THE LAST SUPPER. A scene from the Living Word Films of the Zion Passion Play.
Vietminh Suffer
‘Heavy Losses’ in
Bloody Fighting
HANOI, Indochina, (£1—The
French said Saturday Vietminh
commandos staged a sneak attack
on the main airstrip at Dien Bien
Phu last night and blew up the
northern section by placing bam
boo poles stuffed with nitroglyc
erine under the field’s steel Hiat
ts. The damage was repaired
Saturday desoite a continuing
artillery barrage.
. However, planes have 'oeen un
able to land at Dien Bien Phu for I
some time because of the heavy
Vietminh shelling and the French
have had to supply the fortress by
parachute.
Despite the steady hammering
of key French positions, there was
no immediate indication that a
fresh general assault was immi
nent.
The French High Command an
nounced that troops rallying from
l the heart of the dustbowl fortress
of Dien Bien Phu had inflicted
“heavy losses” upon the Vietminh
and smashed a network of rebel
trenches on the eastern side of
the dustbowl.
French infantrymen, spearhead
ed by tanks and after three hours
of artillery bombardment, at
tacked the Communist-led Viet
* minh and at the point of bayonets
drove them from a hill position
in the east.
The Vietminh then were driven
out of a series of winding trenches
in bloody hand-to-hand fighting.
The French High Command an
nounced that the losses of the
attacking French troops were ap
preciable.”
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Juneau Coffee Prices
' JUNEAU, — Coffee prices
may not be a laughing matter
any more, but Belle’s Cafe pro
duced smiles about it by posting
the following notice over the
counter:
Coffee.10
Refill.10
Half a cup.10
Just a warm-up . . . .10
Just a smidge.10
Just a drop .... .10
’ Just a swallow.10
Just a little squirt . . .10
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
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Passion Play Film
To Be Shown
Friday at School
On Good Friday Evening at 7:45
the Zion Passion Play Films will
be shown at the school auditor
ium. Nome is fortunate to get this
series of four films which depict
part of the life of the Lord and
also His death, burial and resur
rection.
The film is 1 hour 40 minutes
long and in full color. The scenes
in this film are taken directly
from the well-known Passion
Play of Zion, Illinois.
To witness the complete Pas
sion Play requires the greater part
of a whole day, but in this film
there is not the need of intervals
between scenes. Another advan
tage is that one gets closeup views
which are very often unobtain
able when one goes to see the play
in a great auditorium.
The play is being sponsored
internationally by the Christian
Catholic Church of Zion, and lo
cally by the Nome Ministerial
Association and Youth for Christ.
Twin Sister Visits Mrs. Goshaw
Mrs. George Goshaw is enjoy
ing a visit from her twin sister,
Mrs. Donna Waldon, who arrived
from California Friday on her
first trip to Alaska.
Reds Send 50 Railway Cars Of
Exhibits To Industrial Fair
MILAN, Italy, UP! — Trade
minded Russia whipped 50 rail
way cars of exhibits here for the
opening of the big Milan indus
trial fair but much of the stuff
won’t be displayed.
“If we showed all this,” fair
officials said in desperation,
"There would be no room for the
other 50 countries.”
Greek Cabinet Resigns
ATHENS, (jW—All members of
the Greek cabinet handed their
resignations to Alexander Papa
go's “complete freedom” in a re
shuffling of his cabinet.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiler! by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued fair tonight and to
morrow with little change in
temperature. Winds light and var
iable. Low temperature expected
tonight 10, high tomorrow 26.
In the last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.
today: high temperature 24, low
est 5. Maximum wind 18 mph
from the N. Sunrise at 4:40 a.m.,
sunset at 7:28 p.m.
A year ago today: high temper
ature 50, low 25. Extremes this
date since 1907: High 49 in 1940,
low -22 in 1920.
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12,000-Seat Capacity Not
Enough for Billy Graham
In Successful Crusade
LONDON, UPi—Half way through
his highly successful religious cru
sade in London, American evan
gelist Billy Graham is looking
around for bigger places in which
to preach his sermons.
Harringay Arena, his headquar
ters, with accommodation for an
audience of 12,000, was filled to
capacity every night last week.
MEETING OF PIONEER GRAND
IGLOO SET FOR OCT. 15-17
Dates for the first annual meet
ing of the Grand Igloo of the Pio
neers of Alaska have been set for
October 15, 16 and 17 in Anchor
age. Mrs. Dora M. Sweeney,
Grand Igloo secretary so informed
Bob Scott, president of Nome Ig
loo' No. 1. Heretofore the Grand
Igloo has met bi-annually in Ju
neau during territorial legislative
sessions. Nome Igloo delegates
will be appointed at a later date.
ARC Official Visits Nome Office
M. W. Bales, head of the ad
ministration department of the
Alaska Road Commission has been
conferring with Second Division
engineer John Cooley while on
his first official visit to' this part
of the territory. Mr. Bales has
been with the ARC for about two
years.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Richard Lee,
Mr. and Mrs. Eph Wheeler, and
son Bucky.
From Diomede Island: David
Menadlook, Paul Omiak, Maft
Sage Iyahuk and child.
Fairbanks to Kotzebue: Sgt.
Lawrence Malmos.
To Fairbanks: L. B. Kenebeck.
West Approves
Bid for World
Disarmament T alks
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., W—
With recent U.S. hydrogen bomb
tests injecting a “new note of
urgency,” the West Saturday was
solidly behind a proposal for pri
vate talks among the Big Four
and Canada on world disarma
ment. Russia asked for time to
study the plan.
The drastic proposal to take
such arms discussions out of the
public eye, where they have
proved only a deadlock of propa
ganda exchanges, was made Fri
day by Britain’s Sir Pierson Dixon
before the U. N. Disarmament
Commission.
Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. Vish
insky did not say “nyet” to the
proposal. In fact, most delegates
expected the Russians finally
would agree to the secret talks.
But some observers wondered
whether Vishinsky might not be
preparing to insist on Red China’s
participation.
Pioneer Women Easlfer Parly
Pioneer Women enjoyed an
Easter party following their reg
ular meeting last Friday evening
with Mrs. G. Goshaw and Mrs.
Fred Bockman as hostesses.
Prize winners for the evening
were Mrs. Carrie McLain, Mrs.
James Walsh and Mrs. R. Roell.
Japan to Pay Philippines
$400,000,000 Reparations
TOKYO, UP)—A Philippines pro
posal that Japan pay 400 million
dollars in war reparations is ac
ceptable to the Japanese Govern
ment, a source close to the foreign
office said Saturday.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Larry Gal
vin, Mr. Kennebeck, O. Ost.
From Moses Poiht: Mrs. A. J.
and Marie and Jerry Schmuck.
To McGrath: K. J. Marquis.
To Anchorage: Maj. Giles With
erington, Maj. Kermit Vangene,
Col. Baker, Maj. Farrar, M. W.
Bales, A. A. Condon.
Freighter to be Salvaged
TOKYO, OP)—Navy officials said
Saturday salvage of the American
freighter San Mateo, now on the
rocks off Korea’s Cheju Island, is
feasible but that it “will be a big
job and probably a long one.”
The ship, owned by the U.S.
Maritime Administration, went
aground Monday.
Viet Nam Mobilize All Men 21-25
SAIGON, Indochina, UP) — Viet
Nam’s new war cabinet decreed
total mobilization today of all its
male citizens between and 25
to fight the Communist-dominated
Vietminh rebels.
About 22 per cent of U. S.
radio sets are now in autos.
SCHEDULE CHANGE:
Effective April 21st
6 DAYS A WEEK
SERVICE
TO ANCHORAGE!
Stops at Unalakleet Mon., Wed. and Sat.
McGrath every day,
Moses Point Tuesday
ALASKMS! Skct yom Own
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2. A PARTY OF THE PEOPLE (For the First Time)
3. Immediate Progressive Development of All Alaska.
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5. An End to Fifth Division Control.
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