Navy Reports It Unloaded 548,000 Tons
Of DEW Line Supplies From 126 Ships
In The Arctic Without Losing A Life
WASHINGTON, (Ift — The
Navy said today that it won a
great victory in the Arctic this
summer unloading vast quantities
of supplies to build and equip the
“DEW Line” chain of radar de
fenses.
Vice Adm. F. C. Denebrink told
a Pentagon news conference that
it was the first time in history
that the Northwest Passage,
sought for centuries 'by explorers,
had ever been used as a passage
to move men and supplies.
The admiral, who commands
the Military Sea Transport Ser
vice and personally supervised
the operation in the far north,
said not a life was lost among
the 18,647 people aboard 126 ships
which took part in the three
months expedition.
Denebrink said many of the
ships suffered damage and quite
a few ran aground, but the repair
service was so efficient that
when the last of the special Arc
tic fleet rounded Point Barrow
S. H. Kress, Founder of
The Kress Dime Stores,
Dies At Age of 92
NEW YORK, M — Samuel H.
Kress, 92, founder and chairman
of the board of S. H. Kress Co.,
nationwide five-and-dime chain
store, died Thursday at his home
here.
Kress first entered the retail
mercantile* business in Nanticoke,
Pa., after a period of school teach
ing. Later he went into the whole
s a 1 e stationery business in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
From this beginning emerged
the Kress chain, which included
more than 250 stores at the time
of his death.
Kress was president of the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a
trustee of the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art, of the National Gal
lery of Art and of the Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation.
He was a bachelor. His brother,
Rush, vice chairman of the store
chain, survives.
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this week all but two vessels were
able to head homeward under
their own power. He showed pic
tures illustrating the constant
threat of bad weather and crush
ing ice in temperatures that never
went much above freezing even
in midsummer.
The admiral said all of the sup
plies and equipment scheduled for
the “Defense Early Warning”
chain were unloaded along the
1,500 miles stretch on which the
Navy concentrated this summer.
Supplies and material for other
military outposts in northeastern
Canada and Greenland are being
unloaded on schedule, he said,
and the operation will be com
pleted before the Arctic winter
closes in.
Denebrink said the fleet un
loaded 548,000 measurement tons
of general supplies and equipment
and 3,686,000 barrels of petroleum
products.
“We won a great victory in the
Arctic Circle,” the admiral said
“over the very real enemies of
ice, fog, cold and snow.”
Heavy Snow Forces
Postponement Canadian
Civil Defense Exercise
CALGARY, Alta., UP)—Drifting
snow from a storm that claimed
one life and forced postponement
of a mammoth Civil Defense ex
ercise clogged southern Alberta
highways Thursday.
At least 100 persons were
stranded overnight at the town
of Srathmore, 30 miles east of
here, when their cars bogged
down in the drifts.
The main highways between
here and Edmonton and Medicine
Hat were closed to all traffic.
Airline flights scheduled to leave
here Wednesday night were
grounded and all incoming flights
were rerouted to Edmonton.
A one-week postponement was
ordered for Civil Defense Opera
tion Lifesaver — which was to
have seen thousands of Calgarians
make a practice evacuation to the
country Wednesday.
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Kennison Kills
Self After Severely
Beating His Wife
FAIRBANKS—Douglas H. Ken
nison, 37, operator of the Sham
rock Club, is dean with a bullet
hole through his head and his
wife, Mary Lee, 40, is in St. Jo
seph’s hospital, the victim of a
savage beating.
Kennison’s death was appar
ently a suicide, according to a
statement issued by Mrs. Kenni
son to investigating officers. He
died at 12:57 a.m. Tuesday from
a bullet wound through his right
temple, fired from a .25 caliber
automatic pistol.
. The steel jacketed bullet went
through his head and through two
walls of their living quarters in
the Shamrock, located at Six-mile.
Mrs. Kennison told police that
her husband and a friend returned
the day before from a successful
moose hunting trip. She joined the
pair Monday night at dinner in
the Wagon Wheel here, and then
the group returned to the Sham
rock Club.
When they arrived at the club,
she said, her husband started to
beat her “for no apparent reason.”.
After dealing her a severe beating,
she said, Mr. Kennison suddenly'
pulled 4he pistol from a military
type holster and shot himself.
Mrs. Kennison was severely
beaten around the head and face,
with several teeth broken and her
jaw is believed fractured. Accord
ing to witnesses, the woman is
nearly unrecognizable. One law
officer stated, “If you thought
Diane Wells was beat up, you
should take a look at this woman.”
Kennison has been operating
the Shamrock for several years.
The club has been in receivership
during this time. Mrs. Kennison
is secretary for a local attorney.
Territorial police are still inves
tigating the shooting.
The couple came to Alaska about
four years ago, first living in
Nome. They moved to Fairbanks
three years ago, and recently he
has been operating the Shamrock
club while she worked in various
law offices here.
It was reported that Mrs. Ken
nison’s mother is flying north.
Mrs. Kennison was a well-known
member of the Toastmistress Club
as well as other local organiza
tions.
Mounties Seek Six Men
On 600-Mile Canoe Trip
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask., (3—
Canadian Mounties today began a
search for six young men who left
86 days ago on a 600-mile canoe
trip into northern Canada’s for
bidding barren lands.
A supply cache was found at
DuBawnt Lake, little more than
halfway along the route the six
planned to follow from Stony
Rapids in northern Saskatchewan
to Baker Lake in the Northwest
Territories.
A message left with police at
Stony Rapids outlined their route
and said they had enough food for
80 days.'There has been no sign
of them at Baker Lake.
The leader of the expedition
was identified as Arthur R. Mof
fat of Norwich, Vt., a lecturer
explorer.
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‘Red’ Red Cross Donates
$2 >,000 to Hurricane Relief
WASHINGTON, UP) —The Rus
sian Red Cross and Red relief
societies have donated $25,000 for
the sufferers from flood and hur
ricane in eastern United States.
Sergei R. Striganov, charge
d’affaires at the Russian embas
sy, presented the gift to the
American National Red Cross yes
terday. He said \fiis is the first
time in recent years that a Soviet \
humanitarian organization has
contributed to one in this country.
The^ Russian groups also gave
money recently for earthquake
relief in Ecuador and flood re
lief in India.
The turkey, a large domestic
bird, is so-called because of a mis
taken idea it came from Turkey.
Actually it is an American bird
and was not introduced into
Europe before 1530.
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