MARSHALL
CRUTCHER
Certified Public Accountant
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
AUDITS
TAX SERVICE
AT
BANK OF KDOIAK
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Yum’s'Special Chinese and
Foreign Dishes and Very
Special Sandwiches when
you get hungry?
Try Them Tonight!
Open until 1 am
YUM YUM SHOPPE
Next to Lyric Theatre
Cloth
Window
Shades
CREAM & GREEN
Cut to fit
Orders f®r
Venetian Blinds
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Rhoades
Furniture Store
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GENERAL
REMODELING
and
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CONSTRUCTION
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“Free Estimates”
J. N. Steffgen
Contractor
Felder Building
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These planes aie new experi
mental fighter planes now being
tested for the American armed
forces.
1— fighter plane called the
Curtis Ascender (XP-55) in
flight. It was developed by the
Curtis Wright. Power plant and
wing surfaces are mounted be
hind the pilot. Rudders are near
the wing-tips and elevator con
trols are in the nose—just op
posite to those of conventional
aircraft.
2— The XP-54, twin-boomed,
pusher-type “modified flying
bomb” which features an elec
trically operated elevator to
permit the pilot to enter the
cockpit. Wing slots cool the
in-line lycoming engine. The
craft is made primarily of mag
nesium to save weight.
3— The XP-75 is intended as
answer to need for long range
fighter. It started out as a com
posite of the P-51 fuselage, P-40
Kodiak Timber Co.
Post Office Box it6 Kodiak
Shiplap and 2x4’s $50.00 per M
at the mill
Robert V. Scheele
representing Kodiak
wings and A-24 tail, but dissim
ilar parts didn’t work and
changes were made until this
design emerged. A 3,000 horse
power allison engine powers
counter-rotating propeller and is
located behind the pilot for
better visibility.
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4—A bat-winged, twin-engin
ed, long-range interceptor
fighter is the McDonnell XP67.
It is being tested to try out fly
ing wing theories and answer
need for longer range intercep
tors. Powered with supercharged
engines, the plane is armed with
six 37mm cannon.
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irons 2 pm to 2 am
rue CASINO
MERCHANT’S LUNCH
Served ‘Daily
Italian Steaks
Spaghetti & Ravioli Fried Chicke
(PAN FRIED CHICKEN on Reservation Only)
RESERVATIONS WELCOME
Alaska Transfer Co.
Oil Delivery
General Hauling
Freight
Baggage
Gravel
ROBERT C KING, Owner
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• All Liquor Except Whiskies
SOLD Ar
5% ABOVE INVOICE PRICE
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Roy F. Snyder, prop.
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