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MORE WOMEN HOLDING OFFICE
The Women’s Division of the Republican National
Committee recently reported that more women are
now serving in public office than ever before. Division
Director Bertha Adkins says results of a recent survey
conducted by the committee show that there is “an
ever-increasing recognition of women and their quali
fications for important places in government.”
The study showed that there will be 12 Congress
women in the second session of the 83rd Congress,
six Republicans and five Democrats in the House
and one Republican in the Senate. The study also
showed that there are 289 women in the state legisla
tures today, whereas the figure was only 29 women
in the legislatures in 1920—the first year of women’s
suffrage in the United States.
The four states which do not have women law
makers are Alabama, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Virginia.
A WORLD CALENDAR
How would you like to have a pocket calendar
hat would last a lifetime? No yearly models (every
' ear would be the same). No wondering whether
Christmas would fall on Tuesday or a weekend (it
”ould always be Monday). No making adjustments
Of you are a business statistician) for the fact that
a month may have anywhere from 24 to 27 weekdays
::i it; they would all have 26.
These are some of the advantages that are put
forward for the world calendar which will be proposed
at the next session of the United Nations Economic
and Social Council in a resolution by the delegate from
India. The proposition is not a new and sudden one.
It has been urged by the World Calendar Organization
for several years, and is backed notably now by Sir
Harold Spencer Jones, astronomer royal of Britain.
In fact, Sir Harold notes that 1956 would be a
particularly convenient year to make the change from
the present Gregorian calendar, since in that year
January 1 will fall on Sunday, a controlling feature
of the new plan. Thereafter, if the revision were
accepted, the first month of each quarter would have
31 days, all other months 30 days, and the 365th day
be observed as a world holiday at the end of each year,
with another holiday inserted at the middle of leap year.
Mayor Andersen Returns
From Seattle With Deed
For City Light Plant
The City Council was given a ^
full report on the- purchase of the
Northern Light and Power Co. by
Mayor Steve Andersen, who re
turned Monday morning from
Seattle where he had been com
pleting the transaction for the
city.
He presented the warranty
deed, agreement, bill of sale and
other documents as well as a re
commendation for increased in
surance on the property. The
Northern Light and Power Co.
carried only $100,000 insurance in
addition to public liability insur
ance.
It was agreed by the council
not to hold a special election for
the utility board, but to incorpor
ate it with the reguar municipal
election to be held in April,
will be hired to set up the books
for the new public utility board
and will audit them once a year.
Mr. O. S. Weaver will be asked
to make recommendations which
the city should undertake first in
the power plant. The engineering
firm of Harstad and Metcalf are
preparing a map for the city with
location of poles, transformers
and other equipment which now
belongs to the city.
The council decided to hold its
next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23,
as the l'egular meeting date falls
on Monday, Feb. 22, George Wash
ington’s birthday, a legal holiday.
A certified public accountant
Sales Tax
The city clerk reported that the
total collections for the fourth
quarter of 1953 was $15,521.78,
and for the year, $49,264.34. Com
paring that with the 1952 total, a
difference of only about a thou
sand dollars was noted, as 1952
netted 350,275.59.
Fire Department
During the month of January
ihere were only two fire alarms
and $48 paid to volunteer firemen.
Police Department
Fines and forfeitures netted
$214 in January with 24 arrests,
five of which were transferred to
Federal authorities.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weathei Bureau
Cloudy and warmer tonight
with easterly winds 20-30 mph.
Light intermittent snow and blow
ing snow tonight and Thursday.
Low temperature expected to
night 12, high tomorrow 26.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: high temperature 23,
low 4. Maximum wind 28 mph
from ENE. Sunrise at 3:16 a.m.,
sunset 4:16 p'.m.
A year ago today—high temper
ature 15, low -14. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 36 in 1933,
low -35 in 1930.
Olher Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -18 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 1 Cloudy
Wales -3 Cloudy
Nome 23 Cloudy
Unalakleet 12 Cloudy
Bethel 20 Cloudy
McGrath -15 Part cloudy
Anchorage -6 Part cloudy
Fairbanks -13 Part cloudy
Whitehorse -22 Clear
Juneau 22 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 30 Clear
Seattle 40 Part cloudy
San Francisco 47 Cloudy
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Survivors Of C-47 Crash Tell Of
‘D’sr'tegration’ In Flight
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ANCHORAGE, (#>—'What is it
like to be hurled into space and
marooned on the snowy wastes of
Alaska?
Six airmen who were catapulted
into the air last Friday when an
Air Force C-47 “disintegrated” in
flight told Monday night of their
experience.
They were among 16 men on
the plane. Searchers have found
the bodies of three men. Seven
were still missing and hopes they
would be found -alive were very
dim.
Among the missing were Lt.
Col. W. West-Watson of the Brit
ish Joint Military Services Mis
sion on the U.S. Army staff at
Washington, D.C.; and Capt.
James Hill of the Army Field
Forces at Ft. Benning, Ga.
A ground party which battled
deep snow 15 miles to the scene
of the crash from the little town
of Curry, 75 miles southeast of
here, Monday night reported it
had found three bodies.
All six rescued men were suf
fering exposure, shock and var
ious cuts and bruises received
when they parachuted into the
blizzard - bound , wilderness last
Friday.
None of them could explain the
accident, which happened on a
flight from Elmendorf to Ladd
AFB, Fairbanks, 275 miles to the
northeast.
But to all six, the first indica
tion of trouble was a terrific
down-draft that tossed the plane
like it was a feather. Two said
they heard an explosion after
ward.
The airmen reported similar ex
periences at the time of the ex
plosion. One said, “All of a sudden
the plane dropped hard and then
came back up again. I heard an
explosion and found myself in
the air.”
Three of the six had joined
after reaching the ground and
walked through snow to the
smashed craft lor arctic survival
gear and food rations. The other
three were spotted 15 miles from
the scattered wreckage of the
C-47, wallowing through deep
snow.
Both trios constructed make
Generals Probe
Airmen*s Conduct
As Re'G' Prisoners
WASHINGTON, (51—A board of
five Air Force generals is investi
gating the cases of more than 50
airmen whose conduct while Red
prisoners in Korea has been ques
tioned.
The board is under orders either
?o .clear these men, or to recom
mend their future status with the
Air Force and possible action, if
justified by “prior acts.” Each is
being handled separately.
An Air Force spokesman said
“prior acts” would be those re
garded as detrimental to the Uni
ted States or fellow POWs.
Among the cases under study
are airmen who falsely confessed
to germ warfare. Of the 220 men
listed by the Air Force as known
prisoners of the Communists, 33
were reported to have made such
phony confessoins.
An official announcement Mon
day night said the generals—
whose names were withheld—will
take into consideration the suffer
ing these men may have under
gone. Also to be weighed: “re
sponsibilities of military men in
war.”
5 Airmen Bail Out Of
Crippled Flying Boxcar
LONDON, (51—Five American
airmen who bailed out of a crip
pled C-119 Flying Boxcar over
Portugal just after midnight were
found safe and sound soon after
dawn Tuesday, a U.S. Air Force
spokesman announced.
shift shelters and huddled togeth
er Friday night in below-freezing
temperatures awaiting dawn and
rescue. Two veteran Alaska bush
pilots, Cliff Hudson and Don Shel
don, played key roles in the res
cue.
A ground party radioed Tues
day from the site of the plane
crash that claimed three and pos
sibly 10 lives that there appears
to be bodies inside the wrecked
Air Force C-47 transport.
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