Labor Chief Benson
Declines To Be Candidate
At Constitution Meeting
Hem-y A. Benson, territorial -la
bor commissioner, has replied to
a number of requests that he file
for election as delegate at large
to the Constitutional Convention
to be held at the University of
Alaska next November, with the
following letter:
“I do not intend to be a candi
date for election to the conven
tion. I do not feel that it is proper
for any public official or legisla
tor to be a candidate. The purpose
of the convention is such that all
political preferment and partisan
ship must be eliminated to the
end that the convention will reach
agreement on a document that
will be for the enduring benefit
of all our people in this and fu
ture generations. To accomplish
that we must enlist the very high
est calibre of delegates and by
eliminating politicians seeking ad
vantages make possible the elec
tion of citizens devoted solely to
the public good.”
$100 YEARLY PROPOSED
FOR CLAIM ACCESS ROADS
WASHINGTON, (*)— Delegate
Bartlett proposed in a bill today
that holders of mining claims in
Alaska might put up $100 an
nually for construction of mine
access roads instead of perform
ing that amount of work required
to retain the claim.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: Jack Whaley,
Chuck West, Dewey Goodrich,
Johnnie Stephenson.
Anchorage to Nome: Qapt. E.
M. Farmer.
BILLY GRAHAM FILM
TO BE SHOWN TONIGHT
A Billy Graham film entitled
“Happiness” will be shown to
night at 7:30 th the Assembly of
God Church. Everyone is wel-!
come to attend.
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MARCH WEATHER SUMMARY
The weather in March, though
colder than normal, was pleasant
most of the time due to several
days of sunshine and light winds.
Bare patches are beginning to
appear on the sides of the hills to
the north.
With reference juvenile delin
quency, more and more judges,
educators and even some parents
are turning to the opinion that
the way to get at the seat of the
trouble is to use a paddle.
NOTICE TO VACATE A PORTION
ONLY OF THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN
WEST “B" AND DIVISION STREETS,
IN THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
City of Nome, Alaska, has this day filed
its Petition to vacate a portion only of
Third Avenue between West "B” and
Division Streets, namely, the South
twenty feet of such street, as such prop
erty is needed to accomodate the build
ing of a school addition, and necessary to
the construction plan.
A hearing will be held before the
Common Council of the City of Nome, in
council chambers, at 8 P.M.. or as soon
thereafter as such can be heard, on the
28th day of April, 1955.
This Notice is given pursuant to Chap
ter 3, Section 2, Chapter 115, Session
Laws of Alaska, 1953.
Dated this 28th day of March. 1955.
Steffen Andersen
Mayor, City of Nome
Publ. April 1, 8, 15. 1955.
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Three Men Cross Pacific Ocean
In 30-Foot Sailing Boat In 41 Days
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for breakfast, dried rice and soy
sauce for lunch, and rice and
water for dinner.
That was the menu for 10 days
of three adventurers who put into
port here yesterday in the 30-foot
sailing boat Aute, after 41 days
at sea on a voyage from Honolulu.
But for the three men, Robert
Bardue, 24, Seattle, owner of the
Aute; William J. Barnett, 26, Wil
mington, Del., and Sgt. Lonnie
Harrison, 31, of Ft. Shafter, Ha
waii, the lack of food was a minor
Court Ruling Advances
Wolfson Campaign To
Control Monty Ward
SPRINGFIELD, 111., OP) — The
Illinois Supreme Court today
ruled in favor of Louis E. Wolfson
in his campaign to win control of
Montgomery Ward & Co.
The decision upholds Wolf son’s
contention that Ward’s system of
electing three of its nine directors
at annual meetings of stockhold
ers was unconstitutional. The
Supreme Court’s opinion upheld a
ruling by Circuit Judge Fisher of
Chicago.
Judge Fisher ruled that all nine
places on the Ward board of
directors should be at stake in the
annual meeting of shareholders
next Friday in Chicago.
Wolfson wanted the election to
involve all nine directors because
1 it would give him a mathematical
chance to elect a majority.
$4^3,735 In Damages
Awarded Claimants From
Collapse of Bleachers
BALTIMORE, —Thirty-seven
months of court hearings culmin
ated yesterday in the awarding of
$453,735.43 to 317 persons who
were injured March 6, 1952, when
bleachers collapsed during an ice
show.
Much of the litigation dealt
with who the defendants should
be. The awards were jointly
against the Sonja Henie Ice
Revue, Inc., and Edwin T. Coro
nati and his New Jersey Corona
tion Amusement Co., the firm
which erected the bleachers.
No damages were assessed
against Miss Henie.
The biggest award, $30,000,
went to Janet Harryman of Balti
more who said she suffered a
broken back. The smallest was
$10 for a minor injury.
Helium is the hardest gas to
isolate. It can’t be seen, tasted
or smelled.
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detail of the 41 adventure-packed
days.
Army CID agents provided one
more climax. They were on hand
when the Aute arrived in the tow
of the Coast Guard Cutter Mc
Clane to arrest Harrison. He was
charged with being a deserter
from Ft. Shatter and a forger and
taken to Ft. Lewis.
Secret Service agent Wallace
Primrose said Harrison admitted
going AWOL at Ft. Shatter in
January, and also admitted forg
ing an endorsement on a govern
ment check Primrose said was
taken from a mailbox at Honolulu
the day the schooner sailed.
Pardue and Barnett were clear
ed of any connection with the
theft. They said Harrison was a
chance acquaintance and they
agreed to bring him along wrhen
he offered to share the costs.
The trans - Pacific crossing
began March 5 and the Aute ran
into the first of seven major
storms only four days later. A
gale caried away the jibsail and
ripped 'the mainsail and the sail
ors had to improvise replace
ments.
When the schooner s lamps and
stove gave out early this month,
the crew burned wood, mattress
ticking and anything else that
would ignite in a small charcoal
stove.
Bardue said when everything
burnable had been burned they
began shortening the watches un
til each would take only short
stretches at the wheel while the
others remained in the cabin
swathed in • blankets to ward off
the bitter cold.
Around April 4, Bardue recall
ed, they ran out of all food but
rice and their water supply got
dangerously low.
Rescue came Wednesday. A
Royal Canadian Air Force plane
spotted the Aute about 75 miles
off the Washington coast and in
response to the men’s distress sig
nals, called the U.S. Coast Guard.
rotary tilling for the cost of a
single attachment.
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Minfictariat
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Russian Ambassador Gets
Statement on President’s
Atomic Data Proposal
WASHINGTON, WV-The State
Department Thursday handed So
viet Ambassador Georgi N. Zaru
bin a statement about President
Eisenhower’s proposed interna
tional agency for handling atomic
energy data.
Zarubin called by invitation at
the office of Livingston T. Mer
chant, assistant secretary of state
for European affairs.
Afterward Zarubin told report
ers he got from Merchant a writ
ten reply to a Soviet note about
the Eisenhower plan. He said the
Russian note was sent last No
vember, but he would not go into
its substance.
The substance of the notes and
conversations between Russia and
the United States on the atomic
question is a carefully guarded
secret. Private negotiations were
suggested by Eisenhower in his
original United Nations speech
proposing an international atoms
for-peace plan.
Speculation was that Merchant
had given Zarubin a copy of a
draft of a U.S. proposal for set
ting up an atomic information
clearing house under the Eisen
hower program which was adopt
ed unanimously last December by
the United Nations.
Mel Ferrer to Co-Star
With Wife in Italian Film
Of “War and Peace”
HOLLYWOOD, (jfl—Mel Ferrer
has been signed to co-star with
his wife, Audrey Hepburn, in an
Italian film production of Tolstoi’s
“War and Peace.”
Ferrer and Miss Hepburn now
are vacationing at St. Moritz,
Switzerland. Producer Dino de
Laurentis will come to Hollywood
next week to cast the novel’s
other key male role.
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, Mike
Todd, and David O. Selznick have
also announced plans to make
versions of “War and Peace.” De
Laurentis says the starting time
for his film, June 1, is the first
announced so far.
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