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Classical Forgery
LANSING, Kans., Ml — A Kan
sas State Prison inmate won a
prison poetry contest with some
lines from a John Greenleaf
Whittier poem.
Floyd E. Ireland signed his own
name to the lines. Three judges
quickly gave him the first prize
— two cartons of ciragettes.
One judge, however, got to
thinking about it and wrote to
the New York Times. Back came
a letter from the Times, citing
book and page of “Andrew Byk
lans Prayer.”
Ireland had smoked the cigar
ettes by then. All this came out
Friday as the state parol board
considered a plea by Ireland for
parole from a l-to-5 year term
for forgery. He didn’t get the
parole.
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Airline Pilot Fined for
Carrying Too Little Fuel
On Trans-Pacific Hop
WASHINGTON, Itf) — The fed
eral Aviation Agency disclosed
Saturday it has penalized an air
line pilot for flying from the
Aleutian Islands to Japan with
inadequate fuel reserves.
FAA settled for $250 a proposed
$500 fine for Thurston R. Perry,
Lafayette, Calif., ^ilot of an over
seas National Airways DC6-A
plane last April 5 on a flight from
Shemya in the Aleutians to Tachi
kawa Air Force Base, Japan.
FAA said the fuel supply of
20,419 pounds was sufficient for
a two-hour reserve on the planned
flight of eight hours and 14 min
utes.
However, the pilot elected to
fly a longer route that took 10
hour's and 35 minutes, and he
reached Tachikawa with only 128
gallons of fuel, or a 30-minute re
serve supply. FAA said the change
of route was made at the choice
of the pilot and was not the result
of an emergency.
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Black Magic Cult
Broken Up in
Swiss Village
BERN, Switzerland, UH — A
black magic cult whose disciples
were reported ruled by hypnotism
and torture behind electrified
barbed wire 'has been broken up
by Swiss police raiders.
Paul Baumann, 42, former pa
tient in a mental home, is under
arrest as the master mind on
charges ranging from interference
with personal freedom to ynbez
zlement.
The raid was made last week
on a secluded estate at Linden,
a village 12 miles south of Bern.
Inside, raiding oficers found 68
men, women and children in var
ious stages of hypnotic trance.
All of the disciples were in a
state oif fear and subjection to
Baumann.
Several had to be transferred
to mental homes for psychiatric
treatment.
The estate comprised five
houses, a chapel with an altar
dedicated to magic spirits, a movie
theater and mechanical work
workshops.
New disciples, found by per
sonal contact, were taken to the
estate and told they had been
chosen by the spirits to join the
community.
They had to swear an oath of
allegiance to the sect on an elec
trified book of magic which sent
a heavy charge through their
bodies.
Incoming disciples were re
quired to turn over all their cash
and belongings to Baumann. The
officers found a small fortune in
cash and valuables.
U.N. Applauds New States
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
— The U. N. General Assembly
Saturday hailed the emergence of
Alaska and Hawaii into statehood.
It adopted a resolution congratu
lating the United States and the
people of Alaska and Hawaii on
“the attainment of a full measure
of self-government” by the people
of those former territories.
The vote was 58-0 with 17 ab
stentions, in which the Soviet bloc
and some colonial powers joined.
It endorsed the United States'
ceasing to give the U. N. infor
mation on Alaska and Hawaii as
non-self-governing territories.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Werthy Matron
Helen Dunbai
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
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Norvn V. Lewis, Sea.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
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Ast Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Lunch ear.
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Secty.
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