Midwest Storms Take Ten Lives,
Cause Heavy Propertv Damage
(By The Associated Press)
At least ten deaths were report
ed Saturday in midwest storms.
A farm family of seven persons
drowned in wild flood waters
near Beaufort, Mo., about 40
miles southwest of St. Louis.
A deputy sheriff said the vic
tims, enroute home, stopped at a
creek that was swollen by a flash
flood. He said a “wall of .water”
picked up their car and carried it
an eighth of a mile.
Five bodies were found inside
the car, another was nearby, and
the seventh body was missing.
A tornado and heavy rains hit
I Springfield, 111., • Friday. Two
I women were killed and about 50
. others were hurt,
j A rainstorm also lashed St.
i Louis. One person died and sev
[ eral were injured.
| A brief violent thunderstorm
hit the Philadelphia area Frid.ay
night and three men were killed
by lightning in separate parts of
the city.
A square mile in the south
southeast section of Springfield
resembled a trash heap after 106r
mph. winds destroyed more than
20 houses and heavily damaged
200 others. Nearly every tree was
uprooted in two city parks.
Mrs. Paul Farley, 60, was killed
when the tornado shifted her
home off its foundation. She was
crushed as she stood at the top of
the basement steps.
A falling tree toppled a power
| line atop Mrs. Abba Belle Larson,
| 37, killing her as she was riding
; a bicycle.
A large tree toppled over on the
j governor’s mansion.
The strong winds caught an
| Illinois Central RR. freight train
1 and dumped 11 cars off the track.
Christy Waldheim
| Marks 50th Anniv.
Of Ar rival in Nome
Christie Waldheim is celebrat
ing the 50th anniversary of her
arrival in Nome on Tuesday with
an open house at her home.
She has invited her many
friends to help her celebrate the
event by dropping in for coffee
during the afternoon and evening.
Christie Waldheim came direct
ly from Copenhagen to Nome,
crossing the Atlantic in the SS
United States in 11 days, crossing
the states in 6 days and had a
12-day boat trip from Seattle to
Nome on the SS Yucatan. Upon
arrival she stayed at the hotel
owned by Pete Bernard who cap
tained the Augusta C and the Sil
ver Wave, which were coastwise
vessels which carried mail and
passengers to northern towns.
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Hansen,
well-known trading post opera
tors of Kotzebue, passed through
Nome enroute to the states where
they plan to travel in the west for
several months.
Rex Kowan is operating the
store during their absence.
Daughter Is Born To
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickson
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Dickson at the
hospital at noon today. Dickson is
employed by Howard Green.
Bartlett Asks for FCC
Hearing on Scheduled
ACS Rate Raise
WASHINGTON, (iP—Delegate
Bartlett said Saturday he has
asked the Senate Appropriations
Committee to require a Federal
Communications Commission hear
ing on a scheduled 30 percent in
crease in telegraph rates to civil
ian users of the Alaska Commu
nication System (ACS).
The increase is scheduled to go
into effect July 1. Bartlett has
asked the Signal Corps, which
operates the government-owned
system, to suspend it until the
Senate committee can act on his
request.
The Alaskan delegate would
nave the committee write into the
ACS appropriation bill a provi
sion which would require “an ap
propriate investigation and find
ing by the (FCC) that such in
crease is just and reasonable” be
fore it could become effective.
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INVITATION TO BID
Bids, in writing, will be ac
cepted at the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Nome until
5 p.m„ June 24. 1957. for the pur
chase from the said City of the
following described building, and
upon the following terms:
That large frame building only,
as is, without contents, known as
the "Old Native School," which
is resting on portions of Lots 5,
6, and 7 in Block 25 in the City
of Nome, Alaska.
All bids must be in writing and
sealed, cash paid to the City in
full up^n acceptance by it of any
bid: the said building must be re
moved from the premises it now
occupies within 24 months of ac
ceptance of bid by the City, and
the said lots must be left level
and cleaned of all matter and de
bris. including concrete support
: ing walls: the successful bidder
must furnish to the City a per
formance bond in the penal sum
of $500.00 to insure that the terms
of bid acceptance will be com-1
pleted within the time alloted.
The City reserves the right to
refuse and reieci any or all bids,
ROBERT F. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
i For the Common Council
1 Publ. June 14, 17, 19, 21.
Drunkenness
Named as Major
Problem of Natives
WASHINGTON, OP)—An Alas
kan physician has reported that
drunkenness is a major problem
among the territory’s native peo
ples.
Dr. Hazel Blair, an Alaska De
partment of Health physician
aboard the ship Hygiene, said in a
recent report of one Eskimo vil
lage noted by the Public Health
Service:
“Apparently the natives do not
drink during Lent, but at other
times of the year most of them
are intoxicated most of the time.
“The teacher reports that often
many of the older children come
to school with hangovers or are
so sleepy they are unable to do
their lessons.
“Homes are so noisy and dis
orderly at night that the children
are unable to get their rest, so
they sleep at school.”
On the national level, the Pub
lic Health Service reports Indian
health problems are about the
same as they were 50 years ago
because of a lag in knowledge of
personal and public health prac
tices.
The death rate in Indian chil
dren is twice that of the national
average. Accidents and control
able childhood diseases are the
major causes.
Alaska’s Health Department
noted that many nutritional dis
eases, including secondary ane
mias in children and women of
child-bearing age, are major
health problems, as well as the
communicable diseases.
Partisanship in
Statehood Issue
Is Detrimental
WASHINGTON—“The over
whelming support given to Alas
kan statehood by Republican
members of the House Interior
Committee should kill once and
for all politically inspired state
ments that the Republioan Ad
ministration is interested only in
Alaska as a patronage plum,”
Rep. William A. Dawson (R-Utah)
said Friday.
“Despite charges that have
been made by such Alaskan Dem
ocrats as Wendell Kay and others
that Republicans were trying to
build a machine in the territory,
Republican members in the House
Committee voted 85 percent to
give Alaska statehood and with it
the right to name her own public
officials,” Dawson pointed out.
He said only 76 percent of the
Democratic committee members
who voted supported the bill.
“Anyone who tries to credit one
particular party or another with
the progress to date toward state
hood is doing Alaska and its
cause a distinct disservice,” Rep.
Dawson said.
“We who favor Alaskan state
hood want the continued support
not only of the Republican Ad
ministration and Republican con
gressmen but of Democrat mem
bers too—particularly those mem- j
bers of Congress from southern ,
states who have continuously op
posed statehood for both Alaska
and Hawaii in other Congresses,”
he said.
The king bird chases hawks,
crows and even eagles, but is
afraid of the tiny hummingbird
and will flee from its attack.
Unalakleet King Salmon—Merc
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8:30—People Are Funny
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9:30—FBI in Peace & War
10:00—One Night Stand
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12:00—Mr. Midnight
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7:15—Weather Roundup
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9:00—Coffee Concert
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11:00—One Man’s Family
11:15—Latin Americana
11:30—Make Up Your Mind
11:45—Masters of Melody
12:00—News
12:15—Behind the Story
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—Fred Robbins Show
2:30—Music a la Carte
4:00—News
4:05—Baseball
6:00—News
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6:30—Revenuers’ Romp
7:30—CBC Radio Workshop
8:00—Howard Barlow
8:30—Bob Hope Show
9:00—Gunsraoke
9:30—Indictment
10:00—One Night Stand
10:30—Martin Block
11:00—News
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11:30—Land of Dreams
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7:15—Weather Roundup
7:18—Rise & Shine
8:15—Morning Devotions
8:30—Breakfast Club
9:00—Coffee Concert
10:00—Turn Back the Clock
10:30-—Spotlite on a Star
10:45—Rex Koury
11:00—One Man’s Family
11:15—Swinging Thru Dixie
11:30—Make Up Your Mind
11:45—Masters of Melody
12:00—News
12:15—Behind the Story
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Hillbilly Jamboree
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