Boat Owners Urged to
Help in Numbers Check
JiUNEAU—The commander of
the 17th Coast Guard District an
nounced last week that an “on
the-scene” check of numbered
vessels in Alaska is presently be
ing conducted by the Coast Guard.
The purpose of this program is to
Correct and bring up to date num
bering records.
< Owners and operators of num
bered vessels are urged to cooper
ate with the Coast Guard by in
suring that Certificates of Award
of Number are available for
checking.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
Unsigned Application for
Schine-Page Marriage
License in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE —An unsigned
marriage license application bear
ing the name of New York hotel
heir G. David Schine and Rosetta
Jacobs, the real name of movie
star Piper Laurie, popped up in
official files Tuesday.
In Hollywood, Miss Laurie said
she had no plans to marry Schine
or anyone else. Schine, contacted
at Fort Richardson where he is a
military policeman, declined to
comment.
During a furlough earlier this
year, Schine and Miss Laurie were
| photographed nightclubbing in
Hollywood. Since then,columnists
have linked them romantically
and say Miss Laurie has received
countless telephone calls from
Schine.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
U.S.. Envoy to Ecuador j
Flies to Capital for Talks
On Fishing Boats Seizure
WASHINGTON, OP—The U. S.
ambassador to Ecuador, Sheldon
K. Mills, is here to talk with
State Department officials about
the seizure of two American fish
ing boats on March 27.
The two vessels, the Arctic Maid
from Seattle and Santa Anna of
San Francisco, were seized off the
Ecuadorean coast by an Ecuador
ean patrol boat. Ecuador claims
territorial rights 200 miles out into
the seas. The United States recog
nizes only the three mile limit.
Mills said in an interview the
crews of both boats are now “free
to come and go,” although the
vessels are still interned.
KALBAUGH TO MANAGE
PIPE LINE CORPORATION
SAN FRANCISCO, OP—The ap
pointment of Frank E. Kalbaugh
as general manager of the newly
organized Southern. Pacific Pipe
Lines Corp. was announced Mon
day. Kalbaugh, former superin
tendent of Southern Pacific Rail
road’s Salt Lake Division, has
been serving with the government
as general manager of the Alaska
Railroad. He has been on leave
from SP since September, 1953.
Theory Advanced
Snow Caused Man
To Walk Upright
By RENNIE TAYLOR
Associated Press Science Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO, UP — Some
experiments with chimpanzees
have convinced a Virginia medi
cal scientist that snow played a
part in the development of man
from his apelike ancestors.
The experiments involve a
loosely constructed theory that
snow and cold made man’s ances
tors uncomfortable, caused them
to stand upright to escape the
chilling wetness; that the upright
position made their adrenal
glands work harder because of
the unnatural stress involved, and
that the erect position resulted in
an increased demand by the brain
for blood. With the increased
blood supply the brain developed
and the creature became the up
! right progenitor of man.
This hypothesis was presented
to the Federated American So
cieties for experimental biology
today by Dr. Sydney W. Britton
of the University of Virginia
medical school.
Dr. Britton picked up two
chimpanzees in Nigeria while
helping to start a medical school
there. Later he took them to Eng
land, where they got their first
taste of cold weather, and then
took one to Virginia, where it
got more of same.
Dr. Britton noted the chimpan
zees couldn’t stand upright long
er than eight hours. Their blood
pressure dropped and they show
ed other signs of exhaustion,
| sometimes even unconsciousness.
The chimpanzee brought to Vir
ginia was put on an island from
which she could not escape, be
cause chimpanzees do not swim.
There she lived for a while, un
influenced by human contact.
Whenever it snowed, the chim
panzee walked in an upright po
I sition. After the snow melted the
I animal went back to walking on
j all fours.
TALBOTT TO INSPECT
U.S. AIR BASE IN SPAIN
MADRID, Iff)—Harold E. Tal
bott, U.S. Air Force secretary, left
Tuesday by plane for Zaragoza to
inspect the American air base
under construction near that city.
It is a final stop on his four-day
visit in Spain before returning to
Washington.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGS AM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPITER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
□Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West. Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 man. 1 to 5 pan.
Phone Main t2 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.
Truman Says He Would
Have Been Happier to
Continue as Vice President
KANSAS CITY, W—Harry S.
Truman said Tuesday, on the 10th
anniversary of his entrance into
the White House, he “would have
been happier if I could have
served out the term as Vice Pres
ident.”
It was 10 years ago last night
he took the oath of office, just
two and a helf hours after being
informed of the death of Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He said he still remembered
distinctly the ceremony at which
the late Harlan Stone, then Chief
Justice, swore him in as President.
“It was a very solemn occasion,”
Truman said, and “and a great
surprise to me because I had
hoped that Mr. Roosevelt was well
on the road to recovery. He told
me when he left for Warm
Springs, Ga., that he had a cold
and would soon whip it at Warm
Springs and be back in the White
House.
“As soon as the ceremony was
over I held a meeting of the cab
inet and the business of the gov
ernment continued under my di
rection immediately.”
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