Pravda Reports
25 Die in Crash
Of Russian Plane
MOSCOW, Gtt—Pravda today
published news of one of Russia’s
worst known air disasters in re
cent years—the fiery crash of a
Soviet airliner which claimed the
lives of 25 persons, including 10
Norwegian women.
It was the first time in years
that the Soviet press has reported
such an accident. The brief dis
patch on page three of the Com
munist Party organ said the trag
edy occurred Saturday near Vor
onezh, 290 miles southeast of
Moscow.
The women were members of
Norwegian political parties who
had accepted a Soviet invitation
to visit Russia. The remaining
victims were Russians, five of
them crewmen.
The Soviet Foreign Ministry
extended the government’s “deep
est regrets” yesterday to the Nor
wegian charge d’affaires, who
was told Russia would pay in
demnities for the loss of the Nor
wegian lives.
The Tass News Agency dis
patch in Pravda said the plane
was making its usual trip from
Stalingrad to Moscow when it
“caught fire in the air and
crashed.”
Disgruntled Union Official
Goes Berserk, Wounding
Three Other Officials
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) —Three
business agents of the AFL Ma
rine Firemen’s Union, shot Fri
day by a berserk colleague, were
reported improving, although one
is in critical condition.
The attacker, Charles (Swede)
Berglund, 45, killed himself with
a bullet through the head.
Berglund, defeated 122-5 on
Thursday in his candidacy for re
cording secretary of the union
and then ousted unanimously
from the negotiations committee
as “a hindrance and a nuisance,”
apparently tried to wipe out the
union’s top echelon.
Entering the union headquar
ters with a 32-20 revolver, Berg
lund blazed away at John Hatton,
46, and Stuart Hunt, 38. One bul
let pierced Hatton’s hat, another
struck his side. .His condition is
reported good. Hunt’s back was
grazed.
Then Berglund fired at Henry
C. Walker, 46, critically wound
ing him in the chest.
WASHINGTON, (*V— President
Eisenhower signed a bill Friday
authorizing the government to
lease Alaskan railroads for per
iods not exceeding 20 years and
to lease other facilities in the
territory for not longer than 55
years.
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Released Airmen \
Are Pronounced
‘Okay Physically’
By MURRAY FROMSON
TOKYO, W — Eleven U.S. air
men released by Communist
China Thursday are “all com
pletely okay physically,” an Air
Force medical source said after
the fliers were examined by doc
tors Saturday.
“It’s amazing to see these men
smiling after what they have been
through. They are in amazing
condition,” the source said.
The optimistic report covered
internal physical condition, not
visible injuries such as a lost
toe and crippled fingers suffered
by Maj. William H. Baumer of
Lewisburg, Pa. Baumer’s left leg
was wounded when the fliers’
B-29 was shot down. Later he
suffered frost bite.
The airmen, dressed in military
hospital gowns, were confined as
patients in the huge air condi
tioned hospital at nearby Far East
Air Materiel Command base.
Scores of air policemen sur
rounded their ward to keep out
siders from contacting them. It
was learned the Red Cross has
set up special telephone lines to
permit them to call their fam
ilies, but the Air Force was per
mitting no calls until it is fin
ished examining and questioning
them.
“It is not a question of sec
recy,” an Air Force source said.
“They are in the hands of the
medical authorities. The doctors
have asked one complete day
with them. If we keep interrupt
ing, we shall never get finished
and get them home.”
Airman 2/c Daniel Schmidt,
Redding, Calif., who learned Fri
day morning that his wife has re
married while he was in captiv
ity, appeared. He was spotted
cashing greenback dollars into
military script to buy a camera.
Air policemen would not per
mit newsmen to approach him.
Later, Schmidt was overheard
telling an unidentified Catholic
chaplain, “I was thinking of con
verting. I haven’t made up my
mind yet. I’ve caused enough
trouble as it is.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued fair with little
change in temperature. Occasion
al fog patches and light variable
winds. Low temperature expect
ed tonight 42, high tomorrow 70.
Nome data last 24 hours as of i
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 73, lowest 44. Max. wind 20
mph from the North. Sunrise at
3:28 a.m. sunset at 8:44 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 49, lowest 46. Extremes
this date since 1907: Highest 68
in 1916, lowest 32 in 1908.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 33 Fog
Kotzebue 48 Part cldy
Wales 45 Cloudy
Nome 56 Part cldy
Unalakleet 54 Part cldy
Bethel 54 Rain
McGrath 58 Clear
Anchorage 56 Cloudy
Fairbanks 53 Fog
Whitehorse 51 Cloudy
| Juneau 53 Cloudy
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[Crippled Children’s Assn,
j Meeting in Anchorage
Anchorage will be the scene of
«the three-day annual meeting of
the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn, on Aug. 8, 9, and 10, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Mrs. Margot Hoppin, president
of the organization.
A full program of panel dis
cussions, demonstrations and bus
iness meetings has been planned.
“Volunteers at Work for Crip
pled Children” will be the theme
of the conference, which will pay
special tribute to the hundreds of
workers who have given time and
effort to assist the crippled chil
dren of Alaska.
These volunteers will be hon
ored at a program Aug. 8.
Mike McDermott, Former
State Dept. Press Officer,
Dead of Heart Ailment
WASHINGTON, UB-Michael J.
(Mike) McDermott, who served as
State Department press officer
for nearly 30 years, died Friday
night, apparently of a heart ail
ment.
McDermott, 61, served in the
press post until 1953, and rounded
out his work for the department
as ambassador to El Salvador. He
retired as ambassador early this
year.
Suzan Ball Succumbs To
Cancer, Carmen Miranda
Dies of Heart Attack
HOLLYWOOD, (£)— Death, in
two guises, has taken two Holly
wood actresses whose passing the
screen capital mourned today.
A lingering death from cancer
claimed the life of Suzan Ball
at 21.
A sudden heart attack proved
fatal to 41-year-old Carmen Mir
anda.
Miss Ball, a striking, dark
haired, dark-eyed actress, had
suffered from the disease since
1953, when she slipped and in
jured her knee in a dance re
hearsal. .
Her right left was later ampu
tated, and valiant Suzan went on
to marriage and a resumption of
her screen career before the mal
ignancy returned — this time in
her lungs.
She died Friday at her home
in Beverly Hills.
Miss Miranda also died in a
Beverly Hills home—but after a
strenuous day spent singing and
dancing with the dazzling energy
which won her fame as the “Bra
zilian Bombshell.”
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