BETA SIGMA PHI MEETS
Beta Sigma Phi met with Ellen
Waldheim last Thursday evening,
a program of Art Appreciation
was given by Mrs. W. McCarthy,
followed by a book report on
“Lust for Life” and a biography
of Van Gogh by Louise Gooch.
Each member responded with a
short report on their favorite
painting and artist after which an
art exhibit of famous paintings
was displayed and discussed.
Clay figurines were molded by
the members and displayed.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess assisted by Mary
Honsberger.
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Woman Aerialist Plunges
100 Feet To Her Death
Before 14,000 Spectators
SPOKANE, UPi—A broken sway
pole plunged a woman performer
100 feet to her death late Friday
night, chilling the cheers of 14,000
gay Lilac Show spectators.
Mrs. Jackie Litzman, 36, San
Diego, died after being rushed
to a hospital, succumbing to mul
tiple fractures and internal in
juries.
She was doing a solo act on the
slender, high pole when the rein
forced steel, ladder-like structure
below broke about one-third of
the way from the ground.
The audience gasped as the pole
arched, then screams filled Mem
orial Stadium as Mrs. Litzman
fell clear.
Beno Litzman, partner in the
act billed as the Satums, slip
ped to the ground from his posi
tion on the ladder and ran to
where his wife lay. Other per
formers attempted to distract the
attention of the audience while
doctors worked over the woman’s
body.
She was taken to the hospital
and the show continued but some
of the spectators grew restive and
left.
Seaborne Radar Chain
To Be Established In The
Pacific, Using Three Ships
SEATTLE, — The Navy an
nounced that a seaborne radar
chain consisting of three picket
escort ships will be established
off the Pacific Northwest coast
July 1.
The three vessels, the Haver
field, the Savage and the Wilhoit,
are now on the East Coast with
home port at Newport, R.I.
The Navy said the three radar
equipped ships will track down
and attempt to identify, within an
allotted time, all airplanes and
submarines approaching the con
tinental United States.
If a plane or submarine fails
to identify itself, the Navy said
the “watchdog” ships will radio
the appropriate coastal bases that
a possible enemy sub or plane is
approaching and interception will
be attempted.
ANSWER TO PUZZLE, Page 2
The man will need only two
spares. After 9,000 miles, he re
moves the two rear tires and puts
on the two spares. At 18,000 miles
he discards the front tires and
puts on the tires which were on
the rear, which are still good for
I the last 9,000 miles.
VOLNEY RICHMOND, HEAD
OF N.C. STORES. VISITS NOME
Volney Richmond, general man
ager for the Northern Commer
cial Co., is visiting the Nome
store, his first visit in three years.
Richmond endeavors to cover
the territory each year to visit
all the stores operated by his
company, and many are in iso
lated areas and not easily reached.
He reports his father, who
founded the company and was its
manager for many years, is now
84 years old. He resides in Cali
fornia.
Railroad Postpones Bridge
Job To Accommodate
Mink Breeding Season
CORTLAND, N. Y., UP) — The
Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Railroad has postponed a
bridge rebuilding job so that the
rat-a-tat of jack hammers won’t
disturb mother minks.
The project was going fine.
Then crews started heavy work.
Maynard Fish, who runs a mink
ranch near this city in central
New York, complained that the
noise might frighten the mother
minks into eating the 900 kits they
bore early this month.
The railroad agreed to postpone
the work until July, when the
kits leave their mothers.
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Air Force Reveals
Operation IceCube
Support DEW Line
WASHINGTON, UP> — The Air
Force is flying 15,000 tons of
equipment into polar areas in
what it calls “Operation Ice
Cube”—the biggest Arctic project
it has ever undertaken.
Gen. O. W. Weyland, chief of
the Tactical Air Command, Sat
urday told 600 industrial leaders,
invited here by the Air Force
Assn., that the project is under
way in Alaska and the Arctic
regions of Canada. Reporters were
not permitted to the session but
parts of Weyland’s talk were
given to them.
The project consists of the de
livery of supplies for the building
of the “DEW Line” (Distant Early
Warning Line)—the northernmost
of three radar networks between
North America and Red Siberia.
Weyland said TAC C-119 Fly
ing Boxcars have dropped 16,000
pound tractors by parachute. The
tractors are used in building land
ing strips of ice and snow.
The Command then lands C-124
Globemasters, weighing up to
155,000 pounds each fully loaded
with supplies and equipment for
the building of radar stations.
“It is a constant race against
time, for soon the ice and snow
will be melting,” Weyland said.
“The airlift must be completed
before then or portions of the
project must be delayed.
His speech disclosed for the
first time that the job has been
designated “Operation Ice Cube.”
It is not to be confused with
the previously announced, and re
cently completed, “Operation Big
Haul” in Alaska, also in support
of the DEW Line program.
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NOTICE
Existing conditions prevent the
continued operation of my Public
Accounting Office; therefore, ef
fective June 15, 1955, it will be
discontinued.
Anyone having records in my
office will please call for them
prior to that date. Thank you.
61 —Leslie A. Stevens
NOTICE
This coming week's Well-Baby
Clinic will be held on Wednesday,
May 25 at 1:30 instead of Tuesday.
Anyone with an appointment for
Tuesday please come Wednesday.
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Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGS AM, Pres.
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ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of eaeh month.
Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
C. F. O’DELL
Bookkeeping & Secretarial Service
501 FOURTH AVE.
P. O. BOX 201
NOME, ALASKA
ANVIL LODGE
No. 146
Charles F. Lewis. W.M.
Nsrvln W. Lewis. Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.