The Glenn Miller Story’ Is One of
Most Factual Biographies Ever Filmed
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
In observing the planet Mare,
Percival Lowell (1855-1916) ad
vanced the theory that the water
from the ice caps of the planet
•was propelled by artificial means
toward the equator. He also no
ticed that at the end of the grow
ing season the fresh green border
ing the canals wither and dies
down. The oases connected with
the canals appear and disappear
with the seasonal changes.
The entire surface area of Mars
is about equal to the land surface
of our earth. The density of the
planet is 73 percent that of the:
earth and the force of gravity 35
percent. The lesser force of grav
ity, combined with the lower
temperatures and rare atmosphere
would all have their influence on
any life found on Mars.
The temperatures of Mars were
computed at Mount Wilson and
Lowell Observatories. Both re
sults were in close agreement
with an. average of 40 to 60 de
grees Fahrenheit.
WIEN AIRLINES
• From Fairbanks: G. E. Penston,
M. Clarey, E. J. Rusing, Chester
Patterson, H. Pridger, H.C. Gus
tafson, L. Serfeling, J. Torstenson,
■C. Andrews, L. Dykes, R. Gap
inske, R. Will^Cirn, Lt. J. Comel
iief, R. Geraunt.
•To Fairbanks: C. Mitchell, F.
Fish, G. Turner, M.F. Goggans,
Wm. Yjana, J. Hurley, V. Peter
son, L Cuddeback, R. Ffaison,
Mrs. Harold Tweet and Kathleen,
Father Casey, E. Emerson, H.
Monthey, A. Monthey, J. Mc
Guire, Bedford McGuire, E. Har
ringtpn, T. Richmond.
r ram Kotzebue: R.H. Wangren,
Don Moore, Dale Way and, Pete
Canters, T.F. Miller, D.C. Miller,
Pearl Donadio, Todd Purcell
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► “The Glenn Miller Story,” Uni
versal-International’s Technicolor
production of the great bandlead
er’s life-story, coming soon to The
Theater, is one of the most factual
biographies ever filmed.
Of the top 27 speaking roles in
the picture only three are fiction
al—a pawn shop operator, a girl
singer, and an Army officer.
Producer Aaron Rosenberg, who
gathered together almost all of
the actual personalities who
shared in the last 20 years of
I Miller’s career, says:
“We used three fictional char
acters only because we couldn’t
run down the identification of
these people. Actually, they do
j represent real-life persons.”
Those three were the pawn
shop owner where Miller hocked
his trombone before getting his
first big chance with Ben Pol
lack’s band in 1925; a girl singer
whose lackadaisical style spoiled
the public debut of Miller’s cele
brated “Moonlight Serenade”;
and the officer in the Army dis
i patcher’s office at Orly Field,
France, who first revealed that
Maj. Glenn Miller was missing on
that ill-fated military flight
across the English Channel in
December 1944.
James Stewart, the popular
choice of Miller fans for the title
role, plays Glenn Miller, with
June Allyson co-starring as his
wife, Helen. Charles Drake por
trays Don Haynes, Miller’s man
ager, and Henry Morgan acts the
role of Chummy MacGregor, Mil
ler’s piano-playing pal. The real
life Haynes assisted on the script
and MacGregor acted as technical
advisor.
Ben Pollack, the bandleader,
Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong,
Frances Langford, The Archie
Savage Dancers, and The Mod
ernaires make appearances in the
picture as themselves.
Real-life Glenn Miller effects
used in “The Glenn Miller Story”
include an exact copy of Miller’s
rimless eyeglasses, the maestro’s
own trombone, and the Miller
Orchestra music stands.
Cellulose is the main constitu
ent of all plant life.
1,125 Air Force
Pilots Killed Since
1954 in Accidents
LOS ANGELES, Ufi—A total of
1,125 Air Force pilots have been
killed and 1.600 planes destroyed
thru accidents in the post two
years, reports Brig. Gen. Joseph
D. Caldara, director of flight safe
ty research.
In an interview here Wednes
day Gen. Caldara added that 61
civilians have been killed in Air
Force accidents, 47 of them in
accidents involving jet aircraft.
He urged public understanding
of the necessity for continued jet
flight training and said the Air
Force is doing its utmost to reduce
air accidents and fatalities.
The Air Force accident rate has
been cut from 506 per 100,000
flying hours in 1921 to 15 per
100,000 flying hours today, he
said.
76 Athletes Stop at
Anchorage Enroute to
Australian Olympics
ANCHORAGE, tj?i—Seventy-six
athletes from four nations paused
briefly here Wednesday on the
first leg of a trip to the Olympic
games at Melbourne, Australia.
The athletes represented Fin
land, Sweden, Norway and Den
mark. They were primarily track
performers, including two Swe
dish women.
The plane, a Scandinavian Air
lines System DC-7, flew nonstop
here via the North Pole from
Sweden. It left later for a nine
hour flight to Honolulu.
Aurora Circle To Meet Monday
Meeting night of the Aurora
Circle has been changed to the
second Monday of the month. Ac
cordingly the next meeting will
be held on Monday, Nov. 12 at
7:30 p.m. at Esther McCoy’s resi
dence. Hostesses will be Caroline
Reader and Ellen Waldheim.
To fly at Mach 2, a plane must
be capable of operation in a tem
perature of about 210 degrees, the
temperature of boiling water. At
Mach 3, temperature require
ments go up to 500 degrees, and at
Mach 4 the external surface must j
withstand a temperature of 1,000 j
degrees Fahrenheit.
Moscow Says Election
Shows U.S. Rejection of
Republican Policies
LONDON, —Moscow radio
said yesterday the American elec
tion results were a personal vic
tory for President Eisenhower but
a resounding rejection of the pol
icies of his Republican Party.
A broadcast in the radio’s home
service said:
“It is still too early to draw any
exhaustive conclusions from the
results of the U.S. elections, but
already many American political
observers stress that the victory
is due primarily to Eisenhower’s
personal popularity, connected
with the part he played during
World War II as well as with
such measures as, for example,
his participation in the Geneva
conference . . .”
“The home and foreign policies
pursued by the Republican ad
ministration in recent years does
not meet with the approval of the
majority of the American people.”
North Korea Admits
Mig Shot Down South
Korean Fighter Plane
TOKYO, Wl—North Korea last
night admitted shooting down a
South Korean P-51 Mustang
fighter plane. Radio Pyongyang
said the South Korean craft vio
lated North Korea’s territory.
South Korea announced on
Wednesday two of its P-51s had
been attacked and said one plane
was missing. The South Koreans
claimed two North Korean Mig
fighters had attacked the two
Mustangs over the Yellow Sea,
which separates Korea from the ■
Chinese mainland.
Officials Optimistic on
Revival of Salmon Catch
SEATTLE, —Continued re
vival of the Alaska salmon indus
try, at least in southeast Alaska
and Bristol Bay, was foreseen in
Seattle Wednesday by optimistic
Fish and Wildlife Service officials.
Fisheries men made their pre
dictions in meetings on Alaska
commercial fishing regulations for
1957. They said salmon stocks in |
southeastern Alaska show such
solid signs of improvement that
some stringent regulations of the
past few years may be withdrawn
after 1957.
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Here’s How They
Made 1957 Dodge
Five Inches Lower
DETROIT—With the roofs of
1957 Dodge cars lowered by as
much as five inches without sac
rificing headroom, comfort, ac
cessibility or road Clearance, the
big question is: How did they do
it?
For one thing, says Dodge Chief
Engineer Dean Engle, there is no
truth to the frequently heard
statement that the use of smaller,
14-inch tires is responsible. Actu
ally, he explains, the decision to
use the smaller but wider tires
was based on a desire to get
more rubber on the road” and not
to reduce car height.
The use of torsion bars in place
of the old and bulky coil front
springs permitted many front-end
elements to be shifted and made
more compact, he said. A new
and much smaller air cleaner al
so helped to lower the car’s sil
houette, as well as a floor that
is recessed in the car frame. Other
design changes made better use
of previously wasted “dead” space
and cut inches from the overall
height.
Result, Engle said, is a car with
a much lower center of gravity,
better driver control, less sway in
cornering—and much greater
safety.
New Fire Code
Will Take Effect
About Dec. 1st
On or about Dec. 1 all incor
porated and unincorporated cities
in Alaska will come under the
ruling of the Minimum Code for
Fire and Safety Requirements,
Police Chief Webb announced
yesterday.
The Minimum Code was passed
by the last Territorial Legislature
and its approval by the territorial
attorney general and fire marshal
is expected soon.
Chief Webb has one copy of the
code at the Police Station. He
urges all persons who are building
or planning to build or wire to
consult with him about the code.
As fire chief of Nome, Webb
will become responsible for en
forcement of the Fire and Safety
Code when it becomes effective,
he said.
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Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
alaaka CBArrmn ro. i
Order of Eastern Star
Meet* Irt I Ird Mona,, of each month
Belly Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
_ Secretary
anvil lodge
JNo. 140
Harry A. Lewis, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month