W. R. McClusky, pilot of the
big ship is waiting for favorable
weather before leaving for Prince
Rupert and Fort George, where
they will stop on the way to Van
couver, B. C. He had hoped to
get out yesterday but said he would
like a ceiling of at least 500 feet
before taking off for the south.
They may possibly get away during
the afternoon, he said today.
Peasant Out of Luck
KERASUNDE, Turkey. — Eighty
silver coins dating from the time
of Mithridates were found by a
Turkish peasant in the ruins of an
ancient church near this town, but
When he tried to sell them in the
bazaars, alert officials seized the
treasure and sent it to Istanbul
museum.
LOSES LIFE IN RIVER
Edward Nightingale, well known
Anchorage resident, recently re
ceived a radiogram announcing the
death of his son, Edward Nightin
gale, Jr„ aged fifteen years, in the
Ohio river. The young man was
on a vacation and it is presumed
he was drowned while in swim
ming.
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HAROLD WALD TO JOIN
FATHER IN SEATTLE
Harold Wald, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wald, left on
the motorshlp Northland to join
his father in Seattle. He will re
main south and attend school in
Seattle this fall and -winter, ac
cording to Mrs. Wald, who is em
ployed at the Juneau Bakery here.
Insect pests cost grove owners of
Los Angeles county an estimated
sum of $1,188,000 a year or an
average of pearly $30 an acre.
