U.S. Navy Pilot Tries
To Beat Britisher’s Speed
Record Of 737.3 M.P.H.
THERMAL, Calif., UP— A U.S.
Navy pilot who flew faster than
any man over a measured course
Monday tried again yesterday, this
time to overcome international
speed contest technicalities for a
new world record.
Lt. Cmdr. James B. Verdin, 35,
averaged 752.7 miles an .hour in
four passes over the three kilo
meter (1.863) miles) course on the
desert at the edge of the Salton
Sea Monday in the Douglas F-4D
Skyray.
This was not quite fast enough
to be considered a record over the
speed of 737.3 made by British
Commander Michael Lithgow in
Libya last Friday in a Vickers
Supermarine Swift.
That’s because the air speed
governing body, Federation Aero
nautique Internationale, requires
a new record to be at least one
percent higher than the old one,
which made Verdin’s target 744.6.
Incidentally, the FAI announced
in Londay early Tuesday that it
has officially confirmed the Brit
ish record of 727.6 set Sept. 7 by
Test Pilot Neville Duke as the
world speed record.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, 25.
EXPECTING THIRD CHILD
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Iff) —
Shirley Temple is going to have a
baby next March.
The former movie actress, now
married to Charles Black, said the
birth of her third child will be by
Caesarean section here, where she
herself was born 25 years ago.
The Blacks have a daughter,
Susan, bVz years, and a son,
Charles Junior. Susan’s real fath
er is John Agar, Miss Temple’s
first husband.
Personal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale at the Nugget.
Most Assessment Work Affidavits Are
Incorrect, Says Dept. Of Mines Bulletin
<TDM Bulletin, Sept. ’53)
As a result of copies of mining
records being forwarded to the
Territorial Department of Mines
under Chapter 95 of the 21st Ses
sion Laws, it has been noticed that
a large majority of the recorded
assessment work affidavits are in
correct and that there is a general
misunderstanding bf what con
stitues legal assessment work. In
case of a court contest, an improp
er affidavit or wrong type of work
or expense represented as assess
ment work' might not stand as evi
dence of legal right to' the claim.
Although the courts usually lean
strongly toward a person’s honest
intent, it is better to play safe.
July 1 Deadline
Someone periodically starts a
move in Congress to change the
assessment work year, but at pres
ent the annual deadline for com
pletion of the assessment work is
July 1 at noon. Work is not re
quired for the assessment year in
which the claim is staked. An af
fidavit stating that the assessment
stating that the assessment work
has been done is not legally re
quired, but should be recorded, in
the proper recording office, each
year to prove that the claim is
being legally held and to prevent
the possibilities of legal difficul
ties in future sales, leases or proof
of ownership.
A properly prepared assessment
work affidavit should contain the
name and location of the claim
and the name of the owner (or
owners) of the claim, a statement
of the amount of work and kind
of work performed, the actual val
ue of the work, the dates during
which the work was done, the
assessment year for which the
work was done, and the circum
stances under which the work was
done if by other than the owner.
The affidavit must be sworn to
before a notary public or postmas
ter before recording to make it
legal.
Meaning of Assessment Labor
Work which legally constitutes
annual assessment labor must be
such that it benefits the claim and
is done for the purpose of discov
ering or mining minerals. The
mere cutting of brush each year or
cutting of firewood have been held
not to count as assessment work.
The construction of a house on
the claim for the housing of min
ers is legal assessment work, but
if built outside the claim, it is not.
Work on a mill or treatment
plant is not assessment work, and
neither are the expenses or labor
.
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involved in transporting tools,
machinery or personnel to or from
the claim, nor does the price of
tools or machinery count. Build
ing roads, trails, flumes, ditches,
drains, either inside or outside the
claim, for the purpose of mining
or exploring the claim will count.
Also any actual act of mining is
assessment work.
A reasonable allowance for the
use of machinery or animals is
assessment work, and so is the
value of powder and fuse used.
Wages paid a watchman, if one is
necessary to protect the property,
will count. The unwatering of a
shaft for an inspection, or the
taking of samples for assay, do
not count as legal assessment
work.
Work for a group of claims that
are contiguous and under common
ownership may all be done on one
claim or in one place, but it must
benefit the whole group, not just
one claim. In computing the value
of assessment work, the current
wage rates and equipment allow
ances of the vicinity are to be
used.
Widow of Gen. Patton
Killed Wednesday When
Thrown From Horse
HAMILTON, Mass., UPl — Mrs.
Beatrice Ayer Patton, widow of
Gen. George S. Patton, famed
World War II 3rd Army com
mander, was killed Wednesday
when thrown from a saddle horse.
Mrs. Patton’s death was the
third major tragedy in the fam
ily in recent years.
Her husband was killed in a
collision between his jeep and
another vehicle while serving in
Europe. Their daughter, Beatrice,
wife of Army officer John K.
Waters, died about a year ago
unexpectedly.
Mrs. Patton. 67, was riding with
30 friends in a drag hunt spon
sored by the exclusive Myopia
Hunt Club.
Authorities believed Mrs. Pat
ton died instantly from head in
juries.
Mrs. Patton leaves a son, Army
Lt. Col. George S. Patton, III,
who is in Tokyo, on leave from
Korea, where he recently was
decorated.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Other stations, 7 a.m. today
Clearing tonight becoming part
ly cloudy tomorrow. Surface wind
light and variable. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight 22, high
Thursday 42.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
43, low 27. Max. wind 13 mph
from the WSW. Sunrise at 6:08
a.m., sunset at 5:34 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 39, low 26. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 51 in 1942,
low 16 in 1923.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 21 Cloudy
Kotzebue 33 Clear
Wales f 38 Drizzle
Nome 33 Cloudy
Unalakleet 32 Part cloudy
Bethel 38 Cloudy
McGrath 34 Cloudy
Anchorage 34 Cloudy
Fairbanks 32 Light rain
Juneau 49 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 45 Rain
Seattle 55 Rain
San Francisco 59 Fog
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ALASKA CHAMBER TO MEET
OCT. 29 AT McKINLEY PARK
FAIRBANKS, UP)—The fall ses
sion of the Alaska Chamber of
Commerce will be held October 26
to 29 at Mt. McKinley National
Park, secretary Ralph Bailey an
nounced^ Tuesday. He said the
speakers’ list is not yet definite.
SIKESTON, Mo., CD — “Toe
touchin’ ” has succeeded the bid
ding angle at box suppers in these
parts and you have to be up on
your toes to get your best girl.
After the girls at Lincoln school
prepared a meal recently for a
benefit, they took off their shoes
and stood behind sheets with only
their bare feet showing. The boys
went by and touched the feet they
wanted next to their own at the
dining table.
ANCHORAGE ELECTION MAY
UP POPULATION TO 30.000
ANCHORAGE, UP) — District
Court Judge George W. Folta
Monday ordered an annexation
election which could increase the
city’s population from 17,500 to
30,000.
The decision came after separ
ate hearings to determine whether
an election should be held to an
nex two areas now bordering the
city, the Eastchester area and an
area including Airport Heights,
Anchor Homes, City View and
Grandview Gardens.
The date for the election prob
ably will be set some time in Nov
ember.
About one-fifth of the people
who marry in the United States
have been married before.
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