Father Wants Daughter
Back After Prospering On
Money She Was Sold For
MANILA, UP—Chua Tan, now
a prosperous Chinese store owner,
wants his daughter back. Chua
apologetically told National Bu
reau of Investigation officials he
had sold his two-year-old girl,
Emelinda, for $350 to Hing Huang.
Chua said he was unable to sup
port himself and the child.
He opened a trading store with
the money from Hing. The store
thrived. Now he wants Emelinda
back.
The NBI said it is investigating
the reported traffic of infants and
young children in the Philippines.
New York Newspaper Strike
Will Continue Another 24 Hours
NEW YORK, UP—A union of
ficial indicated today New York’s
newspaper strike will continue at
least another 24 hours.
The strike of the 400 photo
engravers has resulted in a shut
down of the seven major news
papers in New York for the first
time in the city’s publishing his
tory. Other newspaper unions
have observed the engravers’
picket lines.
KITES CONVEY SENTIMENTS
OF ANTI - RED CHINESE
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP — Main
land Chinese opposed to the Com
munist regime have found a new
way of expressing their dislike,
according to the Nationalist De
fense Ministry.
This is by releasing kites bear
ing such inscriptions as: “We are
awaiting deliverance,” “Conditions
Unendurable,” “We must kill the
Communist Bandits,” and “Long
Live President Chiang Kai-shek.”
BRICKS EXTEND LIST
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., UP—As
part of a campaign to build a com
munity center building here, any
one who plunks down the price of
one or more bricks gets his name
on the list that will be tucked
away in the new structure’s cor
nerstone.
BABY GIRL BREAKS SPELL
CONCORD, N.H., UP— For 90
years no girl had been bom into
the Atwood family. But the spell
is broken.
Jean was born to the Irving S.
Atwoods, former Concord resi
dents now of Troy, N.Y.
Many live World War II bombs
are still being dug up in Italy, two
big ones having been found re
cently under mainline railroad
tracks. ,
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All-Americans
Anytime is the time for a pretty
girl, and a pretty girl and a sea
sonal favorite make a wonderful
combination. She’s Mamie Van
Doren, Hollywood star who has
been chosen as the “All-American
Waitress” by the National Res
taurant Association. One thing
all the aDDroaching holidays —
. Thanksgiving, Christ
mas — have in common is good
food. And this is the season when
dessert comes into its own. From
the many delicious items offered
by the baker — cakes, doughnuts,
pies and pastries — the blonde
discovery has chosen an old favor
ite, pumpkin pie, as the All-Amer
ican dessert.
4-H Club Girls Star
In Dress Fashion Revue
CHICAGO, UP) — Fourty-seven
young women prepared Tuesday
to star in the style highlight of
the 32nd National 4-H Club Con
gress, Tuesday night’s “Career
scope” dress revue.
The fashion parade, unique in
that each model made her own
dress and won a state or territorial
prize with it, will show handiwork
from 47 states, all except Penn
sylvania. Each participant won a
leather cased scissors set and an
all-expense trip to the congress
from the Simplicity Pattern Co.
The winners included Diane
Jones, 17, Albany. Ore., Lora Belle
Keener, 18, Almira, Wash., and
Dorothy Hoffman, 17, Palmer, Al
aska.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce. Weather Bureau
Continued cloudy tonight and
Thursday with light snow and
possibly light freezing drizzle.
Low temperature expected tonight
26, high tomorrow 28.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today: high tempera
ture 28, lowest 26. Maximum wind
17 mph from the East. Sunrise at
9:31 a.m., sunset at 2:14 p.m.
A year ago today: high tem
perature 12, low 0. Extremes this
date since 1907: high temperature
33 in 1928, lowest -30 in 1916.
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Ex - Governor Of Mich.
Dies With 3 Companions
In Crash Of Small Plane
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., UP) —
Silver-haired Kim Sigler, who
rocketed to the Michigan govern
or’s chair seven years ago on the
propulsion of a sensational grand
jury expose, plummeted to his
death late Monday in a fiery plane
crash. Three companions died
with him.
Sigler’s own four-place plane,
threading its way through a dense
fog, snagged onto a guy wire sup
porting a television tower,
The impact sheared off one
wing and sent the fuselage hurt
ling into a woods three-quarters
of a mile away, where it crashed
and burned.
The 59-year-old Republican ex
governor presumably was at the
controls. He was a veteran and
enthusiastic flier.
Ruby Schoolhouse Burns
FAIRBANKS, UP) — A weekend
fire destroyed the little log school
house at the village of Ruby, 200
miles west of here.
Schoolmaster Ken Brittel, who
lost all his personal belongings,
was trying' Monday to set up an
emergency school in the basement.
Brittel was absent on a trip to
Fairbanks at the time.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Bill Tweet,
Norman Tweet, R. W. Oliver, L.
Okpealuk, Vince Kunnuk, B. Mar
tin, Alvin Iotuk, Fred Pushruk,
Clarence Willoya.
To Anchorage: Irene Miller,
Ralph Kapok, May Frank.
From Unalakleet: Art Johnson,
Allen Doyle.
From McGrath: Emory Young.
To Kotzebue: Steve Radako
vick, Dr. Rabeau, Don McDonald,
Lea Giffe, Robert Curtis.
To Unalakleet: Art Johnson and
Mrs. Irene O’Connor.
DIRECTOR JUST ACTING?
WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif.,
UP)—Film Producer Howard Kro
ger Babb, whose movie, “One Too
Many,” attacks alcoholism, plead
ed innocent Monday to a charge
of drunk driving.
Babb was arrested Saturday
night. Officers said he ran a red
light and refused to take a sobri
ety test.
OLD LAW STILL HOLDS GOOD
DES MOINES, Ufl— Two boys
were brought into the court of
Justice of the Peace E. R. Skelton.
He searched the law books for
quite a while before stating the
charge.
“Riding horses without lights,”
said the court. “That’ll be a fine
of $1 each.”
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ALASKA PARCEL SERVICE—Applying seals to the first ship
ment of a new type of container which will carry parcels from the
Pacific Northwest to Alaska are Harold Gill, chairman of the
Alaska committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, left,
and Ray Parcher, Portland district manager of Northwest Freight
Management Co., which is instituting the new fast parcel service,
aimed, at cutting loss and damage and moving packages at reduced
cost. Vice president of J. K. Gill Co. of Portland and Seattle, Gill
was among those sending parcels in the initial shipment, as was
Newton A. King of King Building Supply, also a member of the
Portland Chamber Alaska committee. Parcels are already wrapped
and pre damped, ready to be entered in the mails at Anchorage
for final delivery to western Alaska communities.
SAMPLE FREIGHT RATES
VIA ALASKA STEAM AND WIEN
FROM SEATTLE TO NOME
per 100 lbs.
GROCERIES: canned goods. 12.55
GROCERIES: bakery goods. 12.90
meat . 16.31
LIQUORS .. 14.76
For further information call
Wien Alaska Airlines or Alaska Steamship Co.
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