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GET A HORSE
THE DEADLIEST KILLER
Every American was horrified at the ghastly
death toll of the Korean war.
Yet last year alone accidental deaths accounted for
three times as many victims as that war. Some 95,000
people died unnecessarily—traffic accidents being the
Number 1 killer with 38,000—and 9,600,000 were in
jured. The economic cost to the nation is estimated
at more than $9,000,000,000.
The president of the National Safety Council made
a memorable commentary: “We do not believe that
any civilized nation can long endure this tragic and dis
graceful waste of manpower and resources from acci
dents that are avoidable.”
Ex - Soldier - Of * Fortune Now
Wants Only A 'Clean Record’
HARRISBURG, Pa., UP — Penn-,
sylvania’s pardons board will be
asked to consider the pardon plea
of Yank Levy, master of the
“quick, quiet kill,” who once
taught American GI’s the niceties
of guerrilla warfare.
Levy became best known in the
early 1940s as a former soldier of
fortune — he fought in Palestine,
Transjordan, Mexico, Nicaragua
and Spain—and as an active in
s'ructor in guerrilla tactics for
both the British government and
the U.S. A book he wrote still is
considered one of the best pub
lished manuals on the subject.
This is Yank’s story as it comes
from the Jewish Committee for
Personal Service in Los Angeles
and Philadelphia’s Jewish Family
Service:
Levy now is confined to a Los
Angeles hospital, suffering from
arthritis. A social worker’s report
stated his principal aim in life is
a “clean record.”
Back in 1927 Philadelphia police
arrested five men and a woman
on charges they were responsible
for a series of holdups. The au
thorities said in the apartment
where the five were seized they
found also a small arsenal of
•weapons.
Levy and the others were
brought to trail. He was convicted
and was sentenced to a 25-to-50
year sentence. He served 5 years j
and then was deported to his na
tive Canada. From these he moved
on to Spain and the life of a
guerrilla.
On the strength of this record,
the British hired him to teach his
art to members of the Home
Guard. Then, the U.S. used Yank
as its first instructor at a school
for guerrilla warfare. His manual
made him a familiar figure to
countless other G.I.’s.
Atfer Wo'rld War II, Yank Levy
contracted arthritis. His savings
from his book and lecture tours
dwindled because of his mounting
medical expenses. That was his
status when the Los Angeles so
cial agency found him — broke.
And he wanted above all else a
“clean record.”
An attorney for the Philadelphia
Family Service Bureau said he
was convinced Levy had paid his
debt to society and that Levy
wants only to have the 27-year
old conviction cleared from his
record, as is occasionally done
after a long lapse of time.
Heintzleman Asks Continuation
Alaska Public Works Act To 1959
From the Office of the Governor <
JUNEAU—Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman told the Senate Pub
lic Works Committee this week
that provision for community fac
ilities in Alaskan towns and cities
is proving inadequate because of
the rapidly increasing population.
The governor appeared at an in
formal hearing of the committee
in support of the extension of the
Public Works Act to 1959. The act
is presently scheduled to terminate
June 30, 1955.
He called the attention of the
committee to the need for the con
tinuance of the public works pro
gram to assist Alaskan communi
ties in providing needed public
facilities. He said that these neces
sary facilities are proving to be
beyond the ability of the local
communities to supply, “even
though most of them have now
reached or are near the bottom of
the barrel in obtaining funds
through taxation and bond issues.”
Governor Heintzleman remind
ed the committee that the 50 per
cent federal participation in the
Alaska public works program
merely brings Alaska communities
down to the same level of con
struction cost prevailing in the
continental United States. He said
that construction costs in Alaska
are twice as high as those outside
the territory and attributed this
condition in part to the immense
amount of military construction
now being pushed forward in Al
aska. He said “this, in turn, means
extra high wages and high mater
ial prices.”
The governor told the committee
that the records show 41 million
dollars of the 70 million authorized
by the Alaska Public Works Act
has now been appropriated and
that “this was spent on 77 projects
such as schools and other public
buildings, water supply lines, sew
ers and health conters.”
Gov. Heintzleman informed the
committee that applications for 54
additional projects which will
more than use up the remaining
authorization have been filed or
are in the process of filing.
japan May Ask U.S.
Pay For Fishermen
Burned In A-Blast
TOKYO, iff) — Japan’s foreign
rpinister said Tuesday the United
States may be asked to pay com
pensation to 23 Japanese fisher
men caught in the deadly wind
blown ashes of a secret American
atomic blast March 1 in the cen
tral Pacific.
The crewmen were burned and
blistered by a two-hour shower
of snow-white, radioactive ashes.
Five are in hospitals.
Dr. Mazao Tsuzuki said one
crewman is in serious condition
from burns resembling “a very J
bad sunburn.” His skin turned
dark brown where the ashes
touched it.
The doctor said all the other
fishermen suffered radiation
burns and expressed fear the vital
corpuscle-producing bone marrow
may be affected.
The boat returned to port Sun
day and the captain told of see- j
ing the blast and hearing a thun
derous explosion while fishing off;
the Bikini-Eniwetok test area.
Crewmen said the ashes began
settling on their boat about IV2
hours later and fell for two hours.
They paid no attention to the
ash until blisters began to develop'.
The Maritime ’ Safety Board
(coast guard 1 said it had received
no advance warning of the blast
date. It said it would have warn
ed the 100 Japanese fishing boats
near the test area had it been
told.
An American embassy spokes
man said the embassy had urgent-,
ly reported the case to Washing
ton. He said the embassy had lit
tle information on the blast.
Public reaction was stirred after
it was announced that some of the
ash - splattered .boat’s tuna catch
was allowed to reach markets.
Health officials said they believe
most of the catch was recovered.
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Bartlett Will Not
Come Home For
Primary Campaign
WASHINGTON, March 9—Quer
ied today by the Associated Press
as to his plans for the primary
election campaign, Delegate Bob
Bartlett today issued this state
ment:
“Delegate Bartlett today an
nounced that he will not return to
Alaska for the primary campaign.
“This decision,” he said, was
reached only after much though^
and careful consideration. My ev
ery instinct and desire is to return
home and meet with the people.
But a campaign trip such as this
through the territory takes several
weeks. If I were to leave Washing
ton for that length of time to en
gage in a party primary contest
it would mean deserting the job
for which I have been hired. Con
gress is in session. Matters con
cerning Alaska are constantly
being taken up in the Congress
and in the executive departments.
Every day many Alaskans write
me for assistance in their dealings
with the federal government.
“The people of Alaska elected
me to do these things. In good
conscience I cannot now desert
these responsibilities in seeking
nomination. If it were a matter of
free choice then I should be on my
way to the territory before the
day is over. I should like nothing
better. The decision, however, has
been made not on the grounds of
personal preference but of respon
sibility to the office for which I
was chosen. Therefore, it is my
intention to stay right here in
Washington doing my job from
day to day.”
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