Scandinavians
Set New Olympic
Ice Blade Speeds
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif., (*l —
Kjell Backman of Sweden
smashed the world 10,000 meter
speed skating record at the Win
ter Olympics Saturday, but the
new mark was no more than a
half hour old when it was broken
by Norway’s powerful Knut Jo
hannesen. Johannesen’s time was
15:4-6.6, Backman’s 16:14.2.
Johannesen’s sensational time
was more than a half-minute un
der the recognized world record
of 16:32.6, established by Hjalmar
Anderson of Norway in 1952.
When Johannesen’s final time
was computed, the public address
announcer shouted hysterically:
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the im
possible has happened. The 16
minute barrier has been broken.”
Princess Margaret To Wed
Palace Photographer
LONDON, tW — Princess Mar
garet’s engagement to palace
photographer Antony Armstrong
Jones ends one British pastime
— linking her romantically with
eligible bachelors. During a 12
year span that began when Mar
garet was 17, tongue-waggers had
linked her with no less than 35
eligible men. The list includes
princes, socialites and commoners.
Ketchikan Pulp Co. Is
Forced to Cut Price On
Wood Pulp for Textiles
JUNEAU, Uft — Price cuts re
portedly ranging from $8 to $20
a ton for Alaska wood pulp pro
ducts were announced last week
by the Ketchikan Pulp Co.
A spokesman for the firm said
price cuts for textile and cello
phane wod pulp were effective
Feb. 16, and he expressed con
cern over the adverse affect the
reduction would have on Alaska’s
relatively new dissolving pulp
industry.
Textile and cellophane wood
pulp are the major types pro
duced in the United States, and
make up the entire prouction of
the Ketchikan firm.
The spokesman said textile
pulp, which has been selling for
$185 a ton delivered to the con
suming mill, faces competition
from a staple pulp for textiles
which sells at a much lower price.
Cellophane pulp, formerly sold
at $178 a ton, has dropped to
$170 a ton, he said.
The market reduction was con
sidered especially severe m view
of rising costs and the fact there
have been no increases in price
for nine years.
World market conditions, tech
nological advances in the manu
facture of competitive synthetic
fibers and overcapacity in the in
dustry were blamed for the drop
in prices.
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Children Carry
Dead Sister Along
Okla. City Streets
OKLAHOMA CITY, Off — Two
little girls were sighted on a
street Friday carrying the body
of their infant sister and one
told officers they were searching
for a funeral home.
The girls, 13 and 8, said they
had been alone at home with two
other brothers and sisters since
their mother left several days
ago to buy groceries.
Detective E. B. Meals said the
infant apparently died Wednes
day from exposure and malnu
trition. He said the 13-year-old
told him she gave the baby a
bath, dressed her in fresh cloth
ing and started the hunt for a
funeral home.
Meals said whereabouts of the
parents was not yet known.
C. L. Emmett, Youth Bureau
officer, said the children’s father
had not reported to work since
Feb. 13. He was employed at near
by Yukon by a motor company.
Meals quoted the older girl as
saying “I’d been saving the baby
something to eal and she hadn’t
waked up.”
The girl told Meals she had
been ordered by her parents not
to accept aid from anyone. She
said she had told no one of the
trouble.
She said she had fed the other
children on pie crust for two
days.
A woman picked up by police
in the area on Feb. 15 was sent
to a hospital for observation,
Meals said, adding that she
would not talk to anyone or
identify herself.
Dalai Lama’s Gold Seized
At Nepal-India Border
KATMANDU, Nepal, UP) —
Police seized a group of Tibetans
carrying one million rupees —
$212,000 worth of gold they
claimed belonged to the Dalai
Lama, reliable sources said Sat
urday.
The seizure was made at Bir
ganj, south of Katmandu on Ne
pal’s border with India, under a
law prohibiting the export of gold
confiscated.
The Dalai Lama began moving
the royal treasures out of Tibet
in the winter of 1950-51 to keep
them out of the hands of the in
vading Chinese Communists. He
fled himself last spring.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON G. REED. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Aalr Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at SchooL
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Seely.
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