John M. Poling Elected
President of Alaska
Education Association
John M. Poling, fifth grade
-teacher in the Juneau public
schools, has been elected presi
dent of the Alaska Education As
sociation for the 1955-57 bienni
um, it has been announced by
Mrs. Pearl E. Shockley, retiring
president.
William D. Overstreet, also of
Juneau, will serve with Poling
as new secretary-treasurer. Al
bert N. Eide, Juneau, was elected
vice president, and Supt. Lester
Wingard of Petersburg and Miss
Marian Munson of Anchorage will
complete the executive commit
tee.
The new A.E.A. president, who
has a Bachelor of Arts degree
from the College of Puget Sound
at Tacoma, came to Alaska in
1935. He has taught in Alaska Na
tive Service schools as well as in
schools of the territorial system.
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Seismologists Detect
Highest Intensity Quake
In Outer Mongolia
TOKYO, (tf)—Government seis
mologists said last night an earth
quake of the highest intensity—
stronger than the temblor that
jolted the Philippines April 1—
may have shaken Outer Mongolia
yesterday.
The Central Meteorological Ob
servatory said all indications on
seismographs here were that the
shock was of an intensity of eight,
on a scale ranging from one to
eight.
The quake struck at 0135 (1:35
a.m.) Greenwich Mean Time and
continuing shocks were felt for an
hour and a half, the observatory
said.
The readings here are believed
to be from the same quake the i
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey j
in Honolulu reported in the gen
eral Burma-India-China border
area.
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Loaded Trailer Vans
On Ship Inaugurate
New Service to Alaska
- SEATTLE!^—The Alaska Steam
S E A T L E , UK—The Alaska
Steamship Co. freighter Chena,
now enroute to Seward, Alaska, is
a major link in the inauguration
of a new cargo service of particu
lar benefit to interior points in
Alaska.
The Chena is carrying on her
deck 11 loaded trailer vans which
constitute the “first substantial
movement” in the new service,
according to Melville McKinstry,
Alaska Steam’s vice president and
general manager.
The vans will be moved from
Seward to Fairbanks on flatcars
over the Alaska Railroad.
The vans may also move over
the highway.
WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
American League
New York 19, Washington 1
Detroit 10, Kansas City 2
National League
Philadelphia 4, New York 2
Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 1
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 5, San Diego 3
Seattle 6, Hollywood 0
Sacramento 6, Oakland 2
San Francisco 10, Portland 9
POLIO RATE DOWN
FROM LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, UP)—New polio
cases are occurring at about two
thirds of the rate a year ago, the
Public Health Service reported
Thursday.
There were 61 cases reported
by the states last week, compared
with 97 in the corresponding week
a year ago.
For 1955 thus far there have
been 1,125 cases against 1,650 in
the same period of 1954.
The “disease year” for polio be
gins about April 1. The number
of cases is at the lowest level for
the year about that date.
Boy Itched To Get In,
But Itch Keeps Him Out
MARSEILLES, 111., UP)—Joseph
Wolfe, 17, itched to get into the
armed services, but after he got
in he itched so much he was dis
charged.
Wolfe enlisted in the Air Force
and was sent to Parks Air Force
Base at Oakland, Calif. But he
had an allergy to wearing clothes
made partly of wool. It was even
worse when he donned the Air
Force uniform. The itch put him
into a hospital for three weeks.
Then doctors decided to dis
charge him.
Soviet - Built Jets
Now Based Within
Range of Formosa
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP>—Soviet
built jet bombers of the Chinese
Communist Air Force now are
stationed at Shanghai and bases
to the south within range of For
mosa, intelligence reports showed
Thursday.
Official quarters said they had
no precise figure on how many,
but believe it to be relatively
small.
The jet bombers are based in
the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo
area, from 320 to 420 miles north
of Formosa.
Unofficial quarters estimated the
Chinese Reds have between 100
and 200 jet bombers, but appar
ently only a fraction thus far
have been transferred to bases at
Shanghai and southward.
There were no reports that the
Reds have stationed any jet bomb
ers at the newly completed air
base at Luchiao, 220 miles north
of Formosa. This base is described
as the biggest and best in all Chi
na and was finished April 3, well
ahead of expectations here, ac
cording to the defense ministry.
President Asks Congress
To OK U.S. Membership
In World Trade Group
AUGUSTA, Ub—President Eis
enhower Thursday asked Con
gress to advance “the struggle
against Communist domination”
by approving United Sattes mem
bership in a new 34-nation organ
ization on world trade.
In a special message to the law
makers from his vacation head
quarters here, the President de
clared refusal to approve would
in the long run “play directly into
the hands of the Communists.”
“I believe the national interest
requires that we join with other
countries of the free world in
dealing with our trade problems
on a cooperative basis,” the Chief
i Executive said.
He urged Congress to enact
legislation authorizing U.S. mem
bership in the new trade unit,
known formally as the Organiza
tion for Trade Cooperation <OTC).
An agreement for creation of
OTC was signed at Geneva last
March 21. It is an outgrowth of an
existing international trade setup
produced by the general agree
ment of trade and tariffs—known
j as GATT.
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Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee. 'n
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