Oldest Living Man
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA — Doctors at San Vincente De Paul's
Hospital here examine Javier Pereira, reputed to be the world's
oldest man. Douglas Storer “discovered” Pereira while on a flying
trip through South America. Pereira will come to New York for
further physical, scientific and historical testing. Calculations place
Pereira’s age at 150 years and probably as old as 166. A more modest
estimate by a Dr. Jose Miguel Restrepo places Pereira’s age at 120,
which would still make him a candidate for “Oldest Living Man”
title.
Girl Swimmer, 18, Fails
To Cross Juan de Fuca;
Priest’s Try Stymied, Too
VICTORIA, B.C. UFI—The Strait
of Juan de Fuca defeated its
fourth challenger in three days
Monday as 18-year-old Jancie
White, daughter of a Toronto in
dustrialist, gave up after six hours
in the water.
She swam about nine miles be
fore strong tides began pushing
her back.
The 155-pound Toronto girl said
she would be back again to tackle
the unconquered 18-mile strait,
but plans to return to the east for
a swimming race before trying
here again.
Earlier Monday, the Rev. John
Donelon, Catholic priest from
Toronto, was pulled from the
water, stiff and cold, after only
two hours and 27 minutes. He
said he couldn’t stand the cold
and tides.
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Altered Military
Reserve Program
OKd in Committee j
WASHINGTON, WV_The House
Armed Services Committee yes
terday approved 29-1 President
Eisenhower’s revamped military
reserve program and sent it back
to the House.
With three other members vot
ing present, the committee ap
proved a rewritten measure allow
ing the Pentagon to expand the
trained reserves by calling upon
teen-agers willing to volunteer for
reserve duty.
The revised measure won sup
port from Rep. Short (R-Mo), the
ranking GOP member of the com
mittee and leading opponent of
the original version.
The forces led by Short stymied
the President’s program last
month.
Short said the new draft is not
Universal Military Training (UM
T) because “there is no compul
sion, it is purely voluntary.”
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) told
the committee he will need its
full strength to fight off a new
antisegregation amendment that
he said Rep. Powell (D-NY) will
introduce when the measure gets
to the floor, probably this week.
Sulfur constitutes about 5 per
cent of human hair and is par
ticularly abundant in red hair.
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NEWS LETTER
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
Nome Post Office
And Courthouse Building
Conferees agreed last week to
approve the appropriation of $1,
100,000 for construction of a new
post office and courthouse build
ing at Nome in reporting the con
ference report on the 1956 fiscal
year Independent Offices Appro
priation Act.
The House had allowed $1 mil
lion and the Senate $1,200,000.
Federal Employes
Delegate Bartlett introduced
two measures in the House last
week, one affecting federal em
ployes in Alaska and the other
relating to municipal and public
utility bonds.
At the present time federal em
ployes sent from the States to
work in Alaska are permitted to
accumulate 45 days of annual
leave, while those hired in the
territory to work there are per
mitted to store up only 30 days.
Bartlett’s bill would extend the
45-day accumulation to this latter
group.
Public Utility Bonds
The second bill would amend an
act passed in 1940 which author
ized cities and public-utility dis
tricts in Alaska to undertake re
funding of bonds and validated
bonds which before then had been
issued in order to obtain a lower
rate of interest in refunding oper
ations. The legislation dropped in
the House hopper last week by
Delegate Bartlett would provide
that refunding bonds may be is
sued to retire not only the princi
pal and unpaid interest of out
standing bonds, but also sufficient
in amount to provide for the pay
ment of redemption premiums in
the event the bonds are redeemed
prior to the maturity date.
The law of 1940 provided only
for the refunding of bonds at ma
turity or in exchange for out
standing bonds sufficient to take
care of redemption premiums. In
addition, the Act of 1940 con
tained a provision that the total
debt could not be increased by the
refunding, a provision deleted in
the new legislation.
The new bill also provides that
revenue bonds may be issued to
refund not only outstanding rev
enue bonds but also general obli
gation bonds which may have
been issued for the acquisition of
a municipal utility.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
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Ferry Freed From Flats
NANAIMO, B.C., (4V-The new
four-million-dollar luxury ferry
Princess of Vancouver was pulled
free about midnight Monday from
a mud flat on which she ran
aground nearly 24 hours earlier.
The freight and car ferry, oper
ated by the Canadian Pacific
Steamship Line, grounded near
the entrance to Nanaimo Harbor.
She carried 28 freight cars, but no
passengers.
Damage was slight. There were
no injuries.
Nome Bakery
and Restaurant
Daily-Fresh Soft, Darigold
PIES ICE CREAM
$1 each 75^* qt.
Nome Maid Bread 50^
Fresh Doughnuts .... 75<* doz.
Frosted Doughnuts doz.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MANY LINES WE REPRESENT
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Tractors, Pumps
Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co.Dozers and Plows
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. Pumps
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industries . ’Dozers
Gates Rubber Company . Belts
Hobart Manufacturing Company . Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. . Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
Mallory . Blocks
Onan . Light Plants
Owaionna Tool Co. Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. Power Saws
S K F Industries . Bearings
Smith Welding Equip. Corp. Welding Tools
Thew - Lorain Shovel Co.Cranes & Shovels
Thor ..Pneumatic Tools, Electric Saws
Timken Roller Bearing Co. Bearings
Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors . Motors
ALSO DEALERS IN LUMBER, STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS,
LIGHTERAGE AND COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORTATION
SUNDAY, MONDAY
AND TUESDAY
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
‘COME BACK
LITTLE SHEBA’
with
Shirley Booth
Burt Lancaster
Terry Moore
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DAILY FLIGHTS
TO SEATTLE
F"e $115
DIRECT CONNECTIONS IN
ANCHORAGE WITH NORTHWEST
AND PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES
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FRONT STREET — NOME, ALASKA
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