Gov. Heintzleman Pays Tribute to
Jack Whaley at Fairbanks Funeral
FAIRBANKS, OB—Fuheral ser
vices, attended by Gov. Heintzle
man and many other prominent
Alaskans, were conducted Friday
for James P. (Jack) Whaley,
widely known pilot and airline
executive who died last Monday
in an airplane accident near
Nome.
Services were held at the First
Presbyterian Church. Interment
followed in Birch Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles West,
Noel Wien, Sig Wien, R. Derr,
Bud Hagberg and Everett Patton.
Honorary pallbearers were Bill
Snedden, Fritz Wien, Dudley
Beck, Mayor Dudley Preston, Jim
Freericks, Ralph Bailey, A1 Lo
men, A1 Polet, Dave Bronough,
George Rayburn,- Dick Webb,
Jerry Nerland, and Jack Ryans.
According to the Air Force of
ficials who examined the wreck,
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Whaley must have been making
a forced landing when the tail of
his DeHaviland Dove struck a
high knoll and plunged the ship
into the ground.
Whaley went to Nome as a boy
of 18, living there a year before
attending the University of Wash
ington and California Polytechnic
Institute.
He returned to Alaska in 1940.
After service as a search and res
cue pilot in World War II he
came back to the territory and
since 1946 lived in Nome, Kotze
bue and Fairbanks. The last eight
years he was active in business
and civic affairs.
Survivors include Mrs. Whaley,
two daughters, a son, and his
brothers, Frank of Anchorage
and George, Seattle.
Heintzleman paid this tribute
to Whaley:
“He was one of Alaska's most
forward looking citizens. He
worked constantly for the good
of the territory. The untimely end
of his career as a pilot and an
airline director is a tragic loss to
all of Alaska. His family can take
comfort in the many things he
accomplished in the hours he de
voted to his work in our territory.
Actress Joanne Dru and
Husband Hospitalized;
July 4 Quarrel Reported
HOLLYWOOD, UR—Actress
Joanne Dru and her husband,
actor John Ireland, were both
hospitalized Saturday, Miss Dru
with facial injurips and Ireland
with an unexplained ailment.
The actress entered Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital with a black
eye and a swollen nose Thursday
after she and Ireland reportedly
had a quarrel following a July
4th party at the home of movie
producer Mark Stevens.
Miss Dru returned and spent
the night at the Stevens home and
went to the hospital in the morn
ing. She said she injured her face
when her head struck the rear
view mirror of their car as she
and Ireland were leaving the
party.
Ireland showed up at the sam^
hospital Friday and officials said
he was there for “observation”
and would leave Saturday. His
wife is scheduled to leave Tues
day to resume work in a movie. 1
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2,500 Virginia Troops
To Transport Supplies
To DEW Line Outposts
FORT EUSTIS, Va., UP—More
than 1,300 Army Transportation
Corps troops left here by train
Friday to carry supplies to DEW
Line radar outposts in Alaska and
arctic Canada.
The soldiers will join an ad
vance party of 200 men at Seattle
before sailing the week of July
16 for the far north.
Another group of 1,200 troops,
also trained at Fort Eustis, will
leave the East Coast by ship dur
ing the week of July 16 and sail
direct to the arctic.
This is the second summer the
Army has been given the mission
of carrying supplies and electron
ic equipment to the Distant Early
Warning Line.
While the soldiers are sched
uled to return in October, the
Army said, their length of stay
will depend upon how long ice
conditions in the arctic permit
unloading operations to continue.
The troops traveled to Seattle
on four 16-car trains. j
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NOTICE
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
There will be a meeting of all Democrats
at the Nome City Hall, Tuesday, July 10,1956,
at 7:30^>.m. AU interested persons are urged
to attend as several things of importance are
to come before the meeting.
JACK BLATTLER
Chairman, 2nd Division Democratic Committee
JIM Ton der HEYDT I
Vice President, Democratic Comitifttse o/ Alaska
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