Fred Seaton Proposed
By Alf Landon as Next
GOP Presidential Nominee
TOPEKA, MP)—Fred A. Seaton,
Secretary of the Interior, was
proposed Monday night as the
Republican presidential nominee
for 1960.
Alf M. Landon, former Kansas
governor and 1936 GOP nominee,
made the proposal in a nationally
televised interview (NBC).
“Fred Seaton would make a
good candidate and a good Presi
dent,” Landon said.
A native of Kansas, Seaton had
represented Nebraska in the U.S.
Senate before joining the Cabinet.
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Explosions, Fire
Wreck Tanker,
Killing 9 Workers
ALAMEDA, Calif., UP!—Two ex
plosions and a fire wrecked the
tanker Jeanny while it was being
refitted in the Oakland estuary
yesterday, ^killing nine workmen
and injuring 50, six critically.
Eugene Fitch, an electrician
who was working in the 10,296
ton government-owned vessel, re
called that “all of a sudden there
was a boom.”
“ . . . People were milling
around in the dark hollering,” he
continued. “The smoke was so
thick you could hardly breathe.”
He got out before the second blast.
The Jeanny was newly out of
mothballs and being rushed to a
Feb. 8 deadline. She was being
leased to carry oil to Europe.
Welders’ torches may have ig
nited petroleum fumes, said the
shipyard manager. «
Skunks Invade Town
When Cold Weather
Reduces Food Supply
STILLWATER, Okla., CP^-Cold
weather that reduced skunks’
food supplies in the country is
blamed for a minor invasion of
this college town by the polecats.
The skunk migration was small
but strong. The animals have
made swaths thru crowded down
town areas and kept the dog
catcher busy.
Dr. Roy W. Jones of the Okla
homa A & M College zoology de
partment explained that skunks
are natural scavengers and that
there’s just more to scavenge in
town in the winter.
His fraternity brothers made
him get rid of his pet lady skunk
after non-deodorized males made
social visits to the fraternity
house.
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‘Young and Vigirous’
Legislators Want Time
Off for Dinner
HARRISBURG, Pa. UP)—A state
legislator has complained to the
Pennsylvania House of Represen
tatives that members should, be
treated as other workers and be
given a chance to eat.”
Rep. Sherman Toll, a Democrat,
appealed to Speaker Stuart Helm,
a Republican, to refrain from
conducting business during lunch
and supper hours.
“Most of us are young and vig
orous and are in serious need of
food,” Toll protested.
During the last session, the
House customarily worked thru
the dinner hour after starting
late Monday afternoons.
Republican leaders later said
they would arrange for members
to take a break to eat.
Sitka’s Wiley Arms
Evidence of Contractor’s
Confidence in Future
SEATTLE, UP)—Confidence in
the future of Sitka prompted his
recent purchase of the Cathedral
Apartments there thru his big bid
of $242,000 at a recent FHA sale
at Washington, D.C., Howard
Hollingsworth, Pullman, Wash.,
contractor, said Tuesday.
“I have every reason to believe
the economy of Sitka will support
the apartments,” he said. “I think
the proposed pulp mill offers
bright hope for the future.”
The property will be renamed
the Lucey M. Wiley Arms, honor
ing his late stepmother, he said.
He plans to manage the corpora
tion to operate it.
Hollingsworth said the fire that
destroyed the Sitka spruce lum
ber mills hit Sitka’s business
economy hard and affected oper
ation of the apartments by their
previous owners adversely.
SEAL BLOCKS TRAFFIC
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., iff)—
Traffic was blocked for nearly
half an hour ony busy Highway
101—by a seal.
The animal cavorted onto the
highway and brought traffic in
this beach community to a
screeching halt Monday. Police,
the street cleaning department
and passersby caught him, finally,
and dumped him back in the sea.
New Foundation
Formed in Seattle
For Research
Many persons here who have
been to the Mason Clinic will be
interested in knowing that a new
foundation with primary objec
tives in the field of medical re
search and medical education has
been formed by interested .citi
zens and members of the medical
profession in Seattle. The new or
ganization is incorporated under
the name of the Virgina Mason
Foundation and will work closely
with the scientific and technical
facilities and personnel available
at the Virginia Mason Hospital
and the Mason Clinic.
The foundation idea began with
doctors on the staff of the Virgin
ia Mason Hospital and Mason
Clinic. Initial financial support
for foundation activities has come
from memberships and donations
from many members of the medi
cal profession and from other
interested citizens.
Currently, the foundation is fi
nancing several research projects.
A tissue culture laboratory is be
ing organized,sfor research studies
of virus, cancer, and tissue im
munity. A second project is a
study of certain chemical changes
in the blood of patients with in
testinal tumors. A third project
is a long-term study of juvenile
diabetics in an effort to learn
more of the chemical abnormali
ties in the blood of these children.
Additional knowledge may lead
to improved treatment and pre
vention of future kidney and eye
complications. This latter prob
lem is also being supported by a
grant of $5000 from the Schweppe
Foundation in Chicago.
Sailors’ Union Official
Harry Lundeborg Dies
BURLINGAME, Calif. —Har
ry Lundeberg, top negotiator for
thousands of American seamen
for the last 21 years, died Mon
day in a hospital here.
The 55-year-old secretary of
the powerful Sailors Union of the
Pacific and president and found
er of the Seafarers International
Union had been ill since Jan. 20
from what had been diagnosed as
a “mild” heart seizure.
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NEWS OF
NOMEITES
By LULU FAIRBANKS
After 14 years with the U.S.
Army Engineers in Seattle, Mrs.
Peter (Esther) Davison has re
tired. More than 150 guests at
tended her farewell party where
she was remembered with many
gifts. She formerly live<J ip Nome.
Stuart Fleming, her brother from
Montesano, Wash., spent the holi
days with her at her home at 911
Summit Ave.
* * * •
The noted Bard of the Yukon,
Robert W. Service, celebrated his
83rd birthday on Jan. 16 at his
home in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He
takes a daily swim in the blue
Mediterranean and enjoys sitting
on the beach to see the beauties,
who still fascinate him.
■» • •
Slim Rydeen, on a recent visit
to see his Nome friend, A. “Tony”
Polet, found him in good spirits
and improved since his last visit
some weeks ago.
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On Jan. 8th, Charles Lewis
passed his 79th milestone and is
rolling it along in his 80th year,
well and still full of “vim, vigor
; and vitality.” Charley and Hor
tense operated a mercantile store
. in Nome years ago. '
* * *
During the holidays, Mrs. Chas.
Lewis and Miss Francis Ross vis
ited at the Cushman Hospital,
near Tacoma, and took five TB
patients shopping, all Eskimo
girls from Nome and King Island.
Among them was Agnes Koonook,
daughter of Chief Olleanna of
King Island, who is doing very
well.
When the girls saw the escala
tors in one of the big stores, they
were reminded of the “laziness of
the white man” who even has
“the stairs move” so they don’t
have to climb them!
In appreciation for their gifts,
a letter was received later from
the patients addressed to “Oro
mealpuk,” 3206 106th S.E., Bel
levue. It reached Charley Lewis
okay, the man they call by that
name, which means “The Big
Guy.”
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P.O. Box 558
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
aIaAska chapter n. i
Order of Eastern Star
****** * W Monday of each month
e Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
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Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Narvtn W. Lewis, Sec.
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