WEATHER FORECAST
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Compiled by the
Cloudy and warmer and snow
today and tonight and Tuesday.
Easterly winds 12-18 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight 20,
high tomorow 27.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
18, lowest 3. Max. wind 13 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 10:02
a.m., sunset at 1:56 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 0, lowest -20. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 37 in
1920, lowest -36 in 1918.
Rail Freight Rates Up
CHICAGO, UP)—An immediate
7 percent increase in freight rates
and charges will be sought by the
nation’s railroads to meet higher
wage and material costs.
BLUEBELL BROWNIES
The Brownies were invested this
week. There were 11 new girls
invested and five girls received
their year pins. One of the moth
ers sent a treat to the troop.
—Rosemary J. Barber, Scribe
SPITOONS BACK
OKLAHOMA CITY, UPl — The
battered cuspidor has returned to
Oklahoma City police headquar
ters, representing a victory for
the veterans over the rookies.
Capt. John Butler ordered the
oldtime spittoons banished from
the station in a move for cleanli
ness. The order was rescinded,
however, after two veteran offi
cers got caught in an embarras
sing spot and complained bitterly.
They both were forced to swallow
a wadful of tobacco.
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See James K. Moses
Eskimo Artist
For hand drawn Alaskan
Christmas cards, also
regular Eskimo life drawings.
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HOT DOGS
CONEY ISLAND RED HOTS
HOME MADE CHILI
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Steaks, Sandwiches & Short Orders
Phone your order in and we will
deliver FREE any order over $6.00
President of Italy Will
Visit U.S. in Late February
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Presi
dent Giovanni Gronchi of Italy
will pay a state visit to the United
States at the end of February.
Announcing this today, White
House Press Secretary Hagerty
said the Italian President’s visit
would involve high-level policy
discussions.
Gronchi’s visit will follow by a
month the scheduled Washington
visit of British Premier Sir An
thony Eden.
SAME TIME, SAME PLACE
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,
(#>—W. R. Cook has been involved
in only two automobile accidents
in his life.
One of them happened yester
day, the other occurred 13 years
ago, also on Dec. 13. Both times
Cook was driving on 13th street.
No one was hurt and damage
was slight in yesterday’s mishap.
MOM AND DAD GET MARRIED
LEXINGTON, Ky., (£> — Juve
nile Trial Commissioner W. Rodes
1 Clay agreed yesterday that matri
mony was a good idea for a man
who said he plans to marry the
mother of his 8-year-old son.
The man told Clay he has lived
with the woman for 11 years and
that the marriage “will be her
Christmas present.”
CHICKEN-FEED IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas, (J*)—A Dallas
oil operator, on being told he had
inherited $552,000, commented:
“That’s not much money around
here, is it?”
The heir, Bailey Balken, 51, and
his cousin, Mrs. Wilhelmina Bailey
Pruyne, 49, of Rolling Hills, Calif.,
each were awarded $552,000 from
the estate of their grandfather,
James M. Bailey.
The world has done more min
ing in the last 40 years than in
all previous history.
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Eskimo Boy From
iNome Is a Hero
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Jonathan Davis, 16, a Nome Es
kimo boy at the Lutheran Mission
Home for children in Cordova,
saved the life of Walter Elisovsky,
12, on Oct. 31.
While the boys were skating on
Eyak Lake the ice broke and Wal
ter was plunged into the icy water.
Unable to pull him out, Jona
than dove in and, swimming un
der water, was able to locate the
unconscious boy and bring him to
the surface, where other boys
helped pull them out.
John Elisovsky and Roger Riese
started artificial respiration, and
Dr. Ray Coffin, who was called,
said the boys and the courage of
Jonathan undoubtedly saved Wal
ter’s life.
The Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn, has sent a small gift to Jon
athan and is urging that Jonathan
be recommended for a Carnegie
Medal.
Big Oil Refinery Fire
Put Out at 16 Below to
Save Town of Moose Jaw
MOOSE JAW, Sask! (J’)—A huge
oil refinery fire which threatened
the east side of this prairie city
of 30,000 people was put out early
this morning.
Firemen fought in windy, 16
below-zero weather to check the
blaze at the Husky Oil Ltd. re
finery.
A fire department official said
the fire was extinguished almost
four hours after a terrifying ex
plosion shook homes in the city as
far as three miles away. At least
four storage tanks containing an
estimated 40,000 gallons of oil ex
ploded. Flaming liquid spewed in
all directions. The cause of the
explosion could not be determined
immediately.
Shop Windows Shattered
In Brawley Earthquake
EL CENTRO, Calif., <#>—Sharp
earthquakes jarred the Imperial
Valley Friday night and early Sat
urday, shaking buildings and shat
tering shop windows in Brawley,
14 miles north of here.
No injuries or fires were re
ported and damage was largely to
plaster, windows, ceilings and
merchandise which toppled from
store shelves.
Patrons emptied theaters and
other public places after the sec
ond and third quakes, which came
about the time most stores were
closing.
A two-block section in down
town Brawley was evacuated by
police as a safety precaution and
to prevent looting of the window
less stores.
NOVEMBER WEATHER
The weather during November,
1955, was mostly near normal ex
cept for temperatures that aver
aged considerably below normal.
The average monthly tempera
ture was 8.9 degrees, a departure
from normal of minus 7.9 degrees.
The lowest temperature was -22
degrees on Nov. 30.
J John F. Hielscher, who celebrat
j ed his 89th birthday June 15, died
! at his home in Seattle Nov. 27. He
| and his devoted wife, Leah G., who
] died last year at 88, were known
as the couple who traveled in a
Model T Ford which they bought
in 1923 and for which he refused
the offer of the Ford Co. to re
place it with their latest model.
The couple had just celebrated
their 63rd wedding anniversary
prior to his death.
Survivors are two sons, Ernest
J., Seattle, and Herbert H., An
chorage, who left the Constitution
al Convention at Fairbanks to be
present at the funeral; a sister,
Miss Mary S. Hielscher, Seattle;
three grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To McGrath: Edgar Gardner,
Fred Bourdon.
To Unalakleet: Selma Toshavik,
Daisy Krosvold, Art Johnson.
To Anchorage: O. Burmaster,
Col. Bartholomew, Col. Lamee,
Col. Gray, Geo. Jackson, Mary
Rowley, R. L. Stewart, Mrs. Jack
Jenkins, Waynd* Dralle, August
Ricci, Morris Thompson, Lilly
Apongalook, Fred Shellenberger,
Charles Zesiger, Kelley Weiss,
Bill Gilden, Don Smith, Robert
Soyk.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Farbanks: Benny Cock
rell, Margaret McDonald, G. W.
Strickland, H. P. Bowdin, Frank
D. Thomas, Raymond Akin, Lacy
Heath, Loretta Snyder, June Dun
bar, Edward Lucas, Allan Drahn.
To Fairbanks: Frank, Judy and
Jack Morris, June Rotman, John
Greer.
From Galena: Leo Luckett. To
Galena: John Hendricks.
From Kotzebue: James Moses,
O. C. Burmaster, Robert H. Soyk,
Donald Smith.
Defense Contract
Bidding Scrapped,
Vinson Reveals
WASHINGTON, MV-Chairman
Vinson (D - Ga) of the House
Armed Services Committee says
the “traditional system of free ad
vertised bidding” has virtually
been scrapped in the awarding of
defense contracts.
Vinson said last night the ser
vices have adopted “shocking”
practices of awarding contracts
through direct negotiation. And he
said these practices may have
needlessly resulted in an unbal- %
anced budget.
Of nearly $36Vfe billion in con
tracts awarded between Jan. 1,
1953, and June 30, 1955, only $2
billion were contracted for by ad
vertised competitive bidding, Vin
son said in a statement.
A 10 percent reduction in these
contracts would have balanced the
federal budget, he said, adding:
“I venture to say that adver
tised competition among skilled
producers would have gotten that
result, at a minimum.”
Vinson said an investigation by
a subcommittee headed by Rep.
Hebert (D-La) has convinced him
he should ask Congress “to do
some first class overhauling” of
the Defense Procurement Act.
Direct negotiation of defense
contracts is permitted under a
presidential proclamation issued
in 1950 following the entry of Red
China into the Korean War.
'DRY' OFFICE PARTIES
FRANKFORT, Ky., MV- Taking
the alcohol out of Christmas was
one of the first official actions
of Gov. A. B. Chandler yesterday.
Chandler, inaugurated for his
second term Tuesday, forbade the
use of alcoholic beverages at
Christmas parties in state offices.
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