Dance Instructor
Indicted In Cecil
Wells Murder Case
FAIRBANKS, Itf) — A federal
grand jury has indicted a former
Alaska dancing school instructor
on a charge of attempting to sol
icit perjured testimony in connec
tion with the sensational Cecil
Wells murder case.
William Colombany, friend of
slain Cecil Wells’ blonde wife,
Diane, was indicted secretly by a
federal grand jury here in Jan
uary. Mrs. Wells committed sui
cide in Los Angeles last year.
Wells, 51, former president of
the All-Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, was found shot to death in
his apartment at Fairbanks Oct.
17, 1953, and his wife badly bat
tered and bruised. She told of
ficers intruders had Jpeaten her
into unconsciousness and she did
not know’ how her husband was
killed.
The indictment was revealed
after Mildred Lanore Gilmore,
Colombany’s attorney, arrived
here from Los Angeles to investi
gate the charges. She said Coiom
bany was arrested in Los An
geles on March 1 on the indict
ment. He was released on $3000
bail and now is at liberty.
“Bill Colombany has been in
Managua, Nicaragua, several
times in the past few months and
he has made no attempt to evade
this action,” she said. “De re
turned to the United States of his
own free wull to face this charge.
He is willing to return to Alaska, j
but first we want to know' the ;
nature of the charges against!
him.”
The attorney indicated she
might advise Colombany to' fight
extradition.
Specifically the indictment;
charges him with attempting to
obtain perjured testimony from
one Robert Caffey, former musi
cian here who is now reported
to be in Yukon Territory. Caffey
was formerly associated with
Colombany in dancing schools at
Anchorage and Fairbanks. Caffey
was also a musician at the Talk
of the Town night club here,
where Johnny Warren, another
figure in the sensational Wells
case, had interests.
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Examinations Announced
For Postmasters At
Nome and Kotzebue
Two new examinations for
postmaster have been announced
by the U.S. Civil Service Commis
sion. They are for the posts at
Kotzebue and Nome and the com
mission will accept applications
until May 3rd. The Kotzebue post
pays $4058 a year and the Nome
post, $5070 a year.
Competitors must have at least
two years of experience showing
! that they have the ability to con
i duct and manage the community’s
postal business efficiently and to
supervise employees so that cus
tomers are satisfied with the ser
vice.
Competitors must show that
they can deal with the public
agreeably and effectively and that
they are reliable citizens who
would command the respect and
confidence of patrons of the post
office.
Applicants must take a written
test. Those who pass will be as-,
signed final ratings on the basis;
of this test and on their experi-!
ence, ability, and character.
There is a one-year residence re
quirement and applicants must
be at least 25 years of age and
must not have passed their 63rd
birthday.
Application forms must be filed
with the U.S. Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, IBlC.,
and must be received or post
marked not later than the clos
ing date, May 3, 1955.
Investigate Reported Slavery
BOMBAY, India, 15**—Hydera
bad police got a court order today
to investigate a complaint that "the
Nizam—reputedly one of the rich
est men in the world—is keeping
300 women, 100 men and an un
known number of children vir
tually as slaves in his palace.
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From the Book of Daniel
SUN., MON. & TUE.
April 10, 11 and 12
*ufrinf RICHARD CONTE • LINDA CHRISTIAN
Fifty Cities Will
Be Targets Mock
H-Attack June 15
WASHINGTON, W*—Fifty Am
erican cities including Seattle and
Portland in the Pacific North
west and Anchorage, Fairbanks
and Juneau in Alaska will be the
targets in a mock hydrogen bomb
raid June 15.
The Office of Defense Mobiliz
ation, announcing plans for the
stimulated attack Monday, said it
will test Civil Defense prepared
ness, evacuation and survival
techniques. .
It also wdll provide a tryout
of secret relocation centers from
which the government would be
operated in a real emergency.
Under ODM plans, President
Eisenhower and 15,000 other fed
eral employes will move to the
relocation centers at the start of
the “raid” at 11 a.m. June 15.
Some government officials, in
cluding cabinet officers, will be
advised they are “casualties” and
their places will be taken by al
ready - designated “successors”
whose job it will' be to organize
a system to continue operation of
the government from the reloca
tion centers.
The Civil Defense phase of the
test will end at 1 p.m. on June 16
but the government operation will
continue through June 17.
Some people aren’t the life of
the party until they leave.
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Fourth Change In Boundaries For
Proposed Special Defense Areas In
Alaska Confuses Delegate Bartlett
WASHINGTON, UP) — There’s*
been another change in the boun
daries for the proposed special
defense areas of Alaska.
The areas, to be set aside for
possible military designation by
the President if Alaska is granted
statehood, were proposed in an
effort to ease the administration’s
opposition Jo Alaskan statehood
now because of national security
questions said to be involved.
There have been several versions
of the exact territory involved.
The latest change, the Depart
ment of Interior has advised
chairman Engle of the House In
sular Affairs Committee, results
from a “typographical error.”
Qrme Lewis, assistant secre
tary, told Engle that where the
i department’s March 22 proposal
refers to latitude 53 degrees 30
minutes north,” it should have
read “latitude 57 degrees 30 min
utes north.”
Delegate Bartlett conceded
Tuesday the rapidly moving line
has left him “confused.”
Advising Wendell Kay, Speaker
of the Alaska House of Represent
atives, of the new change, Bart
lett declared:
“If you find yourself confused
by now as to the multiplicity of
1 lines, allow me to State I am |
exactly in the same fix.”
Including the “typographical
error,” the line represents the
fourth to be submitted in connec
tion with consideration of legis
lation to admit Alaska to state
hood.
Interior said its earlier pro
posal, now corrected, was sug
gested to “ease” the defense tprob
lem which it said had not been
adequately handled in previous
proposals. The Defense Dept,
gave it a lukewarm endorsement,
saying it “comes nearer” than
earlier proposals to meeting its
problems.
Bartlett said the line as cor
rected follows down the Porcu
pine, Yukon and Kuskokwim Riv
ers to a point “just south of Dali
Lake and just north of Kusko
vak.” It then drops south to lati
tude 57 degrees 30 minutes north,
makes a right-angle turn due east
to the 156th degree of longitude
and drops south along the 156th
meridian.
The old furlong, still sometimes
used in measurements, represent
ed the distance it was supposed a
yoke of oxen could plow without
resting — “one furrow long” or
22 yards.
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