Coney Island Aquarium Acquires
Four Alaskan White Whales
NEW YORK I* — Three baby
white whales arrived by plane
from Alaska last night for the
Coney Island Aquarium.
The largest was -nine feet, four
inches long. They made the trip
in plywood boxes with plastic
linings and were soaking in salt
water.
A crew member of the convert
ed B-17 which brought the whales
said they had been given tran
quilizer injections before leaving
Alaska.
An aquarium spokesman said
New York’s first white whales
were in good shape when they
arrived..
Half the world’s miseries are
caused by hardness of heart—the
other half by softness of head.
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Pioneer Lawyer,
E. B. Collins, to
Reside at Pioneer Home
FAIRBANKS — Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. Collins left Fairbanks Tues
day morning by air for Sitka to
make their residence at the Pio
neers' Home. Several friends of
pioneer Alaska barrister and his
wife were at the airport to see
them off.
Mr. Collins, 88, who founded the
Fairbanks law firm of Collins
and Clasby, has been an active
civic leader in Fairbanks for
many years. He was a member of
the first Alaska Territorial Legis
lature in 1913 and a delegate to
the state constitutional convention
43 years later.
Mr. Collins has been improving
steadily since being hospitalized
earlier this year, and with his
wife hopes to return next spring
to spend the summer at their
Harding Lake home.
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Marlett Trigg and Rebecca
Nuglene, both of Nome, have ap
plied for a marriage license.
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Actress Gail Russell
Found Dead in Apartment
HOLLYWOOD Uft — Gail Rus
sell, 36, who a year ago said “I’m
an alcoholic” but declared she
had put drinking behind her,
died with an empty vodka bottle
by her side.
The brunette beauty was found
dead on the floor of her west Los
Angeles apartment late Saturday
night by two women neighbors.
There were other empty liquor
bottles throughout her four-room,
$130-a-month quarters.
Police said Miss Russell's death
apparently was from natural
causes. They said she had been
hospitalized in recent years with
a serious liver ailment.
An 16-year-old coed at Santa
Monica High School, discovered
by a Paramount talent scout, elec
tion by exhibitors and critics in
1947 as “Star of Tomorrow,”
stardom in pictures like “Lady
in the Dark” and “Our Hearts
were Young and Gay,” four years’
marriage to star Guy Madison—
these were some of her life’s
highlights.
The low points were a series of
drunken driving arrests in the
1950s. In 1957 she lost her driving
license when her new white con
vertible smashed through the
front of a coffee shop and hurt a
janitor.
The judge fined her $420 and
put her on three years’ probation.
She vowed never to drink again.
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Larry Schmidt, son of Rev. Or
ville Schmidt suffered an arm in
jury when his car overturned near
the city dump. The accident was
caused by a blowout, which oc
curred due to a nail in the road.
TEEN-AGER KILLED
BY MINIATURE TRAIN
DENVER UP) — A teen-ager was
struck by a miniature train,
dragged 60 feet and killed in an
east Denver park Sunday as pas
sengers and bystanders looked on
In horror.
The victim was Gilbert Le Bols,
15, one of three youths who were
running along the tracks when
the lVi-ton locomotive approach
ed.
The three were crossing a mini
ature trestle over a duck pond
when Le Bois tripped and fell.
He was unable to rise, and the
train’s pilot was unable to stop
the locomotive in time to avoid
the accident.
Rep. Rivers’ Bill Would
Give National Guard
Employes Tax Exemption
Rep. Ralph Rivers has intro
duced a bill to amend the Inter
nal revenue code of 1954 to ex
empt from taxation cost of living
allowances received by caretakers
and clerks employed by the Na
tional Guard outside the conti
nental United States or in Alas
ka.
The legislation is designed to
correct a situation which de
veloped with statehood for Alas
ka whereby National Guard em
ployes were not granted the tax
exemption on their cost of living
allowance as were other federal
civilian employes.
FIVE NEW CHOLERA CASES
HONG KONG (A — Five new
cholera cases were reported In
Hong Kong today, bring the total
number of confirmed cases to 84.
The death toll remained si 10.
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Torpedo-Shaped Craft
Probes Murky Depths of
Ocean at 8,000 Feet
SEATTLE WB — A torpedo
shaped craft capable of probing
the murky depths of the ocean for
distances up to 50 miles has com
pleted its first data-gathering trip,
University of Washington offi
cials revealed Friday.
The vessel, developed by the
Applied Physics Laboratory at the
university, made a series of runs
last week 200 miles off the mouth
of the Columbia River.
Described by its developers as
the first of its kind, the craft
cruised at depths down to 8,000
feet Electrical impluses recorded
data concerning turbulence, tem
peratures, background radiation
and other deep sea mysteries on
magnetic tape.
Dr. Joseph Henderson, director
of the laboratory, and Dr. Stan
ley Murphy, scientist in charge
of the underwater vehicle proj
ect, said they expect to gain in
formation which will enable the
development of submarines that
can travel at greater depths.
The underwater craft is made
of special inch-thick aluminum to
withstand pressures up to about
8,000 pounds per square inch at
depths of 12,000 feet It is 10 feet
two inces long, 20 inches in di
ameter and weighs about 1,040
pounds. It is battery-powered and
rises to the surface when the
motor stops.
The craft, which cruises at six
knots, is launched from a surface
vessel, its depth of travel and
direction preset These, however,
can be changed by signal while
under way. The research vehicle
also can be made to surface at
any time.
The Applied Physics Laboratory
is working on the project for the
Bureau of Naval Weapons.
TKe trouble with marriage is
that while every woman is at
heart a mother, every man is at
heart a bachelor.
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Nome
Shrine Club
Verner Bohrer, Pres.
H. M. Crinklaw. Sac.
Meets First Thursday of lacn Month
Masonic H»n
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Ivory Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Boom
Don Hoover, President
alaska aumn
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