Young Mother Kills Two
Daughters Because
She Was So Mean
EAST LANSING, Mich., UO —
A pretty, young mother who ad
mitted killing her two small
daughters Friday “because I’m so
mean” remained in fair condition
Saturday in a East Lansing hospi
tal from wounds suffered in an
unsuccessful* suicide attempt.
Police said Mrs. Helen Streiter,
the 25-year-old wife of a Michigan
State College graduate student,
admitted killing her daughters,
Sandra, 4, and Rhonda, 2Vz, Fri
day in the small campus barracks
apartment which the family has
occupied since 1947. *
60 of 80 Doolittle Tokyo
Raiders Hold 11th Reunion
SAN DIEGO, Calif., UPi—Mem
bers of the 1942 Doolittle air raid
on Tokyo in World War II heard
their leader tell them that “air
power is the only thing that can
insure peace.”
Retired Air Force Lieutenant
Gen. James H. Doolittle, here for
the 11th anniversary of the first
air strike of the war against
Japan, also told his raiders at a
reunion here last night:
“If we get into a war, it [air
power] is the only thing that can
assure victory.”
Of the 80 original raiders, 60
are still alive.
Alaska Airlines Request
SEATTLE, [1ft — A Civil Aero
nautics Board hearing on the ap
plication of Alaska Airlines to
make Anchorage a regular stop
on its Portland - Seattle - to - Fair
banks flights probably will be
held in June, Nelson David, presi
dent of the line, said Saturday.
The line also has asked to fly
from Seattle to the Haines-Skag
way area in southeastern Alaska.
GAMBELL NEWS
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
April 16
Nothing happened worth tell
ing the world about until today,
when an eight pound baby boy
was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Irrigoo of Gambell at 4:35 a.m.
The baby is named Hansen B.
Irrigoo.
Only a few hours later Steven
Aningayou’s boat struck and kill
ed a whale. Skin boats towed the
whale through very little open
water, coming about 10 miles
from the beach, when they de
cided to cut it up before it got
dark. About three fourths of the
black skin was brought home be
fore leaving the rest of the meat
and blubber. Boats reached Gam
bell just a little before dark,
about 9 p.m.
The heavy shore ice has just
recently broken away from the
beach. The shore ice was 5 to 10
miles deep all around Gambell,
nevertheless, the natives had pull
ed their skin boats on the ice be
fore it drifted away.
Polar bears have been sighted
many times this month. The first
was seen by Nolan Silook this
winter, shot at several times, but
missed. On Easter Sunday, the
church bell aroused several bears
west of the village, and one boat
went after them. The boat return
ed without the bears. The boys
had shot at them but missed them
all, only one shot had scratched
one of the bears’ paws. They saw
blood on his tracks later.
Seattle Paper Man Named
Director F & WL Service
WASHINGTON, UR— A Seattle
man, John L. Farley, longtime
employee of the Crown Zellerbach
Corp. and World War II colonel,
was appointed director of the
Fish and Wildlife Service Friday.
Secretary of the Interior McKay
announced the appointment and
said Farley would replace Albert
M. Day, who has been offered an*
other position in the service. Day
has been director the past seven
years.
Farley, 61, said at Seattle he
planned to go to Washington on
about June 1 to assume his new
position. He said he will go on
leave status from Crown Zeller
bach and that he plans to main
tain his official residence at Se
attle.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Eisenhower Orders
Presidential Yacht
“Moth-Balled”
AUGUSTA, Ga., (^—President
Eisenhower has ordered the Pres
idential yacht Williamsburg out
of service and into the “mothball
fleet” because “the White House
believes it is a symbol of needless
luxury.”
Eisenhower’s press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, used those
words in announcing the decision
today at the President’s vacation
headquarters.
Between now and June 30 —
when the Williamsburg will be
stored away by the Navy — the
yacht will be used twice weekly
for Potomac River and Chesa
peake Bay cruises for wounded
war veterans, Hagerty said.
He added that the yacht, which
was used frequently by former
President Truman, will be taken
out of Presidential service May
31. “It is being placed in the
mothball fleet,” Hagerty said,
“because the White House be
lieves it is a symbol of needless
luxury in a federal budget the
administration is trying to cut
as much and as fast as possible.”
The secretary estimated annual
cost of operating the yacht at
$600,000. A saving of that much
won’t be realized, however, be
cause that figure includes the sal
aries of its crew of 123 officers
and men, who simply will be
transferred to other duty.
Actual cost of operating the
ship itself is estimated at about
$75,000 a year.
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Boyd Harwood, Pres.
George Bayer, Secy.
ALASKA CHAPTER HO. 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, WJL
Karl P. Dewey, See.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
POLAR CURIO SHOP
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
— 486 FIRST AVE. WEST —
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