THE NOME NUGGET
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HOW AN AMERICAN GOES BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Silent Film Star Mulhall
Hired As Host In Swank
Sunset Strip Restaurant
HOLLYWOOD, UPt — The Ver
sailles, a swank Sunset Strip res
taurant, hired a new host over
the weekend.
His smile was familiar to many
of the patrons. But that’s as it
should be, said Jack Mulhall,
handsome matinee idol of the
silent screen.
“I’ve been here since 1914 and
I know everybody in town. It’s
nice to greet them,” he said.
At 62 his curly hair has turned
■white, but it’s still all there.
The pay, he admits, is a long
■way from the $3,250 a week con
tract he had in the ’20s when he
was a favorite leading man for
Collen Moore, Corinne Griffith,
Billie Dove and Dorothy McKaill.
Mulhall — who had a million
dollars in 1£(28—said he lost his
money in real estate. "Once the
toboggan starts, you can't even
save a stick of furniture,” he sakl.
Arthur Lyons, owner of the
Versailles, is an old friend of Mul
hall. He said he hired the actor
mainly because everybody in
•town likes him and:
“You don't have to tell him to
smile at the customer.”
Python Bites L.A. Vet
LOS ANGELES, OP—A veter
inarian, more familiar with cats
and dogs than 237-pound jungle
snakes, personally “hand-fed” a
28-ft>ot python yesterday at Inter
national Airport.
Dr. Nathan Gale was making a
routine arrival condition check on
the big snake when it bit him
on the hand and held on for near
ly 15 minutes before its jaws were
pried loose.
The python, just in by air from
Singapore, is destined for a Long
Beach amusement area. The
snake’s bite, while painful be
cause of 400 needle-like teeth, is
not poisonous.
American Girl Matador
Wins Applause In Mexico
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, —
Beauty triumphed over the beast
yesterday and American girl
matador Bette Ford received en
thusiastic applause after killing
her second bull of the afternoon.
Fighting in this Mexican border
town, Miss Ford did very well
with the cape and the muletta
and killed the bull on the second
try. She was awarded both ears
of the bull, a tribute to a good
fight. *
She was slow in killing her
first animal, however.
Miss Ford said she plans to
fight next Sunday in Juarez and
April 15 at Morelia, capital of the
state of Michoacan.
When the pilgrims landed in
New England, they did not know
how to build log cabins. Instead
they built bark huts.
New Members of C of C
The Chamber of Commerce
membership drive continues
under the chairmanship of Ben
Young. Any person or business
which has not been contacted
may call Mr. Young.
The following members have
been added this week:
Polaris Hotel
Wien Alaska Airlines
Northern Commercial Co.
G. R. Jackson
Alaska Tel & Tel
Larry Galvin
James A. von der Heydt
Russell Hermann
Nome Sanitary Service
Nome Bakery
W. J. Barber
George Weyer
Major Frank Siegwarl
Frank Morris
Arvo Saario
Mary E. Jolley
A complete list of members
will be published at a later
dale.
U.S. Will Ignore ,
Red Propaganda
Balloon (Challenge
WASHINGTON —'The United 1
States apparently is going to ig- j
nore Russia’s put-up-or-shut-up
note of last week on the balloons
issue.
Russia last Sunday rejected a
U.S. claim that Soviet balloons
have flown over U.S. territory. A
formal note challenged the United
States to produce any Soviet bal
loons to prove its case.
U.S. officials said last week they
are disinclined at the moment to
make any reply. They did not rule
out a reply at some time, but right
now there seemed to be no point
in it.
The U.S. position was clearly
expressed, these officials said, in
the U.S. note of March 1. That
document rejected Russia’s pro
posal to let the Russian exhibit in
the United States the American
balloons the Soviets claimed to
have picked up in their territory.
It also invited the Russians to
join in an international program
using balloons and other equip
ment for gathering weather data.
The note suggested using the
World Meteorological Organiza
tion, an adjunct of the United Na
tions, to carry out this work.
It has been the U.S. contention
all along that the only U.S. gov
ernment balloons sent aloft are
designed primarily for gathering
weather data. The United States
denies the Soviet charge that these
balloons are used for spying.
Officials said making a reply
to the Russians’ latest note would
seem right now to be falling into
a propaganda trap. They said the
United States has no intention of
trading propaganda blows on the
question because that would only
increase world tensions.
60 MORE ROOMS
BEING ADDED TO
PIONEERS HOME
SITKA—The 60-room addition
now under construbtion at the
Pioneers Home is well under way
and it is expected that a dedica
tory ceremony will be held in
August at which time members
from the Alaska Igloos plan to
attend. The new addition is large
ly intended to accomodate women
members.
The Home is run more like a
“nice hotel” with the average age
of residents being 80 or over. The
residents are free to come and go
at will. Management and regula
tions are excellent, according to
the “guests.”
Leslie Yaw, superintendent, is
pleased with the progress being
made on the new wing, a long
needed addition.
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BRONSON
W ATER
DELIVERY
PHONE MAIN 19
Capt. Hans Odsen, 82,
With Alaska Steam for
32 Years, Dies in Seattle
Capt. Hans Odsen, 82, who had
sailed for the Alaska Steamship
Company for 32 years, died Fpb. 1
in Seattle.
Born in Norway, he went to sea
at 14 and came to Seattle in 1900
aboard an English sailing vessel.
He sailed as master on various
halibut fleet steamers in the North
Pacific, then in 1918 began his
career with The Alaska Line as
pilot of the steamer Jefferson.
He sailed as master on many of
this company’s ships including the
Victoria, Northwestern, Dellwood
and Oduna and was the first mas
ter of the Denali when Alaska
Steam purchased that ship in 1938.
His last voyage before his retire
ment was as pilot on the Susitna
in 1951.
U.S. and Canadian
Defense Chiefs to Visit
DEW Radar Line
OTTAWA, oe—U. S. Defense
Secretary Wilson and Defense
Minister Ralph Campney of Can
ada will visit the DEW radar Line
in the far north soon.
Foreign Secretary Lester B.
Pearson made the announcement
yesterday upon his return from
Washington. Details of the trip
are being worked out.
Pearson told newsmen that the
Campney-Wilson visit apparently
gave rise to erroneous reports last
week that Secretary of State Dul
les planned to visit the DEW Line.
15 Newsmen Will Be
Permitted to Observe
May 1 Nuclear Test
WASHINGTON, (JV-The gov
ernment announced today news
men and photographers will be
permitted to observe and report
an H - bomb test scheduled for
about May 1 at Eniwetok in the
Pacific.
The coverage will be on a
“pool” basis with the number of
newsmen limited to 15.
It will be the first time since
1946 newsmen have been allowed
to see tests of atomic weapons
at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.
They have seen a number of tests
however, in Nevada, the last time
on May 5 of last year.
A joint announcement by the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the Defense Dept., did not say
specifically the upcoming Eniwe
tok test will be of an H-bomb.
The announcement described it as
a “megaton range nuclear deto
nation.”
A megaton is the equivalent of
one million tons of TNT.
ACTOR JOHN WAYNE
IS PASSING OUT CIGARS
HOLLYWOOD, WV-Actor John
Wayne is passing out cigars today
after the birth of a daughter.
Seven-pound, eight-ounce Aisa
arrived last Saturday at St. Jo
seph’s Hospital in nearby Bur
bank. It wras the first child for
the actor and his wife, the former
Pilar Palette of Peru. Wayne has
four children by a previous mar
riage.
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