2THE NOME NUGGET_Monday, February 25, 1957
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Smart Sleuthing
Traps Bandits in
Ohio Supermarket
CINCINNATI, (#> — Two safe
crackers walked into a police am
bush in a supermarket in nearby
Forestville early Saturday and
were shot to death in a wild gun
battle. None of the police was
hurt.
Robert Nelson, the store man
ager, said there was approximate
ly $35,000 in .the store safe.
Police had been watching the
store since Detective Paul Schir
mer, who lives nearby recognized
a known safe cracker i)n the store
about a week ago. Suspecting
that a burglary was being
planned, Schirmer showed store
employes pictures of the burglar’s
known associates. They picked
out a man who had been with
the gunman several times.
Police said they theorized the
burglary attempt might come last
night in view of heavy Friday
receipts.
A half dozen detectives, dressed
in old work clothes and accom
panied by wives of two of them
to give the appearance of being
shoppers, entered the store about
a half hour before closing time.
One by one, the officers Wandered
away and secreted themselves
in a rear stock room.
Later other ofifcers hid in a
garage at the rear of the store.
Officers in the store erected
barricades of grocery cartons.
At midnight the burglars were
seen sneaking through a rear
door. Police, using a specially
rigged wire, flashed on the store
lights. They opened fire as the
men started to run.
One was shot down immediate
ly and the other was killed as he j
returned the police fire.
At the instant the gunfire
started in the store, officers out
side flooded the store parking lot
with lights to cut off any escape.
Lt. Schirmer said police have
been seeking these men and their
associates for about three years.
i Civil Serv:ce Commission
| Invites Applications for
Xc4zebue Postmaster Job
An examination for Postmaster
at Kotzebue, Alaska, $4,530 plus
25% cost of living a year, will be
open for receipt of applications
until March 26, 1957, the Civil
Service Commission announced
last week.
The Commission is taking all
possible steps through special
publicity to civic and other com
munity organizations to encour
age well qualified persons to ap
ply for the examination.
Complete information about
the examination requirements
and instructions for filing appli
cations may be obtained at the
post office for which the exami
nation is being announced. Appli
cation forms must be filed with
the U. S. Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington 25, D. C., and
must be received or postmarked
not later than the closing date.
China Earthquake
Leaves Toll of
11 Dead, 33 Injured
TAIPEI, Uf) — Formosa today
counted 11 dead and 33 injured in
its worst earthquake'in a decade.
There were no casualties among
3,000 Americans stationed on this
main Nationalist Chinese island.
The quake, centering 45 miles
off the island’s east coast, struck
before dawn Sunday. Greatest
damage on this island of 10 mil
lion population was at Hualein,
east coast port city of 50,000. High
mountains across the center of
Formosa reduced the shocks be
fore they reached Taipei and
other west coast centers, where
most of the American military
and embassy personnel live with
their families.
The shocks also were felt in
the Pescadores, heavily garris
oned Nationalist island chain be
tween Formosa and the Commu
nist mainland.
This I Want To loi
By DELLA Z. GOSHAW
The Storms are rough on Beringj
Sea
In late September fall,
I loved to watch the angry waves
Pound the rocky wall.
From far beyond the breakers
come
Rearing their heads to strike,
And breaking high they fling the
spray
Over the main-made dike.
I liked to watch the winter snow
Cover the strewn debris,
While freezing winds bring sheets
of ice
To smother the restless sea.
I long to battle the winter storms
Thru snow that stings the face,
And struggle thru the wind-blown
drifts
To reach a neighbor’s place
I want to hear the huskies howl
On clear and moonlit nights,
And stand again in brittle cold
To watch the northern lights.
And let me seek with eager eyes!
The first wild flowers of spring,
And hear the crack of breaking
ice
And know the thrill it brings.
I want to search the hills again
For secrets that they hold,
Aind follow streams and water
.ways
Where once they panned the
gold.
And prowl thru all the tumbled
shacks
Where hopes and dreams still
lay,
While rustling winds creep round
the doors
Like ghosts of bygone days.
I’d like to climb King Mountain’s
peak
To view the midnight sun,
And look far off to Northern skies
Where day and night are one.
j I want to walk thru pouring rain
And wade thru muddy streets,
| And see again the warming smiles
) Of all the friends I meet.
I
| These are the things I long to do
; For all of this is ‘Nome,’
And should my trail again turn
North
I’ll know I’m going Home!
Hornets and Nooks
Peg Victories in
Friday Basketball
Last Friday evening lcoal fans
saw two fast exciting and well
played basketball games. In the
first contest the Polar Hornets
won over a hard fighting North
Star aggregation 67-57. Scores by
quarters were 10-12, 32-23, 51
41 and 67-57. High point man for
the victors were Bob Herman 23,;
Tony Willoya 21 and David Bell
10. For the North Stars Bill Cald
well was outstanding with 23,
while both Vern Kugzruk and
Roy Luke made 11 each.
The second game between the
Merchants and the Nome High
Nanooks ended with the Nanooks
on top 44-41. The first quarter
ended with the Nanooks holding
a one-pojnL lead of 8-7, however,
Merchants’ ace Harold Bell got
busy and put in 10 points in the
basket. The score, 21 to 12 at the
half, showed the Merchants way
out in front. In the third quarter
the Nanooks made a determined
effort and were able to tie the
score 27 all, and then in the final
frame went on to win only after
holding off a last minute rally
by the Merchants.
The league lead is now held
jointly by the Merchants and the
Polar Hornets. With only one
more league game to go it will
be interesting to see who will and
on top or if a tie will result. If the
latter condition exists a play-off.
series of 2 out of 3 games will |
take place.
Last Friday night the High;
School band, under the able direc-!
tion of Mr. Gorman, entertained
the basketball fans.
COCOA, GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER. HERDS AND GUARDS 20.000
TURKEYS ON THE JACOBSONS'TURKEY FARM.WATERTOWN.S.D.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERS THE «
| MOST DOGS. HOLDS MORE DOG
|,SHOWS AND HAS MORE DOG JUDGES
THAN ANY OTHER STATE
POMAN ART OF THE D-T CENTURY
SHOWS DOCS CLIPPED IN
STYLE SIMILAR TO THE
MODERN DAY POODLE
W 1856. Games Dog Research Center. N. Y. C.
Storm Rages Over
West Coast With
158-m.p.h. Winds
the Associated Pros*
A bristling Pacific storm, snort
ing winds up to 158 miles an hour,
barged into the West Coast over
the week end and killed three
persons, flooded part of an Ore
gon city and grounded trans
ocean air traffic.
Continued rain was in prospect
for the West Coast today, but
without the furious winds.
The gale blasted parts of Wash
ington State yesterday with gusts
up to 158 miles an hour. The
, thawing wind melted snow on the
slopes along the Powder River
in Eastern Oregon and about 40
miles in Baker were flooded.
Townsfolk and National
Guardsmen battled the Powder
River with sandbags to proteot
the rest of Baker, a community of
9,500. Low-lying farmlands in te
area were flooded.
The peak 158-mile gust was re
ported by the Air Force at its ra
dar installation at 2,200-feet alti
tude near the mouth of the Co
lumbia River. There were no
reports approaching that figure
near sea level or any other points
in the region.
Bronchitis Delays
West German President’s
Visit to U. S .Capital
BONN, Germany, WP) — West
German President Theodor Heuss
has postponed his visit to the
United States because of bron
chitis, his office announced last
tveek.
The 73-year-old president had1
been due to go to Washington
today.
NEW NAME FOR ACS
The Department of the Army
has announced that the Alaska
Communication System has been
redesignated the United States
Army Alaska Communication
System. The date of the change
was given as January 31, 1957.
Having its name changed is not
new to the USACS. When the first
communications was authorized
for Alaska by Congress on May
26, 1900, the name of the system
was to be WAMCATS. or Wash
ington-Alaska Military Cable and
Telegraph System. Again, on May
27, 1936, the named was changed
to the Alaska Communication
System.
Changing of the name of the
ACS will in no way affect the ser
vice, loyalty and devotion to the
territory and its residents that has
been characteristic for over 50
years, stated local manager Sgt.
Jim Blanning.
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