COAST GUARD SEARCHERS
N. ATLANTIC FOR 8 MEN
ON BOW OF SPLIT TANKER
NEW YORK, UP)—Coast Guard
cutters and planes searched an
80-mile radius of the gusty North
Atlantic Thursday for the bow erf
a split oil tanker and eight miss
ing persons.
Six Navy and Coast Guard
planes — from Argentina, New
foundland, Salem, Mass., and
Brooklyn — and three cutters
concentrated their search in the
area where the stern of the Liber
ian tanker Angy was found drift
ing.
The Angy caught fire, exploded
and broke apart four days ago'.
Its aft section was sighted Wed
nesday by the American freighter
Claiborne and 28 crewmen were
rescued.
Senate Passes Bill Saving
Junior Naval Officers Demotion
WASHINGTON, tffl—If the sea
appears unwontedly calm today,
it may be only because 5,400
young naval officers are breath
ing easier than they have in some
months.
The Senate passed and sent to
the White House Monday a bill
to correct earlier legislation that
would have forced some of the
lieutenants to be demoted April
1 and the rest frozen in their
present grade.
BASEBALL SHIFT
ST. LOUIS UP) — The Sporting
News said Friday that baseball
club owners of both major leagues
had been summoned to emergency
meetings to shift franchises of
the Boston Braves in the National
League to Milwaukee and the St.
Louis Brawns of the American
League to Baltimore.
ADLAI STEVENSON IN JAPAN
KYOTO, Japan, UP)—Adlai Ste
venson, on a world tour, Friday
visited temples and shrines in this
cultural center.
He leaves tomorrow for Korea
and a four - day swing through
that war-wrecked country.
March Nat. Guard Month
Gov. Gruening has proclaimed
March, 1953, as “National Guard
Month.”
The annual recruiting campaign
of the Alaska National Guard is
being held throughout the terri
tory this month in order to pre
serve the tradition of the citzen
soldier and to continue to estab
lish peace and security.
All citizens are urged to join in
recognition and support of our
friends and neighbors in the Al
aska National Guard.
Goats, cattle, sheep and other
members of the ruminant or cud
chewing family rise hind part
first.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with light snow tonight
and Saturday. Easterly winds of
20-25 mph decreasing Saturday.
Lowest temperature expected to
night 10, High tomorrow 15.
Data last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.
today, high temperature 9, low 5.
Maximum wind 25 mph from the
ENE. Sunrise at 6:28 a.m., sunset
5:56 p.m.
Temperature a year ago today:
high 26, low 10. Extremes: high
36 in 1917, low -38 in 1947.
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16-YEAR-OLD ADMITS HE
KILLED 2 GIRLS IN WOODS
NEW YORK CITY, UP)—A 16
year-old boy admitted Thursday,
authorities said, that he lured two
little girl schoolmates into a
woods and killed them.
The boy, Carleton Mason, of
New York City, denied he at
tacked the victims sexually but
refused to tell his motive, District
Attorney John Skahen of Rock
lamb County said.
Coroner M. J. Moses reported
an autopsy shower the girls — Es
ter Nagy, 5, and Marjorie Boud
reau, 8, both of New York City—
were victims of sodomy. The
bodies were found Sunday.
The district attorney said the
boy would be charged with first
degree murder at an arraignment
later.
Youngest Commercial Pilot
One of the youngest commercial
■flyers anywhere, Don Ferguson,
18, of Kotzebue, Alaska, recently
ferried a new Piper Pacer from
Pennsylvania to Seattle.
Don is a nephew of Archie Fer
guson, famed bush pilot now liv
ing in Seattle.
The boy, part Eskimo, will fly
the plane north after completing
a course he is taking in Seattle.
He is working out in Creighton
Merrell’s Link Trainer.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Gov. Proclaims March. 17
American Legion Day
Governor Gruening has pro
claimed March 17, 1953 as “Am
erican Legion Day.”
The American Legion was or
ganized at Paris France on March
15-17, 1919, to bring together those
citizens of the United States who
had served their nation in the
First World War. The Alaska de
partment of the Legion was cre
ated the same year in order to
afford the widest possible mem
bership and service to' the organ
ization.
It is the desire of the people of
Alaska, Gruening said in his pro
clamation, to give recognition to
the members of the American Le
gion in Alaska for their past and
continuing service to their nation.
CIVIL WAR VET DIES
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ LW-^James
A. Hard, the nation’s oldest Civil
War veteran, died Thursday night.
The death of the chipper, cigar
smoking Hard left but one sur
vivor of the Union Army and
four veterans of the Confederate
forces.
DEMING, N.M., OP)—Four busi
nesses were destroyed and a fifth
badly damaged early Friday by a
million - dollar fire which swept
from an exploding furnace in a
drygocds store.
Pam Americas Airways
Presents
Flight 901 Flight 908
TUES. & FRI. THURS. & SUN.
12:00 Midnight Lv Seattle Ar 1:30 A.M.
5:59 A.M. • At Fairbanks Lv 3:30 P.M.
7:00 A.M. Lv Fairbanks Ar 2:30 P.M.
9:00 A.M. Ar Nome Lv 10:30 A.M.
WED. & SAT. WED. & SAT.
Please note that the above schedule changes only the day of
the Nome flights from Tuesday and Friday to Wednesday and
Saturday. Flight times remain the same. Fares, quality of
service and dependability also remain unchanged.
For further information please phone Main 12
or visit our local office.
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WE CARRY A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
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