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Northwest Orient Airlines
Super Constellations Will
Be Used to Orient in 1954
SEATTLE, UP—Northwest Orient
Airlines will assign long-range
Lockheed Super Constellation
Transports on its Great Circle
route to the Orient early next
spring, the line announced in St.
Paul yesterday.
Northwest will begin Super
Constellation operations with four
of the turbocompound-engine lin
ers, said Malcolm MacKay, execu
tive vice president.
“Use of the Super Constellation
will enable Northwest to offer the
fastest transpacific service from
the United States to Tokyo with
the fewest enroute service stops,”
MacKay said.
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Vietminh Make
Gain in Advance
On French Delta
SAIGON, Indochina, W)—Three
regular Vietminh battalions, strik
ing in the coastal region ctf Viet
Nam, have wiped out 200 men of
the Vietnamese National Army
and mauled 100 more, the French
High Command announced Thurs
day.
The rebel battalions, part of a
regular regiment which had been
dormant nearly two months, Wed
nesday hit two companies of the
Vietnamese army which had dug
in at Hung Son, on the co”ast 220
miles south of Hanoi.
The Vietnamese companies
fought back, but were unable to
withstand the overwhelming odds
represented by the 2,100 men of
the three battalions.
Heavy monsoon rains lashed
northwest Indochina, bogging
down the feverish movements of
Vietminh troops and convoys from
fallen Dien Bien Phu towards the
Red River Delta.
The heavy rainstorms also
forced French warplanes to dis
continue for the second day run
ning their plastering of rebel forc
es on the march.
The most advanced Vietminh
elements from the fortress still
were around 50 miles from the
westernmost perimeter of the
French delta defenses.
French army sources said a
major Vietminh assault on the
delta still might come before the
end of June. But they still thought
the rains might force the rebels
to defer attacking until the mon
soons end in September.
The population of the United
States increased 2,700,000 in 1953.
CAB Hears Plea
To Keep Shemya
Open Thru 1954
SEATTLE, (ffi—An attempt is
being made in Washington, D.C.,
to keep the Shemya Island air
field open the rest of the year and
to operate a refueling base at Cold
Harbor, Alaska, during part of
1955, Tom Alderson, attorney for
the Port of Seattle, reported here
this week.
Alderson has been presenting
oral arguments before the Civil'
Aeronautics Board regarding the
keeping open of the North Pacific j
air route to the Orient.
He said the Air Force is being
asked to delay its closing of
Shemya from July 1 to January 1.
Meanwhile, the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration has asked
Congress for one million dollars
for reopening of Thomborough
Airport at Cold Harbor. This field
would be used as a refueling base
until Northwest Airlines can get
its new Super Constellation airlin
ers in service on the Orient flights.
In Seattle, a letter was released
from the Department of Defense
explaining its reasons for closing
Cold Bay operations last Septem
ber and scheduling the shutdown
at Shemya. The letter said:
Weather and facilities on the
central Pacific air route are bet
ter; Shemya is vulnerable to ene
my air and sea attack; no justifi
cation can be found for using
defense funds to operate the bases
for a commercial air line, and the
Naval air station at Adak meets
defense requirements for planes
using the North Pacific route.
Indonesia has a wet and a dry
season, but no winter, spring,
summer or fall.
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Arthur Outwater Now
Stationed At Okinawa
OKINAWA — Corporal Arthur
Outwater, 21, son of Mrs. Ruby
Outwater of Nome, Is now serv
ing with the U.S. Army on Okin
awa.
A strong U.S. outpost in the
Far'East, Okinawa is located off
the coast of China between For
mosa and the southern tip of
Japan.
Corporal Outwater, a lineman
in Headquarters Company of the
RyCon Signal Service, entered
the Army in April 1953 and com
pleted basic training at San Luis
Obispo, Calif.
15,000 U.S. Troops in
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Okinawa Exercises
T O K S O , (#)—Nearly 15,000
American soldiers, Marines and
sailors will take part in amphib
ious landing exercises on Okin
awa today.
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Arctic Alaska Tours headed by
Brad Phillips brought in 28 visit
ors on Memorial Day by the Cor
dova Airlines out of Anchorage.
The group were in Nome for a
few hours and enjoyed shopping
and a short tour of the town and
mining area by the Q Cab bus.
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The first official train trip by
the Curly Q railroad was made
on Tuesday by 13 visiting Rotar
ians, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Walsh and Boyd Har
wood. They went as far as Ban
ner Station and the trip was con
sidered by the Rotarians as one
of the highlights of their visit.
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Although there have been many
visitors through here already this
season, the official season opened
on June 1 with the arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Rollow of Sher
man Oaks, Calif., and Mrs. Emma
Jetter of Silver Springs, Md. On
June 2, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White
of Los Angeles and Ed Hargis of
Alexandria, Va., were visitors
on the Wien tour.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—4b<5 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska—
10 to 12 a.m..- 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 146
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.