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50 Leap From Windows as Smoke •
Fills Fairbanks’ Largest Building
FAIRBANKS, (^—Nearly 50
persons escaped by leaping into;
nets or climbing down shaky lad-1
ders in 15 below weather yester
day as a midday fire sent clouds
of acrid smoke swirling through
the city’s largest apartment
■building.
One man died and 14 others
were injured, including two wom
en whose spines were fractured
as they leaped into fire nets. The
others were overcome by smoke
or suffered cuts.
More than 300 persons were
trapped in their rooms for a time
in the new, nine-story Northward
building. Although the fire was
confined to the basement where
it started about 11:45 a.m., heavy
clouds of choking smoke swept
up elevator shafts and stairwells
to fill the halls and seep into
apartments.
Stanley A. Davis, apartment
manager, said after the fire that
“nobody who stuck to their rooms
was in danger.” The building,
largest in Fairbanks, is fireproof,
he saidv
The only known death came to
Evergreen State Has
All-Democrat Legislature
First Time Since 1945
OLYMPIA, Wash., lift—For the
first time since 1945, Democrats
controlled both houses of the leg
islature as the 35th session of
lawmakers got under way here
today.
under Democratic control Wedn
The executive branch will come
under Democratic control this
Wednesday when Gov.-elect Al
bert D. Rosellini is sworn in as
governor and his fellow party
members take over every other
partisan elective office in state
government.
a man who sought to escape by
climbing to the building roof,
only to find the door locked
against him. He died on the stair
way. Firemen identified him as
William Stebbins, owner of a bar
and a prominent West Coast res
taurant owner.
A large crowd trampling the
deep snow outside the building
in the sub-zero weather thrilled
at the scores of rescues by fire
men from Fairbanks and Ladd
Air Force Base. One woman
tossed her heavily-bundled six
month-old baby seven floors to a
net below and then jumped after
her. Both escaped serious injury.
Some were carried down lad
ders and others were, led to safe
ty by firemen.
The 220-apartment Northward
has a population of about 700, but
nearly half of the tenants had
left the building to attend church
or go to work at the time of the
fire. Origin of the fire was not
learned immediately, but it start
ed in a room which contained
blankets and pieces of mlothing.
Miss Frances Ronana, an Alas
ka Airlines stewardess, suffered
a broken spine when she jumped
into a firemen’s net from the
sixth floor. She had been resting
in one of the company apartments
after a flight.
Sen. McCarthy Calls
Eisenhower’s Helpers
‘A Motley Crew’
WASHINGTON. W—Sen. Jo
seph McCarthy (R-Wis) says that
“if let alone” President Eisen
hower “might do a fairly good
job.” 4
But, McCarthy said last night,
“I think the motley crowd around
him—the so-called palace guard
—are doing this nation a great
deal of damage.’
Fear Reigns in Hungary as Reds
Crack Down to Prevent Rebellion
By CARL HARTMAN
BUDAPEST, UP1—1The govern
ment cracked down anew Satur
day to head off the possibility
that renewed labor and student
unrest might signal the renewal
of open rebellion.
It was apparent the Soviet-im
posed regime of Premier Janos
Kadar feared workers’ demon
strations' that swept Budapest the
day before could lead to new
fighting. One government-con
trolled paper said:
“Fear reigns in Hungary . . .
nobody knows if tomorrow might
not bring another bloody revolu
tion.”
A student rally was postponed
after eight of its anti-Communist
leaders were reported seized by
the Communist police. It was stu
. dents who sparked the Oct. 23
anti-Communist revolution. They
had planned a rally to demand
once again that Russian troop^
withdraw from Hungary and that
free elections be held.
The Communist radio and news
'.Jr'
papers told the Hungarians about
the strikes and demonstrations
and said police finally were
forced to open fire on the workers
“in self defense.”
Hungarian informants told West
ern newsmen that one to five per
sons were killed by bullets of
Communist militia at the big
Csepel industrial complex, on a
Danube River island south of the
city.
Some 5,000 of the 38,000 Csepel
workers struck in protest aga%st
mass layoffs decreed by the gov
ernment of Kadar.
The official version in the Red
press said only one worker was
killed.
Police also fired into the air to
break up another demonstration
by 2,000 workers at the Ganz
railway car works in southeast
Budapest, the papers said. The
trade union organ Napakarat said
the railway car workers were jus
tified in their strike because “the
wrong wage list was posted” at
the factory.
WINTER SPORTS
IN KOTZEBUE
FEBRUARY 5 - 9
Winter sports have been an
nounced for Kotzebue by the Arc
tic Dog Musher’s Association.
Dates have been set as Febru
ary 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Efents will
include a 20-mile race for women
to start the sports on Feb. 5 and 6.
On February 7 a three-mile
snowshoe race is scheduled. Boys
and girls, ages 10 to 15 years, will
race with dogs on the 7th.
The women’s even for Feb. 8th
and 9th will be a ten-mile rim for
each of the two days with a first
prize of $100.00.
The big event is the Arctic Dog
Derby for a 25-mile course for
two days and a purse of $200.00
for the first prize, $100.00 for the
second, $75 for the third, and
$50.00 for the fourth. Prizes will
also be given for the first heat
with the first prize of $125.00.
Out-of-town participants are
asked to have their entries in be
fore February 4th, after which no
participants will be accepted.
States Shiiver With
Sub-Zero Temperatures
By the Associated Brass
A blast of bone-chilling cold
today brought the lowes t sub-zero
readings in recent years to much
of the northern states area east
of the Rockies.
The arctic: invasion brought
these lows:
Mountain View, N.Y., in the
Adirondacks, an unofficial -50;
Massena, N.Y., an official -41;
South Londonberry, Vt., -40; Car
ibou, Maine, -89; Booneville,
Iowa, -32; Concord, N.H., -28;
Glasgow, Mont. -31; Albany, N.Y.,
-24; Omaha, Neb., -13.
Many rural schools were closed
in New York State.
Death Toll Reaches 8
In Crash of Superfortress
LIMESTONE, Maine, UR—The
final death toll in the explosion
and crash of a B-52 interconti
nental bomber reached eight yes
terday when searchers found the
body of Lt. Anders P. Larson Jr.,
26, of Wichita, Kan.
Larson was found near wreck
age that shov/ered a wide field
near Andover, N.B., last Thurs
day when the giant, eight-jet
olane blew up during a training
mission.
The eight-jet bomber exploded
in flight on the way to this north
easternmost base of the Strategic
Air Command after a routine
training mission.
Air Force officials said the air
craft was believed to have broken
up under the strain of an unus ial
flight maneuver. Earlier reports
that the pilot was blindfolded as
part of his training mission were
discounted by the Air Force.
PHONES OUT
DUE TO ICE
At noon today about 40 phones
were reported out of order. Man
ager Luther Dunbar stated that
two men are working on the lines
and service w:ill be restored as
soon as possible but due 1o icing
conditions more trouble is anti
cipated during the day.
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Two Men From ‘The Rock’ Safe After
Losing Their Way During The Storm
Pup Shot, Buried, But
Returns to Master
After 12 Days
JASPER, Ga., MP>—A collie pup
py named Butch literally crawled
out of the grave, to return to the
side of his 3-year-old hnaster.
A neighbor’s car hit Butch a
couple of weeks ago. The neigh
bor shot the puppy to end his
misery and then buried him” in a
shallow grave about five miles
away.
Twelve days later Andrew Wal
lace, 3, and his father, Sherman
Wallace, heard a scratching at the
door and there was Butch, more
dead than alive.
The puppy was rushed to an
animal hospital at Gainesville,
about 40 miles northeast of this
north Georgia town.
Dr. Carl A. Blunt said Butch
had pneumonia, a fractured pel
vis, right foreleg and right hind
leg and a .22 bullet wound thru
the cheekbone below the left eye.
Butch is over the pneumonia
now and should be able to walk
without a limp in about six
months, the veterinarian said.
Andy Miller Run
Over Today When
’Dozer Hits Taxi
Andy Miller was injured^ this
morning while working under a
Q Cab taxi which he was dis
engaging after a tow. The city
bulldozer, enroute from the air
port with its blade up, struck the
taxicab and it rolled over
Miller. The ’dozer operator could
see the truck but could not see
the cab or Miller under it.
Miller was taken to the hos
pital but it was not learned how
badly he was injured. The taxi
cab was damaged.
> A search continued all through
last night for two men, lost be
tween Anvil Mountain and town.
Stan Sobocienski and Wally Wali
gaeski had left the Anvil Moun
tain site in a Weasel enroute to
town at about one o’clock yester
day afternoon but failed to ar-#
rive here. This was during the
worst of the blizzard.
All men available at the U. S.
Smelting No. 5 camp searched on.
foot throughout the night, while
Weasels from the ACS, CAA and
BPR and possibly others searched
the area from Camp No. 5 to
where the tracks of the lost Wea
sel were seen to turn west. It is
1 reported that the trail was staked
that far.
Several dog teams joined the
search, including Gordon Dim
mick, Albert Aukon, and Jimmy
Elook, , also others whose names
were not obtained. The city sent
out its portable radio, which
kept contact with the searching
parties.
This morning other dog teams
and more equipment as well as
the National Guard were alerted
to take part in a more intensified
search, when the two men walked
into the Bureau of Public Roads
area, having spent the night in
the Little Creek area, remaining
under shelter until daybreak.
The men were reportedto have
been on foot as they were afraid
that due to the poor visibility
they might overturn in the Wea
sel in one of the many dredge
ponds in that area.
The living quarters at the An
vil Mountain site were destroyed
by fire last spring and since then
the men have lived in town,
working in shifts at the site.
U.S. Marshal Bob Oliver and
City Police Chief Webb were
high in their praise of the many
1 civilians who volunteered to aid
in the search of the two men,
who were feared by many to have
fallen into one of the many
dredge ponds in the area.
Hollywood Star Humphrey Bogart
Dies at 56 of Cancer of the Esophagus
By JAMES BACON
HOLLYWOOD, UP>—Humphrey
Bogart, one of the movies’ great
est talents and certainly its most
non-conforming non-conformists,
died today of cancer of the esoph
agus. He was 56.
As late as Saturday night, Bogie
was still Bogie. Talking optimis
tically with friends, between cus
tomary scotches, he gave r.o sign
the end was so near.
But Sunday morning he sank
into a coma from which he never
revived. The end came at 2:10
a.m. with pne final deep sigh. At
his bedside was his wife, actress
Lauren Bacall.
Asleep nearby in the sprawling
Holmby Hills manse were the two
Bogart children, Stephen, 8, and
Leslie, 4.
And thus cancer killed off the
Academy Award winning star.
His physician said it was a spread
of the original malignancy that
brought on death.
Unlike most victims of cancer
in the throat area, Bogart’s voice
was not affected. Until the final
coma, it was the same old Bogart
hark that used to make the
toughest screen hoodlums drop'
the gun.
Bogart, tho dying, had been
comfortable in his last days. A
recent operation had removed
some scar tissue on a nejve and
given him much relief.
Funeral arrengements, called
for burial Wednesday or Thurs
day at Forest Lawn Memorial
Park, final resting place of many
a movie great. Mrs. Bogart asked
that flowers be omitted and that
money instead be sent to the
American Cancer Society.