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NOTABLE FIRSTS IN HISTORY jj
FIRST HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL
Some prehistoric genius first
smeared moist clay inside a woven
basket, so he could carry water.
Later someone observed that the
clay-smeared baskets became hard
when placed in the campfire. Even
tually primitive man learned that
he could make pots and jars direct
ly from the clay. Fragments of
these utensils are perhaps the old
est surviving evidence of civiliza
tion.
FIRST MAP
The oldest known maps date back
some 2500 years before Christ. They
are drawn upon clay tablets. The j
old cartographers were pretty farf
off base on world geography, but I
not on local geography. For exam- '
pie, the map of the city of Nippur,
shown at right, was actually used
by modern archeologists to guide
their excavations.
FIRST SEWER PIPE
The earliest sewer pipe was con
structed by knocking the ends out
of pottery jars and jointing them in'
a continuous line. But about 5,000
years ago, plumbers in the Middle
East began using clay pipe fash
ioned explicitly for sewers. Some
of those old sewers are still intact
today. j
CLAY HAS BEEN USED BY MAN SINCE TIME BEGAN
Shown above are some “notable firsts” reported by The Sani
tary Engineering Committee. Because clay pipe is ageless and
resists all acids and other caustic wastes, it is recognized as
< the one material that provides all the qualities necessary to
satisfy the exacting demands of sanitary structures. Modern
sanitary systems constructed of clay pipe play an everyday
role as guardian of the health of the people. They are one of
the city’s lifelines carrying away deadly wastes. Public health
is America’s first line of defense.
Hi^h School Girls Team
Win Three of Five Series
* With Alumni Hoop Squad
The Alumni Girls and the Fed
erated Church fell victims to the
High School Girls and the CAP
last evening 34-26 and 39-36 re
spectively.
Coach Hana Ross’ team ended.
the season’s play by taking the
best of the five game series three
games to two. It was a closely
contested battle which ended in
a 25-all tie at the1 end of regu
( lation play. In the overtime period
a tight defense by the winners
held the Alumni to one point
while the High School hit for 9.
Both teams were off at the free
throw line as the Alumni hit for
only four of 15 and the High
School for five of 19.
Marge Willoya was high for
the evening with 15, Madeline Pis
coya 8, Julia Brown 7 and Edith
Morton 4. For the Alumni, Lois
Swanberg 11, Beatrice Lee 9, and
(< Marge Hay 6. Other girls who
saw action for the High School
were: Jeri and Lucy Fagerstrom,
Diane Swanberg and Ruth Ner
shak. For the Alumni, Blanche
Fern, Wanda Beltz, Vera Huff
and Reba Tungwenuk.
The Church was edged out by
the CAP in a loosely-played game
39-36. The CAP led through the
first half 14-8 and 18-17. In the
third period the Church rolled out
in front 26-24 and in the final
period, it was anyone’s game be
* fore the CAP iced the game with
a couple of free throws.
For the CAP, McClure 14, Beals
and Larsen 6 each, Dann, Kliest
and Harrison 3 each, Castel and
Levesque 2 each. For the Church,
Hahn 13, Williams 9, Buzzy
Swanberg 8, Atuk, Kangas and
Minnix 2 each. The win for the
CAP gave them a season’s total
of 5 wins and 11 losses while the
t * Church lost their fifth game in a
row and have a 4 and 10 record.
Close Call for Capturer
CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, tB—
Pvt. Robert Frankhouser walked
back to his tank the other night
feeling well-pleased with himself.
He had just captured two Chi
nese Reds single-handed and
marched them back to his tank
company command post.
He remembered every detail—
waiting patiently while the Chi
nese crept up on the tank. Then
spring up and waving his .45 cal
iber automatic in their faces.
He chuckled as he recalled the
shock on their faces, the way
their eyes glued on his pistol, how
they dropped their burp guns and
shot their hands into the air.
Still chuckling, he patted the
.45 in the holster, pulled it out—
and got the shock of his life.
It wasn’t loaded.
Confederate Vet Dies
OLLA, Louisiana, OB — Funeral
services were planned at the Olla
Baptist Church Tuesday for Wil
liam Townsend, 106, Louisiana’s
last Confederate veteran.
Townsend, who ran away from
home at 15 to join the Confederate
army, died at his home here Mon
day night after a brief illness.
His death left only four Con
federate and two Union veterans
alive.
UUULL,fci> BIRTHDAi
Today is the birthday of John
Foster Dulles, bom Feb. 25, 1888,
in Washington, D.C., and reared
in Watertown, N.Y. Secretary of
State in the Eisenhower cabinet,
Dulles had been tentatively slated
for that post in the Dewey cam
paigns of 1944 and 1948. An auth
ority on international law, Dulles
drew up the Japanese peace
treaty, was a delegate to the U.N.
and an adviser to Wilson, FDR
and Truman.
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i Feud Among Alaska
Dentists Flares on House
Floor In Legislature
JUNEAU, UP) — A bitter, full
; blown feud within Alaska’s den
tists’ ranks flared into the open on
the floor of the House of Repre
sentatives Yesterday.
It involved Rep. Lee McKinley,
Palmer and Anchorage dentist,
and the Territorial Dental Board.
- McKinley, a Republican, has
called on all board members to
resign and is pushing a bill to
prevent more than one board
member being a graduate of the
same dental school.
The issue revolves around
charges which have been made in
previous legislative sessions that
the dental board was keeping
dentists out of the territory by
being too tough on examinations
when there was' an acute need
for more dentists.
Most board members are from
the dental school at Portland.
The board members reply that
rigid examinations are necessary
to keep Alaska dental standards
high.
lhe flare-up in the House came
after a letter from 11 Anchorage
dental society members was read.
It recommended that board mem
bers be retained in office and that
Anchorage Dental Society mem
bers “have utmost confidence in
integrity, honesty and ability of
board members.” •
In a sharp blast at the sign
ers, McKinley told the House two
of them had threatened to “get
me” if he pushed through the
dental board bill. Besides his den
tal office McKinley has a Matan
uska Valley farm and a dental
supply business.
MANILA, UP)—Yugoslavia today
accused Russia of imposing an ec
onomic blockade against her, de
spite an expressed willingness to
place trade above political dif
ferences.
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