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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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ATOMIC SUBS LONG WAY OFF
Despite the recent announcement that the first
atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, has been
launched at Groton, Conn., naval officials have said
atomic subs, capable of engaging in combat, are still
years away.
Although the Nautilus has been under construc
tion for some time, the latest revelations describe it
as only a test ship. A sister atomic submarine, the Sea
Wolf, is also being constructed, but officials say this
vessel is of the same type as the Nautilus.
It is understood that the Nautilus is too large for
use in normal combat operations and that the power
plant requires an almost prohibitive amount of space.
As a result, the Navy has reportedly decided to attempt
to construct smaller atomic submarines in the future.
The Nautilus is expected to displace almost 3,000
tons, and the goal of Navy designers is a 1,800-ton
atomic sub.
The latest news on these atomic submarines is
distressing to those who had hoped that the Navy’s
first atomic submarine would prove the answer to
current requirements for a speedy, long-range under
seas raider. Nevertheless, the U.S. Navy is reportedly
ahead of those of all other world powers in this field.
MORE POSTAL RATE INCREASES ?
president Eisenhower has urged Congress to pass
the bill now pending on postal rate increases, as essen
tial to enabling the Post Office Department to meet
its deficit. But, even though we pay more for our
postage stamps, many Washington observers think
Mrv Summerfield’s books will remain out of balance.
Rate increases, according to qualified spokesmen,
will surely mean pay boosts for postal workers, and
very possibly after that a general across-the-board
wage hike for all federal employes.
It would be more than the new four-cent stamps
that would take a licking.
Because you think a man is a jackass is one good
reason why you shouldn’t talk behind his back.
He who laughs, lasts
Sheriffs Await
Dick and Rita
At Hotel Door
NEW YORK, UP)—'The door to
the hotel suits of singer Dick
Haymes and his actress wife, Rita
Hayworth, stayed shut Tuesday
while two sheriff’s deputies wait
ed outside to ai’rest him on a civil
writ.
The deputies took up their posts
Monday night and still were
standing by 15 hours later.
No food had been sent to the
room since the couple had dinner
shortly before the deputies ar
rived.
The deputies appeared with a
civil arrest order obtained by
Haymes’ former wife, actress
Joanne Dru.
Miss Dru alleged in the com
plaint: Haymes concealed assets
“for the purpose of defrauding
creditors” and owes her $33,323.
The singer has admitted he owes
her $32,000. He also has violated
an agreement with her to give her
10 per cent of his earnings to
clear the bill.
Miss Dru, who said Haymes
earned $40,000 between August
1953, and last month, put up a
$3,000 bond as a guarantee for
costs in the event that Haymes
has been wrongly accused in the
case.
The singer also has other prob
lems. A deportation case is now
pending before the Federal Im
migration Service. He is a native
of Argentina and is alleged to
have re-entered the United States
illegally last spring after a trip
to Hawaii to visit Miss Hayworth.
Officials Seek Cause Of
Army Warehouse Fire
ANCHORAGE, t/P)—An undeter
mined amount of Army clothing
was destroyed Sunday night in a
warehouse fire that raged out of
control foe more than an hour at
Fort Richardson.
Army authorities estimated the
damage to the building at $31,000.
Army authorities are conducting
an investigation to determine the
cause of the fire.
Grocers Agree To
Sell Alaska-Grown
Potatoes Only
ANCHORAGE, UP—All but two
Anchorage area retail grocers
have signed an agreement to sell
only Alaska-grown potatoes as
long as grocers can meet demands,
George Jackson, manager of a
local dairy, told the chamber of
commerce Monday.
James Wilson, territorial com
missioner of agriculture, indicated
the action will take- all the surplus
off the hands of potato growers
in the Railbelt area.
Recalling the “Cordova Coal
Party” of 1911, when Cordova
residents dumped “imported” coal
into the bay, Anchorage growers
signed a petition labeling their
action the “Anchorage Potato
Party.”
Thirty-one growers signed the
agreement, effective immediately,
circulated by Jackson. Growers in
the- Railbelt Area produced 10,000
tons of spuds last summer, WTilson
said, adding that the previous
record crop was 6,000 tons. The
major portion of last year’s crop,
or 7,100 tons, was grown in the
Anchorage area.
“Ninety-five percent of the po
tatoes grown in Alaska are A-l
grade,” Wilson said. He said their
price is under that charged for
stateside spuds.
Seward Sanatorium Saved In Shift Of
Alaska Native Service Hospital Funds
The (Juneau) Independent <
Fears that a portion of the tu
berculosies sanatorium at Bartlett,
Alaska, near Seward, might have
to close owing to lack of funds
have been allayed by the diver
sion to that institution of money
originally set up for operation of
the new Alaska Native Service
hospital at Anchorage, Dr. T. E.
H.vnson, ANS medical director,
said last week.
Dr. Hvnson said one result of
the decision to transfer the ANS
hospitalization funds to Bartlett,
however, will be that the Anchor
age hospital will not be able to
fill with patients as rapidly as had
been hoped.
The Bartlett Sanatorium, oper
ated by a Methodist Church group,
needs the assignment of 70 ANS
patients to keep going, Dr. Hyn
son said. Recently the ANS de
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cided to reduce the number of pa
tients it supports there to 55 owing
to lack of funds. Protests reaching
Juneau, however, caused the new
decision to transfer money to
Bartlett from the Anchorage hos
pital budget, Dr. Hynson said.
The big Anchorage hospital now
has 200 beds activated and about
130 patients in them, Dr. Hynson
said. Only four doctors are on the
staff. Delay in the appointment of
a medical director is handicapping
the operation, which was designed
for 400 beds, Dr. Hynson said.
The outlook for the Bartlett
sanatorium for next fiscal year is
bleak, according to Dr. Hynson,
in view of budget announcements
from Washington.
Plans to close a wing of 30 beds
at the Seward tuberculosis sana
torium were announced recently
by Dr. Francis J. Phillips, medical
officer in charge.
Dr. Phillips said the action was
being taken for economy reasons
despite the fact the sanatorium
has a waiting list of 2,000 cases of
moderately advanced tuberculosis
and 227 seriously advanced cases.
The sanatorium is financed by
the Alaska Dept, of Health, U.S.
Public Health Service, and Alaska
Native Service. Reduction in ter
ritorial and federal funds was giv
en by Dr. Phillips for the decision
to close 30 of the present 150 beds
at the institution. He said an addi
tional $10,800 a month would be
required to keep the sanatorium
running at its present level.
Among known active cases on
the waiting list, Dr. Phillips said,
are 18 at Anchorage, these persons
living at large and eating in public
restaurants.
Adventists Who Refused
Sabbath Duties Charged
With Wilful Disobedience
ANCHORAGE, UPl — Four Ft.
Richardson Seventh-Day Adven
tist Church members, originally
charged with mutiny for refusing
to perform duties on Saturday,
have had their charges reduced
to wilful disobedience of a law
ful order of a warrant officer.
Saturday is the sabbath in the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Military officials disclosed the
new charges Tuesday and an
nounced the men will be tried in
the next few days in military
court.
The original charges were
changed, Army officers said, be
cause an investigation showed
there was no evidence of a con
certed effort on the part of the
men to override military author
ity.
Disposition of the case of Capt.
Harry Slough of Windsor, Ohio,
also accused of refusing to per
form Saturday duties, still is
being investigated. He has been
released from confinement to
quarters and returned to duty.
The wilful disobedience charge
carries a maximum penalty of
six months at hard labor; mutiny
carries a possible maximum of
death, although such a penalty is
unlikely in peace time.
The length of human lives is
longer than that of any other
type of animal except the tortoise
says the National Georgaphic So- i
ciety. i
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