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ELECTRONIC DEVICE
TESTS TORPEDOES
ON DRY LAND
PASADENA, Calif., UP)—T h e
Navy has given its first public
demonstration of an electronic de
vice which tests torpedoes on dry
land and communicates with the
torpedo while it is in action.
The demonstration of' the mech
anism, called a hydrodynamic
simulator, was given at the U.S.
Naval Ordnance test station here
Friday.
The simulator houses the actual
torpedo in a moveable table in one
room and charts by electronics
what the “tin fish” would actually
pe doing in water.
Because the torpedo has its own
mechanisms to control direction,
depth, and speed and can change
or reverse its course, the simula
tor must reproduce water pres
sures at various depths and show
the performance of the torpedo as
it would travel through the ocean.
Anchorage Chamber Urges
Alaska Employers To Give
Preference to Alaskans
ANCHORAGE, UPt—1The Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce Friday
urged Alaska employers to give
preference *o qualified, resident
Alaskans in filing local job oppor
tunities.
The action followed a recent
ruling by the National Labor Re
lations Board that preference
clauses for Alaskans are illegal.
The chamber stated in a resolu
tion that the “economic well-being
of Alaska is dependent to a great
degree upon near full-employment
of its resident wage earners.”
While labor shortages formerly
made it necessary to import out
, side labor, the resolution said, a
growth in resident population has
made such practice unnecessary
in the past two years.
Twelve Stratojet B-47s
Arrive California From
England, 12 Hrs., 21 Min.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., IffL^Twelve
big Stratojet B-47 bombers com
pleted an exercise in “global mo
bility” Friday when they arrived
at March Air Force Base after a
non-stop flight from England.
• The first bomber to land made
the 5,860-mile trip over land and
sea in 12 hours and 21 minutes.
All of the bombers were refueled
twice while in flight.
The pilot of the lead plane was
Col. John B. Henry Jr., comman
der of the 22nd Bomber Wing. He
» said the crossing was uneventful
except for heavy head winds along
portions of the course. Colonel
Henry said his six-jet bomber was
refueled by an aerial tanker, once
over the Atlantic and again over
the United States.
FINNS ELECT PARLIAMENT
HELSINKI, Finland, W) — Fin
nish voters trekked by ski, sleigh
^ and on foot through heavy snow
drifts Monday to elect a parlia
ment they hope can pull the coun
try out of its worsening economic
situation.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone BED 181
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!■ HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., UP)—A self
educated scientist who capably
taught physics under another
man’s name would like to make
the grade as a professor in his
own name.
Marvin Hewitt, about 31, of
Hempstead, was revealed yester
day as a man whose formal
schooling ended in high school but
who trained himself and became
a University of New Hampshire
teacher under another’s name.
Hewitt was located later in his
Hempstead home and with a glow
of pride told newsmen the sub
jects he taught—the quantum field
theory, functions of complex vari
ables, etc.
“I’d still like to be a real pro
fessor some day,” he told the re
porters, “but with a wife and
three children to support, how
can I get the education?”
He readily confirmed the news
from Durham, N. H., where of
ficials revealed that for a year he
had been capably teaching as Dr.
Kenneth P. Yates. The real Yates
is a scientist in Crystal Lake, 111.,
and had no idea someone was
teaching under his name.
The details from Durham were
supplemented by information sup
plied by Robert F. Chandler Jr.,
university president in Chicago
attending the National Conference
on Higher Education.
Chandler said Hewitt’s teaching
“actually was very satisfactory,”
and added:
“He was undoubtedly a brilliant
physicist. After the years of work
he spent on the subject, it is really
tragic that he had to take such a
course as this.”
Hewitt’s desire to teach was “a
compulsion,” added Chandler, and
was frustrated by a father who
did not believe in a college educa
tion.
Shields Will Fish Again
For Bering Sea Crab
SEATTLE, March 2, UP)—Capt.
J. E. Shields, who has fished the
Bering Sea since 1911, announced
Saturday that the Nordic Maid,
combination cannery and freezer
ship, will be in the Bering Sea
again this year, fishing for king
crab.
The Nordic Maid, which carries
a crew of 27, is owned by Capt.
Shields and his sons, Capt. Ed
Shields and John R. Shields. She
is scheduled to leave Poulsbo,
Wash., Mar. 12, with Ed Shields as
skipper.
The voyage will make the re
turn of the Shields family to the
Bering Sea after a two-year lay
off. The Nordic Maid did not oper
ate last year.
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I “Tower Room Mystery”
I Plays to Full House
A full house at the annual
school play last Friday evening
was indication that the commun
ity enjoys local talent under the
direction of Mrs. Wm. Cameron.
This year’s play was “The Tow
er Room Mystery”, a mystery
farce in three acts and starring
high school junior Robert Sum
mers and co-starring Carolyn Gla
vinovich in the leading roles. Both
parts were very well acted.
Other outstanding characters in
cluded an old man by Larry Os
carson and an old lady by Patty
Herman, both of whom turned in
an excellent performance.
Geri Fagerstrom stole the show
with her comedy portrayal of an
insane woman and the mystery
man, Gordon Swanberg, was real
istic enough to scare the children.
All other members of the cast in
cluding Nancy Tripp, LeRoy
Reader, Marie Castel, Jim Roth,
Donna Lyle and Sigrid Olsen did
a good job in the supporting cast.
JAPANESE FISHING BOATS
SEIZED BY RUSSIANS
TOKYO, LP) — Four Japanese
fishing boats were seized Sunday
by a Russian patrol boat off the
Ruben Islands, Kyodo News Ser
vice said Monday.
NOTICE
There will be two health films
shown at the Community Center
on Tuesday evening at 7:30. They
are: "Cleanliness Brings Health"
and "Water, Friend and Enemy."
Also planned is an interesting
travelog. Everyone welcome. 29
SERVICE CLEANERS
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QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Prompt and Courteous Service
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STOVE OIL FURNACE OIL
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WE SERVICE ALL MAKES OF BURNERS
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WINNERS in 2nd Annual
ALASKA SALMON INSTITUTE
ESSAY CONTEST
Sally O'Neill
Carol Ludwigsen
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Ronald Evenson
Elizabeth Lopez
The 1953 essay contest sponsored by the Alaska Salmon
Institute was even more successful than the previous year's—
both in the quantity and quality of entries. Again, the essays
were of high caliber and reflected hours of study and effort
on the part of contestants.
The prize winners:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIVISION HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
First Prize of $300 First Prise e« $300
Sally O'Neill Carol ludwigsen
Anchorage Junior High School Ketchikan High School
A S125 set of encyclopedias has been tent to the Ketchikan and
Anchorage school libraries by the Alaska Salmon Institute.
Second Prize of $100 Second Prize of $100
Ronald Evenson Frankie Bornreiter
Fairbanks Petersburg High School
Third Prize of $50 Third Prize of $50
Elizabeth Lopez Lillian Pietila
Clarks Point Territorial School Polmer High School
Fourth Prize of $25 Fourth Prize of $25
Elaine Jones Anne Nelson *
Fifth Street School, Juneau Juneau High School
Certificates are being sent to all Honorable Mention Winners
Frankie Barnreiter
Lillian Pietila
Alaska Salmon Institute
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