MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
Pan American Presents
A NEW SCHEDULE
For Nome’s Spring and Summer Service
Lv Seattle 1:00 am. Tues. & Sat. Flight 903 DC-fflB
Ar Fairbanks 5:00 am.
Lv Fairbanks 9:30 a.m. Tues. & Sat. Flight 903 DC-4
Ar NOME 11:30 a.m. Tues. & Sat.
Lv NOME 3:30 p.m. Tues. & Sat. Flight 902 DC-4
Ar Fairbanks 7:30 p.m.
Lv Fairbanks 10:00 p.m. Tues. & Sat. Flight 902 DC-6B
Ar Seattle 5:45 a.m. Wed. & Sun.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 3, 1956
All Times Shown Are Local Standard for City Indicated
Red China Balloon
Found in Japan
TAKAMATSU, Japan, Iff)—The
newspaper Asahi reported Tues
day a Communist Chinese weath
er balloon released by the Peiping
weather bureau was found at
nearby Kumatama Village last
Saturday.
Red China is one of the coun
tries protesting the launching of
weather balloons by the United
States.
The paper said the balloon was
equipped with a small size mete
orological recording unit. A note
in Chinese characters attached to
it said, “This is not dangerous.
Appreciate anyone finding this to
report to the bureau" in Peiping.
A Russian weather balloon was
found in northern Japan last
month.
Debbie Reynolds Expects
Baby in November
LOS ANGELES, GP>—Debbie
Reynold’s mother says the actress
is expecting a baby in November.
Mrs. Maxene Reynolds said
Debbie, 23, now in the east with
her husband, singer Eddie Fisher,
26, telephoned the news.
The Fishers were married in
New York State last Sept. 25.
Wire Fences Protect
Cameramen From Lions
When 63 lions were turned
loose in the huge Circus of Nero,
supposedly to devour the Chris
tian martyrs in one of the most
spectacular sequences of M-G-M’s
“Quo Vadis,” cameramen filmed
the scene from behind special wire
enclosures erected at either end
of the arena.
Under the direction of Mervyn
LeRoy, two units filmed the ac
tion simultaneously, with every
precaution taken to avoid recur
rence of a fatal mishap which oc
curred when the scene was filmed
for an earlier production of “Quo
Vadis,” made in 1924. At that time
a lion took his role too seriously
and devoured one of the extras.
In M-G-M’s giant spectacle,
in Technicolor, trained matadors
from Fiance and Holland played
the roles of the Christians inside
tTie arena, with thousands of Ital
ian extras impersonating ancient
Roman spectators.
Robert Taylor and Deborah
Kerr head the cast of “Quo Vadis”
with Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov,
noted British actors, also in top
roles. The long-awaited picture
opens Saturday at The Theater.
The JOHNSONS are coming!
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23 on Airliner
Narrowly Escape
Collision With Jet
LONDON —Twenty-three pas
sengers of a British European
Airways airliner missed death by
inches yesterday when an RAF
Vampire jet fighter screamed into
the plane’s path over central Eng
land.
The pilot of the airliner took a
steep dive to get out of the fight
er’s way, throwing passengers
into a heap in the cabin.
Ten persons were taken to a
hospital after the plane landed at
London airport.
The pilot of the airliner said his
plane was flying in misty weather
about 50 miles from London on a
flight from Belfast when he saw
the Vampire'heading straight for
the airliner.
Inter-American Meeting
Fails to Agree on Limit of
Nations’ Offshore Wates
CUIDAD TRUJILLO, Domini
can Republic, UP—The Inter-Am
erican Conference on Conserva
tion and Marine Waters has failed
to agree on the limits of national
jurisdiction over offshore waters.
It did agree, however, a nation’s
rights over sea bed resources—
such as oil—reach as far out as it
can get at them.
Offshore jurisdiction has been
a thorny issue between South
American countries, the United
States and some Europeans na
tions, on accounts of the fish in
the waters. The United States
claims a three-mile limit. Ecua
dor, Chile and Peru claim their
territorial waters extend 200 miles
from shore. They have vast tuna
areas off their coasts.
A resolution, approved unani
mously Monday by the confer
ence’s committee on general af
fairs, took note of the different
national policies on offshore wat
ers. It recommended the Organi
tion of American States “continue
its diligent search for an adequate
solution.”
BOYS' $1,800 TREASURE FIND
1 DOESN'T EXCITE THEM
BIG SPRING, Tex., UP>—Three
boys found $1,800 in a treasure
chest dug out of an abandoned
earthen tank here yesterday but
neither they nor the Internal Rev
enue people are excited.
The $1,800 was in $1, $5, and
$100 Confederate bills.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CBAPTKK KO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st <■ 3rd Monday of each month
Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
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Hairy A. Lewis, WJf.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec. *
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each seesrth