Underground
Explosions Rip
Hawaii Island
PAHOA, Hawaii, UP*—Massive
underground explosions ruptured
the scarred tip of eastern Hawaii
island anew, spewing a fountain
of molten lava 200 feet into the
air Wednesday.
Burning rocks poured out of
the ground along a half mile
strip, slashing a flaming path
across fields of sugar cane.
The National Guard sent its
trucks rumbling to the rescue of
some 100 persons whose escape
routes were threatened.
About 400 others already had
been taken from their homes.
Curtis Kamai was surveying
road fissures when the earth burst
open again.
“It was just like touching off a
half mile string of gunpowder,”
he said. “I heard the roar of lava
underground. The earth was shak
ing.
“Then suddenly it went up like
a powder train. In two minutes
the whole half mile stretch was
blazing lava 100 feet in the air.”
One eruption of red-hot rock
landed only 200 yards from 13
plantation workers. All escaped
uninjured.
The entire area was like a
giant powder keg with dozens of
burning fuses.
Kim Sterling Born March 2
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sterling are
the parents of a son Kim, born
March 2 at the hospital. Sterling
is with the CAA. They have two
other little boys.
Scientists estimate there are six
sextillion <6 followed by 21 zeros'*
atoms in a drop of water weigh
ing one-500th of an ounce.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Clear to part cloudy with west
to northwest winds 8 to 12 mph
becoming northerly 10 to 15 mph
Saturday. Low temperature ex
pected tonight -12, highest Sat
urday 4.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature 9,
low -2. Max. wind 42 mph from
the NE. Sunrise 7 a.m., sunset at
5:29 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 15, low -7. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 33 in 1913,
1940 and 1949; low -33 in 1922.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barro\fc -33 Fog
Kotzebue 12 Snow
Wales 12 Snow
Nome -1 Clear
Unalakleet 7 Part cloudy
Bethel ' 11 Snow
Nenana 20 Cloudy
McGrath 17 Snow
Anchorage 22 Snow
Fairbanks 12 Snow
Whitehorse -2 Part cloudy
Edmonton -15 Part cloudy
Juneau 23 Snow
Ketchikan 21 Snow
Seattle • 28 Part cloudy
San Francisco 54 Part cloudy
! Search Begins for
; Winner of All-Expense
Trip to Hawaii
ANCHORAGE, —The winner
of an all-expenses trip to Hawaii
for two was named by the An
chorage Fur Rendezvous Thurs
day, and then the search began to
locate him.
Officials of the winter civil
carnival identified him as Capt.
Emory A. Snider Sr. of the 505th
Airborne Infantry Regiment, Ft.
Bragg, N.C.
But then they admitted reluc
tantly they did not know where
he is. They said they believed he
was attached to the 82nd Air
borne Division which was flown
north several weeks ago to take
part in the “Operation Snowbird'’
maneuvers.
Judiciary Group Head
Criticizes Administration
On Filling of Judgeships
WASHINGTON, W-r-Chairman
Celler (D-NY) of the House Judic
iary Committee criticized the
Eisenhower Administration Wed
nesday for not filling federal
judgeships faster.
Celler said at the start of hear*
ings on early a score of bills to
establish new judgeships and
make other judicial changes in
various states and Alaska there is
“dereliction somewhere.”
He said it is “rather anomolous”
Congress should be asked to cre
ate additional judgeships when
there'now are 19 federal judge
ship vacancies that haven’t been
filled.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
, ---:—
lee Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
! 1920—May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11.... 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
I 1927—May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6 . 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
j 1945—May 16 .. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13 .7..11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
1953— Anril 29 . 3*54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 p.m.
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Interior Official
Asks Sampling of
Dams in Alaska
WASHINGTON. Iff—A Depart
ment of the Interior spokesman
believes federal dam construction
in Alaska “might be limited to a
few individual^ projects to show
what could be done.”
The statement was made by
Fred G. Aandahl, assistant secre
tary of interior, before a House
territories subcommittee Wednes
day in elaborating upon the need
for legislation to grant permanent
authority to the department to in
vestigate water resource projects
in the territory.
Aandahl said all areas of Alas
ka have a definite need for addi
tional power now but that con
struction of hydroelectric dams
by local groups is generally be
yond their financial capabilities.”
One example of the problem
met in Alaska was cited by R. W.
Jennings, formerly with the Bu
reau of Reclamation in Alaska.
He said that while Ketchikan cur
rently needs an additional 2,000
to 3,000 kilowatts, the only eco
nomically feasible project in the
area is a 15,000 kilowatt installa
! tion at Swan Lake. He said it
probably would be 15 to 20 years
before the city could use all this
generation.
• Aandahl said the department’s
year - to - year investigation pro
gram in Alaska has emphasized
power development “because it
appears that power development
is one of the important means of
accelerating development of Al
aska.”
Urging the legislation to make
permanent the department’s in
vestigative authority, he said it
was important that studies con
tinue at an effective rate “since
investigations will encourage in
dustrial development, accelerate
use and aid in the development of
other Alaska natural resources
and contribute toward permanent
settlement.”
The subcommittee approved the
legislation after writing in a pro
vision to limit appropriations for
the program to not more than ;
$250,000 in any one year.
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