Joint Congress Hears Sandburg Laud
4Ineomparable’ Civil War President
I By The Associated Press)
Abraham Lincoln was termed
incomparable yesterday while
thousands joined in paying hom
age to his memory in the United
States and abroad.
That singular word of praise
was voiced by one of the ranking
Lincoln scholars, Carl Sandburg,
before a joint session of Congress.
The white-haired poet put it this
way:
“Not often in the story of man
kind does a man arrive on earth
who is as hard as rock and as
soft as drifting fog, who holds in
his heart and mind the paradox of
terrible storm and peace unspeak
able and perfect. The incompar
able Abraham Lincoln, born 150
years ago this day, is an approach
if not a perfect realization of this
character.”
Sandburg was the principal
speaker at ceremonies in Washing
ton atended by Justices of the Su
preme Court, members of the
President’s Cabinet and the Dip
lomatic Corps.
Hundreds made a pilgrimmage
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to Lincoln’s marble tomb in Oak
Ridge Cemetery in Springfield,
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In a program there the national
commander of the American Le
gion, Preston J. Moore, stated that
Lincoln’s qualities are sorely
needed in this atomic era.
“If the United States will but
face up to its task, we can solve
the life-or-death riddle of the
atomic age,” Moore said. “The so
lution lies in showing to the world
that our way of life holds the
greatest promise for struggling
mankind.”
President Eisenhower led a
birthday eve tribute to the Civil
War President, and stated that
Lincoln belongs to humanity.
Eisenhower earlier quoted Lin
coln in an appeal for governmen
tal economy and a balanced bud
get.
He made the allusion in declar
ing Lincoln was against borrowing
money and “an overwhelming,
crushing system.”
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Juneau Miss Chosen For
Alaska Princess At Cherry j
Blossom Festival In D. C.
SEATTLE, (#>—Miss Carla Car
ter, 20-year-old University of
Washington junior yesterday was
probably the most surprised and
happiest young lady in Seattle.
Late yesterday afternoon she re
ceived a long distance telephone
call from her father, Dr. C. C. Car
ter of Juneau, informing her she
had been chosen the Alaska prin
cess to represent her state in the
annual Washington, D. C., Cherry
Blossom Festival to be held in
April.
Official announcement of the
selection was made by Senator
Bob Bartlett at a luncheon before
the Juaeau Chamber of Com
merce.
Along with the coveted honor
Miss Carter won the added laur
els of being the first so chosen
since Alaska became the 49th
State.
The State of Washington, too,
can take pride in the selection, as
Miss Carter was born October 10,
1938, in Everett. Her stay was
brief, though, as her family moved
to Juneau four weeks after her
birth.
Miss Carter is specializing in
home economics and journalism
at the University of Washington.
She is a member of the Delta Zeta
Sorority.
Ad Exec. Says He Will
Wed Widow of Fred Allen
NEW YORK, UP) — An adver
tising executive says he will
marry Portland Hoffa, former
radio personality and widow of
comedian Fred Allen.
Joseph Rines, who operates a
TV advertising firm here and
maintains a home in Los Angeles,
said Thursday night that the mar
riage would take place next Mon
day in the Actors’ Chapel of St.
Malachy’s Roman Catholic Church,
Manhattan.
Rines added that he and Miss
Hoffa had known each other for
many years. Allen died in 1956.
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Service Personnel
Stage Walkout In
Pan Am Strike
MAIMI, Fla., (ff) — Pursers and
stewardesses refused to man Pan
American World Airways planes
here yesterday after a walkout of
porters and stock clerks.
The first two flights left on
schedule.
A company spokesman said &e
flights to Nassau and Havana, had
supervisory personnel in place of
the service crews. Pilots are not
involved in the work stoppage.
A number of mechanics also
stopped work in sympathy with
the porters.
Pursers, stewardesses, porters
and mechanics are members of
the Transport Workers Union,
which has authorized a strike
against Pan Am in an attempt to
gain a shorter work week. Yester
day’s demonstration apparently
was unconnected with this.
The stock clerks, backed by the
Teamsters Union, walked out in
protest against changes in main
tenance procedures adopted after
the airline’s move to the new Mi
ami terminal.
Twenty-one porters and 263
stock clerks quit work.
Pan Am issued a statement that
any strike by the transport work
ers union before March 2 would
be illegal. It pointed out a 30
day cooling off period now is in
effect under terms of the Railway
Labor Act.
A company spokesman said the
porters protested transfer to an
assignment which prevents them
from carrying baggage for pas
sengers and getting tips.
PAUL, SR., REINSTATED
AS ATTORNEY AT LAW
JUNEAU — William L. Paul,
Alaska native leader, many-time
Republican Legislative candidate,
and controversial political figure,
has been re-admitted to the prac
tice of law in Alaska.
Judge Raymond J. Kelly, act
ing on a recommendation from
the Alaska Bar Association, re
admitted Paul in Juneau recently.
Paul, who has made his home
in Seattle the past winter, has
been disbarred in Alaska for 22
years.
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Newly Installed
WASHINGTON, (#> — A simple,
accurate remote control device for
recording earthquakes and mon
itoring atomic explosions has been
developed by a government scien
tist.
The robot quake recording seis
mograph, which is now set up on
an Arizona mountainside can de
tect atomic explosions in the
United States and throughout the
Pacific Ocean area.
Although the government did
not say so, it was believed the in
strument might be valuable in
policing any agreement to ban
nuclear bomb tests.
Richard R. Ross, an electronic
scientist with the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, developed the sys
tem. It is now in use 15 miles
from the Tucson Megnetic Ob
servatory.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey,
part of the Commerce Department,
plans to use the system at Hono
lulu and Fairbanks.
Seattle Firm Awarded
Kotzebue Hospital Contract
WASHINGTON, UP — Chris
Berg, Inc., Seattle, yesterday was
awarded a $2,861,000 contract to
build a 504>ed hospital and hous
ing for Public Health Service per
sonnel at Kotzebue.
Surgeon General Leroy E. Bur
ney of the Health Service said
the one-story general medical and
surgical hospital will serve more
than 7,000 Alaska natives, pri
marily Eskimos living in or near
Kotzebue.
Replacing two small obsolete
buildings, the new facility is ex
pected to be completed in De
cember, 1960.
Clyde Beatty Finishes
Performance After Injury
In Tangle With Lion
DETROIT, UP — A lion clawed
Clyde Beatty’s arms yesterday
night but the animal trainer com
pleted his Shrine Circus act be
fore going to a hospital for treat
ment.
Six stitches were taken in Be
atty’s right arm. He suffered sev
eral scratches on his left arm.
Beatty was injured when Caes
ar, a 10-year-old African lion,
knocked the trainer’s gun and
chair from his hands and slashed
both arms with his claws.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
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No. 140
Norv<n ^ Lewis Sec.
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE, President
MARY DIEDE, Secretary.
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