&V Director, GAINES DOG RESEARCH CENTER
A RARE BREED, The TIBETAN MASTIFF. HAS A BADE THAT
I K, ROMANS TOOK THEIR POCS FOR BATHS
A GREAT DANE OWNEP BY MRS.EVALYN WALSH MACLEAN SOMETIMES
WORE THE NECKLACE CONTAINING THE CELEBRATED HOPE DIAMOND
(£) 1956, Gaines Dog Research Center, N. Y. C.
Freak Snowstorm
Hits Three States
By the Associated Press
A biting wind off Lake Erie
blew a tumult of heavy wet snow
over adjacent sections of three
states Thursday and slowed high
way and air travel with drifts up
to seven feet deep.
Like a buzz saw cutting a pil
low, the freak storm—accompan
ied at times by thunder and light
ning—dumped up to 26 inches of
snow over a relatively small area
in northeastern Ohio, western
Pennsylvania and western New
York State.
It virtually paralyzed Erie, Pa.,
a city of 130,000 where hundreds
of highway crewmen were fight
ing today to reopen roads and
streets. Practically all industries
in Erie, including General Elec
tric Co., which employes 10,000
persons, were shut down.
Hundreds of travelers and
hunters were marooned as winds
up to 35 miles an hour clogged
highways with deep drifts and
whipped the snow into zero visi
bility.
The storms off the two lakes
were the main wet spots of vast
chill which brought freezing
weather clear to the deep South
and plunged temperatures 20 de
grees below the previous day’s as
far south as Florida.
‘Dog of the Year’
Helped Pioneers in
Heart Surgery Research
BOSTON, WV—The “Dog of the
Year”—selected by the National
Society of Medical Research—is a
black and white mongrel with a
plastic patch on his heart.
Dr. Paul Dudley White, the
President’s heart consultant, yes
terday placed a silver collar on
the 44-pound mutt, named Air
plane, at the Children’s Medical
Center.
He was aided by four-year-old
Joanne McLaughlin, who only a
week ago underwent a heart oper
ation made possible by surgical
research on Airplane’s heart.
The dog’s heart and that of
young Joanne were both declared
to be in good shape now.
‘Arctic Mood' Author Dies
SEATTLE, W> — Mrs. Eva L.
Alvey Richards, 71, author and
artist whose works include the
book “Arctic Mood,” died in a
Seattle hospital Thursday after a
long illness.
Mrs. Richards also illustrated
"Arctic Mood,” published in 1949,
which was chosen by the Literary
Guild as its family reading club
book - of - the - month. It related
Mrs. Richards' life in Wainwright,
Alaska, in the 1920’s as a govern
ment teacher and nurse’s assist
! ant.
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MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
Alaska Population
Shows Loss of
2.274 in Fiscal 1955
The annual population study
released by the Alaska Resource
Development Board last week
shows a net loss of 2,274 persons
for the 1955 fiscal year.
"While these facts should be
cause for sober consideration,
they are in a large measure offset
by the fact that more people are
living in Alaska on a year-round
basis,” At Anderson, executive
director of the board, said. He
said the loss was not considered
too significant in view of the tre
mendous mobility of Alaska’s
population.
The report shows that 123,631
civilians traveled to Alaska in
1955, and that 133,315 traveled
from Alaska. The net migrartion
loss of 9,634 persons was largely
wiped out by the excess of births
over deaths.
The growing permanence of the
territory's population is borne
out by increased school enroll
ments, which show an increase
from 25,121 for the last school
year to 28,079 for this year.
The military population of Alas
ka increased from 49,000 to 50,
000 during the period covered by
the report. The leveling off of
Alaska’s population crest was
first apparent in 1954 when mi
gration figures showed a net loss
of 355 people, the report shows.
The population study is pub
lished annually by the Alaska Re
sources Development Board and
is available for public use.
BOOK WEEK
Book Week—Nov. 23 to Dec. 1
—reminds readers that good lit
erature knows no season but
brings pleasure in all four sea
sons with constant interest in
things, lioth new and old. Books
are fields to explore which are
endless and satisfy both adults
and children, according to their
interests.
School libraries are essential
and become real treasure houses
for they serve boys and girls who
cannot afford a library of their
own and bring to them the world
about.
Every child has a right to a
little library all his own and gifts
of books are always welcomed by
youngsters. They held the child,
the author, the publishers and the
workers who are involved keep
ing the great wheels of industry
turning in every section of the
country.
It’s always “book time" for
young and old.
British Truck Drivers
Strike in Protest of
Fuel Crisis Ruling
LONDON (/Pi—A thousand truck
drivers struck today to protest a
decision taking 10 percent of the
government’s industrial vehicles
off the rohd because of the na
tion’s fuel crisis.
The drivers are employes of the
nationalized British Road Service.
It was the second walkout in
two days to threaten costly tieups
in food and othef industries since
the government moved to meet
the fuel shortage resulting from
closure of the Suez Canal.
Yugoslavs Refuse
To Admit Hearst
For Insults to Tito
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, LP—
Yugoslavia said today it has re
fused to admit William Randolph
Hearst Jr. for a visit because the
New York publisher “heavily in
sulted President Tito personally”
in articles appearing in his news
papers.
Hearst is now in Bonn, Ger
many. He is one of a number of
private citizens who have been
asked to make an on-the-spot
study in Norway, Denmark, West
Germany and Yugoslavia on be
half of a U.S. special Senate com
mittee investigating foreign aid
programs.
A spokesman for Hearst in New
York said he assumed the refusal
to grant a visa was based on
“Hearst’s published opposition to
releasing 384 jet planes for the
Yugoslav air force.”
A statement from the Yugoslav
information service office denied
this.
$12 Million Advertising
Campaign Will Seek To
Educate U.S. on Education
KANSAS CITY, Kan., UP! — A
two - year national advertising
campaign costing 12 million dol
lars will begin next spring to edu
cate people on the value of edu
cation, it was announced here.
Dr. Wilson M. Compton, presi
dent of the Council for Financial
Aid to Education, Incl, of New
York, told the annual Presbyter
ian College public relations con
ference about the plan.
He said a national advertising
agency and the Advertising Coun
cil of America will handle the
campaign through newspapers,
magazines, radio and television.
WINTER SCHEDULE
D C - 3 Service
Fairbanks timps are Alaska Standard—Others Bering Standard
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY
FAIRBANKS - KOTZEBUE - NOME - FAIRBANKS
With Stops at TANANA, HUGHES and GALENA
When Traffic Warrants
Leave Fairbanks 7:00 a.m. Arrive Nome 10:45 a.m.
Leave Nome 11:45 a.m. Arrive Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
FAIRBANKS - NOME - KOTZEBUE - FAIRBANKS
Leave Fairbanks 7:00 a.m. Arrive Nome 9:15 a.m.
Leave Nome 10:15 a.m. Arrive Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
BUSH SERVICE TUESDAY
NOME - DEERING - CANDLE - KOTZEBUE
Arrive Nome ll:30^).m. Leave Nome 12:25 p.m.
Phone Main 46 J. R. (Dick) Miller, Station Manager
Hassle Leaves Sitka
With No Magistrate
SITKA W—Sitka is without a
city magistrate as a result of an
impasse between the mayor and
City Council over appointment of
that official.
At the first council meeting
with the new mayor, Myrth Sar
vela, and new council members
Oct. 23, the council refused con
firmation of H.T. Doran, ex-chief
of police, for the position of city
magistrate by a 5-1 vote.
The name of M. S. Mitrovitch,
former mayor, was offered by
Mrs. Sarvela as appointee for
magistrate but the council re
fused confirmation 3-2, with one
member absent.
As a result of the vote, the
mayor declared the office vacant
and said she would fill it on an
acting basis until the council con
firms an appointee named by her.
However, City Attorney Warren
Christianson, gave a legal opinion
the mayor may not fill the office
herself without council confirma
tion.
It now appeared Sitka would
be without services of a city
magistrate at least until Nov. 27
when the next regular council
session may find members in a
more cooperative mood.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget