SAS Plane Enroute Over
North Pole To Fairbanks
OSLO, Norway (tf)—A Scandin
avian Airlines plane took off here
today for a combination mercy
and exploration flight over the
top of the world to Japan.
The American - built DC-6 is
scheduled to touch down at Bodoe
in northern Norway, Fairbanks,
and Shemya enroute to Tokyo.
If wind conditions are favorable,
B r airline sources said, it probably
* will pass over the North Pole.
The plane was chartered by the
Norwegian army medical corps to
carry relief personnel for the Nor
wegian field hospital in Korea.
During the flight, however, the
hand-picked crew will study Arc
tic flying conditions with an eye
1 to opening a regular transpolar
service from Europe to North
America and Asia.
It was estimated flying time for
the trip would be 34 hours, 20
minutes. The only long stopover
scheduled is at Fairbanks where
the passengers will spend the
night.
“Doc’’ Caswell, Pioneer
Alaskan, Dies at 79
KETCHIKAN, (fl—William Hen
ry “Doc” Caswell, 79, who first
came to Alaska in 1893, died Fri
day in Ketchikan. He had lived
here since 1926 when he was ap
pointed deputy U.S. marshal.
Caswell claimed to be the auth
or of the Alaska Drug and Narcot
ics Act of 1912, saying it was the
first Amei'ican legislation to in
clude a clause covering mari
juana. Caswell operated drug
stores at Valdez and Cordova be
fore coming to Ketchikan.
He is is surivived by his widow,
a son in Detroit and a daughter
in Anchorage.
Democrats Block Ike’s
Request to Lower Voting
Age From 21 to 18 Years
, WASHINGTON, L?P>—President
Eisenhower’s request to lower the
voting age from 21 to 18 years J
was doomed for this session of
Congress Saturday by a solid line
of 24 Democratic senators.
The minority party members—
mostly southerners—killed the
proposed Constitutional amend
ment in the Senate late Friday
when supporters were able to
round up only 34 votes. That fell
far short of the two-to-one major
ity required to approve the Con
stitutional change and send it to
the House for a similar test.
MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS
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Action Halted in
1946 Murder of
3 Army Officers
FRANKFURT, Germany, (#)—
Chief U.S. Prosecutor Thomas
Lancian Saturday abruptly halted
further action in the 1946 murder
of three American Army officers
pending “full study of the case.”
Deputy Prosecutor William Can
field of Hampden, Mass., Friday
filed murder charges against for
mer Army Capt. James M. Leech,
44, of Lima, Ohio, and said he was
forwarding extradition papers to
the U. S. High Commission at
Bonn for action.
The charges accuse Leech of the
ax-and-arson murders Jan. 7,
1946, of Maj. Everett S. Cofran of
Washington, D.C., Capt. Adrian L.
Wessler of New Rochelle, N.Y.,
and 1st Lt. Stanley M. Rosewater
of Omaha, Neb.
But Lanchian, of Boston, Mass.,
disclosed the extradition request
had not been forwarded to Bonn.
He said through a State Depart
ment press officer:
“This is a highly important case
and I want to study all the facts
before making any further state
ment.”
Extradition may take a long
time.
Canfield, due to leave his post
in June, said he had a “very
strong circumstantial case” against
Leech, former deputy to Cofran
when the latter was town com
mander of Nassau, in Bavaria.
Canfield said Cofran had dis
charged Leech’s German girl
friend from her job as secretary
and cancelled an order to finance
her father’s business.
Dressier and Rosewater appar
ently were killed by mistake. They
were overnight guests in the house
when the murderer entered. A
fourth officer, Maj. Hugh Hesson,
of Lexington, Ky., was in a locked
first floor room and escaped the
flames.
Leech was released as a suspect
in 1946, subsequently discharged
from the Army and returned
home. The case remained open
and was turned over the High
Commission courts by the Army
less than a month ago'.
Saboteurs Fail in Attempt
To Blow Up Munitions
Train in Guatemala
GUATEMALA. UD—Guatemala
said Friday night saboteurs blast
ed a rail line in an attempt to
blow up a munitions train. The
announcement came as the gov
ernment heatedly charged the
United States with spreading
alarmist reports about arms ar
riving here from Iron Curtain
countries. The arms shipment was
unharmed, it was reported, but
the explosion killed a civilian and
a soldier and injured three other
soldiers.
The saboteurs fought a gun bat-#
tie with federal troops and then
fled into the hills near the Hon
duran border.
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5,000 College Seniors
Get New Chance for
Air Forc6 Commissions
WASHINGTON, IAV-N early
5,000 college seniors who faced
Air Force enlistment or the Army
draft now have a new chance for
Air Force Reserve and National
Guard commissions as second
lieutenants.
The Air Force changed direc
tion Friday and offered commis
sions to 4,840 college men with
Air ROTC training. These were
men who had been found to toe
physically unqualified or who
were unwilling to become pilots.
The Air Force earlier had said
these men would not be offered
commissions, but would be given
a choice of enlisting for two years
or awaiting the Army draft.
Announcing the new plan Fri
day, Asst. Secretary of the Air
Force H. Lee White said it was
due to an Air National Guard
decision that it could use these
men. Those accepting commis
sions will go on active Air Force
duty for three years, then revert
to National Guard control for
three more years.
The system of prisons for pun
ishment of crime is believed by
some authorities to have had its
origin in Christian belief that soli
tude is an important factor in
penitence.
PAN AMERICAN PRESENTS ...
A NEW SCHEDULE, TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 1, 1954.
FLIGHT 901 FLIGHT 904
(Friday only) (Saturday)
7:30 AM Lv. Seattle Ar. 5{45 AM
11:45 AM Ar. Fairbanks Lv. 10:00 PM
1:15 PM Lv. Fairbanks Ar. 8:40 PM
2:25 PM Ar. Nome Lv. 5:30 PM
(Friday only)
The above times are local standard for each city indicated.
First flight of this schedule will arrive Nome on
Friday, June 4, 1954.
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1 saved $4,900
says John A. Walsh
of Malden, Massachusetts
He did it through the
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