LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO LIGHTS
Thomas A. Edison didn’t know
what he was starting when he in
vented the incandescent light
bulb, which used to hang un
adorned from its cord.
Today’s electric lighting is at
tracting top design talent all over
the world, as evidenced at the
recent International Lighting and
Design Competition in Los An
geles. Light fixtures from Italy,
England, Denmark, Sweden and
other countries demonstrated that
a modern light may look like any
thing from a flying saucer to a
cluster of bells.
Ingenious devices were shown
in ceiling and wall fixtures which
could be adjusted for either direct
or indirect light in any direction,
to give full illumination to a
room or to light a particular por
tion with dramatic effect.
Gaily colored metals were fea
tures of a number of the fix
tures, most of which stressed
simple modern design, clean lines
and functionalism—a far cry from
the fussy and ornate fixtures with
beaded or shirred silk shades
which used to be fashionable in
some American homes.
Practically all fixtures shown
were adjustable, to give various I
kinds and directions of light, with
maximum efficiency in illumina
tion as well as decorative effect.
A total of 4H3 entries were
submitted in the competition, with
21 finalists judged.
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FLYING SAUCERS . . . Italian
design lighting fixture with
adjustable swivel arms.
BOUQUET OF LIGHT . . .
Danish fixture with plastic
"flowers," brass stems.
A TIP TO SANTA
FRANKFURT, Germany, (/PI—
The Army radio’s Santa Claus got
this letter from a youngster Tues
day:
"I want a train, a jeep, and a
dog that talks. Would you please
try to get these things for me?
“P.S. If you need some money,
just take it out of my dad’s pants
pocket. He is a captain and is
loaded.”
GESUNDHEIT !
SUNDERLAND, England, ifl'l—A
sudden epidemic of sneezing hit
hundreds of Christmas shoppers
here Monday. A seven-pound
package of pepper fell off a truck
and burst.
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BING CROSBY APPEARS
AT MOVIE PREMIER
HOLLYWOOD, UPt—Bing Crosby
made one of his rare appear
ances at a movie premiere last
night, the first local showing of
his- new picture, “The Country
Girl,” with William Holden and
Grace Kelly.
Proceeds of the gala affair,
$4,000, went to the 1956 Olympic
i Games fund.
Crosby appeared with actress
! Mona Freeman and they accom
i panied Bing’s son, Dennis, who
! escorted Miss Carolin Wilson.
; Of the 200 kinds of dangerous
| snakes in the world, at least 60
! are found in Africa.
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Fairbanks Boy, 16, Wins
Radio Essay Contest and
University Scholarship
FAIRBANKS, UP)—Monte Cady,
16, of Fairbanks, has talked him
self into a thousand dollar schol
arship.
He was anounced Monday as
winner of the eighth annual
“Voice of Democracy” contest, de
feating contestants form Juneau.
Ketchikan, Anchorage, Sitka and
Adak.
The contest is sponsored by the
U.S. Junior Chamber of Com
merce, the National Association of
Radio and TV Broadcasters, and
the National Association of Radio
and TV Manufacturers.
The prize for the best five-min
ute radio essay also included a
console radio-phonograph. The
scholarship is for study at the
University of Alaska.
Notice To Properly Owners
It is the duty of Real Property
owners to keep their sidewalks
clear of snow and ice and made
passable for pedestrians. This is
not a City obligation.
City of Nome
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Thousands of Messages
Asks Renewal of Airline’s
States-Alaska Certificate
(By the Associated Press)
President Eisenhower and Chan
Gurney, Civil Aeronautics Board
chairman, are being bombarded
with thousands of telegrams and
letters urging renewal of Pacific
Northern Airlines’ States-Alaska
certificate.
The messages, from all major
Alaskan cities and from Seattle,
and Tacoma, protested a rumored
CAB decision to recommend
against renewal of the Pacific
Northern franchise.
Chief points being stressed are
that PNA provides more air ser
vice to the Territory of Alaska,
both within Alaska and between
the U.S. and Alaska, than any
other carrier; and that PNA re
quires less government subsidy
than any other air carrier for
States-Alaska service.
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"Anchorage business people are
up if) arms at their threatened loss
of air service,” Jacobsen reported.
“If the reported CAB ruling is
approved, it will mean loss of
; two airlines operating to Seattle
j from Alaska.”
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