Hurricane - Force I
Gales Lash
West Coast /
(By The Associated Press)
Stormy weather* that lashed
the Paific Northwest with gusts
reaching hurricane force and re
sulting in the death of at least one
iperson, moved eastward yester
day, some of its fury subsiding as
it headed inland. ~~
Vice President Nixon, his fam
ily, and a party of newsmen ar
rived in Seattle Monday night by
plane from Alaska only minutes
after the full fury of the storm had
passed. Those aboard said they
had a relatively quiet flight.
As the fast moving storm hit
Washington and Oregon, gusts up
to 161 miles an hour were recor
ded at the exposed Nasselle,
Wash., Air Force radar station on
a peak near the mouth of the
Columbia River.
At lower levels, the gale ripped
across the Washington coastal ci
ties of Hoquiam and Aberdeen at
velocities up to 81 miles an hour.
Seattle had gusts to 59 miles an
hour.
A freak accident killed a teen
age girl pedestrian in Tacoma,
Wash. The wind knocked a branch
from a tree. It fell across a power
line and the broken wire coiled
around Ann Maureen Thomas, 18,
Seattle, electrocuting her.
Trees were toppled, blocking
highways. Boats were swamped,
and cities blacked out as the
strong winds swept the area. The
rain belt expanded eastward dur
ing the night into central Mon
tana and southward into the
northern California coastal sec
tions.
U. of A.’s "Flight Training
Shows Good Progress
Robert D. Hites passed his ex
aminations with flying colors
last week when he became the
first to solo in a Piper Super-Cub
under the University of Alaska’s
new Army Flight Training
Course. He is an advanced ROTC
cadet, senior student from An
chorage majoring in Wildlife
Management.
Hites and seven other cadets
started the program this semester.
Their ground schooling and in
flight training is under Horace E.
Black, chief pilot and operator of
Flightways at Phillips Field. They
began flying Otober 4. Hites so
loed after 10 hours and 45 min
utes of ground school and just sev
en hours of dual flight instruc
tion.
“It has been a very successful
progarm so far,” Black said. “Ev
eryone in the class is making nor
mal progress. We are well pleased
with the results, and have two or
three others who are about ready
to solo.”
TSK - TSK - TSK!
LAURENS, S. C., UP) — Three
trusty prisoners assigned to help
destroy an illicit liquor still
stumbled on a hidden cache of
moonshine. Sheriff C. W. Weire
said that in less than five minutes
the three had consumed half a
gallon. They were herded back to
the lockup on a drunk charge.
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Seattle Councilman
To Speak At
Juneau, On Finance
SEATTLE, UP — Councilman
J. D. Braman left for Juneau
yesterday to speak on municipal
finance matters at the annual con
vention of the Association of Alas
ka Cities.
Braman will be on a panel
Thursday dealing with financial
relationships of cities and states
— a topic of special importance in
Alaska because of new Statehood
problems.
Braman, chairman of the City
Council Finance Committee, will
discuss legislation dealing with al
location of state funds to munici
palities and local taxation ques
tions.
MAYBE IT'S HER BIRTHDAY!
TORONTO, Ont., Iff)—Wearing a
pair of glasses and nothing else,
a woman boarded a bus in Toron
to’s East End, rode a dozen blocks
without a word and got off.
The driver told police the wo
man appeared to be about 35 and
completely at ease. She paid no
attention to his look of surprise.
Police were unable to find the
woman. The temperature was 40
degrees.
Boh Bartlett Says . . .
“I advocate and am working for
’he election of Ernest Gruening.
In statehood’s formative years his
presence in the United States Sen
ate is essential. Ernest Gruen
ing’s great knowledge of Alaska,
his wide acquaintance in Wash
ington, his native ability, his de
votion to Alaska make him a man
exceptionally well qualified to
represent us in the Congress of
the United States.”
— E. L. (Bob) Bartlett.
(Paid Political Advertisement by
^arHett-Gruening Senatorial Committee,
120 E. 5th Avenue, Anchorage.)
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