42 Dead On British
Ships From
Communist Fire
(Contined from Tage One>
destroyer Consort, which dis
charged 16 wounded and 10 dead.
At least 30 British dead have
been reported.
Some 100 wounded have been
reports from the lour ships. The
Tendon and Black Swan are fear
•*i to have additional dead among
their casualties.
The London’s captain ordered
withdrawal of the cruiser and the
Black Swan from the vicinity ol
hie damaged Amethyst. He said
ill signs of peaceful intent had
oeen disregarded and heavy fire1
opened from batteries near Bates1
Boint and on the southern end of |
Beaver Island (both in the vicinity ;
of the Amethyst). This fire was
effectively replied to but under!
. ich conditions it is clearly impos- *
able to bring the Amethyst down
river.”
The British consulate said it
iad received messages from both
ships saying they had been dam
aged.
; Truman Signs
I ^
Revised Alaska
■
Hunting Laws
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1 <(/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman signed a bill Wednesday
revising Alaskan residence and i
citizenship requirements for hunt
ing, trapping and fishing under j
the Territorial game laws.
As amended the law says a resi
dent is any U. S. citizen who has
maintained a bona fide residence
in Alaska for one year, or any for
eign bom person who has declar
ed his intention of becoming a cit
izen and who also has lived in the
Territory a year.
The secretary of interior, how
ever, is given authority to length
en the period of residence to as i
much as three years if he cansid- I
ers Alaskan fur resources threat-1
ened by overhunting or trapping,!
or for other reasons.
It is provided further that if any
foreign born resident fails to be
admitted to citizenship within
seven years, he becomes an alien
and ineligible for resident license.
Rep. Coffee Dies
In Jet Plane Crash
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ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. (VP)—A
crashing jet fighter plane carried
Rep. Robert Lewis Coffee, Jr., <D.
Pa.) to death here late Wednesday.
The crackup of his F-80 Shoot
ing Star was tentatively laid to a
partial power failure. A thorough
investigation was ordered.
Coffee, a 30-year-old wartime
hero and first termer in Congress,
had landed at Kirtland air force
base to refuel. His ship rose only!
25 feet, wavered and plunged into
an arroyo as he took off on the fi
nal leg of a flight to March Field, j
Calif.
The Johnstown, Pa., flier was on j
a cross-country training flight, un-1
dertaken while the House is in
recess. He held the rank of colonel
in the air force reserve.
A helpless witness to the crash
was Lt. Col. William Ritchie,
friend and companion of Coffee in
European air combat during
World War II.
Ritchie, taking off behind Cof
fee in another F-80, was compelled
to circle overhead for an hour, j
This was to use up fuel in the
wing tanks, necessary before he:
could land.
| Pilot Left Plane
“Like A Bullet”
(Continect from Page One)
eke at Ketchikan.
"After the takeoff from Ann
ette,” Billberg said, “Huycke
walked past me saying he was go
! ing to stop that draft coming in
the door. I went along with him to
the back of the plane to see how
it could be done.
"I saw him start to turn the
handle. Before I could yell a
! warning he disappeared. There
was an awful draft and I thought
for a moment,I might follow. I got
out of. there awful fast and told
! the pilot (Edwin Brenner, Seattle)
what had happened.”
Billberg said Huycke had tried
to fasten the blanket to the dear
by turning the handles. The door
opens down and out with built-in
steps, the handles acting as bolts,
he said.
Brenner said he thought the
plane had developed engine trou
ble.
"There was quite a jolt,” he
said.
■ “I returned to Annette as soon
as Billberg told me what hap
pened.”
The door remained hanging
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ROTARY ENTERTAINS
QUEEN CONTESTANTS
Three Queens, Miss Ellen Wald
heim, Miss Mary Margaret Roell,
and Mrs. Lolly Hebert, were
guests of the Nome Rotary Club
at a luncheon yesterday.
The fourth queen, Miss Jane
Sniffen, was in Anchorage on
business, and w\is unable to at
tend.
Other guests present were Ted
Duffield, as manager of the Queen
Contest for the Arctic Club; Jack
Anderson, manager of the Lomen
Commercial Company, and Rob
ert Graner of the CAA.
Th® infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Olaf Piscoya was buried yesterday
from the Mission Church with
Rev. T. McGrew officiating.
from the plane until the landing,
but was damaged and had to be
replaced before the flight here
Wednesday night.
“We were worried the door
would rip off in the wind and
smash the stabilizer,” Brenner
said.
The pilot said the plane was
flying at 7.000 feet over Gravina
Island when the mishap occurred.
Only two of the plane’s 10 pas
senger's knew of the accident im
mediately and their view was
blocked by Billberg. Others, sit
ting forward, were not aware of
the tragedy until the plane landed
at Annette.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE of EMIL PASTERIS, De
ceased.
No. 815
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY CIVEN
that, by order of the Probate
Court aforesaid, A. Polet of Nome,
Alaska, has been duly appointed
Administrator of the estate of
Emil Pasteris, deceased.
All persons having claims
against the said estate should pre
sent them, with proper vouchers
attached, within six (6> months
from the date of this Notice, to the
said Administrator at Nome, Alas
ka.
DATED this 31st dav of Marcn,
1949.
A. Polet,
Administrator.
Publish April 1, 8, 15, 22, 1949.
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Nome Directory
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OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Broussetfe Safe
; ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
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NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
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