Some Sections of Hawaii
Hard Hit by Hurricane
HONOLULU, tav-After lashing
Hawaii with torrential rains and
winds up to 92 miles an hour,
Hurricane Nina prowled the Pa
cific yesterday,, spending her fury
some 200 miles northwest.
Damage on most islands ap
peared relatively light, but com
munication was yet to be estab
lished with the little island of
Niihau. The privately owned is
land and its 250 residents were
closest to the hurricane's center.
Hard hit by the first hurricane
ever to sweep the island was
northernmost Kauai, the “Garden
Island.”
Rotary Hears About
Frobisher Bay In Eastern ;
Canada from Jim Walsh
James Wajsh, who returned re
cently from an assignment with;
Pan American Airways at Fro
bisher Bay on Baffin Island, told
Rotary of some of his experiences
there. He said Frobisher Bay and
Nome are very similar in many
respects, climate, latitude, per
mafrost conditions, lack of a deep
water harbor, water supply, and
ether problem incidental to living
in a sub-arctic climate.
Guests were: Frank Molitor and
j James Gillis of the firm of Moli
j tor and Doremus, Sgt. Dave Busey
DOS SWALLOWS ADDRESS j
YORK, England, (IB—Railway j
officials appealed today for infor- |
mation as to the ownership of a
sheepdog which ate its address
tag while in transit from Edin
burgh to somewhere in England.
of the ACS. and Sgt. Orrick
Rogers of AFRS.
Sgt. Rogers is leaving soon for
a new assignment and the club
expressed its appreciation to him
for his active participation in the
Boy Scout program here.
Sgt. Rogers has made himself
available at all times in the in
terest of Scout work and has acted
as Scout leader and camp director
for both the Scouts and the Ex
plorers.
Alaskans Will Attend !
Northwest Miners Meet j
The 63rd Annual Convention of
the Northwest Mining Assn, will;
be held this weekend at Spokane,1
Wash.
Several speakers are from Alas
ka and many of the subjects are
of particular interest to Alaskans.
Among the Alaskans to be pres
ent and participating are Gov.
Stepovich, Eskil Anderson, Phil
Holdsworth, ann J. A. Herdlick.
LOST HER AFTER ALL
NOTTINGHAM, England, (®—
Mrs. Beryl Mavis Hooton was
awarded a divorce from John F.
Hoonton Monday. She testified he
refused to work for fear she might
be unfaithful in . his absence.
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North Stars and
Merchants Win
Hoop Battles
Last night in the school gym the
National Guard- North Star team
beat down a battling Bering Sea
Club team 50 to 34. In the second
game the high-flying Merchants
pounded out a 65 to 30 shellacing
to the Nome High Nanooks.
Scoring by quarters in the first
game went 12-11, 25-13, 41-19 and
50-34. Scorers for the North Stars
were Black 17, D. Bell 9, Luke 8,
Carlson 7, Kugzruk 6, and Atuk 3.
For the Panthers, point-makers
were Swanson 16, Rowe 7, Ami
don 4, Lyles 3, Chase 2, Helms 2.
Without Captain Kost in uni
form the Nanooks played well
but missed his help. The Mer
chants played a hard driving game
right to the end and the Nanooks
kept fighting back until the final
whistle.
Point-makers for the winning
Merchants were H. Bell 19, G.
Bell 18, Larsen 11, Castel 9* Ok
pealuk 4, Engstrom 2, and Cabin
boy 2. Nanook scorers were Fa
gerstrom 13, Maloney 10, Senun
gituk 4, Snyder 2 and A. Bell 1.
There will be no games this
Friday. The next games will be
Tuesday, December 10.
Mr. & Mrs. Eli Mulch
Still Looking for
Hcmesite Near Homer
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Mulch are still
looking for a place to settle near
Homer.
Mulch writes that they would
like a place where the “water
doesn’t color before you add the
coffee,” which is proving to be
quite a task.
However, he has enjoyed dig
ging clams and reports he has not
caught a moose yet and the sea
son is about to close.
SEN. MORSE SAYS '
IKE SHOULD QUIT
WASHINGTON U?)~Sen. Morse
urged today that President Eisen
hower resign and let Vice Presi
dent Nixon take over full respon
sibility for the Republican Ad
ministration.
“it is painfully obvious that the
President is not up to the tasks
imposed by time and events,” "
said Morse in a statement. Morse,
Oregon Democrat, is a frequent
critic of Eisenhower and his ad- ,
ministration.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
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ALASKA CHAPTER SO. 1
□of Eastern Star
Lime Lewis
Worthy Matien
Helen i Dunbar
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Monday*
anvil lodge
No. 140
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NOME ROTAfeY CLUB
Jo€ Kroni»*er
. #-J L wL President
w- Mecklenburg
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