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VOL. LX^ No. 122 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1958 ~ Per Copy—15^
POPE PIUS XII IS LAID TO REST!
VATICAN CITY, UR — The Ro- |
man Catholic Church today laid
Pope Pius XII to eternal rest
near the tomb of St. Peter.
The Church’s 261st Pontiff was
consigned to the ages amid a
scene of solemn medieval splen
dor.
While thousands of religious
and lay dignitaries looked on in
awed silence, the body of the
Pontiff, encased in a triple cas
ket, was lowered into the crypts
beneath the great basilica of St.
Peter.
The Campanone, mighty mas
ter bell of St. Peter’s, tolled the
mournful signal to the eternal
city of Rome.
The casket was placed in a
niche among the ancient cypts.
It was here that Pius XII wanted
to “repose in the august silence”
near the resting place of St.
Peter, whom Roman Catholics
regard as the first Pope.
- A brilliant afternoon sun
streamed through St. Peter’s mas
sive dome and cast a crown of
light about the alter as the Pon
tifical funeral began. An awed
hush enveloped the religious and
lay dignitaries present in the bas
ilica, the world’s largest church.
The deep-throated Caitipanone
tolled slowly as the time for the
funeral service came. In the im
mediate area of St. Peter’s
Square, life came to a standstill.
Under the great spiraling bal
dachin above the altar of the con
fession, noble guards in plumed
helmets stood at attention. Pres
ent were ambassadors in formal
diplomatic uniforms, prelates in
somber robes and members of re
ligious orders.
Among them was the longtime
faithful housekeeper for the Pon
tiff, Sister Pasqualina.
The throne bearers who carried
the Pontiff in life slowly bore'the
body on their shoulders toward
the altar. The face was waxen
in death.
The ceremonies began precise
ly at 4 p.m. with a slow proces
sion of the parish priests of
Rome toward the Altar of the
Confession.
Behind them, in a slow funeral
march, walked uniformed mem
bers of the Papal household.
The dignitaries took up their
positions in a great circle sur
rounding the catafalque which
I supported the body of Roman
Catholicism’s 261st Pope.
The surpliced choir of the Ju
lian Chapel burst into the un
accompanied chords of a “mis
erere” which legend says was
composed by King David.
Giant Swiss guards in high
crowned helmets knelt reverent
ly as the body passed, surrounded
by a stately procession of me
dieval splendor.
Smoke j umper
Program To Be
Started In Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Fed
eral Forest Service plans to use
more smokejumpers and air
planes against forest fires next
year.
Smokejumpers are parachutists
who drop into fire areas in re
mote forests. Their goal is to put
out the fire while they’re small.
Helicopters fly small crews to
and from fires.
The smokejumpers g r o il p,
which had humble beginnings
with a handful of daring men 20
years ago, now is a 300-plus man
striking force that fights fires in
forests throughout the west.
Plans for next year include ex
pansion of operations to Alaska.
The Forest Service has agreed to
help the Federal Bureau of Land
Management set up a smoke
jumper ujiit at Fairbanks for use
on fires in the interior of the
State-to-be.
It is hoped the unit can be es
tablished by early summer. Re
cruits for the unit will be trained
at smokej umper headquarters,
Missoula, Mont.
At Missoula was developed the
technique of flying the parachu
tists far into the backwoods to at
tack fires which otherwise might
spread over large areas before
ground crews could get to them.
FAMILIAR WEDDING MARCH
SPRING VILLE, Utah, UPi —
When Mr. and Mrs. Victor Green
lee announced their wedding last
week, it was a familiar experi
ence. They first were married in
their native Oklahoma 46 years
ago, but after 13 years and three
children, they were divorced.
They got together again at a
family reunion after their young
est daughter, Betty John Raw
lins of Springville, located their
father in Tulsa, Okla.
HAVE YOU HAD
YOUR CHEST X-RAY?
Only 759 persons have taken
advantage of the opportunity of
having a free chest X-ray so far
having a free chest X-ray so far
this year.
The service being given the
community is made possible by
the Territorial Health Depart
ment, and is of utmost importance
to everyone. If you had one last
year, it is just as important to
have another this year, as tuber
culosis, cancer, heart diseases
and other early symptoms can be
diagnosed. If there is nothing
wrong with you, you will not
hear from the Department, but
if something is found on your
X-ray, you will be notified im
mediately.
The service will be available to
the public tomorrow from 1 until
4:20 p.m., and from 6:30 until 7:30
in the evening.
Wednesday morning from 9 un
til noon will be the last time
X-rays will be taken.
The service is free, and it takes
only a few minutes.
Washington Salmon
Caught In Russia
SEATTLE, UP — A spunky rep
resentative of the Pacific North
west has been caught inside the
Soviet Union after entering with
out a passport.
The visitor is a salmon carry
ing a tag stamped “Seattle, USA.”
Radio Moscow reports it was
caught in a river in far Eastern
Russia.
Dr. William F. Thompson, di
rector-emeritus of the Washing
ton Fisheries Research Institute,
said here today the fish was be
lieved to be one tagged by expe
dition of three university vessels
off the Aleutian Islands last sum
mer. Several thousand salmon in
the area were tagged.
Previously, such U. S. tagged
salmon have turned up near the
Kamchatka Peninsula and north
ern Japan, but this is the first
inside Russia, Dr. Thompson said.
Officer Signing
Alaska Ballots
Is Contested
JUNEAU, UP) — A legal ques
tion has arisen in connection with
printing the general election bal
lots.
It concerns the name that
should appear on the back of the
ballots, endorsing them as offi
cial.
In case you forgot to look on the
reverse side of the ballot lb the
August primary, endorsement
wias by Election Commissioner
David Pree.
So it was to be for November
25 General Election — until the
matter was challenged last week
by William Hilton, Clerk Third
Division District Court at An
chorage.
Governor Hendrickson and At
torney General Williams said to
day Hilton- protested his name
should endorse ballots printed at
Anchorage. Williams said Hilton
quoted Territorial law for au
thority. Judge J. L. McCarrey of
Anchorage agreed with his clerk,
and a similar opinion came from
Judge Hodge.
However, says the Attorney
General, the Governor’s executive
order setting regulations for the
first state voting said endorse
ment should be made by the elec
tion commissioner.
Williams said Territorial law
no longer is applicable, because
state election districts do not con
form with judicial divisions.
Both the Attorney General and
the Governor said they didn’t
know how the problem would be
settled. However, neither fore
saw difficulty in resolving the
dispute.
Whatever is the outcome, they
said, the scheduled election should
not be endangered.
Washington State CAP
Commander Killed
In Glider Crash
SPOKANE, OR — A glider
smashed to the ground from about
100 feet here yesterday before the
eyes of several hundred horrified
spectators, killing the head of the
Washington State Civil Air Pa
trol, and injuring a passenger.
David E. Mozes, 47, Spokane,
died in a hospital from multiple
injuries. Falks P. Gustavs, 48, was
being treated for serious body
injuries.
The crash occurred during a
demonstration staged by the Con
dor Soaring Club, of which Mozes
was president.
Ira Jacobson, club secretary,
said Mozes apparently overshot
the runway when he came in for
a landing. Mozes put the craft
into a turn which Jacobson said
appeared to be too sharp. The gli
der stalled, nosed over and
dropped to the ground.
Prohibition In U. S.
Foreseen By 1970
SYDNEY, Australia, (£) — An
American authority on alcohol
ism said today that the majority
of Americans may be living un
der prohibition again by 1965 or
1970.
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, president of
the International Commission for
the Prevention of Alcoholism,
said that will happen if a present
trend toward prohibition in the
United States continues un
changed.
He predicted prohibition this
time would be voted by state leg
islatures rather than J>y Congress.
Moon Rocket Pioneer Disintegrates
After 79,126-Mile Trip In Outer Space
By FRED S, HOFFMAN
WASHINGTON, UPI — The U. S.
moon rocket Pione er has
swooped to probable disintegr
tion in the earth’s atmosphere
after blazing a never-before trav
eled path into spce.
The instrument-laden vehicle
didn’t make it to the vicinity of
the moon. But the Air Force
claimed big gains in scientific
information from the nearly two
day flight of the rocket, which
reached a record of about 79,120
miles into space.
The Air Force issued this death
notice for the moon missile it
launched from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., before dawn Saturday:
‘The Hawaiian .tracking sta
tion lost contact with the U. S.
Pioneer lunar probe vehicle at
11:40 pm.
“It was the last tracking sta
tion ... to receive signals.
“Analysis of the data received
by the Hawaiian station indi
cates that the Pioneer re-entered
the earth’s atmosphere at approx
imately 12 midnight and is as
sumed to have burned up upon
re-entry.
“The re-entry point is esti
mated to be over the South Pa
cific Ocean.”
The 8 5-pound lunar probe fell
short of the hoped-for goal of
going into orbit some 50,000 miles
from the moon.
But scientists said it radioed
valuable data back to earth on
its lonely journey. Among other
things, the experience of Pioneer
indicated that radiation in the
outer reaches of space may not
be as intense as had been thought.
This could have strong bear
ing on future space flight by man,
susceptible to possible radiation
poisoning. •
In this connection, the Air
Force claimed Pioneer’s epic
flight marked the first time man
has been able to measure radia
tion above 25,000 miles.
Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schrei
ver, chief of the Air Force Ballis
tic Missile Division, said, “These
measurements will be of great as
sistance in improving instru
ments for future space and lunar
probes and for putting man into
space.”
Schriever, who has over-all re
sponsibility for the Air Force
moon rocket program, claimed the
rocket’s 79,120-mile altitude mark
is more than 27 times greater than
any ever before achieved. The
Air Force said this permitted the
first direct measurements of the
earth’s magnetic field up to that
height.
Further, the Air Force said
Pioneer hit the fastest speed ever
reached by a man-made vehicle
— more than 23,450 miles an
hour.
GOP .Candidates
Request Ike
Take The Stump
WASHINGTON, Ufl — President
Eisenhower was reported today
to be swamped with requests for
personal campaigning in' behalf
of Republican candidates.
Many Republicans fighting up
hill battles for Senate and House
seats now consider a Presiden
tial appearance in their states a
political must. As a result, the
GOP National Committee is hav
ing difficulty trying to sort out
a flood of demands.
Several were said to have come
from GOP candidates who did not
always support Eisenhower’s pro
gram in Congress, and who had
counted largely on going their
own way in their campaigns.
Some of these were reported to
be among those most insistent on
help from Eisenhower.
Republican National Chairman
Meade Alcorn said he expects the
White House to announce this
week additional speaking dates
for the President to supplement
the five-day sortie to California
and back starting Thursday.
Republican campaigners said
they felt recent declines in un
employment will help them in
several vital states. Democrats
generally thought the economic
upturn had come too late.
The Republicans also pointed
to forecasts of agricultural crop
production nearly 11 per cent
above the previous record as a
hopeful sign.
These' and other factors might
alter the picture before election
day. But a state-by-state survey
by the Associated Press indicated
that as of now Democrats stand
to make substantial gains in both
the Senate and House.
Without counting their Maine
victory, Democrats now outnum
ber Republicans 49-47 in the
Senate.
Russ Say U. S. Moon
Shot Does Not
Lessen Soviet Leadership
MOSCOW, — A Soviet
science lecturer says the Soviet
Union admires U. S. engineering
progress in sending up a moon
rocket. He added that the feat
in no way detracts from Soviet
leadership in the space field.
This was the first Soviet reac
tion since the moon rocket was
launched Saturday. It came Sun
day at one of the many public
lectures given on weekends in
Moscow.
Pravda limited its coverage to
a short Tass News Agency dis
patch from New York saying the
rocket had failed to achieve its
purpose.
BRYSON CITY, N. C., —
Farmer Fred Ledford admitted
shooting the bear out of season.
But he explained it had been
chasing him after being caught
around the Ledford hogpen. So
now bear meat, 125 pounds of it,
will be on the menu for the first
meal when the new cafeteria
of the Elementary Schol at near
by Alarka opens shortly.
Was His Face Red!
RIDGEFIELD, N. J., Uft — The
local Lions Club put a badly
smashed auto on display along
the highway as part of the
group’s “Slow Down and Live”
campaign.
Two cars slowed down to have
a look. A third didn’t. The result
was a three-car collision. No one
was hurt, but all three cars were
damaged.
One of the drivers, Daniel Kel
ly of North Bergen, is a member
of the Studebaker-Pacfeard Safe
ty Advisory Committee. He was
on his way home from Kentucky,
where he had been arranging a
similar “Slow Down and Live”
campaign.