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VOL. 41. No. 62. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Mav 24, 1939 Price per copy 154
24 of 51 Men Rescued from US Sub
Diving Bell Makes First Actual Rescue--240 Feet
* Queen Narrowly Escapes Injury in Auto Accident
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PAROLEE BLAMES STATE
r "The state is to blame for this”
said W'illiam H. Ilenrp (above),;
37, after he was fantenc ti in
Los Angeles to serve 28 years to
life for robbery. After he was
paroled last year from San Quen
tin on a bad check charge he suri
rendered to an Oregon sheriff
and had him wire San Quentin
authorities to take him back as a
* parole violator or h» would com
mit more crimes. He did! He’s
back!
El Capitan Sailed Tuesday
SEATTLE, May 24 (A3) — The
freighter El Capitan sailed from
this port at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Americans Win
Over 2 Million
In Sweepstakes
NEW YORK, May 24 (/P) —
Twelve United States holders of
tickets on the first three horses
in the Epsom Downs derby won
$865,800 in prize money in the
Irish Hospitall Sweepstakes.
Two Americans held tickets on
Blue Peter, the wrinner, receiving
a total of $280,000. American
winnings total $2,031,000. Ameri
can investments in the sweep
stakes on this basis are propor
tionate as the drawings were es
t:mated at about $4,047,000.
Blue Peter Wins
155th Running
EPSOM DOWNS, UP) — Blue
Peter won the 155th running of
the derby. Fox Cub was second
and Heliapois was third.
Carrying the silks of Lord
Roseverry, Blue Peter, came
from behind and beat 26 other
three-year-olds and paid seven
to two. He covered the distance
in two minutes 36 and four-fifths
seconds, well behind the record
of two minutes 32 and three-fift'h
seconds, made when the race was
run at Newmarket during the
war.
.Heavy betting on the winner
is said to have cost the bookmak
ers close to five million.
REVEALS TROTH TO DI MAGGIO
Dorothy Arnold, Hollywood film actress whose true name is Dor
otliey Amoldine Olson, announced that she and Joe Di Maggio, New
York Yankee baseball star, planned to be married sometime during
the summer. Miss Arnold is shown practicing with a bride’s chief
kitchen aid: a can opener.
U. S. Submarine
Unable to Rise
Down 240 Feet
PORTSMOUTH, N. H„ May 23
(IP) — The U. S. Submarine
Squtalus with a crew of 51 men
is “trapped” in240 feet of water
aibout five miles off the narrow
coast of New Hampshire, when
the ship went into a deep sea
dive without closing one of her
vital sea valves.
Approximatelly five hours af
ter the accident, high authorities
in a navy yard expressed the op
inion that the majority of the
men ab ard are safe, so far, and
with good luck, all will be saved.
Navy officers said the Squalus
is a new craft equipped with all
the latest safety devices and
should be able to “hold out” ap
proximately 24 hours.
Only part of the ship is flood
ed, the crew's quarters in the
! after par’ of the ship and the
aft part of the engine room.
Two rescue ships were rushed
to the scene and navy yard auth
orities said their line of attack
would be to try to. send a diver
down from a .surface ship to
close the induction valve which
was left open. If this cou/ld be
done, they said the ship might
be raised.
Two Navy boats and two Coast
Guard ships were immediately
sent to the scene which is off of
White Island, about five miles
southeast of the Isles cf Shoals.
The office commandant of the
navy yard said “I think they
have a pretty good chance. We
don’t know just how much water
got in. (but the ship is capable of
being shut off in 4 or 5 wat
er-tight compartments. It is pos
sible with ihe oxygen tanks on
board for them to keep going for
a week.”
King Rides in Rain
WINNIPEG, Maiy 24 </P)_The
King told his empire and the
world that “no man can thank
God ever again to conceive” or
use force or threats to settle dif
ferences between “the peoples of
my empire and the people of the
United States.
The King spoke on the occasion
of Empire Day, a world-wide
British holiday. The address was
followed by a tour thru Winni
peg streets in a steady rain. The
King and Queen were riding in
an open car. The King sat un
sheltered but the Queen held an
umbrella.
New Archbishop
NEW YORK, May 23 (A3) —
The Most Reverend Francis Jos
eph Spellman, aged fifty, a form
er grocer’s boy was installed as
the sixth Archbishop of New
York. As chimes pealed out a
welcome from the twin spires of
St. Patrick’s, the new Archbishop
who is a licensed airplane pilot,
succeeded the late Cardinal
Hayes.
24 Men Rescued
Through Use
Of Diving Bell
PORTSMOUTH. N. H„ May 24
(/Pi —Sevan men entombed for
more than 29 hours in the crip
pled submarine Squalus were pull
ed to safety when the rescue
chamber was raised through 240
feet of water. Immediately pre
parations were made for another
descent in an effort to save as
many as possible of the other
fifty two men still trapped below.
One of the seven saved was an
officer. Lt. J. S. Nichols of Chic
ago. Another was a civilian, an
employe of the navy department.
The ether five were enlisted men.
All appeared in fair condition
after their harrowing experience.
A great cheer arose from the
crew rf the rescue ship Falcon,
as the dripping rescue bell arose
from the sea and landed gently1
on the deck of the surface ves-1
sel.
All seven men were able to
step from the bell without help
and walked about the deck, draw
mg their first free air since the
Squalus was trapped on the
ocean floor by an open induction
valve during a dive.
At 8:40 a.m. another six men j
were saved as follows:
Rolund Blanchard, fireman of
Harshey, Mich.
Harold Prebb'e, a civilian em
ployed by the navy department,
of Washington, D. C.
William Isaac, a cook of Wash
ington, D. C.
Theodore Jacobs, signalman of
Staten Island, New York.
Gerald McLees, electrician's
mate of Richmond, Kansas.
Charles Yuhas, machinist’s
mate of New Salem, Pa.
Even as the bell went down
the second time, naval officers
figured the toll of dead aboard
the sub would range between 30
and 36 men. One high officer
said authorities were sure only
that 23 of the original 59 were
definitely alive and accounted
for.
The first actual rescue in his
tory from such a depth as 240
feet was accomplished in almost
record speed of less than five
hours after a diver first touch
ed the sunken craft.
Naval officers said the reason
for bringing up an officer in the
first load was in contradiction of
the old rule that sea officers sav
ed themselves after all enlisted
men were safe, so he could help !
direct those still left aboard the
ship.
Soon after the bell was lower
ed, divers started going down
two at a time from the deck of
the Falcon. Those who watched
the lifelines said it took about 7
minutes for the descent.
Nine Others Known Alive
PORTSMOUTH, May 24 (/P) —
Later—Fifteen men were brot up
and seventeen more were known
to be alive as the bell made its
second trip.
As the bell made its third trip
the total of men brought out of|
the submarine reached 24 and 9'
others were known to be alive. |
Queen Mary Of
England in Auto
When Overturned
LONDON, May 23 <JP) —Queen
Mother Mary apparently escaped
serious injury when her motor
car overturned in an accident
with a truck in a London suburb.
The Queen, mother of King
George VI, is authoritatively re
ported to have been ‘‘bruised and
badlLy shaken” but is otherwise
unhurt.
“ After a brief time in a doctor's
house ,she was driven from Put
ney, a West London subutb,
where the accident occured, to'
Marlborough House, her resi
dence.
The accident occurred as the
Queen was returning from the
Royal II rticultural Society's
Garden in Surrey.
A crowd gathered outside the
doctor’s house and cheered in re
lief as the Queen emerged and
acknowledged their cheers. She
was -not bandaged nor visibly in
jured.
In Canada arrangements were
made to inform the King and j
Queen when their train reached
Jackfish, Ontario at 10 a.m. PST.
In the car with the Queen were
Lady Constance Milnes Gaskerl
and Lord Claude Hamilton The
Lady suffered a bruised arm and
the Lord cut his hand. Oscar;
Humphry, the chauffer is report
ed suffering from shock.
The Queen will be 72 years old
on Friday.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ACINC gracefully, Queen
Mother Mary of England ac
knowledges the cheers of Britons
in this recent Dhoto. She is 73.
Queen Suffers
Qto Eye
‘ •»!
LONDON, May 24 (/P) —Que**
Mary suffered an injury to -on*
eye when her car overturned.
She spent a restless night, doc
tors said, adding that her gen
eral condition was satisfactory.
STUDENTS LEARN OF AVIATION
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Students of the Sky School at Albuquerque, Ariz., where some 2000
high school pupils are to learn the intricacies of flying, are shown
as they were instructed on the workings of an airplane motor by a
licensed pilot. The new million-dollar airport at Albuquerque is
so designed as to be an air base defense of western states...