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By steadily prolonging the life expectancy of polio patients in iron lungs,
March of Dimes research has intensified the problem of long-term patient
care. Now the March of Dimes seeks to win release for patients con
demned to these iron homes. The past two years have seen progress in
this direction with many more patients being freed from “lungs.”
Alaska's GOP Chairman Rode
In Gov. Gruening's Car In
Ike's Inaugural Parade
SEATTLE, Iff) — The inaugural
parade in Washington provided
one spectacle that probably would
•have made the folks in Juneau
•blink their eyes.
Elton Engstrom, Alaska’s Re
publican chairman, told about it
here on his way home from Wash
ington.
A car had been provided for
the Governor of Alaska in the
procession. But the governor had
to leave the city before parade
•tirrtfe. Someone was needed in the
c..r :o represent the Territory.
So—when the procession passed
by, ihere was Alaska’s Republican
chi irman riding solemnly in a car
emblazoned: “Governor Gruening
Alaska.”
ESCAPED POWs CAPTURED
SEOUL, (#i—Five North Korean
war prisoners escaped from a
compound on Koje Island Friday
but were captured by Japanese
police on Tsushima Island yester
day, a spokesman for the U.N.
POW command at Pusan said to
night.
Collins Goes To Korea
WASHINGTON, UP) — Gen. J.
Lawton Collins, Army chief of
staff, left by plane Saturday for
an inspection and conference trip
to Korea and the Tokyo head
quarters of the Far East Com
mand.
He will be gone one week.
Although Collins will be in the
Far East as the Eighth Army pre
pares to change command, he said
the trip had been planned for
some time and did not relate dir
ectly to that change.
However, he expects to meet in
Tokyo, before his return, with
Gen. James Van Fleet, Eighth
Army commander, and Lt. Gen.
Maxwell Taylor, the man who is
succeeding Gen. Van Fleet.
BOY KILLED BY GOLF BALL
WHILE FLYING KITE
PASO ROBLES, Calif., UR —
Six-year-old Eric Hanson died
yesterday after being hit in the
chest by a golf ball driven by
Charles Bakeman, 18, who was
practicing in the High School
stadium.
Young Hanson was flying a
kite in the stadium.
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Kangaroos Use Boxing
Gloves to Down Whizkids
Third Game In a Row
By HERB WILLIAMS
The Kangas Kangaroos made it
three straight wins over the Wil
liams Whizkids as they edged
their rivals 28-26 last Friday in
the preliminary tilt which was
followed by the Nome Nanooks
defeating the CAP 45-36.
The preliminary game was a
hard fought affair as the score
was only 4-2 in favo'r of the Whiz
kids at the end of the quarter
as each member of the two teams
played with on boxing glove on
his shooting hand. In the second
period the gloves were removed
and the Kangaroos led at the half
11 to 8.
The Whizkids came back strong
in the third period and took the
lead 20-18 and in the final quar
ter the lead changed hands sev
eral times before the Kangaroos
gained their third win 28-26.
Robert Summer paced the win
ners with 13, Willie Willoya 8,
Dave Bell 4, and Glen Tate 3.
For the losers, Corky Kost 8, Vic
Karmun 6, Douglas Cabinboy 4,
Bob Herman, Charlie Fagerstrom,
Jack Muller and A1 Aukon, two
points each.
The Nanooks picked up their
12th win of the season as they
beat a tough CAP team who held
them to a 9-9 score at the quar
ter. The High School took up the
slack in the second period and
increased their margin by half
time to 26-19. In the third period
the Nanooks limited their oppo
nents to 4 points while picking
up 9 to lead 35-23 and then in
the final quarter stood off a CAP
rally which fell short by 9. Final
score 45-36.
Elmer Greene was high point
man for the game with 14, Buzzy
Swamberg 8, Milt Willoya 7, Pete
Larsen 6, George Bell 4, Robert
Summers, A1 Sahlin and Chubby
Olsen, 2 each. For the CAP, Bill
Dann and Frenchy Levesque, 9
points each, Kliest 7, Harris 6,
McClure 3 and Kramer 2.
Tuesday night’s games: at 7,
32nd Tundrabirds against the
142nd Radar and at 8:15 the Nome
Nanooks meet Lomen Commercial.
MESSAGE DATE SET
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower will deliver his state
of the union message before a
joint session of Congress at 12:30
p.m. next Monday.
Statesman Found Hanged
In Georgetown Home
WASHINGTON, UR — John C.
Montgomery, 41, chief of the State
Department’s Finnish desk, was
found hanged early Saturday in
the fashionable Georgetown home
of attorney A. Marvin Braverman,
where Montgomery lived.
Returning home at about 4 a.m.
from an engagement, Braverman
found the body sprawled nude on
a second floor landing.
Homicide detectives said Mont
gomery had hanged from the
third floor stair railing by a bath
robe sash and a hempen cord,
which apparently had broken
under the weight, allowing the
body to tumble a flight below.
Montgomery had lived for
about five years in a third floor
room of Braverman’s three-story
home. Like the latter, who1 often
has been linked romanticaly with
Miss Margaret Truman, Mont
gomery was well-known socially.
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, described
Montgomery’s position as a re
sponsible one entailing the handl
ing of classified documents.
Montgomery was a member of
the Men’s Club at the St. John’s
Episcopal Church, and only Fri
day read from the prayer book at
a noon service for businessmen,
his pastor said.
SEOUL, Iff)—Gen. James A. Van
Fleet, who turns over command
off the Eighth Army next month
to Lt. Gen. Maxwell Taylor, said
Saturday he would “with heavy
heart” say goodbye to his troops
of many free nations.
Retirement of the 60-year-old
amiable general from active duty
was announced in Washington on
Friday. Taylor, a fiery, 5<l-year
old paratrooper, was scheduled to
leave for Tokyo Monday.
After conferring with General
Mark Clark, United Nations com
mander, Taylor will’ come to
Korea to take command early in
February. Van 'Fleet, whose re
tirement from the Army becomes
effective March 31, will leave for
the United States—and possibly
for a high post in the United Na
tions.
General Clark said in Tokyo
Saturday that with Van Fleet’s
retirement the United States is
losing one of its most outstanding
officers.
Inventory Blanks at Nome Nugget
Hermit Rector, Who
Preached to Empty Pews
For 22 Years, Found Dead
WARLEGGAN, Cornwall, Eng
land, iff) — The hermit rector of
Warleggan, who preached only to
empty pews for 22 years, has
given his last sermon.
Rev. Frederick William Den
sham, boycotted by his parishion
ers since 1931, was found dead
Saturday night on the stairway of
his rectory. He was 83, and police
said death was due to natural
causes.
Densham fell out with his con
gregation when he decided to
abolish the Sunday school. They
also complained he held services
at odd hours, erected a barbed
wire barricade around the rectory
and let savage watchdogs roam
inside to insure his privacy.
The bishop held an inquiry
into the complaints but refused
to remove the rector.
The 160 members of the parish
then boycotted the church.
But Densham went right on
conducting services — some 2,000
in more than two decades — to
empty pews. In the front rows
he placed cards bearing the names
of 30 of his deceased predecessors
as rector. That was his sole
audience.
Retired Admiral Kills Self
And Mother In Hotel
SAN DIEGO, Calif., UP) — Police
sought a motive Saturday for the
pistol deaths of a retired Navy
admiral and his mother whose
bodies were found in a hotel room.
A radio was still playing when
officers broke in on the grim
scene Friday.
The coroner said that Chese
ford Brown, 47, a retired rear
admiral, killed his mother, Mrs.
Jane Brown, about 70, then shot
himself.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Boyd Harwood, Pres.
George Bayer, Secy.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Boyd C. Harwood, W.M.
Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meet*
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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