a sourdough,
come and seen the spring ice go;
You lived up in Alaska in Nome
where arctic breezes blow;
You have seen the autumn ice
German Air Service
To San Francisco May
Be' Delayed Until 1960
WASHINGTON, (£>—A lack of
equipment and of trained crews
may prevent the German airline
Lufthansa from inaugurating ser
vice to San Francisco until 1960,
Wolfgang A. Kittel, general man
ager of the airline’s North Ameri
can division said yesterday.
Kittel said also that it was un
likely that Lufthansa would start
a New York - Caribbean - South
America service before 1960.
Lufthansa has put into effect
only its Chicago route, by way of
Montreal, in addition to the route
between Germany and New York.
NOTICE
TO PROPERTY OWNERS
All taxes. Real and Personal,
due the City of Nome for the year
1956 become delinquent after
July 15, 1957. Penalty at 5 per
cent and interest at 6 percent
shall be calculated, the delinquent
tax roll prepared, advertised and
property sold according to law.
Robert Scott
City Clerk
Jul. 5, 10, 12, 1957
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TEHRAN, Iran, Wi—The head
of Iren’s security department said
yesterday Iranian authorities had
nipped a Communist plot to blow
up the huge Abadan oil refineries.
Gen. Teimour Bakhtiar, who is
also deputy premier, told a news
conference Iran had arrested a
number of Communists “who
were almost ready” to put into
operation the plan to sabotage the
refineries.
The refineries at Abadan are
operated under a joint agreement
between Iran and a group of eight
oil companies owned by British,
American, Dutch and French in
terests. They are the former prop
erties of the nationalized Angio
Iranian Oil Co.
The Communists had assembled
blast equipment, Bakhtiar said,
but were captured red-handed a
few hours before the zero hour.
The general said the plotters
were going to use a dynamite
hand grenade, altho a flaming
match, applied in some places,
would be enough to blow up the j
whole of Abadan.
The names of the captives were
not disclosed, but Bakhtiar speci
fied they were closely attached to
Moscow agents in Iran.
Iran’s Communist party <Tudeh>
has been operating secretly de
spite the fact it is outlawed and
that its leaders are liable to be
shot or jailed.
Thirty Communist leaders, most- j
ly army officers, were executed !
>i 1954 after a secret trial.
ACS FAMILY ARRIVES
Sgt. and Mrs. Douglas Scott 1
and four children arrived "this j
week to make their home here.
Sgt. Scott is with the ACS and !
will be chief of maintenance at I
the Nome station. His last Alaska I
post was at Barrow.
Mrs. Scott is the sister of Mrs. !
Harry Johnsen.
Mrs. Cora Evans Vaughn, who |
attended school here in 1921, i
sends greetings to former friends ]
here through Mrs. Bud Richier, j
who met her recently. Cora Evans!
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Evans, who had charge of the
ANS school at that time when it
was on Steadman Ave.
Mrs. Vaughn is now an invalid.
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