Two Armed Thugs Roh Fairbanks
Businessman; Descriptions Given
Tally With Slayers of Cecil Wells
FAIRBANKS, UP>— Two armed<
thugs forced their way into the
home of George Nehrbas, a pro
minent businessman, Sunday
night and fled with $300 and two
diamond rings they took from
Mrs. Nehrbas’ finger.
The two men held Nehrbas and
his wife at gunpoint for 20 min
utes while they searched the
house room by room for more
loot.
Nehrbas to'ld police he had
about $100 in a safe in the base
ment and about $200 in his wallet.
He gave this money to the men
but they threatened to kill him
if he didn’t give them some “big
money.”
Nehrbas quoted one of the men
as saying: “Two prominent busi
nessmen in this town have been
shot. You are next if you don’t
produce $10,000 and give it to us.”
Tommy Wright, a bar owner,
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was killed in January of last year
by two men who surprised him
in his home.
Cecil Wells, a wealthy car deal
er, was shot and killed in his
apartment last October. His wife,
Diane, who was later charged
with the murder, told police at
the time two thugs broke into the
Wells apartment and shot her
husband.
Diane Wells commited suicide
March 9 at Los Angeles.
The description Mrs. Wells
gave to- police at the time her
husband was killed tallied with
that given by Nehrbas of the two
men who entered his home as far
as height and weight are con
cerned.
Garland Will Not Lose
Aleutian Mail Contract
WASHINGTON, UPt—Rep. Pelly
(R-Wash) said Monday federal
authorities are not about to take
Aleutian mail contracts away
from the motorship Garland and
turn them over to air services.
Pelly said he also learned from
Interior Department officials that
the department will not approve
any change in mail contracts
which would cut off secluded
Aleutian communities from the
advantages of ocean transporta
tion of mail.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
BIBLE VERSES USED FOR WELL-KNOWN HYMNS
WATCHMAN, TELL US OF THE NIGHT
"Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The Watchman said. The morning comeih, and also the night:
if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come."
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2nd Best In The U.S.
Matanuska Maid ice cream,
handled here by the U.S. Merc,
has been rated as second best in
all the United States of America.
Matanuska ice cream wop sec
ond prize in the ice cream scor
ing contest held during the 23rd
annual convention of the Ameri
can Institute of Dairying earlier
this month in Pullman, Wash.
Leading dairies from all over
the United States were represent
ed in the competition. The Matan
uska Maid product scored 94 out
of a possible 100, which is excep
tional.
The three judges in the ice
cream contest were professors
from the University of Idaho,
Ohio State University and Uni
versity of Fliroda.
Starlings habitually roost in the
center of large cities but fly to
the countryside each day to feed.
Nome Directory
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Geofge Bayer, Secty
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
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Worthy Matron jc
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Secretary y
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Dien Bien Phu
Still Holding Off
Savage Red Blows
HANOI, Indochina, l#)—The de
fenders of Dien Bien Phu hurled
back attack after attack from
screaming Vietminh shock troops
early Wednesday, interspersing
savage counterattacks of their
own.
The French High Command an
nounced at noon that the garrison
was holding all its positions.
Rested and regrouped after the
beating they took in their initial
assaults on the fortress in mid
March, the Communist-led rebels
opened their second offensive on
the heels of a violent artillery
barrage.
Thousands of wildly yelling
rebel troops sprang from foxholes
and trenches ringing the dusty,
hill-rimmed valley of Dien Bien
Phu and charged toward the maze
of barbed wire barricades guard
ing the French trenches, dugouts
and air strip.
Hurling grenades, firing ma
chineguns, rifles and pistols, the
Vietminh raced into sheets of fire
from the American-supplied guns
manned by a garrison including
Frenchmen, North Africans, For
eign Legionnaires, Vietnamese,
and pro-French Thai tribesmen.
Tanks, artillery, mortars and
heavy machineguns cut the rebel
ranks.
Overhead, every fighter and
bomber plane the French could
muster laid down blazing bar
rages of napalm and strafed the
Vietminh concentrations in the
greatest aerial assault of the 7
year-old Indochina War. The
Vietminh made six successive at
tacks on the fortress defenses but
were thrown back each time and
each time the French Union
troops moved out in counterat
tacks.
There was no immediate an
nouncement of casualties on
either side, but it was obvious the
Vietminh again had suffered
heavy losses from the defenders’
massed fire.
The savage battle raged through
out the night and continued today.
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United Action By
Free NationsUrged
By Secty. Dulles
NEW YORK, M—Secretary of
State Dulles—speaking with the
advance approval of President
Eisenhower — urges “united
action” by the free nations to
prevent Communist domination
of Indochina and all southeast
Asia.
Communist domination in that
area of the world “would be a
grave threat to the whole free
community” Dulles said in a
major foreign policy declaration
and added:
“The United States feels that
that possibility should not be pas
sively accepted, but should be
met by united action.
“This might have serious risks.
But these risks are far less than
would face us a few years from
now, if we dare not be resolute
today.
“Sometimes it is necessary to
take risks to win victory. The
chances for peace are usually bet
tered <by letting a potential ag
gressor know in advance where
his aggression could lead him.”
Dulles made clear that he
meant action by the United States
and its allies, in contrast to pre
vious speeches in which he spoke
of possible United States retalli
ation.
He did not spell out specific
“united action” measures he had
in mind to block Communist con
quest of southeast Asia. A State
Department aide said any moves
would be discussed in detail with
U.S. allies.
Corinne Calvet Takes
Overdose Sleeping Pills
WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif.,
UP)—French actress Corinne Calvet
is reported by police to have at
tempted suicide early today by
taking an overdose of sleeping
capsules.
The 27-year-old screen beauty
was found lying on the floor of
her bathroom at 2:30 a.m., with
20 pills missing from a medicine
bottle containing seconal capsules,
said Officers T. B. Ley and E. R.
St. John.
After emergency treatment she
was sent home.
The blonde actress was rushed
to Santa Monica hospital, where
her stomach was pumped out and
she was given an antidote for
seconal.
Miss Calvet’s personal physi
cian said she “has been under
great emotional strain for the
past two months because of per
sonal and professional circum
stances.”
She won a divorce two weeks
ago from actor John Bromfield,
testifying he refused to let her
have children. He arrived at the
hospital a few minutes after she
was brought in and accompanied
her home later in the ambulance.
Fool-and-Half of Snow Causes
12 Deaths In New York Stale
BUFFALO, N.Y., UP) — A foot
and a half of snow blustered off
the Great Lakes Monday and
Tuesday and caused at least 12
deaths in its transport-paralyzing
rampage through a large area of
New York state.
Most of those who died in the
storm suffered heart attacks
while shoveling snow.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181