Outbreak of Polio
In Massachusetts
Reaches 927 Cases
BOSTON, UFV—1The State Health
Department yesterday reported 88
new cases of polio in Massachu
setts, and an official said the fig
ure was far below what had been
expected.
, Dr. Roy F. Feemster, director of
theDivision of Communicable
Diseases, said a report of about
100 new cases was anticipated due
to weekend accumulation. He said
yesterday’s figure is the lowest re
ported after a weekend since the
current outbreak began.
The new cases brought Massa
chusetts’ polio total to 927 cases
this year—as against 92 in 1954.
Four hundred and eighty-nine
cases have been reported this
month. Only 17 were reported
during the first nine days of Aug
ust last year.
The disease has taken 34 lives
in New England.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with fog, drizzle and
rain and cooler today. Lowest
temperature expected tonight 51,
high Thursday 54.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
60, low 38. Max wind 14 mph.
from the SW. Sunrise 3:34 a.m.,
sunset 8:38 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 58, low 52. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 70 in 1937,
low 30 in 1928.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 31 Clear
Kotzebue 55 Cloudy
Wales 45 Fog
Nome 49 Rain
Unalakleet 54 Cloudy
Bethel 52 Drizzle
McGrath 54 Rain
Anchorage 54 Rain
Fairbanks 54 Cloudy
Whitehorse 54 Cloudy
Edmonton 72 Clear
Juneau 51 Rain
Ketchikan 53 Rain
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Scientists Predict
Atom Ys. Coal in
Next 15-20 Years
GENEVA l*—An American sci
entist told the a toms-for-peace
conference yesterday “There is a
good possibility” atomic power
will be competing with electricity
from coal in the United States
within the next 15 or 20 years.
The prediction was made to the
72-nation scientific congress by
Dr. James A. Lane of the Atomic
Energy Commission’s Oak* Ridge,
Tenn., national laboratory.
Reporting at the same confer
ence session, two Russian scien
tists indicated such an atomic
plant as the 5,000-kilowatt station
the Soviet Union now is operating
can best be utilized in areas re
mote from coal supplies or where
only low grade coal is available.
Giving the first detailed account
of the Russian nuclear plant, D. I.
Blokhinstev and N. A. Nikolayev
conceded that the electricity it is
turning out costs “considerably”
more than the output of large coal
burning Soviet stations. But they
added:
“An atomic power station now
is already more profitable than a
coal stations in regions situated
far from coal mines or than coal
stations operating on low quality
fuel.”
Dr. Lane told the conference he
has bees led to conclude by cur
rent data that “there is a good
possibility that nuclear power
costs in the range of four to seven
mills per kilowatt hour will be
realized within the next 15 or 20
years.”
Langlie of Washington
Will Run for Senate In
’56 If Ike Is Candidate
CHICAGO, l/B—Gov. Langlie of
Washington included an Eisen
hower “if” Tuesday in his com
ments on his possible candidacy
for the U.S. Senate next year.
The Republican governor said
he would not seek the seat of
Sen. Magnuson, a Democrat, if
President Eisenhower does not
run in 1956.
The governor, however, de
clined to put his intentions posi
tively on the record at a news
conference. He said “there are too
many intangibles” to permit a de
cision now on the political future.
Langie is here for the Annual
Governors’ Conference.
Miss Universe Goes Home
To Sweden For A Visit
HOLLYWOOD, UH — The girl
who came here to become Miss
Universe says she’s going back
to Sweden, where she’s just Hill
evi Rombin.
But blonde, statuesque Hellevi
says she’ll come back to Holly
wood Sept. 12, when she’s due to
resume work as an actress at
Universal-International Studios.
I want to see my family, my
boy friend, and my other friends,”
Miss Rombin, 21, said yesterday
when she announced she is leav
ing by plane tonight.
She startled Hollywood yester
day by arranging for a one-way
ticket to Stockholm. She was
asked if that meant she wouldn’t
be coming back.
“Oh, now,” she said. “That’s
just the other half of the round
trip ticket >1 came here on. Of
course I have to return (to
Hollywood).
“I .have my contract with the
studio, and I haven’t finished my
role in ‘The Benny Goodman
Story’.”
She ran through the scene Mon
day after only one rehearsal, few
er than average for a beginner,
said studio oldtimers. Miss Rom-1
bin speaks English and four other
languages. Universal-Internation
al cast her in the role of an auto
graph-hunting American bobby
soxer in “The Benny Goodman
Story.”
Ruled Illegal for
Bartenders to Put More
Whiskey in Bottle
ST. LOUIS, (£)—A bartender
can add water to whiskey, the
UJS. Court of Appeals rules, but
can’t put more whiskey in the
bottle.
The 2-1 decision was handed
down Monday on the basis that
the federal law forbidding the ad
dition of “any substance” to a
partly filled liquor bottle referred
to a “substance” on which a tax
is due. No tax is due on water.
Judge Harvey M. Johnsen dis
sented, saying water was a “sub
stance” regardless of the tax lia
bility. All three agreed it wasn’t
legal to add whiskey to a partly
filled bottle, even if the tax is
paid on both. The ruling was on
the government’s appeal of eight
cases which had been dismissed
in St. Paul, Minn.
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Unalakleet Fish
Derby Started by
Anchorage Colonel
ANCHORAGE—About 50 Eski
mos are busy fishing at the Unala
kleet River mouth on the Bering
Sea which will win cash and
equipment prizes in a new salmon
derby started there last month.
The derby was started by Col.
M. R. Marston of Turnigan, who
has been leading with a 32-lb., 42
inch king salmon. Col. Marston,
who has a hideaway near the site,
plans to give the prizes to the
winner of a silver salmon derby
in August.
In second place is Henry Nu
shalock, prominent native, whose
fish was only 10 ounces less than
Marston’s. Another Eskimo, a Mr.
Allen, is in third place.
Eligible to enter is anyone fish
ing at Unalakleet. The fish must
be caught on a rod and reel and
with artificial bait. Judge Ryan,
the postmaster, is official referee
for the event which is expected
to become an annual affair.
Marston has put up his rod and
reel as a prize and about $50 is
also being offered as prizes thus
far. The Anchorage man is inter
ested in getting more prizes for
the event and reports that the
Eskimos need dare-devil lures as
well as rods and reels.
Chief Bigtree, Model For
Indian-Head Nickel, Loses
License for Drunk Driving
SYRACUSE, N.Y., UPl — Chief
John Bigtree, whose nose appears
on the Indian-head nickel, plead
ed guilty in police court yester
day to a charge of driving while
intoxicated. He was fined $100
and his driver’s license was re
voked.
The 79-year-old Seneca chief
was arrested after his car struck
a fire hydrant. He told Judge
Truman H. Preston he had been
driving since 1924 and it was his
first offense.
The head on the nickel is a
composite created by sculptor
James Fraser from three repre
sentative Indian models. Bigtree
modeled also for the head that
appears on Pontiac automobiles.
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