Defense Dept.
May Start Missile
Base In Hawaii
HONOLULU, UP) — The Star
Bulletin says the Defense De
partment is looking at the Pacif
ic, and possibly Hawaii, to sup
plement the over-crowded missile
testing center at Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
Barking Sands, a remote area
on the island of Kauai, already is
the site of a Navy Regulus launch
ing base.
Dr. Walter R. Steiger, Univer
sity of Hawaii physicist and head
of the Hawaii moonwatch team,
said the islands offer ideal loca
tions for launching polar-orbitted
satellites.
Stretching south of Hawaii
some 3,000 miles are hundreds of
islands that could be used as
' range stations along a flight path.
Beyond is open water and the
Antarctic.
Registered Girl Scouts
Observe International
Month at Party Saturday
Eighty Brownies, Girl Scouts,
and leaders enjoyed the Interna
tional Party given in the multi
purpose room of the school last
Saturday. Two PAA movies were
enjoyed by the group: “Wings to
Hawaii” and “Wings to France.”
Scout songs were sung before
they formed into troops for games.
The games were directed by Mrs.
Bob Casperson, Mrs. James
Walsh and Mrs. Carl Liebig.
Prizes were won by three Brown
ies: Kathryn Walsh, Carrie Ann
Ullrich and Betty Tungewnuk.
Flags of other countries were
made by second grade Brownies
and were used to decorate cup
cakes. These and cocoa were
served by Mrs. Inez Jackson,
Mrs. Bob Wasco, Mrs. Bob Sher
ard, and Mrs. Kay Handeland.
During International Month
Scouts remember their Girl Scout
and Girl Guide friends around
the world and together strive for
world peace and fellowship of all
nations.
Bartlett’s Daughter Is
Princess For Washington
Alaska Society
WASHINGTON, <*>—Two pretty
blondes — Sue Bartlett, daughter
of Delegate and Mrs. E. L. Bart
lett of Alaska, and Terry Magnu
son, daughter of Rep. and Mrs.
Don Magnuson of Washington—
reigned Saturday as cherry blos
som princesses for the Washing
ton-Alaska Society.
The two were named Friday at
the Society’s annual dinner dance
at nearby Ft. Meyer, Va. Some
300 residents of the state and
territory attended.
For Miss Magnuson, the selec
tion gave an added note to the
observance of her 19th birthday.
Miss Bartlett is >16.
The two will represent the so
ciety in competion for selection
as queen of the District of Col
umbia’s annual cherry blossom
festival.
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High School Nanooks
To Leave Tuesday For
Anchorage Tournament
The Nome High School Basket
ball team will travel to Anchor
age Tuesday, Feb. 25 to compete
in the Class A Division of the
Western Alaska High School Bas
ketball Tournament.
The players in the group leav
ing with Coach Ullrich are:
George Kost, Charles Fager
strom, Edward Maloney, Aaron
Bell, Joe Senungetuk, Charles
Snyder, Ralph Sheldon, Gerald
Trigg, Victor Oxereok, and man
ager Fritz Chambers.
They will play their first game
on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
against the Fairbanks team.
This will be the first year that
the Nome team will play in the
Class A division. Heretofore en
rollment in high school was under
100 students so the team played
in the Class B Division.
The team will be accompanied
by two cheer leaders Suzanne
Fagerstrom and Gladys Walker.
Also accompanying the team
will be Meta Muller and Helen
Senungetuk.
Gisele MacKenzie
Marries Her Agent
LAS VEGAS, Nev., LP)—Singer
Gisele MacKenzie, 31, and her
manager, Robert Shuttleworth,
were married here early today.
They flew from Hollywood
with a small party of friends after
midnight.
This was the first marriage for
Miss MacKenzie. Shuttleworth’s
previous marriage ended in div
orce in 1950.
The couple said they had been
considering marriage a long time.
Shuttleworth has guided Miss
MacKenzie’s career since its start.
While a lieutenant in the Can
adian navy, in World War II, he
met her at a party and persuaded
her to sing.
After the war he organized a
dance band and hired Miss Mac
Kenzie as a singer.
She was born in Winnipeg.
Chaplin’$ Name Absent
From “Walk of Stars”
On Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD, UF> — Charles
Chaplin isn’t among 1,500 names
to be embedded in bronze stars
on the sidewalks of Hollywood
Boulevard.
Immortalizing a host of stars
in the paving of a “walk of fame”
is an improvement project plan
ned by movieland merchants.
Chaplin, the great, silent-screen
comic, went to Europe after being
accused in this country of Com
munist sympathies.
Asked why his name was omit
ted, Harry M. Sugarman, head of
the improvement association,
said:
“Hs name could be added later.
Opinion on him was divided . . .”
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Carrie McLain
Delayed In New
York by Snow
Carrie McLain, who is visiting
her home state of New York after
50 years, has been delayed for
several days in New York City
because of the snow which has
“paralyzed traffic and crippled
business.”
A full account of her experi
ences in the East will be pub
lished soon.
While in New York she h^s
been the guest of Burt McCon
nell and Francis Dominich, both
officers stationed here during the
military occupation of 1944-45. A
former Nomeite, Catherine Am
pher in Hoboken, N.J., and Mrs.
McLain enjoyed a grand reunion.
Catherine Ampher was court re
porter in the district court here
from 1913 to 1921. I
Capt. Dominich is now mayor
of the town of Hasbrouck, which
has a population of 12,000. Capt.
McConnell writes books for chil
dren, and has published over 20.
Bob Jacobs Leaving
Alaska Airlines This Week
Bob Jacobs, one of the best
known bush pilots in this area
is leaving this week for an ex-,
tended trip to the States. He is
terminating his position with the
Alaska Airlines after having
flown for them for seven years.
He leaves an enviable record
of safe flying during that period.
Jacobs has been here since 1944
when he was a mechanic for
Alaska Airlines, which position
he held until 1947. He then flew
for Wien Airlines in 1948 and
1949. Then he joined Alaska as
a pilot and has been with them
since.
Bob said he is headed for Lag
una Beach, Calif., where he plans
to do some flying and some skin
diving.
In District Court Friday after
noon Tom Derrington was grant
ed a divorce from Florence Der
rington.
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Capital City’s “Washington Birthday
Sales” May Seem Peculiar To Some
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By PAUL DUKE
WASHINGTON, LF*—This is the
one place where you won’t find
anybody who doesn’t know that
Feb. 22 is George Washington’s
birthday.
It’s not because the people are
so close to the government and
its institutions, either.
Washingtonians look forward
to the date for a totally different
reason. It’s the one time of the
year when they can roam through
the stores in search of such nov
elties as 99 cent sewing machines,
77 cent television sets and 22
cent typwriters.
Of course, there are the usual
speeches, wreath layings and re
citations to mark the anniversary
of Washington’s birth in 1732.
But to people hereabouts the
BIG EVENT has come to be the
Washington Birthday sales. Some
especially bargain - bent folks
pitch their camps in front of
stores long before the 8 a.m. send
off signal.
Besides the goodies to be pick
ed up for pennies, the more
wealthy clientele can go for the
likes of late model $29 cars, and
pastel mink coats for $59.
If the going gets a little rough,
there’s always a 5 cent beer to
be had for a refresher.
It’s been suggested that maybe
this isn’t the proper way for the
capital to pay tribute to the man
whose name it bears. One mer- -
chant took a full page advertise
ment in a newspaper a couple of
days ago to voice his views
against it all.
“What kind of mockery is this
of the man who fought for, and
won our freedom?” asked the ad.
“What does sale merchandise
have to do with Washington and
his starving and barefoot army
crossing the icy Delaware?”
But the sponsor, a liquor firm,
proved to be a lone voice in a
wondrous wilderness of slashed
prices.
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