2 G.I.s Killed, 3 Injured
In Naknek Accident
ANCHORAGE, Iff!—A crane
buckled and dropped a 4,000-gal
lon tank of asphalt at Naknek
Air Force Base Wednesday, killing
two soldiers and seriously injur
ing three others.
An Air Force spokesman said
the men, all members of Com
pany B -of the 813th Engineer
Aviation Battalion, were struck
by the crane’s collapsing boom as
they attempted to escape the cas
cading asphalt.,
RIVETER RICH WITH REFUND
SANTA MONICA, Calif., OR —
Mrs. Nettie G. Freeman, a $1.83
an hour riveter in an aircraft
plant, is embarrased with riches.
She received a $4,131.42 check as
a refund on her income tax. Mrs.
Freeman figured the government
owed her $148.80.
Mrs. Freeman doesn’t intend ter
cash it, but the income tax office
is open only during the hours she
is at work.
“I couldn’t sleep last night,” she
said, “just thinking about what
would happen if I lost it.”
FUTURE OF N.Y. CENTRAL
UP TO' ROBERT YOUNG
NEW YORK, lS)—The future of
the nation’s second biggest rail
road, the New York Central, lay
today in the hands of Texas-born
financier Robert R. Young.
He won the bitter fight for con
trol by a margin of 1,070,000
shares out of the Central’s grand
total of 6,447,410, an authoritative
source who declined to be named !
said today.
Cohn Excused From
National Guard Training
ALBANY, OR —The New York
National Guard has excused Roy
M. Cohn temporarily from field
training so he can continue to
take part in the McCarthy-Army
hearings.
Cohn, 27, a first lieutenant in
the guard, had been scheduled to
report to Camp Kilmer, N.J., for
two weeks of routine training.
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FDR Jr. Is Candidate for
Gubernatorial Nomination
NEW YORK, UR — Franklin D.
Roosevelt Jr., has come out as an
active candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for governnor
of New York—a job his father
held from 1928 until 1932 when
he became President.
Roosevelt’s candidacy was re
ported after a conference Friday
with two top Democratic leaders
of New York City, Carmine De
Sapio and Charles A. Buckley.
Nixon’s Car Struck
LOS ANGELES, UP)—'Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon’s auto
mobile was struck Friday night
by a swerving car which then col
lided head-on with the Secret Ser
vice car following it.
No one was hurt. Nixon, after
a three or four-minute delay in
which he walked back across the
intersection to ascertain that no
one had been injured, proceeded
to his parents’ home in nearby
Whittier.
May Weather Summary
The weather during May at
Nome was very pleasant, with
mild temperature and only a little
precipitation. Run-off of melted
snow and ice and ice breakup in
the streams was very gradual,
resulting in no excessively high
water and very little wash-out
damage.
Rattlesnake Bite Fatal
A VENAL, Calif., UP)—C. Morris
son, 48 - year - old construction
worker, died Friday 45 minutes
after he was bitten by a rattle
snake.
A doctor, in whose office he
died, said the snake’s fang pene
trated the large vein on the back
of Morrison’s hand and the venom
traveled straight to the heart.
ALASKA ELECTRIC WORKERS
GET PAY RAISE TO S4.25/HR.
ANCHORAGE, UP)—A 1 a s k a n
electrical workers were granted a
321/2-cent-an-hour wage increase
Friday by the joint labor-man
agement council on industrial re
lations. It brings the hourly wage
for workers in Anchorage and
Fairbanks areas to $4.25.
TAX-EXEMPT DOG
CHESTER, N.J., UP)—A 12-year
old dog veteran of the World War
II K-9 Corps, with honorable dis
charge papers, was granted a vet
eran’s exemption on his annual
license fee.
The Township Committee, on
the recommendation of Patrolman
George I. Francis, voted to waive
the fee for owner James Kerr.
SERVICE CLEANERS
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Pioneer Women
Give $5,000 for
Student Loans
(Collegiate)
Two officers of Pioneer Women
of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, on
May 12 presented a $5,000 check
to University President Ernest N.
Patty on behalf of their organiza
tion. They stipulated the money
be used “as a student perpetual
loan fund.”
The organization is the only
one of its kind in existence. Its
motto clearly indicates the re
quirements of membership: “We
Came to Alaska or the Yukon
Watershed Prior to Jan. 1, 1908.”
Mrs. Merl (Agnes K.) Thomas,
president, and Mrs. Clara L. Rust,
secretary, presented the money to
Dr. Patty. They said the organiza
tion was pleased to know Dr.
Patty heads the university and
wanted to present the $5,000 to
him for his students’ use.
They explained the organization
will exist ohly so long as the
present membership remain alive.
They want to know that the mon
ey, part of a sum received when
they recently sold their hall in
Fairbanks, will do good for others
when they no longer are alive.
Dr. Patty thanked the organiza
tion and stated “this money could
be put to no better use than aid
ing the future leaders of Alaska to
receive their training for the im
portant work of developing the
territory the Pioneer Women of
Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, helped
establish.”
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
GERI FAGEHS’htOM WILL BE
GUEST OF CAP TOUR IN JULY
Nome CAP announced today
that Cadet Capt. Geri Fagerstrom
has been selected to represent
the Nome Squadron on a trip to
the Mid-West in July.
Geri will be the guest of the
Michigan-Illinois Wing of Civil
Air Patrol on a 15-day tour of
the mid-western states, including
the industrial areas of Michigan
and Illinois. Transportation will
be provided by the Air Force.
Alex Miller Elected
Head of Alaska VFW
SITKA, Alaska, —Alex Miller
of Fairbanks was elected com
mander of the Alaska department
of Veterans of Foreign Wars here
Friday at the group’s ninth an
nual encampment.
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| Firm Gets Rights on
13 Billion Board Feet for
New Alaska Development
JUNEAU, Alaska, WV-The U.S.
Forest Service accepted a $10,000
certified check from Pacific
Northern Timber Co. of Portland
Wednesday to set the stage for
another southeastern Alaska lum
ber and pulp industry develop
ment.
It was the initial payment on
rights to three billion board feet
of timber in the Wrangell area.
The oregon firm was the Only
bidder at the Forest Service “auc
tion” sale in the office of Regional
Forester A. W. Greeley.
Pacific Northern’s announced
plans are for a sawmill about a
mile north of Wrangell as the
first step in the development pro
gram.
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