Pair Burn To Death After
Long Drinking Bout
SITKA, (iP) — A coroner’s jury
found Monday that Mrs. May
Locke, about 67, and Alex John,
about 51, were burned to death
early Thursday by a fire of un
known origin.
Testimony offered at the in
quest indicated the fire started
after a prolonged drinking bout
involving the two victims and
William S. Dick, a fisherman.
Dick, who had been held under
$5,600 bond as a material witness,
was released from custody.
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Over Hall Million Carried
By Military Air Transport
In 1953 Without Fatality
WASHINGTON, UPP- The Mili
tary Air Transport Service(MATS)
said Tuesday its transports carried
more than half a million passen
gers and patients last year without
a fatality.
Lt. Gen. Joseph Smith, MATS
commander, said in a summary of
1953 operations that the Air
Weather Service 58th Strategic
Reconnaissance Squadron, Eielson
Air Force Base, Alaska, flew 300
missions in 1953 in the area of the
North Pole. In more than 1,000
weather reporting missions in 6V£
years, the squadron has logged
more than three million miles of
flying in the polar area without
an accident.
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4,000 Property Ownership
Forms Filled Before
Deadline In Anchorage
Anchorage, ur— An estima
ted 4,000 property ownership de
clarations were received at thg
U.S. commissioner’s office here in
time to meet the Dec. 31 deadline,
clerks reported Monday.
Commissioner Gordon Hartlieb
said a total of 1,638 registrations
were filed last Wednesday, Thurs
day and Saturday. There are an
estimated 20,000 property owners
in the Anchorage area.
Many registrations were mailed
in and were pushed under the
door of his office over the holiday,
Hartlieb said, adding that all those
postmarked Dec. 31 or earlier will
be accepted without penalty.
A $5 penalty will be charged as
provided by the law, he said, on
any registrations arriving later, to
bring the total filing fee to $6.50.
Poor Recommendation
MEMPHIS, Tenn., UR—A classi
fied ad in a Memphis newspaper
yesterday:
“Cafe for sale . . . owner has
ulcerated stomach.”
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the 'Vi*
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Forecast Nome: Continued clear
tonight and tomorrow with light 1
variable winds. Low temperature
expected tonight -27, high tomor
r6w -8.
Data last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.:
high temperatue -2, low -27. Max
imum wind 13 mph from the N.
Sunrise at 9:32 a.m., sunset at
2:23 p.m.
A year ago today: .high temper
ature 38, low 24.
Extremes this date since 1907:
high 44 in 1942, low -40 in 1917.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -23 Clear
Kotzebue -15 Part cloudy
Wales -21 Clear
Nome 16 Part cloudy
Unalakleet -20 Ice Crys.
Bethel -38 Fog
McGrath -31 Snow
Anchorage 11 Snow
Fairbanks -14 Clear
Whitehorse -25 Cloudy
Edmonton -5 Cloudy
Juneau 24 Showers
Ketchikan 34 Cloudy
Seattle 42 Rain
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Albert Whites Says
He May Run For
Alaska Delegate
ANCHORAGE, LB—Albert White,
general counsel for the Republi
can Party in the territory, dis
closed Monday he may run for
delegate to Congress, the Times
reported.
White, now in Monrovia, Calif.,
has until Feb. 1 to decide.
The Times quoted White as say
ing that the condition of the Re
publican Party in Alaska is “de
plorable.”
He declared the issues “must be
presented to the people in a
straightforward manner if the Re
publicans are to win the 1954
elections.”
In a statement printed by the
Times, White said:
“I am an Alaskan, for develop
ment of Alaska first, last and all
time. My interests always have
been in Alaska, which is in con
trast to the interests of some who
now hold office in the territory.
I have been absent for several
months on work, an effort that
will in 'the end be of great benefit
to the territory. It will be fully
explained when I speak at the
general elections in the territory.”
The Times reported that White
said he thinks President Eisen
hower is doing a good job but just
is not aware of the “deplorable
state of affairs that exists.”
Governor Pledges Support
To Alaska Hydro Projects
ANCHORAGE, LB—Gov. Frank
Heintzleman Monday pledged his
support to efforts to push develop
ment of the Wood Canyon and
Susitna River hydroelectric pro
jects.
During a two-hour meeting with
the economic advisory board of
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce the governor said he would
seek appropriations to permit both
economic and engineering investi
gations of the two proposed low
cost power sites.
The governor made no specific
pledges except in the case of water
development which came under
special consideration at the meet
ing, the chamber reported.
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