Japanese Protests on
U.S. Artillery Practice
Cause Suspension of Fire
FUJI-YOSHIDA, Japan, UB—
The UJS. Army Saturday called
off its hotly protested artillery
firing in the tense Mt. Fuji area
until May 25. The Army said the
practice shooting would be re
newed, on an intermittent basis,
between May 25 and June 30.
Meantime, the lower house of
the Japanese Diet ordered an in
vestigation of the disputed firing
by a 13-man committee.
Twenty were injured Friday in
a police clash with demonstrators.
Villagers were joined in protest
demonstrations by leftwing union
members. Japanese objected to
shells exploding in an area they
consider sacred. They also dislike
live artillery crossing over trails
used by pilgrims and sightseers.
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House Group Approves
Continued Operation of
Texas City Tin Smelter
WASHINGTON, UB—The House
Banking Committee Friday ap
proved a Senate-passed resolution
calling for continued operation of
the Texas City tin smelter at least
until June 30, 1956.
The administration had consid
ered closing down the government
owned smelter as an economy
measure. It was built during
World War II.
Under the resolution, the ad
ministration is to make a study to
see how the smelter might be
turned over to private enterprise
for operation. It is the only tin
smelter in the Western Hemi
sphere.
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
The constellation called Gem
ini now visible in the western sky
has an interesting history. The
astronomical name for the upper
star, Castor, the faintest of the
two, is Alpha Geminorum, mean
ing Alpha of Gemini.
It was customary to call the
brightest star in a constellation by
the first letter in the Greek alpha
get. Since the days of the ancients,
it is believed that Castor has de
creased considerably in bright
ness. It is now inferior in bright
ness to Pollux, which is called
Beta Geminorum.
Castor, the upper star, is far
more interesting because it is a
double star that can easily be sep
arated into two stars with the aid
of a small telescope. These two
stars are, in turn, double stars. So
where we see one star with the
unaided eye, there are really four
suns.
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Three Soldiers Killed
When Supposedly Dead
Target Rocket Bums
EL PASO, Texas —Three men
were killed here Friday when a
supposedly dead target rocket
screamed to life and an acetylene
tank exploded. Three men were
seriously hurt.
The men were all Army pri
vates. Their ages ranged from 19
to 27 years.
The 5^-foot World War II
rocket was being cut up for scrap
by one of the men when a torch
ignited the propellant charge. It
carried no explosive charge but
caused the acetylene tank to ex
plode.
The rocket landed in a vacant
field after a 110-yard flight thru
the motor shop at Ft. Bliss and
narrowly missed a group of sol
diers working on a gun carriage.
Only one of the dead was believed
struck by the rocket.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Paul Monroe,
J.C. Craft, Mary Crawford, Col.
Russell Krueger, James Houston,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Glass, M. J.
Sasse, A1 Lamareaux, Rosemary
Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Bronson, Harvey Oster, A. K.
Weokoluk.
To Fairbanks: Merrill Reming
ton, Merrill Jordon, Wm. Sabatini,
Raymond Ojeda, Frealon Bibbins,
Emerson Bassett, Rosemary Mur
ray, Tom Kelly, Pearce Walsh, L.
Mizzel, Don Hobbes, Ruth Ner
shak, Karl Dewey, M. J. Walsh,
G. R. Jackson, H. Murray. «
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: E. Gregory,
Roy Edris, Louise Jordan, Wini
Woodward, Wm. Angell, Richard
Wicheis, Mrs. Ella Bjornstad, J.
H. Fick, Chas. Esch, Tom Tung
wenuk.
To Anchorage: Steve Andersen,
C. J. Raft, John L. Olson, Capt.
Ann Collins, Lt. Marge Heyob,
Jack Fick, Fred Booher, Lt. Chas.
Elliott, Keith Wilson, Sig Krog
stad, Reuben Topkok, Capt. R. D.
Ellis, Cpl. Doedon, Cpl. Gamer
j dinger, Paul Jahnke.
To McGrath: Max Braselton
From Unalakleet: C. Richmond.
To Moses Point: Marvin Jones,
| Karl Carlson.
To Unalakleet: Art Johnson, M.
Londberg.
APRIL WEATHER SUMMARY
Temperatures were considerably
below normal for April and the
first thaw of Jhe spring season,
recorded on April 14, was the lat
est since 1909. General thawing,
accompanied by extensive run
off began April 27 and continued
through the end of the month.
Precipitation was also much be
low normal.
Average monthly temperature
was 4 2.8, a departure from nor
mal of -8.2. The highest tempera
ture of the month was 40 on the
30th; the lowest was -17 on the
3rd and the 6th.
NORTH CAROLINA GETS
EARLY START ON PLANS
FOR LANDING ANNIVERSARY
RALEIGH, N.C., (ff>—Southern
ers may stand accused of moving
at an unhurried pace, but nobody
is going to accuse the North Caro
lina Senate of wasting time get
ting started.
A resolution was introduced
yesterday to create a commission
to plan the celebration of the
400th anniversary of Sir Walter
Raleigh’s ill-fated lost colony at
Manteo. •
The anniversary of the landing
is 30 years away.
Reds Seize Japanese Boats
OTARU, Japan, iff)—A Soviet
patrol boat seized two Japanese
fishing vessels with 30 men
aboard 13 miles northeast of
southern Sakhalin Island, the
Maritime Safety Board reported |
Saturday.
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Gen. Charles Summerall,
Former Chief of Staff
Dies at 88 Years of Age
WASHINGTON, (JFV-^Gen. Chas.
Pelot Summerall, Army chief of
staff under President Calvin Cool
idge, died Saturday at Walter
Reed Hospital. He was 88.
Summerall, who held the top
Army command in 1926-30, had
been the Army’s oldest ranking
soldier since the death of Gen.
Peyton C. March on April 13 at
the age of 90. March was World
War I chief of staff.
On retiring as chief of staff, •
Summerall became president of
The Citadel, South Carolina State
military college at Charleston. He
served there for 12 years.
His successor as chief of staff
was Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Summerall was graduated from
West Point in 1892. He won mili
tary honors in the Philippine in
surrection and the Boxer rebellion
in China early in this century and
later attained his command in
World War I.
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