WOMAN BALLOONIST CHAMP
DIES IN TRY FOR RECORD
PERONNE, France, (IP) — Mrs.
Paulette Weber, 54, holder of the
French women’s balloonist cham
pionship, has perished in an at
tempt to set a new world record
duration flight for women.
The crew of a Danish fishing
vessel found her body in the
No'rth Sea near Esbjerg, Den
mark, Monday. She had taken off
from here Sunday in an attempt
to better the flight of 22 hours and
40 minutes by Alia Rondrateva, a
Russian. Mrs. Weber, owner of a
Paris beauty shop, had made 230
ascensions, including a flight of
21 hours and 15 minutes in 1953.
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Par ent-T eachers
Party At School
On October 15
The teachers at the Nome School
will be welcomed by parents and
friends at a party to be held at
the school auditorium Friday,
October 15, at 7:30 p.m.
Committees made up o’f parents
and interested community leaders
have been working on the details
of the party and all parents are
contributing with refreshments
for the affair.
Mrs. Lewis Hudgins is general
chairman. Program Committee
chairman is Mrs. Steve Anderson;
refreshments, Mrs. Lewis Hudg
ins; equipment, Mrs. Charles Fa
gerstrom; decorations, Mrs. Roald
Amundson, Mrs. Reeves Havens;
reception, Mrs. William Barber,
Mrs. Doris Chambers, Mrs. W. B.
McCarthy, Mrs. Harry Johnson,
Mrs. Wallace Mclver, Mrs. Pete
Reader; serving, Mrs. Clinton
Gray, Mrs. R. Amundson, Mrs. C.
Fagerstrom, Mrs. R. Havens.
Coffee and tea will be served
as you enter the auditorium. Fol
lowing refreshments a short pro
gram will be presented with May
or Steve Andersen as master of
ceremonies. Superintendent Wil
liam Angell y/ill introduce the
teachers and Mr. Robert Heath
will direct school students in some
musical numbers.
After the program the parents
will have an opportunity to see
the teachers in their respective
rooms. Visit your child’s room.
Interested friends of the com
munity are welcome to attend
this occasion. Parents, plan to at
tend this Parent-Teachers Party
Friday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
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Charley Olson, Bluff
Oldtimer, Recalls Part He
Played In Serum Race
Carl (Charley) Olson, long-time
(1916) roadhouse keeper and min
er at Bluff, was in town for sup
plies last week. It is at Bluff, 54
miles down the coast from Nome,
that Charley, in addition to his
well-known roadhouse, has long
held title to the Homestake lode
quartz mine, situated on the huge
headland that projects into the
sea and from which the old min
ing camp took its name.
Over the years much prospect
ing and money has gone into the
development of the Homestake,
but the 1942 government gold
mining shutdown stopped all that,
and Charley’s backers are gone.
As this mine must have a smelt
er with mill and cyaniding extrac
tion process located at Bluff, it
makes it a costly affair and will
require the organization of a well
financed corporation to get it into
production.
Charley Olson is the last re
maining of the sturdy band of dog
mushers, who in relays raced the
clock 800 miles from Fairbanks,
bringing he life-saving serum to
the relief of Nome when stricken
with diphtheria in January, 1925.
Charley drove the leg from Golo
vin to Bluff on Jan. 27, through
38-below-zero weather and a rag
ing blizzard, after receiving the
serum from Leonard Seppala,
who with his racing team of 22
Siberian huskies had driven the
90 miles from Unalakleet. It took
Charley 6 hours to make the usual
4 hour trip, freezing two of his
seven dogs.
At Bluff, the serum was turned
over to the waiting Gunnar Kas
son and his team of 11 malamutes,
who drove through the night on
the final lap, while the entire
United States waited with bated
breath, for this race against time
and death had captured the ima
gination and sympathy of people
everywhere.
With Gunnar’s arrival the doc
tors went into action, the towns
people inoculated, and the epi
demic halted.
So great was the publicity given
to this epic of the northland that
Gunnar and his lead dog Balto,
were later taken to the States
and exhibited in theaters through
out the land. A statue of Balto
was erected in Bronx Park, New
York City, and is still there, a
fitting tribute to a great sled dog
and all his breed.
BIG TIEUP ON PIERS AS
LONDON DOCKMEN STIKE
LONDON, (41 — Precious food
supplies and valuable dollar-eam
ing exports piled up on ships and
on London’s sprawling piers to
day as striking dockmen slowly
brought the vast port to a stand
still. The strikers planned a mam
moth parade along the waterfront
to air their grievances on over
time and working conditions.
Enough water is stored behind
Shasta Dam to provide every per
son in the U.S. with 9,000 gallons.
RE-ELECT |
BOB
BARTLETT
DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE
FOR
DELEGATE
TO CONGRESS
10 YEARS FAITHFUL SERVICE TO ALASKA
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
STOVE OIL FURNACE OIL
Ben Young
We Check Your Tank Regularly
WE SERVICE ALL MAKES OF BURNERS
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FALL SCHEDULE
Effective October II
FLIGHTS
MONDAY and FRIDAY
FAIRBANKS - KOTZEBUE - NOME j
ARRIVE NOME 11:50 A.M.
DEPART NOME 12:20 P.M.
TUESDAY and SATURDAY
FAIRBANKS - NOME - KOTZEBUE
ARRIVE NOME 10:15 A.M.
DEPART NOME 10:45 A.M.
RE-ELECT
HENRY A. BENSON
Commissioner of Labor
A friend of the people in this district as proven by his record in office