Confessed Spy Jack Soble
Attempts Suicide By
Swallowing Metal Scraps
NEW YORK, UP* — U.S. Atty.
Paul W. Williams said today con
fessed Russian spy Jack Soble at
tempted to commit suicide by
swallowing a quantity of rivets,
nuts and bolts shortly before
being brought here from prison
for further questioning on es
pionage.
Soble underwent a 2 hour and
20 minute operation at Bellevue
Hospital for removal of the hard
ware from his stomach.
Williams said the prisoner will
be returned to a cell at the fed
eral house of detention in four or
five days to await call before a
grand jury which is investigating
espibnage.
Soble has been working in the
warehouse of the federal peni
tentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., where
he had access to the hardware.
The federal attorney said Soble
altogether had swallowed one
pound and 9 ounces of the metal
lic miscellany.
Soble was sentenced to seven
years in prison last Oct. 8 after
pleading guilty to spy charges,
and helped federal authorities
trace the far-flung espionage ring
he had headed for a decade.
Rev. Bert Daniels To Speak At
Church of Nazarene Services
Rev. Bert Daniels, Alaska Dis
trict Superintendent of the
Church of the Nazarene, is to ar
rive in Nome Friday, Feb. 21. He
will be speaking in special ser
vices at the Church of the Naza
rene 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. The public is cor- j
dially invited to attend.
Fires Monday Night
Across the Nation Take
Lives Of 18 Children
(By The Associated Press)
Fires Monday night across the |
nation took at least 23 lives. 18 j
of them children.
The worst blaze swept through |
a two-story building in Atlanta, I
Ga. Ten youngsters perished to- j
gether in one bedroom. All were !
Negroes.
Overheated stoves were blamed
for most of the fires.
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Boy Seoul Accidentally Shoots
Sheriff With His Own Gun
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, (^—Doc
tors have termed Scioto County
Sheriff Burl Justice’s condition
“critical.”
Justice was accidentally shot
just below the heart yesterday
by a Boy Scout. The boy was
examining the sheriff’s .32 cal
iber revolver, which he thought
was unloaded.
He was one of three Scouts
visiting the county jail here.
The phonograph is 80 years
old today, for it was on Feb. 19.
1878 that Thomas A. Edison ob
tained his patent.
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Former Canadian Premier
Louis St. Laurent, 76,
Retires From Politics
QUEBEC, •UP) — Louis St. Lau
rent, grand old man of Canadian
politics, Monday night announced
his retirement from political of
fice after 17 years.
The 76-year-old former prime
minister said he would not seek
re-election to Parliament in th‘e
general election March SI. He
said his health was too uncertain.
St. Laurent resigned as prime
minister last June after his Lib
eral party lost its first national
election in 22 years. On Sept. 6
St. Laurent announced he was
giving up the party leadership,
which a convention last month
gave to Lester B. Pearson.
St. Laurent expressed hope that
after a vacation he would be able
to campaign for the Liberals.
That’s Going To Far!
MACON, Ga., UPt—Radio station
WBML yesterday, as a ‘public
service, asked listeners to turn
down thermostats on their gas
heaters five degrees to conserve
natural gas.
The station broadcast the re
quest several times.
Toward the end of the day a
listener called.
“I’ve been turning down the
thermostat five degrees every
time you asked,”he said. “It’s now
40 degrees in the living room and
I’m getting tired of it.”
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Florida Girl to Wed
Navy Man At Adak
In Telephone Ceremony
PENSACOLA, Fla., (A — Miss
Lora Cutrer, 23, will marry Navy
Machinist George R. Blakeman,
31, today if a telephone circuit
is available.
Miss Cutrer, of Gulfport, Miss.,
said she and Blakeman tried to
have the service last night, but
circuits to Adak, Alaska, were
out of order. Blakeman, from Red
Rock, Ark., stationed at Adak.
Byrd Sims, city clerk at Pensa
cola, is to perform the ceremony
via telephone.
16 KILLED IN CRASH OF
U.S. C-47 ON MT. VESUVIUS
NAPLES, Italy, UP) — Ground
patrols reached the wreckage of
a XJE. Air Force C-47 transport
plane on Mt. Vesuvius today, and
reported by radio that all its 16
passengers were dead.
Patrols battled snowstorms and
sleet to the 3,800-foot level Of
the 4,000-foot volcano, where the
plane crashed four days ago.
Heavy fog has shrouded Vesu
vius and southern Italy since the
crash.
Members of the Order of East
ern Star who can assist in making
curtains for the temple, are re
quested to be at the home of
Barbara Mecklenburg Friday eve
ning at 7:30.
9-Year-Old Boy Shoots
Self, Despondent When
His Horse Is Sold
LODI, Calif., UP) — Carlton
Speare, 9. was found in the liv
ing room of his home yesterday,
a bullet through his head.
The father, Walter Speare,
found this note: “Good-by Cindy.
You are my love.”
Cindy was a horse, sold re
cently.
The coroner said death resulted
from a self - inflicted gunshot
wound.
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Wednesday
5:00—News
5:15—Dinner Date
5:45—Ebony and Ivory
6:00—News
6:05—Pres. Ike
6:15—Evening Serenade
6:30—Sportscope
6:45—New Yorkers
7:00—Buddy Weed
7:15—Johnny Dollar
7:30—Stan Freeburg
8:00—FBI in Peace & War
8:25—5-Minute Theater
8:30—News
8:35—Houseparty Hop
9:30—One Night Stand
10:00—News
10:05—Street of Dreams
10:45—A Joy Forever
11:00—News Heads
11:01—Man About Music
11:30—Swing Shift
12:00—News and Sign Off
Thursday
7:00—Breakfast Club
7:30—Standby
8:00—Latin Americana
8:15—Behind the Story
8:30—Masters of Melody
8:45—Make Up Your Mind
9:00—News
9:05—Turn Back Clock
9:30—Musical Scrapbook
10:00—Album Showcase
10:30—Preview Plgtters
11:00—Bulletin Board
11:30—News
11:45—Sports Special
12:00—Western Rhythm
1:00—Music Shop
1:55—Art Baker
2:00—News
2:05—Concert in Classics
3:00—Little Bandstand
3:15—Rex Koury
3:30—What's My Line
3:55—Point of Law
4:00—News
4:05—After Five
4:30—Eddie Fisher
4:45—Armed Force Digest
3:00—News
5:15—Dinner Date
5:45—Ebony and Ivory
6:00—News
6:05—Dixieland Detour
6:30—Sportscope
6:45—N e w Y orkers
7:00—Guest Star
7:15—Johnny Dollar
7:30—Magic of Music
7:55—What’s the Question
8:00—Mystery Time
8:25—Smthng 2 Thnk Abt
8:30—News
8:35—Houseparty Hop
9:30—One Night Stand
10:00—News
10:05—Street of Dreams
10:45—A Joy Forever
11:00—News Heads
11:01—Man About Music
11:30—Swing Shift
12:00—News and Sign Off
Friday
7:00—Breakfast Club
7:30—Standby
8:00—Latin Americana
8:15—Behind the Story
8:30—Masters of Melody
8:45—Make Up Your Miad
9:00—News
9:05—Turn Back Clock
9:30—Musical Scrapbook
10:00—Album Showcase
10:30—Preview Platters
11:00—Bulletin Board
11:30—News
11:45—Sports Special
12:00—Western Rhythm
1:00—Music Shop
1:55—Art Baker
2:00—News
2:05—Concert in Classics
3:00—Little Bandstand
3:15—Rex Koury
3:30—Conversation
4:00—News
4:05—After Five
4:30—Bob and Ray
4:45—Armed Force Digest
MERCHANTS AND SOPHS
WIN IN TUESDAY BALL
Last night at the School Gym
the Merchants continued their
unbeaten record with a 66 to 43
win over the Polar Hornets. This
makes them the winners of the
championship trophy of the Nome
Basketball League.
In the first game, the Sopho
mores of Nome School outplayed
and outscored the Freshmen 4]
to 34, but it was only in the last
of the game that they were able
to pull ahead with a definite
lead.
On Friday night it will be an
all-girl night with the four teams
playing.
Final Standings in Men's League
W L
Merchants .5 0
NG-NS .4 1
Hornets .2 3
iNanooks .2 3
Panthers .1 4
ACS ..1 4
CAA Inoculates “Key”
Personnnel Against Flu
ANCHORAGE — By last Sat
urday CAA announced almost all
of its “key” employes had been
vaccinated against the Asian type
of influenza.
Wendell C. Matthews, regional
flight surgeon, performed the pro
gram of vaccination which carried
him over most of the territory.
While the vaccination is not
compulsory, more than 800 em
ployes have been offered the vac
cine including air traffic control
lers and electronics and plant
maintenance personnel, all re
garded as essential to uninter
rupted operation of the airways
to insure safe air transportation.
The program was started last Oc
tober and no serious problems
have faced the CAA due to wide
spread “flu” attacks.
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