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VOL. LVII No. 83 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1955 Per Copy—15^
Knowledge of Bible
Enables Woman to
Win $32,000 on Quiz
NEW YORK, UP)—Mrs. Cather
ine Kreitzer took a cue from the
Bible and last night declined to
risk her $32,000 TV quiz show
winning on the chance of doub
ling her money.
Her knowledge of the Bible had
given the 54 - year - old grand
mother from Camp Hill, Pa., an
swers to questions that enabled
her to acquire the $32,000 in three
previous appearances on the CBS
show “The $64,000 Question.”
Last night she had the choice
of taking her winnings thus far
or trying another question, which,
if answered correctly, would have
won her the top prize of $64,000.
If she had missed the answer, she
would have gotten an automobile
as a consolation prize.
For a moment it appeared that
she would take the chance. She
told Hal March, the master of
ceremonies, that she felt pretty
confident she could answer the
final question. The studio audi
ence burst into excited applause.
When the applause died down,
however, she added she would
heed the biblical quotation—“Let
your moderation be known to all
men” — and would be satisfied
with the $32,000.
She told reporters that she’d be
able to keep about $20,000 of the
$32,000.
Marine Vet Convicted Of
Samurai Sword Slaying
Of Tacoma Motel Operator
TACOMA, Wash., UP)—Convict
ed late last night of first de
gree murder for the samurai
sword slaying of an aged motel
operator last March 21, Harvey
John Collins has been ordered
hanged for the crime.
A superior court jury returned
the verdict and ordered the death
penalty 29 hours after receiving
the case.
!
Collins, 29-year-old decorated
Marine veteran of World War II,
hacked Andrew Stolen, 74, to
death and critically injured Mrs.
Stolen while robbing the elderly
operators of the motel near Ta
coma.
He had pleaded innocent by
reasons of insanity and contended j
his actions were the result of
battle neurosis after action on
Iwo Jima.
The verdict was received un
smilingly after Collins’ jaunty en
try into the courtroom, marked
by cheerful greetings to relatives
and acquaintances seated there.
He strode from the room after
the verdict and had to be slowed
down by several policemen. Sev
eral persons sobed quietly as Col
lins left without a glance at those
he had greeted when he arrived
to hear the verdict.
Collins’ attorneys said they
plan to appeal the verdict.
Beautiful Blonde
Murderer Is 14tli
W oman To Hang
LONDON, UP>—Ruth Ellis, beau
tiful blonde mother of two chil
dren, died on the gallows in Lon
don’s Holloway Prison for women
today for the Easter Sunday mur
der of the lover who jilted her.
The 28-year-old divorcee, a for
mer model and night club hostess,
was the 14th woman to be hanged
in Britain this century and the
third since World War II. Her
sentencing revived a nationwide
controversy over capital punish
ment which continued unabated
today.
A crowd of 1,000 persons—some
weeping, others laughing—stood
in the grimy north London street
outside the ivy - covered, red
brick prison as Hangman Albert
Pierrepoint pulled the death trap.
Its slam resounded through the
building, touching off hysterical
cries from the other inmates.
Reports from inside the prison
said the icy calm Mrs. Ellis had
maintained during her trial, in
June and ever since finally broke
last night. Prison sources said she
sobbed herself to sleep, scream
ing, “I don’t want to die.”
Mrs. Ellis at her trial admitted
tracking her lover, 25-year-old
David Blakely, to a London bar
and pumping four bullets into
him. Claiming her jealousy had
disturbed her emotions, she tried
to get the murder charge reduced
to manslaughter. The court threw
out that defense and a jury of
10 men and two women found
her guilty on June 21, after only
24 minutes of deliberation.
Whooping Crane Numbers
Increase To 25 With Three
Birds Hatched In Canada
OTTAWA, UP) — The world’s
whooping crane population again
is on the upswing with the known
number of birds now at 25. Four
young birds were hatched this
spring on a wildlife sanctuary in
Canada.
The big cranes once numbered
in the thousands but hunters and
the advance of civilization
brought their number to a low
of 15 in 1941. There were 24 in
1953, then the total slumped to
21 last year when three cranes
disappeared.
The whoopers winter at a sanc
tuary on the Texas Gulf Coast.
They now are protected by strict
regulations in both Canada and
the United States.
Air Force’s Giant XC-99
Carries 212 Passengers
FORT WORTH, Tex., UR—'The
Air Force claimed a new passen
ger carrying record today for
land based planes'.
The XC-99 transport landed at
Convair’s plant here yesterday
with 212 persons on a flight from
San Antonio.
The bulk of the passengers
were Air Force ROTC Cadets
now in summer camp at Kelly Air
Force Base, San Antonio. After a
sightseeing tour of Convair they
returned to Kelly AFB in the ex
perimental transport version of
i the B-36 bomber.
Monagle, Not Monahan
Of Juneau Is Elected
B.P.O.E. Grand Tiler
PHILADELPHIA, UP — The
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks admitted—a little sheep
ishly — yesterday that they an
nounced the wrong name in the
election for the organization’s
Grand Tiler.
The Elks, now holding their
91st annual convention here, in
formed newspapers and wire ser
vices yesterday that W.J. Mana
han, of Juneau, had been elected
Grand Tiler, the Elks official who
seeks that only authorized persons
enter lodge meetings.
Word of Manahan’s “election”
was carried back to Juneau. Elks
officials there looked a bit as
kance because they knew Michael
E. <Mike> Monagle, first vice
president of the Alaska Territor
ial Elks Assn., had been strongly
supported for the job of Grand
Tiler while Manahan hadn’t been
mentioned in pre-convention talk.
The Juneau people asked for a
check of the result. The B.P.O.E.
publicity office in Philadelphia
insisted “Manahan was elected,
not Monagle.”
Juneau was so informed. But
they weren’t satisfied and today
asked for a re-check.
“There has been a slight mis
take in preparing the list of elect
ed officials,” the B.P.O.E. officials
said. “Michael E. Monagle is the
new Grand Tiler.”
Monagle, president of the Alas
ka Territorial Bar. Assn., is past
Exalted Ruler of the Juneau
lodge. He will be installed in his
new post here tomorrow.
Lucky Ticket Holder
Takes Cash Instead Of
$100,000 Oil Property
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., OP) —
Vernon B. Fitzhugh, a telephone
company employe, has taken the
cash and let the oil wells go.
The cash was 25,000 silver dol
lars, encased in a freezer manu
factured by Amana Refrigeration
Co., which gave Fitzhugh the de
lightful problem of choosing be
tween $25,000 cash and Oklahoma
oil property that might bring in
$100,000.
The contest was a simple draw
ing. Fitzhugh sent in his name.
It was placed with about 88,000
others, and one was drawn out.
It was Fitzhugh’s.
REDS SEIZE AND DAMAGE
JAPANESE FISHING BOATS
TOKYO, CP)—Soviet patrol craft
seized and held three Japanese
fishing boats for about 30 min
utes off the eastern tip of Hok
kaido today, Kyodo news service
reported. After their release, the
fishermen complained that the
Russians damaged their fishing
equipment.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
All-Star Game
National League 6, American
League 5 (12 innings)
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 4, Sacramento 3
Hollywood 3-5, San Francisco
1-12
Los Angeles 4-1, Oakland 1-5
San Diego 7, Portland 4
Oveta Culp Hobby
Resigns Post As
Secty. of Welfare
WASHINGTON, W) — Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby today resigned
as Secretary of Welfare effective
Aug. 1.
President Eisenhower picked
Marion B. Folsom, now Under
secretary of the Treasury, to suc
ceed her in the cabinet post.
The President called a special
news conference to make the an
nouncement, and, in an emotion
packed scene, paid a warm trib
ute to Mrs. Hobby as she sat by
his side in the conference room.
Mrs. Hobby’s resignation had
long been expected, and the Presi
dent apparently took it for grant
ed that everyone know that was
the purpose of the conference.
Without ever formally announc
ing her resignation, Eisenhower
turned to Mrs. Hobby and re
marked solemnly:
“Oveta, this is a very sad day.”
“Personal reasons of a high
order compel me to take leave
of my post as Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare,” were the
reasons given by Mrs. Hobby for
resigning. While she did not spe
cify those reasons, friends said
Mrs. Hobby is leaving because
of the illness of her husband,
former Gov. William P. Hobby of
Texas.
The President said he had
nothing but praise for the man
ner in which Mrs. Hobby had
performed her job.
Folsom, 61, is a native of Mc
Rae, Ga., and came into the Eisen
hower administration from the
Eastman Kodak Co., where he
was treasurer.
He is considered an expert in
the field of social security, and
served on a presidential commis
sio in 1933 which put together the
original Social Security laws.
Eleven Airmen Killed In
Crash of “Tanker” Plane
MERCED, Calif., UP) — Eleven
men died today as a four-engine
“tanker” plane crashed after leav
ing Castle Air Force Base near
here. There were no survivors.
Fire broke out on the plane
as it reached an altitude of about
1,500 feet. It crashed within a
moment or two, exploded as it
hit the ground, and was demol
ished.
The flames fired the grain
field into which the plane fell.
The tanker, a military version
of the Stratocruiser, was on a
routine refueling mission from
Castle AFB near Merced. The
tankers are used to refuel jet
bombers and interceptors, and can
carry more than 6,000 gallons of
jet fuel. They are 117 feet long,
with a w'ingspread of 141 feet.
House Interior Committee Okays
Alaska Highway Port of Entry
WASHINGTON, UR—A bill to
provide a new port of entry on
the Alaska Highway at the
Alaska - Canada border was ap
proved by the House Interior
Committee yesterday.
The Interior Dept, said a “prob
able site” would be on the Alaska
side of the border near Snag, Y.T.
Nome Rotary to Be Host to V isiting
Club Official Capt. M. C. Robinson
The Rotary. Club of Nome Fri
day evening will be host to Capt.
M. C. Robinson, M.B.E., governor
of the 151st District of Rotary In
ternational, who is making his
annual official visit to each of the
71 Rotary Clubs in Alaska, part
of British Columbia and part of
the State of Washington. He will
address the club and confer with
President George Bayer, Secre
tary Dick Benson and committee
chairmen on Rotary administra
tion and service activities.
Capt. Robinson is national di
rector for western Canada of the
Canadian National Institute for
the Blind in Vancuver B.C., and is
a member of the Rotary Club of
Vancouver, and past president of
that club in 1948-49. He was elec
ted district governor of Rotary
International for the 1955-56 fiscal
year at Rotary’s golden anniver
sary convention in Chicago last
June. He is one of 238 district
governors supervising the activi
ties of some 8,700 Rotary Clubs
which have a membership of 414,
000 business and professional ex
ecutives in 92 countries and geo
graphical regions throughout the
world.
Wherever Rotary Clubs are lo
cated, President Bayer asserted in
discussing the governor’s , Visit,
their activities are similar t-.J those
of the Rotary Club of No:V> be
cause they are based on thesame
general objectives: developing
better understanding and fellow
ship among business and profes
sional men, promoting commu
Merrill Chapman Robinson
nity-betterment undertakings, the
raising of standards of business
and professions, and fostering the
advancement of good will, under
standing and peace among all the
peoples of the world.
Each year, this world-wide ser
vice organization continues to
grow in. numbers and in strength.
During the past fiscal year, 416
new Rotary Clubs were organized
in 50 countries of North, South
and Central America, Europe,
Asia, Africa and the islands of the
Pacific.
A smorgesbord dinner is planned
for the distinguished guests on
Friday evening at the Pioneer
Igloo.