GEN. PATTON STAMP
TO BE ISSUED
Stamp collectors will be inter
ested in the General George S.
Patton Jr. commemorative stamp
to be issued by Postmaster Gener
al Arthur Summerfield this fall.
The first day official and
authentic “packet covers” are ex
pected to be issued November 11,
1953, the general’s birthday, at
Fort Knox, Kentucky, Armour
Center, where the famous Gen.
Patton Armour Trophy Museum
is located.
The Cachet Cover carries re
productions of two signatures—
the general’s and Mrs. Beatrice
A. Patton’s. The commemorative
stamp will have the yellow, red
and blue triangular insignia of the
World Wars Tank Corps Associa
tion, the/sponsor of this stamp.
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er is the honored member of the
association, as also was Gen. Pat
ton. A Nomeite is also a member.
Each cover stuffer will tell how
the “Cease Fire Order” of Nov
ember 11, 1918, was declared as
a suitable time for the armistice,
and thereby is an historical event,
heretofore unknown to' the world.
The prices for three covers, can
celled at Ft. Knox, Ky., is $1.
For one such cover the price is
50 cents. Larger quantities at re
duced rates. They may be had
by sending your name, address,
city and state with remittance to
Tom White, National Adjutant,
World Wars Tank Corps Associa
tion, 798 N. Wallace St., Indiana
polis, Indina.
Fairbanks Bars
Using 18 Million
Year Old Ice
FAIRBANKS, UP)—This north
ernmost American city, only 133
miles from the Arctic Circle, is
suffering from an ice shortage.
To fill the gap—and the city’s
tinkling highball glasses — ice is
being dynamited by the ton from
an interior Alaska glacier (esti
mated age: 18 million years) and
trucked 300 miles to the city).
Harvesting the ancient ice is a
dynamite and bulldozer proposi
tion. W. D. Fitzgerald, the city’s
ice house tycoon, took a boiler to
the scene to thaw holes in Worth
ington glacier.
Dynamite blasts are set in the
holes, a bulldozer scoops up the
scattered chunks and they are
sawed into blocks of from 30 to
500 pounds each for trucking.
The sub-Arctic ice problem be
gan developing back in April.
Spring came early—and warmly.
The usual ice supply is cut from
frozen ponds outside the city. But
of the 1,000 tons of ice from the
ponds this year, only about 500
tons were salvaged by summer
to empty the ice house.
There’s a premium on the long
haul, old-age ice. The price has
jumped from the usual $2.30 per
100 pounds to $3 per 100 pounds.
But that 18 million-year-old stuff
has been proving mighty popular
in the spots where folks pull up
a high stool on a hot day.
Andrei Vishinsky Arrives
For U.N. Session On Korea
Affable, Uncommunicative
NEW YORK, W)—The heads of
Russian and British delegations to
the United Nations arrived Tues
day for the U.N. sessions which
will arrange a political conference
for Korea.
Andrei Vishinsky, smiling and
affable, but uncommunicative, ar
rived on the liner Queen Mary.
Selwyn Lloyd, British minister
of state, who came in on a Brit
ish Overseas airliner, was just as
affable and talked freely of the
forthcoming meetings.
Vishinsky voiced a stock an
swer— “I don’t ■' know”—to ques
tions as to whether he would pre
sent any proposals on the ad
mission of Red China to the
United Nations, or on atomic
energy.
Lloyd said “We want to keep
all controversial and acrimonious
topics out,” when he was asked
if the question of Red China’s ad
mission to' the U. N. would be
discussed.
Arnold Granville Named
Education Supervisor
Mr. Arnold Granville has been
named to fill the vacancy of edu
cation supervisor caused by a
change in the assignment of Rob
ert Isaac. His appointment has
been confirmed by the Territorial
Board of Education.
Mr. Granville holds an M.S.
degree in elementary school ad
ministration. His 22 years of
teaching, supervisory, and admin
istrative experience include five
years in Alaska rural schools at
Ninilchik, Seldovia, and Homer,
and four years as principal of the
Anchorage Junior High School
from 1945 to 1949. The past fonr
years he has been engaged in
school administrative work in Or
egon.
Mrs. Leah Macchia, of Douglas,
Alaska, has lSeen named certifica
tion director and her appointment
has been approved by the board.
She will begin her duties Aug. 12,
replacing Miss Marguerite Schu
man, who recently resigned.
Alaska Soldiers Generous
Contributors to Alaskan
Charitable Campaigns
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY,
ALASKA— Soldiers in Alaska are
vigorous supporters of the Bibli
cal advice, “It’s more blessed to
give than to receive.” If a fire
breaks out they help fight it; if a
child wanders off they help find
him; if a charity drive is launched
they give generously of their dol
lars.
A report for the year ending
June 30, 1953, reveals that soldiers
stationed in the territory contrib
uted a total of $63,834.01 to civil
ian charitable campaigns during
the year.
Largest contributions were made
to' the local committees of national
organizations, including the March
of Dimes, American Red Cross,
American Cancer Society and the
National Tuberculosis Associa
tion. These four charities received
a total of $48,972.67.
Local organizations, including
the Boy Scouts, Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association, and many
orphanages were generously sup
ported by Army personnel.
This year’s contributions rep
resent an average increase of al
most $1 per man over the pre
vious year’s donations.
Yearly consumption of milk
products has decreased 4 pounds
per person in the U.S. since 1909.
Robert Waskey Dies
In Washington at 46
By LOUIS HUBER
Death from coronary thrombos
is came to Robert Waskey, 46,
well-known Alaska mining en
gineer, on Aug. 1 in Washington,
D.C. Bob, as as he was known to
hundreds of Alaskans, had been
employed in the nation’s capital
since 1951 in the domestic-expan
sion division of the Defense Min
erals Procurement Administra
tion. His work concerned non
metallic minerals needed for the
nation’s defenses.
Bob Waskey was born in the
city where he died, through the
circumstance that his father,
Frank Waskey—a resident of Dill
ingham, Alaska — was serving
there as Alaska’s first delegate to
Congress. Bob is survived by his
father; his wife, Chloris I. Was
key; his daughter, Patricia; his
brother, John B. Waskey, of Glen
dale, Calif.; and his stepfather,
Capt. Ralph Newcomb, former
Yukon River steamboat pilot, of
Seattle. His mother died in 1939.
Although Bob had traveled over
much of the world in his mining
career, he was well known
throughout central and north
western Alaska. He literally grew
up in the Alaska mining fields,
and had experienced every placer
and hard-rock mining activity
from the muckstick to the draft
ing board.
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