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Girl Scouts Plan
Court of Awards
At School Friday
The Girl Scouts will hold their'
•Court of Awards Friday, April |
26 et 7:30 p.m. in the Multipur- i
•pose of the Nome School. The!
following program is planned:
Opening March, Elin Waiter
son; Flag Ceremony; Song, “Alas
ka My Alaska,” by First Year
Brownies; Play, “The Enchanted
Coat,” by the Second Year Brow
nies; Puppet Show, “Rose Red
end Snow White,” by the Third
Year Brownies; Brownie Songs;
Brownie Awards; Piano Solo,
“Melody of Love,” Edna Johnsen; !
Skit on a troop meeting, by Troop ,
67; Scout Songs, by Troop 68; j
Fashion Show, by Troop 69; and
presentation of Girl Scout
Awards.
Leaders of the Brownies are
Mrs. James Walsh, Mrs. Maurice
Kelliher, Mrs. William Ullrich,
and Miss Roberta Ross.
Girl Scout Leaders are Mrs. )
George Weyer, Mrs. Roscoe Wil- i
kie, Mrs. June Jeffries, Mrs. Rob
ert Scott, Mrs. Mildred Harwood.
The Executive Committee con
sists of Mrs. Frank Morris, chair- ,
man; Mrs. Charles Fagerstrom, j
Mrs. Walter Glavinovich, Mrs. !
Ullrich, Mrs. J. Walsh, Mrs. Kel
liher and Mrs. Harwood.
FLYING BOXCAR
CRASHES IN JAPAN,
KILLING FOUR MEN
TOKYO, UP)—A U.S. Air Force
C-119 Flying Boxcar crashed on
northern Kyushu Island today,
killing all four men aboard. A
helicopter searching for the j
wreckage of the C-119 also;
crashed in the rain, injuring the;
three Americans aboard.
An Air Force spokesman said
the bodies of the U.S. airmen had
The helicopter crashed two
miles west of the C-119, starting
a small forest fire,
been recovered from the wreck
age of the C-119, which piled up
while on a flight from the 483rd
Troop Carrier Wing at Ashita air
base.
3V4% interest for
U.S. SAVINGS BONDS
AUGUSTA, Ga., (#>—President
Eisenhower Saturday signed a i
bill authorizing an increase in
the interest rate on government
| savings bonds from the current
3 percent to 3Vi percent.
“I invite every citizen to take
advantage of the opportunity of
investing in the now better-than
e v e r United States Savings
Bonds,” the President said in a
statement issued at his vacation
headquarters.
In urging wider purchase of
the bonds covered by the bill, Ei
senhower said they will “provide
even greater financial protection
for our people in the years ahead
and, at the same time, help assure
the financial stability of our
country.”
The Treasury has indicated it
will make the higher rate effec
tive on all Series E and H bonds
sold on or after Feb. 1.
Natives Eat Rabbit
In Moose Scarcity
In Kobnk Area
WASHINGTON, UP>—Fish and
Wildlife personnel of the Interior
Department say that “low bush
moose” and real moose are mak
ing news in Alaska.
The “low bush moose,” which
actually is only the lowly rabbit,
substituted for caribou meat this
winter in the native diet in the
Kobuk and Noatak River area
north of the Yukon.
For some reason unknown to
biologists, the migration pattern
of the caribou herds in Alaska
has changed considerably in the
recent past. This winter there
were only a few caribou in the
lower reaches of these rivers.
Hence, the natives switched to
rabbits, which are reasonably
abundant in that area, for the
main portion of their diet.
Real moose also'are getting at
tention because only about 100
of them were killed during the
past winter by trains on the Alas
j ka Railroad. This a fraction of
I the usual kill. The low mortality
is credited to the light snowfall.
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American Falls Out of Airliner in
Freak Accident 18,000 Feet Over Iraq
ISTANBUL, Turkey, OP)—Iraqi
officials combed through desert
wastes today for the body of an
American sucked out of a French
airliner 18,000 feet above Iraq.
The American, identified by
police as J. R. Nash of Memphis,
Tenn., was enroute from Tehran
to Istanbul when the bazarre ac
cident occurred. The 31-year-old
bachelor was on the last leg of
an aerial round-the-world trip
when he disappeared Saturday
night.
(Air France officials in Paris
said Nash was sucked out of the
Super Constellation when a win
dow near his seat burst.
(But a Paris dispatch quoted
Istanbul police as saying that the
plane in which the accident oc
curred landed there with an es
cape door missing. Air France de
clined commenton that statement.
Super Constellation windows are
about 18 by 16 inches.
Local Air France officials in
Istanbul gave this version:
The airliner was about 25 miles
north of Jirkouk when the third
window on the right side burst
“with a loud explosion.”
Nash, who was asleep in the
seat next to the window, was
sucked out of the plane.
Thd plane immediately filled
with steam as frigid air from out
side poured into the heated cabin.
When the air finally cleared, it
was noticed that Nash was miss
ing. The plane descended to a low
level while shivering passengers
crowded into the front of the
craft until it arrived at Istanbul.
Poll Shows
Alaskans Don’t
Want Statehood
WASHINGTON, WV-Rep. Mil
ler (R-Neb) said Saturday that
returns on a poll taken in Alaska
on the question—“Do you favor
immediate statehood for Alaska”
showed 1,340 were opposed to it
and 503 were in favor of it.
Miller, top - ranking Republi
can on the House Interior Com
mittee, said the poll was taken at
his request through the coopera
tion of Alaska radio stations and
newspapers and at no cost to the
government. The replies came
from more than 30 towns and
cities in Alaska, Miller said.
Miller said recently he had
heard “rumblings” Alaskans
were f^r from unanimous on the
subject and he wanted to hear
from the people on the matter.
As to his own present views on
the matter, Miller said he is
withholding comment.
He noted, however, that the
committee has approved his
amendment to the statehood bill
which would give 50 per cent of
the land area in the territory to
the new state. He said this com
pares with 27 per cent asked by
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska and 6
per cent proposed in 1950.
At the same time, Miller said
a poll taken in his home district
in Nebraska, in which he asked
the same question, showed 84 per
cent favoring statehood for the
territory.
Miller did not indicate how
many persons were polled, either
in Alaska or Nebraska.
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U.S. Newsmen
Should Be Allowed
In Red China: AP
NEW YORK, <#>—'The Board of
Directors of the Associated Press
said today “qualified newsmen
should be allowed to report first
hand from the mainland of
China.”
Commenting on the State De
partment’s refusal to permit U.S.
newsmen to travel to Red China,
the board told the annual meeting
of the members of the Associated
Press, worldwide news agency:
“The most noticeable gap in
our coverage, and one that has
caused much controvery is Com
munist China: We were invited
by the Chinese, along with others,
to send a reporter into the coun
try. The United States Depart
ment of State refused permission
and threatened serious sanctions.”
The directors observed that, de
spite the ban, the AP “did get
first-hand reporting from China
by commissioning a Canadian
newspaperman to make a tour of
the country.”
Newsmen have protested that
the travel ban infringed on the
right of people in the U.S. to
know, thru their own reporters,
about conditions in China. Secre
tary of State Dulles said recently
he and President Eisenhower
have considered dropping the ban
but have failed to find a formula
for doing sol.
Eisenhower to Take Part
In Training Exercises
Aboard Super-Carrier
A'UGUSTA, Ga., OP)—President
Eisenhower will take part in
training exercises aboard the
new 60,000-ton aircraft carrier
Saratoga off the east coast of
Florida June 6-7.
Announcing this today, the
President’s vacation headquarters
said he plans to go aboard the
super-carrier at Mayport, Fla., its
home port, possibly the evening
of June 5. He will fly there from
Washington.
Boy Loots Father’s
Store of $5,000
After Gang Threat
NEW YORK, —A frightened
boy looted his father’s Brooklyn
grocery store of nearly $5,000 in.
a year to pay off a gang of teen
agers, police say.
The boy, Raymond Quinones,
15, of Brooklyn, overcame his
fear of reprisal and pleaded to
police for help Saturday. Shortly
before, his father told the family
the store was losing so much
money the store would have to
close.
Police set a trap in the store.
They gave Raymond marked $10
bills and watched from behind a
counter while he handed the
money over to one of the gang’s
collectors.
That led to the arrest of the al
leged leader of the extortion
racket, John J. Gebbia, 18, and
three younger boys who served as
collectors. Gebbia was charged
with extortion, the three younger
boys with juvenile delinquency.
Raymond said two of the gang
pressed a knife to his throat on
one occasion and threatened: “If
you don’t give us money we will
kill your mother or sister.”
Payments ranged from $5 to
$15 at first. Recently they ran to
$80 a week.
Tommy Manville Will
Wed Texas Showgirl
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., UP)—
Tommy Manville says a towering
Texas showgirl will soon become
his 10th bride.
Manville, 63, said yesterday he
will marry blonde Pat Gaston, 27,
in two weeks. She is appearing in
the “Ziegfield Follies” at a New
York theater.
Manville made his announce
ment at New Rochelle Hospital.
He was there for his annual
checkup. His bride-to-be dropped
by to deliver an Easter basket.
Cost of Living Up 25%
In 6 Years in London
LONDON, —The cost of liv
ing in Britain has gone up 25
percent in the past six years.
The Treasury reported to Par
liament today that the purchasing
power of the pound, calculated on
being worth 20 shillings ($2.80) in
1951, had fallen to 14 shillings 11
pence ($2.10) in purchasing pow
er in March 19’7.
Polar Bear and
! Plane Clash on
| Lonely Ice Island
BARROW, Alaska, —A polar
: bear and an airplane clashed on
j a lonely ice island 15 miles north
I of this tip of North America. It
was a double knockout.
Pilot Jules Thibodeau and a
hunter, Sgt. Walter Sinn of the
Territorial Police, told on their
return here Saturday of the arctic
drama when they landed on the
floating ice to bag the bear.
When the white beast saw the
plane speeding toward it across
the ice, it charged. It reared to its
full eight feet just in time to get
the full impact of the light plane’s
tail.
The bear was knocked out. The
plane was knocked out of com
missidn. When the bear recovered
and started another charge, Sinn
calmly felled it with rifle fire.
Another plane rescued the pair
and brought them to Barrow. The
two men plan to return to the ice
island, repair the disabled plane
and fly it and the bear back.
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'Pope's Easter
| Message Carries
Warning & Hope
VATICAN CITY UP»—Pope Pius
XII has warned that the world
has entered a nuclear age which
could “unexpectedly become en
gulfed in storm.”
But—his words carrying over
St. Peter’s Square strongly—the
Pontiff also promised in his an
nual Easter message there was
hope for the development of a
mighty nuclear era dedicated to
peace.
More than 300,000 pilgrims, the
largest throng ever to listen to a
papal Easter message, gave a tre
mendous cheer as the frail, 81
year-old head of the Roman Cath
olic Church finished speaking.
The piazza looked like white
caps at sea as men, women and
children waved handkerchiefs.
From the obelisk at the center
of the square several hundred
pigeons wheeled into the sky.
Vatican radio and European
TV networks carried the Pope’s
words to millions. In the next few
days the Easter message will be
broadcast in 28 languages.
40 Million People
To Move This Yc^ar,
Says Van Lines
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Anyone
who thinks America has lost its
“git up and go” spirit hasn’t
talked to James D. Edgett of Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Edgett, president of North Am
erican Van Lines, Inc., said some
40 million Americans will move
during the year, continuing a
trend that has made the moving
industry a 600 million dollar busi
ness.
“Since Pearl Harbor,” Edgett
told a business group, “more peo
ple have moved from one home
to another in the United States
than previously moved from one
place to another hn the whole his
tory of civilization.”