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Military, Civilian
Leaders at Opening
Of Nome USO Club
The Nome USO Club was offi
cially opened yesterday with dis
tinguished guests from Ladd Air
Force Base participating.
Col. William E. Boyd, com
mander of Ladd Air Force Base,
expressed regrets for Gen. Ben
net, who was unable to come and
expressed his surprise and appre
ciation for the fine club which
would be available for the ser
vicemen stationed in the area.
Accompanying Col. Boyd were
Lt. Col. John Gilmore, Lt. Col.
Leo Foster, Major James Moore,
Capt. Don Malloy, Sgt. M. Her
man, and Sgt. Molsky. With them
was Ed J. Rusing, president of
the Fairbanks Operating Com
mittee for the USO.
Master of ceremonies was Dew
ey Goodrich, who paid a tribute
to Allen Smith, director of the
USO; Madge Haney, associate di
rector; and Maj. Swisher, com
manding officer of Nome Field
for their untiring efforts in mak
ing the club a reality.
Margaret Heller, chairman of
the Nome Operating Committee,
read the following telegram from
national headquarters of USO
and was presented with a gavel
by Ed Rusing, one which has been
used for the past 12 years by the
Faribanks operating committee.
“Miss Margaret Heller
“Chairman, USO Committee
“Please accept congratulations
on official opening of Nome USO
Club. Realize this occasion repre
sents culmination of months of
effort. Understand your efforts
have been greatly aided by resi
dents of Nome as well as by Army
and Air Force. We at USO head
quarters are confident that this
club will soon establish itself as a
haven for service men and women.
USO is greatly indebted to you
and your colleagues for bringing
this project to fulfillment.
“Edwin E. Bond
“Executive Director”
Other guests introduced were
Mayor Steffen Andersen, Maj.
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Supercarrier Forrestal Christened;
Navy Officials Provide Answer to
Critics of Carriers’ Usefulness
Swisher, Lt. Col. Walter Borden,
technical adviser of Alaska Na
tional Guard; Capt. Lloyd Webb,
commanding officer for Port of
Nome; Capt. Oliver Meads, sta
tion commander for the Alaska
Communication System; Lt. Frank
Burdick, company commander,
Dt. 3, U.S. Army; Capt. Earl
Hinds, company commander,
9472nd Tech. Service Unit; Wil
liam Barber, Civil Aeronautics
Administration; Jack Frankel, as
sociate director of the USO.
Invocation was given by Father
McIntyre and benediction by
Rev. Reeves Havens.
Special music, “Bless This
House,” was sung by Robert
Heath, accompanied by Emily
Boucher.
Assisting Mrs. Frey, the local
director of USO, were members of
Beta Sigma Phi, as hostesses, and
the following junior hostesses:
Mary Jeanne Boucher, Lucie
Anne Fagerstrom, Carolyn Glav
inovich, Mary M. Roell, Carol A.
Smith, Penny Smith, Ellen Wald
heim. They were assisted by Don
na Lyle.
Pouring at the beautifully dec
orated tea table during the after
noon were:
Mrs. Reeves Havens, Mrs. Car
rie McLain, Mrs. Dewey Goodrich,
Mrs. H. Gabrielson, Mrs. Ernest
Gustafson,' Mrs. Boyd Harwood,
Emily Boucher, Rose Silverman.
Edith Thompson and Vera Nelson
made coffee.
Master of Ceremonies Goodrich
reminded the Nome people that
the USO was not self-supporting
and that the community would
soon be asked to participate in
sharing the expense of the project.
The club will be open every
evening except Monday.
In remaking its map of Illinois
recently, the U.S. Geological Sur
| vey found that previous maps had
shown Peoria, 111., a mile away
from its true position.
> NEWPORT NEWS, Va., UP)—
The Navy christened its mightiest
ship Saturday, the supercarrier
Forrestal—an ocean-roving air
drome for atomic warplanes.
The carrier, dwarfing all other
combatant ships afloat, was offi
dally “launched” and given her
name in a ceremony at which of
ficials emphasized the power that
giant ships, jet engines and nu
clear weapons have given the sea
service.
Actually it was not a launching
since workmen had let water into
the huge dock Friday, and the
ship was already afloat.
The vessel was christened by
Mrs. James V. Forrestal, widow
of the former Navy secretary and
the nation’s first secretary of de
fense.
Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief
of naval operations, said because
of its mobility and fighting might
the Forrestal “will be able to
bring air power to parts of the
world where no comparable
friendly force can be found or
maintained.”
Secretary of the Navy Charles
S. Thomas said the carrier’s mis
sions include “massive retalia
tion” and he added that “for the
foreseeable future nothing is in
prospect which will diminish” the
need for controlling the sea and
the air above it.
Taken together, these seemed
to be in answer to some recent
and past comments about naval
air power and carriers. The navy
was still smoldering over the pre
diction of British Field Marshal
Montgomery that the day of air
craft carriers is drawing toward
an end. Exponents of land based
air power have called carriers
“sitting ducks” easily found and
sunk.
Voicing the opposing argument,
Thomas said the Forrestal will be
“a phantom target for any ene
my.” If attack comes, not all con
tinental airfields will be immune
nor all foreign bases available, he
said.
The Forrestal is a 1,036-foot
ship and has a speed up to 40
miles an hour.
Hammarskjold
Bids for Talks on
Captive U.S. Fliers
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., WV—
U.N. Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold was reliably reported
Saturday to have made a bid to
Red China for direct talks on the
77 American fliers held a spies.
A diplomatic source said the sec
retary general had sent a commu
nique to Peiping asking whether
the Chinese Communists would
be willing to discuss the case. He
was understood to have indicated
he would make himself available
for such talks if Peiping would
talk. This, it was understood,
included the possibility of a trip
to Peiping, if necessary.
Hammarskjold had told associ
ates he regarded the case of the
fliers as the greatest challenge
that the office of secretary general
had ever faced.
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