James A. Barrack
Shoots Self In
Downtown Seattle
SEATTLE, Iff) — A prominent
Fairbanks, Alaska, businessman,
James A. Barrack, 70, shot and
killed himself Monday afternoon
on a downtown Seattle sidewalk
before several horrified onlookers.
His wife, prostrated by the trag
edy, told police her husband had
not been acting strangely and she
had no explanation why he took
his own life.
Barrack left a note with a wo
man acquaintance in a fur shop,
with the request that it be deliv
ered immediately to his wife. The
contents were not made public.
The Barracks came to Seattle
recently from Fairbanks. Police
said that while his wife was in a
beauty shop, Barrack left his ho
tel, bought a rifle, left the note in
the fur shop and then stepped
outside.
Picking up the gun he had ap
parently left by the shop door, he
shot himself in the head.
Barrack had owned the Samson
Hardware Co. in Fairbanks since
1912, and was credited with pio
neering the use of tractors by Al
aska miners and freighters.
; He was a past ruler in Fairbanks
of the Masonic York and Scottish
Ri'e orders, past patron of the
Eas ern Star, and a member of
the Eagles and Elks Lodge, Ro
ta; Club and Pioneers of Alaska.
Fanfani Will Try
To Form New
Italian Governm’t
ROME, OPi—Amintore Fanfani,
46-year-old left wing leader of the
Christian Democratic Party, agreed
Tuesday to try to form a new
Italian government.
He “conditionally” accepted Pres
ident Luigi Einaudi’s offer of the
premiership after former Premier
Giuseppe Pella, who resigned on
Jan. 5, turned it down.
Press and political observers
had generally agreed Einaudi
would ask Fanfani to attempt to
end the week-long political crisis.
He had served as agriculture
minister under Alcide de Gasperi
and as interior minister in Pella’s
five-month-old government. In the
former post, he played a major
part in the implementation of the
land reform program.
Pella resigned last week after
a split with other Christian Demo
crat leaders who felt the Premier’s
policies were too far to the right.
Many of the party’s leaders have
urged more social reforms to
counter the rising strength of the
Communists and the extreme left
Socialists allied with the Reds.
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Harry Hepworth Dies
At Pioneer Home
Harry Hepworth, a resident of
the Pioneers’ Home, passed away
on January 9, 1954 at the age of
90 years.
He was born in Leeds, England,
and came to the United States at
the age of 13. In 1898 he moved
to Alaska, and from that time
until 1944 he engaged in mining
and prospecting in the St. Michael
and Nome areas.
Mr. Hepworth was admitted to
the Pioneers’ Home June 13, 1944,
where he lived until the time of
his death.
He is survived by his sister,
Mrs. Emily Nuding, of Bezhill-on
Sea, Sussex, England, gnd a
brother, J. H. Hepworth of Los
Angeles, Calif.
Funeral services were held on
Jan. 10, with the Rev. H. H. Chap
man in charge, and interment will
be made in the Pioneers’ Home
Cemetery in Sitka.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
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60 LOSE LIVES
IN WINTER STORMS
ON EAST COAST
NEW YORK, —The Northeast
dug out of its worst snowstorm in
five years Tuesday, as clearing
skies brought a forecast of in
creasingly cold weather.
The storm, which started Sun
day afternoon, caused at least 60
deaths and deposited up to a foot
of snow in some sections.
Sleet extended as far south as
North Carolina Monday, with
snow being registered in Georgia.
North of Washington, D.C., the
sleet coated heavy drifts of snow
with a treacherous icy surface,
crippled traffic and brought acci
dents on roads, streets and side
walks
The death toll spiraled with
these accidents, sledding mishaps
and heart attacks as many per
sons bucked the snow and sleet
afoot or tried to shovel it.
The temperatures plunged, hit
ting -27 in one spot in Maine.
NLRB Acts To End Pacific
Coast Inter-Union Strife
SAN FRANCISCO, UPI—The Na
tional Labor Relations Board took
action Monday aimed at ending
prolonged inter-union strife over
control of Pacific Coast maritime
stewards.
The NLRB set Feb. 10 as the
date for commencement of a 90
day election in which the stew
ards will determine which of the
contending unions shall represent
them as collective bargaining
agent.
Juneau - Haines Ferry
Shows Loss For 1953
JUNEAU, tP)—The territory went
$37,443 into the red last summer
in operation of the car ferry be
tween Juneau and Haines.
Irving Reed, highway engineer,
reports the total costs were $69,
007 and receipts were $31,564. The
ferry carried 823 passengers and
490 vehicles in five months’ oper
ation between this territorial cap
ital city and the southern end of
•the Haines cutoff link with the
Alaska Highway.
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