CHICAGO, UP>—Wintry note:
the Chicago Transit Authority
Friday bought $300,000 worth of
salt for use on icy streets during
;the winter months. The order was
for 20,000 tons of salt. The CTA
operates the city’s street car and
.(bus lines and elevated and sub
way trains.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
North Carolina Governor
William Umstead Dies
DURHAM, N.C., W>>—Gov. Wil
liam B. Umstead, 59, who had
been ill since he took office less
than two years ago, died here
Sunday. Death was due to conges
tive heart failure and bronchial
pneumonia.
Umstead, a life-long Democrat,
had served as U.S. representative
and senator and was elected gov
ernor in 1952.
He will be succeeded by Luther
H. Hodges, 56, elected lieutenant
governor in 1952.
Spotlight Explodes, Hits
Humphrey Misses Eleanor
HOLLYWOOD, OP)—A big spot
light exploded while Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt was visiting a
movie set Friday. She was unhurt.
The widow of the late President
had just walked onto a Paramount
Studios set when a 1,000-watt
light exploded with a roar during
the making of the film “The Des
perate Hours.’’
Humphrey Bogart, one of the
stars in the picture, was cut by
flying glass, as were three crew
members.
Mrs. Roosevelt was only three
Forbes, New 4th District
Judge, Arrives Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, UPt—Vernon D.
Forbes, new judge o‘f the Alaska
Fourth ' Judicial District, arrived
here Friday from Wahpeton, N.D.
He was met at the International
Airport by retiring Judge Harry
Pratt, who has been on the federal
bench here 19 years, and a delega
tion of local Republicans.
Forbes, 48, said he was “hon
ored and thrilled” by his appoint
ment but “Alaska is the last
place I ever expected to be.”
feet away when the big light ex
ploded. “I ducked,” she said.
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Senators of Rival Parties
Agree Ike and Congress
Can Work Harmoniously
WASHINGTON, W—[Two Sen-'
ate veterans of opposing parties
agreed Saturady that President
Eisenhower, a Republican, and
the new Democratic Congress
should be able to work harmoni
ously for the next two years.
Sen. Russell of Georgia, one of
the several southern Democrats
in line for important committee
chairmanships when his party
takes over, sounded this theme in
discussing prospects for legisla
tion under the new 84th Congress.
“Of course there will be some
differences,” he said in an inter
view, but the Democrats will give
Eisenhower “fair consideration on
his legislative proposals even
though we may have some of our
own to offer.”
Sen. Aiken of Vermont, Repub
lican chairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee in the last
Congress, seemed equally opti
mistic in telling a reporter: “We
had a pretty good record in the
83rd Congress and I think there’s
a good chance of improving it in
the 84th.”
Airman With Hangover
Credits Thieves With
Some Patriotism, Anyway
OAKLAND, Calif., (Ah—Air Force
Sgt. William C. Lawson, battered,
bruised and nursing what he
called “the granddaddy of all
hangovers,” is convinced some
thief had a slight element of
patriotism.
Thursday night, the 23-year-old
airman began a tour of Oakland
taverns, celebrating his re-enlist
ment into the Air Force. He had
$1,600 in bonuses, back pay and
travel expenses in his pocket.
He forgets exactly what hap
pened. But he awoke early Friday
after being dumped from an auto
mobile near the Oakland Naval
Supply Depot.
His eye was blackened, his
clothes torn—and his wallet miss
ing. However, the thief left him
$150 in cash, his travel orders and
train tickets for Saturday’s sched
uled trip to Lawrence Hanscon
Air Force Base at Bedford, Mass.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phono Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.