Hemingway's Widow Says
She Is Certain His
Death Was Accidental
KETCHUM, Idaho l/P> — The
widow of author Ernest Heming
way said today his attitude in the
last hours of his life made her
“feel quite certain that this in
some incredible way was an ac
cident.”
Mrs. Mary Hemingway, who
has remained in seclusion since
her husband’s death last Sunday
of a gunshot wound in the head,
said Saturday night the Heming
ways and George Brown, of New
York, went to dinner in Ketchum.
She said they sat at Heming
way’s favorite table in a restau
rant and “had a very pleasant
time.”
“We came home rather early
and went to bed,” she said. While
they were undressing and Hem
ingway was cleaning his teeth she
went to his room and said “I
have a present for you.” The pre
sent was “a silly little folk song,”
which she sang to him.
She said he finished brushing
his teeth to join her in the last
line of the song.
The song was “Tutti-mi-chia
mano bronda,” an Italian song
which means “everybody tells me
I’m blonde.”
“All this made me feel quite
certain that this in some incred
ible way was an accident,” she
said. “The gun was one of the
favorite things he owned. He
wasn’t cleaning it, but he was
certainly looking at it. I some
times take out my camera and
look at it although I don’t plan
to take a picture.”
Throughout the year, nine per
sons are killed every two hours
in highway accidents. But on 1
holidays—such as the 4th of July
—10 die every two hours.
MacArthur Goes Ashore
Again At Leyte
TACLOBAN, The Philippines,
WP)—General of the Army Douglas
MacArthur returned to Leyte Is
land Saturday and said the liber
ation campaign he launched here
17 years ago “marked the turning
point of the war.”
The 81 - year - old soldier told
more than 50,000 cheering Fili
pinos gathered in this capital of
Leyte that the landing on Leyte
was the beginning of the end Vor
the Japanese.
MacArthur waded ashore on
Leyte on that memorable day but
this time he rode in style in the
luxurious presidential yacht Lapu
Lapu.
To 4,000 applauding Filipinos
massed on the pier when the
yacht docked, MacArthur quip
ped:
“You gave me just as warm a
reception as the Japanese did
nearly 17 years ago.”
FIRE AND WATER
A fireman without a fire can
be the result of a false alarm, but
a fireman without water to fight
a fire can be tragic. The National
Water Institute reports that in
Quincy, Calif., a lumberyard fire
raged out of control because the
fire department ran out of water.
Earlier, residents had defeated a
water bond proposal at the polls.
Hirohifo's Palace Grounds
"Rife With Immorality"
TOKYO (JPi — Emperor Hiro
hito’s palace grounds have be
come “a lovers lane,” riife with
immorality, police complained to
day. They reported 40 young pet
ting couples were given warnings
during a surprise crackdown Fri
day night at the grassy imperial
palace plaza and adjoining Hibiya
Park.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
of Nome in the State of Alaska at the close of business on
June 30, 1961
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, and cash
items in process of collection .$ 551,343.24
United States Government obligations,
direct and guaranteed . 740,203.44
Obligations of States and political subdivisions . 34,408.86
Other bonds, notes, and debentures . 19,400.00
Loans and discounts (including $2,113.25 overdrafts). 1,144,982.95
Bank premises owned $13,663.99, furniture and
fixtures $13,769.03 . 27,433.02
Other assets . 21,394.72
TOTAL ASSETS .42,539,166 23
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations . 969,804.06
Time and savings deposits of individuals,
partnerships and corporations . 404,113-15
Deposits of United States Government
(including postal savings) . 86,503.45
Deposits of States and political subdivisions . 769,678.05
Certified and officers’ checks, etc. 12,993.86
TOTAL DEPOSITS .$2,243,092.57
(a) Total demand deposits . 1,191.046.04
(b) Total time and savings deposits 1,052,046.53
Other liabilities . 17,249.95
TOTAL LIABILITIES .$2,260,342.52
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital: Common stock, total par value $100,000.00.$ 100,000.00
Surplus .$ 100,000.00
Undivided profits . 78,823.71
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS . 278,823.71
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.$2,539,166.23
MEMORANDA
Loans as shown above are after deduction of
reserves of . 46,307.45
I, William T. Haley, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement, is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
CORRECT ATTEST: WILLIAM T. HALEY, Cashier,
BOYD C. HARWOOD
NELS SWANBERG, JR.
Directors
r-TAATv State of Alaska
(NOTARIAL SEAL) Second Judiciary District
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of July, 1961.
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank.
GEORGE E. BELL,
My commission expires November 22, 1964. Notary Public
Hoffa Says Labor
W ill Elect the U.S.
I President In 1%8
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. UFV—'The
newspaper Newsday Saturday
quoted Teamster President James
R. Hoffa as saying a young ag
gressive group, including himself,
will soon gain control of the
labor movement and then will 1
take over the political party
which loses the 1964 presidential
election.
The latter step, he was quoted
as saying, will enable labor to
“elect the kind of President we
: want in 1968.”
Hoffa was said to have vowed
that “I will lead one of the great
est labor political organizations
ever formed in this country.”
Hoffa’s statements were report
ed from Miami Beach, where the
Teamsters Union has been hold
ing its convention, in a story by
Newsday staff reporter Bob
Greene. Greene said he obtained
, an exclusive interview as Hoffa
was standing on the rostrum dur
ing his re-election.
A spokesman for the Teamsters
at Miami Beach called the story
exaggerated but termed the basic ;
ideas correct. He said the ideas
had been expressed before.
Hoffa was quoted as saying the
labor - dominated party would
elect its own president in 1968
“and when that day comes, the
tables will be turned. Then the
press and the other people who
have been attacking us (Team
sters) will pay the price that we
are paying now.”
The reporter said Hoffa de
fined this price as “restrictive
legislation, the same kind labor
is being faced with now.”
President Kennedy Asks
Americans to Back His
Foreign Aid Program
WASHINGTON UP\ — President
Kennedy appealed to the Ameri
j can people today to back his
j foreign aid program “in the fight
! for our own security and the
fight for peace.”
The President said his $4.8
billion program is “probably the
most vital piece of legislation in
the national interest that may be
before the country this year.”
It was to a sympathetic audi
ence gathered in the sun-drenched
rose garden at the White House
that Kennedy spoke directly.
The President said it must be
recognized that “freedom for our
selves and others is not pur
chased lightly.” The aid program,
he said, provides food, loans and
other assistance, and:
“I’d much rather have us do
it this way . . . then to have to
send American boys to do it.”
Olive Miller and son have moved
to Nome from Teller. Mrs. Miller
is an old resident of this city,
having moved away with her
family '•.bout 14 years ago. She
stated the children have all grown
up and left home except her
youngest son who will be in school
here next winter.
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Russian Ballet Dancers
Get Their Teeth Fixed At
Expense of The British
LONDON UP — Russian ballet
dancers appear to have gone on
a dental spree—at the expense of
British taxpayers.
One 23-year-old ballerina has
had 14 extractions, 11 fillings, two
teeth crowned and two false teeth
fitted.
The girl paid a London dentist
one pound <$2.80>. The actual cost
to Britain’s National Health Ser
vice, which is financed largely
out of taxation, was 39 pounds
<$109>.
A spokesman for the Leningrad
Kirov Ballet Company’s British
agents said a dozen girl dancers
have been paying regular visits
to London dentists to have neg
lected teeth fixed at a cost of one
pound each.
Under the National Health Ser
vice Britons—and visitors —pay
only one pound for dental treat
ment with the rest of the cost
being met out of government
funds.
Smallest School Site Abandoned
To Become NATO Arms Depot
GLEN DOUGLAS, Scotland UP
— Scotland’s smallest school —
only four pupils—is giving way
to an arms depot.
It will be a sad leave-taking
for the kids who enjoyed the
school’s specialties — outdoor
classes and nature studies every
day. They will have to travel 10
miles to another school.
The site on Loch Lomonside is
being cleared for a $19,600,000
arms store being built by the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion.
Even a light rain is pretty
heavy. A one-inch rainfall de
posits 113 tons of water per
acre.
Actor Soaks Up Atmosphere
In U.S. Senate Gallery
WASHINGTON UP! — Charles
Laughton, getting ready to play
the role of a Southern senator in
the motion picture "Advice and
Consent,” was an intent specta
tor in the Senate gallery Friday.
He told a reporter that in addi
tion to soaking up Senate atmos
phere he came here looking for
the kind of southern accent he
thought he should use, and he
said he had found it, too.
But Laughton declined to say
which senator has the accent he
will imitate.
FIVE HOMESITES GO
ON SALE FOR SI EACH
ESTNCIA, N. M. — Five
homesites here have gone on the
sale block for $1 each.
But, there is a string attached.
Each buyer must agree to build a
home no smaller than 1,000
square feet in living space within
24 months after the site has been
bought.
If the buyer fails to do so, the
! title reverts back to the seller, the
Estancia Development Corp.
The corporation, headed by
State Sen. Earl Parker, made the
offer in hopes it will give Es
tancia’s economy a boost.
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Lv. Kotzebue 2:45 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *5:35 p.m.
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