FERGUS HOFFMAN NAMED
PJ. FINANCIAL ADVISER
SEATTLE, —Fergus Hoffman,
38, who worked on newspapers in
Ketchikan and Juneau some years
ago, has been named financial
editor of the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer, succeeding the late Fred
Niendorff.
Hoffman, who joined the P.I.
staff in 1945, has travelled exten
sively in Alaska on assignments
for the newspaper. He is a native
of Seattle.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with snow and warmer
tonight and Thursday. Northeast
erly winds 10 to 15 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight 15,
high tomorrow 22.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m .today, highest temperature
13, lowest -1. Max. wind 24 mph
from the N.E. Sunrise at 8:38 a.m.
sunset at 3:50 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature -19, lowest -32.
Extremes this date since 1907;
highest temperature 35 in 1945,
lowest -37 in 1914.
The United Nations Children’s
Fund estimates that two-thirds of
the 900 million children in the
world do not have adequate food,
clothing, shelter, sanitation or
medical protection.
Veterans Benefits End
For All Persons
Entering Armed Forces
WASHINGTON Ut)—Persons who
enter the armed forces from Feb.
1 on will be ineligible for such
war-bom veterans benefits as free
education and government-guar
anteed home loans.
Under President Eisenhower’s
order, such benefits provided un
der the Korean GI bill came to an
end at midnight, Jan. 31, so far as
new recruits and inductees are
concerned.
As things stand now, even those
who were in uniform before the
deadline would be barred from
piling up any more post-discharge
education credits. But the House
last week approved, 366-0, a bill
to remedy this. The Senate is ex
pected to follow suit and the
White House has said the propos
al is acceptable to the President.
No doubt the biggest liar in the
world is a Russian fisherman.
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Nurse Grace»Crosson
Back From States Trip
Grace Crosson, popular nurse of
Savoonga and St. Lawrence Is
land, has returned from a two
month vacation trip to the States.
It took her to many places, in
cluding New York, where she
| visited former Gambel residents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray; Rev.
and Mrs. Wilfred Files of Tanana
! now in Concord, N.H.
Miss Crosson has been working
| with the native people for ten
years, starting at Fort Yukon, as
well as Eagle, and has been at St.
Lawrence Island since 1952.
SEWARD MAN GETS 15
YEARS FOR BURGLARY
TACOMA, (J*>—Elwood David
(Tip) Jones, 39, of Seward, Alas
ka, was sentenced in Pierce Coun
ty Superior Court here Monday
to not more than 15 years in the
state penitentiary.
Jones pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to
a second degree burglary involv
I ing a 1952 theft at the Tacoma
I Ice Arena.
Nobel Peace Prize
Winner Dies at 89
ORLANDO, Fla., Dr. John
R. Mott, 1946 winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize for humanitarian
work, died at his winter home
here Monday night. He was 89.
Ah evangelist and promoter of
international understanding, he
was for many years general sec
retary of the National Council
and International Committee of
the Young Men’s Christian Assn.
Later he became honorary life
president of the World’s Alliance
of YMCA.
WOMAN WINS DIVORCE FROM
HIGH-TEMPERED FISHERMAN
LOS ANGELES, l/fl—Her hus
band told her he was going fishing
—five nights a week.
Mrs. Betty Joan Graham, 25,
i told the court this story in win-,
ning a divorce Monday from
James M. Graham, 28, a mechan
ic. She said he also went fishing
every weekend.
Her husband also had a “violent
temper,” she said, adding, “One
time he put his fist through the
wall—and pulled out the thermo
stat.”
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Joyce Tucker, Mrs.
Margaret Olson.
Discharged: Gladys Cannon, M.
Harwood, Frances Peterson.
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Army Maneuver
Provided Much
Valuable Data
By ELTON FAY
TALKEETNA, —A mock bat
tle for a temporary airstrip con
structed of snow and brush as
part of the Army’s giant cold
weather maneuver, •“Operation
Snowbird/’ ended Monday with
“friendly forces” still in posses
sion of the field.
“Aggressor forces” seeking to
dislodge defenders of the small
makeshift field near this small
community 50 miles north of An
chorage were close to the defense
perimeter when the phase ended.
Actually there was no victory
or vanquished because the “bat
tle” in the snow-filled Susitna
River valley was a training exer
cise carried out in strict accord
ance with the Army’s script.
Officials said, however, much
information valuable in planning
for actual combat operations in
the numbing cold and snow had
been gained.
More than 2,000 paratroopers
of the 503rd Airborne Infantry
Regiment from Camp Campbell,
Ky., and hundreds of tons of sup
plies and equipment were para
chuted to earth during the man
euver.
Monday engineers of the 503rd
completed construction of the
runway of the airfield entirely
from snow and brush rolled flat
and frozen hard.
The first plane to use the make
shift strip was a C-47 transport.
Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson,
commander in chief of Alaska
forces, planned to personally test
the strip yesterday by landing his
ofn C-47 on the field.
Exercise officials heaved a sigh
of relief Monday when the man
euver involving mass drops of
paratroopers concluded without
either serious casualties or fatali
ties.
One factor that may have helped
; was that temperatures were far
above those expected for mid- '
winter Alaska. Long-range pre
dictions had been for weather
ranging as cold as 50 degrees be
low zero, but as it turned out the
m’ercury never skidded more than
two or three degrees below zero.
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NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
□ Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West. Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 un. 1 to 5 pjn.
Phono Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and Sn* Thursday each mnnth